I know, I know.... LATE LATE LATE!

 

I know, I know - I did not update the blog theme for April until April was/is almost over... I have, of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth...

I have been busy collecting typewriters.  And so, as it turns out, has my husband!  I bought a glass case to display/access my collection of SIX typewriters, a few months ago.  No, I have not yet cut the shelves and installed said case, but I digress.  A lot.

We now have in the area of EIGHTEEN typewriters.  Let that sink in a moment.

 

Egads.

In any case (surely a typewriter case) I have a lot on my mind.

Ruby, the beautiful red Royal P you see in the photo above has the coveted "Vogue" typeface.  Like so:

Since I now have as many "pretty" typewriters with normal typeface as I can hope to have, I have turned to typewriters with rare typefaces, regardless of what they look like on the outside.

I don't have time now to catalog them all, but once I get them all together and have time to take some really artsy photos of them, I am going to create an account on the much-vaunted Typewriter Database, where anyone interested can go and peruse our entire collection, see all the pretty photos, find out the names and what make/model they are, and see what kind of smoke show they lay down on paper.

This is yet another of the projects that I am currently looking forward to (but not doing yet).  

For some unknown reason, the new toilet seat I installed in the bathroom is sidling its way east, and not staying centered.  I have to figure out what the hell is going on there, before we fall on the floor while trying to - yeah.

I have six flame-leafed heather plants on the patio, in pots, awaiting their planting.  Awaiting, because in order to plant them, I have to UN-plant six "Drift Roses" that are performing exceedingly poorly in the ground.  Before I remove said roses, I need to buy six attractive planter pots to put them in, so I can see if they do better on the patio than in the ground.  THEN I can plant the heathers.

See how this goes?  I have stacks and ladders of projects, all which require several layers of commitment.  What I usually end up doing is draping myself over furniture, or typing letters and journal entries on my typewriters.  I have another novel I'm thinking about writing on the typewriter, so that is also taking up a lot of my mental space.  Apparently, I have a lot less mental space than I used to have, because things keep shouldering each other out my ears and I have to go looking for them to stuff them back in.

Hope you are enjoying Spring (and pollen season) as much as I am.  More.  More!