Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Funky & Magical Dining

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I’m not much for fancy restaurants. I have never felt entirely comfortable in them. I feel like I have to be on my best behavior, like a little girl in her very best dress, ham-strung with warnings not to get a stain on it or spill anything.

If I have a choice, it will always be for comfortable and funky. The funkiest restaurant I’ve ever seen is in a little town in our area. Yesterday, Don and I took a little drive and had lunch there.

Every single inch of space – walls, ceiling, floors – is covered with paintings, decoration, tchotchkes, you name it. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s so whimsical: part souvenirs, part Asian influence, part decorative painting, part dumpster diving treasures, part sparkle and glitter.

Hubcaps on the ceiling.

Paintings on the wall.

Our table was a painting: trees, water, horses.

And the food is unbelievably good.

Don drinking his Decaf.

Me, sans makeup, looking a wee bit sleepy. Don took this and really likes it, so even though I don’t like photos of me without makeup, here goes. Me: on the cusp of a big birthday.

This is on the wall in the entry:

I love these words. After some googling, I found the source.

Isn’t the restaurant magical and wonderful? I wish I could have taken even more photos (all of them via the iPhone, by the way) but I didn’t want to intrude on the other patrons.

It just might be one of my favorite places to eat.

Happy Sunday.

A Favorite Thing #12

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Happy Friday evening or Saturday or Sunday to you! Whatever the day you arrive to share in some favorite things, welcome to A Favorite Thing #12. Let’s look at some highlights from last week:

Tammy, of T’s Daily Treasures, shared her love of moss roses with us. If you’re not familiar with Tammy’s wonderful blog, you should visit her. She lives on the other side of the world in Kuwait in a very hot, arid climate. So she appreciates the beauty and reliability of moss roses.

Deb of Just Cats shared her favorite thing – going out to breakfast with her favorite granddaughter. What a cutie! I notice she has her nails all done up with pretty polish.

Poppy, of Poppy View, shared her beautiful Autumn Room with us. Poppy is Canadian born and bred but she now lives on the island of Crete. I now want to visit both Tammy and Poppy. I love that blogging brings so many of us together from all over the world.

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This week I am sharing my current favorite thing. For those of you who read the blog daily, this will be sort of a repeat. I shared this on Monday.

My dog, Riley, died on August 20th and I miss him every day. I couldn’t get rid of his dish – even though it was just a run-of-the-mill plastic dog dish. So I decided to gather some succulents and plant a little garden in his dish. Riley’s Dish Garden. I really love it.

It now sits on top of the kitchen island. As Riley loved nothing more than to eat and look for crumbs on the kitchen floor, I think it’s the perfect place.

Now, it’s your turn!

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Making Music on a Chalkboard

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Early morning. I’m in that stage where I’m just beginning to ease out of sleep into wakefulness. And what flashes through my foggy mind? Being in music class as a kid and wishing I could use the cool chalk holder thingy that the teacher employed to draw the musical staff on the chalkboard. Remember those? They were wire contraptions attached to a wooden handle and there were 5 holders for chalk. The teacher would glide the chalk across the board and suddenly there was a musical staff. The next thing to appear would be the treble clef, then notes, measures, sharps and flats.

I wanted one. Or rather, I wanted to be able to walk up to the front of the classroom, take that holder in my hands and make a muscial staff magically appear. (I was that kind of kid – always wanted to write on the chalkboard, be class monitor, that kind of thing,)

I hadn’t thought of them in years and assumed they were no longer in use. Because I now think that anything used in my childhood must be vintage and retro nowadays. (If I see one more item from my childhood labeled “Antique” on Craigslist, I am going to scream.) Surely there must be some new high-tech way of drawing a staff?

So, hoping to find a photo of one, I googled ‘musical staff chalk’ and found lots of them available. New ones. On eBay, on Amazon, everywhere. Teachers are still using them. Sigh of happiness.

This one is made by Quartet. It’s officially called a Wood Music Staff Liner.

I want one. I could use it on my chalkboard.

I could pretend I was the Music Teacher. I could compose a little melody.

But even better? Finding a vintage liner. I could hang it on my wall. Wouldn’t that be cool? I suppose if I can’t find a vintage liner, I could ‘age’ a new one. But I like vintage, as you know.

One sleepy thought = a search and a Friday post.

Thanks for all the wonderful tips on getting back to sleep. It looks like I am in good company. So many of us struggle with this. And I can’t blame it on menopause because that particular pain-in-the-tush is over, thank goodness.  In fact, next Wednesday is my birthday and it’s rather a big one.

How can that be? I’m still around 39 in my head and heart.

I’m wearing black that day.

I’ll be back at 8:00 EST with A Favorite Thing.

Happy Friday.

 

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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