Views of the garden

 

Dave spent most of yesterday working in the back garden yesterday.

He pulled up and re-set the brick border, power washed the fence, and roto tilled the weeds.

It's the perfect little oasis!

The bugs don't seem to bother him. I, however, attract them like a magnet. After spending about five minutes outside admiring his work, I came back into the house with three mosquito bites and a spider bite. I think I'll be enjoying the garden from our sun room!

My sister Janet and I spent the day antiquing. She was looking for wall pockets for her garden, and I was just browsing. We found a little shop about 20 minutes away that I didn't know existed. I asked about tatting shuttles, but the owner and his wife had never heard of them. I pulled my little bag out of my purse and demonstrated. They were fascinated! I had two Curds and Whey bookmarks finished in my little pouch, so I gave one to the owners wife and the other to another customer who was also interested. I love being able to share my tatting!

Janet and I then headed to a much larger antique shop where we hit the jackpot. I found a beautiful Longaberger basket just the right size for holding a project. Janet sound some beautiful depression glass wall pockets, but decided to pass. We headed home to show Mom what we had found, and then started looking on the Internet for wall pockets and baskets. After seeing some of the online prices, we headed back to the antique shop with Mom in tow and did some serious shopping!

Janet purchased her wall pockets. Mom found a lovely little cut glass dish, and I purchased ten baskets and a Longaberger basket stand that holds ten baskets. My purchase came to the same amount as I was going to spend on one basket online. Dave had a great idea... fill the baskets with gnomes at Christmas and he will light up the tree. I think retirement suits him!