The Great Fall Freshen-Up!

I am disappointed to still not have a new painting to post.  The only painting going on around my house this week is on the walls!

Our company left Sunday, and bright Monday morning, the painters showed up to paint every ceiling, wall, door, and bit of trim in our house.  It was exciting (I love this color), hard work (geez, look at that DUST), exhausting (geez, look at that DUST), scary (Do I really love that color?), all that.  We chose typical white for ceilings and trim, and very, very light neutrals for all the walls.  Every picture, knick-knack and light fixture came down, the painters moved all the furniture to the center of each room, and hubby and I had to stay out of the way....the painters did a great job painting and putting everything back, except the pictures.  It's going to be hard to put a nail in any of those now pristine walls....I have to think about it for a while.

Tuesday, we went to the M Gallery in downtown Charleston.  The American Impressionist Society is having it's annual juried exhibit, and it was fantastic.  Such beautiful art, beautifully displayed, we stayed for hours.  Then on to the Gibbs Museum of Art to enjoy some Charleston history, art, and a photographic exhibit on the Civil War.  Jestine's is a restaurant that has been in Charleston for decades, and if you had a southern grandmamma who cooked Sunday dinners for the family, then this is the place for you.  We tried lunch there, and although it was a nice throwback to those days, I don't think it's a good idea to eat fried chicken and mac and cheese too often.

Regressing further, we did have a wonderful weekend with family, but almost no shrimp, and no crabs.  I don't know what's going on with the shrimping this year, they just are not out there to be caught.  In years past, we would catch the legal limit, and after a few trips, have shrimp in the freezer for the winter.  It is sad to me. 

Enough, I still have china to put back in the hutch, one more closet to reorganize, and packing to do for a fun weekend in the beautiful Smokey Mountains of  North Carolina ......

Have a great day,

Cindy