I have a friend who needs something that I have.In abundance.Hydrangeas that is......She commented on my hydrangea border And said hers hadn't done well at all.She said she was looking for somewhere to buy some so she could dry them.So, I'm sending her this... A box of hydrangeas.It's a first for me but she says it's just fine. I guess they'll … [Read more...]

I know it's hot everywhere!When it gets like this I really HATE cooking dinner. Of course I can grill but, for some odd reason  (maybe it's just me)  standing OUTSIDE in the yard  with the sun still BLAZING hot  over ACTUAL FIRE doesn't seem like a better idea.... call me crazy.... What I like are crock-pot meals......in fact....I love crock-pot … [Read more...]

Don't get your self in a dither... This is NOT a Cosmoesque list of ideas.... Speaking of Cosmo...WHAT is up with the cover titles!!  For goodness sake,  I've been distracting kids at the checkout counter for YEARS because of them... Back when MY kids were little they had racy titles that screamed...  "How to drive him wild in bed" I … [Read more...]

Summer can be an intense season. Intense activity.... Intense heat.... Intense color.... I always long for Spring, as we all do, when trees start budding and I can go to the garden shop and see row upon row of colorful flowers and plants... I work and work... only to watch the bunnies denude many of my purchases.....sigh.... But, as August … [Read more...]

What is it about the sea?Why does it attract so?I could sit for hours watching and listening to the ocean rush and break.....Smelling the fresh salty air......Is it the constancy, the reliability, the permanence?Do we all long inside for that security? Knowing that if we go, it will be exactly the same as it has always been?So unlike daily … [Read more...]

If you're a thrifter like I am, you know one problem is finding several of ANYTHING sometimes.One thing I see often is single chairs.This French chair was a loner...once part of a set but no more...like in a divorce....he got the table, she got the armchair.....Of course, that French chair was full of ornate carving andjust pretty  Like those gals … [Read more...]

I found this little cloverleaf table not too long ago...maybe two, three ,  OK, OK a few months ago.....unfortunately that is "not too long ago" in Miss Flibb speak....I have a sideboard buried in the garage that is one year old and an armoire back in there that is 1 1/2 yrs old....sigh...Honestly, I AM truly trying to finish the pieces I have but … [Read more...]

These dog days of summer really make it hard to do projects.I've been finishing up some small projects like that French chairand this lamp baseI love zinc stuff do you? But they're not easy to findand most of them aren't lamp bases I'd betThis started out as an antique gold lamp....somewhere there's a picture, just not here, today.....This lamp had … [Read more...]