Through a glass…..brightly!

Here I'm sharing my new oval display/collection dome, 

the one on the right. Seeing this at SuzAnna's Antiques 

a couple of weeks ago, I have tell you I was thrilled 

to bits. I'll look for one more, probably a short one, 

to make a threesome for the display……two lamps are OK 

but three domes will look better.

Right now I'm displaying some of my Spring/Easter bunnies 

in the new dome - I like having the extra width being 

oval allows to tuck the mama and a baby in inside, the 

other little one has to be happy outside!

Note I still haven't painted the sideboard dark blue as I planned………will I ever get around to that? Maybe, but with all the Spring things going on right now it won't be this week, or next! I'm still trying to get everything back together after the upstairs painting, carpet installation upheaval, reconfiguring the office, and starting Spring Cleaning. Yesterday, Bob cleaned out the fireplace as we'll no longer be lighting fires now it's warm. Spending the morning lolling on the sofa with granddaughter - on Spring Break - watching the second half of Dr. Zhivago, probably my favorite movie ever (we started the night before but it's so long), I decided to strip all the slipcovers off the living room furniture. Laundering the smaller pieces, it was like a crazy washerwoman central for the remainder of the day. Today I take the too large for my washing machine sofa cover to a laundromat with large load capacity commercial washer and dryer. 

Speaking of which……laundromats are not my usual or favorite venues, I always feel a bit out of place and nervous walking in. A man was shot and killed in one just a few nights ago in a nearby town………this makes me want to go early, in daylight, and the one I use does have a full-time attendant which makes me feel a bit safer.

They looked a bit hungry so I've added my vintage 

lettuce seed envelopes. I need to do a couple more 

Easter vignettes, dining room table etc., and shop 

for some Easter eggs.

After that it will be 'into the woods', well actually 

just the garden! Wow, stuff is popping out, growing up, 

turning green so fast now. With full days of sun 

and very warm temperatures reaching into the 80's 

this week, there's a lot of hard, back breaking 

garden work ahead……but it will look so much better 

after the long brown Winter.

Thanks for all the comments on the last post, I so enjoyed 

hearing about your personal scrapbooking histories. I'll pick

names for the postcard winners tomorrow. Leave a comment 

there if you haven't done so yet and would enjoy a Devon 

postcard in your mailbox.