tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739629655264091942024-03-13T23:32:00.303-07:00Acquired ObjectsAcquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-19188287105608725692013-09-02T08:33:00.002-07:002013-09-02T08:33:45.616-07:00Summer Gardening and a Surprise!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Sorry I’ve been absent for the past month but
life and summer has kept me busy. We’ve been busy planting in our field area
that we had cleared just before snow flew in January. My business suddenly
decided to breath life back into itself and I got the idea in my head that
after a decade I should redesign my website. Do you have any idea how
challenging it is to wrap your head around a computer program after a decade?
And with menopause? Yes I ask for a lot but it’s all good!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer has been bountiful as far as plant life goes thanks
to the great amount of rain we received this spring. This is one of my favorite
flowering plants called Sneezeweed. It’s the first to bloom in the spring and the
last to die back in the fall. Best part is it decided for the first time this year
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also love Hydrangea, every variety, and I have to say I
love this incrediball Hydrangea. It doesn’t flop from heavy heads and if you
deadhead the flowers it’ll make more. I planted up this little garden two years
ago and my dwarf boxwood hedge is coming in nicely. Another two years and we
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blue Endless Summer, except they need to include a disclaimer with this shrub, it doesn't really bloom all summer!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The heads on the limelight get as big as my head and they turn the most incredible green in the fall.</span> </div>
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love all the ferns just above him along the top of the wall. We get tons of
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down only to have them jump right back up. He isn’t trying to mow the ferns
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My best friend Deb, yes even the same name, and I have been
talking a great deal about gardening and Hydrangea and with my birthday coming
up soon she surprised me with an amazing gift clear from Seattle Washington! Two huge Viburnum and a Let’s
dance starlight purple hydrangea. The Viburnum are planted and staked since I’m
going to grow these two as trees and my new Hydrangea went into a new garden I
just started that will be nothing but Hydrangea. I personally don’t think you
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swimming although he doesn’t actually swim he’s more of a wader and finding
mud. I snapped this picture the other morning after his hike and he was panting
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and loving being outdoors. I hope all of you have been enjoying your summer and
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-33631548155795198062013-07-23T11:01:00.001-07:002013-07-23T11:01:50.256-07:00Come on Baby Light my Fire......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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as bad as you think. Ok everyone is different but I am thankfully suffering
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heat wave last week….heat brings on hot flashes! You would think Mother Nature would
take pity on us and not try to evenly roast us inside and out! But life goes on
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little something that would work for men too on a hot day……personal necklace
cooling fans! You hang this puppy around your neck and it blows cool air on you
and I have to say it’s a very nice comfortable COOL air. No hands required so
Mister man could wear one when riding around on the tractor to keep himself
comfy and cool too. So I ordered us each one and nice price too around ten
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look around on the Internet and I bet you find a helpful answer to your
problem. If not you’re about to make a million by designing what you need. Try
a personal fan I have mine hanging around my neck and I’m smiling!</span></div>
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-64175886396221748752013-07-01T07:37:00.001-07:002013-07-01T07:37:20.366-07:00Objects of Affection!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I need to tell you a little something about myself….I’m
highly suggestible when it comes to objects. I know instantly if I
love something and then I go on a mission to find whatever it is. My latest
obsession is an antique French plaster plaque that I’m blaming on Mon over at
Splendid Willow and Loi at Tone on Tone.</span></div>
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love how she did a little something extra with the Kanji black marks….gives her
plaque some emphasis <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>don’t you think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em> </em></span><a href="http://toneontoneantiques.blogspot.com/2013/05/southern-living-photo-shoot.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Tone on Tone</em></span></a><span id="goog_1160841492"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then Loi came drifting on the scene with his amazing plaque and I was
off and running trying to find a plaque of my own. I want his fabulous
green secretary too but that’s for another time. </span></div>
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worn wood and I was over the top. I need to find something with that aged green
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I saw this grouping of plaster plaques offered at an auction I knew there were
