Happy Monday! Can you believe we’re on the cusp of October? Where did September go? I took some time out to enjoy a little fall nesting in Potting Shed and to celebrate my favorite season. I’m a lover of brown transferware and ironstone anytime of year, but fall is when it really shines. I pulled…
Brown transferware sings the softer notes of fall, paired with white pumpkins and hydrangeas. I love ironstone and brown transferware any time of year, but fall is the season when it really shines. I pulled out some pieces to give the transferware its due for a seasonal table vignette in the Potting Shed. Harvest Time…
It’s been a mild winter and things are greening up and blooming early this year. We’ve had weeks of 60 and 70 degree temperatures which inspired me to do some spring cleaning around the Potting Shed. In my cleaning and organizing, I ran across a pair of plates and platter I found at HomeGoods a…
I love brown transferware anytime of year but fall is when it really shines. I pulled my small collection together to give them their due for a little touch of fall on a window shelf in the Potting Shed, along with some hydrangeas, mini pumpkins and fall grasses. My brown transferware pieces were picked up at…
I’m joining the The Novel Bakers with The Forest Feast: Simple Vegetarian Recipes from My Cabin in the Woods by Erin Gleeson Join us this week as we step into the magical world of Erin Gleeson, food blogger, artist, photographer and cookbook author of The Forest Feast. . . Jain found this cookbook for The Novel Bakers to…
I’m Having a Backyard Party and Every Bird is Welcome~ In Celebration of my three-year Blogging Birthday on January 15th! Millet, Sunflower and Safflower Seed, as well as Critter Blend is on the menu~ To keep those pesky squirrels occupied~ There is plenty of liquid refreshment and swimming and splashing are encouraged~ And since no birthday…
I’ve spent more time decorating my Potting Shed than my house this Christmas season :) Santa came early and gifted me with a ladder to use in my Potting Shed, or rather a Hatherley Lattistep :) To big to be wrapped and go under the tree, it’s standing in as a tree of sorts, (thank…
I’ve been Dressing & Harvesting~ Planting bits of Fall & Blooms in my Potting Shed! You can take a peek at how the outside is dressed, here. My Ferry’s Seeds Box is a perennial favorite~ Harvested from Metrolina Expo and used for display in my shop years ago. Finding its way later in a nook in my laundry room…
Feather Your Nest **** by Mary Carol Garrity I’m joining Jain with my Edible Book Review at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. Since this week’s letter assignment is N in Mrs. Matlock’s class, I’m Feathering My Nest for Alphabe-Thursday and joining French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday~ “Home decorating guru Mary Carol Garrity compares her techniques for…
N is for Nest. . . I’m joining Alphabe-Thursday ~ this week’s letter assignment is the letter N. This the first Alphabe-Thursday I’ve participated in~ I saw Sarah monkeying around last week at Hyacinths for the Soul and it looked so much fun, I wanted to join in. I…