Saturday was for the Birds

After attending our Grand daughter's High School graduation in Ottawa. 

Proud Family Mom & Dad and brothers

Proud Grandparents Mr. Chaos and me

Then having Chinese for our daughter's July 4 birthday we headed home with a flea market stop in Smiths Falls where I found these cute birds:

The larger one (has a recorded bird song)

found a home here on one of the kitchen wall boxes.

Patricia

Garage Sale

On our way home from the Church BBQ on Sunday we saw a "Junk Sale" sign and had to investigate.Here is what we bought:

A small green 6 drawer unit, 2 plant holders a metal pointy thing and DH bought the plastic jug.

I had fun putting things on the tall green shelf unit.

Not sure what to do with this plant stand yet. Just hung it on the wall for now.

It was only $3.00 so I had to grab it.

I put the drawer unit on my island with the metal piece at one end.

Not sure what it is, the point comes off. Maybe the top decoration of a copula, a garden ornament? 

Anybody have any ideas?

Patricia

Going to link with Knick of Time Tuesday here 
and Coastal Charms Nifty Thrifty Tuesday here

Rest of the Wall

Here is the other side of the pantry door:

DH made the cubby shelf for our mugs.

This little display sits on the floor below the mugs.

Here is the left side of the wall.

And here is the right side

Hope you enjoyed the tour of my kitchen wall!

Patricia

Weekend Workers

My daughter picked up her children and all four of them came for the weekend to help us do some things around the house.

 TJ and Paul hung the light fixture in the kitchen

Meghan and her Mom Sharon weeded and planted the garden around the west bay which is very sunny and dry.

They planted portulaca which hopefully will spread and fill in with some nice colour.

Paul cleaning up and planting morning glories

Sharon's dog Radar was a big help too!

They also moved a lot of heavy furniture for us and helped us organize a bit for the Garage Sale we hope to have soon. Thanks everyone!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend too.

Patricia.

Shopping #3

More treasures from the weekend

a cork board and a tiny shelf Total cost $3.00.

 I inserted a Graphics Fairy clip art with this quote:


The lily of the vale, of flowers the queen,
Puts on the robe she neither sew’d nor spun.
Michael Bruce
It is Garage Sale Time here for the Victoria Day Long weekend. Can't wait!

Patricia

Found the Cupboard

We finally found just the right cupboard to finish off the furniture in the kitchen. It is a dry sink and I love the drawer. It's is not old but fits in perfectly with what we already have. We found it at a flea market in Perth

 and I also found this tea pot.

 Today I made a new door decoration. Isn't this bird cute!

Patricia
 

Joining DIY Link Party at AKA Designs

Old Jug

 When my parents sold their cottage many years ago I asked for a couple of things before it went on the market. One of them was this jug.

 

It depicts hunting scenes and has this cute fox on the handle.

 

These are the markings on the bottom. Does anyone recognize them?

 Right now it is in a small vignette on my dish cupboard.

Joining:

Knick of Time

Dirty camera

I spent a lot of time outside a couple of days ago taking pictures of all my kitchen doilies. I took singles and groups and pairs and so on. Lots of pictures. I was so disappointed when I downloaded then and discovered I had a dirty spot right in the middle of my lens. All my lovely photos have blurry centres! :( Now I will have to wait for another sunny day to do it all again.

Kitchen

My Favourite Room the Kitchen
joining The Old Road Favourite Room Party