Little peeks ~

WARNING: TONS of pics ahead!!!

What are the little peeks of?

Our home....

Emily (my sweet DIL) was visiting the other day

and said she wanted to take photos around the house ~

I told her "go for it!" just try not to show the dust!!

Yes, I'm guilty.

I love wonderful stuff all around our home but

am NOT a big fan of dusting :)

Here are a few of her photos:

A Hobby Lobby 1/2 priced bird cage in the foyer....with a nest inside of course.

The architectural piece it's sitting on was found in Savannah, GA at a junk shop!

A beautiful old poster I bought from Cindy when we had The Plum Tree together ~

One of our Devon Rex kitties....Thelma ~

You've seen the ladies, right? A gorgeous old lamp my hubby bought for me

at an auction in Atlanta ~ what a beautiful surprise!!!!

A few clocks hung in the living room ~

I'm a freak for clocks....they don't even have to have hands or work!!!

Rhonda (my hubs named her) a gorgeous bust I found at the old Lakewood Antiques...

This is a neat old postal door thing I bought for DH for Christmas one year ~

I love statuary...it. is. EVERYWHERE around here! Even a rooster....

A dress form in our bedroom wearing my Apronology apron....

and a gorgeous creation from Rebecca too!

A door knob in our foyer ~

Rhonda again ~ up close and personal!

More collected (and dusty) clocks on top of a family heirloom armoire ~

A beautiful photo of the girls....our son Brad gave me this painting and I love it!!!

Inside of the library cabinet in our foyer ~ I love the strangest things, I know.

A precious sleeping girl that my brother gave me for Christmas one year.

I cried when I opened his gift.

I'm a goob.

A precious pup I bought at The Plum Tree way back when.

I love his expression and the age on him!

My favorite teddy bear guarding the studio ~

Here are both kitties. Both are the Devon Rex breed.

Chester (on the left) was discounted because his coat was weird, part bald - part furry....

he's ten years old now!

Thelma is on the right and she's a perfect specimen of the breed.

Let's see, she's about to be six in October!

This is their favorite spot every afternoon.

In the dining room, on top of the shelves on the buffet

basking in the afternoon sun through the lace curtains.

Here are a few photos Emily took outside ~

I love them!!!!

One last peek from our farmhouse....

Take a look at what our chickens gave us yesterday morning ~

Three out of four gave us wonderful eggs but

one in particular looks like it may have HURT a bit!!!

Wishing you a BEAUTIFUL Friday dear friends,

Thank you always for stopping by to see me,

I cherish your comments!

hugs and love,

Dawn

Inspiration Friday ~ Gorgeous statuary makes me swoon!

It's time for Debra of Common Ground's Vintage Inspiration Friday ~

I love statuary....among many other things!

The gorgeous aged patina of those that endure the weather....

I have pieces all around our home....

Sweet angels that used to be my grandmother's ~

I treasure them because she loved them.

Dennis gave me this precious little boy one year for Christmas....

to represent our five sons ~ I cried!

St. Francis...a concrete statue that resides by our fireplace ~

Just beautiful.

Have an amazing Friday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Another image and a few more ideas ~

I just love little chubby birds all in a row!!! Cindy had this amazing book at The Plum Tree today and I just had to have it. She saved it to show me and knew I would love it. The illustrations are adorable and the best part?? My son bought it for me...you gotta love that!

From the archives of my clippings notebooks: Statuary, always enchanting but more so when adorned with fresh flowers or greens . . .

A simple, gorgeous window treatment. It could be created with a lace tablecloth even! I've always loved this look. Again, clipped from an old magazine.

These little images that I'm sharing are not from any current magazine but old ones that have long been tossed away. I clipped my very favorite ideas and saved them in sheet protectors placed in three ring binders. I love that these ideas are timeless ~ ten years from now, they will still be beautiful.

Wishing you a lovely, restful Saturday!

xxoo,Dawn