tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21764227274573308942024-03-13T05:14:40.099-07:00The Old Blue BucketThe Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-86088485975616241042016-04-30T21:46:00.000-07:002016-04-30T21:46:54.421-07:00Spring Stirrings...<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">Gardens have always seemed so magical to me! As the flowers slowly emerge from the soil, there's a sense of renewal in the garden...a hope of what is to come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">The flowers, bird baths, feeders & stone walls that we've added have created a habitat to attract creatures to our gardens.They've opened up a wonderful world to observe & enjoy. The garden is a very busy place in the spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">...And gathering nesting material to prepare for their babies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">The butterflies start appearing again and are enjoying the beautiful Spring time blossoms!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">Grape Hyacinths bring color to the early Spring garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">The blossoms on the Crab apple trees are simply gorgeous! The bees have been swarming all over these trees the last couple days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">Daffodils are one of the first harbingers of Spring in the gardens. So cheerful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Violas ~ a Springtime favorite!</span></div>
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<br /></span>The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-24004624533754098472016-04-07T10:22:00.000-07:002016-04-07T10:22:07.287-07:00In The Potting Shed <span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm getting a little impatient to get back out in the potting shed but the weather here in Pa. isn't helping. There's been the occasional warm day but it's mostly been in the 40's & 50's lately. We even had snow last weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Every summer I try to come up with new ideas to add to the potting shed. Since I'm waiting for warmer temps to arrive I thought I'd share a few things that I've added to my garden shed since last posting about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I've had this old Hoosier for awhile now. I'd used it in my house as a place to display my Jadeite, green depression glass, enamelware, etc... I have a lot of collections of vintage items & I change them out several times a year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I found a new cabinet at an auction that I replaced it with so last Summer my old hoosier found </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">a new home in my potting shed. It now holds supplies and gardening collectibles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I displayed several of my old galvanized watering cans on top of the Hoosier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A vintage hairpin flower frog, garden tools & old seed ad are displayed on the Hoosier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This old floral painting was a sweet flea market find. I'm looking forward to the flea markets opening up again for the season.Who knows what treasures I'll find this summer to add to the potting shed! </span></div>
<br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-71231632137011674442016-02-03T19:33:00.000-08:002016-04-25T20:54:59.578-07:00Vintage Container Plantings<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">When choosing containers for my flowers I like to include a few repurposed vintage pieces along with my terra cotta pots & urns. I've decorated my potting shed with vintage finds so this is a way of extending the same feeling out into the garden. They </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">add color & spots of interest to the porch & gardens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I've always had a love of old things...I like being surrounded by pieces that have a sense of history about them. Searching flea markets, auctions & antique shops for these pieces is a favorite pastime of ours. So much fun! </span><br />
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<br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-19305086400824311922016-02-01T21:00:00.000-08:002016-04-25T20:44:47.301-07:00Happy Groundhog Day!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Punxsutawney Phil will be emerging from his burrow early this morning with his yearly prediction. Will it be six more weeks of winter or an early Spring? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I'm hoping for an early Spring! I can't wait for it to be warm enough so that I can reopen my potting shed. I miss hanging out in there working on projects & playing with my flowers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">There's been time for one last Fall walk in the woods...soon the carpet of leaves will be covered in white and Hooper Run will be iced over.</span><br />
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The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-23722262314414748772015-12-01T16:07:00.000-08:002015-12-17T05:47:29.663-08:00Minnow Bucket of Mums ~<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I've been absent on here for quite awhile...I've had problems with not being able to post photos on Blogger for the past couple months. I'd reported it but I've just been so busy with real life lately that I didn't have much time to deal with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">I love the graphics on the old minnow bucket...complete with a cute little fish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-large;">I'm getting a little better at sneaking up on them to take pictures. I was hiding behind a tree at the edge of the field taking photos when this fawn heard me. He turned his head and looked right at me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">My gardens aren't perfect & orderly by any means. Usually at some point in summer, life gets very busy & they sort of get ahead of me. I keep telling myself as I get older that I need to downsize my gardens ...but then I find some wonderful new flower that I just have to add to the beds! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Morning Glories seem to have a mind of their own...popping up where ever they fancy to! They appeared right outside the little porch on my potting shed & vined up around the column. I loved being greeted by them every time I entered the potting shed.<br />
