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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

My son has an eye for finding unusual items and knowing exactly what to do with them.

He has inherited the "junking gene" as well ... and like the rest of us in the family, gravitates to certain things.

He recently found this gorgeous metal tool box and thought of me.

"It looks like something you would like Mum for your studio" he said as he carried this very heavy metal box upstairs for me.

As soon as I saw the drawers and noticed that inside each had been fitted with maple slats to separate the spaces, I thought of my over flowing basket of stamps and stamping ink.

I've added a few items to the outside too :-)

Now all my stamps and inks have there own special spot ...

stamps I forgot I even had ...

all nicely displayed ...

separated by themes ...

I absolutely love it!!

It has my "Stamp of Approval"

:-)

So thankful for my kind spirited son

for thinking of me

when he found it

♥

Brought out my container of word magnets & decided to make a phrase with random words ...

"make everything with a grateful heart"

~perfect for a Thankful {things I love} Thursday, I'd say ♥~

Friday, September 4, 2015

ExploreDreamDiscover ...

"Back to the Books"

for those who are heading back to school I wish you a happy, safe school year filled with new, joyful discoveries ♥

"Head in the Clouds"

I may often have my head in the clouds ...

but that has never prevented my feet

from keeping me well grounded

Wonderful Adventures Await

Grow, Grow, Grow your Boat

***

4 new prints added to my Etsy shop

vintage sparrow studio

{link found on sidebar}

With Summer holidays winding down ... and a new School year ready to begin ... there is a bit of a theme happening with these new prints.

Explore* Dream* Discover

I hope your weekend is filled with all 3

Wishing you a wonderful long weekend!

♥

"Twenty years from now

you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do

than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.

~Mark Twain~

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Hello September ...

By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

with Summer's best of weather

and Autumn's best of cheer

~Helen Hunt Jackson~

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

After putting out the Hummingbird feeders ...

and filling them with sugar water ... cleaning ... re filling ...

over and over with no visitors ...

a very welcomed little feathered friend stopped by today and made my heart swell with joy!

I was sitting outside with Archer, a fresh mug of tea, and a finished piece of art , planning on adding some white ink embellishments. The feeders were busy with Cardinals, Sparrows were on the ground nibbling some bread I had tossed out earlier, a Woodpecker was hanging from the suet basket and I was enjoying the Autumn like temps.

When all of a sudden, I caught a glimpse of a green flicker.

My IPad was inside ... my camera upstairs ... so I decided to simply savour this moment ... one I had waited ALL Summer long for.

He traveled from one Trumpet to another, and at one point flew into our flowering pear and sat preening for a while. Oh the beauty ♥

Once he flew away, I headed inside for my IPad and waited.

I managed to snap a few photos {one I posted on Instagram}

Later in the day, I was letting Archer outside and who should be in the Trumpet vine again ?

Hummer had returned. I grabbed my camera this time. While I waited for him to fly close enough to get a {fairly} decent picture, I took one of this lovely big bumble ... they love the vines too. Around this time of year, the garden is a bit wild looking, but the bees and birds are loving it ... and everything grown is for them... so we just simply let it be {let it bee} :-)