Some Random Pictures

I honestly don't know how I survived
(or how many beautiful moments I missed)

before digital photography!

I began taking pictures seriously when:
tripods & high speed film (no 'action' setting lol) prevented blurs.
When light meters were essential
When bad photos on printed paper elicited a a sad sigh of 'oh well'.

When there was no such thing as 'overnight/while you wait' developing.
No personal photo editing - that was for professional photographers
(and how I envied them - limited by todays standards - but still....)

I remember the absolute magic of Polaroid
(raise your hand if you remember the swinger camera?!)

I fell in love with 'freezing time' in photos back when new cameras

had flashbars bars of flashbulbs - and oh gosh, remember flash CUBES?

I confess, I fell under the magical spell of photography long ago. 

So I am giddy at the volume and beauty, the quality and quantity of pictures
I can now capture without having to sell blood to pay for the film & processing.

You can easily imagine, I have far too many photos, gleefully capturing

images by the thousands. Weeks of time disappear to editing and such.

I do my best to resist over-exposing (hey a photography pun, lol) you
to my obsession with pictures, really, I do

But these moments, views, memories~captured are a significant part of me
so they weave their way into posts and at times are the post itself...
I hope you enjoy them!

Just one more day to join in!

THE AUGUST GIVEAWAY!

Leave a comment on any post
to have a chance in the 'surprise' giveaway drawing...
And if you 'follow' publicly
You'll get a chance that way too!

So join in by
*leaving a comment on any post

*following publicly
*or have TWO chances if you do both

Hope you'll join in the fun :-)

What's a woman to do with her antique purses?

My office door

So is this 'antique purse decor' clever or crazy? lol

I'd love to know what you think

yea or nay?

 (really,  your honest thoughts are welcome and appreciated!)

Amazingly Productive Weeks!

Since the last time we chatted  :-)

MUCH has been accomplished!

Hydrangeas have bloomed in profusion (the first time ever - yay!)

MASSIVE furniture REarranging has been completed (several rooms worth).

Paint priming of the old girl continues (between the seemingly endless rain - tho wet is better than drought - without any doubt)!  The grass and the plants adore the rain, it's only the paint that objects...

New things have been added to the

Big Red Barn Shop in the time that

has elapsed since my last post too.

Soooo much forward momentum is exhilarating, lol

Arriving at a moment in time when you stop, look and realize you can

SEE the progress derived from all the "process" you've

been dedicated to is wonderful....

There's still a fretful distance more to go on the painting goal

that I set for the old girl this season. But still. She's looking better.

And isn't there something heartwarming about finding the

EXACT PERFECT PLACE

for pieces of furniture you've had (and loved) forever ....

I also had a funny odd thought that led to an unexpected project

that created an entire new look in the kitchen!

But alas that will have to wait for another post with pictures.

Till then, thanks for stopping by and for your emails - you've made

me (and the old girl) feel so welcome!

Don't forget :-)
You're warmly invited to join in (by leaving a comment on any post or following visibly)
to have a chance at the 'suprise August drawing' and if you are a visible follower and leave
a comment on any post during the month of August you'll get TWO chances to win!

Please DO feel free to comment or email - I SO enjoy chatting with each of you...

Sharing old house or decorating or garden (or whatever!) stories.

The Days Of July Have Been Filled With These...

Tic Tock
Sweeping the clock
She circles
As seconds slip by...

Where the time goes?
(Nobody knows)

It simply just vanishes, flies...

Here's a peek at where my seconds of July

have seemed to fly off to!

How about you? What have you been doing
with your seconds of July?!



Progress on the kitchen-porch painting! Yay!

Spot prime - check!

Prime coat - check!
Heavy duty porch paint in gray - (mostly) check!

Thinking I may actually finish this project? Check! (mostly, lol)

Project: kitch-porch

We refer to it as the kitch-porch because we've never been certain or able to unearth its history.

The floor slopes a bit as tho it once was a back porch to the fields.

It's been windowed in for many years but may have once had only columns.

All hints it was a porch.

But it also has a stove vent access port cut into wall.
Once upon a time it had lino over the floorboards.
It's directly off the kitchen.

Hints it was a summer kitchen.

I suppose the history & story are lost to time.

No matter what it was much TLC and rehab required! lol
The real fun is finding the right pieces of furniture, accessories etc
(can't wait to share those steps & images here with you)!

For now I'll leave you with my
removed-everything-and-sand-spot-prime-(pre-full-prime)
the floorboards image
Yes, a lot of rehab! lol

Stars & Stripes a la Farm

Beautiful earth warming life growing sun the last few days....

Out strolling the land, camera in hand

I spied parts of our flag

(in green and yellow
of corn & stella)

Stripes

Stars

Happy (farmhouse) 4th of July!



Anyone Seen Summer?

As I type this you'll find me wearing a sweatshirt AND the light is on in the room because it's so grey outside. So cool windows are closed. Lightning, thunder, heavy rain most of yesterday once again ~ leaving me with blinking power, no-longer-functioning sat-tv and needing to wear my pink wellie mud boots. Each of these normally unheard of this close to July! It's not a problem of significant status considering what so many are dealing with for certain. But it's weird.

AND the flickering power has put me behind in my uploads of pictures & details my very first blog/barn giveaway (exciting)!

So please swing back over the coming days ~ I'd love to have you join in the fun!

In the meantime I'm hoping it warms enough to shed the sweatshirt and dries out enough outside to do some weeding and lawn mowing (that's one thing about cool and rain, the plants 'n grass love it, lol)

Old House Vouyering

I don't condone (or recommend) voyeurism, lol
But when it's old houses we're peeking at it's different, yes?
This old house magazine has a feature many OHL (old house lovers) know well

which featured homes for sale needing to be purchased, reno'd and saved

                          I didn't realize it was also available online now.
Best of all it not only shows current save this old house
but also shows followups each for two of the homes featured each year
If you have time, it's amazing. Sometimes sad, often happy, always inspiring...

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/save

Enjoy!

***Remember to check back on Thursday June 30th for the start of giveaway and sale***