Road trip....

This past Saturday MDH and I took a road trip with my sister and BIL to cruise the FRUIT LOOP in Hood River.

This is the first place we stopped at...




and this is what we bought...



then I saw this awesome old farmhouse...



before we went here...




fun corn maze...




and we bought these...



on the way out I wanted to load all these in the car!!



After lunch, we stopped here...



Can you imagine this with the lavender all in bloom? I want to go back earlier in the year next year.



Hanging from the rafters...



We tinkled in the Lavender Loo..tee hee...



and I bought this...


Our last stop was here...



I fell in love with this chair...


and these hens and chicks in this log...



and bought some of this...



Tons of fun was had by all....



It's now officially Autumn :-)

Pink Saturday

Well, I've missed the last bazillion PS's seems like :-) Summer has almost come and gone, and it's been a busy one! Hopefully as the world winds down into Fall, so will I, and have more time to devote to me blog. I have about 400 vacation pics to load, and hopefully share some some with y'all.

On to Pink Saturday. Beverly challenged us this week to visit a new blog and post a link. I actually found a couple of new cool blogs that I have started to follow.
HAPPY LOVES ROSY
AUNT RUTHIE'S SUGAR PIE FARMHOUSE

Here are my PS contributions for this week! I love retro ads, so here are a couple I found in my travels around the web.

I had some of these lipsticks in Junior High! This ad brought back memories :-)

So girly!

Once again, here's some colored TP. Remember that? LOL!

I don't remember these, but my girlfriends and I would have SO smoked these, back when it was fashionable to smoke!

Click on the little china doll to take you to Beverly's page for a list of over 150 other PS participants. Visit and comment!

For Dog Lovers...

This was posted on my local Craigslist. I hope there are lots of homes where dogs feel this way.

Enjoy.


Here in this house...
I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'.
I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed.
I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat.
I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat.
I will feel the sun's heat, and the rain's coolness,
and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose.
My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted.

Here in this house...
There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level.
I will be talked to and, even if I don't understand,
I can enjoy the warmth of the words.
I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many.
My name will be used in joy, and I will love the sound of it!

Here in this house...
I will never be a substitute for anything I am not.
I will never be used to improve peoples' images of themselves.
I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone’s idea
of who I should be.
I will never suffer for someone’s anger, impatience, or stupidity.
I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all.
If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to
my teacher for blame.

Here in this house...
I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch...
knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me.
If I am ill, I will be doctored.
If scared, I will be calmed.
If sad, I will be cheered.
No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and known
to be of value.
I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly,
or not cute enough.
My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought.
I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as
fair as dogs.

Here in this house...
I will belong.
I will be home.

(Author unknown)

Wally World...

Had to go there today for essentials..tp, laundry soap, cat litter, etc. Moseying around the lingerie section looking for new undies, I came across these. Aren't they the cutest footies you've ever seen??


I LOVE them! I'm going back to get more :-)

Something ate....

all the Roma tomatoes off my bush. Every last one. ~sniff~

The Making of a Magazine

I love magazines. I used to love Victoria and Country Living. Not so much anymore. I had forgotten how much I used to love them until I found some really old ones and compared them to todays offering. No contest. Todays CL is like reading a Better Homes & Gardens. I won't be renewing my subs to either of them.

But, WOW! There's a new one on the horizon! FLEA MARKET STYLE! I'm really excited! The magazine mavens have a blog about the making of their magazine, and they are doing a great giveaway of a vintage lined shopping cart for your junkin' adventures!

Go visit!!

Win a Cruiser bike!!!

I haven't posted in awhile...been super busy, but I came across this while checking in on my favorite blogs. She's giving away TWO a month! Oh my gosh I SOOO want one!! Visit and comment at THE LOVELY LIST, and maybe you can win one!!!!

Pink Saturday! (I'm late)

Happy Pink Saturday and I'm late posting again! LOL! Click on the pretty china girl to take you to a list of other bloggers posting their pinkies! And, once again, thank you to Beverly for hosting this pink extravaganza!


WOW! This means that my last three posts have been Pink Saturday! LOL! Blogging has been low on my priority list these days. Here are my contributions for today, again, found on my travels through Ebay-land. Enjoy!!

Isn't this crinoline scrumptious!!!!

I would SO wear these vintage shoes! Alas, not my size :-(

I would so NOT wear these.
Did people really wear these atrocious disco shoes???
Too funny!!!!!

Do you all remember when you could get COLORED TP? I do!

That's all for this weeks post. Have a wonderful weekend!!

Pink Saturday...

..has sneaked up on me again! I don't have any of my own things to share this week, but I've always found it fun to search for vintage pink items on eBay and share them with you. Here are a few...

a dustpan..sweet!


I want this pot!!!


travel razor and case..Cute!


picnic stove!


gorgeous compact...


yummy pink party dress!!

Don't forget to visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more pinkaliciousness!

Pink Saturday!

Well, I have missed the last two PS's. including the 1year anniversary! Where have I been? Slacking, of course. Not really... we had some glorious weather so we spent most of our time in the yard. This past week has been rainy and cold. Yuck.

On to Pink Saturday. I don't have much to share this week. Just a few oddments.


I found the most luscious pink spray paint! Pink has now officially migrated to the yard, much to MDH's chagrin. I painted these pot hangers to hang my white baskets full of pink portulaca.





I've been bugging MDH to let me get a tiny chihuahua. Yeah, just call me Paris. We have two dogs already, but a girl can dream. In the meantime I found 'her' a sweet basket and baby blankies to wrap her up in when I get her. Wishful thinking!




Found these sweet vintage playing cards on Ebay. Pink roses!




And here is my little pot of sweet impatiens. The perfect shade of pink :-)



Please visit sweet Beverly, our Pink Hostess for this weeks list of Pinkies! Enjoy!




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Today's Thrifty Treasures...

Been away from Blogland for awhile. Been busy working in the yard, but we did manage to hit some yard sales and thrift stores on Saturday!




Got this pretty Homer Laughlin platter, an address book for my purse and a birdhose for my collection...


a sweet chippy pink picture frame, a couple vintage kitchen things, vintage hangers from old Dry Cleaners, two sweet tiny rosy saucers.....


an awesome old shortening can...



two vintage refrigerator dishes...


this awesome shelf...



a Victorian greenhouse/terrarium..for 2.00!



two cute little planters...

four new gnomes for the yard...




this is my new gardening hat....




and the last awesome thing.....

an antique bed for ......................8.00!!! It's in awesome, sturdy shape, and I plan to paint it a creamy white for the new guestroom. I'm still in shock that it was so cheap!!!



and what great thrifty goods did you find over the weekend???