It was the gray furniture I chose to buy.
\nThe pandemic caused shortages.
\nI wasn\u2019t sure the likes of elephant skin gray, dolphin gray,
\nor tree bark gray could wow or enhance my living room.
\nI say, \u201cIt\u2019s the yellow walls that matter.\u201d Benjamin Moore
\npaint offers a Hawthorne yellow which glows amber.
\nIt is also an exterior color seen on two hundred year old
\ncolonial houses. It suits my walls.<\/p>\n
I chose poetic pillows: \u201cHappiness depends upon ourselves.\u201d
\nNot that I love throw pillows all that much. They cannot replace
\na bed pillow for comfort. Decorators call them accent pillows.
\nLeave them on an unoccupied chair, accent complete. <\/p>\n
A crafter from Etsy made them. I presume they saw this room.
\nThe pillow is gray, yellow, white and black, patterned in swatches,
\na random collage. Butterflies, three black chickens, (which I could
\nhave sworn were crows from the online image), vines, leaves, flowers
\nand a hashtag of stripes comprise this collage. My curiosity kills me
\nwhen it comes to the chicken wire fence. It looks like the chickens
\nflew the coop proudly perched up on that branch.<\/p>\n
I add some furniture scarves which are the same color as the pillows.
\nTiny flowers, berries, vines, kittens, butterflies and tiny black, white- haired
\nnymphs which appear to present as female sit amongst the flora.
\nI believe I chose this wonderland to keep fantasy alive in my living room,
\nlend some magic to a mundane moment. <\/p>\n
New lamps seem to be in order. They are metal, donning black leafy vines,
\nwith white shades. I imagine the cats and nymphs will someday escape their
\nlair, hoist themselves onto the vined lamp, sit pretty grinning at me
\nlike the Cheshire Cat. Then they\u2019ll swing off the lamp, plop into my
\ncold drink, talk gibberish while swimming in my Pino Grigio.<\/p>\n
July 2021<\/p>\n
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