The Winter Garden

Bleak?

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No the winter garden is not bleak...it's beautiful.

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That's a lovely image...not practical at all...but oh......so pretty!

So today is the 5th Anniversary of the day I started this little blog.

I almost let it go by unnoticed.

I was busy working last night on a new design for the whole blog....decided after four years

it was badly in need of a makeover.

Have to say...I think I did pretty well...that a design I created...worked well for me for four years.

But I am feeling like I want something fresh and new.

So I was working on a new design last night and thinking...I'll have this up 

for my Blogiversary when I realized my Blogiversary is tomorrow...being TODAY!

Oh...well...

I really thought it was still a week away!

Anyway....new design to come.

Actually, last thing I should be working on... but us creative types work on the thing

we feel like doing rather than the thing we should be doing.

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Mod Mix Monday #86

Winter White

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elegant, shabby, junky, vintage

Not much modern in this photo...maybe the star in the window.

I just thought it was a pretty room and loved the jonquils sprouting in the metal container on the 

coffee table.

My next door neighbor's daffodils are up and blooming.

No sign of mine as of yet.

Seems awfully early to be seeing daffodils...and yet...there they are.

Again this is late...again I missed doing a Sunday Open House.

Still having a hard time managing...everything.

Mom is doing way better....she'll be going home soon.

Maybe in another week.

Sally got sick....and then Rosie did too.

So we spent the last two days at the vet.

Both had serious vomiting and diarrhea.

I thought Sally's was from stress but not sure what caused Rosie's.

Sally was dehydrated and had to spend the weekend at the vet.

Rosie got fluids and came home. 

Mom fell out of bed last night.

She says Marcus pushed her out.

I have to say he looked pretty guilty when I went in and found her on the floor.

She says he's pushed her out before.

She was ok...but had a knot on her head where she hit the nightstand.

She says that I'll be glad when they are all gone because it's too much drama.

Kind of has been a lot of drama of late. 

I am so ready for some boring days.

Let's look at some pretty stuff....here are my favorites from Mod Mix Monday last week.

Olive of Olive Out showed off her new kitchen island. 

It's made from a vintage window. I really love it...wish it were mine.

Andrea of Opulent Cottage showed off her new little vintage green scale.

Restoration Redoux painted this yummy turquoise little dresser.

Oh...I could give this piece a happy home. It's so pretty!

The Junk in Our Trunks showed off their latest painted piece.

I love the color on this one mixed with the wood stained drawer. 

Those painted knobs just make this.

Angela at Number Fifty-Three made a cute little book paper heart garland to bring 

a little Valentine's into her vignette.

I'll have some Valentine decor up this week myself. 

Running late on that too....oh...I'm getting tired of being behind on everything.

But that is just the way things are right now.

I bet there will be lots of Valentine's stuff on this party next week.

Share your Mod Mixes for this week below.

Remember anything old made over to be new...anything new changed up to look old.

New and old together...

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