Blue Monday - Vintage Valentine Gift Tags

Today is Blue Monday and I am going to show some Vintage Valentines (with Blue in them of course) that I have turned into handmade gift tags. You can also use them to make handmade gift cards too, just omit the hole and ribbon on top.

I sell my handmade gift tags in one of my Etsy stores Green Acres Cottage.

For more Blue Monday posts, please click here and go visit our wonderful hostess, Ms. Sally at Smiling Sally's blog for more blue monday posts!

Silver Sunday - Silver Spoons Garden Markers

Today I am joining Beth over at Gypsy Fish Journal for Silver Sunday!

I thought I would show pictures of the cutest Garden Markers I have made out of old silver spoons.

The letters are hand stamped (using a hammer) with jewelers alphabet letters and then you use black markers to fill inside! The silver spoons can be found at flea markets and garage sales.

Pink Saturday - Pink Piglets!

Today for Pink Saturday I am going to post pictures of some really cute little PINK Piglets!

They were given to us. I think they are kinda cute.

For more Pink Saturday Posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound Blog!

Pink Saturday - Vintage Pink Bowl

Today for Pink Saturday I am posting a picture of a vintage pink bowl that was given to me by a special friend. It is a pretty colored pink, heavy glass, has four legs and has lovely designs all over it. I think it was so sweet of her to give to me. She said when she came across it in her garage she thought of me because she has seen my Pink Saturday Posts!

I love all the pretty designs on the glass! It has no markings on it at all, so if anyone recognizes this bowl please let me know what it is and from what date!
Please go over to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound Blog, our hostess for PINK Saturday and leave a message. Today she is doing a special fund raiser. It is a fundraiser for a lady who has breast and bone cancer and may lose her home. For every message left on Beverly's blog, $1.00 will be donated to the Colette Gauthier Home Fund. Please find time to visit Beverly's Blog and leave a message to help this great cause. My father died of bone cancer and I just lost my friend of 44 years 2 weeks ago to breast cancer. Let's join together and help this lady and leave a message on Beverly's blog by clicking here HOW SWEET THE SOUND BLOG

Vintage Thingie Thursday - China For the Birds!

I love to collect Vintage China Plates and Tea Cups and Saucers. A while ago, I ordered a whole lot of China Plates on Ebay. They arrived all broken! I saw a vision in all those broken pieces of China for the Birds!

I took these pictures yesterday, look how pretty my pink daisy bush is! Doesn't it know it's the middle of January?

To see this Mosaic Bird House on Etsy, please click here http://annefannie.etsy.com/

For more Vintage Thingie Thursday Posts, please go visit Suzanne at ColoradoLady Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Double Bird Feeder

I love to create garden decorations from my flea market finds. Today for Pink Saturday I am contributing a cute PINK double Bird Feeder I made for my garden.

This is made from a old iron wall lamp, two tea cups and saucers, an old staircase wood pole and a handmade rose

I found that iron wall lamp in a pile of junk for $1.00. I painted it a pretty pink and screwed it on top of the old wooden staircase pole I used one of my handmade clay roses to cover the screw head. I used strong epoxy glue to glue the tea cup plates and cups together. Then I used the same strong epoxy glue to glue them to the iron wall base where the light bulbs are suppose to go!

For more PINK Saturday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly, our lovely hostess for more PINK Saturday posts! http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Garden Thingies

Today for Vintage Thingie Thursday I am going to post pictures of some vintage garden thingies I have. I am so sorry for the people under snow and ice in parts of the US but I live in Southern California and the weather has been beautiful and in January I start to prepare my garden for spring.

Last week I was at a huge swap meet in Arizona and I picked up these vintage old wash tubs sitting on a old stand with wheels. I couldn't wait to put them in my garden. Here it is and I have planted snapdragons, pansies and stock inside them.

In the background of the above picture you can see my vintage bed. I have turned it into a flower bed and I have added some pansies as the pillow.

