Recycling memories from Christmas past. Unique designs made from ornaments of yesteryear. With occasional detours just for fun.
This past Saturday, my 2 antiquing girlfriends and I hopped in the car for the jaunt up I-95 to the Fredericksburg Big Flea. The Expo Building itself is waaaaaay back inside the most twisty and turny mass of shopping development you have ever seen but at least it is right off the highway so you … Continue reading A Trip to The Big Flea…and a little rambling, too
Can you forgive another detour? This week's photo challenge is just too tempting to pass up: juxtaposition. One of my favorite things to photograph. We are still in the throes of an amazingly cold (for us here in Central Virginia) winter spell. I'm not complaining; we haven't had a cold winter in ages. I wrote … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
I guess we'll count this post as a little detour from Vintage Christmas but I am thinking that I would like to take on the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge every now and again. As the spirit moves me. These are a few of my favorite window pictures - taking the subject literally, that is. Some … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Window
I'm pretty darn lucky in my friends if for no other reason than they are on the lookout for great stuff for me to use in my projects. Today I got an urgent text message from one of my spies pals: Xmas alert! Call me!!! She was passing along yet another friend's message about an estate … Continue reading New Old Treasures!
This is home. The place where I grew up. It is on the beautiful Eastern Shore of Maryland. My parents' house is to the right, out of the picture. I took this picture late in the afternoon as I ventured out for a chilly New Year's Day walk in the woods. You are looking across … Continue reading Happy New Year From Home