Tea Time again!

Above: I baked some whoopie pies (these are RICH) and decided to take one up to my office to try it out.
Below, a new tea set I got at a yard sale ($20) this past weekend! I had the tray from a previous find. Raspberries are from my garden, roses are silk (from DH) purple flowers and lavender from my butterfly bush, the scones are pistachio-fig I baked a while back and keep some in the freezer.



Link to another Tea Time post here, Enjoy!

Taking pictures!

I have been having a lot of fun taking pictures of our onion & leek scapes we got out of our garden! And then my orchid arrived for Mother's Day, so I had more picture taking fun!
The pictures are on my Home Projects Blog.

Bird Hatchlings in our front yard!

Thursday, April 24th, we found a bird's nest in our front yard in a bush. The mother (so far we think they are Mockingbirds or blue birds) flew off and we went to investigate and saw brown spotted blue eggs. The next morning this is what we saw in the nest.
The next day we saw this...

And today (Saturday) we saw this! They have grown a lot in 2 days!

I checked on them this morning... shhhhh! (whispering) they are asleep! They are covered in fuzz today and move as one unit together! So cute! Sunday, April 27th, they are 3 days old. This was taken on Monday 4 days old. Below: This was taken this morning (Tuesday, April 29th) See the difference in their eyes! (5 days old) And now we are seeing feathers!

We got a quick picture of the mother. She was watching me and the nest so I went back inside.Friday, May 2nd. I got this shot of them late this afternoon when all was quiet. They are covered with soft down and feathers. They didn't budge when I came up for a picture!

Saturday, they are fluffier and have more feathers! Still sleeping a lot! One week old!

On Sunday, May 4th... look at all the feathers!

And today's picture (Tuesday, May 6th) the nest is getting smaller and smaller!

My Home Projects Blog

Visit my Home Projects Blog where I put the pictures of projects I do for my home decor. I am a thrifty decorator and do a lot of repurposing myself.
The link is permanently put on my front page to the left under the title picture!

Tea Time!

It was cold out today! But I was warm by my fireplace with a homemade scone (mocha with cocolate chips) and Tazo's Calm tea.
Recipe for above on Scones n More (my recipe Blog)
Below: Raspberry-Almond and coconut scones.

Below is a morning (Pero) grain drink I enjoy with my whole grain muffin (from Trader Joe's) and it was Easter time.

Master Closet

Our master closet. We made all the parts, machined them and installed the closet. My husband installed the hardwood flooring first. We had torn out the old wire closet, and then I patched and painted the walls. The material is white melamine.
The top picture is of the right side, then below the picture of the left side.
This shows pictures of the valets we installed. One for me on one side and one for his side.

My husband routed the backs of the panels to fit around the new baseboard he installed (we changed out from the smaller ones when the floor was done).This picture shows the rods are adjustable and the shelf above was extended over the corners to make a shelf at the top go all the way around the closet.
Link to guest closet pictures here.

UP Lights

I have put uplights behind my palms in my living room and dining rooms. I love the effect of the shadows on the walls and ceiling at night.There is a feather finial on my lamp which gives this great shadow!