Now...where do I put all these treasures?

With the nicer weather comes garage and estate sales.  Yeah!  Bill (my partner in crime) and I went to a few these past couple weekends.  Now to fix up what I've bought and find a place to put everything.  I'm thinking I might need to add on. ;)

I hope you enjoy seeing what new treasures we've found.  Get yourself a Coke and sit back a spell as there are a few pictures. (sigh...garage/estate sale fever I'm afraid) ;)

I love the hand turned mortar and pestle.  They are heavy!  I couldn't resist the two wooden mallets.

 

 I loved this wooden level.  Even if one of the levels was missing I still wanted it.  I had to Google and head to Ebay for the remaining two items.  The middle one is a Hand Forged Wrought Iron Iron Blacksmith Tong.  Super heavy!  Now the bottom one took me a few to find it.  Can you guess?  Bill laughed at me when I suggested maybe it was used to carry fish?  *grin*  Do you know?  There are four hooks.  Three under and one that is on the top.  It is marked 52 E. Whitfield & Sons.  After researching for a few I found them on Ebay.  It is a cast iron hanging hook balance scale.  It is missing the weight that slides onto the right end to balance against. One hook attaches to a base at the top and the other 3 are used to hang the meat.  A far cry from using it to hang the fish you've caught huh?

All the tools (except the mortar and pestle) were bought for a dollar a piece.  Not bad. :)

I really wasn't going to pick up the Depression glass...really I wasn't!  Then....she said..how bout you take it all for $3.  Sigh....and here it sits on my dining room table.   I wanted the silver soup spoons for my every day silverware.  I picked up a set of silver last summer and we use that for our every day silverware.  It was without soup spoons.

 

 The little handmade pillows I fell in love with.  Home they came with me.  I love the doily.  I pick them up whenever I find them for a good price.  I do not have the patience to make them.  I tried once and it ended up as a coaster for my glass. ;)  This one is large and was only $1.00.

 

This wicker hamper was in great condition.  It needs 3 little screws on one hing.  Other than that maybe just a fresh coat of white and it will look new. 

 

 Bill just shakes his head at me and asks....where are you planning on putting it?  Me? umm...I'm not sure...but I'll find a place!   *big smile* It's in the garage now...waiting on being spruced up with a fresh coat of paint.  Then....I need to find a place in a house that is already full.  Do you do that?  Find something and have no idea where it will go?

Doesn't she have pretty brass legs? I thought so too!

Are you still with me?  Good ;)

I loved this tray.   Perfect for Spring!

Tea anyone?  Bill loved the green gourd one, me the flowered one.  Actually I love both.  I loved the sweet little white pitcher also.

 Bill found the tarnished silver tray.  In my hands it went.  Bill found the wooden bowl.  In my hands it went.   I found the tarnished silver napkin holder.  In my hands it went.  I found the little pup on Ebay...first bid it was mine.  Yeah!

A glass plate...such pretty colors.  My photo sure does not do it justice.  It has Saxon China stamped on the back.   The bowl is a Pampered Chef Stoneware Baking Dish.  I LOVE this.  It cost me an entire dollar. :)  Now....this piece on the right.  We have no idea what it was. Nor did the lady having the garage sale.  Is it a strainer you use over a pot?  A splatter guard? A veggie steamer?  Have you a guess? 

Update:  My daughter called me after reading my post and informed me that tool above is a diffuser for a gas stove.  It adds a layer of protection between the burner and the bottom of your pan, yet it's perforations allow heat to get through.    Well now...what to use it for...I have an electric stove. ;)

And lastly (I'm sure your glad to see this is the last one.  I applaud you for staying with me.)  is this mirror.  It is one heavy mirror.  On each corner there is a residue, like someone had a sticker on it.  I've tried goo be gone on it.  No luck.  I'm thinking I'll just sand them smooth and give it a nice new coat of paint.

Well this is the extend of our last two weekends of sales.  Now back to my original question.....where do I put all these treasures?

Spring....she be a coming!

