You know what? I did not buy one thing at Vintage Market Days in Raleigh. Not one thing!
But! As soon as we were back in the car to drive home, it was clear as a bell to me, what I wanted to buy. It was a framed print of a cow. $40.00 but that's what I wanted. Andee saw it first and she loved it too. Oh well.
Andee was fine but I may have been just a little overwhelmed. It was huge!! Never seen so many women in one place in all my life! However there was one handsome man milling around amongst the women ...
A Victorian Santa, with Andee...maybe I'll show you the picture of me with Santa. Cameras don't like me, but I don't like them either. I get all nervous and make ugly faces, but Santa insisted.
Back to the show...How could I have picked out and bought myself an item when there were a bazillion, all my favorite kind of things, to choose from.
Why there was one booth with nothing but vintage aprons and tablecloths; those sort of things. Here's Andee, saying "mom, you could make these"!
and these...
From my pictures the place doesn't look busy at all, but it really was. Actually, it was hard to get inside the booths to look.
This was the entertainment. She was cute as could be and very sweet and friendly. Sorry I don't know her name.
Well, I'm in the middle of cleaning again. Better get back to it. Poppy will be home at 2:00. That will throw a wrench into the works. :)
Love,
Henny
Thinking I had better check in. Good gracious, go somewhere for a day and it takes a week to catch up!
Monday, I Christmas shopped. Tuesday, I met daughter Lynn in Durham. We left my car in a grocery store parking lot, she drove, and we had a fun day together.
Our first stop Starbucks. Best cup of coffee I've had in months, well, since my other daughter Andee and I were together and stopped for a "white mocha" at Starbucks.
Our next stop was to visit my Grandson Joseph and his wife Lori and see my Great Grandchildren Greyson and Addie...
Addie is adorable! Joseph woke her from a nap, and she came out with a smile on that sweet little face and held her arms out to me.
I don't who was having more fun, Addie or grandma Lynn. That's Joseph on the sofa.
There are no pictures of little Greyson or Lori, and we did take some. Greyson is a cutie pie too. It's early morning so later Lynn can send me more pictures. I can post one tomorrow. Wow. Crazy me.
Addie is a sweetie pie!
Before going shopping, we stopped by Lynn's shop...
It's cozy and sweet and packed with pretty things...
I was taking pictures and Lynn was saying, wait mom, let me get the lights turned on.
every corner...
filled with pretty things ...
Better get up from here and get the animals fed.
Hope to be back soon.
Love,
Henny
What is it about hay! I LOVE HAY! When Poppy got home yesterday he asked, why did you buy another bale of hay? Well, a bale and a half of hay is hardly being extravagant! The bale in the hay rack was half gone. The fresh new hay was for the rack and the older hay was used to make the teeny tiny barn warm and cozy...for Rosey and Asa...and me... cause you see, when the sun shines in...
Town & Country had just unloaded a stack of good looking, sweet smelling hay...for six dollars a bale. Guess I need to put back a dollar or two here and there...to buy hay, bales and bales of sweet smelling hay...to stack and store in the teeny tiny barn. Gosh, if I would get busy and sell a few aprons and bonnets, that would be spending money...for hay, hay, and more hay! There's my incentive!
and when the sun shines in...
and warms the hay in the teeny tiny barn...
it makes me feel good.
Does it sorta bother you when you've bought an item, and the clerk asks, would you like a bag for this? The clerk asked me that very question yesterday when I bought the bottle of Dormant oil. Being me, my thinking is...if the clerk asks you that, they must be running short on bags, and again, being me and not wanting to be a bother to anybody, I said no thank you, that's okay. I then carried my purchase out to the car, in my hand, while putting my checkbook away and searching for the car keys somewhere down in my pocketbook. A bag would have been nice to hang on my arm.
The clerk also asked, do you need a receipt...well, yes! A receipt reminds me to tell Poppy about the check and remember the amount, and what if we need to return something! We are still old fashioned that way.
As Grandson John used to say..."I wonder why"! Why do I love hay and barns in sunshine. Sometimes I dream about owning a big barn with a loft, and lots of golden hay.
Okay, time to stop dreaming and get back to work! We had to get up at 3:30 this morning so Poppy could get to work by 5:00.
Love,
Henny
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Dear friends,
Sorry to have been gone so long. Isn't it always something!! Last night I sat here at the computer for over an hour trying to start a post...with a blank mind. I'm beginning to worry. Seriously!
