Something for EVERYONE at Warrenton

Ever seen a Big Ole' ball of barbed wire...or as some Texas Cowboys say "bob war"?  It was huge....as you can see by the big buckets of rocks next to it.  I guess there's a buyer for ALL things. 

How about a baggie full of beer bottle caps?  My friends and I saved all our bottlecaps from last summer....and let me tell ya....we  guzzled collected a lot and we had fun in the process!  But we still haven't done any projects with them but have tons of ideas. 

Last year I won a $50 gift certificate for submitting a photo of the Warrenton Market.  This year the photo contest was run again.  NOTE TO SELF:  Get photos over to the Texas Trash and Treasures website so you can win ANOTHER gift certificate. 

There's something about a bicycle built for two that's just plain fun! This is a pretty simple version.  Notice, no hand breaks and just one speed.....GO!

Do you have a whole drawer of mis-matched silverware?  Here's a cleaver idea to spruce up your plain birdhouse!

Burlap bags just flapping in the wind...could be turned into pillows, curtains, chair covers, tote bags....limitless ideas.  I know you cleaver ladies could come up with all sorts of great ideas.

How about an embroidered headboard/footboard?  It's sure to promote sweet dreams.  And how about that prism chandelier?

Nothing says Texas Junk Gypsy better than Longhorns on the front of your pink SUV.  And to protect innocent by-standers from being gored by the sharp horns.....pink coozies are on the pointy tips. 

Ruffled bloomers, anyone?

COOL old television from the 60's.....the guy selling it said it worked!!!  Obviously no remote control came with it.  You have to change channels the old fashioned way, remember that?  Oh the excercise we now miss by not getting off the couch to change the channels!

And lastly, one tired dog (not for sale) because she's too precious to her owners.  But, she let you have all the FREE PETS you wanted!

Welcome Friends---Clean Or Dirty!!!

Happy Spring Ya'll!!!!!

Happy Spring to all my blogging friends! I finally got a new camera yesterday...a Kodak Easy Share. I'm just so happy to have a camera again. I kept thinking of projects I wanted to do, but without a before and after picture I kept putting them on the back burner.
And here's a photo of one of my favorite subject....CARSON!!!

Yesterday turned out cold and rainy and by the afternoon Carson was ready for a run around the yard. He and his buddy next door had so much fun, but OMG.....look at the little stinker. He's ALL boy and LOVES to get dirty. So...here's the BEFORE picture.......













And here's the AFTER picture. All bathed and dried and playing happily with his bone and "doll". Do you think he looks happier when he is clean or dirty? LOL!!!!!

Spring Yard Work

When the yards in your neighborhood are 1/3 of an acre, it's a good idea to recruit friends to assist with yard work. Below is a picture of my yard last spring before I had the stone patio installed (more about that on another post). The picture is taken from the deck outside my dining room. The building on the left is the garage and attached to the back of the garage is the game room (aka known as the Martini Lounge). In the very back is my cute little storage shed. A single girl needs help with the big yard work so I've lured some friends (and their hubby's) over to help with the MANLY things! My friend Susan A is a Master Gardener (just look at her lush yard behind us) and she loves to share plants. WOOHOO....!! She's holding cuttings from her 10 foot tall Angel Trumpets. We ALL got to take some home.

Jeff got the job of dividing the huge ginger plants. They smell divine when you cut the stalks...just like Ginger Root . We all got a huge trash bag of ginger to plant at home.

After all the digging, we brought the Mother Lode back to my house to plant. Since I'm not a very good digger or planter (however, I'm the best darn water-er around)...I decided to take pictures of pretty flowers in my yard and the next door neighbors yards. I just LOVE the pretty passion flower that grows on my deck railing. It looks fuchsia in the pic but its really a deep red.

Don't you love the view of my next door neighbors yard? A lot of this flower bed got ruined when IKE blew threw. Many of those big trees in the easement behind the fence fell over into the yards. Neither of our houses, garages or sheds were damaged by trees so we feel very blessed. We can ALWAYS plant more flowers, right!?!?!?

Back in MY yard, the Bougainvillea is beginning to bloom. This is a pretty pinkish/orange bloom and it gets beaten down by 100 degree sunshine in the summer.

On the other side of this fence is my other next door neighbors pool. We have a gate between the two back yards and it's nice to be able to wander over for a dip after hot yard work! This neighbor, (Tyra--from a previous post regarding the Yaya Chique) is also a VERY good gardener and helps me with my yard work. We trade off and she helps in my yard and I help her decorate her house....great trade off, huh?!?! The bird of paradise is planted near a beautiful rock waterfall.

Hibiscus do really well here in South Texas and I particularly like this red and white one. It looks so happy and fresh.

Morning glories are very prolific here too. They climb up the fences and are 75 feet up in the pine trees in the backyard. They grow like pretty weeds.

I WAS planning on doing more yard work today...but the weather had different plans. We are having a cold and rainy day here so my plans are thwarted. I think Ms. Riley has the right idea. She got back in bed and got under the covers.

I hope YOU are HAVING SOME FUN this weekend even though Mother Nature might not be cooperating in your neck of the woods!!!!

You're Gonna Think I'm Crazy!

You are probably going to think I'm WACKO but I've packed my bags and am leaving sunny, warm Houston for the Appalachian Mountains for what I'm calling a SNOW-CATION!

This is what the flowers look like outside my office and home.......pretty, huh?

Today was SO sunny, it was a great day to take pictures of all the flowers that are in bloom.

I walk by this every morning before going in my office....it's so pretty I can look at it without putting a little smile on my face.

Before leaving for work I saw this beautiful Angel's Trumpet in my back yard. The morning sun looks so pretty shining through the leaves.

and YEP...call me crazy....I'm leaving for a week to PLAY in THIS!!!! WOOHOO!!! Snow makes me giddy.