When I was growing up we moved a lot. It was not until I was well into my twenties that I lived in any single residence longer than 3 years. My childhood pledge was that when I had kids…in high school, they would sit next to kindergarten classmates…they would know people long enough to see… Read More CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN… COLORS AND EXCITEMENT…SHOPPING AND SPENDING… …..DECORATING AND BAKING…IF I BAKED… AND for pulling out the Holiday Decorations..and in this case…my old favorites… MY RAGGY VINES! ******************* side note: I am having FOOT surgery today…a BUNIONECTOMY…long overdue and now my feet will work…and match! (I had the first foot… Read More HOLIDAY DECORATING: RAGGY VINES ARE BACK!
IT TOOK WEEKS and WEEKS.. to clean out the old sleeping porch. The room was piled ceiling high with STUFF…and lots of it…I thought it would take one day…I was oh so very wrong…but our perseverance paid off…My husband has become a pro at taking things to the new storage unit, we filled probably 20… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – ELLIE’S ROOM
MY FAVORITE BROWNS HAPPY THANKSGIVING! WE ARE BLISSFULLY WATCHING THE MACY’S PARADE AND GETTING READY FOR THE DOG SHOW!!! BUT LETS TALK ABOUT………………. BROWN …is a color that makes me feel warm…cozy and makes me think about Thanksgiving… 3 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT BROWN: 1. IT COMPLEMENTS ALMOST EVERY OTHER COLOR 2. A LITTLE GOES… Read More HOW NOW BROWN? BROWN IS ALWAYS NOW!
ONE YEAR AGO Today my sister-in-law Maura Died. She was 37 years old. ….the world changed irrevocably and impossibly that day…in short…the world, my world without Maura is just plain strange. I don’t think I will ever find complete peace on any level with her passing the way some people do, when someone amazing dies,… Read More ONE YEAR WITHOUT YOU
IRONICALLY- IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I POSTED A PAINTING.. IRONIC because it has certain NOT been a while since I painted…I have been painting 24-7…dogs, cats, barns…even a horse…I love Christmas!!! HERE is a recent painting…done…just for fun…modeled after no chicken in particular…and named after one of my favorite actresses…NOT because I think… Read More NEW PAINTING – ELIZABETH TAYLOR
I LOVE RIC RAC, LITTLE GIRLS SMOCKED DRESSES, and SPOOL BEDS!!! THE other day at Target, I literally did a double take, like a cartoon character when I passed these… TARGET in my humble opinion, has HIT THE JACKPOT!!! and Then..THEN when I went on line…it was not just side tables…but MORE!!!! SERIOUSLY…I MAY JUST… Read More TARGET GOES ALL JENNY LIND!
AT least once a week – I get asked about WHITE PAINT COLORS – White is HOT and Interior and Exterior whites still rule the roost when it comes to choosing paint colors. A few years ago, we painted the exterior of our 140 year old house which had NEVER been painted – not EVER… Read More FARM HOUSE WHITE – GREAT EXTERIOR WHITES
Hey there!!!! I have not written much in the last few weeks. Our house has bustled with Activity. Painters, Masonry dudes, 4rth generation radiator guys…broken leaded glass windows finally fixed…and crumbling walls torn down and built back up.. ……We pulled together a team of incredible talented professionals and I have overseen the work…It is like… Read More WHEN THE WALLS CAME A TUMBLING DOWN … TAKE A ROAD TRIP – BLACK DOG SALVAGE
22 days ago our dog named Dash went missing. We have looked everywhere. Put up signs everywhere. Asked everyone. He just vanished. We got Dash in December 2004. It was our first Christmas in this house and the kids had been on us for a dog for a while. I picked up the kids the day… Read More LOST DOG – DASH PLEASE COME HOME