Thinking about Poppy, who never had any sinus problems, yet having had sinus surgery less than a year ago because of a sinus infection that would not clear up...and considering my recent unusual dentist visit, not because of a tooth ache, but because all my teeth ached and learning from the x-rays that day in the dentist chair that I had a serious sinus infection...and now having gone through surgery myself.
Then remembering back a few months when we discovered the hot water leak under the house that had gone on for two month, got me to thinking..."MOLD"! Could it be?Anyhow, we have used dehumidifiers and treated for mold and mildew but still probably need to call in a professional and have things checked out. Always something!
On a happier note, the birthday outing with Lynn and Andee was just the best day ever! Andee drove from Virginia, picked me up and we met Lynn in Wake Forest.
The little shops on main street are busy on a Saturday morning.
Lots of antique shops and fun places to look.
We must have spent an hour or more in the Goodwill store looking and laughing,
then left Lynn's car parked and Andee did the driving to
the Mellow Mushroom for lunch.
The day passed way too fast, as they always do.
I am so far behind with everything right now. Think I'll burn that dad-blamed "to do" list, write down somewhere in big letters, "I AM RETIRED", then do what needs to be done, when I can, and stop worrying!
With that said, I am on my way out the door to finish cleaning and painting the outside of the shop. The front is finished. Painted dark brown. I'll have pictures! :)
Hope you haven't totally deleted me yet. Hopefully, I will get it together and be back here soon. Thank you.
Love,
Henny
Some days you just can't get a darn thing done. I had to buy a few groceries this morning. Well, a few groceries that were $93.00...from Walmart.
You can imagine how many plastic bags were used to hold those groceries. Let me tell you, every single handle broke on every single Walmart bag as I reached to take off that round rack. Every one! The cashier looked at me like maybe it was my fault but it was not me. It was a sorry lot of bags. She said, be careful loading these into your car. It was a job, and it was an even bigger job bringing those plastic bags with no handles in the house once I got home. And that's not all. The ten pound bag of russet potatoes riding on that rack under the buggy, decided to fall off as I was going through the parking lot to the car. The bag fell off and I ran over it. It lodged under the buggy. I managed to lift the front of the buggy enough to pull the potatoes out but the stress on the bag made it pop open and out rolled three big potatoes.
Friends, I made it home, unloaded and put everything away and threw that wad of Walmart bags in the trash. I need to start carrying my own reusable grocery bags. We need to do away with those plastic bags anyway and keep them out of the landfills, off the sides of the road, and out of tree branches.
On a brighter note, look what opened up right in the middle of all the same colored Iris...
This great big gold Iris. It caught my eye earlier when Eli and I were outside. My first thought was, it's one of those wild orange lilies.
A few dark purple Iris have opened in the front yard.
There were things on my list that I wanted to get done today but didn't. Now it's time for Poppy. Where do the days go! Thank you for visiting! Hopefully there will be tomorrow. :)
Love,
Henny
As for the little poem March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers, it seems to me that March is trying to catch up. This is our third windy windy April day! The kind of wind that parts your hair in the back and wraps it around your face. No need in even trying to fix your hair to go to town.
I've piddled around in my teeny tiny sewing room the last couple of nights and did manage to finish up another apron and bonnet. The red print turned out pretty good...
It's almost impossible to find a spot on the bed to lay out a yard of fabric where there's not a kitty cat napping or waiting...
to grab anything that touches the bed. Poppy says, "run them off", but I can't hurt their feelings. They just want to be with me...
This apron I put together with scraps of different fabrics and it turned out rather old fashioned looking...
and the bonnet too. Not a match really but okay...
A bunch of bonnets...oh, and see the Jane Eyre movie there on the sewing machine table. The new TV/VCR is hooked up and ready to go. I love it! But haven't watched my favorite old VCR tape yet. There's just not enough hours in the day!
a few more bonnets...
Better get busy. I'm off to Belk's in Henderson to return a coffee maker. Poppy and I went all out and bought a nice one this time...$132.00 we paid by the time shipping and taxes were added on. Anyway, I hate the new coffee maker. We haven't had a good cup of coffee since we bought the thing. It drips coffee constantly! The coffee maker we had before was a small cheap, less than 15.00 Sunbeam. It made a good cup of coffee and was still working after about eight years of service. Every morning we expected to find that old Sunbeam in the kitchen dead. The day we plugged in the new fancy coffeemaker, Poppy dropped the little Sunbeam off at Dumperoo's old home place...the Moulton Road dumpster site.
Happy Easter! Hope to be back soon.
Love,
Henny
