Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

A Favorite Thing Saturday #4

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Welcome to A Favorite Thing, number four! Every week we share one of our favorite things with each other. Since almost everything I have in this cottage is a favorite thing, I think I am in no danger of running out of ideas.

Let’s look back at some highlights from last week.

First up:

Dayle’s sewing machine, passed down from grandmother to mother and now to Dayle. It’s a beauty and since I got my very own Featherweight this week, I had to feature another gorgeous Singer machine.

These amazing bird house planters, from Tracy MB’s trip to the Ellis Bird Farm.

And Laura’s sewing mementos from her grandmother; the mammy pin cushion and the darning egg. What treasures.

This is my entry for this week.

This little vintage spice shelf hangs on the wall in my sewing/creative/studio space. I found it in a local antique shop. It still has the original label on the back. It holds a few treasures; my little lamb with the party hat that you can also see in my header, a vintage scottie toothpick holder, a little pink shaker and a box of doll clothespins. It’s the perfect little shelf for small treasures. I love the sort of Art Deco design at the top.

Now, it’s your turn. Share a favorite thing of yours!

You can link up anytime from this evening through Sunday. Make sure you enter the URL of your post. If you’re unsure how to do that, just click on your post title after you’ve published it and copy the information in your browser address window. Come back here, paste the URL into your link entry and there you go! If you have any problems, drop me an email and I’ll help you out. Please link back to this blog on your post. That way, those that read your post and are interested in reading more can do so.

One of my concerns about link parties is that the very reason for them has somewhat gone by the wayside. They’ve become so big and there are so many of them that many bloggers don’t take the time to visit any of the other participants. Link parties are a way to meet new bloggers and share with each other and the only way to do that is to visit each other. So, please, take some time to visit everyone over the next few days. No rush. Stop by, introduce yourself, and leave a comment. It’s the neighborly thing to do.

 


Sort of a Chatty Post

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Is it time to take down that coffee filter wreath? I’m thinking it is.

I want a real stair runner for those stairs – something from, say, Dash & Albert. When Riley and Scout were still sleeping upstairs with us and Riley began to be a bit unsure about his footing, we hastily tacked down those mini carpets for the treads. I tried to make them colorful yet funky by alternating a red one with a blue one.

I’m sick of them.

And every year, I look at the walls in this house, which were given only one coat of paint when this house was flipped, and get the urge to paint all of it. There are lots of dings and cracks and paint marks from furniture being moved up the stairs. I just never show them to you. When fall comes around and I see the amount of moths and bugs coming into the house lessen (we live in the country), I think now’s the time.

Then I get overwhelmed. Because I will be the painter. And there are a lot of walls. And the kitchen cupboards need to be painted. Even the kitchen island needs to be touched up.

I hate painting walls.

Maybe if I just start in one little area and do a little bit each day?

Still overwhelmed.

The view out our car window as we drove into town the other day – the day we found my Featherweight. Don’t we have  pretty mountains?

So many of you are flannel pajamas lovers. That makes me smile. And yes, flannel nighties count as well. Someone mentioned flannel sheets, but the funny thing is though I love my flannel pajamas, wear them in the morning and in the evening and other times of the day, I don’t wear them to bed. I tend to run hot. And it’s not due to menopause, which is, thankfully, over. Flannel sheets make me hot. Flannel pajamas while sleeping would send me up the wall. Don, on the other hand, runs cold and always has piles of covers over him.

By the way, I’m trying to reply to any questions that you’ve asked in your comments – right there under your comment. Since I have threaded comments now, it’s so much easier to do that. So, if you ask a question, check back. Maybe we can eventually get a dialogue going and I will respond to more than just questions. I see that on other blogs and I like the back-and-forth. I’ve not found a plug-in that I like that will allow subscribing to comments, so for the time being, if you are so inclined, check back.

Speaking of plug-ins, Brenda and I found one that will show the latest blog posts on our blogrolls (like Blogger has.) I like it so much more because I often read your blogs that way. It shows the post title and the amount of time that has elapsed since the blog was updated. The only problem? All Typepad blogs show that update as ’42 years ago.’ I’m not kidding. I don’t know why. It makes me laugh. So if you have a Typepad blog and you’re on my blogroll, my apologies.

Our elusive male cardinal made an appearance and I ran for my camera. I would have been able to get an even better picture had Miss Scout not decided to start barking at that moment. I love our cardinals.

Okay. That’s all for now. Stay tuned. I will post A Favorite Thing tonight at 8:00 pm EST.

Happy Friday.

 

Fall: It’s Time for the Flannel Pajamas Club

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Suddenly it’s Fall around here. The night before last, the east coast was pummeled by rain. Big storms, lots of rain, lots of wind.  And leaves were falling everywhere. They’d already secretly turned from green to gold but since they were hidden high up in the trees, we were fooled into thinking a bit of summer was still here.

Time to look up.

Ah, there they are. Still a lot of green up there, but that won’t be for long.

Ahem. Time for an official announcement:

This morning I have my flannel pajamas top on. Not the bottoms – I’m still wearing my summer pajama bottoms. But if the top is in evidence, can the whole thing be far behind? You know that I’m reluctant to say goodbye to summer, but oh, how I love my flannel pajamas. And that means that it is almost time for our club to begin meeting once again. Oh heck, it is time.

Membership is free. There are some rules, however.

  • • You must love wearing your flannel pajamas.
  • • Simply loving them isn’t enough. You have to find any excuse to wear them.
  • • Possible excuses: “But I need to clean the house.” “My writing suffers if I’m not comfortable.” “It’s 3:00 pm.” ” It gets dark early.” “I just came home from work and I have to change my clothes, so why waste another outfit? I’ll just go straight to my pajamas.”
  • • More excuses: “If I must cook, then I have to wear my flannel pjs.” “But I’m drinking hot chocolate.“
  • • That’s all. Simple.

Feel free to use the button. As the official Flannel Pajamas Ambassador, I feel compelled to spread the word, to extol the pleasures of soft, warm flannel. I pledge to educate my readers as we move into fall and winter as to the many things that can be executed successfully, nay, even more successfully, in flannel pajamas. I promise to keep you informed. And yes, I have driven the car while wearing my flannel pajamas.

Will you join me?

Happy Thursday.

 

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