Sunday Snowflakes!

Looked outside my windows to see some snowflakes are falling! They almost look as though they are falling in slow motion! Did they slow up so that I could look at them closely? :)   It's funny cause a few minutes before this occurrence, my husband said to me "It looks so gray outside; it looks like snow!" and ten minutes later I saw the flakes!

Yesterday it snowed too but it did end up melting. I think Mother Nature is trying to fool us this Winter. She's getting us into a comfort zone and then LOOK OUT! BLIZZARD! I recall the March 1993 blizzard we had. Lets not put those snow shovels away too fast. My husband said it isn't going to snow this year because we bought three new snow shovels! hahahaha We seriously broke the wooden handles on three shovels last year with all the snow we had!

It was a cozy day yesterday to be in the house. I made a big pot of turkey soup! The house smelled delightful! I made a great big pot and sent some over to my neighbor. I use turkey thighs when I make turkey soup~~lotsa meat on those bones! It was so nice to see my family really enjoying it last night especially when my husband came home from work and had been outside all day! It warmed his bones, I'm sure!

I did some touch ups around the house~~I'm actually in the process of rephotographing some of the rooms to show you all. I have an album on the "Pages" section but I would like to update some changes I've made. I did some crafts and repainting this weekend. I had bought the little bucket with the spigot item in a store several years ago and it was ready for a paint job.In the past I had displayed it outside on a rear porch with some flowers but the weather hadn't been kind to it. So now I cleaned it up and gave it a repaint! I love freshening things up! You get excited about them all over again! I also posted a picture of the cabinet in my first floor bathroom. It hangs above the toilet. On top you will see a duck and next to the duck is a find my son brought home last Summer. While going through my closets I came across it and found a spot for it. He knows good stuff when he sees it! It has little ceramic pictures on the front of it.

I posted a picture as well of a hanging craft that some of you might find useful. It is branches carefully bent or folded , you might say. They are then secured with floral wire and it makes a cozy place for a nest or a little flower basket or something that would snugly fit.  I would like to do this with some of the thinner branches I find in my yard or on walks. I love the fact this is a simple craft that can be made with what you find in your yard. It doesn't even have to be this big! I bought this particular one in Lake George several years along with other twig wreaths and wall hanging. I will try to remember to post pictures of the others. They may influence alot of people!

The bunnies got a bath on  Friday! I thought it would be nice to let them play in some nice warm water and freshen their little hides up! They loved it. After I dried them off, they spent a half hour preening themselves! SO cute. That is little Bandit shown in a fluffy towel.

My son celebrated his 13th birthday on February 2nd! Can't believe it! I still remember bringing him home from the hospital. We celebrated with a family dinner at his pick of restaurants and he chose a local Commack one--The Spare Rib. I have to say with all the gifts he got, I think his favorite was what my good friend Mary gave him. Knowing my son loves vintage Halloween like I do, she gave him two orginal blow mold plastic light ups! Frankenstein and Dracula! They are about 3 feet tall. He was thrilled. They aren't ugly or scary. My son likes the Halloween I like--not gory or scary but traditional! Caitlin's birthday is coming up Mrch 28th and she will be 7! We made a bunch of Valentine crafts for Girl Scouts together at our last meeting, and she will be having a Valentine party at school on Tuesday. She's busy writing out all her Valentines right now!

The last thing I wanted to show you was the house I grew up in. I recently passed it and I saw that it is for sale. We sold it after my Dad passed away in 2005, and my Mom relocated to the town next to mine. The couple that bought it has since had three children and I'm guessing they are moving for more space or perhaps jobs are taking them elsewhere. That house is in Franklin Square, about 40 minutes from where I live now and it was such a lovely neighborhood to grow up in! My Parents lived there happily for 49 years! It was truly "The House That Built Me" as the song says. It made me a little sad to see it for sale again. I had hoped that the young couple who bought it from us would stay there themselves for 49 or 50 years! But that's just me and my thinking! Oh, and when I lived there there wasn't that wooden fence...just saying....

Bandit gets a bath!

I love Americana!

That's Betsy Ross & Ben Franklin on the table!

More changes!

Well, I guess I'll get going. I'm having company next Sunday night and I'm making a mexican menu of food. I want to take out my recipes to compose my shopping list! I'm a big time list maker! Good night friends!

Can you smell the turkey goodness???