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it is 13 degrees fahrenheit today

Anne of Green Gables

bookmark I made for my paternal grandmother when I was in kindergarten

Pollyanna's world! - my FIL bought me four more military prisms so now I have seven large prisms in the living room windows - love the rainbows shining on the coat wrack in the entry

most of the milk glass that I buy I give to my MIL but this pedestal bowl was far to pretty to give away

it contains a bird's nest, butterfly wings, acorns, a pine cone, feathers, a dragonfly's wing, dried roses, and a wishbone

everything naturally found (except for the wishbone and roses) after the creature was dead or had migrated for the winter

one of my conchs (the one not shown - because it washed out in the photos) I found rolling in the surf on my first visit to Mexico - it is very worn and pitted but I love that I found it

the coral is some I found on a beach in Mexico, the abalone is one that my FIL dug up in a tide pool in San Diego - the rest of the shells are from thrift shopping

hands are Avon - thrifted - i like wooden knots and knot holes and tend to collect them when I find them

ah - there is my conch - see how smooth and washed it is (it is rather small too)

what isn't there to love about marbles? fan from an old computer and model catapult we've had forever - think it was a gift for my husband from someone in my family

we salvaged a little something from our Subaru before the wreckers hauled it away

love the patina on this thrift store bell - my current book

my FIL cut this out for me out of some sort of board insulation - I am going to use it as a form for egg-carton paper mache like my huge cross - I say, do you leave unfinished stuff hanging on your walls?

my bowling ball gazing ball now holds my husband's grandfather's fedora

a look at the miniature terra cotta warriors the girls bought when we saw the warriors at the MIA

  

C found this deck of fact cards for two dollars at the thrift store - I thought they were mega-cool - I think we will use them for bookmarks

oh look! be still my beating heart! Kenneth Branagh

anyone else love glass insulators? most of mine came from my in-laws - the burnt wood is some I picked up on vacation

our Lenten spiral and a wool granny squares afghan that I shrunk and cut up for a place mat on our lazy susan

3 teacups from my maternal grandmother - when Mom asked me what I wanted from Grandma's china - I said I wanted the birth month teacups for each member of our family - apparently January was busted - these are November, September, and May

pocket watch is from Tim's paternal grandfather

teacup from Tim's paternal grandmother - hand thrift store

one of Tim's aunt's made Darth -- the vase, and the photo are mine

one of six swords hanging in our living room - this one is a sword of the Rohirrim - Tim has five swords from LOTR

butter-knife cross - me made

C started making these bracelets out of the girls' hairbands - I put a stop to the use of the normal hairbands as we go through them like crazy anyhow - I bought a bunch of fun bands at Dollar Tree

I've been having C draw pictures for words she misspells - here is business

her gallant knight

gossips who exaggerate!

What do you think of my wildly eclectic living room?  - I didn't even show you the weeper (pleurant), feast on fools, the catgoyle, unicorn, the dragons, or the LOTR figures...it makes my living room sound bizarre - it really isn't - okay it is - I can't help myself - I love a wide variety...I am told I put things together well and my house is fascinating - I dunno - I worry that it is just weird.