I am having a Sale in my ETSY SHOP....

I am going to be doing some Spring Cleaning

this weekend...

 

and I will be adding a lot of new item to my shop

in the coming weeks...

 

so I need to make room for these new items!!

 

So I am having a sale!!!

 

through the end of the April 2017

 just enter SPRINGCLEANING

in at check out and receive 20% off your order!

 

My Etsy Shop is Here

 

 

I have several sets of these Rachel Ashwell paper lanterns,

they are a retired product

and I have them in several colors...

 



 

a luscious pancake server...

 

 

 a do it yourself

reusable / customizable sign...

this is also a retired Rachel Ashwell product...

 

 

this sweet Carnation tea pot,

with its delicate porcelain flower handle...

 

I have one like it that features roses...

 



 

patterns for several embroidery

and sewing projects...

 



 

this sweet baby scale,

and also a green one...

 



 

shabby candle stick holders...

 



 

maybe,

if you have a powder room

that needs a special touch

this Rose Sink is a must have for you :-)

 

Happy Spring Cleaning...

In the Garden, a Grey Day...

My thoughts on this post begin

as many do

when I share Spring shots from my Seattle garden...

 

It is a grey day

it has been a grey week...

 

I often find myself

waiting / hoping

for a day of better light

as I watch the peak of beauty

slip from the garden...

 

This morning as I shot photos..

I pondered on that...

 

it is so much like

 that perfect dress in your closet

that you have no where to wear...

or

the china in your cupboard

that you never use...

 

I am afraid to let life slip by,

waiting for the perfect moment...

 

I plan to work on that,

finding a place to wear THAT dress,

enjoying the good china...

and

grabbing an umbrella to enjoy the garden anyway!

 

CREATE the life I want

 

 

so bundle up and join me...

 

I have spoken enough,

I will let you stroll quietly...

 



 

Chase your Bliss!

 

Magnolia Blooms and Toe Shoes....

I was feeling

girlie,

whimsical,

PINK...

 

so what better way to represent that

than

 Magnolia Blooms & Toe Shoes...

 

 

the Kwansan Cherry

just came into bloom...

 

the blooms always make me think of tissue paper flowers...

pure delight....

 

 

 

 

Have a Beautiful Day!

Road Trip - Mima Mounds...

 

I love road trips!

 

I am always ready to explore

my Washington backyard...

 

Mima Mounds

is only an hour South of me

in Little Rock, WA...

 

I had never even heard of it...

 



637 acres of mystery mounds...

 

partly in the forest...

 



 

opening into a vast prairie......

 

there are lots of theories

of how they were created....

 



 

but,

this may be my favorite...

:-)

 

can you imagine 600+ acres of gophers

sitting proudly atop their mounds!

 

it was a very grey Washington day...

 

the bright hues of green

popping on the landscape...

 

 

 damp and mossy trails

through the forest...

 

 

picnic tables

perched atop the mounds...

 

on May 13

they will celebrate Prairie Days here...

 

the field are expected to be heavily in bloom,

I am hoping to make a trip down to see that!

 



on this day,

I saw the very first tiny blooms...

 



 

wild Strawberries...

 

 

lovely patches of Trillium lined the forest edge...

 

thanks for riding along on my road trip,

I hope your weekend was great too!

 

Have  a Beautiful Day!

Looking for Rainbows...

The saying goes...

When it Rains

look for Rainbows...

 

so I have been looking...

 

we have been having quite a wet week here...

 

the garden is awake,

and so are the dandelions!

 



the Woody Hyacinth,

a plant straight out of a fairy land...

 



 

the Magnolia Tree

is a stunner...

 

just a little taller than me

when I planted it 17 years ago...

the Tulips in the front bed,

the hail got to them before I did...

 



 

the first Sweet Forget-Me-Not

begin to bloom...

 

endearing,

unforgettable

 

 

the leaves of the unfurling Ladies Mantle

hold giant beads of rain...

 

 

be still my

Bleeding Heart....

 

 

 

Stay Dry My Friends....