BEST JOYFUL MOTHER'S DAY for AN OWL (Video)

For the last two years, a hopeful owl named Luna has tried to be a mom. Sadly, however, despite her best efforts, things just didn’t pan out. “Not only did her eggs fail to hatch this year, but she also lost her clutch last year,” Robert E. Fuller, a British wildlife rehabilitator, wrote. But this year, Luna’s wish finally came true. 

When Fuller came to learn of two owl chicks who’d become orphaned and were in need of a parent, his thoughts turned to Luna. Knowing that her maternal instincts were going unfulfilled again this year, he decided to introduce Luna to the two needy babies.

Fuller placed them inside her nest, awaiting her return. But would she accept them?

Footage of what happened in the video above erased all doubt. 

Have you ever seen such a joyful reaction?????? 

Love at first sight.🦉♡♡ 

This wonderful story was found here.

Watch this 28 minute film when you have time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3gfeFtpz4  

It's by 

Robert E.Fuller too and is entitled 

Tawny Owl Chicks Flourish Against All Odds 🐥 |Tawny Owls of Ash Wood 🦉

PS: I read some of the comments on YouTube and found this one. 

 "Even better is knowing Luna was a foster owlet too." 

Isn't that amazing????? Do you think she remembers she was a foster child? 

This story just keeps getting better and better. 

Another commenter said HE WAS RAISED BY OWLS😂

Old Fashioned Laundry Room

I have a "thing" for old porcelain sinks and this is one that's new to me. Love the overhead pull-down drying rack. This might be a country kitchen too. Anyway, there are other laundry rooms here for you to check out. My own kitchen sink wears many hats as a potting shed sink, dish-washing sink, hand-laundry sink, hair-washing sink, and can rise to many more non-culinary occasions when called upon. XO

A New Way to Exercise

Click on this link to watch.

Turn on the sound.

This is the most amazing thing EVER.

So inspiring.

The lady in the suit can really cut a rug.

Enjoy. xo

Great Screen Porch

Pretty nice, isn't it? So simple and classic.

Screened in porches always bring back fond summer memories. Photo found here. xo

New Antique Chair in My Living Room

This Gothic Revival chair between my TV and a sofa (not shown) to the right has a mate that lives in my entrance vestibule. It's perfect there when I need to sit and put on my boots or put down a parcel. I bought the pair several weeks ago at a local garage sale. This morning I put a blooming geranium on this one for a Sunday morning photo shoot. It's a dreary day having rained all night and that's fine with me. 

I have had a young handyman working off and on for weeks doing odd jobs I cannot do myself (like sheetrock removal and replacement for a soffit in a bathroom). Water damage is the worst and I had two episodes over the years in my cottage. One was when the pan under attic central air conditioning unit overflowed and found a path all the way to my mother's quarters in my walk-out lower level, too nice to be called a basement. The other time I had water was due to a roof leak. The ceiling in the hallway near my first floor bedroom needed scraping, spackling, and painting. I found other places in both bedrooms that had peeling plaster that needed repair too. So there was sanding in those rooms too before painting. The first floor repairs were finished a week or two ago and everything's back in order after two deep vacuuming sessions.

The soffit had to be totally replaced in a full bath downstairs and some other ceiling repairs down there too requiring spackling, sanding, and painting. He did a great job and I am very pleased. The paint matches perfectly too. I got everything back in order in the kitchen and hallway down there and today I will do the bedroom and sitting room. I just need to put all the drop cloths back where they belong and do a deep vacuum cleaning and I will be all set. My laundry list is getting shorter but there are still things to do. There is an old saying, "Life is 90% maintenance" and that sounds about right, doesn't it? Those who aren't homeowners spend it on self care. DIY homeowners ask themselves whether they should get a manicure or weed the garden? I have never had a manicure and have no plans to get one😂

Enjoy your Sunday. xo

Here is a closeup of the back of the chair. A small piece of moulding is missing from the center column. The companion chair in my vestibule is missing all three little pieces at the columns' bases. I might try carving the replacement one of these days. xo

Great Kitchen in Edinburgh Scotland

I found more photos and an article about a kitchen I blogged about recently and loved here. I thought it might be in France but turns out it's in Edinburgh in a Georgian Apartment. Now I love it even more. Read the article and see more photos here. Enjoy. xo

 

Two Easy Chairs Beside Fireplace

I like this chair arrangement a lot. You will enjoy seeing the rest of this Washington townhouse decorated for Christmas here. Sorry it's out of season but I couldn't wait.🎄

Tiny Hand-Written Book by 13 Year Old Charlotte Brontë 1829

Think tinier than a playing card. 

April 26, 2022: A tiny manuscript by then-teenage author Charlotte Brontë will be returned to the parsonage where she lived her entire life. Friends of the National Libraries (FNL), a British nonprofit, purchased the book, which contains Brontë’s only remaining unpublished poetry, for $1.25 million, and will donate it to the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, England, per a museum release. The article says you need a magnifying glass in order to read her poems. Read the Smithsonian Magazine article here. 

Sold by James Cummins Bookseller, New York City at the Park Avenue Armory's 62nd Annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF). I know him personally and have sold a few rare books to him and bought many from him in his NJ Shop. This is such an exciting find, isn't it?

