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Tablescaping: adding a little garden beauty By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press Tablescaping is an art form that brings nature into the dining room, providing a feast for the eyes. You can cut your own garden flowers and greenery to make a centerpiece for your table — and then keep on getting creative. “Adding nature to your table will enliven your guests’ experience as they take their place for a meal,” said Tobey Nelson, owner of Tobey Nelson Events and Design in Clinton, Washington. “A table that is embellished with beautiful natural elements can turn a pleasant dinner into a special occasion.” “Add a few stems of lovely greenery such as ferns or hosta to smaller vases along or around the table,” she suggested. “Place a sprig of an herb such as rosemary or a blossom on a napkin or plate to bring your tablescape alive.” Maybe you have small pots of succulents or herbs on your patio? Incorporate them too, Nelson said. “Sometimes a creative idea for the garden works nicely on a table setting, too. Think sweet little teacups planted with succulents, or small terra cotta pots with little herb plants,” she said. “These work well to beautify your table and make cute patio decorations through the summer — or great little gifts for your guests.” No need to relegate cutting flowers to their own patch in the garden, she continued. “Weave them into your landscape. Plant a few
cosmos between shrubs,” she said. “Peonies, a popular garden plant, are great as cut flowers, and their foliage is beautiful in a vase. Lots of vines are great in arrangements.” Tablescaping with plants from your own garden adds a personal touch to the dining experience. “A lot of times you can personalize by using native flowers that emphasize the area in which you live,” said Kaleb Norman James, who owns a wedding and floral design company in Kirkland, Washington. “Or something that a bride and bridegroom can display at their wedding dinner that they’re proud of — flowers that tie in to who they are, where they’ve been or what they’ve done.” Even the smallest details count. “I love to look into the elements that may be overlooked,” James said. Rarely does he use a plain white napkin, for instance: “Look for color or patterns or some type of decorative element like a flower.” Tablescaping is more than a floral centerpiece, he said. “It’s tying in a lot of different pieces. The flatware, glassware, linens, table numbers and place cards that fit a theme. “Try to add some additional custom things on top of that,” James said. “Fruit or something depicting the season. Little trays with grapes flowing onto the table. Or berries in silver compotes or bowls.” In winter, add candles, geodes and crystals for a glamorous touch, he said.
This 2011 photo provided by Dean Fosdick taken at the Biltmore Estate near Asheville, N.C., shows a dining room table set for a dinner party. It integrates a huge floral centerpiece with a number of accessories including glassware, tableware and antique lamps. Tablescaping is a feast for the eyes and brings nature into the dining room. (AP photo)
This undated photo provided by Megan Murphy shows an inspiration garden of painted rocks taken at Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable, Mass., as part of The Kindness Rocks Project. (AP photo)
PAINT IT FORWARD: Sending positive vibes on painted rocks
By MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON Associated Press When Leslie Hall came across a rock painted with the words “Kind Soul,” she had just finished a chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. The rock, which she found in a grocery store parking lot, offered some comfort. It was a random act of kindness that made her smile. A few days later, when she found a second rock bearing the message, “You are loved,” it had an even bigger impact. “It reminded me that I am loved and I am a good person and I will get through this,” said Hall, who lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. “It also helped me see all the kindness around me — all the good that my caregivers and doctors had shown me. It reminded me of the times when strangers who noticed my bald head or scarf gave me a hug.” Hall was inspired. She decided to start painting rocks in hopes of spreading kindness to others. She found it therapeutic. She reached out to Megan Murphy, a fellow Cape Cod resident and founder of The Kindness Rocks Project. For years, Murphy had walked the beach looking for heart-shaped rocks and pieces of beach glass. When she found them, she considered it a sign that her deceased parents were watching over her. A few years ago, she started writing messages on rocks and leaving them on the beach because she noticed other
This undated photo provided by Megan Murphy shows Murphy holding a painted rock at Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable, Mass. The rock was part of The Kindness Rocks Project. (AP photo) people who seemed to be searching for a message or sign. She wrote positive messages, inspirational quotes and song lyrics on the rocks. “I thought about, what’s the message that I would want to find?” she said. “I used anything that would spark something.” Later, she added hashtags on the rocks directing people to a website and Facebook page explaining
that the rocks are intended to spread joy and goodwill. “It’s a simple way to put good out there. It builds community,” Murphy said. “People feel good when they’re doing it. It’s just this magical thing.” She and her followers began organizing rockpainting parties, and leaving rocks in parks, on sidewalks and at parking lots. They have created “rock gardens” containing
dozens of rocks that are there for the taking. Not every rock is painted with a saying. Some have drawings of flowers, happy faces or other feel-good images. Murphy’s efforts have inspired hundreds of people in other cities and states to paint rocks and create Facebook pages encouraging kindness. Similar efforts seem to have sprung up in other parts of the country as well. Wendy Gallacher started Fayette Rocks after learning about painted rocks from relatives in Lakeland, Florida. Her community outside of Atlanta was quick to embrace the project. “It’s basically community service, doing something good for other people,” she said. “One rock can change the way your day is going.” Peachtree City public information office Betsy Tyler worked with Gallacher to create a rock garden near a series of city trails. Locals routinely post about how finding the rocks brightened their day, she said. “As negative as things have gotten nationally, it never hurts to have this spark of kindness,” Tyler said. Rock projects help people feel more connected, said Charity Blair, who started one in Jefferson City, Missouri. Her Facebook following quickly jumped from 200 to 13,000. Spearheading the effort also has helped Blair beSee Rocks p. 2D
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come more confident and involved in the community. Despite anxiety issues, she routinely speaks to crowds and shares her story. “It’s been a pretty amazing journey,” she said. Hall, who has been cancer-free for more than a year, credits the rock-painting project with helping her fight the disease, and she’s still amazed by its impact. Recently, while adding rocks to a garden, she was approached by a woman who asked if she could take one because the
wording on it spoke to her. “She said, ‘My husband died two weeks ago and I feel like it’s a message from him,’” Hall said. Moments later, another woman came by and selected a rock. She told Hall the rock’s message, “Stars can’t shine without darkness,” was something she wanted to share with a sick friend. Time and again, the rocks seem to convey the right message to the right person, Blair said. “Sometimes you find the perfect rock at the perfect time with the perfect message,” Blair said. “It just lets you know everything is going to be OK.”
Is your home drowning in old photos? Organizers offer tips
By LISA A. FLAM Associated Press Take a survey of your home, and consider all the spots where you have old photos. Perhaps you’ll find baby pictures in albums in the living room, vacation snaps in tattered envelopes tucked into a bookshelf, milestone moments in old frames, and older relatives’ fading photos in dusty boxes in the basement or attic. “They’re memories and treasures for us, but they take up a lot of space, and over the years they keep growing,” says Stephanie Sisco, home editor for Real Simple magazine. “When you decide you want to organize these photos, you’re doing yourself a favor, as well as the people who will inherit those from you.” You can organize your photos and preserve your personal history either digitally, in photo-safe boxes or both ways. And if you discard the originals after going digital, you’ll free up storage space around the house, which is always a good thing. Getting organized can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re staring down hundreds or thousands of loose, unorganized photos. And reliving memories through photos can take a heavy toll, especially if you’re working on the project during an already emotional time like moving, helping a parent downsize or dealing with an estate. “It’s one of the most challenging projects that people undertake in their organizational lives because, unless you’re starting from a really organized place, it’s difficult to even know where to begin,” Sisco said. Prints are the most common photographic item that people have — and have many of — in their homes. Sisco recommends spending an hour a day going through them. Organize the prints by decade, and then narrow them further by year, or by person or special event like a wedding. One of the hardest parts is throwing photos away. Sisco advises tossing photos that are blurry, unflattering or duplicates. “You don’t have to feel this obligation to keep them just because they were printed,” she said.
Over time, remember that sunlight and humidity can cause photos to deteriorate. “If they’re exposed to sunlight, each layer of color eventually fades off,” said Toni Greetis, lab manager at Phototronics, an independent camera shop in Winnetka, Illinois. In basements, photos can be damaged by flooding, humidity, mold and mildew. In attics, heat and humidity can cause problems. For these reasons, a digital archive is the best way to safely store photos and slides, Greetis said. Having all images on a disk or thumb drive also makes it convenient to find and share images in person and online. “You can take it with you to Grandma’s house rather than carrying eight boxes filled with photo albums,” Greetis said. “And there’s less risk of damage to a small thumb drive than there is to photo albums or boxes of photos in your basement or attic.” She recommends getting a duplicate of the drive or disk and keeping it somewhere secure, like in a safety deposit box or fireproof safe. If you digitize photos, you can scan them into the computer yourself, pay for the service at a camera shop or go through an online company like the one Sisco recwww.Scanommends, MyPhotos.com . At Phototronics, which digitizes photos, slides, VCR tapes and movies recorded in earlier formats, the question of whether to keep the originals after digitizing is a common one. Greetis says it’s a personal choice. “If you keep them, you actually have the tactile object that you can look at, which has its own nostalgia,” she said. “You can pass those to other family members or just simply to have as the backup if something happens to the digital copies. The downside is it takes up space.” If you keep the original photo prints, Sisco recommends storing them in clearly marked, archival storage boxes. Greetis recommends placing those acid-free boxes inside a Rubbermaid container to keep out moisture. Store them somewhere dry, dark and cool, like a closet.