The area I live in use to be orange groves and avocado groves. I have found some old vintage smudge pots behind a old building near me. I have put several of them in different places in my garden, I think they have character!This is a old vintage pitch fork that I added a birdhouse on it and stuck it into the ground

For more Vintage Thingies Thursday, please click here and go visit our hostess, Ms Suzanne at ColoradoLady Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Roses Tea Cup Birdfeeder

Today for Pink Saturday I am going to post pictures of this cute tea cup bird feeder I made the other day.

The Vintage tea cup and saucer is from the China set Old Country Roses. I love all the pink roses on it! I also epoxy a old vintage silver spoon on the plate too for the birds to sit and eat!

The weather here in Southern California has been so beautiful. Today it was 85 degrees! My garden is alive with lots of beautiful blooms! I have to cut back all my roses and I have been stalling because I still have lots of beautiful blooms like these pink rosesEven the Pink daisies are blooming where I decided to take pictures of my tea cup bird feeder!

For more Pink Saturday posts, click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet The Sound!

To view this tea cup bird feeder and other pink birdfeeders for sale click here for http://annefannie.etsy.com

My Sweet Friend is gone

It's hard for me to write this, but my girl friend for the past 44 years has passed away. We became friends when we were 15 years old. They use to call us Lucy and Ethel. We were always getting in some kind of trouble throughout high school. We were in each other's weddings and we celebrated the births of our children together. We had lost contact for a few years and I posted my profile on Classmates.com hoping she was looking for me too. It only took her a month to find me there! She called me one day and said she was fighting the biggest fight of her life, breast cancer. Through the past two years, despite her courageous battle with cancer, she always made me laugh. She use to tell me how precious life is, and never to take anything for granted. We would meet for lunch or I would take her to doctors appointments. The whole time we would laugh, she had so much courage, hope and strength. I am going to miss her....

Blue Monday - Vintage Glass Chicken

Today is Blue Monday, time to post something Blue.

During the New Years holiday, we spent the week at our vacation home on the Colorado River. Beautiful weather and a gorgeous and relaxing time with friends. We drove down to Quartz site, Arizona to their annual huge Swap meet. We picked up lots of goodies, but I just couldn't resist this Vintage Blue Glass Chicken! I have lots of blue glass chickens and hens, but this turquoise blue just caught my eye! Perfect for Blue Monday too!

For more Blue Monday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's blog!

Pink Saturday - Project for 2010

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound has asked us to post today about a special project we want to accomplish for 2010.

The first of every year I make list of the things I want to accomplish for the year. I make two columns, one for the list of things I want to get done for the year like redecorating a room, going on a trip, etc and the other column for spiritual things I want to accomplish for the year. I like to look at this list throughout the year to see if I am on track to my goals. I have been doing this for over 20 years. It is fun to look back at the old lists and see how my priorities have changed throughout the years!

One of my special projects for this year is to redo and paint my potting shed. This is the cutest little building I have in my garden filled with all my gardening items. Here is a picture of how it looks today before the makeover.
The outside is painted a redwood color now. I want to brighten it up with a pretty paint job. I know you are thinking, it is Pink Saturday today, is she going to paint it PINK? Nope. I am going to paint it a light yellow with white trim. I thought it would be nice to have it match my home.

For more Pink Saturday Posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound. She is a wonderful lady who creates this Pink Saturday every week for all of us to enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Bells for Blue Monday

Today is Blue Monday, I love to join Ms Sally every Monday and post something blue.

For Christmas all the "boys" had blue bells around their necks.....

Buck was a ham and loves to poise for pictures....he loved his blue bells around his neck.

Evil Kitty hated her blue bells around her neck. The dogs all liked them though because they could hear her coming so they could get out her way....

Buster is such a grouch. He hated his blue bells, he refused to look at me so I could take a picture of him.

