Friday, May 29, 2009

CRAIG DID SO GOOD THE OTHER DAY DOING PHOTOS, WE SENT HIM OUT AGAIN:

STEVE LOOKING THOUGHTFUL- WONDERING IF MY IDEAS WILL EVER STOP SO HE CAN BE A COUCH POTATO AGAIN...
WE MOVED THIS TRELLIS SO THE GRAPEVINE COULD COME UP AROUND IT...

STEVE, CRAIG AND BEBE DRIVING IN FENCE STAKES TO HOLD HAROLD'S OLD GATE UP...
RUTH FINISHED PAINTING THE CHAIR AND THOUGHT SPAZ NEEDED A COUPLE MORE SPOTS...JUST KIDDING...

OK- FINALLY I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAMERA AND CRAIG GOT MY BEST SIDE...I WAS PAINTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CHAIR...
CRAIG AND I PUT THIS FLOWER POT IN THE BIRD CAGE...

THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE RR TRACKS LOOKING SOUTH DOWN OUR STREET...

PRETTY- WE DECIDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO LET THE WALNUT TREE COME UP IN THE MIDDLE HERE- AFTER YEARS OF TRYING TO KILL IT OFF..
CLOSE UP OF THE BLOOMS...
HE WAS STANDING ON THE NORTH LOT LOOKING SOUTH...

THE NEXT ONES ARE SOME REALLY COOL SHOTS OF THE RR TRACKS...



LOOKING WEST...

LOOKING EAST...

LOOKING SOUTH...
THE HYDRANGEA- ITS GOING TO BLOOM SOON, TOO...

CLOSE UP...
ANOTHER ANGLE...

SPIDER WART BLOOMING...

YEARS AGO- WHEN CRAIG WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH AND KYLE WAS THE AG TEACHING THERE- CRAIG AND KYLE SET UP A PLANT BOOTH AT THE GARDEN FAIR ON THE SQUARE TO RAISE MONEY FOR AG AND THEY SOLD PRAIRIE PLANTS- AND I BOUGHT THIS ONE...AND SEVERAL OTHERS...AND THEY ARE ALL STILL ALIVE AND IT ONLY COST ME A DOLLAR!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

WITH STEVE BEING HOME WITH ME EVERY DAY FOR A MONTH- THIS SEEMED SO...

APPROPRIATE...

REALLY THOUGH- ITS BEEN FUN HAVING HIM AROUND ALL THE TIME ...I JUST WISH HE HADN'T BEEN IN PAIN FOR MOST OF IT AND HE HADN'T HAD TO HAVE THE SURGERY...

Rain, rain, rain...

It's been cloudy and rainy here for several days now so hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow.
Everyone is doing ok and Steve is slowly getting back to normal- still can't do a lot with his hand.

We have a lot of weeding to do...

TERRI'S TOTEMS:

HER SOON TO BE FAMOUS GARDEN TOTEMS- MADE OF EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE- FROM OLD LAMP PARTS, VASES, CANDY DISHES, PLATES- WHATEVER SHE FINDS- SHE'S BEEN GLUING TOGETHER-THEY ARE SO COOL-
STEVE AND I TOOK A RIDE OVER TO SEE MY FRIEND TERRI, WHO IS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING FUN AND VERY DIFFERENT- TODAY WE GOT TO SEE HER NEW IDEA SHE GOT FROM A WEBSITE- GARDEN TOTEMS MADE OF OLD GLASS PIECES YOU CAN FIND VERY CHEAP AT GARAGE SALES-

THIS IS HER FUNKY CHANDELIER IN HER KITCHEN SHE DID LAST FALL/WINTER-

HER DOG, DIVA, WHO BEBE LOVES WITH ALL HIS HEART-

A BIRD BATH-

MORE TOTEMS-

THESE ARE FLOWERS- SHE GLUED A COPPER ELBOW ON THE BACK TO PUT ONTO A COPPER ROD TO SO YOU CAN STICK THEM IN THE GROUND AMID YOUR FLOWERS- I SO WANT ONE...OR TWO...OR THREE...
I HAVE A NEW MISSION- FIND GLASSWARE TO TAKE TO TERRI TO BUILD ME A COOL TOTEM FOR MY FLOWER BED....THIS COULD SO EASY BECOME AN OBSESSION.......

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

ANTIQUES- COUNTRY STYLE:

REBECCA SET UP AT A SHOW IN BROCTON:
HER BOOTH THERE:

THIS IS HER BARN AT HER HOUSE- SIGNS OUT BY THE ROAD:

A VARIETY OF ITEMS FOR SALE:

INSIDE THE BARN:

OLD GLIDER:
WHITE THEME GOING ON HERE:
THIS IS WHAT YOUR PHOTOS WILL LOOK LIKE ON YOUR BLOG, REBECCA...