my kitchen after dark...

I love shadows...

and with lighting coming from different angles...

they cast some fun on the walls...

I love this!... 

this doily was on an old piano for several years in the antique mall I ran...

and when it closed, I bought it and brought it home with me...

I am so glad no one else bought it...

the mantel is a $10 rummage sale find...

see how my curtain droops?...

the rod broke today while Craig and I were hanging it up...

it's on the list for next week...

Walmart is 25 minutes away for us...

we only do Walmart once a week...

and sometimes every two weeks...

if I can get my planning that far ahead...

w e always buy in bulk...

but there's always something...

did you all ever watch Trading Spaces on HGTV?...

I sure did when it first started...

and my favorite designer was Edward Walker...

I loved his designs!...

and I listened to him...

he said a touch of black in every room dresses it up...

I had never had anything black anywhere ever!...

so I started throwing it around here and there...

he was right...

and the kitchen table and chairs are from my grandmother...

I would so love a different style in here for sure...

but these were in her dining room...

and I just haven't been able to let them go...

maybe someday...

the iron work is from my neighbor last spring...

a storm brought down a huge tree in her backyard and took out her gazebo...

this is what was left of the straight pieces...

the rest were bent beyond recognition...

and she was going to throw them away...

and I said wait a minute...

as my DH rolled his eyes...

well, that's it for tonight...

I have napped off the Nyquil finally...

so may be up awhile....

you all have a fun weekend...

and thanks for all the kind comments this week...

they mean so much!

Hugs- Tete

kitchen works...

mid way through the disaster...

notice my mail cart on the right...

my best buddy in the house...

that's also Craig laying down in the floor...

he thought I would crop him out...

not today, ha...

I'm thinking bead board in here 2/3 of the way up...

but do I stay with yellow walls above or go pink?...

found the tulip and crocus bulbs that need planted this weekend...

there are 30 tulip and 20 crocus...

spring will be awesome!...

ta da- my new cheese crate light that I found on eBay...

it came this morning...

with rusty metal stars...

and a gauze ribbon...

the dreaded corner...

see, Debbie...

I have those, too...

this is after I moved out a pile of boxes and an old high chair...

my new chicken...

looks like he was shot with bird shot...

I still have more tweaking to do...

but the beginnings are good...

so far...

little over night suit case holds vintage paper dolls, post cards and valentines...

the lamp shade is crooked and the table needs washed off again...

so don't look so close...

hahahaha...

the bottom of the mantel holds the cat's food dishes...

no more stubbing my toes on them and sending cat food half way across the kitchen or tipping the water bowl...

and the top of the desk...

I am using my new tea cup for a place to put my reading glasses...

I get so tired of trying to find them all the time...

and yes, some of the time, they are on top of my head...

well, girls, this wore me out and I did take Nyquil to get through it...

so maybe, I should take a nap and dream of spring days...

have a sweet weekend...

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MY PINK SATURDAY POST...

IT'S THE NEXT ONE DOWN...

Pink Saturday...

my Pink Saturday post this week is this photo that was originally black and white...

and then was colored...

pink...

this is me at 6 months old...

it's in a vintage gold frame...

with another photo of me...

that my grandmother kept on the dresser...

my mother had taken me to get my picture done...

she always had photos taken until I started school...

Here is a little song she used to sing to me...

many years ago...

Oh little playmate,

 Come out and play with me

 Bring your dollies three

 Climb up my apple tree

Look in my rain barrel

Slide down my cellar door

And we'll be jolly friends forever more

Oh, little playmate

I can't come out and play

 My dolly's got the flu

Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

 Ain't got no rain barrel

 'Ain't got no cellar door

But we'll be jolly friends forever more

dreamin' this Saturday of days gone by...

 

Happy Pink Saturday!

for more PINK...

follow the link....

 http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/



Potato soup this weekend!

If you all haven't been to Lori Lynn's blog yet, now is the perfect time...

http://lorilynnscottage.blogspot.com/2010/11/soup.html

she has got this great idea for a new twist on the old fashioned potato soup...

hearty and sure to warm you up this weekend...

I'm going to be doing my granny's version...

just potatoes and milk with black pepper...

along with grilled ham sandwiches...

but I am going to keep her new twist on the old favorite to try out later this winter...

Sunny and nippy...

another fall day...

one that bites your little nose and the tips of your ears...

high of 42 and a low tonight of 23...

we got 50 tulips bulbs to get in the ground this weekend...

if we can get holes dug...

and 30 new crocus that will smile at me in the early spring...

that's 5 months away...

oh, does that stink or what?...

still at 2 inches of rain since Aug 1st...

it's gotta start raining sometime...

we got a trace yesterday...

couldn't even measure it...

but we did get the rainbow...

Craig got me up at 3am with a severe sinus headache...

been taking Zyrtec...

dried it up real good...

too good...

it was all stuck up in there and he hurt so bad...

hot packs and massages...

push fluids...

it finally went away, but he missed his classes today...

he's nappin' again on the couch...

we have been up and down all day...

hope we can sleep tonight...

that should do for my rantings for today...

big plans for the weekend...

taking back the kitchen from all the junk that just appeared out of no where...