Lindsey and Josh have updated their blog on their travels in New Zealand. They've still got some catching up to do, but they are settled now and should be updated more frequently - I know they'd enjoy your visits! The link is on my sidebar OR go here ---> http://joshandlindseynz.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
I'll be back in a day or two ~~~ Peace out!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Robins are BACK!
Spring is just around the corner here in East Texas! YEA! Altho I must admit we might get another cold snap before it's all over with. It was in the 70's here late this afternoon. So nice, so me and my camera and Gypsy went for a stroll around the farm, well, part of it anyway. Robins were everywhere- swarming up in the hackberry tree - picking the little tiny berries and chasing each other away from their branch. They're pretty territorial about food I guess.
Had to go to pay the water bill today and I ran across the photos below on the way - just down the road from us. The sun didn't come out til about 3:00 this afternoon - it was still a little cloudy...
Below, my plum tree is coming out. Think I may have already showed you that one last post.
And I USED to have a lovely real wicker settee on the front porch that I loved to go out and sit on. You see who has taken over that settee, don't you? No point in trying to keep Gypsy off of it. She's claimed it and it's hers now. I think when it gets warm, she'll be laying out in the grass or dirt. But for now, she perches on the settee and stays there all night keeping a watch on our place. She is a good watch dog and barks to alert us to human or varmint. So I guess that's a good trade-off for her using my settee. Ya think?
Keep yer dress down...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Hints of Spring
The daffodils are out all over town, the tulip trees are blooming (I'll try to get some photos of that soon, too) and I can tell that spring is right around the corner here in East Texas. Sure didn't feel like spring today tho.
Plum and peach trees budding...
Iris coming out...
Tail-end of my pansies...
Tiger lilies coming up...
We had a quick blast of cold last night. Rain, 24 degrees Saturday night, 30 degrees last night, and strong winds. That's about the extent of it for now. By Wednesday we're supposed to have temps in the 70's again. I sure hope so - I need to start getting things outside cleaned up around here. Flower beds need new mulch and weeds pulled. You know all that little spring green rye and purple flowery thingies? They are coming up every where. Tony already mowed once!
Garden is plowed and ready to go!
See what I scored in the dumpster at my office? YES! One can always use another birdbath!
Gypsy came a runnin' when I went outside. She was sopping wet, and of course her being an Aussie mix, she had to "lean" all over me. My jeans were muddy and wet, but I guess I knew that before I went outside. She's a sweetie. She had to roll over for a (wet and muddy) belly rub...
Tomorrow promises to be beautiful and clear - too bad I have to work. I've gotta get my square foot garden beds constructed - Dad's gonna help me - just a few and then my row crops. I've already got my onion starts. Dad's already set his out.
Ok, well that's all for today. Keep yer dress down!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Kickstart the Day!
Just a little Howdy! and a good morning to you wonderful friends out there in Bloglandia! It's a beautiful day here in Texas and I'm going to be painting today! Lots of light here this morning that I cannot waste! Check out my South Light painting blog later on this evening and I'll update what I've been working on. Last week, the weather was dark, rainy and gloomy on my days off from work, so I didn't get to work on it as much as I'd like. I hope to get alot accomplished today and tomorrow.
ATTN: SOUTH LIGHT ART BLOG has been updated... if you're interested...
On that, I'm leaving you with a little sunshine I snapped out my front door to brighten your corner of the world - specially if yours is gloomy this morning! Have a wonderful day! I'll get some pictures of my painting progress up later on IF you're interested! Hugs to you all - you just don't know HOW MUCH y'all mean to me!
ATTN: SOUTH LIGHT ART BLOG has been updated... if you're interested...
On that, I'm leaving you with a little sunshine I snapped out my front door to brighten your corner of the world - specially if yours is gloomy this morning! Have a wonderful day! I'll get some pictures of my painting progress up later on IF you're interested! Hugs to you all - you just don't know HOW MUCH y'all mean to me!
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Red Hutch
Did I show y'all my red hutch? When I was taking some photos of my painting that I'm working on right now, I noticed it in the background. I also noticed alot of folks talking about showing little corners in one's home, so I thought today I'd show you blog peeps the northeast corner of my living room.