Even Alabaster the Bird joined in on the Christmas spirit and got blue bells to wear around his neck......then he ripped them apart and bent them so bad they wouldn't ring anymore.... OK, it was really tempting to put blue bells on Charlie the Turtle's neck....but I didn't....For more Blue Monday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Amaryllis Blooms for Pink Saturday

For Pink Saturday today I thought I would post a picture of a beautiful PINK Amaryllis Bloom I have in my garden. I live in beautiful Southern California and I have pink and red Amaryllis blooms in my garden right now!

After Christmas every year I search Walmart, Target, Lowes, Home Depot, etc. for these bulbs. All these stores discount these bulbs after Christmas to around $1.00 to $2.00 per bulb. This plant is one that was given to me last year from a friend. I grow them inside the house the first year then I plant them outside. In Southern California they can bloom any month inside or outside!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and don't forget to click here and go visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink Saturday posts!

Merry Christmas

"This Christmas"

This Christmas.........mend a quarrel.

Seek out a forgotten friend.

Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.

Write a letter.

Give a soft answer.

Encourage youth.

Manifest your loyalty in word and deed.

Keep a promise.

Forgo a grudge.

Forgive an enemy.

Apologize.

Try to understand.

Examine your demands on others.

Think first of someone else.

Be kind.

Be gentle.

Laugh a little more.

Express your gratitude.

Welcome a stranger.

Gladden the heart of a child.

Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonder of the earth.

Speak your love...and then..........Speak it again.

Howard W. Hunter

Pink Saturday - Our Christmas Eve Tradition

Today for Pink Saturday, Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound has asked us to post about our favorite Christmas Tradition.

Since I was first able to sit up in a high chair, I have sweet memories of every Christmas Eve my family all getting together at my Grandmother's house and having a delicious dinner of Spaghetti with Lobster and Clam Sauce, Fried Shrimp, Octopus and other yummy Italian dishes.

Here is a picture of me when I have just turned one, it was my first Christmas Eve dinner, the date is December 24th, 1951 and I am sitting in my high chair next to my Grandpa. My Grandmother is sitting closest to me, she is dishing out her Spaghetti from her favorite white bowl that she used every Christmas Eve. My Uncle Pete is kneeling down between me and my Grandmother, and my Mom and Dad is sitting on the other side with my big brother peeking out next to my Dad. My Aunt Ann and Uncle John is also in the picture.

I can still picture my Grandmother serving us her spaghetti every Christmas Eve out of that bowl till the year she died. After she passed away, my Mom carried on that Tradition using the same bowl every Christmas Eve with her delicious spaghetti with Lobster and Clam Sauce. And here is that bowl today, security displayed in my kitchen cabinet.

My Grandmother and Mother use to also cook along with their dinner fried shrimp. They use to serve it on a pretty platter with pink flowers around the edges. Here is that platter today, I display it on a shelf in my living room.

Christmas Eve was our family's favorite day of year until December 24th, 2004. That is the day my father passed away. We have just started our Christmas Eve Tradition dinner up again, this time it is at my house on Christmas Eve and there is only a few of us. I am looking forward to this Christmas Eve when my Mom and I will serve my Grandmother's delicious spaghetti recipe from that precious white bowl.

Merry Christmas to all my blogging friends!

Love, Ann

Blue Monday - Blue Christmas Trees

Today is Blue Monday and I try to join Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog each Monday and post something Blue.

I didn't get a chance to take pictures of some of my Blue Ornaments because I did a Gold and Burgundy Tree this year. So, for those of you that want Blue, here are some beautiful Blue Christmas Trees to look at!

And here is my Gold and Burgundy Tree. I love the Gold and Burgundy velvet Angel Tree Topper! Burgundy and Gold matches my living room so I kept with those colors this year! For more Blue Monday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - My Favorite Christmas Decoration

Today is Pink Saturday and Beverly at How Sweet the Sound, our hostess each week, has asked us to post our favorite Christmas decoration.

My favorite Christmas decoration is my Nativity. I bought this set when my husband and I were first married. It is one of the first Christmas decorations I bought for our home. It is also a reminder in our home the real reason for Christmas, to remember the birth of Christ.

