I came to realize it had been over two years since we had one of these little excursions. Well, that problem has now been remedied. Brittany has been my dearest friend and closest confidant for more than half of my life. She is the most genuinely kind-hearted person I know, especially towards me when I least deserve it. So, the least I could do was take some new pretty pictures for her facebo..I mean, grandchildren to look at someday.
I love you, Brit!

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” – John Burroughs

“Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” – A.A. Milne

Here is a display of items I will use in decorating my room this year. Some of them I already have (or something comparable) and other things I will need to buy.

I’ve always been a collector. Stamps, rocks, keys, stickers, beads, old and foreign coins. Really, the list could go on, and on. However, I have managed to narrow down those collections over the years, and what I am left with I still love – antique skeleton keys and old glass buttons like the ones you see above. I want to display them somehow in a jar or in a shadow box, or maybe by some method I’ve yet to read in Real Simple magazine.

As of yesterday, I have a record player (twenty dollars at a yard sale). Yay! It isn’t as schnazzy as the phonograph, but it does the job of playing vinyls which is great. In fact, it is serenading me as I type.

Items that I have yet to obtain are: A platform bed; they always look so inviting, nice and low, just right to collapse onto at the end of a long day. Various shelves, to house my numerous books, and a comfy reading chair, to house me. Also, a pretty lighting fixture of some sort; isn’t that chandelier cool? Oh, and I don’t have that Vincent Van Gogh painting – shucks. I think I’d have to pull a museum heist for that one.

Can you tell I like brown? I do, I do. That, and a soft oatmeal color will most likely be two colors of choice.