{"id":12749,"date":"2009-04-06T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12749"},"modified":"2009-04-06T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T22:07:00","slug":"robin-egg-and-dove-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/robin-egg-and-dove-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Egg and Dove Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a> Painting isn’t a known love of mine, but somehow I ended up enjoying it all weekend. I started out at Sherwin-Williams picking out a color for “Bill the Painter” and ended up on a ladder in five inch heels faux<\/span> glazing my entire kitchen and laundry room. <\/div>\n
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Since I haven’t been able to find a new home, I’ve decided to make my existing home feel new (at least until I can negotiate my father down here to build). So I’ve put myself on a design budget and have started re-creating my home little by little. <\/div>\n
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I never in my worst nightmares believed that I would ever paint my kitchen blue. A blue kitchen in my mind sounded the same as gingham and ric<\/span> rac<\/span> curtains. But this weekend I went ahead and painted my kitchen blue (granted, it is a very grey robin egg blue, but it is still blue…) and I am suprising<\/span> myself by actually loving it. I think that is what is so fun about design and decorating – you can try new things and create a whole new look that you would never have thought of before. It’s so fun and now the color is leaving me with endless new design and decorating possibilites<\/span>. <\/div>\n
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Note: The paint color is a little more robin egg blue than this photo depicts. I realize these photos make the paint seem a little depressing, but in real life there is just enough Robin Egg to not be depressing.
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(Don’t worry, I will change the floral arrangment<\/span> below to match in the very near future. Right now, I’m thinking Pheasant feathers.) <\/div>\n
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Speaking of feathers and Robin egg blue, another wonderful thing came to light due to me being on a ladder!!! I found two nests of baby doves in my hanging baskets! I purposely (that’s what I tell myself) leave my hanging baskets empty until the end of Spring for the birds to nest in. Every year they hatch and I usually witness most of it, but this year I didn’t notice! I wonder if it’s because Doves are so much quieter than Robins. I really don’t know. Either way, I had double the fun than I usually have without even knowing it! I’m glad I painted otherwise I would have missed the whole thing. I believe another set of eggs are waiting to be hatched very soon. I’ll keep you updated on their progress. Lee says I get the lazy birds in my hanging baskets who don’t want to make their own nests. I say they are the smart birds who shop around for their home…just like I am doing! In the meantime (which may be a very long time ), I’m beautifying my existing nest.
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