For more Pink Saturday Posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Rooster Salt & Pepper Shakers

Thought I would join Suzanne over at Coloradolady blog for Vintage Thingie Thursday today. Haven't participated in awhile so I thought I would today!

A friend of mine the other day gave me a pair of Vintage Rooster Salt and Pepper Shakers. They are about 40 years old and she came across them in her garage and thought of me and my kitchen full of roosters. I thought it was so nice of her to think of me!For more Vintage Thingie Thursday posts, please click here and go visit Suzanne at Coloradolady Blog!

Blue Monday and My Birthday Surprise

Today for Blue Monday I thought I would show some beautiful blue pictures from my Birthday Surprise from my dear sweet husband.

The other day was my Birthday. My husband told me he was taking me somewhere for a special dinner and for me to pack a overnight bag. Where was he taking me that I needed a overnight bag I thought?

We drove to downtown Riverside to the beautiful Mission Inn Hotel. They were having their Festival of Lights for the Christmas Holiday and the lights were breathtaking!

Look at what greeted us when we drove up!

This was my favorite area, the beautiful blue pool with the lights surrounding it! There was blue lights everywhere!

My husband rented a beautiful Suite on the top floor overlooking all these beautiful lights!He told me we had 7:00 dinner reservations. The Hostess took us to a beautiful room in the back to be seated. There I was startled with a screaming of SURPRISE!

I was embarrassed so I covered my face.....

My husband had invited my girl friends and their husbands. They made me wear a Boa and a Crown on my head and my girl friend Donna made me a Barbie Doll Cake (I collect Vintage Barbie Dolls)

The Barbie on the Cake also had a Boa and a Crown!

Here is a picture of my friends. Isn't my husband the greatest?

For more Blue Monday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - My Childhood Memories

Today is Pink Saturday and Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound asked us to post something about our Holiday Childhood Memories.

My childhood memories are all in this house, the house I grew up in. I have the most wonderful holiday childhood memories full of love, laughter, happiness and food with my Italian Family. When I went to look for a picture of the house I grew up in, I noticed it is painted a very light PINK!

My Mom still lives in this house today, and I just had to post a picture of the side yard where it shows I got my green thumb from my Mom! Look at those beauiful flowers and most of them are different shades of PINK!

I remember one year, Santa Claus came. My sister and I ran to the living room to see what he brought us and we each got a Tiny Tears Doll dressed in a pink outfit. That pink outfit is long gone, but I still have the doll and here she is today.
For more Pink Saturday Posts, please click here and go visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Recipe for Russian Tea Cake Cookies

This is a old time favorite recipe I thought I would share with you. It comes right out of my Mom's old Vintage Betty Crocker Cookbook. Our family has been making these cookies for years!

Russian Tea Cake Cookies

1 cup soft butter

1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

2 1/2 cups Flour

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup finely chopped nuts of your choice (walnuts, pecans or almonds)

Mix together butter, confectioners sugar and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Mix in nuts.Roll into 1" balls. Place 2 1/2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 400 degrees 10 - 12 mins until set but not brown. While still warm, roll in confectioners' sugar. Cool. Roll in sugar again. Makes about 4 dozen 1 1/2" cookies.

Enjoy!

Blue Monday - Blue Thanksgiving Turkey Plate

I am again joining Sally today at Smiling Sally's Blog for Blue Monday

Here is a really cute Cobalt Blue Plate with a Turkey in the center. Perfect for Thanksgiving and Blue Monday!

This week, all Americans take time to reflect on the things that they are thankful for. For me, Blessings come to mind, dear sweet family and friends, my furry little friends, each time I see a sunrise, and unexpected joys throughout the day! I have so much to thank God for, I know he walks with me and lives within my heart.

I am also so thankful for all my blogging buddies I have made through this past year, thank you for visiting my blog and leaving comments!

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally Blog!

Pink Saturday - Lovely PINK Craft Items

Today is Pink Saturday over at Beverly's How Sweet The Sound. I love to join her every Saturday in posting something pink! Be sure to go visit her for more Pink Saturday posts!

