My coworker is an artist. He makes all different kinds of wood carvings and other art such as framed chicken wire with crystal beads hanging in the window. My other coworker makes t-shirts and my other coworker’s husband makes stained glass. My best friend makes pottery. I like to collect things made by people i know. Its enjoyable to me to have something in your house made by someone you consider a friend. A small life with a meaningful circle is a good way towards enjoyment in my opinion. You never appreciate a mass produced store bought good the same way you do someone’s handmade piece of art. well, theres this house down the road that the owners painted dark green one day. It went from looking like any other cluttered shabby house to looking so sleek and elegant. The whole house was so dark green it was almost black. But i dont know the folks so i never did learn the name of such a pretty color. Cut to a couple years later i’m sitting in the office and my coworker comes through with a picture of his latest art piece. It is a dark green wooden cross; exactly the same color as that repainted house down the road from me. It was so beautiful and i jumped at the chance to have a piece in the house created by another person i knew and considered a friend. In the photograph i could see a little ceramic heart with bluebonnets painted on pushed into the wood. It seemed so beautiful. I asked if i could buy one and my coworker agreed to make me one. About a week after Christmas he brought it to work and it was even better than i had imagined. He decided it needed a white dove and 3 ceramic hearts instead of 1. The cross became a permanent fixture in my tiny house and i am thrilled to have one more item created by someone i know. The color, as it turns out, is called “Hunter’s Green”. Isnt it beautiful?
