Vintage Furniture = Love.

I love Apartment Therapy. My favorite read is their "Scavenger Roundup" which is their picks from various Craiglist Ads from across the country. These are my favorites that I've seen today.

Sexy Little Red Leather Chair.

With Sexy Leather Couch...I love the tufting, and the rolled arms...sigh.

This lounge-y metal chair is begging me to find one like it.

The lines are so spiffy.

Look how great they look as a pair.

I'm hoping to make our house masculine, like a professor's study who plays rock and roll on the weekends. I do believe that falls into the eclectic category. Let's just hope I can find furniture like these beauties for a steal when I can finally decorate. I'm itching to make this house into the home I envision it to be.

PS--Earlier my dog and I had to chase a groundhog out of my mother-in-law's house. Picture it and you may chuckle a bit, but believe me it was quite the adventure. Never know what my day may hold. Let's hope the storms later keep under control.

Good Barbecue, Odd Death.

I probably confuse a lot of people with my titles. It comes down to having a very busy day and only a single post to tell it.

Tonight for supper we had beef barbecue with homemade sauce and pita bread that I made on the stove top instead of an oven (it worked a lot better, it made it toasted and yummy). I will definitely be making this meal again.

However, on a sad note, when I went out to feed this evening I was coming back up to the house and stopped at the hutch nearest the house to check on my young does that are all housed together. Three came to the door to greet me, which left one unaccounted for. I found her on her side and dying behind a wooden box I have for them to play on. She was breathing very calmly, and her eyes looked clear, but she was obviously dying. I picked her up and she was limp, and had some viscous clear liquid around her genitals, but other than that she looked normal. I gave her to my husband who took her to the barn and put her down humanely and quickly so she wasn't suffering anymore. The more I think about it, I honestly think she may have broken her back. I've never seen an animal with clear eyes be so sick as to lay prone, and the other girls seem very healthy and fine, so I'm assuming that's what happened.

A Lumping of Treasuries that included my Items.

Rustic Look... featuring "Wash Day"

A Few of my Favourite Things, featuring "Cold Days Ahead."

The Farmer's Daughter featuring "Is It Any Wonder?"

Heavenly featuring "Queen Anne's Petticoats."

The Unexpected featuring "Mason Jar."

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Father's Day is in June.

"Butch's Truck" was featured in this cute little treasury by cornflowerbluestudio on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: The Darling Buds of May.

"Foggy Morning" has been chosen to be featured in this beautiful treasury by thebeautifulproject on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Before Dinner.

"Pablo's Portrait" was featured in the treasury "Before Dinner" by isheshop on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Nature's Bounty.

"Reach" was picked to be included in the treasury "Nature's Bounty" which was curated KitzieG on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Celebrate Cinco De Mayo.

"Warmed Up Roses" was featured in the treasury "Celebrate Cinco de Mayo" curated by Birdnestsandpaper on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Love You Dad.

"Butch's Truck" was chosen to be included in the treasury "Love You Dad" curated by Birdnestsandpaper on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Violet and Scarlet.

"Warmed Up Roses" was featured in the treasury "Violet and Scarlet" picked by cornflowerbluestudio on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Kentucky Derby.

"Placid Afternoon" was featured in the treasury "Kentucky Derby" curated by BastowDesigns on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: I Got Swagger.

"Joe's Red Chair" was featured in the treasury "I Got Swagger" curated by steampunkfunk on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Little Fluffy Clouds.

"Above the Clouds" was featured in the treasury "Little Fluffy Clouds" curated by LittleWrenPottery on Etsy.

Name Game: First Round.

Here is the buckling goat. He's a LaMancha, blonde and white in color, he has wattles under his neck (you can see them in one of the pictures). He is very ornery, and loves to torment the dogs. He really needs a name (along with a bunch of my other livestock), so the plan is to have you help. I've decided anybody who submits a potential name will be included in a drawing for a free print from my shop. I'll have the drawing once all the livestock have been named. So, the buckling is the first to get named.

Thanks in advance for all the help. Have fun with it. Keep in mind I really like 'human' names for animals, and names with backgrounds (ie, from novels, movies, etc.), and names with variations to be used in future generations (ie, if his name was King, then I could name his daughter Princess someday, as a hypothetical example).

You can submit your suggestions via comments on this blog, commenting on facebook, email, phone call, etc. Happy Naming Everybody!

Sorry all of the photos are action shots, he doesn't like to sit still.

You can see his wattles in the image above.

He's got white markings on his face, and beautiful light colored eyes. He was supposed to be disbudded, but the horns are coming back in as scurs.

The Bee Swarm (Pictures, finally).

Hundreds of bees that were hanging on a branch outside my house. So pretty.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Gentle on my Mind.

"Joe's Red Chair" was featured in the treasury "Gentle on my Mind" curated by StoneandFiber on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: My Life with Johann the Monkey.

"Warmed Up Roses" was featured in the treasury "My Life with Johann the Monkey" curated by reneeanne on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Shades of Gray.

"Railroad and Weeds" can be seen in this treasury curated by FlightsofFancyStudio on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Country Roads Take Me Home!.

"One Lane Bridge" was featured in this cute treasury by SoapGarden on Etsy.

My Item was Featured in the Treasury: Nature's Bounty.

"Reach" was picked to be included in the treasury "Nature's Bounty" which was curated KitzieG on Etsy.