The Rusty Gate

I have spent the last several days at our old house. 

I visited with the ladies who own and operate The Rusty Gate in our town square.

 

 

 

 Jean, the visionary, who owns the shop was so wise to leave the chippy walls in the front windows. Tracy, her daughter designs the window displays beautifully.

 The mink with Blue Boy behind it is stunning.

I will be quiet and let you look around now.

Some items pictured are mine and are sold on consignment. 

Jean and Tracy allow me to indulge my hobby of shopping and treasure hunting without adding to the volume of my houses.

Partying here: Vintage Inspiration Friday

may joy and peace surround you

Olive 

The Buffet, A Work In Progress

The buffet, at our yellow house, got tweaked after that moving sale we swooped upon last week. I do not consider it finished yet and we are currently at our old house but I plan to add holly greenery and pine cones from our yard.

We scored this vintage riding helmet at the sale for two dollars. Can you stand it?

I put it on the swan just for a lark and sort of liked it there and so it stays.

The oval print is old and chippy, just how I like them. 

Also found on frat row in Athens, Georgia.

The Santa mugs are vintage and from our local consignment store that we sell at.

The ironstone teapot is from a local thrift store. 

The ceramic cherub urn is from another moving sale last Saturday. 

The small metal urn was one dollar at Goodwill.

The live topiary is from Trader Joe's.

  The buffet needs something. 

I think it's more greenery.

When we return to the yellow house I will work on it.

You, my peeps, are the experts give me some help with this buffet.

You cannot hurt my feelings, remember I used to run a clinic, as a RN, in a state prison.

Linking with Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday.

Honey at 2805 for Potpourri Party.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive

Plumbers Toolbox?

The plumbers toolbox is a favorite find for both of us. 

We have been calling it a plumbers toolbox anyway. 

Correct us please.

Joe wants it for actual tools. No way is that happening lovey. 

I enjoy piling platters in it or books.

I am beginning to think I need some sort of cloche intervention. I found this one Saturday and I really need to stop buying them. 

I found the large Williams Sonoma platter at one of the stores I consign for.

Yet another cloche. I found three of the basket weave cloches at a yard sale for fifty cents each. You see why it is hard to stop?

Urn love.

I have it bad.

The one on the right is Italian.

 We found that vintage frame on the far wall at a local flea market.

We are not having Thanksgiving at our house so the plumbers toolbox can stay here until the Christmas decor spills out happily.

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I will check back with you, my peeps, later today as I am going down to our town square to deliver some goods and shop a bit.

Linking with the delightful Debra of Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive

Baking Blueberry Cake Badly

The blueberry cake I baked yesterday turned out to be blueberry upside down cake. Me baking badly. Again:)

We have guests arriving in two hours, for the holiday weekend, so this will be our secret. I will tell them that it's a variation of pineapple upside down cake.

Do you want a bite?

Next time I will sugar and flour the darn berries.

I am not sharing the recipe because that makes me terribly nervous to do so on the blog. Yes, I am whacked I know. A friend baked one for us last week and it looked completely different (blueberries were oriented properly) than this one!

The cake pedestal is a recent vintage find from an estate sale just a mile down the road.

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

I will be busy with company, garage sales and who knows what but promise to settle down next week and rest with you my blogging friends.

I am linking with the beautiful Debra of Common Ground for the Vintage July Fourth Party.

grace surrounds us

Olive 

~summertime~

summertime

shells

driftwood

the beach

lazy hot days

picking blueberries

then taking a nap

watermelon, squash and tomatoes 

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What do you love about summertime?

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I am linking with my friend Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Summer.

grace surrounds us

Olive