The Crops Are In at the Little Farmhouse

This morning I decided to take a walk to harvest my crop of hummingbird vine seeds and marigold seeds with camera in hand. So many spots in our yard are my favorites to photograph.

This really big cedar tree in the side yard just glows in the early morning light. The berries look like silver-blue ornaments.

 

These are two of my favorite places in the yard. I have always wondered what the concrete piece is doing in the tree. I love the barbed wire too.

 

This stack of weathered cedar posts are a favorite. I wonder how long they have been here.

Leaving the gate by the front drive, I look down the drive way at the little white farmhouse. So many areas need my attention today; things need to be put away for the winter months.

We have a lot of hummingbird vines this year. They are beginning to die out and I harvested some seeds for next year while I was out there today. Some of the marigolds are still blooming, but some are already drying out and going to seed. I harvested some of those seeds too.

 

The little garden gnome hiding in the marigolds needs to be scrubbed down and stored for the winter. My grandson, Clay, chose him when we planted these marigolds last year.

This poor little one-winged guy was here when we bought the property. He was on a stick and his wings turned in the breeze.

We did not have any tenants in the birdhouse this year. Maybe our rent was too high. It will be moved into the storage building to keep it nice and maybe next year we will have better luck in finding a tenant.

Yard Hoppin'

My mother-in-law calls going to yard sales "yard hoppin'". That is what we did yesterday.

My first and favorite find were these cute enamel tea kettles. The yellow one is so heavy that I think it is enamel over cast iron.

The handle on this one is a strawberry.

Love this wrapped detail on the handle on this yellow one.

I also got these little gum tins at this stop.

I got some old milk bottles that I liked so much, I went back and bought all of the rest of the ones they had. Most of them were this 1/2 pint size; some pints; and one quart. Maybe I will use them to get my art table in order. (or not).

Snow Day in South Carolina 1-10-11

We are having some really cold, snowy weather. This is being compared to a snow storm back in 1988 when the schools were closed for 10 days.

I decided to get out the craft things and finish up a project for a birthday gift. It went well except for the cut finger from cutting ribbon and spray adhesive everywhere.

 After spending several hours working on old photos and making layouts, I got out the blank book.

I cut and glued scrapbook paper to the pages and then added the layouts that I had printed. Ribbons were added to finish off the pages. I took the ribbons off the back cover after I made this photo.

The layouts are in this post.

Now off to clean up the floor, counters and table.

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