Jul 3, 2013

My Biggest (and Heaviest) Garage Sale Find...

 
As promised,
I am back to show my big garage sale find,
from a couple weeks ago...
 
 
first a few pretty small things,
like this sweet angel face...
 
 
a mirrorless handheld mirror...


I've been on the lookout for hatboxes,
and this one with soft pink roses,
was just right...
 
 
a sweet little sugar bowl...
 
 
these roses,
caused one of those blood pumping moments,
when you see something across the room,
and can't get there fast enough....
 
because you know
everyone else must want it too,
haha...
 

 
pie anyone?
really, isn't it perfect!
 

 
 

 
on to the big thing,
the heavy thing...
 

 
my new old kitchen cupboard...
 
yep, it's in my sitting room,
all we have to do is take out a load bearing wall (haha)
and into the kitchen it'll go...
 
this is that big remodel we have always toyed with,
now we have made the commitment...
 
it's shy of seven feet long,
the top is actually sitting upside down.
and will be hung in the kitchen at ceiling height,
creating a countertop...
 
it is so heavy,
there was a moment,
I didn't think I was going be able to lift the top up
 to sit on the bottom!
 
 
fabulous glass knobs...


 
this one knob has been replaced...
 
it's always the first reaction,
to look for a matching knob...
 
but, truly the beauty of it is the quirks,
the story...
 


speaking of the story...
 
in case you saw Daisy with Randy in a headlock
in the first pic...
 
I just wanted you to know
no dogs were injured in the making of this blog post...
 
their just weird like that...
 

 
 
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Jul 2, 2013

Paradise...

When it get too hot...
 this wimp
goes on a little road trip...
 

somewhere cool...
 


 we headed to Paradise on Mount Rainer...
 

the road to Paradise is a beautiful drive,
 
and Joni Mitchell
always comes along singing in my head...
 
"oooh bop bop bop bop"
 


 
it was still in the high 80's,
but the cold breeze was delicious!
 
I saw a lot of snowball fights!
 

 
the box canyon
with it's 115 foot drop
and gushing water,
gets a lot of ooh's and ah's...
 
 
of course,
I love the flowers...
 
 
 thriving on the edge of the snow melt...
 
easy to know why it was named Paradise...
 




 
a chipmunk
joined us for lunch...
 
 
grey jay...
 

marmots were soaking up the sun...
 




"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"

Joni Mitchell
 
for all my friends
suffering in this sizzling heat,
I hope a cool breeze
blows through your Paradise today...
 
 
Thanks for road tripping with me....
 
 

Jul 1, 2013

Tip Toeing...

They say the summers here in the North West
don't really start until July...
 
our hotter days seem to be right on schedule...
 
I know many of you
are having much hotter weather,
and I know some of you enjoy it!!
 
Me, I am a bit of a wimp...
 
 
so I am tip toeing
into July...


 
 
 
Ballerina Roses...
 
I always wonder,
whether they are named for their
sweet pink shade,
or their simple flared tutu skirts...
 
maybe, it's something entirely different?
hmmm...





 
So whether you are tip toeing
into July,
or leaping right in...
 
Happy July to You!
 
I'm joining...
and
 
I'm on Bloglovin'  Now
I'd love for you to join me...
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today...