license plate wall in progress

I have been wanting to hang my license plates for a while but didn't know where to put them.  In my old house, they were hanging on the walls in the garage, but the garage here is too full and the walls are not finished.  They've been in a box in the basement since we moved.  We decided that the back porch would be a good spot.  On Saturday we went to Home Depot and got some chain. 

MDH cut the links and we put them together.

There are still about 25 more to go, but we ran out of chain...

I love it.  I can't believe we didn't think of this sooner.





wanted...Pyrex coffee pot

I have passed these up in the past because I did not know I wanted one and we don't drink coffee

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Until I saw this...

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and I really want one that is this shape...

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I even passed one up at an estate sale a few weeks ago

Keep your eyes peeled:)



individual blueberry pies

In my Pyrex pixies:)



Super Happy!

For Mother's Day:)
Today Kellye came over & brought me this...

a turquoise snowflake 045

it's huge...perfect for chicken casserole

Welcome to the family:)

I love it!!!!!

Thank you Kellye:)





in the garden

for my salad...

a kitty...

photos by MDH...



sunflowers - week 3



Garden - week 9

we finally planted the basil...

tomatoes...

carrots and squash...

the dumb mockingbirds are eating the blueberries...

first green bean...

maybe the birds wont eat all the sugar snap peas...



homemade tiki torches

to keep the mosquitos and flies away...

from an old vase and a Lucky Buddha beer bottle

our new (to us) cosco step stool

an estate sale find...

I'm thinking about painting the legs and recovering the seat. 

maybe with this fabric...

or leaving the legs the way they are and using this ...

I can't decide...

some love in the woodpile ♥



the Springs wildfire


it burned from Camarillo all the way to the ocean

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