ENJOYING SUMMERTIME!

Dear Blogging Friends.....

no tea link party this week!

CHRISTMAS BREAK

TIME TO GET BACK TO BASICS

 I need to let you know that I am discontinuing

 my Monday morning BTTCG Blog Party.

  It's time for me to get back to the basics of

 having the time I need to do my own posts . 

 Those of you who do blog link parties will understand

 because it takes so much time.  I will continue

my Friday tea related blog party for those of you

 love tea time.

Thank you everyone who has participated in this Monday party.

I will continue to participate in a few blog parties myself.

Saturday night we went west of Columbia

 over to what is

 called "Cooper's Landing" which is

 on the Missouri River. On the way we passed

 by this 350 year old and 90 ft tall oak tree in McBaine:

TREES 
BY JOYCE KILMER

I think that I shall never see 

A poem lovely as a tree. 

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest 

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; 

A tree that looks at God all day, 

And lifts her leafy arms to pray; 

A tree that may in Summer wear 

A nest of robins in her hair; 

Upon whose bosom snow has lain; 

Who intimately lives with rain. 

Poems are made by fools like me, 

But only God can make a tree.

Our son wanted us to hear my Grandson's Mandolin 

teacher preform with his "Swampweed Cajun Band"

 right next to the Missouri River. 

 I have to tell you it was hot as all get out!

  Hope you enjoy these photos:

We were glad when the sun set and it cooled off just a little:

We sat under this giant sycamore and watched loyal

locals dance - believe me it was hot so I admired their

enthusiasm.

She was a free spirited one who danced everywhere:

DOWN THE ROAD TO BOONVILLE, MISSOURI

Last Friday my new friend, Gina Broadus and I

went over to Boonville,

 Missouri and

drove around to see some

 awesome and huge

Victorian homes. 

This smaller cottage style home

was my favorite:

There were many mansions in the area.  In 2015 this town was

voted by the Smithsonian as one of the top

 20 Best Small Towns to visit in America.  I 

understand it is the furtherest town west of the

 Mississippi where

a civil war battle was fought.

  There are many old worn down

plantations in the area.

I also loved this old home:

Not as old, but I also love English Tudor style homes:

We had a fun day in Boonville - hope you enjoyed!

I will be sharing at these other blog parties:

No Place Like Home

Let's Talk Vintage

Vintage Charm

Home Sweet Home

Welcome to my blog party below:

An InLinkz Link-up

SHELTER GARDENS IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI for BTTCG Blog Party

As most of you know, back in March we moved
 to Missouri. 

 Yesterday, I took a few photos here
 at Shelter Gardens
in our new town 
of Columbia. 

 A large insurance company here owns these gardens:

There were numerous ponds and this one had large fish - koi?

My favorite thing was the many lovely statues:

And the biggest fish in the pond:

The statues were classic in style and quite unique:

Columbia is home to the University of Missouri, Columbia College and Stephens College so there is a very young (can I use this word?) vibe!

I will be sharing this post at these parties:
No Place Like Home
The Art of Homemaking Mondays
Let's Talk Vintage

I hope you can join in my blog party today!

An InLinkz Link-up

VINTAGE HILL FARM

I don't know about you but I always loved the small

independent garden centers.  They seem to put a lot

of passion into their businesses and certainly more
creativity. I love INSPIRATION. 

I am sharing a great place for that today! This
is the nursery known as Vintage Hill Farm
located in the small community of
Franklin, Missouri.  This is just about
32 miles from our home - just west
and north of Columbia.

Several months back we went there

as I wanted to order a few more Campania

pieces for my garden to go near the Koi Pond.

They did a special order for me which I picked up yesterday
afternoon.  I will be showing my pieces for my
Friday "Tea In The Garden" blog party.

I am so sorry to say that I intended to show you
lots of pictures but a much needed rainstorm came
up just after I took these 2 pictures and my photo shoot came
to an abrupt stop!  You can see that it is a creative nursery.

SHUTTERS IN THE MASTER BEDROOM

After looking around for something different to go over the bed in the master bedroom, I recently found a shutter decoration for the wall and added some more shabby chic
 chalk paint to it
for a more rustic look:

As you can see - it was nighttime out when I took these pictures last night.  We got home late from dinner with our son and suddenly I remembered this party.  Our master bedroom is a modest size. I do wish you could see it in the daytime - there is a peach tree outside the window with peaches overlooking the Koi pond.  

An antique dresser:

A family picture from many years ago:

 There was teal in the bedspread so I have 

put some of that color in the room too.

My husband's Mother gave us this little table by the window:

The hand crochet coverlet was my $4.00 bargain at an Estate Sale:

I know you recognize the pillows I made

 from old linens and burlap:

I have had the teal matted Godey print for years but recently got the oval one below a booth at Midway and the other small square one at an Estate Sale here in Columbia:

Vintage items:

Here in Missouri there are ceiling fans

 in almost every room because it gets hot!

I was able to catch a quick view out the
 window early this morning too:

And how it looks outside - the top
 right windows 
are the bedroom looking out:

Photo taken from the deck looking down:

And out front after the Pussy Willow was pruned: