my first real antique furniture purchase!

I’ve been looking for a hutch/cabinet for our kitchen for a while now. Since we moved here we’ve had a rickety Ikea shelf sitting sitting in the space between our kitchen and living room– holding cookbooks and my vintage pyrex bowls. We have other vintage dishes I would have loved to display… but, see, we [...]

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woody woodpecker

Its been a busy week and it has gone by too fast. I am working today to make up for taking Wednesday off. I had a 2 hour dentist appointment Wednesday morning so I wisely decided to not try to work that day. It was probably the least fun 2 hours I’ve ever spent at [...]

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New Glarus day trip

Here are the pictures I promised from our trip to New Glarus on Friday.
The first place we stopped was the New Glarus Brewing Company. Since moving to Wisconsin New Glarus has become my favorite beer, so stopping there was a must. My very favorite of all time is actually Guinness, but I don’t think I’m [...]

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critter scanctuary

We bought a few bird-feeders about a month ago. It took the birds a couple weeks to discover them, but ever since they have, we haven't been able to keep them filled up with birdseed. The birds knock seeds on to the ground, and then chipmunks, bunnies and squirrels come and eat right under our [...]

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