October Birthday

 The end of the season and the beginning of a new one. I am sure you are tired of my chicken pictures so I will change it up a bit. My grandson lives in the city and they came down for a small family party this weekend. He loves cupcakes so this is what we did.

It was just a small party, family only, but the kids love their Halloween stuff so we did this and had lots of fun and laughter. my Grandchildren are getting so grown up at 21, 18 and the girls are 16. Time does fly. I am trying to slow down and savor the moments and this was one of them!

Random thoughts

So here are some random thoughts and a couple of pictures. The pictures are because I got a new camera. A Canon Rebel T3i. I am getting used to it and so far I am liking how the pictures are coming out. There is so much to learn. The random thoughts are coming because I turned 60 last week. I just don't know where the time has gone. Funny it does not bother me being 60, but my thoughts have turning to things I want to do. ( more on that in a later post) My family had a nice party for me and then hubby and I spent the day together poking in antique shops and out for a quiet dinner. My idea of a perfect day.

I received these two glass witch balls on my 50th....wow where did 10 years go?

 

See even my bunnies are laughing!

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Flag Day!

I have been a bit busy, still working in my garden and now we are having rainy cloudy weather here....great for the seedlings. I love that from Memorial Day on I can have my red white and blue out. It is such a patriotic time of year.

Last weekend there was an historic home tour in our town. We got to view five beautiful homes. One of which I wanted  to buy about ten years ago....that is another whole story. My home is 38yrs old. No longer new, but not an antique. I would so love to own an antique home. Hey a girl can dream!

So as the gentle mists bath my gardens in the sweet rainwater and I watch them grow each day, I wish each and everyone a happy flag day. Please fly your flag proudly!

Donna

Hearts

This is my heart of glass. My hubby gave it to me for Valentines day.....years ago. It came with a little card that read something like here is a heart of glass, it holds my heart for you. It was such a wonderful gift and I love to look at it as it catches the sunlight in the morning. I see it as I sit at my dressing table. I wish I could find the card that came with it...I know I kept it. It was so pretty and what it said was more elaborate than my abbreviated words. This was one of the most thoughtful and loving gifts ever~

Who said hearts are for Valentines? I realize I enjoy them year round. I was surprised at how many I could find in my home. These old wood hearts have been here forever.

How many hearts do I have.....this is just some of them. There is a heart shaped twig wreath over my kitchen hearth, a heart shaped Bennington pottery dish, the Rowe pottery dish these fabric hearts nest in. A heart shaped candy dish filled with heart candy, Crabtree and Evelyn, heart shaped soap, the list goes on. Here are some of my favorites.

Red glitter heart made by a grandchild last year.

Little tin hearts

~More glitter~

I love this wooden heart !

We use these napkins for the month of February.

Don't you just love hearts? How many do you have in your house?

Happy Valentines Day!

36th Anniversary

Yesterday was a perfect day. My hubby and I celebrated our 36th anniversary. We both have jobs that are difficult to get a day off from.........so we booked the day out for each other, left the phones behind hopped into the car and took off. We had a light breakfast and headed West. We went to Sturbridge MA. It is only about an hour away from us. It was very cold yesterday so we decided to poke in the shops and to have lunch at an Inn we have enjoyed before. It is called the Publick House. Just a day spent together, no family, no friends, just us, kind of like how we started out. I made a surprise gift for hubby, I went through some old things and found pictures and mementos of when we were dating. It really surprised him....he seemed to love it. I think we forget the people we were and who we fell in love with. SO I just reminded him and myself too.

Then we stopped in a shop called The Handmaiden, ahhhhhhhhhh I was in heaven!

Another great lighting shop!

Then it was time to go to lunch..........

OK the atmosphere was great and I did not take any pictures inside. I just enjoyed spending the time with my sweetie, but oh the food was just ok........and later we did not feel so good. This was not quite how we remembered it. So we headed on home and I came home to this on my doorstep.

My good friend who is going through a split are 25 years had been thoughtful enough to remember my special day and leave this gift! It made my heart swell that she had done this and I just love this piece, can't you just see it with herbs spilling out and tucked on the porch for Spring?

These are just a couple of the gems I found today. The basket will hang on the front door soon, after the snow is gone. Don't you just love it? I do. Then the little nest I could not pass it by. I also found my first copy ever of Mercantile Gatherings. I have read about it on other blogs, but never found it! I just love it and I loved that I found a familiar home. Linda from Behind My Red Door . I am sorry I don't know how to do a link yet....HELP anyone? Linda's home is just wonderful, warm and very welcoming. It was like visiting a friend, and the quality and pictures in the magazine we just perfect. It was just a great day all in all and now I have to go off to work and make up for taking a day off!