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<br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-89023873315364289352015-06-19T10:26:00.000-07:002015-06-19T10:26:16.576-07:00Mother Nature's Artistry<a href="<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/13809727/?claim=zhtga8znstt">Follow">http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/13809727/?claim=zhtga8znstt">Follow</a> my blog with Bloglovin</a><br />
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The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-92127927502290477692015-06-18T06:38:00.000-07:002015-06-18T06:38:11.775-07:00Tree Knot in the Garden<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This is a tree knot that was sliced off of a downed tree. The hole was the entrance to a squirrels nest before the tree fell down. I thought it was interesting looking and kept it, thinking I'd use it in a project sometime. I was looking around the potting shed for some interesting containers to plant Violas in when I noticed the tree knot on a shelf. The thought crossed my mind that a Viola would look really cute growing up through the opening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I chose one of the smaller Violas to plant in the garden.Then I carefully placed the tree knot down over the Viola, taking care not to damage the plant. It's grown and seems happy in the center of the knot! It sort of has a natural woodland look about it, which I like.</span></div>
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<br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-14142831946804611912015-06-05T18:09:00.000-07:002015-06-05T18:09:29.777-07:00Sweet Violas<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I always look forward to the sweet little Violas making their appearance in the spring. These cool loving flowers make colorful additions to both gardens and containers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">When planting my flowers I use a variety of containers. I have a lot of concrete & cast iron urns that I use. I have a weakness for urns ~ can't seem to pass them up at auctions! I use a lot of terra cotta pots because I love the natural earthy look of them. I also like to include a few vintage pieces every year that I've repurposed as planters. Here are a few that I've used this Spring as planters for my Violas...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">A blue and white enamelware pan planted with Violas sits in the potting shed window.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"> This old pan is a favorite of mine and I use it in a lot of displays in my potting shed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">I love when the Lilacs are blooming. Their wonderful fragrance drifts throughout the garden. I have such fond memories of them as a child. I transplanted several of them from my childhood home to my gardens here many years ago.The last couple years they haven't done as well due to late frosts. I've missed having large bouquets of them to place in my home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I'm so far behind in my gardens this Spring. So much needs done, especially weeding! I'm hoping to soon have a stretch of time to devote to getting my gardens back in order. My husband has had some health problems the last few weeks so I haven't had much time to work in the gardens lately. Thankfully the flowers look pretty even though they're surrounded by weeds that seem to grow like crazy. Let's see what's happening in the garden this week.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The sweet Forget-Me-Nots are blooming! I love their dainty blue flowers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">They've filled in this area nicely to form a carpet under the shrubs at the top of this bed. I love the texture of the Silver Mound that's creeping out over the stone wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The Crab apple tree is covered with pretty pink blooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">The deer really enjoyed snacking on the Azalea bushes last winter so they're not shaped too nice this year...but at least they still have pretty flowers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Wild Violets are so pretty and are always welcomed in my garden when they pop up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">This is my favorite of the Columbines that I have in my garden. I love it's color and frilliness!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Bleeding Heart looks so pretty with it's arching stems & heart shaped flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Only a couple of Primroses are blooming... most are done for the year.</span><br />
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<br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-25734841496765940512015-04-23T05:38:00.000-07:002015-04-23T05:58:37.126-07:00Unxpected Visitor To The Potting Shed<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I had an unexpected visitor in the potting shed yesterday. I came home to find a Robin frantically flapping his wings and throwing himself against the window, trying to get outside. A window was open several inches and when the wind blew the loose screen off he made his way inside, but couldn't get back out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I spent about an hour trying to get him to head towards the door I'd left open for him. After many attempts he finally made it out the way he came in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Oh, what a mess he made in his panic! Things were knocked over and there's even a couple of feathers laying around. He had a very traumatic afternoon!</span><br />
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The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-7094566610526825862015-04-22T06:56:00.000-07:002015-04-22T07:11:25.683-07:00Happy Earth Day!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I was happy to find this little Bluebird perched in my tree, early one morning. So sweet! ~ Happy Earth Day! Let's do our best to take care of our planet!</span><br />
