So Charming!
found on Pinterest
I am going to the annual steak and lobster dinner at the firehouse tonight with friends. I ordered roast chicken😂 I am helping another agent with a public open house tomorrow so wish me luck. Have a nice weekend. xo
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Friday, June 10, 2022
Cupola Love
@periodarchitecture
Cupola detail♡ from the Chester Springs Entertainment Barn.
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
It's beautiful, isn't it?
I wish I could see the weathervane.
xo
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Dog's Head Artwork 1920 Black & White
Dog's head (1920) by Julie de Graag (1877-1924)
How much do I love this? So much!
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Lovely Restoration In the Cotswolds
The house. The landscaping. The tree.
W O W
Cotswolds
Be transported by clicking on the link.
A restored Cotswold Manor and Farm.
xo
Monday, June 6, 2022
Poster Honoring Dogs and Cats
Isn't this a wonderful poster?
I found it on Pinterest.
Want one? Order here.
It's made of metal and is available
framed or plain in several different sizes.
I am not selling this or making a commission,
it's just something I found and wanted to share.
xo
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Rhubarb Buckle with a Crumb Topping RECIPE
Full post by the original author. Found on Pinterest.
This looks amazing and so easy.
Click HERE to read & print recipe with instructions.
See the ingredients below.
xo
Saturday, June 4, 2022
White Peonies on Saturday Morning
My whites are making a comeback! Now you can see why I am so fond of them. Peony season is short but I still enjoy the deep green foliage after clipping back all the spent flowers.
What to do with peonies after blooming?
Only remove the spent blooms, and don't cut away any foliage (the plant will need those leaves to help build up flowers for next year). For herbaceous peonies, you can cut the whole plant to the ground after a fall frost has killed off the foliage. In the spring new growth will appear from the roots. xo
Friday, June 3, 2022
Red Peony Still Asleep
I like my red peonies best in the mornings before they open up again when they wake up. Happy Friday. xo
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Cut Paper Video + First Home Pedicure
Watch this cut paper collage of dogs
by Tracey English in an action-filled video.
See all of her creations on her Pinterest page:
The concentration on her face made me laugh.
xo
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Peony Fever
All of my peonies are opening at once. Usually my white ones are first followed by red and pinks are always last. My white ones are getting squeezed out and I might have to move them. I tried doing it last year but they seem to be cemented in. Will try again when I cut them back.
These are my favorites.
I mowed the front today in this COOL weather (66° at 5pm). I can hardly believe I had my central air on all day yesterday. I guess the peonies are confused too. I'm not complaining about nice weather for working outside. xo
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Two Home Repair Photos in My Cottage
This is a partial photo of the full bath on my lower level. My handman had to totally demolish and replace the sheetrock on the soffit above the sink. It was water damaged due to a roof leak. It was on-the-job training for my young handyman but he did an amazing repair. One coat of paint was all it took for complete coverage and I couldn't be more pleased. This bathroom has a big walk-in shower, and a window. I kept the original toilet from the 1930s too. There are white marble tiles on the floor and plain white porcelain tiles on the inside of the shower. The door you see reflected in the mirror is the front of the batten door that was fully opened for this photo.
My guest room/dressing room is back in order again after some badly peeling plaster wall repair and the ceiling vent back in place. I turned on my central air for the first time this morning because it's going to be 94° today. It might be my imagination, but it seems to be more effective with the addition of the louvered fins behind the duct cover(s) throughout the first floor. I am still organizing and spring cleaning but the end is in sight. The month of May certainly zoomed by, didn't it? xo
Monday, May 30, 2022
🇺🇸 The Poem of World War I 🇺🇸
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
John McCrae, 1872 - 1918
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead; short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
READ MORE about the poem of World War I in an article from The Washington Post. I posted this in 2017 with more about the Punch article.
🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Saturday, May 28, 2022
MOVIE to WATCH: Educating Rita (1983) with Michael Caine
This is one of my favorite movies! I watched it on YouTube last night and thoroughly enjoyed it once again. I have always loved Michael Caine. Julie Walters is the other star.
If you want to go directly to YouTube to watch this free film, click on the link provided below. Enjoy.
Have a fabulous long Memorial Day weekend. xo
Friday, May 27, 2022
Irish Cottage with Daffodils
Just lovely. The clumps of daffodils scattered over the lawn are perfect. Have a great Memorial Day Weekend. xo via
Thursday, May 26, 2022
A Corner of My Bedroom Showing AC Decorative Vent Cover
I haven't featured any photos of my bedroom lately. Here's a photo of the ceiling vent cover and some of my bookshelves. I love my blue and white checked curtains that have been remade over and over since 1972. They started out life in a NYC rental for sliding glass doors going out to a terrace. I purchased the fabric on the lower east side. xo
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Handyman Coming Today to Attach My Ceiling Projects
I repainted the Regio Register air conditioning vent covers yesterday, just in time. This afternoon at 4:00 my young handyman is coming to put them back in place. He wasn't expecting the project to be so advanced and I'm sure he was secretly thrilled I had done so much by myself. The two very large ones are for a vertical wall in the attic. The rest go in the ceiling on my main floor. They are heavy and I thing I will somehow have to help holding each one in place while he drills them. I got a tube super tacky construction adhesive that "grabs" in 30 seconds but I'm not putting much trust that it will work but maybe it will. I have a long telescoping pole with a lambswool covered blade on the end for washing windows outside. Maybe I can hold these in place somehow if needed. Wish me luck. Will post photos later.
For anyone who hasn't been following this project, click the link for the complete history.
xo
It was definitely a two-person job and all 7 vent covers are back in place. I had everything very organized and we were finished in an hour.
My telescoping window washing pole came in very handy. I pushed the rod with the lamb's wool cover against each ceiling mounted vent cover after the construction adhesive was applied while my handyman screwed them in place. It's dipping down to 45° tonight so I have no need for air conditioning but when it gets hot, I'm ready with all the louvers in the open position. In the fall, it will be a snap to close them. Another project completed successfully. I am thrilled. xo
Morning after in my bathroom. Nothing fell down from 5 ceiling-mounted installations during the night😂 The two large ones in the attic were wall mounted and were a snap to put back. The only hard thing about those two was turning one in another direction so I could get my screwdriver inside to open and close the fins of he louvers. Luckily it was square so the placement of the screws didn't matter. Believe me, these things took a lot of engineering and I had to orchestrate every step. I think my young handman appreciated all of my prep work and he probably learned a lot in the process. I have already shared him with one of my girlfriends who needs window boxed installed.
Monday, May 23, 2022
Classical Architecture in Houston Texas
If that's a sleeping porch over the open porch, I'm in love.
You can't have too many porches, can you?
The rocking chair porch too.
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