Showing posts with label Maynard Greenhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maynard Greenhouse. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012


Happy Thanksgiving!

I had hoped by now to have posted all about my shopping adventures in Connecticut last Friday and Saturday...
...but TIME got away from me!

 The photo above was taken at Carole's Christmas shop
 at Maynard Greenhouse....oh my...wait until you see the rest!

Meanwhile...
Wishing you all the happiest of Thanksgivings...

Be back soon with photos of Carole's Christmas shop in Old Saybrook, Deanna's shop Gather in Ivoryton and Michele's shop Taken For Granite in Stony Creek.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Still Walking Through Brimfield or Part Two


Of course...I spied these purple bottles straight away!

There was so much to see at Brimfield and just one day this time.
My friend Carole of Maynard Greenhouse was there
 and visited different fields than we did.
She took some fabulous photos with her iphone. 
 Check out what she saw (and what I missed) HERE.


Snow White and the seven dwarfs were there too!


I should have bought this blue straw hat
 with its creamy white petals.


Here are more random pics of what caught my eye.
Enjoy!







  I know...weird.
...er I mean unusual.



...so many lovely linens.
Too bad I don't sew. :(




Let them eat cake.


yo yo.


A stunning display of the Red, White and Blue.


This is John Bruno...aka "The Professor" 
of the PBS TV show Market Warriors.
He was being filmed "professing" to these two lovely ladies.
Have you ever seen the show?
I have not...but it looks interesting.
 Actually, anything at Brim is interesting! :)





And once again, I was smitten with the gorgeous textiles
 in the booth of Wendy Lewis of The Textile Trunk.






so, so pretty.





Well, our day at Brimfield was fun...
...but the fun didn't stop there.
Tomorrow I will share some photos of things we saw 
at Deanna's shop Gather in Ivoryton.

...and then we will visit Taken For Granite in Stony Creek.

My time here with Dad has been relaxing and allowed for lots of blog time!
He is all settled in and loves seeing his Florida friends again...
...pretty soon the bocce season resumes! :)

Hope your weekend has been full of fun!
:)

What am I grateful for today?
...a delicious spinach feta omelet, a Sunday nap and time with Dad.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Paula's Winter Wonderland


My 2 day visit with my dear friend Paula
 was everything I hoped it would be....
...full of fun, catching up and sharing, visiting girlfriends,
 shopping and Christmas cheer!
As usual,
 Paula decorated every inch of her 19th century farmhouse
 in her charming and unique style.
Come on in!


I took hundreds of pictures here and in the shops we visited...
Here are a few to start...



Paula has been collecting Evi's one of a kind dolls for years...
You will see many of her wonderful creations
 throughout Paula's home.
 Some are displayed all year long...
 and a few make an appearance each Christmas season.















I lost count on the number of decorated trees this year....11? 13?
This one sports an old clock face as a tree topper!



See the tiny doily on which Michelle Palmer
 has drawn a little winter bird?
It fit perfectly in this giant safety pin from Ballards.


The downstairs bedroom has several trees of its own...




This old English bath house locker was one that I found
 at the flea market and traded to Paula this past spring
 when we had our sale together.
It looks perfect in her bathroom
 and has its own Christmas greens and candle.


There's so much more!

So...stay tuned for more photos tomorrow
 and the next day and the next...
...and Carole's Christmas shop at Maynard Greenhouse...
...and Michele's fabulous shop...Taken For Granite...
...and Deanna's shop Gather...all decked out for the holidays...
...and Fran's wonderful shop...The Red Pepper in Chester.

Whew!
Can you stand it?
It was so fun!
:)