my "New Dawn Rose" in all its glory...

spring

is natures way

 of saying

 "let's party!"

~robin williams

happy new week!

♥

all photos taken on my back deck...

won't you drop by for the "party"? 

 i'd love to see you.

♥

erin

fernvale wedding shower...

 my son ian and his girlfriend sam,
 have moved
 out to the country....
 to a cute old farmhouse on 5 acres.

 last weekend,
 i helped sam decorate her carport area,
 for a casual wedding shower.

 they live in an area called

fernvale
....the mountain behind their house is covered up with ferns....

so i had to include a shot of this gorgeous spider web, hovering over some ferns,
 like a little space ship.

i decorated the area using my

 vintage tablecloths, enamelware pitchers and ball jars.

all of the flowers were cut from the property
 and arranged willy-nilly
(that is fun to say, "willy-nilly")....

the less contrived,

 the more casual and fun,
for this little farmhouse....




i am still getting used to this new blogging format...ug.... so please bare with me as i figger it all out!

we are having an incredible spring here in , tennessee!!!

   there are flowers bloomin everywhere i look! 

 my new dawn rose is blooming on the back deck...

 and i have been snapping away...

trying to capture its glory, forever in my photos...

will share soon!

the little birdies continue to

"get their chirp on"....

merrily singing all day long....

one poor little baby bird fell out of its nest ,

that is perched over my front porch...

so i scooped him up, ever so carefully, and placed him back in the nest...

i was so sure that he must have been injured, after such a long fall, but when he was back safely in his nest,

 he immediately opened his tiny beak,

 to beg for food!

i think that was a good sign indeed!

i have been checking everyday to see if the mama bird has kicked him out of the nest,

 but so far, so good...

of course, i realize a neighbor kitty cat could have come by and had him for a snack...

that's nature...

but i like to think, that i helped best i could....

erin

♥

p.s.  much to my chagrin, i have started to add a watermark to all of my photos....i have seen more than one of my photos, passed around on Pinterest, with absolutely no credit given....end of story.

dogwood trees a bloomin!

i am still here!
i have been so busy with
 all things spring...
including my gardening biz...
and exercise...
and painting my kitchen trim (3 coats, er)
and my photography...
and my art...
and junking (oh you should see some of my finds...hmmmm, you probably will)
and a glorious trip to fall creek falls, tennessee...right before Easter, where the
 dogwood trees
 were putting on a lacy show... right in front of our cabin...and all through the woods...
and so of course, i had to capture them!
enjoy!
~i have included some shots of my dogwood paintings, that i hung on an old barn behind my son, ian's house~

this was the view from our balcony! dogwood trees in bloom everywhere, right down to the lake!
my girlfriend, jenny said,
 "it's like the there's a bouquet right there in the trees".

and in my own backyard, with the afternoon light coming through the trees,
 the dogwoods
were most
 magical...

well, i must say that this is quite an exuberant time of year for me...i spend lots of time outside...the mild weather has me jazzed and energetic, sore and exhausted.
i must confess, i was kind of rusty putting together this post and i feel quite behind in blogging...truth be told, the dogwoods were blooming almost a month ago...so many flowers are already spent...the trees are completely leafed out and the sweet birds are
"putting their chirp on!"
 (to quote mr. dan). 
 we have many nests of baby birds in the garden, and when the mama bird fly's in to feed the youngins, they chirp like crazy!  it sounds like we live in an aviary...love it.

thanks so much for hanging with me and my infrequent posts.
i sure do like you.
♥

thanks too, to debra at common ground blog for featuring my easter room on her blog...
so sweet of you.
♥

erin

p.s.  my daughter and son in law will be here tomorrow for a short visit...friday we are going to see van halen (remember them?) at the bridgestone arena...saturday is the franklin main street festival AND the nashville flea market...and sunday is a graduation party for a friends daughter and then the susan tedeschi (love her bluesy voice, so much!) concert at ryman auditorium that night...
told you i have been busy.
fun times!

spring easter room...

i thought i had better show you my
easter decorations,
well...
before
easter!
can you believe it is this sunday??

"time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin,
into the future..."

i added shades of blues and aquas to my already whit-ish room...
i have been collecting and loving chenille blankets and crochet pieces for a long time,
and layered the room with these,
and sprinkled vintage treasures all around.....

i brought in an old wash tub,
 from the porch, to use as a fun end table.

layered with
 crochet pieces,
an old globe
(with just the right hues of blues)
and
a vintage tulip door stop.

i constantly change my art work around
 (and try to use existing nails when possible, ahem, 
sometimes this makes for interesting compositions)...

this is one of my paintings from a series that i have been working on.
this one is called
ashley

i have been having fun using burlap and  bits of lace affixed to my canvas's
and pretty spring-like paint colors on top.
a more impressionistic style for me,
which i am really liking.
i'll share the other paintings in this series soon... 

i printed out some of my recent spring photos
 (on plain ol typing paper)
and taped them to the backs of the two frames made from molding.

one of two garden trellis' brought in from the garden...
garden fencing too, serves as a wainscoting.

i was thrilled to find this blue toy jeep at the nashville flea!
bunny seems to like it.

i drive a jeep
and love it!

my makeshift chandy made from wind chimes hangs way down in the middle of the room,
and tinkles ever so sweetly when i walk by.

i hung a vintage print on the door knob of the old hutch,
and set fluffy chics on top (sitting in front of one of my aqua beachy paintings).

more touches of blues and aquas.

 a chenille doll blankey, from my childhood
(that means it is definitely vintage!  gulp.)

 i borrowed some of my enamel ware pitchers from the kitchen,
 as the colors were perfect.

a cute yellow bunny and more crochet.

a bluebird pillow that i made years ago.

cheeky candle chicks.

big kit-ten approves of the pillows.
me too!

i am sharing at these easter blog parties this week...

debra at common ground
and
french country home.


have a truly
blessed
easter
peeps!
♥


p.s.  thanks so much for your thoughts on my new header!  i love the idea of a collage, but am having a hard time settling on which pictures!  i am fickle, yunno! so until then, i am using a shot i took looking out my kitchen window.  i think it rather pretty.

i sure appreciate y'all!!
!!