What the h.....

 No surprise here...

Typical Iowa winter,

here today, gone tomorrow...

YUCK!!!!!

Barrister bookshelves...

 Is this not the coolest metal bookcase...

Globe-Wernicke manufactures this set,

what a find. Lorie and I went junkin the other

day on a fluke, didn't think we'd find

anything, weren't really plannin' on it,

cause we took her van, not my truck...

enter O.M.G....

one shabby oak kitchen table, oak fern stand,

large Pepsi sign, chippy creamy step stool,

white metal stool, shabby oak small secretary,

large yellow painted bevelled mirror,

beautiful high boy chest with adorable mirror,

oval bubble glass frame, silver cordial set,

2 large oval framed floral prints

and of course, the barristers...

all crammed in her van,

hey, ya do what ya gotta do...right!

Then we had to move everything around in the

 booth to make it fit, but that's

the name of the game...

so if you're wondering what

Gypsy Moth Antiques is all about,

we're working on a new project...

cause we're crazy...!!!

just had to share...

 I just had to share this with you...

it started my day off with a laugh,

hope it did yours as well!

All of us dog lovers know about

the occasional poo surprise,

it's a fact of life, shit happens...

Scratchy will be 12 years old in April,

you think you are prepared for the worst,

but the worst is that empty house feeling.

But having loved and lost

many best friends, I know another

will enter into my life

when the time is right...

so for now it's the good life,

life with a dog, my best friend...

and all the shitty bits too...!



The divorce house...

 My divorce house...

Lorie(The Junk Asylum)sent me this article

from Huffington Post on married women's

fantasies about their dream homes...

my situation was typical of many women,

an alcoholic husband that made most of our

20 year marriage a train wreck!

 My lil' pink shack was bought to
house my antique biz,

which it did for several years.
It was my getaway from the
problems at home.

I lingered here constantly, not wanting
 to go home to that...soooooo...

The divorce house was in the making!

 I started planting my dream gardens,
planting trees where no man
would plant, 

dragging stuff from home, giving it
permanent residence in my dream scape.

 I started fencing in a new life without

his presence or knowledge...
when the day came,

he was shocked at my bravery
 and confidence, though inside I was
totally freaked about finances

I was still grooming full time,
 but was needing to retire...
but my will to set out on my own

was far greater than my will to leave
well enough alone...

 I totally began to bloom,

 letting go of 20 years of history,

don't get me wrong, there were lots of good

times too, but the uncertainty of alcoholism

made it a crap shoot EVERY DAY!!!

But I was in paradise, building my new life

untethered...my lifestyle and my surroundings

are built on that freedom called free will...

and I will never have to hear that remark,

now where do you think
you're gonna put that...

My mantra...

sure, my lifestyle isn't for everyone,

it's a daily struggle living alone, you
 have to learn to do it ALL by yourself
or just plain and simple live without.

But when I look around at my lil' pink
 shack and see my accomplishments
 and the home I've built on my
 6 acres of paradise,

I've never looked back and regretted...

and NO, I never get lonely,
 I stay busy and own a terrier...nuff said!

I own me, I'm not an extension of him...

I am woman,

HEAR ME ROAR!!!

Play it again Sam...

 

The desire to own an instrument you

can't even play (or lift)...sigh...!

Inspire me...

 Inspire me...

...and a special birthday wish for me Mum...

Happy B-day Mom!!!

I heart clutter...and imperfection...

How 'bout you...

is it here yet...

 March will soon be upon us...

 and I don't know about you,

but I'm gettin' itchy garden fingers...

 I'm dieing to start planting my medicinal herb garden

over by my studio...

 my most favoritest new toy is my post hole digger...

I'm planning a picket fence around my shop

to keep my girls outta the gardens...

 more birdhouses on porch posts...

 I'm also planning a rocky stream

to attract frogs...and me for a quiet moment...

 a front porch makeover...

many hours of summer fun

 to play again in my new studio slash shop...

and wander the lush gardens of

the 'lil' pink shack'...

IS IT SPRING YET!!!

Odd Fellows...you got that right...

 Visited my antiquing buds, Manleys

and found some great stuff...

this Odd Fellow flag, probably for a vehicle

in a funeral...

 What is it about funeral pics that draw us to them?

 Memories and one last glance of the beloved...

 More Odd Fellows goodies...

 I spotted this baby when I first walked in,

told Dave it had my name written all over it.

A sweet lil' footstool,

what is it about them that I love,

the fabric perhaps or it's worn state...

MINE!!!

 And it'll work perfectly fine right next

to my new chair

 that has won it's place in my heart!

 My newest skull incense burner...

more in the works for today, a blue bottle...

GOT BRAINS...

Zombie brains that is, I found this great

glass pendant on etsy, gonna make a necklace

with it...

SWEET, huh!!!