"The Golden Days"
"The Typewriter"
"Forest"
"Great Pumpkin"
I am also really liking the giant wooden mustache on the easel. I think that would look amazing hung on the wall--quirky and subtle.
At any rate, there are a lot more great images from the house tour through the link above. This is just what caught my eye, so I suggest you head over to Apartment Therapy and look around for yourself.
I want to make this blog a combination of Cold Antler meets Design Crush meets Yardsale Bloodbath meets Bloom, Grow, Love meets a travel blog unlike any other. Wish me luck and I'll do my best not to just relax and lay in my bed while my baby sucks all the energy from my bones--because believe me that always seems like the most appealing option for my daily activities.
Every year, around August 20, I become a sneezing, bleary-eyed mess even with allergy medicine. The culprit? Ragweed. And because I'm so very allergic to ragweed I become sensitive to every other scent and allergen in the air. Being pregnant this year I was worried about the effect of medicine on my little fetus. The doctor said I had a few options, gave me some samples, and home I went. Usually my belly is constantly moving with the baby's kicks and jumps, but after I took the allergy meds she stopped. Scared me to death. I decided if it was affecting her enough to change her movement it might be affecting her in some other way as well. I decided I'd rather be uncomfortable and feel her moving instead of comfortable but unsure if she was truly okay or not. So...no allergy meds for me.
"Turning Pages" sold on etsy on Sunday--such an amazing feeling to have your dream job still moving in the right direction! Let's hope the good luck streak keeps going. I'll be adding more to my shop really soon--just need to polish up my photos of my work first.
Other than that I just keep getting bigger and bigger. Only nine weeks left and I'll have a brand new life in my arms. It still seems so surreal. I have tons to do with the nursery still, but if that doesn't get done before she comes home it's not the end of the world because I figure she'll be right by my bedside for quite a bit anyhow. 
Laurie of Made By SwirlyGirl's Side Lines featured one of my etsy listings on her blog today. In a post entitled Moody Monday--Time Flies: my "Turning Pages" print was one of the artworks listed. How exciting to be noticed. Let's hope for more exposure!!
This is my new Flemish Giant doe--she's only two months old and huge already. She has a wonderful personality and I'm very pleased with her.
This girl is just a medium sized rabbit, she was very easily handled from crate to cage, but now she's as nervous as could be. I wish she had the Flemish's disposition. If I could find another girl like my Flemish I'll most likely trade this one. We'll have to see--now I'm on the lookout for a suitable buck.
The chicks are growing up. This was taken two weeks ago, but it's proof that they are beginning to look like real chickens instead of birds with fluff falling off and bald spots...which all chicks have to go through--quite an ugly rite of passage.
Did you know that goats dance? These were our two whether goats--I ended up giving them back to the family we got them from. My husband decided they were too much work for me while I was pregnant--they were severely human dependent when they went out to pasture to graze--so as much as I hated to admit it, he was right. They were really funny though always trying to get to the tree leaves. Don't worry there are more goats in my future--I can feel it.
I am happy that my only real chores involve the chickens, the dogs, and the horses. As little as that is--it wears me out. Next year though there will be a generous increase in all livestock species I hope.
Lillies.
Pumpkin leaf with a silhouette.
Hairy green tomatoes.
Strawberries.
Chicken Frenzy
The summer has been a blur, our garden is really coming on. I'll post some photos from out in the garden patch tomorrow. My chicks are almost adult looking--now they've just got to grow, but they did make it out of their 'ugly stages' successfully. I'm also really excited that I've gained some new penpals this week! Some great girls over at MaryJanesFarm Farmgirl Connection and I are going to be writing letters back and forth and I'm really excited about it. I wrote two of them yesterday, and I've got two more to write to tonight. There's nothing better than a handwritten note in the mail. I suggest you write a note to somebody, anybody, today--it will brighten their day--I guarantee it.
Until tomorrow--have a wonderful evening!
