Phyllis Ingalls Wilder

When I was unpacking my things to put in my little cabinet, I found a box with some old bonnets. My Friend Phyllis has always admired Tasha Tudor (that's an understatement). TT is a children's book writer and was very eccentric. I say "was" because she passed away about a week ago. Anyway, one of her eccentricities was that she dressed in period dress...full antebellum gowns and bonnets, etc.

Now I don't think the bonnet is vintage. My grandmother had a gown made for a 1976 parade so I bet it's circa 1970's. I doubt I'll ever display one much less multiple bonnets so I brought one for Phyllis.

I think she liked it. She makes a bonnet look good.
I also got pics from my dad of the visit to Mineola

This is Dad(looking happy), Cody(looking bored), AJ(looking uncomfortable), and me (looking pretty pudgy).

Here is that same crew minus Dad with Page and of course she looks perfect.

Page is yukking it up cowboy style.

These are pics of the B/B that Dad and Page stayed in for the night.

How I Spent My Day Off

This past Friday when Dad and Page came in to town they brought a "little"present. I mentioned to Page that I was running out of room for all of my grandmother's stuff (90% of it is fragile, antique, extremely delicate, etc.) So she found a china cabinet for me. What a great surprise! BTW, The painting on the wall is my grandmother's house .

Once I started unpacking, I found things that I don't even remember boxing up when my grandmother passed away. Like this little sampler:Nonie had it hanging in her house but trust me, there was no dirt. Finding this led to more treasures that needed hanging. I realized I now had a collection of pitchers so I put a few on the dresser. I think there is still more in the boxes~the many, many, boxes.I found a ton of old linens, maybe I should put one or two under the pitchers? I'll take pictures of the linens (when I get them ironed so be prepared to wait)
I also found her little butter presses and some milk bottles. Saturday on the way to work I stumbled across this little shelf and voila!... Hillbilly decor! I like it though and the shelf is hanging in my dining room.

It was so hard to figure out exactly what I wanted to put in my new cabinet. Nonie had handpainted china, a complete set of antique china, tons of antique tea sets, and so much glass I was afraid a bull was going to charge through any minute. So I put what I found first that sort of matched. One good thing though, I can change the contents with my mood. Considering the hot flashes and chin hairs that have arrived, that might be every week.

Devil Dog Strikes Again

Devil dog. What can I say. I guess I better give you the back story to this little adventure. A while back Cody cracked the window in our living room (I won't tell you how long ago that was, just too embarassing). Well, a few days ago the kittens pulled some of the tape loose and knocked out a small piece of broken glass. Apparently, Devil Dog is a monkey see~monkey do. She busted the entire pane of glass out and was jumping through the window. There is not one single cut on her. Devil Dog.

Blowin' In

My dad is blowing into town on his way to a Fort Worth car show today. He and Page are staying in the Munzesheimer Manor Bed and Breakfast.

We're going to go to dinner at Kitchen's. It's a hardware store/restaraunt. Snicker. But really, the food is pretty good.
Dad will love the hardware area. Pictures tomorrow!

Treasure Hunt Booty

I went to the estate sale... I didn't expect this little teapot to still be there...
I eyeballed this tray when I went for Thursday...
This little chopper in the kitchen caught my eye as well...

These little cutouts were hidden somewhere...And this was only a few in the basket that I bought...
I'm totally loving these animals...
Antique Frogs...LOVE IT!!!...

Don't know what these were for, but they came in a glass jar that I bought...
Found this little clothes hanger. Very cool...

I also bought some wooden baskets and some wooden masher thing from the kitchen. Could have bought more, but the money tree hasn't produced any good crops lately. Still, I made out like a bandit!!! I might list some of these in Etsy...but then again, I might not.

Treasured Piece

As we all know, I'm a total pack rat and as I get older I get worse. I made fun of some of the things my grandmother saved over the years (i.e. plastic strawberry baskets) and now it's startin g to make sense to my strange little mind. I'm also a compulsive collector. There is an estate sale today and they misprinted the time...I was there at 8am and it's not until 1pm. It's killing me to wait.

Back on point. One of my most treasured possessions is this dresser. The original Grandpa Sute (who came over from Austria) was a master carpenter and made it.

The detailing is just beautiful!!! I love everything about it. Especially that a family member made it himself.

The pictures might be fuzzy but I'm too lazy to go back and take more. So suck it up and deal. I'll check back in after the estate sale and post my treasures.

Callie

This is Callie~ AKA ~Prissypants.
The only cat I know who likes to sleep out in the rain. IDK. This family has issues.