My Kitchen at 4:30 am...Who Needs Sleep?

This is a 4:30 am view of my kitchen counter. It's probably not the best lighting for a photo but it's my view and I love it. Yes, I have an eclectic style...give me metal, stone, glass or light and I'm happy. Color is something I love to play with. Then there's our kitchen kitty...she is most agreeable and notice she's sitting right in front of the Bird House tray? Guess she's waiting on someone to flit by and then her interest will be peaked!

Our sweet home defines little...more appropriately teeny tiny...and we love it! Out of respect for that design challenge, we have clearly defined vertical decorating! This wall is home to more treasures and each one has a story. For now I'll just share the story of the "scale" in the upper right hand corner of the photo. I bought this scale more than 20 years ago at a First Monday Flea Market in Weatherford, Texas! The original owner said it was used to weigh cotton picked from the fields. Well, 'nuff said! So now, in its glory years the most it does is hang around, look neat and sometimes it hold a blown glass hanging vase for rooting plants.

Hope you enjoyed a peek into my life at 4:30 a.m....now I'm going to browse around the Land of Blog and see what my friends have been up to. See ya later!


*** By the way Anne of Fiona and Twig is hosting a spectacular "Paris Flea Market Giveaway"! Please check it out here:

Destination - Decatur, Texas!

I love no destination drives! Today, Mr. B and I went on just such a drive. However, to be totally honest...I had a definite destination in mind for this drive...

DECATUR, TEXAS!


This is a photo of the courthouse...I love Texas Courthouses...the character, the masonry work, the color of the stone...the majesty of it all!




We were walking around the town square, I was in sensory overload because I love town squares! I was busy taking photo after photo when I turned around to cross the street, I looked up and stopped dead in my tracks! I love everything about this exterior wall...the flow of the stone, the blue of the oblong window and the dome glass with the rusty stain on the stone work below. So I snapped away!




This is a collage of more sights from in and around the town square. The photo with the "Simple Pleasures" arrow is from a very special shop "Fleur de Lis"!




The top photo in this collage is a metal finial on a gate post at the Waggoner Mansion aka El Castile. The bottom photo is a carved wood headboard from "Fleur de Lis".


We had a limited amount of time to spend in Decatur and I just had to browse through every shop! So much fun and the people of Decatur are so kind. We plan to go back again soon! Real soon because I found lots of "treasures" just callin' my name!

My Favorite Things - Quilts

I love quilts! My childhood memories include visits with my Maw Maw and Paw Paw where each night I was tucked into bed with one of her many hand sewn quilts. I would stare at the different fabrics remembering a family member's article of clothing and the memories therein helped me drift off the sleep.

The quilt top in the photo was gifted to me from a dear friend. It was originally hand pieced by a woman who is now in her 90's. I have no idea when it was made but the fabrics appear to be very old. The stitches are uneven, the points don't quite meet and yet those imperfections endear the quilt top even more to me.

Originally I planned to complete the quilt but each time I picked it up, touched the fabrics, looked at the lovingly sewn design...I knew it was perfect as is. So now this quilt has a prominent place in my living room to be enjoyed by all, used by none and thorougly loved by me.