Just Call Me Alice...

"The time has come", the Walrus said, 

"To talk of many things ~

Of shoes ~ and ships ~

And sealing wax ~ of cabbages ~ and kings ~

And why the sea is boiling hot ~

And whether pigs have wings."

~ Lewis Carroll ~

'Through The Looking Glass'

Just one of those kind of Mondays that got me seeing spots...cow spots that is.

I love a good cow spot and cow spots on flying pigs...even better I say!

If this day is going to make me see spots and feel like "Alice" in a classic Lewis Carroll tale...well then, I might as well paint my favorite sort of spots...those of cows...while I ponder whether pigs have wings...

Silly girl...of course they have wings...

And as for spots...the same as cows...OF COURSE...

Check out these cow spotted burlap cushions~of~love~and~joy...

I have never met nutty day that couldn't be improved with a bit of cow spot painting...

I'm just saying...

And now back to our regularly scheduled Monday cha~cha~ness and I'll be careful not to fall down any rabbit holes.

Happy Beginning of the Week my Friends.

Smiles ~ Ramona

Let Me Offer You A Chair

Take one afternoon in April...

Add one part decorating loving woman...

Take away any extra time to do decorating...

Add back in a minute or two because decorating calms crazy decorating loving woman...

Gather some child chairs...

And you have a calmer decorating loving woman...AMEN.

Silver milk can with chartreuse painted hydrangeas... 

Can you feel the calm?

Put chair on top of old, dusty, rusty suitcase...this is not rocket science...

But it should be...

Ahhhhh...

Done.

I am having a real love affair with cotton mattress ticking...

And ruffles...and ruffles made of burlap...shut~up!

Roosters, cookbooks and red dictionaries...the perfect booster seat...

I randomly opened this cookbook...and what was on the page?  

Chicken recipes...

A lovely perch...

Chicken feet...

Have a wonderful Thursday...I hope that you may find little calming moments in your day.

Smiles ~ Ramona

Merry Easter

Signs of Easter Eve...

Cottontails~a~Plenty...

A Bunny Buggy of Bunnies...

Eggs and Carrots together at last...

Have the Merriest of Easters!

Smiles ~ Ramona

Poppies ~ Pansies & Patina

The shy sun just popped out from behind rain~filled clouds to shine warm and welcome rays and I thought I would pop out as well to say Happy Wednesday and Merry Spring to you.

I took a well deserved break when the sun came out and snapped a few shots of what is keeping me busy and happy on this fine and  stormy Spring afternoon.

Planted some yellow pansies...

With broken plates...and...

And old and tarnished flatware...of course...

This hydrangea is awakening from a long Winter's nap...

It has slumbered in this rusty and wonderful cart since last Fall...

You too would be a happy hydrangea if this delightfully patina~ed cart was your home...

I love a good wheel...and if it is rusted...well then I want to marry it...

And new in my Etsy shop....POPPIES...

Yep, it's true love...

Poppies...

Pansies...

Burlap...

White Broadcloth Ruffles...

Sunshine...

&

Rusty, Rusty Patina.

You gotta be kidding me...I need nothing else in this moment to make me happy.

Have a wonderful afternoon...and enjoy a moment to stop and smell the flowers.

Smiles ~ Ramona

Serendipitous Nest Building

Sweet glorious Saturday...so close to Easter that I can almost smell the charming vinegar scented egg dye.

Spring is such a wonderful time to nest.  Rebirth, renew, rejoice...so in that spirit I gave some old nests new life and rejoiced in a fun blog party to share them at.

I am cha~cha~cha~ing with the Funky Junk Interior's Saturday Nite Special..there is lots of fun to be had...and you will be glad you checked it out!

For your consideration,

I share with you,

some serendipitous nests,

I built on a wonderful Spring afternoon.

I glued this dusty old egg~filled nest to the silver base of a lamp...

Renewed!

Tarnished and wonderful...and old tea pot is the a sweet perch for this baby nest...

This matching sugar bowl holds old silver serving pieces dressed up for the party with tokens of Easter...

Moss...

Details...

A ceramic chick in a cappuccino cup on a leaf plate...

Filled with moss and polished river rock...

On a stack of books...on the kitchen counter...on a Saturday afternoon...

I was a nest building fool...I tell ya...

and what a serendipitous time I had.

Check out more weekend fun at Funky Junk Interiors...

Happy Saturday!

Smiles ~ Ramona 

Quite a serendipitous time was had!