Clotheslines ~ Garland For The Yard

I was thinking about Julia's weekly Hooked on Fridays party and wondering which of the gi~jillions of things I am hooked on would be fun to blog about. There is so many harvest~y do~dads that make my heart sing...how is a gal expected to choose just one?

So as I nod a farewell to sweet summer and fall gently into autumn I wanted to blend the two seasons...like a friendly hand~shake before a great game.

So I thought ~ clotheslines...they scream summer to me...and I "hooked" some fall goodies on just for folly...

How can you resist a silver bowl of clothespins...

My favorite denim jacket...decorated for fall...

Been wearing this for years...

Squash...

My hat...

A different view...

Burlap and magnolia leaves...

Clothespins...

A clothesline is like garland for the yard...

Denim and magnolia leaves...

See...pure folly...

Maybe a bit of tomfoolery thrown in just for good measure...

I wore this hat all summer...

And guess what?

Gonna wear it all fall and then some...

Thank you Julia...I am obviously "hooked" on your Friday parties....

Smiles ~ Ramona

I'll Doing The Fall Nesting Cha~Cha!

Yes my dear friends...today I am doing the Fall Nesting Cha ~Cha...try it...you'll like it! In fact, I like it so much that I am doing it all the way over to Melissa's Fall Nesting Party 2009! If you are visiting from her party extrodinaire then you know that many, many folks are doing wonderful cha ~ cha's all over the blog world tonight and that there is something to cha, cha, cha about and then some.

Same old autumnal stuff....just a different autumnal day and always ~ always some extra sass!

Tea pot top~a~roonie autumn style...

My gal hanging out and dressed for fall...

Trimmed for a new season...

Nest...

On a chair...

Twiggy little chubby pumpkin...

Pumpkins everywhere...

EVERYWHERE I tell ya!

Plate~o~squash...

Just hanging 'round...

Hay there!

My twist on the horn~of~plenty...

A nest~of~plenty...

Enough said...

Well....maybe just one more thing....thank you to the delightful Melissa from The Inspired Room...you throw a great party sister!

Happy Fall Everyone!

Smiles ~ Ramona

A Rooster Party! Now That's Something To Chirp About

Welcome to roosters gone wild in my home...for now, we'll just call it a party! They truly rule the roost in my ol' decorating heart. Don't you think they are the friendliest of the birds you can decorate with? They just make me want to bake a pie, crack an egg and fold some sheets...yep, they are a bird that is gonna make ya happy.


Thank you to Barb from the wonderful Bella Vista blog for hosting this fun~er than fun Rooster Party...she said ~ show us your roosters...and I am happy to oblige and then some.

The only thing I love as much as the shape of a house...is the image of a rooster...

Rooster pillows fill this home...and buckwheat hulls fill this rooster pillow...

They are everywhere...even on a tea pot...

Yes....everywhere...ring~a~ling!

My love affair with these fine feathered friends is quite extreme...

Even this pincushion was not complete without a rooster button...

If you read my blog...then you know this fellow and I are sewn together at the hip...

Love, love this guy...and every rooster needs a red gingham bow...right?

At attention on the front porch...

They look like they are singing high on this shelf...

More rooster pillow obsession...

Roosters and handwriting...does it get any better than that...

A swell grouping...

Someones got to tend to the eggs...

Intense conversation...

More egg tending by a boy chicken...

Thank you for spending a bit of this fun party in my neck of the blog~land.

Barb...thank you for hosting this rooster~a~rama of a party!

Smiles ~ Ramona

Distressing Diva ~ Gotta Be Hooked!

I am not a diva...not by any means of the imagination...not by a long shot, no way, no how...however, while strolling 'round the ol' home~ola this afternoon, thinking about what I am hooked on...it occurred to me that I have distressed so many items that I must be hooked...in fact...I must be a diva...a distressing diva.

Thanks to Julia, our very own diva of houses and a gal we are all hooked on, for another fun Friday get~together!

Take a peek at the wares in our house that have fallen victim to my sand paper, crackle finished, stained and pickled diva distressing ways...

Sand paper~ed gone wild...

{truth be told ~ I bought this bird house already distressed to it's current

wonderful ~ wonderful~ness}

Weathered and worn...looks like it has a story to tell...

I want to marry crackle medium...

Sanding them corners is so much more fun than folding laundry...

Worn out...enough said...

Crackling...it is quite fun...

I think that this is probably a "poor crackle technique"...but remember...

I am a distressing diva...and I don't care!

I painted and crackled and sanded and stained this old dinning set years ago

and it is one of my all~time favorite projects...

Sanded wood with yellow paint showing through...be still my heart!

When my husband said that this piece looks like a saw~horse

and belongs in a barn...my heart sang!!!!

Even the teeniest bit of sanding makes me smile...

So here are the fact~o~ramas ~

Sand Paper or Wall Paper......SAND PAPER

Bottle of Crackle Medium or Bottle of Nail Polish.......BOTTLE OF CRACKLE MEDIUM

Stained and Antiqued or Shiny Finish......WHAT DO YOU THINK!

Pop on back over to Hooked on Houses for more Hooked on Friday fun...

And now...there is a chair in the other room that has a date with some sand paper.

Smiles ~ Ramona