plenty out there to be found and I only needed one!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lucky me I finally found an antique French plaster plaque of my
own two weeks ago complete with aging. The sucker is big and heavy so wherever
I decide to hang it Mister man is going to have to do a little work so it doesn’t
rip down the plaster wall. I found this item at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.alhambraantiques.com/">Alhambra Antiques</a> </span>and have purchased many things from Olga and have been thrilled
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industrial looking cabinet like this one for our downstairs bathroom that I
showed a small part of last week. Shame this was sold because it was the
perfect size for my needs. </span></span></span></div>
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the perfect small bench/stool like the one pictured here. I have a small piece
of antique zebra that I’ll be upholstering the seat and then the piece will be
going into our newly redecorated living room when it’s finished. How about you
what are you hunting for this week? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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so many of us with his post about our reading lists going away. Steve took the
time and effort to find options for us to transfer our lists…so thank you Steve
I know you saved me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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would like to wish all of you a happy and safe 4<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> of July
celebration. We’re going to be doing extra celebrating around our household
because it’s also Mister Man’s birthday!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2013/04/tile.html"><span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;"><em>An Urban Cottage</em></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m going to tell you a little something about decorating and
me until I find what I want and what I love I would just as soon leave a spot
empty. Because of that little tendency of mine we have been without bathroom
sconces in our downstairs bathroom for three years! I kid you not. In fact
Mister man likes to refer to me as Picky but Patient.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though we live in an antique home we still like modern
touches and don’t want to live in the past. But you also don’t want to take the
interior to far from the style of the house. Love this mix of old and new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our downstairs bathroom is somewhat narrow and long with a
high ceiling so we couldn’t have anything that stuck out into the room to far.
And the electrical boxes were already in the wall so not like we could move
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I choose a modern mirror that echoed an antique pivot mirror
so I needed lighting fixtures that worked with the mirror as well. But also
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And we have two different wall treatments going on in that
bathroom. Since the bathroom walls are so tall we were able to put beadboard on
the lower part of the wall and hang my favorite…grasspaper! So now I was
working with a natural texture and a modern fixture. All that was needed was something
to bring it all together…..</span></div>
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I don't really like this bathroom just the light fixtures but they extend to far out.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then I found them at <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod2111823&categoryId=cat160147"><span style="color: black;">RH</span></a> the perfect blend of modern and
industrial and the shades have a slight feminine touch to soften things.</span> </div>
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-86892389323321439792013-06-02T10:41:00.000-07:002013-06-02T10:41:50.017-07:00That's Amour or love is in the air!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well we now know spring is here and love is in the air when
Dylan and I walked out and were greeted by this guy doing his thing. Yep, that
would be a male turkey all blown up and doing his courting dance. Thankfully he
was to busy putting on a show to be bothered by me and picture taking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In case you’re wondering Dylan’s an odd dog
he doesn’t chase the animals in our yard he has better things to do then waste
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tom’s blow up with air and spread their feathers and
walk in circles constantly turning to give the ladies a full view of what a
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He preens, clucks and gestures to try and get the ladies
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dancing. About noon when Dylan and I went out Tom was missing and so was one of
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show life around your home. When I’m lucky enough to walk out our front door
and see this going on I want to share. And for those of you who like to place
big puffed up turkeys on your Thanksgiving table keep in mind why they’re
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-9385707018102940472013-05-26T07:08:00.000-07:002013-05-26T07:08:31.928-07:00Boxwood: Trim or not to Trim<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you like me, do you love boxwood surrounding your home
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first bought our home. It helps to add some structure to your gardens as well
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best part is the deer won’t touch it. Boxwood contains
alkaloids that are toxin to deer as well as to humans. We have a lot of roaming
deer here in the country so my garden palette is somewhat limited to what the
