A Few December Anthro Pics

My local Anthropologie store used a very green approach to their window displays this December.

Not my favorite but always interesting and thought provoking!

This industrial looking radiator chair is certainly very cool to look at but not one I would choose to curl up in with a book

 especially on this cold and winterly day!

But...it is a piece of art for sure!

Love the clock cases and the pallet treatment on the wall...

...not as fond of the paint cans but they certainly provide

 pops of vivid color!

There's that lace doily headboard in the background again...

... always so much inspiration to be found here.

The after Christmas sales must be amazing now

 but I imagine the snow storm is keeping everyone away. 

It certainly is keeping me inside!

All this green sort of works for the New Year... 

new beginnings...new growth...

...new chances to try again at whatever we are reaching for!

I'm a list maker.
I think it helps me to put things down on paper.

I'm formulating my resolutions,
 my "to do" list and my 

"needs versus wants" list for the New Year.


I have been adding to my "gratitude" list all year long.
That's my most important list of all.

Did you start yours yet?
:)

Breathe Deep, Talk Slow

Breathe deep,

Talk slow...



Give big,

Take less...



Don't count,

Just guess...



Touch kind,

Act fair...



Plan bold,

Try prayer...



Do peace,

Dream far...



Feel loved,

You are!



My friend Pat sent me a sweet note and this little poem was included...
...thought I would share it with you!

Thank you Pat!

I hope you are having a good weekend!
:)

Browsing about early this Sunday I came across Tracey's Words to Live By post on her blog Notes from a Cottage Industry. Click on over to see what others are sharing!

Summer Color

Ah...the weekend is here!
Do you have any exciting plans?



It's so hot and summery here...
...time for cookouts and cold salads...



I found these vintage glasses on the top shelf of the pantry...
...haven't seem them in years.
Time to use them!

Don't you just love the summery colors?

I made an orzo salad this afternoon with cucumbers and tomatoes...
Gee, I love summer!

:)

Over Active Imagination

This pair of gold leaf bookends was found at the thrift store this week for $2.50....they are marked Made in Italy on the bottom....
As I looked over my flea market finds and collections this weekend....my imagination got caught up in the eerie and uncomfortable season of late October and Halloween...



Unusual objects came together to tell their own haunting story...















I think I am scaring myself.

Clean and Green

Hope your Saturday is a happy day!

Blues and Greens

The blues and greens staining these old bottles remind me of the colors in the bedspreads on my sister's and my beds when we were in high school. They remind us both of the green pines against the blue skies in the Adirondacks where our family summers.