Salvation Army Finds, Just This Morning

The last week or so I have been looking for Easter "stuff" at thrift stores. I like it when thrift stores or Salvation Army puts their stuff out by season or holiday. Not having much to decorate with for the Easter season, I have been buying a few things. Just simple things but along about the middle of March, I will put them out. Here they are:

 A little ME frame, bunnies and kittys for Easter and a vintage planter
with USA Imperial printed on the bottom.

 Some more bunny friends. I also got a whole bunny village a few

weeks ago.



 Easter is on it's way and Spring along with it.

 Got to have a few stuffed bunnies. Be sure and give them a bath.

 A vintage dish with USA printed on the bottom. How long has it

been that we have had USA printed on anything?

The Webster's Elementary Dictionary. This is the exact same

dictionary I had to get with my school supplies back in the 50's.

Date is 1945 the year of my birth.

Good-by Valentine's Day

It is almost the end of February and I guess it is time to take down Valentine Decoraions. I did not post any pictures of my simple decorations yet so thought I would before I took them down and began to think about Easter and Spring. I have been picking up a few Easter decoations at thrift shops. Don't even bother to look at the major retail stores for decorations because they do not carry anything like they use to. I even noticed that this year that Wal-mart did not carry much of anything in the line of nice Christmas decorations. Target did carry quite a few but we have no Target less than 45 miles from us. So, just scour the thrift stores. They are full of Easter decorations right now and usually are good about putting out decorations in their season. I got a large decorative Easter flag for 4.00 at Salvation Army yesterday with a big bunny on it and it was brand new. Now, I know that Easter is the season of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ dying on the cross for our sins, but no harm in a little bunny display too. Anyway, I post a couple pictures of my very simple Valentine's Day decorations for this year.

 Just simple heart dollies strung on a ribbon, with a little

 red thrift store teddy bear and metal heart garland across the mantel.

Of course our greatest love should be for our Savior Jesus Christ.

 Dollar Tree finds across the kitchen sink window.

 Metal garland on top of my mom's china hutch which displays

picutres of our beautiful married children.

Just adding a picture of the painting my mom did of

Thunder Mountain on Lake Michigan where I

lived as a child. She was a very good artist and this

is my favorite painting of the few that she did. I love

you Mommy.

Just Some Miscellaneous Finds

Thinking of Easter, I found this cute Easter village at the Hospice thrift store. It is quite a while until Easter but I think all the little bunny homes will make a sweet display.



 My next find were these two flower prints that kind of look like paint by number but they aren't. I thought the colors were bright and cheery and they might look good with just the right frame.



We painted our family room ceiling this week and Grandma Gilliam's bird clock fell off the wall and kind of broke. We have paid no attention to this clock for years and it's batteries were dead. Grandma Gilliam had this clock hanging in her bedroom for years. I contemplated throwing it away but being the sentimentalist I am, I just could not. So I decided to glue it back together and I think I will paint the frame red and put it back to good use again. I love birds and this clock that was popular years ago makes a different bird call  on the hour. Keep posted and I will post a picture of it when I get it painted.

And here is Grandma Gilliam. I think she would be happy.

Hooking Up With Outdoor Wednesday

These snowy pictures is what it has looked like here at our house last winter, but 

the fourth picture is what it looks like around here this winter. No snow at all and

going to be 61 degrees today. I think the daffodils will bloom early this year.

They are already coming up on the road to the church where they bloom 

about the 3rd week in February. The last picture is of the daffodils blooming

last year.

 Roxie was a puppy last year. So cute!

 

Chickadees love their winter seeds.

Branches down the driveway laden with snow.

 No snow at all this year. Such a mild winter.

 I am not complaining.

Daffodils blooming on the road to church last year.

Usually happens the 3rd week in February. Might  come

early this year.

A Southern Day Dreamer Outdoor Wednesday

One Thousand Gifts

Being grateful is suppose to be a way of life. I fear that for me the everday things that are required of me get in the way of truly seeing the good things that God has blessed me with each day. Therefore, giving thanks sometimes gets pushed behind the other thoughts that take over my mind as the day goes by. I am hoping that by participating in "One Thousand Gifts" that I will become more proficient in seeing my blessings and giving thanks to a loving Heavenly Father that bestows those blessings upon me and my family. Today I begin to see my blessings and give thanks more abundantly for them.

1. A wonderful Christmas week with the presence of many of our family members.
    Some who traveled from far away to be with us.
2. The sweet faithfulness of a beautiful daughter who is bearing a great disappointment with faith and grace.
3. The awakening of another daughter to what she needs to do to take her life from dispair and disappointment to a higher ground. Always holding on to faith when she felt like giving up.