Treasure Hunting...

Well I didn't have to go far for these little treasures they were given to me by my girlfriend Jaci. They are her mothers from "1927" and there are 3 pairs in the same beautiful shape! My eyes immediately swelled up when she said I could have them she said "well you were family too" I lived with her and her Mother and her sister and also her brother when I was a very troubled teenager. They were really good to me and "Lil" her mom taught me alot, my Mother did not teach me much at all so Lil became my Mom. She passed away about 14 years ago and I have such fond memories of her. This women was single and raising 4 kids on her own, she was a survivor and could pinch a penny like no other. I love you Lillian Burk.

I went to a huge warehouse we have here that is full of Antiques and collectibles and found this gorgeous frame and picture. I wasn't crazy about the picture but I bought it for the frame, and now the picture is growing on me. I found some old medicine bottles that I collect and this sweet little apron so me and my Granddaughter can make cookies together. My sister and I spent about an hour inside and when we left it was raining like I have never seen. The streets were flooded and all the sewer lids where spewing out water? like gushers and the side drains by the sidewalk were completely full. It took us twice the time it normally would to get home but like I said "we are mini Seattle now" I loved every minute of it and was laughing in between "oh my god" and my sister was driving and she didn't quite get the humor of it all. But it was dangerous cause no one knows how to drive in this stuff.

I have such a problem with scale now that I have such tall ceiling. Now I need a bigger table here and larger lamp. Well I guess that means I get to go shopping again :) Now how do I get it through the door without my husband seeing? Once it's in he'll never notice it!

I've Moved To The Coast

Well not actually but it sure seems like it we have had so much rain I mean mucho rain! And as a desert girl I love it. It rained so hard this morning I thought we would float away down the Columbia river. And this picture was taken this evening at 8:15 and this cloud is ginormous. So I'm stomping in mud puddles with poodles and singing out loud. The neighbors are beginning to look at me funny, ask me if I care....NOT! (74 degrees today)

Heaven

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Delve deep into this wonderful ladies blog and you will think you are in Heaven in her gardens, the biggest roses I've ever seen.

Miniture Shoes ~ And Taking A Break

One of my miniature shoe collection

This one is my favorite

A little fun stuff at night when I can't sleep

And of course my little 16yr. old sweet heart will always stay up late with his Mom. Not much going on around here in craft land as I'm sorting through all my stuff and my girlfriends doing the same and were going to have the biggest estate sale you've ever seen. My sisters joining in and she is the biggest pack rat I've ever known and has tons of cool stuff. It's a ton of work putting prices on all of it so busy, busy me Lizzie. Hope you all are having more fun then this :)

I Have To Admit...

I have to admit I am a PINK FREAK. You never could have told this ole Tom Boy that I would ever like pink? It started with rose's a pink one here a pink one there, and pretty soon I was only looking at tones of pink? Then I had a granddaughter and that's all she wrote and she's a Tom Boy too!

We had a nice warm storm here today with lot's of wonderful lightning and rain. It was quite a show up here so the family sat on the balcony and we oohed and awed. Nice relaxing day, I hope yours was good too.

Shiny Coats

This is Bell the day she went to her new home. She has found a permanent home and she had a check up at the vets and there was no chip in her and she was free of any problems except starving. And here she is now! Look at the pictures back and forth and you can see the difference in her head and back thighs, look how shiny she is after good food and a bath! Amazing isn't it?

Just in my new toy to play with, I've always wanted one of these to hang jewelry on cause you never know I may still get my shop one day.

What A Surprise For Me!

Very cool card!

I love this picture hanging clothes out to dry

Nice packaging

Flowers and a bird clip!

These rose tags I saw on a tree she had and they are some kind of acrylic with the sweetest roses and little flowers ever. And you can see through them (notice the chair handle)

I got home late last night as I had a big busy day and out on the front porch was this surprise box. Well not actually a surprise as I knew it was coming but I didn't think it would get here this fast from Holland. My gosh there's so much in this package and the wrapping is to cute. Ester you are a sweet, sweet lady to send me so much!! I am so blessed and grateful you have no idea, what fun to get something from so far away.

The dolls are so pretty with there gorgeous rose's and there sweet little faces. The picture of this little girl on vellum will be used for sure. Yay a new project.

Some music paper that is always appreciated as I use it in my crafts. And a touching post card with Mother sitting and listening to her son read a book.

A little tag of a girl on cloth, toooooo cute! And I love the rose tag it's done on something very heavy like tin or a metal of some kind? Let me know Ester

And this old tin which I adore! Each side has a different picture.