Above, in this July 18 photo, imagining specialist Erin McClintic works in the lab at Phototronics in Winnetka, Ill., digitizing and archiving a shoebox of customer photographs, right. Below, Old photos in albums and slides are stacked up in a home on July 25 in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Organizing photos can be one of the toughest and most emotionally draining parts of downsizing or decluttering a home. You can restore order to all those prints, slides, tapes and other old photo formats by digitalizing them or putting them in photo-safe boxes. (AP photos)
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US home sales fell in June; would-be buyers can’t find homes By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Homebuyers faced surging prices and a shrinking number of properties for sale in June — causing the pace of sales to fall. Sales of existing homes slipped 1.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.52 million, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. The decline speaks to a troubling cycle for a U.S. housing market hampered by a worsening shortage of properties to buy. Despite solid demand in a relatively healthy economy for houses, sales listings have been steadily declining for more than two years. The resulting shortage has caused prices to consistently rise faster than wage gains, making it harder for more Americans to build up their net worth by becoming homeowners. Sales levels have improved a mere 0.7 percent over the past 12 months. The modest gains come despite solid levels of hiring that have pushed the unemployment rate to a healthy 4.4 percent, a level that in the past would have helped to fuel further sales growth. Svenja Gudell, chief economist at the real estate firm Zillow, said that the lack of sales listings may be bordering on a “crisis.” “There are about as many homes for sale now as there were in 1994, except there are about 63 million more people in this country now than there were then,” Guddell said. Many would-be home-
buyers are unable to find properties to purchase. The number of sales listings has been falling on an annual basis for the past 25 months. There were 1.96 million homes for sale in June, a 7.1 decline from a year ago. That shortage has caused prices to climb at more than double the pace of average hourly earnings. The median sales price has climbed 6.5 percent over the past year to $263,800. Adjusted for inflation, the median is about 9 percent below its 2006 peak during the housing bubble when sub-prime mortgages pushed prices to unsustainable highs. David Berson, chief economist at Nationwide Mutual Insurance, said that under normal circumstances home sales could be expected to rise 8 percent to 10 percent, but the inventory shortage is reducing how many sales can be completed. Homes sold in June at a median of just 28 days, down from 34 days last year. Sales declined last month in the Northeast, South and West but increased in the Midwest. Mortgage rates remain relatively low by historic standards, but they’re still higher than a year ago. The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was 4.03 percent last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said. Last year, homebuyers could borrow at an average of just 3.42 percent, a rate low enough to ease many affordability pressures.
This May 16 photo shows new town homes under construction in Woodstock, Ga. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20city home price index for May was released Tuesday. (AP photo)
US home prices reach record high for 6th straight month By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices reached a new high in May for the sixth straight month, which may raise fears of another housing bubble roughly a decade after a previous one burst. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic national home price index, released Tuesday, increased 5.6 percent in May, the latest data available. It is now 3.2 percent higher than its July 2006 peak. Some analysts downplay the notion of a new bubble, and the unrelenting price increases may already be cooling sales. Other aspects of the last decade’s housing boom and bust, such as rapid sales increases and surging home building, aren’t happening now. “Price increases vary across the country, unlike the earlier period when rising prices were almost universal,” David Blitzer, chairman of the Index Committee at S&P, said.
