Probably Wasn't Appreciated

Last Sunday, while skyping with our youngest

daughter's family, our granddaughter Lily

was telling us about her trip to Disneyland

and to the beach in San Diego.

 It was her first time at both, and she

said she loved the beach the most.

When she showed us all the shells she collected

with her cousin Tucker, I told her she could get

an old frame and paint it and glue the shells on.

Lily loved the idea and immediately went

looking for a frame. 

Her mother was not so happy about the idea of

spending her Sunday night cleaning up another

of Lily's DIY projects.

I think my suggestion probably wasn't appreciated.

It didn't phase me though because I spent many a

night cleaning up after Lily's mother when

 she was a little DIY-er. 

Karma!

Blue Kitchen

I was happy to be featured over at the

Anything Blue Friday

party at The Dedicated House's blog.

 I overdosed on country blue way back in the

late 80's, so we have hardly any blue in our house.

For the Anything Blue Friday party, I submitted a

 post I did on that lovely green-blue kitchen in a

house we toured a while back. 

Seems everyone loves that kitchen...

If I get brave, I just might paint our kitchen's hood
that color or add it in a few small spots.

Thanks for dropping by!

Uncle Sam Joins The Bird War

Someone suggested I might hang flags in our

outside entryway to scare the Barn Swallows away. 

 Seems birds do not like things flapping around.

 At Hobby Lobby I found this Uncle Sam with

streamers and some twisting stick-type thingies.

I know the neighbors must think we're a little crazy

to hang our decorations up so high you can only see

the bottom hanging down from the street view...

Truthfully, this isn't the first crazy thing we've

done so they're probably used to it.

I did add a few holiday decorations to the

planter pots just to add some cheer...

Despite all our gay efforts, the @&%#g birds were

 still trying to nest in the outside chandelier, leaving

their "droppings" right in front of our doorway.

 

 Wild Bill took matters in his own hands and decided

to buy a BB-gun to scare them off. When he came

home the proud owner of a pink one, I thought

maybe he had lost his mind. 

He said:  

"Can you imagine how I would look carrying

what looks like a real gun around the yard?"

And I thought: 

"Yeah...you're going to look so much better with

a little pink Daisy-brand one!

For the next 2 or 3 days, Wild Bill would go out

and shoot his little pink Daisy right under the

birds, not "at" them, but "under" them.

Lo and behold...the birds are gone!

We are bird-poop free.

 Seems just the noise of a nearby gun is

enough to scare them away. 

Some towns and malls have BOOM noise-makers

in place where there's a problem with birds nesting

in large flocks. That's where Wild Bill got the idea.

Thanks for dropping by!

 

 

Favorite Stairway, Favorite House

If I had a stairway...

I would paint words like this one.

 Our builder left plenty of room in our attic to

build a bonus room, but we would have to give

up our office nook to put in a stairway.

The stairway in these pictures was from a house

tour we did a while back.  

I still drool over pictures of that house...

especially the kitchen.

Remember it?

 I still love that mix of wood, white,

greenish blue, and granite.

It's raining again here in Texas this week.

Love that too.

Thanks for dropping in!

Come join me here...


Anything-Blue-Friday:

http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/06/anything-blue-friday-week-87.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDedicatedHouse+%28The+Dedicated+House%29

Mrs. Olson's Share Your Cup party:

http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2015/06/share-your-cup-thursday-153.html

Small Town In Georgia

Last Fall, we set out to do a road trip to
 Tennessee. Somehow we entered Georgia on
the very first day and ended up staying there
for the next 3 days...
We fell in love!

Just before we left Georgia, we happened upon

a little town called Clayton.

I mean, how big can a town be when folks

running for office use only their first name?

There is an old house there built of rocks.

The fountain, benches, and everything else

were built with rocks long ago...

 

The area around the town was filled with hills,

valleys, and beautiful blue skies.

Leaving Georgia was hard, as I had fallen

in love. We took the mountain road out of

Georgia and into Tennessee.

Truly, some of the prettiest mountains and

towns you will ever see.

Thanks for dropping by!