The Grand Tour.....

This morning Walter brought his co worker Laura over to see the miniatures. She has seen them on line, but never has been exposed to any in person. It is always fun to see a newbies reaction to them. It is like seeing my own minis with new eyes.

Each person has a different point of view. We were talking about it while she was here. The point of view seems to pertain to the person's field of interest and background. For example, Laura was drawn to the the room boxes that were "authentic" to the time period that they portrayed because of her interest in history. She especially liked one of the greenhouses because it reminded her of her family.

I think that this is one of the main reasons that I do miniatures. I enjoy having other people look at them and reminisce about another time or place of which they are reminded. I have helped out at Pat Arnell's museum with tours a number of times. I always have the greatest time listening to people say things like "Oh! My uncle Herbert had a hat just like that one." or "That looks just like my mom in that kitchen making cookies."

There really isn't a point to this. I am just rambling on because it was fun to see my minis again for the first time.

After they left, I started putting some of the minis back where they belonged and turning off lights in the buildings. I had put some of my smaller, quarter scale scenes on the counter in the kitchen. When I went to return them to their shelves, there were some other eyes looking at them.....

Darn! I wasn't fast enough in cleaning up. There was Tessie. She started with the quarter inch scaled "Bedroom in a Trunk". "OK. This is what I want for a new bedroom when Spiderwort Manor is built. Only don't use yucky pink. It will, of course, have to be puce."

She is reminding me more and more of my daughter. April has been asking for real scale copies of my miniatures for years. Now Tessie is going for up scaling the quarter inch ones to one inch scale.

She climbed on top of the "Bathroom in a Trunk". "No blue either!" She has eliminated the two colors that I have to mix to make her beloved puce. I wonder if she realizes that? Maybe if I get rid of all of my pink and blue paint I won't have to paint anything puce ever again......Hmmmmmm.

"I do like the bathtub sitting up on a platform like that. And all of the fancy gingerbread trim is acceptable." she said, with her nose pressed against the top of the glass. "I want that bathroom." Then "Puce!"

She sidled up to the "Attic in a Trunk" last. "Now, I will be wanting a much larger attic than this."

"I know." I replied. "You will be wanting it in one inch scale if I ever build it."

She started her usual foot stomping as she does whenever things don't go her way."NO! I want a BIG attic. It has to be big to store all of the things that I want for Spiderwort Manor."

" But Tessie, if the things are for your new house, they should fit in the body of the new house." (Insert one foot into mouth and bite down hard!) Trapped again!

"So! You are building me a new house!"

"No. I didn't say that!"

"Yes you did!"

Here we go again. I won't bore you with the next half hour of "Yes!" and "No!" arguments.

Thank goodness I found the missing wand yesterday before she did! It is well hidden now and I am not foolish enough to give it back.

See you tomorrow.