Come Inside For The Winter

I like to have my ferns come inside for the winter.  Some years I don’t do it soon enough and the frost gets them.    We have had one light frost, which didn’t affect the ferns on our front porch.  So I decided to not press my luck and bring them inside today.

One hangs in the window, which is very awkward to water and water always drips on the floor.

Another sits on top of the pine hutch. I chopped  off most of the back of it so it would fit up against the wall   I need to take a better photo tomorrow when the light is better!

This metal planter was on the porch, and it wanted to come inside too.  There were 2 ferns in it when it was outside but this one is even bigger than the others, so  that I thought it needed room to spread out all by itself.

                                                   This one is beside my chaise lounge.  It is huge!

I also brought a pink geranium inside. I don’t know if I have enough sunlight to get it to bloom, but figure it’s worth a try.

Do you any of your plants like to come inside for the winter?

Rhondi xo

Preparing For Winter

 I began to preparing for winter yesterday.  Preparing for winter for many people involves stocking up on firewood, canning and freezing food from the garden.  My preparations are much less strenuous. I bring the ferns that are on our front porch, inside.

 Our sunroom gets a lot of light especially in the winter, so that’s where I put them.  Two go in front of the windows.

One hangs above my wicker desk.

 The other one goes in the corner where my wicker chaise lounge is.

Here is a view from the kitchen, with my messy desk in the way.

I did one more thing in preparing for winter.  I bought some pansies to put in some planters on the back deck!

So as you can see I have been VERY busy preparing for winter.  The water in the birdbath was frozen this morning so I got all my winter chores done just in time 

In my previous post  I was telling you how I have too many projects on the go.   One of them was to paint the top of this table which I use as a desk. I used Annie Sloan Louis Blue, a color I have  been using  quite a lot lately.  I gave it one coat of wax and so far it seems to be holding up well with the amount of use it gets.

Another project is painting and recovering the seats of a set of chairs I got at a yard sale.  There is a tablecloth sitting on this one which I am considering using to cover 2 of the chair seats, but I’m not sure yet. Did I tell you about these chairs already?  I don’t think so, but I’ll wait to tell you about the great deal I got on them when I get them finished.

One last thing.  I got this decal at The Dollar Tree.  Isn’t it great?  It fit perfectly in the panel on our fake fireplace mantle in the living room.  I liked it so much that I bought a bunch to give to friends.

This post was a little rambling wasn’t it? A little bit of this and a little bit of that.

Are you preparing for winter?  What have you done so far?

I’t a chilly day, just the kind of day that is perfect for a hot cup of something.  I am going to make a nice pot of tea.  Care to join me?

Rhondi x0

Twig Tree For Christmas

Like most of you I have been decorating our house for Christmas.  Many of my decorations are red but in my sunroom red is just too bright.  So I made a twig tree for Christmas in here.  Our home backs onto a woods which makes it very  easy for me to get some branches and put them in a vase.  If you already know me it's no surprise that I just happened to have a blue and white vase!

These crocheted snowflakes that a student gave me years ago make such a nice contrast against the dark brown branches.

Some small glass ornament from my collection add a sparkle of silver blue and aqua.

My twig tree  is the perfect tree for the sunroom: light airy and whimsical and it doesn't take up too much room.

Here is a view from the other direction.  This room is also my office so I get to look at my twig tree  and it doesn't block my view out the window as I work.

Maybe I have inspired you to find some branches and make a tree like this.  It is so easy and you could hang anything on it: cookie cutters, pinecones,  paper snowflakes, bows, spray it white, glue sparkles on it.  There are endless possibilities.

I like my twig tree so much it may stay up after Christmas and it can be a winter twig tree!

I'd love to see what you've done to decorate in your home.

Thanks for stopping by.
Rhondi xo

My Favorite Things

My friend Marie from at A Year From Oak Cottage tagged me to list 5 of my favorite things. Marie has a great blog full of inspiring words and fabulous recipes. I have lots of favorites things in my home , so it was hard to choose only 5, but here is what I chose:

My collection of plates. I just counted 38 hanging on the wall. I purchased the first one in 1978.

These beautiful prints of a boy and girl. They belonged to my mother and I always loved them even as a child. I have very few family things so they are very special to me.
The crosstitch sampler I made, because of all the work I put into it and because of what it says.

My dainty blue tea set. This is the favorite of all the things I have. It brings back so many happy memories of tea with friends, my sister, and my Aunt Lottie who started me on the first piece and who made the best chocolate chip cookies ever!

My chaise lounge. I have spent so many special mornings here with my bible and my journal.
So those are my favorite things. I am going to tag 5 new blogging friends that I met through the summer porch party.

Eleanor Thatchwick Cottage

Mary Jane Beehive Cottage
Michele I'm a Little Tea Pot

Celestina La Rea Rose

Diane A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words

I know you'll enjoy getting to know these gals.

Rhondi xo