...sorry sales, step aside ~

IT'S MULBERRY TIME!!

First harvest from our tiny tree yielded TWO large industrial metal mixing bowls F.U.L.L.!!  (Yes, we did end up giving half away!).  There is LOTS more to come, too!

*For those not familiar with Mulberries, they are simple to harvest, just lay a large sheet down under a branch and shake - the ripe ones drop off!  Move sheet, Repeat...  Move sheet, Repeat... NO THORNS!!  Just have to sort and cull the 'droppings'.*

It has always been a struggle to beat the birds, squirrels and rain ~ but this year we learned that there are others who are also VERY FOND of the little morsels!

We watched this lady for about 40 minutes - J with his Canon, I with the spotlight - as she happily munched on the dropped berries we had left behind!

...BIG HAPPENINGS

Whether your SUMMER SOLSTICE was on June 20th or 21st this year, hope it was a Beauty !

 

 Now, to await the arrival of the SUPERMOON!!

(I DO enjoy the making of these arrangements soooo, WHY don't I do it more often??  It isn't like we lack for a variety of vases, or flowers - that's for sure!)

Here's to the 'Biggest, Brightest' weekend of the year...

...Wednesday ramble.

"Is shopping for supplies then a way to postpone the real creating part?"

Came across this remark in the comments section of a 'thought provoking' post over at NOTES FROM THE VOODOO CAFE this morning ...

...sunshiny Monday ~ kinda.

Lovely weekend, spent transporting my parents for a 'long-weekend visit' to my brother's family and their newly built home AND of course a celebration of Father's Day! 

 While there, we even managed to sneak out for a few garage sales Saturday morning...

VERA 2013 silk #16 ($1)

VERA 2013 silk #17 ($1)

 Upon return on Sunday night, I felt refreshed, and inspired as only a 'change in scenery' can do for the soul...

 This morning, 'THE RAINS' stopped for a period and the sun actually shone!!!  The gardens are in a stage of pure bliss...

...just one side of our lawn border of roses...

...quantities of mulberries, the likes of which I have never before seen on our 'little' tree!

The 'Wine & HERB BED' with it's New Wine Bottle Tree (compliments of My Dad's handiwork!!~THANKS DAD!)

...and for dinner tonight we had Grilled Chix w/ a side of Garden stir fry Bok Choy & Scapes!!

...and now it is raining again.

...is the Universe trying to tell me something??

 The majority of this past Saturday's 'loot' consisted of this...

and the week before I score a L*A*R*G*E box of this!

hmmm...

'Somebody' better brush up on their "cast-of-characters" and get listing in their ETSY store P.D.Q. !!

...almost

While out saling yesterday morning, I found this cloth.  It is 'ALMOST' enough to make me wish that I was back in  college, living in a Dorm!  You know, with those BIG,Concrete Block walls just screaming out like empty palettes - waiting for a piece like this!?!!

 Okay, I guess that is a R.E.A.L.L.Y. BIG "ALMOST"!

I'm sure I will figure something out.  For now I am just admiring it "Airing out" on the back porch. (It actually had NO ODOR~  That was just the excuse that I gave J,  so that I could hang it somewhere, admire it and bond with it shortly before I decide it's outcome - hmmmm...)

 

I did pick up a few 'BIG KID' or Grown-Up type things while I was out saling too...

(NEW) mini Hand sifter (am I the only one who still sifts when baking?), mixing bowl, vintage jar, Bath & Body Lotion, 2 'RABBIT' wine stoppers, funky prism/crystal, MoMA(Museum of Mod Art) Bag...  (total $1.50)

VERA 2013 #15 ($1) VERAsheer

Hope everyone makes the !FUN! happen in their lives this weekend

...taking a moment.

 

 I had a L-O-N-G (ER) post, full of 'treasures'! and journeys! and garden adventures! from this past weekend all ready to share, but in light of what has happened in Oklahoma... I guess that it all kind of puts things into perspective ~ sorry if this post is a little 'lack-luster'.

LOTs of weekend treasures (for a change!) - ranging from the USEFUL (a few small wallets/change purses - including a Fossil .25¢  and a selection of Hallmark/BlueRidge NEW Greeting Cards selected from a HUGE assortment - 4/$1.00) 

Some 'crafty supplies' - probably headed for an ETSY store near you - aren't the mini dominoes adorable? (The larger ones are regular size, and they are all made of some sort of old glass-type material?!)

Of Course. Some 'Bling' for me.

and some 'Bling' purchased just for the chains/cords to use on my wire wrapped pendants!

and what would saling be without ~

VERA 2013 #13 $1.00

VERA 2013#14 .50¢

and,

 but what's this 'BUTT UGLY bouquet of flowers?' you ask?
J found it at a sale.
VERY proud of himself.
I was kinda smitten too. B-)

 

ROYAL HAEGER 2013 #2 $2
Knowing that we had her little sister sitting home on the Dining Room buffet!

...then the rest of the weekend was spent
taming the wildness that has become our gardens!
(GOOD-BYE Old Tree Stump!!)

...now I just reflect on how 'silly' all of this 'stuff/junk' is in comparison to what is truly important in this life.