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everyone in every shape and form. Boxwood can be planted to form green walls
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-23881012083658186742013-04-14T10:31:00.000-07:002013-04-14T10:31:07.338-07:00Snow has Melted!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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happy spring campers! As you can see our lake has thawed and Dylan’s happily back
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Imagine getting hit with snow like above and then finding this cheerful color
in your mailbox. Do you have any idea how big of a smile that spread across my
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then opening that envelope to see more spring? Our blog
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cherry blossom tree in bloom letting me know that springtime would soon be
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Patricia is an artist extraordinaire who painted this
watercolor of Dylan to surprise Mister Man for Christmas. If any of you are
looking to have a watercolor done of your favorite four legged friend or a
special occasion you can always order a piece of artwork from her Etsy shop
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/search?q=pvedesign&view_type=gallery&ship_to=US">here</a>. Or go ahead and treat yourself to springtime note cards to surprise your
friends with a touch of spring. Trust me the smile it puts on people’s faces is
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-9791586893859233012013-03-03T10:32:00.000-08:002013-03-03T10:32:48.976-08:00Dreaming of Color!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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warmth and what type of apple trees we’ll be planting once we thaw out. While
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes we can see the sun up there but it isn't sunny here but soon. Hard to see in this picture but it’s snowing…AGAIN! We’ve
received over five feet of snow just in February and I have to tell you I’m
done with old man winter for one year. While it’s good for our wells and I know
we’re fortune to be getting moisture when so much of the country has been going
through a drought I’m waving the white flag and crying uncle. Enough snow
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so land locked not being able to run around his field and not being able to
hike in his forest. We’ve tried to help the little guy get around by snow
blowing paths for him but he wants green grass under his heels and to be able
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-45632092338738116712013-02-17T10:05:00.000-08:002013-02-17T10:05:20.916-08:00Waiting for Spring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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small ice patch. So we thought we would take advantage of the bare hard
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like they were twigs and we’ve been cleaning up our forest since. We had one area left to be cleaned up and thought we would take advantage of the
ground being frozen to get it done. We wanted it frozen since trucks and an
excavator would be going across a large part of our field and we didn’t want
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since grape vine would grow up and around all those trees come spring and hide
everything from view. Since the grape vine was out of control we decided now
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take out a bunch of pin cherry trees that had fallen apart. These type of
trees grow extremely fast and they aren’t strong trees and once they reach
their maximum height they start breaking apart making them dangerous to be
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now all cleaned up and we couldn’t be happier. The whole left side where the
drive is, not ours, will be planted to give us back our privacy. We’ll start
planting randomly with pines and work in with flowering trees and shrubs
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get that excavator back to dig all the holes we’ll need for the trees? My back
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of snow but we didn’t think it would really happen. Not really all that unusual
for New England so I’m not really sure what all the hoopla was about on the
news. We kept hearing words like massive, historic, monster but really it’s
pretty much normal for us at least once a year. So camera in hand I thought it
would be fun to get a few pictures for those of you not use to living in this
much snow. It started off innocently enough Friday morning with just barely a
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private time and was barking asking Dad to shovel faster. See how much higher
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Dylan weighs 82 pounds but has more hair then God. He get snow in the layers of
hair from rolling around in it and it puffs up making him look enormous. Dylan
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry if I’ve been really quiet of late but business has
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All these pillows, forty in all so far, are going up on my
website but I’ve run into a little snag with that…..my program won’t update so
time for mister man to come see what is going on with that. Thank the heavens
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of time to simply find them. Not like you can walk into a shop and find what I
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then if they’re for pillows I have to make them up. I do all my own sewing, I’m
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17th century trim had to be hand sewn down first because it liked to move on the silk velvet
when machine sewn. Everything took me two weeks just for this one pillow alone.