Today I thought I would show some beautiful pink items my crafting buddy Donna has made. Donna and I have been crafting together for years. Donna just opened her first Etsy Store, SNOWCREEKCREATIONS! All these items are in her store.

Here is a cute Watering Can she has made in pink and blue broken china plates.

Look at this cute handmade pink rose she has on top! I love these hearts she made with lots of PINK China and broken Mirror

I also like this cute pink dragonfly magnet with lots of beads, pearls and glass!

And here is a cute LOVE sign just loaded with Pink beads, glass, pearls, buttons, flowers and bling!

You can see more of Donna's lovely creations by clicking here and visiting her Etsy store, SnowCreekCreations!

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Turkey Planter

Today is Vintage Thingie Thursday over at Suzanne's Coloradolady Blog. I haven't participated in Vintage Thingie Thursday in months, so I thought I would today!


I love to collect Vintage Planters. I am always looking for one to add to my collection. I just bought the cutest Turkey Planter that I just have to share with you.

Isn't he the sweetest Mr. Tom? Just perfect to display for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holidays!

For more Vintage Thingies Thursday posts, please click here and go visit Suzanne at Coloradolady Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Turkey!

I can't believe I haven't posted anything on my blog since last Pink Saturday! Life has been full and exciting!



So for Pink Saturday today, since Thanksgiving is not that far away, how about a real Pink Turkey?? (I didn't do it.....)

For more Pink Saturday posts, please go visit our hostess, Ms Beverly, at How Sweet The Sound Blog!

Pink Saturday - All My Pink In The Garden For November!

Today it's Satuarday and it's Pink Saturday again over at Beverly's How Sweet The Sound.

For Pink Saturday I thought I would show some of my Pink in the Garden. Even though its November, the weather has been really nice here in Southern California, today was around 75 degrees which is the coldest it has been all week!

My garden looks so beautiful and colorful, especially all the Pink! Please enjoy the walk through my garden with me while I point out all the pink flowers!

Thanks for walking through my garden with me today, please don't forget to click here and go visit other Pink Saturday Posts at Beverly's Blog, How Sweet The Sound!

Charlie the Turtle Has A New Friend

We have the best family pet, a African Spur Tortoise. His name is Charlie and he is about 20-25 years old. He will live over 100 years old, so he is considered a youngster in Tortoise world. He weighs around 40 lbs right now and they tell me he will get between 150 to 200 lbs.! Yipes! They also tell me he will be over 3 feet long! I sure hope I live that long to see this boy mature! He lives and roams in our secured yard which is 3 acres

The other day one of our friends gave me a turtle he found in his yard. To all our surprise, it is also a African Spur Tortoise! Charlie was very interested in his new little friend. The little turtle is exactly 6" long. That will give you an idea how big Charlie is by comparing them in this picture.

We were all standing around watching to see how Charlie would react to his new friend as I was taking pictures. Charlie would follow the little turtle around and change his direction. He was very gentle with the little turtle. At one time he actually turned and started charging us to keep away from the little turtle!

The little turtle is still to small to leave out alone in the yard with Charlie but for right now he lives in a little home we have made for him. Everyday I let the little turtle out to play with Charlie on the grass.

I haven't named the little turtle yet. Any good ideas??

Blue Monday - Blue Turkey

Today is Blue Monday over at Smiling Sally's Blog! I love to join her on Mondays and post something blue.

Did you know a Turkey's Head is Blue?? I found out the scary way. About two years ago, I was on my knees doing gardening in my yard. Have you ever felt like something was looking at you? I looked up through some plants and this is the head that I saw starring at me!

After I screamed and went running, I finally composed myself and went back to see what the heck I saw and the creature came out of the bushes to show his beautiful body. It was a wild Turkey! Somehow he had flew into my yard!

He was so beautiful and he was also friendly so I assumed he was some one's pet. He would let you touch him and pet him and he liked to follow you around the yard. My grandson loved to play with him! He hung around in our yard for about a week and then he finally flew away. One of my neighbors told me the Animal Control picked it up walking down the street. I hope he wasn't some one's dinner. I was amazed that something that big could fly and also how ugly his head is. But it was blue, perfect for Blue Monday!