Happy Mothers Day

My wonderful 18 year old bought me this beautiful crystal Humming Bird and Rose. He knows exactly what his Mother likes he is so considerate.

My oldest son gave me a gorgeous card that his wife made and told me he loved me. Very special to this old gal.

And of course last but not least their daughter made Grammy a card from the flowers in her yard and leaf's she's six years old. I taught her to use what mother nature has given us and she has never forgotten.

Gifts From The Heart

My mother-in-law came to visit this wkend and she brought more lovely keepsakes. This little doll with her button up shoes and teddy she also has a little book and is reading to her bear.

She was a collector of little perfume bottles-love the lips!

And this wonderful hand cream and shower cream, I can't get enough of it.

She has been giving me her stamps with wonderful sayings and birds! My grandchildren will love the child stamps

This miniature rose and lamp, the rose comes out of the vase and the lamp is pretty heavy.

Then I went shopping at my girlfriends as she is down sizing and got this fantastic metal basket its quite heavy and will be great for my fruit bowl. All in all it was a very good day. Hope you all have a great wkend!

A little box I have been working on-Done with material with one of my favorite fabrics and lace trim.

Old music sheet and laces and roses

There was definately a higher power at work here...

Well ladies Jenn wrote to me this eve and told me Bell is with a foster family (a friend of hers) and that they went to the garage to get her this morning and she was all hugs and kisses! She is so grateful to have people around her and a safe place to be. These folks have three other dogs but they have to keep her away from them until the find out if she has fleas, worms or anything else going on. They are giving her a couple of days to settle in before they take her, which is a real good idea. I am so happy to know she is not out in the scrub brush sleeping in the canyon anymore with all the things I've seen here. Coyote's, snakes, weird giant spiders etc. and just the weather we have been having lately. 30 -40 mile an hour winds with the worst dust storms ever. My flower pots are a wreck with wind damage yuck!

"Wandering in the storm no more"

Update Again!

Well "Bell" the dog has found a new home for sure, Jenn & her sister came over and fell in love with her. She took to them right away but kept coming back to me, I guess there very territorial and get very attached. Oh I had a tear when she left that's for sure but I only got good vibes from these two very special breeders and Dane lovers. Jenn told me that she is a puppy never been spayed and a gorgeous "Blue" Dane. Mr. P talked to a couple of our neighbors and they have no idea who she belonged to and they noticed her hanging around also for a very long time. The more I played with her today the more scabs and old scars kept showing up and two open wounds but not bad. Well I will never forget her and Jenn said she would e-mail me and let us know how she is doing. I hope "Bell" gives her lots of babies for her kind heart and I know she will have a happy life.

Best Buds

Look how thin she is.

Shes my best friend now my miniature poodle went out the side yard to potty and saw this huge giant and ran after her, he's such a dork! This girl trotted away from Baby and Baby chased her around the house. She growled at me and I'm like "hey I'm the one feeding you sister" we went out 20 mins later and there she was again but she was close so baby barked and stayed by me. So I got low to the ground not to be a threat to her and she came up to see Baby and started to sniff my back so I put my hand out and she checked that out and then went for baby and Baby started screaming (yeah this one screams like a girl) so I put Baby in the garage and got the bag of dog food and she ate right away then came to me wagging her tail wanting more. She let me pet her and started wagging her tail. When she was finished she wanted to play jumping on me, have you ever played with one of these giants? She landed on my foot and of course I had sandals on and thought she crushed my foot. Youser! that hurt but I opened up the basement door and she came right in and just came by me and wanted to be petted and let me hold her face and stroke her between the eyes and she is lovely. They are Gentle Giants as they say and I would love to keep her but Baby has been traumatized all day. He just wants to be held poor buddy. Anyway I talked to the young lady again today and told her this so she is still coming out to see if they can get her. She has two people so far that are Great Dane lovers and one being her Mother. So I am so grateful to this young women.

Am I Rich Yet?

I got this book last Saturday because I had heard about it on t.v. as I was perusing through it I saw this phone. I was like "That's Grandmas Phone!" I went to our storage and found it and now I am rich, right?

It is with out a doubt the ugliest phone ever. But my farm Grandma had one in her bedroom and as a young girl I was fascinated by it. She caught me playing with it alone in the bedroom and she said "what are you doing?" and I being a little scared said "nothing" she said "well come on out of here and we will find something more useful for you to do" I was like cool she didn't yell at me or nothing. I was quite the little _ _ _ _ when I was younger (did I say younger, hah!) Anyway I think the phone was a pretty cool concept but dang I'm going to have to fun it up with some vintage lace and millinery flowers.