History

Pin It

Signs of time past.  We see quite a few signs of it around our property.  Broken bottles, metal cans, rubber, old bricks, license plates, and piles of rubble .....

Recently on a walk out back, after hunting season was over and before the snow starts to fly, pile up too deep and STAY, we found this .....

what?!  A car?! or is it a truck?

How is the world did this vehicle end up 3/4 mile behind our house, near a creek, half buried in swamp bush?

Did some neighborhood boys take their father's car for a joyride late one night and get carried away?  Did a Grandpa give his young grandsons the old derelict to tinker with and they were able to bumble along until it was permanently stuck and was unable to be moved?

Closer inspection shows signs of the vehicle being stripped, stripped of mirrors, wires, gauges,  parts that were probably used on another derelict that was in better shape .... maybe the other car was faster, more reliable.  Isn't it wonderful to imagine what happened?

This car/truck has been here for a while ... a loooong while.  Notice the trees and brush have wormed their way through any available space?  The branches have grown, wrapped around the steering wheel.

The tires look a little worn ..... perhaps racing along country roads?

A two seater?  Hmmm, must have been a truck.

It looks like this truck had a good life.  A fun life.  At least that is what I like to think.  If it could talk, the stories it might tell.  History ... I love it.  I love the possibilities, I love the stories, I love that I can find it in my own back yard.

Look around.  Do you have history close to your home?  How about a museum?  Or an old church?  A building?  Or maybe even an old oak tree in your backyard.  I would love to hear about it.  I enjoy learning about the past but remember to live in the present as that is all we are promised ..... and remember to give your loved ones a hug!

Pussy Willows .... Mother Nature's Decorations

Pin It
It's spring and Mother Nature gives us so much to enjoy as everything wakes from its winter slumber.

Aren't these bottles a lovely color?  A friend of ours stopped by the other day and he had some of these bottles .... I am not sure what type of lager beer was in them but I was so surprised by the color, I asked him if I could have a few of them.  He just happened to have some empty in his cooler and was happy to give them to me.

That morning on my daily hike, I had noticed that the pussy willows were at their prime so I headed out once again and gathered some for a little, mini, kitchen, spring display.  That was a mouthful!

Dropping a couple of pussy willows in each bottle, adding a vintage linen and I have a cute display for little cost and can so easily be changed out as the seasons progress.  I think lilacs will be nice too, once they are ready!

Remember to give your loved ones a hug!

Walk to the Island

Pin It

We have an island.....on our property. It is a small island surrounded by a fast moving creek and swamp land.

Since the shop was slow today, I forced hubby Bob to go for a walk with me to the 'island'.

Now the island is only accessible in two ways ..... in the summer if the water table is extremely low or two ... in the winter when everything is frozen.

I have been walking to the island daily on my morning jaunts. It is quite a hike and with three feet of snow to trudge through, it is not for the faint hearted .... BUT .... I quit smoking on January 1st of this year and have never felt better so I don't have a problem .....dear hubby on the other hand has not quit and it was quite a chore for him.

He had to keep taking breaks to catch his breath and was amazed that I was even able to jog the last little bit. I am hoping to get him out daily for this hike and show him what a difference there is to tossing those cigarettes in the garbage.