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The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-82886358086673688432015-04-20T06:44:00.000-07:002015-04-20T06:44:11.668-07:00The Forsythia Are Blooming!<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Forsythia is among natures earliest Spring bloomers in my garden. They're from the genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae (Olive family). The flowers appear on the arching branches of this deciduous shrub before the leaves do. It's vibrant yellow flowers are a welcome sight in early Spring! Mine have been blooming for about a week now. I like cutting bouquets of them to add some of their cheery bright color into my home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">After cutting some Forsythia for a few vases I decided to cut some larger pieces to fill one of my favorite old watering cans. This watering can was a flea market find from a few years ago. I like the beautiful muted color of it. It was love at first sight! As soon as I spotted it, I knew it would be coming home with me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I like collecting old bottles, especially ones with writing on them. I often times use them to place a single flower in for display. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I placed a few sprigs of Forsythia in a vintage salt shaker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Old mason jars make great vases. They just seem to look great with any flower that I add to them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Hornets use saliva and wood fibers to build their nests. The colored swirls are actually kind of pretty! These papery structures are so much stronger than they look. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Through the four seasons we've had some pretty wicked rain, wind, snow, & ice storms and the hive has remained mostly unscathed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">This old mill stone, leaning against the wall is a favorite spot of the squirrels to sit and clean the walnuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">They build two types of nests in our trees ~ cavity dens and leaf nests. This leaf nest is one that they built in our maple tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">If you take the time to patiently watch them interact with each other, you begin to see their habits. They have favorite branches that they like to sit on while enjoying the nuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">They like to sit with their backs to the base of the trees while they clean the husks off of the walnuts. Look at those sharp fingernails!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Squirrels have four teeth in front of their mouths that constantly grow. This makes sure that their teeth don't wear down from all of the gnawing .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">In winter they become little seed bandits. I'd hung an old scale pan filled with seed out for the birds. I looked out one morning and saw this little guy swinging back & forth while munching on seed. Doesn't it almost look like he's smiling? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">This one definitely had personality! He was so happy to find the bird seed on the little pedestal. He looked like he was dancing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">They're little acrobats, climbing and hanging from branches to get at the bird feeders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This squirrel was making sure that no seed went to waste. He was picking up chunks of snow and chewing it to find the seed that had fallen on the ground. Our bushy-tailed friends are the reason I have to go to Tractor Supply every week for bird seed. I swear they eat half of what I put out for the birds.....but I guess they have to eat too....and they do provide entertainment for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> ~~ Coreopsis ~~</span><br />
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<span id="goog_759040140" style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-67165416338264739882015-02-22T09:16:00.000-08:002015-02-27T07:04:16.273-08:00Nature's Art<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">We enjoy watching the birds in the winter time. I have feeders placed throughout the yard with a variety of different types of seeds, nuts and berries. At Christmas I received a couple new feeders for the birds. So I set about to find places to hang them in the garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal perched in the hemlock tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I loved this gift my husband got me for Christmas.....two new feeders, four different types of bird seed and Birds & Bloom magazine! I must say that the birds are loving it too! :-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The cardinals bright color really stands out against snowy backgrounds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This Blue Jay and Woodpecker helped themselves to the discarded walnut pieces that the squirrels left at the base of the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">Early one morning I watched as this beautiful Sparrow sat in the crab apple tree just watching the snow fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Even the hornet's nest that's been hanging in our maple tree since summer has a dusting of snow on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"></span><br />The Old Blue Buckethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965035570343114618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176422727457330894.post-32267561835749216972015-01-03T23:16:00.000-08:002015-01-03T23:16:50.454-08:00Pink Hollyhocks ~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> An</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> old Dietz lantern is displayed as part of my holiday decorations .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">~ Old enamelware pieces & jars filled with greenery & dried fruit ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I used an antique tool box to display a small tree in a crock. Old keys and locks were hung by twine on the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The antique telephone box was filled with pine, fruit and a star to dress it up for the holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> ~ ~ Old crock filled with holly sits in the window ~ ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;">My husband surprised me with some branches of holly that he cut from his Uncle's bushes. I had fun spreading them throughout the house. I hung this branch of holly on a door of the Shipwright cabinet.</span><br />
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