But as you can see from the finished results it was so worth the effort and he
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patterns going up this update and all pairs which designers love. I keep the
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throughout the years and blessed that you’ve invited me into your lives through
your blogs. I want to thank each and every one of you for your support and friendship
and wish all of you a bright, healthy and Happiest of New Years going into
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-59599699629846473032012-12-23T09:54:00.001-08:002012-12-23T09:54:45.419-08:00A Christmas Wish<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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forgive me and I owe a bunch of emails to people and those are coming over the
next few days. Work has kept me busy nonstop, tis the season! But I’ve stop for
the next week to enjoy this wonderful season. We have been busy decorating our
home with all natural things and this mantel was hugely inspiring with it’s
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-18990016727086882812012-11-19T06:25:00.002-08:002012-11-19T06:28:36.054-08:00New Obsession....Laurel Wreath Awards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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searching far and wide for one of these little gems to no avail. There’s just
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branches and leaves of the laurel tree and is worn on the head as an emblem of
victory. It has been worn by winners of games and competitions like the
Olympics and also worn by important people throughout history. Today, it is an
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but if you’ll notice the wreaths seem to have oak leaves intermixed as well so
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use of this wreath comes from the Greek myth involving Apollo, Zeus’ son and
the god of life and light, who fell in love with the nympe Daphne. When he
pursued her she fled and asked the river god Peneus to help her. Peneus turned
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leaves symbolized wisdom, and were associated with Zeus, who according to Greek
mythology made his decisions while resting in an oak grove. Since Zeus was
Apollo’s Dad that’s how the two leaves were mixed together. As you can see from
this bridal wreath crown they also used the berries from the laurel plant and
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would be easier to find then something carved out of wood and gold leafed but
luckily I found a few that are going on my Christmas wish list. Since Mister
man reads my blog…<em>Oh honey!</em></span></div>
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-60339557382910597572012-11-08T05:53:00.000-08:002012-11-08T05:53:03.003-08:00Quiet Calm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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of the year thanks to a nor’easter coming up from the Gulf of Mexico. After
last weeks Sandy and a week without electricity we’ve been praying this storm
would be mild. All of our leaves are off the trees thanks to Sandy except this
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and prays. While this first snowfall is beautiful a lot of these people have no
home and only the clothes on their back and this storm is going to be hard on
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Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-24909064394623552112012-10-16T04:30:00.000-07:002012-10-16T04:31:44.071-07:00 Fall with Tina over at The Enchanted Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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squash out of our own garden. If you would like to see more of things I love
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starring at the beautiful sapphire blue of the sky. I love how the light
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What better way to welcome autumn in then a little fall baking and I couldn't think of anything better then cookies.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The citrus smell of fresh grated orange rind along with the
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something with their cookies, these get glazed! Use a little or a lot and you have
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these little treats. Lucky for us we happen to have this tray of fresh made macarons
in our refrigerator so we had the best of both! I have to tell you these macarons
arrived freshly made and some of the best I’ve ever enjoyed aside from in France.
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soda, cinnamon and salt. Drop by teaspoon onto un-greased baking sheet. Bake
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people would love to live in a converted barn. But have you thought about
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undefined rooms and actually know where to start? The possibilities are
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and materials, just because it’s a barn doesn’t mean it has to look like one.
People are more interested in the big open space and the rustic beams. But with
that big open space it means you have to think bigger when it comes to
decorating. These lanterns we hung in our barn are four feet tall and three
feet wide but because of the massive space they’re hanging in they were quickly
dwarfed down so think BIG!</span> </div>
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barn is windows I really wanted steel frames but it didn’t flow with our home,
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the best of every décor scheme be it traditional or modern. I like how the next
couple of spaces have married in industrial/natural finishes with the railings
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big trucks to ruin our driveway since the wiring will go down along the drive. Eventually you won’t be seeing the electrical box
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this barn he found not to far from our home and it’s for sale…coincidence…I
think NOT! <span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mister man wants a barn in our old barn area to house a
sauna so we really only need a very small barn. I say old barn area because
there used to be a very big barn out back but was struck by lightening in 1900 and
burnt to the ground.</span> </span>Dylan dog and I took a drive over to have a look at this barn and snapped a
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the most typical type barn dotting the New England
countryside and is called an English hay barn or threshing barn. This structure
lends itself very nicely to barn home conversion and is capable of multi-level
living spaces. The hay barns range in size from 24 - 36 feet wide and 24 - 50
feet long. This one is on the smaller side and is being advertised as being a two horse stall barn and that means small. </span> </div>
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you an idea of what it could look like once renovated. Unfortunately the
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any barn’s construction. Their engineering and construction
have survived the ravages of time because they were kept dry and had good
foundations. A barn is basically a framework of solid timbers clothed with a
