Hello, all,

We began getting torrential rain and thunderstorms last night that have only recently let up around here. All schools, bus, and rail lines were closed, as well as both airports. Fire personnel were rescuing people in city dump trucks that were the only vehicles big enough to navigate water as high as it was in some areas. Which is a long-winded way of saying since Manna didn't open, my Monday was free for a change. 

One of the things I worked on was the coffee table in the living room. It's not great, but here's what it looks like for now:

A wicker circle place mat inside a tole tray with a silver bowl full of spheres in it. 

It's always nice to have favorite decorating books handy for perusal. 

The one on top of the right hand stack is new, found recently at Goodwill. It's called Vintage Vavoom from the editors of Romantic Homes Magazine. 

That's all the views that are fit to print, because nothing else done today was anything but grubby and mundane to the nth degree. 

Have a good one!

Michele