Be sure to click here and go visit Ms Sally's Blog for more Blue Monday Posts!

Pink Saturday - Pink Halloween!

Have A Safe and Pink Halloween!

For more Pink Saturday posts, please go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Blue Monday - Handmade Gift Tags

I love making my own gift tags. I have been making them for years now. I love that special touch they bring to my gifts.

Here are some gift tags that I have made recently that are Blue! I am getting all ready and starting early making all my own Christmas gift tags!

I also like to make my own tags for gifts throughout the year too. I keep them on hand and whenever I need one I have one! Of course, all these have lots of blue too!

All these tags are also listed in my Green Acres Cottage Etsy Store.

For more Blue Monday Posts, please go visit our hostess for Blue Monday, Ms Sally at Smiling Sally Blog!

I Have A New Grand Baby!

I am so excited because I have a new Grand baby. Her name is Piper Ann and she belongs to my son Jimmy and his wonderful wife Courtney. She was born yesterday and I was able to come up to Utah and be here for the happy occasion. I have been babysitting her big sister this week.

I took this picture today at the hospital when she finally decided to open her eyes

This is my son Jimmy with his new daughterThis is a very Happy Me!

This makes Grand Child #18 for my husband and I. How scary huh? The thought makes me feel like I should have gray hair or something!

Pink Saturday - Pink in the Garden

Today is Pink Saturday over at Beverly's How Sweet the Sound. I love to join her and other pinkies and posting something pink today!

The weather today is in the 90s, a beautiful day to do some gardening. Here are some pinkness blooming in my garden today! For more Pink Saturday Posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Blue Monday - Blue Sky

Today is Blue Monday and a day to post something blue.

Look at this picture of this beautiful blue sky. Does it get any better than that?

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Vintage Planters

Today is Pink Saturday again. I haven't posted anything all week long since the last Pink Saturday.

I have been busy all week looking for Charlie the Turtle. Someone (now I am not pointing any fingers) left our gate open and he went out and got lost. I have been spending hours everyday looking for him and I am so happy to say I found him today at the Animal Shelter! Now I can get back to regular life!

Today for Pink Saturday I am going to post pictures of some really cute Pink Vintage Planters. I love collecting them and I find them on Ebay. They are so much better priced on Ebay then in a Antique Store.

Look at these pretty Pink ladies!

For more Pink Saturday posts, please click here and go visit our hostess, Ms Beverly, at How Sweet the Sound Blog!

Pink Saturday!

Today for Pink Saturday I thought I would show some fun Pink Stuff!

This is a Paper Towel or Vintage Towel Holder I made this week using Vintage Pink China Plates! This is the only time I feel good about breaking china plates!

Here is a really cute large heart covered with Pink Mosaic China Plates and tiles.

I am weak for vintage earrings and jewels and I just happen across this lady on Etsy named Michelle that takes vintage jewels and vintage earrings and turns them into the cutest magnets! Check out her Etsy store here, its called Blingnets and here are some pictures of what she did with some Pink Earrings and Jewels!

Please go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink Saturday Posts!

It's Starting to Look Like Fall at the Green Acres

Even though the weather is still in the 90s, today is the first day of October and I thought I would get the Fall Decorations out and decorate before it's to late!

I love those vintage like paper mache statues and pumpkins for Halloween! I have decorated the top of my fireplace with some of them I have collected through the years.

Here is a close up shot of them

I love this Fall Centerpiece. On this stand, it is almost as tall as me!One of my Rooster/Chickens Fall Centerpieces is in the Living Room and my husband hasn't noticed yet! (He had told me, no chickens or rooster out of the kitchen...teehee)Well, now it's off to decorate my front porch and put up the graveyard in the front yard!

Blue Monday in the Garden

Today is Blue Monday over at Sweet Sally's Blog. I haven't posted anything on my blog since last Monday...oops!

