It is so worth having permanently painted red ankles...

because I've got my red doors!! Yippee!!


I used Rustoleum Heritage Red spray paint in a satin finish. (Primed everything first) It's a wonderful shade of red. (It looks bright in this photo, but it's not)


When it comes to Rustoleum spray paint I am a huge fan. They make a great product. Heck they must, they've been around since the early 1900s.

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Insane...

in·sane/inˈsān/
Adjective:
1. In a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.
2.(of an action or quality) Characterized or caused by madness.
Synonyms: mad - crazy - demented - lunatic

This is what my hubs refers to me as when I get an idea in my head and I run with it. He's also been known to refer to me as the synonyms listed above.
Maybe he's right. I spent these last 24 hours spray painting our front doors red. I also spray painted my ankles, socks and sneakers red. But those weren't intentional.





A sneak peek.





Here's the funny part. He tells me I'm insane? This coming from a man who eats everything with a spoon. Take a gander at the way he pounced on my Lemon Pound Cake I baked in between coats.
He gnawed on it like a Neanderthal.



May I remind everyone of his pumpkin pie eating habits. Yep... and I'm the insane one.

More door photos tomorrow.

:> )

"We need to find God...

and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.



See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls." ~Mother Teresa

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Her name is Lola...

She sits there so refined


and drinks herself half-blind.


(She so snockered she doesn't realize Tony is still tending bar.)


♪ Music and passion are always the fashion at the Copa-cabana Feeder. ♪

I'll bet you a dollar you'll start singing the song now.
((giggle))

Need a giggle?

My personal favorites...





:> )

"On June 6, 1944...

156,000 allied troops crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of northern France where they began a drive through Europe that would bring Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich to its knees.
They came ashore on beaches called Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, where the brutal assault resulted in 10,000 Allied casualties — 6,600 of them Americans. An estimated 2,500 Allied troops died."



In Remembrance of D-Day
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"Flowers are like human beings...

they thrive on a little kindness."
~Fred Streeter

♥ Enjoy nature. ♥

A woman's work is never done...

I've always wanted a laundry room. I guess I thought it would make doing laundry more enjoyable.
Doesn't this room make you want to do 14 loads of whites?


These doors are a great idea.


You know how I love beadboard.


This room is a little too contemporary for me but oooooh, those pretty sparkly reds remind me of Dorothy's scoots. Maybe if I click my heels and say, "There's no place like home with a new red washer and dryer. There's no place like home with a new red washer and dryer." They will appear.

**click**click**
Nothing.
D*mn.



This one is so pretty.


Instead of a laundry room I have a laundry cubbyhole with my washer and dryer tucked behind doors.

Truth be told, I am extremely grateful my laundry is on the first floor and not in the basement. Have you ever been down in the basement of a home built in the 1800's?? **shudder**
I was expecting to find the Crypt Keeper sitting there when we first looked at the place.



Not only does he keep me company when I'm ironing,

he also give me a heads up when I'm low on Gain.

:> )

"It just dawned on me...

that I a.m. a morning person."



Happy Monday, all!! Have a fantastic week!!
:> )

"Hello..."

My candlestick phone arrived yesterday!! YaY!!

Man, I tore into that box like a monkey on a cupcake. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this Crosley telephone. It's very well made. It has some weight to it too. I'd say a good 3 lbs.
After I hooked it up, I impatiently waited for someone to call so I could test it out. Sure I could have called someone and told them to call me back. But that would have taken the fun out of it. So I waited... and waited. Finally! ***Ring***Ring****

It even has the old fashioned ring to it. ♥ I ran over and answered, "Hello."

It was Steve the Chipmunk.


Nah. It was really my husband. I'm just making sure you're paying attention. **giggle**
Happy Saturday!!!
:> )

"Each day is a new canvas to paint upon...

Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don't look at it and wish you had painted something different." ~Unknown



What will you "paint" today???
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A sneak peek...

Here's my new offerings TONIGHT on TDIPT Mercantile!

A Primitive Mallard Duck


A Primitive American Eagle


A Primitive Holstein will be offered on my Countryfolk Keepsakes selling site.

Moo

Hope to see you there!!
:> )

Treat everyone with politeness...

even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are." ~Unknown



"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out." ~Frank A. Clark

"In a world full of people who couldn't care less, be someone who couldn't care more." ~Unknown

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." ~George Washington Carver

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines. ~Charles Kuralt

Because nice really does matter...
:> )

“There is no substitute...

for hard work." ~Thomas Edison



"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~Thomas Edison



Pray Hard*Work Hard*Trust God
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Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth;

Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth.
~Thomas Moore

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All this time I thought Bob the Woodchuck...

lived under our old brooder house. Apparently "Bob" is really "Bobbie" because I caught her two lil' young'uns having a picnic inside my rustic barn wood flower box. They were chowing down on my lovely petunias I planted last week.



Chewed 'em down to nubs. The only thing missing was the red and white check tablecloth.
Who knew woodchucks could climb???



As soon as they saw me walk towards them, they each did a swan dive right into the hole in the ground below. (Very similar to a Bugs Bunny move I saw once, minus the orchestrated music.)

Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me. But one had an iPhone on him. I'm pretty sure he snapped a pic of my reaction to what they had done. Which is probably why I heard faint giggling as I walked back to the house.

First chipmunks bandits, now the furry Doublemint Twins. Tomorrow, a deer will probably hit me with a paint ball.

Enjoy nature.
:> )

What Does a Red Door Mean?

A red door means “welcome” in an old early American tradition.



If a family had a red front door, tired travelers traveling by horse and buggy would know that the home was a welcoming place to rest.



They would be able to spend the night there.









I decided I'm going to paint our front door red... again. (I painted it red when we first moved in, but painted it black about 5 years ago.) I'm even going to paint the storm door red too. I just need to find the perfect shade.
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