There's this flea market downtown near the old railroad station that I like to visit from time to time. They have lots of vendors there, and they have good sales in certain booths once in awhile, and I love to go look. There is a vendor there that I REALLY like what she collects and what she sells. Right down my alley. Lots of ... well, let's see. Not really primitive altho there are a few pieces that I might consider "prim". Old kitchen stuff, rolling pins, tins, washbowls, breadboxes, kitchen stools, old canister sets, crocks, shelves, etc. It's very well organized. What I love about her booth is that it's clean and neat and it's got furniture in it, too, NO JUNK (well, I take that back - all this old stuff is somebody elses' junk, right?) And no foo-foo stuff.
She does ALOT of her pieces in RED. I'm recently falling in love with red. My tastes are running to more primary farm colors instead of the pinks and pale greens that I first put in this little farmhouse. Told you I was phasing out the pinks and foo-foo stuff. A few months ago, I was there looking and she had this old, old hutch that had been painted several times. You can still see the white layer and the vintage light green under that red. It's very sturdy, and when you look inside the shelves and drawers you can tell it's really primitive. I don't know if it had glass in the top doors at one time or screen. It could have been a pie safe on top - I'm not sure. Now it's got a bigger gauge screen in it.
I fell in love with this silly thing and knew I had to have it. AND it was ON SALE! So, I bought it, called Tony and had him come down with his pickup and help me get it. He just asked me, "Now what?" It sits here in my living room with my few pieces of ironstone and a some other items in it. Lots of storage space in the bottom is holding household bills and files that really need to be in a file cabinet (which I don't have room for and which is also ugly). I guess I justified getting it for that reason... But I did get it really cheap and didn't have to do a dadgum thing to it.
Oh yeah, it's got some milkglass stuff in it too, and some platters that wouldn't fit in my pie safe in the kitchen. Can you see that little string with the tiny clothespins on it? At Christmas time, I hung my Christmas cards across that little clothes line. It was very cute!
Anyway, here she is and I really like her. Plus, with me switching to the reds, greens and gold/yellow colors of farmy-decor it fits in perfect with my house. Think I could do a little better on the sunflowers - they were some leftovers from another project. They look a little sad, but I'll work on that later. It's about time for me to go back to the Flea and see what else RED that I can't live without!Ok, that's all for today. Bye!
There's this flea market downtown near the old railroad station that I like to visit from time to time. They have lots of vendors there, and they have good sales in certain booths once in awhile, and I love to go look. There is a vendor there that I REALLY like what she collects and what she sells. Right down my alley. Lots of ... well, let's see. Not really primitive altho there are a few pieces that I might consider "prim". Old kitchen stuff, rolling pins, tins, washbowls, breadboxes, kitchen stools, old canister sets, crocks, shelves, etc. It's very well organized. What I love about her booth is that it's clean and neat and it's got furniture in it, too, NO JUNK (well, I take that back - all this old stuff is somebody elses' junk, right?) And no foo-foo stuff.
She does ALOT of her pieces in RED. I'm recently falling in love with red. My tastes are running to more primary farm colors instead of the pinks and pale greens that I first put in this little farmhouse. Told you I was phasing out the pinks and foo-foo stuff. A few months ago, I was there looking and she had this old, old hutch that had been painted several times. You can still see the white layer and the vintage light green under that red. It's very sturdy, and when you look inside the shelves and drawers you can tell it's really primitive. I don't know if it had glass in the top doors at one time or screen. It could have been a pie safe on top - I'm not sure. Now it's got a bigger gauge screen in it.
I fell in love with this silly thing and knew I had to have it. AND it was ON SALE! So, I bought it, called Tony and had him come down with his pickup and help me get it. He just asked me, "Now what?" It sits here in my living room with my few pieces of ironstone and a some other items in it. Lots of storage space in the bottom is holding household bills and files that really need to be in a file cabinet (which I don't have room for and which is also ugly). I guess I justified getting it for that reason... But I did get it really cheap and didn't have to do a dadgum thing to it.
Oh yeah, it's got some milkglass stuff in it too, and some platters that wouldn't fit in my pie safe in the kitchen. Can you see that little string with the tiny clothespins on it? At Christmas time, I hung my Christmas cards across that little clothes line. It was very cute!
Anyway, here she is and I really like her. Plus, with me switching to the reds, greens and gold/yellow colors of farmy-decor it fits in perfect with my house. Think I could do a little better on the sunflowers - they were some leftovers from another project. They look a little sad, but I'll work on that later. It's about time for me to go back to the Flea and see what else RED that I can't live without!Ok, that's all for today. Bye!
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