Friday Fotos

                                                          

                                                                     DECAY

                                                                 HOPE

                                                              GROWTH

 

 

JOY

 

(To see these scenes and many more, please consider coming to the Mountain Meadows Quilters Retreat 2012 )

Thriftin' and Porch Sittin'

                   I'm in love with vintage silver and silverplate!!! I use          it, alter it, recycle and upcycle it!!

This is a recent score from the thrift store- multiple sizes of Paul Revere repro footed bowls- they will look lovely filled with floating flowers, lined up in size order down the table, or in a group.

The tea kettle is too badly worn on the inside to use for tea - (altho I wish I could use it!), so it will be upcycled with vintage flateware "chimes" and chandelier prisms.

The little measuring scoop above  I am absolutely in love with- I'm guessing it is one and two tablespoons - haven't actually checked the accuracy yet! But, I will use this - it's kind of unique.

Scored two large iron wheels for my garden - rusty farm equipment is too good to pass up when the price is right!!!! I'll show you them both later - when the garden is fully weeded!!LOL

 

Here is my daughter's dog, behaving very well, surveying the property from the front porch.

This was the other day, after I lugged those wagon wheels to the garden, and before the hay was cut.

I joined Luna on the porch, with a glass of iced mint water, and a good book - The Dirty Life- about a city girl who became a farmer - hhhmmmm!! It is a really good and quick read - with some yummy recipes included!!

A view down my porch - the rusty child's wagon leads the parade of vintage watering cans- one can NEVER

 have too many watering cans....................

Taking a Stand.................

I am taking a quick break from artsy stuff to step out of my comfort zone and take a stand.

I admit to not being very politically astute, and I don't really follow sports.

But the fact that the Philly Eagles have signed on Michael Vick does irk me.

He savagely mistreated a breed of dogs that is close to my heart. Wouldn't matter the breed - just that fact that he did what he did cannot not be righted by fines and jail time.

Rehearsed and pre written sound bites do not make me believe he is a changed person. Actions speak louder than words and I see no action behind the script.......

I discovered a great blog that expresses it more eloquently than I can - and there is a link to sign a petition about Vick.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.........................