A separate price index maintained by the National Association of Realtors is also rising steadily, though it remains about 9 percent below its 2006 peak. The S&P CoreLogic index tracks the same houses over time and is generally considered a better gauge of price changes, while the NAR’s measure is affected by the proportion of higher-priced or lower-priced homes on the market. Much of the price gain is being driven by Seattle; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco. All three cities have strong population growth and more rental properties than other U.S. cities, S&P says. In San Francisco, just 36 percent of homes are owner-occupied, while in Seattle the figure is 46 percent and in Portland, 52 percent. All are below the national average of 64 percent. From 2010 through 2016, the U.S. population has grown 4.7 percent, S&P says. In San Francisco it has grown 8.2 per-
cent, in Portland by 9.6 percent and Seattle, 15.7 percent. Nationwide, the number of homes for sale has fallen on an annual basis for the past 25 months. There were 1.96 million homes for sale in June, down 7.1 percent from a year earlier. Rising prices and a limited supply are starting to thwart would-be buyers. Existing home sales slipped 1.8 percent in June, the realtors’ group said Monday, and are nearly flat from a year earlier. Even with the decline in sales, there are plenty of interested buyers. The drop in total listings mostly reflects soaring demand, according to real estate data provider Zillow. The number of homes listed each month has been stable for most of the past five years. About 560,000 homes were put on the market in June, about the same as were listed in June 2016 and June 2015. But would-be buyers are snapping up homes much
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This July 10 photo shows a home for sale, in North Andover, Mass. On Monday, the National Association of Realtors reports on sales of existing homes in June. (AP photo)
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Jazz Age design shown in textiles, furniture and more
This photo provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Arts shows “The Gate” by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV. The piece is part of the exhibit “Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection” at the Museum in New York which runs through Feb. 4, 2018. (AP photo)
Met exhibit looks at Japan’s fine craft of bamboo basketry By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK — Bamboo is getting attention these days as a versatile and sustainable material for housewares, so the timing is good for a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit that explores Japan’s ancient craft of basketry. “Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection” is devoted to masterworks, including a half dozen works by two artists designated as Living National Treasures in Japan. To highlight the works’ virtuosity and context, they have been displayed alongside paintings, ceramics, bronzes, kimonos and other pieces from different genres. The exhibit also explores other traditional Japanese arts that are entwined with bamboo basketry, such as ikebana flower arranging and tea ceremony. Bamboo is so central to Japanese culture that the Japanese and Chinese character for bamboo is part of over a thousand other characters, including those for many items traditionally made of bamboo, such as flutes, writing brushes, boxes and baskets. The Met’s show, organized by Monika Bincsik, assistant curator in the department of Asian art, tells the story of bamboo through almost 100 works dating from the late 19th century to the present. It focuses on the refined beauty and technical complexity of Japanese basketry. The exhibit will remain on view through Feb. 4, 2018. Although the oldest Japanese baskets date to the 700s and were mainly used as offering trays and holders for lotus petals, there was little focus on Japanese bamboo art in the Western world until relatively recently, Bincsik says. Most of the works featured in this show are taken from the Diane and Arthur Abbey Collection, and most have never before been shown to the public. More than 70 of the works exhibited were recently promised as gifts to the Met. The show opens with a dramatically curvaceous floor-to-ceiling sculpture by master craftsman Tanabe Chikuunsay IV. With its voluptuous shape, the site-specific piece is woven out of rare tiger bamboo, which is mottled with dark spots. The introductory section shows how bamboo was used for hundreds of years for everyday utensils as well as refined containers. It was a craft generally honed by specific families, with expertise handed down from one generation to the next. Some leading bamboo artisans created their own schools, many still active today. But it was not until the late 19th century, the exhibit explains, that bamboo craftsmanship began to be recognized as, first, a veritable Japanese decorative art and, later, as a bona fide art form. Later masters such as Iizuka Rokansai created innovative works that were the foundation for contemporary bamboo art. The show includes textiles passed from bamboo basketry mentors to their students as a sort of diploma, or graduation gift, signaling an apprentice’s elevation to the rank of skilled craftsman. These precious textiles
technology, ‘The Jazz Age’ seeks to define the American spirit of the period,” says Cooper Hewitt Director Caroline Baumann. The show begins quietly with a relatively staid section on the “Persistence of Traditional Good Taste,” focusing on the American colonial and Federalist designs in furniture and tableware (and a monumental tapestry woven by New Jersey’s Edgewater Tapestry Looms) that were favored by traditionalists of the early 1920s. This was a period when early American design found new respect with the opening of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the rise of interior design, led by pioneering women like Dorothy Draper and Nancy McClelland, who helped introduce new contexts for old wallpapers and fabrics. This section, visible from many of the other galleries, then serves as a point of reference as the decade then lurches from traditionalist to decidedly forward-looking. “A New Look” reveals furniture and other design pieces of the early 1920s with a more modern sense of style. Works by cutting-edge French designers Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Edgar Brandt and Andre Mare reveal 18th century styles, particularly in furniture, revisited with a luxurious, sleek and modern sensibility. The pieces are paired with ceramics, textiles and wall coverings in bold, bright flora and fauna patterns, particularly in brash teals and oranges.