Screen Door Season is Upon Us

This screen door is perfectly designed for this Dutch door. When the bottom door is closed and the glazed Dutch door is open you see nothing but the plain screen. Love it! via

This is a delightful entrance foyer, isn't it?

Sheep Portrait

At first I thought this was a 6-legged sheep and then I saw the outline of an extra ear. It's a lovely portrait, isn't it? via

Wonderful Setting

via

I trued to find out more about this photo to no avail. I want to see more! Hope you all had a nice Mother's Day. xo

My Mother May 1979

H A P P Y   M O T H E R ' S   D A Y

I took this photo of my mother in May of 1979 after pulling off the road to photograph her walking in this field of daisies. Miss her every day since she passed 9-1/2 years ago (1920-2012). Nobody loves you like your mother. 

She lives in my heart.♡

Have a wonderful day celebrating our mothers. 

xo

Delightful Laundry Room

This laundry room is fabulous, isn't it?

I love the drying rack with a pulley.

found on Instagram

The folding doors to conceal the washer and dryer are lovely too. I would like an outdoor clothes line too, just steps away. It was cold and rainy yesterday and today is a repeat. Missy and I are having a nice weekend regardless of the weather. I hope it improves for those of you celebrating Mother's Day tomorrow. Have a Happy! xo

Another view of this laundry room.

Curved Stairs in An Old House

How wonderful to see these untouched curved stairs in an old house. via I mowed the front yesterday for the first time this year in order to beat the rain. I mowed the back a week ago. I didn't get up this morning until 8:30 and Missy was still fast asleep. There's nothing like a rainy day for sleeping in, is there? Especially after a hard day of outside work the day before. Not that Missy toiled, but standing at the window to supervise is a dog's work. All the landscapers are mowing in the rain because it's Friday. I like to schedule my mowings around the weather report. Today is going to be a lazy day. Enjoy yours too. xo

Missy is Back

Missy arrived late yesterday (Wednesday) and will be here until Monday morning. In this photo, she was giving me "that look" meaning it was time for me to put down my camera phone and start preparing her supper. Five o'clock is her favorite time of day. She's only supposed to be fed once daily, but I sneak in a light breakfast when I have her. She deserves a reward for being such an easy house guest. xo

Linen Storage in Hallway

Putting laundry away would be a pleasure if I had a built-in linen press like this one. I have seen many old homes with them and have always been envious. One house in particular comes to mind. It had fine linen storage in the entrance hall near the dining room and another on the second floor hall for bed and bath linens. Just.Wonderful. via

John Muir Quote

I have always loved artwork printed on dictionary pages and this one is extra special. This John Muir quote about the woods is printed on a "forest" dictionary page!🌲 Artwork found here.

COME TO THE WOODS

FOR HERE IS REST

JOHN MUIR

Also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", John Muir was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America. read more

Beautiful Sun Porch

I love the scalloped skirt on the sofa.

Design by beata heuman interiors

Photo by simon brown photography

I'm glad to have more than one view of this room.

xo

A Library and A Kitchen

I've been saving this photo on my desktop for ages and I have no idea where I got it. I just liked this home library.

The same goes for this photo. I liked the low recessed radiator under a large window and the kitchen island with legs and wheels. This is probably a French kitchen based on the wonderful brass door hardware, right? 

Hope you had a good weekend; I certainly did. Looking forward to a new series tonight on PBS Masterpiece called RIDLEY ROAD.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/ridley-road/#

xo

Black and White Bathroom

Simplicity at its best. I love it all, don't you.

You can never go wrong with a black and white bathroom. The black ceiling is an unexpected touch and I like it. via Have a great Sunday and enjoy the first day of May. xo

Vintage Photos: People with Cats

Such a distinguished pair.

Growing up together.

I love this one. The young boy with the Buster Brown haircut and his happy cat both have smiling eyes.

Just in time for "Caturday" tomorrow, lots of photos of people holding cats. Don't even start looking until you have some time because it's hard to stop. I just finished my first mowing of the back yard and it was fun to scroll and look at these vintage photos. There are lots of famous people with cats too. https://vintagecatsandpeople.tumblr.com/ 

🐈‍⬛ Enjoy 🐈

♡Have a great weekend♡

xo

Porch Swing😍 Fireplace🔥TV Wall♡ on A Wonderful Porch

Have you ever seen a better outdoor room?

The entire house is on tour in the link below.

The Beau Vue Residence in Arkansas 

You will have to keep scrolling to see the porch.

♡Enjoy♡ 

xo

Blue & White Decorated Scallop Shells

Sharpied seashells by Barbara Moloney Callen via 

I suppose you have to bleach the shells first. What is a "sharpied" shell? It is shell decorating with a fine tipped marker called a Sharpie. Who knew? I had to look it up. Aren't these shells gorgeous?

xo

Arranging Lilacs

Will she be able to lift this arrangement when it's finished?

This is definitely flower arranging on steroids😂

Is there anything lovelier than lilacs in the spring?

Photo found here.

xo

Gorgeous Foxglove Perennials

Such a gorgeous photo of these amazing flowers.

Photo found here. Growing foxgloves, learn here.

xo

Darling Lamb

It doesn't look very tasty to me but this lamb seems delighted with this straw. Yum. So sweet. Enjoy your Sunday evening. PBS is calling me. xo