Porch Sittin Time for Scooby

Friday, March 1, 2013

A 21 Bun Salute! (maybe more...)

Porch Sittin Time for Scooby!

...Getting Ready for Easter part 1

So how do you get ready for Easter or Spring? Of coarse it begins with cleaning..which we'll dispense with right now :) Then a dash to the basement , dust of f the containers marked Easter/Spring and lug them upstairs. It's still too cold for the outdoor bunnies to come out of their nests, but indoors, Bunnies start popping up and taking all over .... Decorating for Easter and Spring is delightful!

This story has been a childhood favorite for a couple generations in our family.

Bunnies...I seem to have amassed quite a collection without intending to...I give plenty away, yet they still find their way into my home. Then again that's what they do best! Right?!

I found these cuties at the dollar store one year and filled my daughter's bed and floor leading to her room just before she returned home from her first year in college.

Name toppers on the cousins' baskets

Another great find, $2.00!

The boxes store these guys in the off season...

Ladies please, this is the Bunny post, peeps are next time!

Shhh this box is loaded with Easter goodies for one of the kids.

OK he was a splurge, but could you resist those eyes?

Bunny to the left is handmade and I'll post that later.

Bunny huudles under a plant....

Not sure what Sir Hawthorne really thinks but he's a good sport.

Serving pieces await the big day.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

And the winner is ME!!!

Hello everyone! I am so excited to share my new friend , Susan and her blog http://aslongasyouhaveagarden.blogspot.com/
Her blog is primarily garden and she also does a nice book review of Garden Books.
We met at Vicki's generous opportunity "Grow your Blog" . I am the proud winner of one of her very generous give aways! The prize was a set of garden tools from the Lee Valley & Veritas.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/Gifts/Index.aspx You can check out this 35 year family operated business here. Being a gardener, I loved what I saw here, Great gift ideas . I had never seen Lee Garden Company , but am glad to have found them.
Susan's blog is inspiring, informational, and her post about a struggling small town post office in Vermont has inspired to join others in helping it out. http://aslongasyouhaveagarden.blogspot.com/ you can read the story here.
While I wanted to show those colorful,washable tools getting a good workout, we just had another snowfall. So Susan, thank you so much!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Valentine's Day Getting ready...

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Welcome to my little Sweetheart celebration. First we will hang wreaths brimming with hearts..Anyone pick this guy up from Hallmark a couple years ago?

Next light a few aromatic candles for ambiance....

Add mini lights under a red scarf.. for soft ambient light

MMMmmm can you smell the scents??..

More lights , some chocolate treats, and Mr.'s Jar of Appreciation..Have you made yours yet?

more candles made like chocolates....Cute, no?

Tiny glass trinkets scattered on the table.

Different evening, in front of a fire.Although cozy turned to whew too hot, quickly, the ambiance was great . lol

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

It's Ground Hog Day!

Happy Groundhog Day!

Well, its snowing here..but over a state, in Pennsylvania, Puxatawney Phil , the psychic ground hog , says we 'll have an early spring..and we are honoring him here at this house donned in black and wearing our shades! Do you have a weather predicting rodents?!
In Ohio there is Buckeye Chuck and Staten Island Chuck makes his home in New York.
As the folklore goes, if the little guy doesn't see his shadow, there will be an early Spring. If he does see his shadow and runs back into his den, there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Thats all, ground hog weathermen don't concern themselves with relative humidity, wind chill, or mold spores and pollen count . They have one question to answer, one that gets so many people talking, early spring or not?!
There are several Ground hogs around the Country that have the same job. Is it a weather guess or is it more? I picture Ground hogs silently , linking up tweeting and texting underground to one another. Keeping themselves connected with sophisicated , high tech web burroughs that would impress the Silicon Valley Gurus? These tiny scientific oddities of Nature , coming up with the best , most accurate prediction they possibly can, compiling their data, then when called upon every February 2, they come out and share their data in a coded style . If they run back to their burrow, bad weather, if they remain out, lingering a while, Spring will be early.
Makes me wonder...their predictions couldn't be any less than our own tv weather folk! (8hours later..still snowing here, the forecast was for a couple of light snow today) Right!
Go little Ground hogs, Go!!