 

2011 Flowers

We are at 66 degrees today!  For all this week are supposed to be ranging around 20 degrees above normal.  I have signs of Spring all over my gardens.  I sure hope Mother Nature won't be deciding we need any more frigid snowy weather.  I am so ready for the smell of fresh cut grass and flowers.  

I hope your all having a wonderful start to your week!  

Springtime is the land awakening.  The March winds are the morning yawn.  

       ~Quoted by Lewis Grizzard in Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You

Finally some snow!

And now.....it can melt. ;)  I would of been happy if it had just passed us here in New York altogether. ;)  It sure was a heavy wet snow.  We sure were not up to shoveling.  I had been down with the stomach flu for four days and Bill for a couple days.  But if we wanted to get out of our driveway we were shoveling.  Every year I talk about getting a snow blower and every year we don't.  Maybe next year. ;)  Here are a couple shots around the yard of what I hope is our first and last real accumulating snow of the winter.

With no snow on the limbs we are able to walk under these branches.

Backyard

A little potted evergreen

The limbs are so heavy with snow they are laying on my Blazer.

Ground light

Our pup Fritz enjoying the snow in his winter garb. ;)

I hope you've all had a good week.  After the flu all week and then snow...this weekend has got to get better. ;)

Valentine's Day Apron and a Coat for the Dog!

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another."
~~Lucretius

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day!   I'm hoping the little girl I sit for likes my present for her on Valentine's Day.   She loves to 'cook' for me when I am at her home watching her.  She uses an apron given to her by her big brother.  He had used it to 'cook' with when he was little.  It's all blue...and shouldn't every little girl have an apron with cupcakes and polka dots on it? ;)  This is how I spent yesterday..winging it as I went along with this little apron for her. :)  She can also reverse it and have an all polka dotted apron. :)  Only the front side has pockets on it.  I think she'll like it :)

This past Thursday I decided to make Fritz, our dog, a new coat for our walks on these cold days.  He was none too happy with me waking him up during his naps to stand up for fittings. ;)  I know he doesn't mind it as it's been pretty chilly this weekend and he's stood still when I'm putting it on him.

Have a wonderful week! :)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself...

~Norman Wesley Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas," 1976

 

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Back in the olden days...

1926 - A photo of my Grandparents, Uncle and Mom as a baby.

I thought I'd share this little bit from my granddaughter, Lily, aged 6.

Her Mom (my daughter) calls me last night for my birthday.  She was telling me of their weekend of how they had visited a historical museum.  They enjoyed it.  Lily my granddaughter was full of questions.

My daughter saw her staring up a some photos very intrigued.  Lily turns to my daughter and asks....

"Did all people back in the old days have gray skin like that?"

LOL....My daughter explained that back then they had no colored film that that was just black and white film the photos were taken with.  Poor thing...I can just imagine how she thought everyone looked back then....with all that gray skin and all.. LOL  I'm still laughing every time I think of it. :)

Hope it brought a smile to your face too.  Have a great day. :)

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Good Sunday Morning! :)

Bill and I had drooled over these rolls Paula Dean was making on the FoodNetwork. I told him I would make them one day.  I've made these several times now.  Each and every time they turn out so good!  These rolls are sooooo rich and yummy!  A great tip to cut the log of dough for each cinnamon roll is to take a piece of thread, slide it under the log to where you want to cut, bring it up and criss-cross it over the top and pull....perfectly sliced rolls. :)

I hope your having a wonderful Labor Day Weekend.  We are having thunderstorms right now.  Something Upstate New York certainly didn't need after Irene rolled through here.

Join me? :)  Although you best hurry Bill is making quick work of these. ;)

Please excuse the slightly blurry photo.  I should of checked my shots before diving into my cinnamon roll and hazelnut coffee. ;)

Plates and cups from 222 Fifth, pattern Gabrielle.  I picked these up at TJMaxx for a song. :)  Metal and red stone napkin ring given to me by Bill's Mom before she passed.  I love the crocheted placemat!  I picked up a dozen of them on Ebay for $28 which I thought was a fantastic price.  I'd never have the patience to make one of them let alone twelve. ;)

The recipe can be found here: Paula's Cinnamon Rolls