A house full of friends

So my Winthrop trip did not happen. 30 minutes before I was set to leave, I was violently ill. Not sure if it was something I ate or if I have a bug, either way didn't want to sit in a moving RV for 4 hours AND my friend did not want to be exposed to a possible stomach bug. So I slept all day yesterday instead. Watched some pretty stupid stuff on television.

The house is quiet again. I hear the birds, the humming refrigerator, the sloshing dish washer, the whirling of the computer engine and Pixie occasionally snuffling in her sleep. Being in my home is soothing, looking around at the collection of objects, feeling like I am in a cocoon. I was watching a design video where the woman was talking about living with all of her "stuff" ... cherished objects given to her throughout her life by friends and family. Feeling like all of those people are there with her as she lives with them. I certainly agree with that. I know we all look at each little thing in our homes, no matter how small or inexpensive and feel the moment you received it, placed it, how long you have lived with it. It becomes an extension of you. 

I spent the morning judicially looking over expiration dates on stuff like hummus, etc in refrigerator. Not wanting to relive yesterday morning. I cut up all kinds of veggies for the trip, now will be eating it for days. 

My neighborhood is so quiet, unusually quiet yesterday as well. I keep forgetting it is a holiday weekend. Such things do not make much difference to an introverted, unemployed widow? I hope YOU are having a fun Memorial Day weekend! The weather here is amazing.

Speaking of unemployed (or retired LOL), I just want to thank f*cking Kevin for all the money that is draining out of my retirement account. I swear the asshole republicans want to see Biden fail so badly, they will put the US economy AT RISK. I hope when everyone's SS money is late arriving, they will think lovingly of KEVIN and the GOP!

I am probably drawn to the Anglo-Japanese style because the apartment we lived when I was 10  had that vibe to it. We had an undulating Asian turquoise sofa, lots of Japanese type art. Never asked mom where that influence came from for her. I wish I had now. I am trying to remember more details about that now.

The Anglo-Japanese style developed in the period from approximately 1851 to 1900, when a new appreciation for Japanese design and culture affected the art, especially the decorative art, and architecture of England. The first use of the term “Anglo-Japanese” occurs in 1851. The wider interest in Eastern or Oriental design and culture is regarded as a characteristic of the Aesthetic Movement during the same period. 

History 

The Museum of Ornamental Art, later the Victoria and Albert Museum, bought Japanese lacquer and porcelain in 1852, and again in 1854 with the purchase of 37 items from the exhibition at the Old Water-Colour Society, London. Japanese art was exhibited at London in 1851, Dublin in 1853; Edinburgh 1856 and 1857; Manchester in 1857, and Bristol in 1861. The 1862 International Exhibition in London had a Japanese display which has been considered ‘one of the most influential events in the history of Japanese art in the West.’