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Jan - 28 | no comments.

Now that the holidays are over I am in an early spring cleaning mode. I do not think that there is one room, closet or drawer untouched and I must admit it is a pretty good feeling to know that

Friday Find

Jan - 13 | 2 comments.

This is my fabulous Friday find. I have a sofa I really love and it is just a traditional sage colored sofa. It is very comfy and I love the color. Today I found two wonderful pillow covers to use with it.

Naughty or Nice??

Dec - 13 | 2 comments.

It's Santa time and I love this festive season. I am basically finished shopping and now need to start planning our Christmas dinner menu. The house is decorated and all the kiddos are getting the Christmas spirit. I love the Christmas music,

Water Art

Oct - 15 | 2 comments.

This old pail has been a focal point of a friend's yard for at least 12 years. From year to year it changes. Different pots of flowers grace it each year. The water makes a soothing sound as it hits

New Mexico Old Town

Oct - 12 | 2 comments.

I am thrilled to have more fall sights from New Mexico. These pictures were taken at Old Town in Albuquerque. They are decorated for the fall and it just could not be prettier. I love that they focus on fall

Festive Fall in New Mexico

Oct - 10 | 6 comments.

My New Mexico friend sent these photos of road side stands outside of Taos. Simply put: these photos made me ever so happy. Seriously, I wanted to hop an airplane to New Mexico so I could view all the festive

Chili Ristras

Oct - 06 | 6 comments.

I love nearly everything about New Mexico. I love New Mexico's geography and landscapes. Love the vast expanses of land. Love the road-runners. Love the decor. Love the Spanish and Indian history. Love the traditions. This time of year in New Mexico you will

Soothing Sunflowers

Aug - 30 | no comments.

We all know how I love sunflowers. The continued drought this spring and summer has been so disappointing when it came to finding the beauty in local wildflowers. I could not even plant sunflowers this spring. I am already looking

Flipside is Fun

Mar - 01 | 4 comments.

It seems this winter I cannot turn around without something breaking or needing repair. We have had more than our share of broken "things" and cowboy has an on-going list of items to repair. Farm life is like that. Working fine

New Raggy

Feb - 21 | 4 comments.

The farmhouse is sporting a beautiful new addition to the sun-room. My wonderful Montana quilting friends made a new flannel raggy for me to use in the sun-room when I am reading. Look at the wonderful browns, golds, yellows and creams in

Not Just A Lamp

Feb - 12 | 6 comments.

I just made a lamp of memories. The lamp part was easy as Pottery Barn sells this darling lamp that you can fill with special mementos. This is the story of my new lamp: Many years ago my mother and father in-

Country Antique Fair

Sep - 10 | 6 comments.

Cowboy took me to a neighboring town for an antique fair in May. He would have rather been shot...really! This event had been highly publicized so I was dying to see the antique dealers that were participating. The town is small and I was not sure what

Caution: Yard Art

Sep - 09 | 4 comments.

In the country it seems everyone has beautiful old vintage galvanized buckets, tubs, pails, minnow buckets, watering buckets, old galvanized water coolers and laundry wash tubs. They all are vintage and range from a nice patina to being completely rusty. They make

Darling Donkey Decor

Aug - 19 | 4 comments.

I found a fantastic new website and for all you nature people out there who live in the country, northwest, ski or beach areas or simply have a weekend cabin/farmhouse/lake house. This site is definitely for you. Chandler 4 Corners offers beautiful hand hooked