"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...
:> )

Man!!! It's hotter than a...

goat's butt in a pepper patch!



This weather is crazy for May here in Central New York!!



100 degrees?!
WTHeck?!

“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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Please remember why...

we have a three day weekend.

Be grateful.

Be thankful.

Be respectful.



Enjoy your Memorial weekend.
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