We have been up in Utah to see three of our Grandchildren play soccer. It was so much fun to see them play. But, not one of them had on a Blue Soccer shirt! So now I will look around the garden and find something else blue to show today!

I think there is nothing more prettier than Blue Flowers in the Garden! Here's some beautiful shots!

Here's some Blue Hydrangeas against a pretty blue sky

I love these blue morning glory vines growing on our fence

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Blue Monday - Distressed American Framed Flag

For Blue Monday today I thought I would post pictures of a distressed looking American Flag that I have displayed in one of my rooms at our vacation home on the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona.

I bought a unfinished frame and painted it blue and I distressed that to look old too. I added wire as the hanger on top attached to two eye hooks. The background of stars is material I have also framed and attached the flag to it. You can't tell in the picture but this is a large size picture frame.

For more Blue Monday posts, please go over to Ms Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Royal Albert Tea Cup Set

Thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound today is another Pink Saturday.

My contribution to Pink Saturday today is this Oh So Pretty PINK Vintage Royal Albert Tea Cup Set.

For more Pink Saturday posts, please don't forget to click on over to Beverly's Blog!

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Wash Tub in the Garden

Thank you Suzanne over at ColoradoLady Blog for hosting Vintage Thingie Thursday!

Today I am posting a picture of an old Vintage Wash Tub with a old Vintage Wringer that I have in the garden. Every year I plant annuals in it. The Wringer has a date stamped in the wood from the 1890's on it. I bought it years ago at a sale up in the Mountains.

For more Vintage Thingie Thursday Posts please go visit Suzanne at ColoradoLady Blog!

Blue Monday on the Colorado River

For the past 8 days my husband and I have been at our vacation home on the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona. We have been spending time with our son Robert and his family visiting us from Utah. I have been enjoying time with 3 of my sweet grand daughters. I told my grand daughters that it was Blue Monday and I needed to find something Blue. They immediately went and put on their new matching blue swimsuits I bought them and said they wanted to model for me because their bathing suits were blue and is perfect for Blue Monday!

So here is Morgan and Madisen modeling for Grandma their Blue bathing suits on our beach. And they also told me the water was blue and that should also count for Blue Monday!

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Mosaic Chippy Cabinet

For Pink Saturday today I thought I would show a cabinet I just got done with.

I fell in love with this cabinet the first moment I saw it. Our Real Estate Agent was taking us through a REPO home on a Avocado Grove (two properties away) that was built in 1914 and I saw this cabinet sitting in a corner to be discarded. I knew I had to Mosaic it!

I love the white chippy paint on it. I added lots of pink broken china plates to each side, the bottom and also the top!

This is the top of the cabinet

I love the glass knobs!

I hung it in one of my Shabby Guest Bedrooms with some other Mosaic furniture. I am going to hang some of my pink flowered hand towels on that bar across the bottom of it!

For more Pink Saturday bliss, please click here and visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink posts!

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Duck Planter

This is a Vintage Duck Planter that use to belong to my Grandmother. I remember when I was a little girl, I would see it at her house. It was given to her by my Aunt Gladys. Then my Grandmother gave it to my Mom. I use to play with it when no one was watching! When my Mom gave it to me, I was so excited. I keep it by my kitchen window.

This thing has to be over 50 years old. It is in perfect shape, no chips or cracks!

I love vintage planters!

For more Vintage Thingie Thursday posts, please click here and visit Suzanne at Coloradolady!

Outdoor Wednesday - California's Fires

Today I thought I would join Susan at A Southern Daydreamer's Blog for Outdoor Wednesday.


I love living in California but I hate the fires we have every year around this time. Thank goodness this year the fires are not in the mountains behind us (yet). We have the Cleveland National Forest behind us and every time I see smoke I freak out along with everyone else. Before we moved to this place I heard a bad fire went right through here, so I know it could happen again.


We have about 6 fires right now burning in California. The skies are gray, it looks like gray clouds in the sky, but its all smoke from the fires. The air is so thick and everything smells like smoke.




