Vintage Cotton Ticking

Remember the old feather pillows made from heavy cotton ticking - I managed to snag a few pieces a few weeks ago thinking I would use it to back some pillows. I use ticking a lot, but new ticking. Once I received it and soaked and laundered it, I knew it needed to be a pillow all by itself - I just love it! I have one on my leather sofa mixed up with barkcloth and European grainsack pillows. I have enough for a few more, please see my shop if you are interested. There is just something about ticking and chenille fabrics and the "tick-tock" of an old clock, oh, add a humming fan, and you have a setting for a nice nap!! Thanks for stopping by today - have a great week!!

A Blast from the Past...

...I had a flashback when I saw this spread - it is so mod and retro. The colors and style tell me it is probably from the 1970s. I love the avocado green and the chenille tufted daisies all over the top. It is in fabulous condition and waiting for some lucky girl! It is full size and is listed in my shop.

Fireworks on the Porch

I sat on the porch yesterday and had a glass of wine. It has been really hot here, but my trusty roadside-find fan kept me cool. After I had a nice soak in the tub and put on my pjs last night, we started hearing pops and booms. We hurried to the porch and took our seat for the most fabulous fireworks show I have seen in years. To our surprise, some of the neighborhood put on quite a show and right in the field across from our house. I did not even think about taking pictures, I was afraid I would miss something if I moved. What a treat! Hope y'all had a fabulous fourth!!

Hubby found this fan on the side of the road - it just needed a gasket! I love the look of it and man does it blow!

A View from My Seat

What is Independence...

...the right to go to the beach, drink beer, eat hotdogs and have fireworks?? That is one result of it, but independence is more than that. This definition sums it up well....the state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.

I am saddened and concerned about the path our nation is taking - just kind of holding my breath and hoping for reprieve. It is amazing that 600+ elected officials can do what they are doing to millions of citizens and we elected them. As we prepare to celebrate our 233rd birthday, I have been reading some old quotes and writings of some of our founding fathers. A lot of sacrifice and spilled blood was given so that their children's children's children, etc. (we) could have liberty, freedom and independence. It seems that, collectively, we just want what we want now and the heck with anyone else, our children's children included. We have become complacent. And have you noticed that it is always someone else's fault and that the lack of accountability runs rampant. Our forefathers were patriots! Are we patriots? What is an American Patriot... one who loves and defends his or her country and Constitution and the rights of others! Not him or herself?? hmmm... Our forefathers said it best...

"When the people find they can vote themselves money,that will herald the end of the republic." Benjamin Franklin

"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. " Davy Crockett

"That government is best which governs least." Thomas Paine

"Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people." John Adams

“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny”. Thomas Jefferson

"Give me liberty, or give me death". Patrick Henry

“We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson

Hope y'all have a great Fourth of July celebration with your friends and family!

Dreaming of the Beach...

...maybe we can get away soon, but looking at these photos will have to do for now!

Sweet Home Alabama

One of my pillows has a new home in Alabama. Ginger, at deepfriedkudzu.com was so excited about it that she made a blog post! It really tickles me when buyers love my pillows! She has a fabulous chair that it is sitting in. Take a look! Thanks, Ginger!

Passion Flower

You never know what you will find growing on your back fence. I noticed these lovely blooms today and it is winding up my fence...

Hope you week holds a little passion for something or someone you love!!

Thanks Sharon, at Sharon's Cottage Quilts, for letting me know that there is a story about these flowers. Here is an edited version I found on the web...

The Passion Flower - Unusually for such a story it has a well-documented and undisputed origin. Jacomo Bosio, a scholar, lived in Rome in 1609. He was working on a treatise upon the crucifixion when an Augustinian friar of Mexican birth showed him drawings of a remarkable flower. After much prevarication (and a rather liberal interpretation of the facts) he agreed to include the drawings of the flower in his book. The symbols of the Passion of Christ were many and varied. The unique corona represented the crown of thorns. The ten sepals and petals represented the Apostles (except Judas and Peter, who both distanced themselves from Christ prior to the crucifixion). The five anthers were the five wounds on Christ’s body, and the three stigmas the nails. The leaves were the spear that pierced His side, and the tendrils the scourges that flayed His flesh. Click here to read the full article. (source paulsibley.net)