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Snippets Around The House

February 7, 2013 By Brenda

I’m still feeling the red and white. Don’t expect it to go away after Valentine’s Day either!

I saw the ankle specialist the other day. Now I have a stress fracture. He’s scheduling an MRI to look at my tendons. This whole thing is just making me terribly tired.

I’ve had these mums over a week, and they are still beautiful. More beautiful, since the blooms are opening. I change the water every other day. I sure enjoy seeing the yellow loveliness when I walk through to the kitchen.

Seems that February is just passing so fast.

It’s looking rather gloomy outside. I think it’s going to rain. And naturally I have an appointment I need to get to just after noon.

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The Tale Of The Wooden Ironing Board

September 26, 2012 By Brenda

In the mornings when I let the dogs out, it really seems that fall is truly nipping at our toes. By noon, the air conditioner is cranking. We’re in that strange “in between.”

I thought I’d show you what I did yesterday with that $10 garage sale wooden ironing board I recently acquired.

In case you haven’t figured this out, it’s in the dining room.

Well, isn’t that where you’d put a wooden ironing board that has an accumulation of stuff on it that has nothing to do with dining?

Really, nothing has any relation to anything else. Other than the fact that it caught my fancy and I plopped it there. Amazing how we do that, huh?

Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it Abi & Charlie Ross? Sure it does.

I just wonder of the tales this old relic of an ironing board could tell…

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Farm Yard Decorated Mantle

September 23, 2012 By Brenda

Well, if I can’t go to a farmhouse, I’m going to bring the farmhouse to me. Via my mantle for starters.

I took the TV off the top of the mantle and brought it down to the red bench.

Then I started having some fun. Beginning with Bessie the black and white cow.

I added the old weathered house/barn. And put a few fallish-themed items into the mix.

Added some salad plates that caught my fancy from the kitchen. Whose colors reminded me of leaves, young and old. And an antique sign that had been hanging someplace else.