This is a picture of the fire that has everyone all excited about. It's on the Peak of Mt Wilson, (above Los Angeles) where one of the United States' Premier Observatories sit. It is also home for all the television transmission towers and cell phone towers! All the news stations are all excited they might not be able to broadcast!


If you click here, you can actually go to the Tower Cam on Mount Wilson and actually see what is happening there live!


And after you check the cam out, be sure to click here and go visit Susan at A Southern Daydreamer's Blog and see all the other Outdoor Wednesday Posts!

Pink Saturday's PINK Plantation Belle

It's Saturday today and that means it's a day to post PINK along with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and all the other pink ladies!

This is my very lovely #1 Brunette Barbie. She was made in 1959 and she is the first style Barbie ever made! I have dressed her in the PINK outfit called Plantation Belle.

Look how beautiful her face is and I just love that PINK Straw Hat and her PINK pearl necklace!

Here is her matching PINK Straw Purse! Even Barbie back in 1959 liked PINK too!

For more PINK Saturday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet The Sound!

Show Us Your Roosters Party!

Thanks to Barb at Bella Vista today she is hosting a Show Us Your Roosters Party! Be sure to go visit her and see all the other participates. There are over 200 of us!

I love Roosters. Everything in my kitchen is centered around Roosters and Hens. From spoon rests, salt and pepper shakers, rolling pins to statues, plates, cups, dish towels, lamps, if it has a rooster on it, it's in my kitchen!

This is a Stained Glass Window that I made about 7 years ago. I love how the sunlight shines through it!

I have dishes of Roosters all around the tops of the windows
All my canister sets are Rooster themed too! My Lamps in the Kitchen are all Roosters too!
My Wallpaper around part of the kitchen has the cutest Hens all over it! I love odd things with Roosters like this Rolling Pin This is one side of my Kitchen, Roosters on all the shelves This is the other side I also have some corner shelves that I keep some of my Salt and Pepper Shakers of Roosters on them This is the cabinet where I keep all my Rooster Dishes This is where I keep all my Table Clothes and Table Runners. And yes, they all have Roosters on them! Here are a few close up shots of some of my other Roosters

And this last picture says it all how crazy I am for Roosters.......

Blue Monday - Pretty Blue Vintage Hankies

It's Blue Monday again and its time to post about something Blue!

The other day I was on Etsy looking to buy some fabric and I came across these very pretty blue hankies for sale. I just couldn't resist buying them, the price was great too!

Here is a close up of each one. I love all the pretty blue delicate looking flowers on them

I love displaying my hankies. In my laundry room I have pretty french doors leading outside to my patio area. I wanted some kind of valance on it, but not one to take away my view of my garden. So I have a rope line running across the top of the doors and I hang my hankies on it and I secure them with vintage clothes pins. Not only am I displaying my vintage hankies but it looks so cute! Here is a picture of one of the blue ones!
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Pink Saturday - Bavaria China Bowl

This week for Pink Saturday I took pictures of a really pretty Bavaria China Dish/Platter that I have.

I purchased this dish on ebay. I just fell in love with the pink roses and gold highlights!

Here is a close up of those pretty Pink Roses and flowers! For more Pink Saturday Posts, please go visit our hostess, Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Vintage MakeOver

Today I thought I would join Vintage Thingie Thursday over at Suzanne's Coloradolady's Blog

My husband took this vintage thingie.......

And all these vintage thingies.....

And this dirty vintage thingie.....

And he turned it all into this Vintage Thingie............

And this Vintage Thingie....

Don't forget to go Visit Coloradolady Blog for more Vintage Thingie Thursday posts!

Pink Saturday - Pink Flowers in the Yard

Pink Flowers in the garden for Pink Saturday

I am so desperate looking for pink today that I even noticed Charlie the Turtle had a PINK tongue! (now that's pretty desperate!)For more Pink Saturday Posts, please go visit our wonderful hostess for Pink Saturday, Beverly at How Sweet The Sound.