Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

What the Heck?

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Are you kidding me? No, that’s not fairy dust. It’s just begun, my friends. We’re supposed to get 10 – 12 inches. Heavy, wet snow on still green vegetation = bad for the vegetation. I’ve lived in the Midwest and the Northeast most of my life and I’ve never seen snow this early. Oh, and I’m using far more colorful language than I used in the title of this post.

Zinnias rescued from the first frost.

The last of the roses and rose buds. I cut them yesterday afternoon when I heard about the coming snowstorm.

I have to go out soon and shovel. Don’s at work and I want to make sure he can get up the driveway. I’m also going to try to go out periodically and shake some of the snow off the lower branches on the willow and the plants.

I just took the first photo before I started this post and now there is much more snow on the ground.

Crap.

Frost, Flowers & More on the Dollhouse

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When yesterday’s rain turned to sleet, I checked the weather forecast. Frost warning. Ummmm, a bit early, don’t you think? Alarmed, I grabbed a flashlight, pruners, a vase and a slicker and ran outside to cut the zinnias. I feared they wouldn’t make it through the frost. Don snapped this photo as I came in the front door. It’s rather a dark corner at night so the photo is a bit grainy.

The zinnias are now sitting on the coffee table. The catalpa tree has dropped all its leaves overnight. The maple has already lost all its leaves.

Not quite ready for this drastic change in our weather.

Last night’s game 6 of the World Series was one of the most incredible games I have ever seen. It had everything. Boy, these teams are evenly matched. Tonight promises to be a nail biter.

I’ve been working on the bedroom in the dollhouse. Since it is on the third floor, I pictured it as a room that was carved out of attic space. Old floor boards, slanty walls…that kind of thing.

I used wider sticks for this floor and painted them white. I really love this look. My thought is that the homeowner didn’t want to go to the trouble of refinishing the floor (maybe the boards were uneven and not the best quality wood) so she whitewashed the whole thing and in the process made the room brighter.

You can see that I’ve been wallpapering, as well. It’s a pretty flowered pattern perfect for a cozy bedroom. That area behind the chair is a puzzle to me. Whoever put this house together somehow managed to get some of the cladding that’s used on the outside of the house in the bedroom. Wallpaper won’t disguise it. I’m playing with some ideas, one of which is to cover it in exposed brick – rather like the exposed brick in Mockingbird Hill Cottage’s living room.

I’ve run out of beadboard and window trim, which has put a little snag in my plans. Hopefully, I’ll get the order in a few days.

Can’t you just imagine retreating at the end of the day to this pretty attic hideaway? Or waking up with the sun pouring through the windows?

I want to live there.

Update: Don just called to inform me that we are supposed to get snow tomorrow. Up to 4 inches 9 inches. Insert scream here.

Because some of the flowers are pink, the dollhouse wallpaper has pink in it, and my little chair is pink…I’m linking up to Beverly’s Pink Saturday.

Reality Shot Thursday #5

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It’s that time again. Another Reality Shot Thursday, that day where we share photos that aren’t staged or pretty and wouldn’t normally be included on our blogs. We’re just keeping it real, as they say.

This ugly bin is in our den. In fact it is just to the right of the dollhouse on the other side of the closet. This bin has been sitting in the den for a few months. Do you remember when Don was having yard sales this summer? I was away working in Wisconsin. In this bin are all his CDs and old books that were for sale. (By the way, I looked in the bin the other day and some of my CDs and books were in there. He’s lucky he didn’t sell them.) Anyway, I’m sick of looking at it and am going to strongly encourage my husband to clean it out and put it back in the shed where it belongs. It is directly across from me as I sit in my chair and blog.

As you can see, our various throws have done nothing to disguise its ugliness. In fact, the photo is grainy and I don’t care. Why pretty it up? (Those are dog toys to the right.)

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I’m still pondering the fate of this meme. Do we want to continue it every week? Or perhaps once a month as someone suggested? Maybe the first Thursday or the last Thursday? Let me know your thoughts on the subject.

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