Prairie Blue


...............at my front door spinning...................just some simple thoughts & happenings of an ordinary woman.....

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

what a shocker.....

well my friends......what a shocker......i won something........i won the redware pitcher over at Primitive Place Magazine's blog..........like i said over there.....i have never won anything, except for the last basketball being played with at the last ballgame of our old high school....and i was thrilled with that as well....................................but this .....oh my goodness, i am so excited......i have a few redware plates......so this will look so good with them .............................i have tried to post the pitcher, but it won't post for some reason............so stop by there and take a look....maybe you would like to order one.....................................check their link in my sidebar! well one thing for sure............................................................i am one blessed woman!

Monday, June 27, 2011

mustard seed monday....

well my friends......something new.........i am going to try to have an udate every monday or ever other of new goodes for sale on my picturetrail...............................so stop by for a visit of just a few little trinkets..................you know......simple little things that you just might need......the needful things...................................................... www.picturetrail.com/mustardseedhill ...............................................i am blessed!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

ahhhhh summer......

well.......it is officially here.................summer!.....................................although it has felt like it for quite awhile...................the date wasn't here yet...................so here we go..........lot's to do ahead!
by the way.......thank you for all your visits & comments..........i haven't been able to leave comments on anyone's blog for awhile now, but i think that is now under control......hope to visit you all soon & say something.............................................. .................................................................................................i am blessed!


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

looking in....

do you all drive by a house & peek in the window really quick............now be honest.............well....telling on myself..........i do!..............................................while sitting on my front porch, i jumped up to get the camera........not a really good photo.....but this is what you see looking into the "wool room"..........notice the beautiful pasture that is across the road from us...... i love country living..........................................................................i am blessed!

Monday, June 20, 2011

oh my misi....!

well................................my goodness!.....................all i can say .....is ..."oh my misi!".............on a hot saturday of cleaning out the garage.......in pulls my mail lady with a package......um', am i expecting a package?...............................oh my goodness it is from misi.........i am her swap partner.............................just take a gander at all the treats inside.......................(this picture does not do it all justice, by the way!) a wonderful patriotic pillow with an eagle.........................................love it!


an absolutely wonderful candle........"tea..iced & spiced"..................ummmmmmmmm




a crate of waxed strawberries........mr. prairie blue " ummm they even smell like strawberries!"






wax tarts with my fav graphic.................bee skep..............................




and a cute card with a picture of her wagon full of flowers with a hobby lobby gift card.........................

wow......girl.....you went above and beyond...............and i am here to say..................

.......an overwhelming thank you misi...................................i am one blessed woman.......................









Sunday, June 19, 2011

oh how i am blessed.......

God saw fit to honor us with two wonderful.......son-in-laws........................Stephen...Asher....Megan Chris.....Carter....Cooper......Marah......& baby Mayah.............................


......Happy Father's Day......................we are wonderfully.......................................blessed!



Saturday, June 18, 2011

honoring Daddy......

this is one of my favorite pictures of daddy.......third from the right............he was a navy seabee and this was cleaning up Bikini Island after the war.....he just missed the height of the war........so hard to imagine him this way.................................someone once told me "he was so strong, he could hold up the corner of a building".........................i have never forgotten those words.............


Happy Father's Day Daddy....................i miss you..............................i am blessed!


Friday, June 17, 2011

another view.....

this is another view of the outhouse.......................our huge propane tank behind......i hid it with a piece of fencing i already had..................................there is a small outhouse to the left (a couple of boys in our youth group made me years ago) where the clothesline stretches............mr. prairie blue bought me the old copper washer a few years ago.......................i carried extra stones we had to the back of it to make a potting area....(which i never use for potting, but it looks cute, when it is cleaned up!).....................i planted iris and lilys on the other side for now......................................so all i really need is to figure out the front.......................i love the fire pit....but with our children grown, we don't use it as much.........i need to move it too, because it is very close to the outhouse.................................i think i need to start with a single path, split it into two....and plant a little in between........how does that sound?................i am open for ideas! ..................................................................................i love mr prairie blue & i am blessed!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

the gift....

i don't remember if i have shared this gift with all of you..........a few years ago, a friend called .."would you like an old four-seater outhouse?"......"we will deliver!".........ummmm YES>>YES>>YES!.......the hubs gave the okay......it was transported about 6~ 8 miles on a low boy...............................trick being......we had to unload and put in place over the weekend....that was friday..................................ummmmm...........................need i say more.....the hubs was not a happy man..............after alot of ....shall we say unhappy hours and heavy manpower....................she was in place.........................................i must say one of my most prized possessions..............................the first thing i check on after a storm...........it still needs a bit of upkeep.....but for now she has a new home...............................i am thrilled that a little old lady in her eighty's, building a new garage, saw fit to have her saved..........thrilled my friend thought of me................................thrilled the hubs said yes...............and he didn't divorce me!.....still trying to plan the plantings around her........there is a firepit in front, that i would like to move, and make a pathway from the house..........................we shall see................................after all, i need to keep the peace.............................................. .............................................................................oh......i am so blessed!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

honor.......

flag day.........a day of honoring our flag..............................the yard is now finished.......open house over.......................whew......it has been a long .....hot.....struggle............................to ready everything..............................................................so today i will honor our flag......enjoy the calm......the cooler weather....................................and realize............................................

that...............................................................................i am blessed!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

i wish.....

well............i am trying to get yard work finished for openhouse next week...........not near the look of this yet.........this is two years ago....................................i am so far behind.............. .......................................................................................anyway...........i am blessed!