Hannah's house

 

My eldest daughter asked if I would come over to her house to help her arrange her pottery collection.

You can see it in the china cabinet. 

She had recently bought a sectional sofa and was in love with it but...she didn't like the way it looked because it had a very large seat. The part you sit on was extra wide...if that makes sense. When I got there part of it was in the front hall and the other part was sort of blocking the doorway into the dining room. 

We rearranged it back into a sectional and balanced out the rest of the room with a beautiful MCM chest and a large Jackson Pollack print. She loves the room now! 

I should say that her walls are not quite as bright orange as they look in the photos. Orange isn't one of my favorite colors for walls but they actually look kind of pretty in her house. It was already on the walls when she moved in.

I have always loved decorating and if I was younger I would go back to school to be an interior designer.

She and I don't always see eye to eye so the wonderful afternoon we spent together was very special. 

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Before we started decorating she made us a lovely salad with arugula, delicata squash, and a home made miso dressing. 

Then we went to a sweet little antique/thrift store and a Salvation Army store that are just around the corner from her house. 

I found a vintage dresser! I have been looking for a dresser as mine only has 3 drawers and I need more space. I think we had a chest/trunk like this when I was young. Both of my parents are gone now so I have no one to ask. I did show my sister who said it looked vaguely familiar but she didn't really remember. 

It is a very heavy bureau and my husband and I had to wrestle it up the stairs! It is very well made and in near perfect condition.

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We had our annual Fall Festival on Saturday at the school where I work. 

I volunteered for a little over an hour before I went to my daughter's house. 

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I very quickly pulled over and took a picture of the sunrise coming up over the Atlantic on my way to work on Tuesday morning. 

So beautiful. 

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I got into my car after work the other day and noticed something shiny sticking out of my seat. 

It was Hannah's ring! She bought it while we were at a charity shop on Saturday! It must have fallen off while she was in my car. If it had slipped just a little bit more it would have been lost forever under my seat. I'm so glad I found it for her.

Friday fave fives

The way to start a day

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There is fresh and dried fruit on the porch

in the early morning sunshine.

cherries, blueberries,

grapes and apricots,

crunchy almonds

and coffee.

The rest of the house is sleeping still

but I am settin on the porch a spell

with my feet up on the balusters...

watching the morning come down. 

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walking home

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My mum and I went out to breakfast on Saturday morning.

We ate on the deck at the Marblehead boat club

watching the harbor of a morning.

After we ate we walked the old Fort Sewell.

The U.S.S Constitution sailed by here during the Revolutionary war

hiding out from the English.

It was pretty peaceful while we were there...

only a few tourists and a plein air painting class...

Marblehead light, a tall ship anchored off Egg rock, 

and a slip of a girl going for a swim amongst the dories. 

We watched the wind blow the grass around a little

and sunlight glisten off of the water

and then we mosied on home.

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ABOUNDING GRACE

Community Global

Go outside Saturday

Chicory along the path to the beach

interspersed with this little white flower whose name I cannot recollect

It does look pretty behind the pink and white beach roses

the purple chicory and the pine and silvery greens.

Moths and butterflies flitter and float

here and there a bumblebee makes his way by...



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my man of a morning

Saturday morning found us walking the beach early-ish

While a few family's got a head start on the steamy day

laying blankets and adding ice to the coolers

Joe and I walked with our toes in the water and shared easy conversation.

IMAGE-IN-ING

The letter B

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Big boat little boat

What begins with B

Beach, Bicycle,

Bird and a Bumblebee

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Selah

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Behold, Children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the Lord a reward.

Psalm 127:3

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picking zinnias for Mrs. Parker

Asparagus fern

Rabbit foot fern

Fish bone orchid cactus

Professional gardeners may have been men in ages past,

but women have tended to the home and kitchen gardens.

Savory herbs and vegetables to make a tasty feast for a hungry family.

Chives with purple blossoms bouncing at the kitchen doorway

teepees of scarlet runner beans,

 orange carrots hidden away and crooked-growing under the warm earth.

Flowers were a way to bring beauty to the season.

Honey bees buzzing through the snapdragons

and roses climbing lazily over a porch railing.  

Ferns in the shady spots and cornflower bachelor buttons

like a sunnier place. 

Here and there a jar of zinnias makes it's way 

onto the little table in the hallway

 a vase of tiny tea-cup roses set upon the bathroom sink.

In this way a house is made a home.

A woman's touch brings beauty and joy

and there are few things more beautiful

than the sight of a woman tending a garden.

She has a straw hat askew on her head

and a bit of dirt under her fingernails,

as she creates a fragrant offering for the family she loves.