replaceable exterior skin so it really doesn’t matter what the outside skin
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block being eleven miles around, to show you some of the different barns in our
neighborhood. This barn was just renovated five years ago and the shame of it
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This barn is huge at three stories and was used as a
chicken house…that’s a lot of chickens! <span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The larger barns average 30 - 40 feet wide and 50 - 100
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another over sized hay barn that isn’t used for anything any
more. I wish I could have gotten inside because it has a circular cow staircase
made out of granite. The cows would have actually used it to go up to
the first floor. The steps are only 3-4 inches making it easy for the cows to climb. Can you imagine all that work for cows?</span></div>
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favorites. They renovated this barn six years ago and added a small side
barn/garage and has two floors. The couple uses this barn for their picture frame business. Many of the barns around our area are used for businesses and artists studios. The little things you see on the roof are heat
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for these babies any more. This is Rigger, the white horse, and his sidekick Kizazz Dylan dog just
loves Rigger. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each barn offers pleasing proportions and design simplicity,
which are easily adaptable either to contemporary or traditional
interpretation. I would love to have another barn and add a wall of steel
windows and doors. Modern, industrial and antique features blend beautifully
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off to another textile show tomorrow and then the Brimfield Antique Show is all
next week….woohoo! Enjoy your week!</span></div>
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last weeks but it can’t be helped, I’ve been shopping! There is no better or
easier place to do that then right in front of your computer while
perusing your favorite blogs. I needed a couple of 8 X 10 pictures to fit some black
frames but didn’t know what I wanted to place in them. That is until Debby over
at <a href="http://www.4inspireddesign.com/">Inspired Design</a> opened her print shop. Debby is the photographer and her <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">giclée</span> prints are fabulous and printed on
very heavy paper, the color and clarity is amazing! For my frames I choose two
prints from her Paris Gallery set and with twelve pictures to choose from the
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two pictures above these are the prints I bought from Debby. Sorry Debby
they’re off being matted and placed into the frames since I’m all thumbs when
it comes to this sort of thing. I wanted something that makes people look and
get drawn in and these do the trick, they’re really wonderful! So hurry on over
to Debby’s shop </span> <a href="http://www.theinspiredprintshop.com/">The Inspired Print Shop</a></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first saw this picture over at <a href="http://atelierdecampagneantiques.blogspot.com/">Atelier de Campagne Antiques</a> of
an item coming in their spring container I was intrigued by the iron ornament
standing up in the very back. It looked so French and judging by the height
against the other items perfect for my needs to dress up a couple of outdoor
containers. I was in luck too there were a pair! Judging by how many people
have already pinned this picture on pinterest I was lucky to have purchased them.
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to see what his reaction would be and I have to say it was priceless…sorry
Trino it was only a joke I would never spray paint something with so much
patina. As you can see here I simply propped my ornaments up on the containers
against the house. They give the upright boxwood shrubs some height until they get bigger and
then I can hang the pieces up on the house…maybe. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I say maybe because as you can see the container is centered
on the flat where it stands but if I hang the ornament centered it’ll look off
because of the wide end board. Funny but it doesn’t look off propped up <span style="font-size: x-small;">(just my crooked picture taking is off)</span>. I have
plenty of time to make up my mind as to what to do because the upright boxwood
are extremely slow growers so I have years to decide. In the meantime I’ll just
enjoy them being in their new home, I love them!</span></div>
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This one was taken by Brooke over at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
<a href="http://brookegiannetti.typepad.com/velvet_and_linen/">Velvet & Linen</a> </span>when she and her family went to Belgium and <a href="http://brookegiannetti.typepad.com/velvet_and_linen/2011/07/a-little-side-trip-to-the-paris-flea.html">France</a> last summer, this one
was taken at one of the French flea markets. I knew the moment I saw a little
something in this picture I wanted it and was praying Brooke would bring them
home with her. Look on the shelves at those little white pots, their form
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Brooke brought a bunch back and is selling them in her shop on <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=581514">1st Dibs</a> at such a reasonable price. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know what it is but lately I’ve had
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bought five of them, aren't they fabulous? Hey for grouping things together you’re supposed to have
an odd number right? I was worried three might not be enough…;) Hurry on over
because I know she has a few more for sale but who knows how many and her assistant
Kate is wonderful!</span></div>
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Dylan dog for the rest of the day and take it easy. The weather is forcing us
to since it’s been so rainy the last three days and the HUMIDITY has been
horrible. Mother Nature seems to have forgotten we live in the north and not
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</div>Acquired Objectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065566296202199461noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673962965526409194.post-89915818689237177842012-08-05T12:30:00.000-07:002012-08-05T12:30:57.939-07:00Liz Spradling Antiques<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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email, a nice woman named Liz had emailed me to let me know a couple of my
pictures on my previous post on white confit pots were from her shop. Imagine
my surprise and joy to learn it was none other then Liz Spradling of Liz
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years now but had no idea where it came from or where to find these stunning
antiques. I love the 18<sup>th</sup> century statue and the incredible hand painted
leather screen behind it. </span><br />
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Dibs for the last few years and recently while scrolling through her selection
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too don’t hesitate to either visit her shop, website or on 1<sup>st</sup> Dibs.
