White Pansies, Zinc and Flea Finds

Our Easter weekend was a bit different this year as many family members were out of town....but it was still wonderful....full of bright sunshine, flea markets, special friends with sweet little girls, new friends and a delicious Easter dinner...
... and some down time just for relaxation too.



I was able to spend a morning at the flea market and found some fun things that I wanted to share with you...
...first this little poultry feeder....the perfect size for a few white pansies...














I loved the color on this flowered enamel plate...
...the chips don't bother me a bit!
...Now, those initials...LDC
...could they say....Laura Doesn't Clean?
...no, no...that can't be right...
Laura's Dreams Cometh?
...moving on...



I found seven of these blue and white flowered enamel plates...



a handful of crystals and two tarnished mother of pearl knives...





...two little old tins and a wonderful, tiny wicker covered bottle... c 1900



...and some rusty finials...
...There was lots more...I will save a few pics for a later post...



I've also been rooting around in the cellar and digging up some old zinc items, watering cans, tin things, etc, etc.



White pansies look pretty with everything!



I hope that you are having some warm spring sunshine where you are...
or for my friends on the other side of the world...perhaps at least sunny skies!
...and I hope your week ahead brings all good things!
:)

Zinc Watering Cans

Putting away all the zinc watering cans that line the deck and and sit in the garden at the lake...



Asking myself...
...."Can I sail through the changing ocean tides...
Can I handle the seasons of my life"...?







...and these are just the ones at the lake house...way too much of this stuff!

"Times they are a changin'".....

Maybe in 2010 I will begin to part with some of these things...maybe an Etsy vintage shop...Ebay...or a booth in an antique mall or maybe I can sell at shows and flea markets like we did back in the 70's....

"To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun"....

Finding my way!
:) Laura

Black and White Sunday

Just a few black and white photographs as it is Black and White Sunday hosted by our friend Anne Marie of Na-Da Farm......











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Good night all!
I hope this week is full of fun and opportunities for good times with friends and family!

Pink Dogwood and Gray Skies

Can you believe this weather in the northeast US? It's been raining all week with no let up in sight.....and here all the flowering trees and bushes are at their peak.....the lilac bushes are full, bending toward the ground with their heavy purple blossoms. The buds on the azaleas have all burst open and are bright pink and beautiful......
If the sun were shining it would be a spectacular sight...
Oh what a difference the sunshine makes.....



But, on the other hand.....isn't pink and gray a pretty color combination?









































With or without the sunshine.....our world is full of beauty....we just have to look a little harder on a rainy day.....



Thank you all for your kind comments on my 100th post......I appreciate your words of encouragement! If anyone has not yet signed up for the "create your own 'give-back' prize" please click HERE and leave a comment to let me know you want to be included in the drawing.....you have until Monday, May 11th at 6 pm to get your name in.....and then one name will be picked out of the hat to receive a surprise treasure that suits you.....I will try to select something from my collections that fits your individual taste or interest.....It is a way to give back a bit of the kindness that has been extended to me....a way to "pay it forward"! This is going to really be fun! Good luck to you all!

Cleaning Out

Last weekend I had planned to go to the flea market on Sunday.......I took Friday off of work in order to clean off my front porch which I am embarrassed to confess had become a storage area over the last few years....



I filled the back seat of my car as well as the trunk with tons of stuff to bring to the thrift store....



It felt really good to begin to get a handle on what exactly I had, what I wanted to keep and what I knew I could get rid of......



It felt even better when I delivered it all to the thrift store this afternoon.....they loved it all and even gave me a statement for my taxes.....



I really got into the purging process....I am afraid I have been a bit of a hoarder (stop laughing at me family) ....anyway.....I was so involved in the cleaning out process I decided not to go to the market on Sunday and instead kept going through all this stuff that had accumulated.....


I think you could say that I might have even had a breakthrough.....My family will be very impressed and proud of me as I plan to continue cleaning out this coming weekend.......
Oh and by the way.....the things in these photographs.....well, they are the things I kept....and are back on the porch.....couldn't quite part with them yet....