The darling yellow cottage of a dear, dear friend...
You can walk all 'round the grounds and find the most beautifully groomed Victorian gardens in the lil' village of Lone Tree, don't ya just love the name of the town...
A close-up of the porch, with it's aqua porch posts, that harbor the multitude of flora, that partner Bill, dreads dragging in for the winter...
Cathie collects Victorian pillow covers, isn't it grand in front of one of her lampshade creations...
One of Cathie's peacock windows and a lampshade this talented artist has created and a part of her collection of plaster busts that adorn the home in every corner.
This is Grandma...poke in a quarter and she will read your fortune. For all of you familiar with the Iowa City area back in the day, 'Things and Things', was one of those early head shops that had all the coolest hippy, up-beat stuff for our day. Cool clothes and shoes, incense, candles and just plain cool stuff, everybody went there...ahhh the days...but when they closed the doors, Cathie and bill snatched this piece and she now rests in their parlor, how cool is this!
The love of the Victorians is everywhere in her parlor...click for close-ups of a bird's eye view...
A true sister of the soul, Cathie and I share the love of 'the strange', we both love stuffed frog bands, I sold her my collection and she found this awesome old jewelry display, which was a perfect display piece for the boys in the band...our creation of lampshades brought these two ol' hippies together many years ago, as she found me in my first shop, we became instant fast friends...
Then there's Cecil, sorry the picture is a little blurry, but this big bird crowns a newel post at the entrance to her solarium and is one of my earlier taxidermy pieces that I mounted for Cathie. We both love the look of the chickens, although I have sold all of mine...some day, they will roam the grounds of the pink chateau...and chicken dinners will be served again...Sorry Cecil...
I love you girl!!!
I love you girl!!!
