Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Magic Door

My daughter calls it 'The Magic Door."




She knows it doesn't 'open,' and is confused by this at the moment,
so it's "The Magic Door."

Perhaps it opens us all to a world of enchantment.

O, the possibilities.

Is it where I've been hiding the last week and a half?

No, we've all been recovering from a bad case of the stomach flu over here,
each in a different capacity.

The sweet old door was found on the side of the road.

Someone purchased a steel one, and discarded the more charming one with the weekly trash.







We picked up this little old door and brought her home to dress her up.

She was actually quite heavy; she was a solid wood door.







With some added seating from the bunny bench to accompany her
(a birthday present from last year that I HAD TO HAVE),








she makes a great little backdrop for springtime photos.







Or anytime photos, really.







By the way, if you all have chickens...








...then you know how much they love to tear up your fresh mulch.








They love to investigate newly turned earth and will scratch it all out.








This landscaping is Mr. TP's handiwork.
We are quite happy with how it turned out.







My idea hatched and he executed.
Another oldie but a goodie saved from a landfill.

A rescued treasure, reused and restyled.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Time to Forage

Being as I'm home from work today, the chickens get some extra time to forage.





All you have to do is walk up to the coop and they are clamoring at the door to get out.







It's called being COOPED UP.








And.... they're off....







They just love being out after a rain to look for worms and bugs.






It did rain this morning...






...and so goes the weeping cherry.





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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Her Influence, or Mine?

You know there's a little girl in the farmhouse when...






...your angels no longer wear rosaries or vintage beads, but Day-Glo jellie bracelets...







...your vintage birdcage has had its contents removed and
it is now being inhabited by a plastic baby doll...






...and you find Grandma's porcelain egg
with the play food.


Now THAT'S style!

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Paint Them Yellow

Paint my world, Lord, paint my world.





Paint the spring bugles that trumpet spring's arrival.

Paint them yellow,

these earthen suns...

Their pure color a burst of energy singing

against the brown late winter landscape.






Paint them with such intensity that

their beauty simply cannot be matched.






We've all stopped to wonder

at earth's rebirth.





Yes.  We've all stopped to wonder.

And spring is new to me again, in her eyes.

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