My Farmhouse Porch and Garden Beds

Here is a sneak at my farmhouse front porch, this house is in the city,
I pretend that it is on a farm because it has a big yard with a garden shed
and a huge garage. Here is my heavy, large urn filed with what I bought for
my self for Mother's Day.

 Mint, Rosemary, Dusty Miller, Impatient and Delphinium. My small urns on pedestals
by the front door with a sun hardy impatient.

My hanging baskets from Martens with fragrant Petunias and Verbena.

Flowers and foliage that I brought my last house that have come back this Spring.

Hydrangea and Snapdragons replanted.

I had two Dianthus plants, only one made it.

A Pincushion I planted in the ground this spring. And things I planted from seed from
the Wild Flower Seed Company.

Cosmos and baby Snapdragons

More pictures as things develop.

Floor Move at Queen City Marketplace

Last Thursday I gave my spaces at Queen City Marketplace a big
rearranging. I sold a sofa, which opened up the floor a little bit. It
was time to freshen things up. It always helps my sales to move things
around, people see things in a new light. Here is a few shots of the space.

I still need to paint the turquoise walls, not my color at all.

All the items you see can be purchased at Queen City Marketplace or a few are listed
on my Ebay and Etsy Shops.

Love Me Some Birds

A couple of years ago, my daughter, Ellie, gave me a great bird
feeder. I love to feed the birds. I hung the feeder off of the potting
shed which is right out side of my dressing room window here at the
farmhouse.

I love watching the birds fly in to the feeder as I am getting ready in the morning.
They starts out in the gutter just out side my window and then fly down to the feeder.

This is a funny little bird with a red head, that I see a lot. I feed them nuts and berries, which
they love. I t is a higher quality bird seed.

 I tried to get really close pictures with out scarring them off, I will keep working on
this. Better pictures next time. M.

Out with the Old and in with the New

I am purging my closet, it is time for out with the old and
in with the new. I filled plastic bags with things I no longer
need. I started with my summer shoes. I really wear my shoes
out, especially my spring and summer shoes. If the heels are
worn and they look a little faded, it is time to go.

The Jack Rogers are not made like they used to, they blister my big toe.I have been wearing
them since I was 13 and never had this problem. the other guys are just to worn to wear
any more.

These beauties are from Payless, yes Payless. all 5 for under $100 dollars. The pale pink
with the bow are dexflex comfort and so are the tan , the blue and black cut out lace up are
Christian Siriano and the black open toe lace up are by Brash. And they are all very comfortable!

Thrift Store Finds

I love shopping the thrift stores. What people give away is a hidden jewel
to me. Years of working retail, growing up surrounded by beautiful things
has given me the eye to spot the thing that are worth more than you would
think. Here are a few of my new finds:

They have already paid for themselves with the sale of one piece.

 Very large Henredon sofa purchased from a local church that posted it on Facebook,
look at my Instagram pictures for me trying to fit it in my car. It sold in one week in my
space.

Old school solid brass sconces, love anything in pairs.

And a beautiful new chandelier right out of the box. Love me some good finds!

My Easter Visit to Richmond

 On Easter Sunday, Mandy and I drove to Richmond to send
the night with my sister and her family. She had a wonderful
dinner and relatives and siblings came over for a fun night with
a lot of catching up and lots of laughs.

 Monday we ventured over to see a few thrift stores that had just
moved over to an area called Scott's Addition off the Boulevard.
One store that was open was Class and Trash, a place that I have
blogged about, I bought a lot of things from there  Hanover store.
And again, they did not disappoint, I found a pair of French Chairs
for a song of a price.

We had a fun day shopping new and old haunts. The last stop we made before I
headed home was to one of my favorite shopping places, Impulse, a favorite consignment
shop near my old house in Richmond. It is bigger and better than ever, and I found a
piece that I couldn't resist.

I sold my painted buffet recently at Queen City Marketplace and needed another
one for the store to replace it. We have people asking for them all the time, so I
took my old one in and kept the new one, basically the same price for each just
one is much better looking.

The old one I bought a couple of years ago from Alexander's Auction House.