weekend fun

This past Saturday, me, my mom and aunt hopped in the car and went to a barn sale out in the country. It was only half an hour from my house, but that half hour further west makes a lot of difference in the landscape as far as open land goes. 

The house and grounds were so beautiful. I could definitely live in a place like this.

Check out the cute shed!

Couldn't you picture relaxing around this fire pit on a cool October evening, talking and laughing with friends or family, having a glass of wine or beer and making s'mores? (No phones!) 

Just gazing around at all the beautiful, open land makes your blood pressure drop. I sure wouldn't mind this view from my back yard instead of neighbor's houses.

We were greeted at the entrance to the barn by a pair of turkeys.

Before I went into the barn, I went to the side where the turkeys started heading and I found more turkeys and some ducks. Pee-yew, was it smelly over there! And turkeys are noisy. I had no idea.

That did it for me - I headed quickly into the barn where I had a more pleasant greeting: free coffee and make-your-own Bloody Mary's!

 

The barn was filled with antique furniture and all kinds of vintage and antique treasures for the home.

This piece already had a sold sign on it. I wasn't surprised. I would love something like this in my kitchen instead of the tall, narrow china cabinet that's currently there.

Me, my aunt and my mom.

After the barn sale, we went to a couple of nearby shops in town to peruse more treasures. Here's a few things I came home with, both from the barn sale and the shops ~ a gorgeous made-in-England pitcher, antique french lace wooden pins, and a small piece of pottery. I also bought a vintage glass deep pie dish and a vintage blue and white speckled pottery mug (RRP Pottery, Roseville, OH) ~ not pictured. I love different coffee/tea mugs in general and have far too many, but my tastes change every so often and now it's leaning towards the pottery ones.

More fun on Sunday with going to see the Linda Ronstadt documentary ("The Sound of my Voice") with a couple of girlfriends. It was excellent! If you get a chance to see this movie, I highly recommend it if you were ~ and still are ~ a Linda Ronstadt fan.

Hope your week is off to a good start. We've had sunshine and temps near 70 so far this week, but rain moving in tomorrow night (which is the last thing we need) and then cold this weekend. Not ready for that!

down for the count ~ but a few cheery things, too

 I am so sick. Can't remember being this sick in a long time.

I'm congested, headachy, coughing, body aches, and temperature.

I've been sleeping on and off all day. Just heated up some veggie broth

and put Israeli couscous and baby spinach in it. Managed to eat a few bites of that.

I was out in public every single day last week, so I guess I picked up someone's nasty germs.

One thing I did last week was be a chili cook-off judge at Trader Joes!

That was a blast. I saw the flyers in the store and applied to be a judge.

They called me a few days later and said they picked me to be one of the judges.

 There were eight of us and we got to taste-test ten different chilis and rate them. They were all

 made by TJ employees. Not only did I meet a lot of nice people, but we got a big bag of groceries 

for our time.

While I was in Trader Joes, I bought myself a bouquet of cheery flowers.

Can you believe they're only $3.99?

And how do you like the red and white coffee pot turned pitcher?

I found that beauty at Goodwill last week. It didn't have the lid, so I knew I'd use it as a vase.

  It's hard for me to resist pretty things in red and white or blue and white.

I'm a big fan of Lisa Leonard jewelry. She is now making gold pieces and was running a

special for Valentine's Day. When I saw this winged heart, I had to order it. It reminds me

of my beloved son, Phil who passed away a little over three years ago.

 

Back to bed for me. I hope the rest of you are staying well and healthy!