Today I'm going with a photo blog. A few days ago I had discussed wind chimes, and I had said that I had chimes and bells throughout my house. I thought I'd take photos of what I have and share them with you today. So here we go - a quick look at my varied indoor chimes and bells.
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Starting in the kitchen, here's my largest set of chimes, set between a kitchen cabinet on the right, and the spice cabinet DH made for me years ago on the right. You also get to see one of the baskets that I've collected over the years sharing the chimes' hook. This set rings out whenever that cabinet door is opened. It's quite lovely, and fairly loud. |
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Moving from the kitchen to the short hallway. To my right is this lovely three-bell chime situated on the wall next to the upper yard doorway. It's got a sweet sound to it. Because it's in an out-of-the-way location, I rarely get to listen to it. |
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In the front entryway is this lovely Spanish-style bell that I inherited from my Mother. The needlepoint below it is also one of her pieces. Mom had this bell in several homes - she loved the Spanish style a great deal and decorated our newer Aspen house totally in Spanish-style custom furniture and fixtures. The bell and two candle sticks, along with wonderful memories are all I've got of that house. |
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Looking ahead in the living room area, my lovely dragons are attention hogs and couldn't resist being included. So here we have Scatha, my hand-made hammered copper lamp, in front of my glass shelving that holds my 50 collectible dragons. I do love them and they look wonderful on their pedestals. But, like I said, they're attention hogs. They're also not chimes or bells. LOL |
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Moving down to the den in the lower level, here we have another small bell. This one is positioned next to the door that leads to the outdoor patio. Again, it's a sweet sound, but not very loud. I think I actually inherited this bell from my in-laws. |
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A bit farther along the same wall is my personal wall space. Here I have artwork that I've had made for me or given to me, and two musical instruments - a thumb harp and an atonal perfectly tuned striking keyboard that I purchased in Taos, New Mexico many years ago. On the upper left is an enamel piece I made years ago to accompany a fanfiction piece written by a friend. At that time I was doing a lot of illustration of fanfics, but this was the only enamel one I ever did. |
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And finally, in the computer room is the wind chime that started all of this several days ago when it suddenly chimed one clear note in a room that gets no air movement, at least at that time of the day and in the cold time of the year. It's got a lovely clear sound, but I shouldn't have heard it at all. Ghosts! LOL |
So, there you have it. A small look into my house chimes and bells with a little bit extra thrown in. There's actually one more small bell handing to my immediate right attached to my computer desk's superstructure, but I forgot to take a photo of it. I also have a large bell that's really made for the outdoors. I haven't found a good place to put it yet, but I'm going to find the right place, maybe this year. Right now it's in a box in the corner of my breakfast nook.
I hope you have a wonderful Friday. It's a "day off" for me, and I suspect I'll be quite busy because that's usually the norm for my days off. Still, it's all good. I'll be back tomorrow. Peace - Slava Ukraini.
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