Poor Little Bird

I was awakened this morning by a poor little bird who thought he could fly through the window.

I found him lying on the deck upside down.

I carefully picked him up and moved him to a safe place where Jack wouldn't find him and think he was a toy. A little while later, I went out to check on him and he was gone. I do hope he's okay.

Hope you're having a wonderful day!

Karen

Hutch One Ready

Hutch number one is ready to be stacked and filled.

I'm so excited about having some more storage space.

Until now, I had been cramming a lot into one little hutch.

It has been moved to the other side of the dining room.

Everything is a mess right now, but this will all be worth it in the end.

Everything will be so much neater.

It all takes time.

Todays happy colors:

A bit of crafting fabric.

What makes you happy?

Karen



Keeping Busy

I've got a base coat of paint on one of the primitive hutches that my husband rescued.

I scrubbed the heck out of it and left the crackled old paint as it was.

No sanding or stripping.

I'm just painting over what was there.

Of course my husband is having a fit.

He wanted to restore them "the right way".

I want them to look primitive, but clean and white.

This old purse hardware came from the same abandoned farmhouse.

I can't wait to make a new bag with it.

I'm loving all the old stuff from Holland.

Here are my happy colors for today.

I've been having trouble sleeping again, so I've been doing a bit of crocheting late at night.

These are all the end pieces of yarn that I trim from the projects I've been working on.

Hope you're keeping busy with fun projects too.

Karen

Abandoned Antiques Rescued

This past week my husband was given the opportunity to rescue some antiques from an old farmhouse that was scheduled to be demolished. It had been abandoned still filled with all of it's contents over 30 years ago. For three evenings my dear husband dug through the mess rescuing as many pieces of furniture that he could before Thursday. You know what I'll be doing for the next few weeks.

As you can see, I have a lot of work ahead of me.

He found this antique crazy quilt tucked away in an old trunk.

It's one of the prettiest  I've ever seen.

The base of the quilt was made from old flour or sugar sacks and there is no back.

What a sweet work of art.

I've already started cleaning and painting two large hutches that will provide some awesome storage for my table linens, silver and china.

Of course I'll be sharing after photos of everything as I complete them.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

I'll be cleaning, purging, and painting.

Karen

Bright Happy Colors

I've been playing around with a lot of bright colors lately.

Partly because it's Spring and partly because bright colors make me feel happy.

I came across this pattern for a heavy-duty kitchen scrubbie in the March/April '09 edition of "Crochet Today".

I think it's much too pretty to use for srubbing dirty pots and pans.

Have a happy day!

Karen

I Want To Play In The Dirt

I want the sun to shine, so I can garden.

I did some repotting inside to hold me over.

Some fragrant lavender and some rosemary.

My straw hat is already hanging by the kitchen door, just waiting for a warm sunny day.

This little succulent was repotted a couple of weeks ago and is looking pretty perky.

This poor little guy needs more light.

Time to move him to a new spot.

I'm not sure about this stag horn yet.

This vine seems to be happy as it is.

I'm hoping to be able to do some outdoor gardening soon.

Playing in the dirt is fun whether it's indoors or out.

Karen

Where Did Spring Go

I can't believe it's snowing.

After having a few weeks of summer like weather, we're back to snow and ice.

I'm glad I didn't plant anything yet.

These went from the porch to the kitchen.

I'm hoping for warmer weather next week, so I can plant them.

Hope it's warm where you are.

Karen