Vintage Glider Memories

When I was a little girl my gandmother had a glider in her backyard.

We would go out and sit in it early in the morning...

Listening to the mockingbirds sing in the trees overhead. 

My grandmother, being the wonderful woman that she was,

 would make up stories of what the mockingbirds were singing to us

I never hear a mockingbird sing...

or see a vintage glider...

...that I don't think of her and her love for me.

This is my vintage pie crust glider just waiting for a paint job.

What color do you think would make her sing?

I'm thinking maybe a blush pink...?

Linked up: Brambleberry Cottage

http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

 for Time Travel Thursday

A special place for me

I have a completely insane desire.

I'm not sure why my mind ruminates on it like it does but it's almost like a mini vacation for me just to play with the mere idea of it. 

Here we go...are you ready to hear it...? I want a travel trailer.  

Now I don't want just any ol' travel trailer. I'm not interested in guidance systems...or dish washers...or pop outs. I want a vintage trailer...a piece of history. I'm thinking an airstream...a "silver bullet"...a Cadillac of travel trailers. I want it well built, simple and classic...and then...I want to make it mine.

When I was little my grandfather had an Airstream...King of the Road, if I remember correctly. I loved to play in that trailer. To me it was a huge wonderful playhouse. What more could a little girl ask for? I was in heaven when I had my dolls and hours to play in that trailer. I'm dreaming of something similar...but oh so different too. The design artist in me longs to change it...paint it...drape it...upholster it...jewel it...

...are you following me? Maybe it's that child of the 70's in me....or a bohemian gypsy spirit longing to be nurtured. I see curling ephemera...cabbage roses...texture galore...a space that embraces the soul of a woman.

I want a magical cocoon to dream in.

A womb like space to create and write down the thoughts as they flicker through my mind.

Feather mattresses to sink into...velvet throws to warm...stained glass windows to play with the light as it comes streaming into the space...crystal chandeliers that tinkle in the slightest breeze like delicate wind chimes...embroidered pillows piled high and deep to prop up with...silk oriental carpets on the floor to delight bare feet.

Vintage tin ceilings...old woodwork...lace curtains...delicate china for morning coffee... 

I'm not dreaming of a masculine space, but I would love to share it with Blue Eyes...

 at the beach...or on a mountain top...or even at the edge of a lake...

No wonder I ruminate on it quite often...

Doesn't it sound heavenly?

Photos by: Jonny Valiant 

For more info: 

magnoliapearl.com or romantichomes.com

For the Love of All Things Red

Red is a bright, warm color that brings out strong feelings in us.

Red can create excitement and intensity of emotion.

It says love, warmth, and comfort.

                                     

These words are synonymous with red or represent various shades of the color red: 

blood red, blush, brick, burgundy, carmine, China red, cinnabar , crimson, fire engine red, flame, Indian red, madder, maroon, rose, rouge, ruby, russet, rust, scarlet, tomato, Venetian red, and vermillion. Wow! We have lots of choices in this color.

                                                   

Consider the ways we use the word red in language...redneck...red hot passion...painting the town red...seeing red...red carpet treatment...taking the red eye...in the red...or red flag. 

cookies by Julia Usher

Red is hot.

It's a strong color that conjures up a range of seemingly conflicting emotions

from passionate love to violence and warfare.

Red is Cupid and the Devil.

via Gumps

The use of red in decorating increases hunger and encourages conversation. 

It asks you to come in and stay awhile.

Red has guts .... deep, strong, dramatic. A geranium red.

A Goya red ... to be used like gold for furnishing a house ...

for clothes, it is strong, like black or white.

- Valentino

Use the color red to grab attention and to get people to take action

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Use red when you don't want to sink into the background.

Pottery Barn

Use red to suggest speed combined with confidence and perhaps even a dash of danger.

Use red to say  "I love you...with all my heart."

Happy Valentine Day to all of you!

I wish you love.

Thank you to The Graphics Fairy for the vintage valentine images.