Organizing 100 years ago

 This beautiful piece of ladies' furniture was my grandmother's.

 I lovingly polished it today to bring out the luster in the wood-

if you were this old, you would be thirsty, too!

 Look at the details on this top!  

 She kept her latest quilting projects inside;  she loved to sew them by hand.

I use plastic bins but this one sure does outclass them by a mile!

See the littlest bit of yellows and orange--this is in the poplar tree by my sister's home, 

right next door. 

 I think these are a relative of the aspens out west!

A Phase!

The  shawl is off the blocking board! 

It has lots of pretty short rows of stockinette and eyelet rows! 

I can't wait to wear it!

KnitPicks Stroll yarn in Koi Pond yarn-one skein of fingering weight yarn-the whole skein

on number 6 needles. 

After blocking the shawl, Elena and I went and picked up my Mom to go and visit our local antique stores.

I picked up this plate, paperweight and kaleidoscope. 

 The plate is to replace the one Lena shattered so I will use it for my painting palette.

This is the second one to add to the collection I want to begin.

I already love glass and it is amazing to see how intricate they are! 

The kaleidoscope is very similar to the one I already enjoy-now there will be two for the grandkids to enjoy with me!

Slow days are nice, too!

Antique Shopping

I got out the graph paper for working out another pattern on a pair of socks for Marsel.   The yarn is Hawthorne Fingering from KnitPicks in Nob Hill.  I wanted to stick with the strip plan but I am moving it toward the center so I can try Cat Bordhi's sweet tomato heel on this pair!  It is a good brain exercise for the morning.  Then Bill and I decided to go to an Antique Mall near here which Loree told me about.

 She said they have an old skein winder that you would probably want.  Oh, she was so right!
It stands about 42" tall and is in perfect working order!  I'm very excited.

Especially since it is the same color and age as the antique Walking Wheel I already own!

 Another find from there was this Melmac wood grain-look bowl of a completely different century!

When I saw it, I knew it was going to be a yarn bowl for me! Oh, yes, it works perfectly!

 Isn't that just the thing to keep a kitty or two from swiping your ball of yarn!

 I bought this non-antique but just right teal colored vase for my table.

 A carnival glass hen for the buffet in my golden dining room.

A bamboo screen / room divider for when my sewing room has to double for a bedroom with everyone here!  Bill set it up around the water system for me so he says he doesn't have to put up the closet as promised..........ha, it won't work but thanks for the idea!  Bill is amazing to get all this in the car for the ride home!  (our car is a Yaris sedan-think small car!)

 After all the shopping, we went to lunch just down the road at The Three Bananas on Crescent Lake.  The weather was perfect;  we ate on their deck and just soaked up the view.

This is the public boat ramp next to the restaurant where we launch our boat.  The day was just too perfect.  I enjoyed this day-date very much!