{"id":442,"date":"2008-10-27T00:20:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T00:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/27\/almost-quiet\/"},"modified":"2008-10-27T00:45:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T00:45:18","slug":"almost-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/27\/almost-quiet\/","title":{"rendered":"almost quiet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the time of year before everything sleeps. It&#8217;s so cold here, already! In the morning frost blankets the ground and I actually wore my winter coat a few times. I&#8217;ve been in a bit of a hibernating mode this week. Rose hips in the sun from last weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve been tagged by <a href=\"http:\/\/marmeecraft.blogspot.com\">marmeecraft<\/a> to list six random things about myself! This is sure to break my silence this week. I tried to pick little tidbits that you wouldn&#8217;t know by reading my journal here, but are very me. Here it goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n? I love horses. This obsession did not occur when I was young (think of the girls who collected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breyerhorses.com\/products\/\">Breyer horses) <\/a> but in my early 20&#8217;s. My dream is to have a few eventually. On the path where I walk is very nice historic victorian barn full of them. I often sneak off the trail to peek through the rose bushes to get a peek! This photo is from last weekend, peeking at this incredibly majestic white horse through the bramble:<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n? One of my dream homes (I have a few!) is a simple, classic <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saltbox\">saltbox<\/a>. I think this house style comes in #1 for me! I like flat fronted houses with simple lines. I love the roof slope on the saltbox, as odd as it may seem. They originated in New England in the 17th century so I think their history gets me as well. Here&#8217;s the home of Rebecca Nurse, near Salem. I love Salem and have visited many, many times! The front view is the winter and the back view is the summer. Look at that garden!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n? I like licorice! Only the natural kind. <a href=\"http:\/\/farawayfoods.com\/runningrabbit.html\">Running Rabbit<\/a> is one of my favorites. I usually opt for the cherry but the black kind is good once in awhile.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n? I live a few miles away from one of the headquarters of George Washington! This makes the area where I live rich in history in so many ways, which I love. I love exploring historic places. He and his men camped in the woods where I explore.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n? I live behind a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmarket.com\/\">Whole Foods<\/a>. My husband was looking for a place for us to live based on the location of this store. Yes, I am there everyday. It&#8217;s a little crazy. Sometimes I go twice. I try to eat mostly organic.<\/p>\n<p>\n? My parents house has these fabulous stained glass windows! Here they are around one of the windows. They frame about 26 of the windows in the front of the house, it&#8217;s such a magical place!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nMy favorite thing to do was (and still is) peek though all the colors to the outside trees! Let&#8217;s peek, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/081023_8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\nSo thats that. what have I been up to?  I am working on another painting, some sketches, gosh I need to get going on my art! Halloween is already next Friday too. I&#8217;ve Look forward to more posting this week, as I have a few things to share. Been thrifting like crazy, I bought bags of some of the nicest stuff this past week, all vintage. A pretty white (and very warm and fuzzy) capelet, a patent leather purse, little black oxfords with tassels and lace ties, a high waisted woolen skirt, dainty yellow gloves, hair bows from the 40&#8217;s, an elegant beaded 50&#8217;s cardigan, a gingham apron with little flowers embroidered about&#8230;I wish I had time to photo it all. I find all my dream clothes while thrift shopping, it&#8217;s really quite amazing. And,  I have the best thrift shops between my house and my afternoon commute. I am obsessed! Have a good week!<\/p>\n<p>\nxoxo sarah <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the time of year before everything sleeps. It&#8217;s so cold here, already! In the morning frost blankets the ground and I actually wore my winter coat a few times. I&#8217;ve been in a bit of a hibernating mode this week. Rose hips in the sun from last weekend. I&#8217;ve been tagged by marmeecraft &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/27\/almost-quiet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;almost quiet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","category-wanderings","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}