Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Friday, November 16, 2012

...true confessions...

...there are no towel bars...
...there is no door...
...but...


...lots of stars on my dreamy shower curtain...

...a couple images of Dad...
...he was so young on the left...
...he was so young at heart on the right...

...creamy white drapes on the doorway...
...and shelf above...

...the suitcase I carried as a child...
...my brother took me to Washington DC...
...my initials are still there...
...SJB...

...on the narrow shelf above the pegs...
...a lovely photo of my husband's class as H. S. seniors...
...sweet white pitchers...
...a tarnished old silver bud vase...

...on the wall...
...a wonderful heart motif carved in wood...
...which used to be part of some old Victorian house many years ago...

...it is a tiny bathroom...
...but I do love it...
...cozy...
...white...
...complete with chandelier...

...the bathroom tissue holder is unique...
...doubling as a magazine rack...

...my favorite piece..
...this little gem is perfect for storing treasures..
...jewelry...
...make-up...

...I'm a shameful 'stacker'...
...even in my bathroom...

...from old Old Spice to a shoe last with my name on it...
...vintage platter and one more star...
...another little shelf doing double duty...

...an old wire basket with crisp white wash cloths...
...reminds me of childhood summers at the pool in Brook...

...do you recognize me...
...a friend gave me that sweet little frame...

...the miniature dress form on the left...
...is covered with white buttons...
...all sewed on my hand...
...true confessions...
...yes, I did it...

...the tiniest little little cherub...
...in the right hand corner...
...is in charge of keeping order...
...and serenity in this little spot...
...I only wish she could clean my sweet bathroom, too...

"All life is an experiment. 
The more experiments you make the better." 
Ralph Waldo Emerson 


Monday, October 29, 2012

...shades of old white...

...I adore everything about old paper...

...the color...

...the smell...

...the texture...

...the edges...

...the fonts...

...recently, I found these papers in an antique shop...

...what a find...

...there were two bundles like this...
...both came home with me...

...I also adore everything about vintage sheet music...

...this shadow box once was a kitchen drawer...
...a garage sale find many years ago for only fifty cents...
...it got quite a make-over...
...and those beautiful music notes grace the back and sides...

...I could share an abundance of photos of my sweet white pitchers...
...but instead will end with another couple of my favorite things...

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
Henry David Thoreau

Monday, October 15, 2012

...just can't get enough of my little white pumpkins...

...this morning was glorious...

...so after breakfast on my screened in porch...

...I grabbed one of my sweet little white pumpkins...

...and proceeded to let it pose all around the back yard...

...it was such fun play...

...I just couldn't stop snapping photos...

...this little guy was such a cooperative model...

...always looking adorable...

...have I mentioned how much I adore little white pumpkins...

...and their shadows...

...as I write this post...
...Alex the kitty is in this very spot...
...he looks just as comfortable on the chaise lounge as the little pumpkin...

...in one of the many lanterns hanging in my apricot tree...

...looking perfect in the little window box...

...or on top of another bird house...

...perfectly balanced on the watering can handle...

...and perfectly shaped for the heart that hangs on my fence...

...sitting on top of some of my Red Wing collection...

..posing with some dusty Ball jars that have votives inside...

...and then finally joining many other little pumpkins...
...in an ironstone soup toureen...
...it has been quite a busy day of play...

...'Abundance' is the title of this little work of art...

"Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart." - Sarah Ban Breathnach


Thursday, October 11, 2012

...autumn love...

...sunflowers and white pumpkins...
...equal October happiness...

...a strong flower...
...that continues to give joy as it ages...

...always ready for a quick pose for the camera...

...Trader Joe's has wonderful bouquets...
...this one contained three sunflowers...

...along with some evergreen...
...and lovely spiky orange blooms...

...this little painting is called 'Sunflower Beauty'...

...and this little work of art is called 'Signs of Fall'...

...little white pumpkins sit in my kitchen window...

...this one was captured at my favorite shop 'Bloom'...

...'Just Be Neutral'...
...posted on Flickr...

...'Autumn Gold'...

...even some white pumpkins in front of our home...

...also on the other side of the front door...

...'Fall Happiness'...
...posted on Flickr...
...finally our temperatures have cooled a bit...
...there is a feeling of fall in the air now...

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” 
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables