Tuesdays Treasures

On Sunday, in a yard working frenzy, while obviously light headed from the searing sun, and lack of water, I took it upon myself to remove this fence and huge shrub that has been here for the entire 18 years we have lived here, and beyond.

You can't see all of it in this photo.  It is the wood fence behind Greg.  It creates a blind from the backyard pool area to the patio seen here where we do our bbqing  and often eat in the summer.  I wanted it gone.  And now it is. 

I like this so much better.  That white table there is the one we use when cooking to set stuff on.   We would love to do a built in bbq and pizza oven back here.  So those three stumps from the huge shrub are all that is left, and I didn't have anything left in me to get those out too.  I will have my gardener remove them on Friday.  Now I can see Mr. G bbqing from the kitchen and can holler out to him, "how much longer?" like I always do.  Come to think of it, that might not be a good thing.  Maybe he mocks me and gives me the stink eye when I do that.  This fence being gone gives a much prettier view.  Now we just need a blind to hide the boat and side yard where we stack wood and brush we need to burn. 
Today after I dropped Noah off at school I ran into my favorite thrift and found this for 4.00.

It is a very heavy oak with casters on it.  I took it home, washed it up. Removed the cushion.  Gave it a light sand, then painted it in flat black. 

I recovered it with a piece of a very old 30's quilt I had purchased at an antique fair a long time ago. The quilt was in very bad shape, and didn't have many usable parts to it.  I actually don't much care for it now that I have it on there.  Too muted.  But I love the painted wood!  I will probably recover it when I find the right fabric to use.

  I also found this beautiful tray for 4 dollars.  I love this.  It is so pretty with the scalloped edges and cut out pieces.

 It has a nifty design. There is a piece on the back that you can slide one way to reveal the legs for standing the tray up, or you can slide it so that it locks the legs into place to use the tray flat as well.  It is a very pretty piece!  I know I will use this a lot!

That just makes me smile to look at it!  By the time Mr. G got home, I had made a complete mess of my sewing room, looking for the right remnant to cover my ottoman.  Then I decided Ducey, or "Old Smeller" as I often call him when he gets to needing a good scrubbing, could not wait another day for his bath and blow dry, and I started that at 6 p.m.!  So dinner was a quick omelet for Greg with Snacker's eggs.  Tomatoes, green peppers, onions, mushrooms and cheese.

Mine was egg whites, with spinach, tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms and feta cheese.  Delicious!  But not as pretty as Greg's.

And I leave you with a picture of "my girls" enjoying a breakfast treat of chopped apples.

They are all four getting along great.  Snacker got to come out to the grove for some free range bug hunting.  She hopped in my garden and got a bit of a squirt from the hose.  Naughty girl!  Genny and Hannah and Claire stopped by for a bit to visit.  Hannah and Claire picked oranges and played with Snacker while I visited with Gennifer.  

Oh...guess what I am getting next...............give up?

A goat!  I want to use her milk for making cheese and soap.  And she will do weed control for us in the orange grove so we don't have to use any weed killers and the hens can roam free range during the day.

Gennifer asked me if I was going to also let the hair underneath my arm pits grow long and flowing and buy a pair of Birkinstocks!!!  Ha-ha...funny girl!!

I am living my dream!

G'night from the farm.   Granny Goose is TiReD!!