This photo provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Arts shows “Dancing Frog Flower Basket” by Hayakawa Shokosai III. (AP photo) were passed down time and again over generations. Most of the exhibit is organized geographically into three major Japanese regions; Kansai (mainly Kyoto and Osaka), Kanto (mainly Tokyo) and the southern area of Kyushu. Highlights include “Basket for Transporting Tea Ceremony Utensils,” made in the late 1800s by Hayawaka Shokosai I. He is believed to be the first bamboo craftsman to sign his work, paving the way for increased recognition of the works of individual masters. “Moon reflected on Water” was made in 1929 by Sakaguchi Sounsai. It was the first bamboo work accepted into a governmentsponsored art exhibition, that year. Another major work is “Offering or fruit tray with intersecting circles design,” made in about 1947 from smoked timber bamboo by Shono Shounsai, who in 1967 become the first Living National Treasure of bamboo art. There are baskets that incorporate ancient arrows, still revealing their red or black lacquer. A vase called “Dragon in Clouds” by Iizuka Shokansai is twisted out of a single stick of bamboo. Another work, “Woman,” made in 2004 by Nagakura Ken’ichi, is also formed from a single stick of bamboo, and resembles a sculpture by Giacometti. One takeaway from the show is that the possibilities of bamboo may turn out to be as vast and limitless as the form is ancient. The exhibit will not travel beyond New York, but is accompanied by a slim but detailed publication, “Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection,” with text by Bincsik and photos (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bulletin, Spring 2017).
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Saturday, July 29, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM TBD Forestville Basin Trail – Lots 19-29
Directions: From Wright Street, turn north on Forestville Road. Go over bridge and turn east on Forestville Basin Trail.
Beautiful waterfront building sites on Forestville Basin. You can build your dream home with your builder of choice. The property is less than 4 miles to Marquette Township’s retail district and yet it is secluded and private as it is surrounded by matures trees, Forestville Basin and wildlife. Frontage varies per site. Shoreline is mixed as there’s vegetation down to the shoreline. Electricity is in place for each build site. The basin provides you the ability to kayak, canoe, fish, swim or pontoon on the Basin. You have ready access to the Noquemanon cross country ski trails, biking and hiking trails. Snowmobile trails cross Forestville Road at the bridge and continue all the way up to the Keweenaw. You can enjoy everything mother nature has to offer from these unique properties. $139,900
Sunday, July 30, 1:00-3:00 pm 540 S. Lakeshore Blvd Unit #27, Mqt
Directions: Founders Landing in Marquette; Everett Building (Look for Signs)
2 Bedrooms & 2 Baths! Open Living Area! Views of Lake Superior! Main Floor Condo! Balcony! 1 Car Garage! $399,900 Hosted by: Cheryl Jackson
Hosted by: Cheryl Jackson
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1st Realty 226-4663
Each office independently owned and operated.
1901 W. Ridge St. Marquette
360-9028
Cheryl Jackson
Saturday, July 29, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM 415 Forestville Basin Trail
Directions: From Wright Street, turn north on Forestville Road. Go over bridge and turn east on Forestville Basin Trail.
Enjoy outdoor sports? This is the perfect home for you! The home is on lovely Forestville Basin and has ready access to the Noquemenon ski trails, bike trails and hiking trails. Snowmobile trails are nearby as well. This three bedroom two bath home offers single story living. A 26 ft. enclosed porch overlooks the basin. All this while being just 4 miles from US41 retail stores & minutes from downtown. $290,000
Shown by: Pat Olson
1901 W. Ridge, Suite 9 Marquette
(906) 250-2215
pat@soldbypato.com
selectdar@gmail.com
Saturday, July 29, 12-3pm 163 S. Basin Dr., Negaunee Directions: US 41 to Baldwin, follow onto North Road. Stay on North Road then right on S. Basin Drive to the property on the left.
Stunning homestead nestled on top of a ridge with over 8 acres overlooking and adjacent to CFA land. This property has it all! Plenty of indoor and outdoor space to suit your family’s needs. This home is solidly constructed and has a seamless metal roof and skylights throughout, log cedar siding, tongue and groove cedar in the interior, high cathedral ceilings, breathtaking stone fireplace, air conditioning, in-floor heat in the sunroom, hickory wood flooring and quality carpeting in the bedrooms, back up generator hardwired in, and blacktop drive. Enjoy scenic views and sunrises in the east sunroom with over 40’ of windows and infloor heating to keep your feet warm. Flip the switch and cozy up by the gas fireplace in the open concept great room while taking in the stunning 22’ high cathedral ceiling and office loft or head down to the family room in the lower level to watch a movie, workout, or play. Retreat to the newly renovated master suite on its own level with towering ceilings, romantic wall paper, relaxing jetted tub, walk-in closet, and patio with scenic views. $294,500
Darren Wilbee Associate Broker (906)250-0263 626 Palms Ave. Ishpeming, (906)204-2606
Shown by: Darlene Martin
1st Realty 226-4663
Each office independently owned and operated.
Cheryl Jackson
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