Trust me she is such a gracious lady and even invited me to view her new
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French <em>Pots de Confit</em> in a stunning off white color. Sitting on a sideboard or
in a cupboard calling to me with their elegantly rounded shapes. Not to be
confused with the mustard and green confit pots we typically see, no, both have
similar uses but one doesn’t get buried. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Confit which is French and means “to preserve” the mustard
and green pots were used for storing cooked meats and then buried in the ground
or stored in stone-lined larders. This storage process preserved the cooked meat
without refrigeration and could then be enjoyed throughout the winter months.
The bottom halves were left unglazed for burying in the ground since the glaze
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Confit can also refer to fruit or vegetables which have been seasoned and cooked with
honey or sugar until the mixture has reached a jam-like consistency. Savory
confits, such as ones made with garlic or fennel, may call for a savory oil,
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the south of France and considered the poor man’s Faience. Faience is an
expensive high-end form of tin-glazed ceramics made in France and the majority
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stunning pieces were made in a small quantity and for a short time making them highly
collectable today. Even though I’ve pretty much stopped collecting things I’ve
been drawn to these pieces for a while. Thankfully my birthday isn’t to far off….hint,
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ones offered above are from Loi’s shop Tone on Tone antiques. Oh Loi I want
that small one in front I can’t resist! So tell me do any of you collect any
type of pottery and do you actually use it? I know I probably won’t put one of
these gems into use since I know the inside isn’t glazed and even if it was the
iron that leaches out probably wouldn’t be a good thing but they’ll look
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hope you all have a wonderful and beautiful week. We’ve finally cooled back
down to where our temperatures should be in New England but I know many of you
are still boiling from heat. Now all we need is rain! Please start doing a rain
dance for us in New England. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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a huge success with everyone walking away very full and happy. Thank you to
everyone for your warm wishes on his special day. One item I like to include
during the summer is deviled eggs in my opinion nothing says summer like these
tasty treats. But I don’t like them to be heavy and I like a lot of flavor so
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here it is: <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/the-best-of/fresh-tomato-tart-recipe/index.html">tomato tart</a>. I’ve used this recipe for years and always make my own shell, <span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shell recipe in my previous post sin</span>ce
it has more flavor then a store bought one. The only thing I change a little is
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a blackberry cabernet sorbet since the recipe I have for the gelato has
chocolate in it and mister man prefers berries. As you can see the color is
amazing and the only advice I can give for this simple but perfect recipe is
make sure you blend your blackberries first and then strain to get all the
seeds out before finishing your sorbet off. The recipe I used can be found
here:</span> <a href="http://starchefs.com/advertisement/ciao_bella/html/cabernet_sorbet_ciao_bella.shtml">cabernet sorbet</a></div>
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he feels cake to heavy for hot summer months. Fresh fruit tarts are the easiest
things in the world to pull together and you get to play with your food
decorating the top. I’ve found over the years that most tart fillings are
rather bland and sometimes not firm enough to hold the fruit up so here’s my
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during preparation or dinner so you know all these recipes are tried and true.
Most of these recipes I’ve used for years, they’re simple to make and big on
flavor. If you’re ever interested in other recipes click on my pinterest button
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