Nutshell Version Of My Holiday Weekend

Going Over The Bridge To Get To The Island

Opened the window to smell the air

....Yeah!

Friday- 

Opened the shades, Squirted down the windows outside so there was a "clear" view of the ocean,

Dressed For Dinner To Meet Old Friends. 

So Enjoyed seeing everyone!

Saturday-

Slept Late, Lie In The Hammock and Read... Until I heard and felt the strings popping.  When The Sixth One Popped and I was sagging to the floor I decided to go downstairs and started Sitting on the Porch to Read, Took a Nap, Read Some More,

Dressed for Dinner To Meet Old Friends, Ate Too Too Much

Continued conversations and told same funny stories.

Sunday-

Slept Late, read on the porch, took a nap, finished one book and started another, took another nap, got too much sun, made appetizers to take to friends house and again....ate too much.

Said good bye to friends until the next time...

Monday- 

Cleaned, Packed, Closed Up.

Opened the windows to smell the air...

So sad to say Good bye, Beach..

"Go Outside" and Have A Wonderful Memorial Weekend Holiday!

Enjoy this twinkling little ditty..Maybe you will be humming
it all weekend!

The Cult- "Go Outside"


Be safe where ever you are and I hope to see you back here on Tuesday.

Hand Tools, Garden Implements & Kitchen Utensils.....in Watercolor

Enjoy these beautiful watercolors by Texas artist Philip Lamb
I think that they are WON.....der.....ful!

Channel Lock

Planer

Miter Saw

Hammer

Small Monkey Wrench

Paint Brush

Hedge Trimmers

Muddy Spade

Garden Spade

Green Cultivator 

Long clippers

Red Melon Scoop

Apple Corer

Potato Masher

Melon Scoop

Wood Meat Hammer

Ladle

Bluebirds

Look what is outside my kitchen window....

"As long as there are bluebirds, there will be miracles and a way to find happiness." - Shirl Brunnel

What is a Woolly Pocket?

For those of you that feel like they have no space for a garden and for those that would like to extend their garden............

LOOK! 

 You can create a lush garden anywhere and I mean anywhere!

On walls inside or on the floor, and outside on the sides of a building.

The woolly pocket in made with 100 % made in the USA recycled materials, that are soft, breathable, modular and really FUN!  They really transform a wall, don't you think?

MAGIC!

www.woollypocket.com

I Love Tom's Shoes!!! Buy a Pair....Give Someone in Need a Pair

 Doing something nice never felt so good!

My First Gardenia Bloom!!

Have a Happy Weekend....

It's All About the Mix

Designer Darryl Carter does a great job mixing the crunchy and fine which

makes the room so much more interesting. I feel that something old and not perfect adds something special.  Don't you think?

Love this space.

Bottle Cap Art-Outsider Art.

I just love to see what people find and use to create something.

Thought that I would pass on my finds and show you something new.

Chain made with bottle caps....HUMMMMMMM

Basket....Sculpture...Basket Sculpture

Basket...wonder how it would look filled with peanut butter M&M's

Better, I think.

Ashtray made with mayonnaise lid and signed on the bottom

Candle holder or vase

Bottle caps surround glass container

The objects shown are a sampling from Philip Lamb's collection.  He is an

artist from Texas and has been collecting for years.

Thank you for checking in on Harmless Banter today....

Let's Go Outside And Do Some Damage

Wonderful finds from Terrain

LOVE. THIS. OLD. WATERING. CART. It is a mid-century from the UK that provided irrigation. Think of all the things

you can do with this piece.  Fill with ice and drinks for the first outdoor party of the season, fill with plants, use it to irrigate your garden, put a top on it and use as a fun server...see what I mean?

Nature rusted Iron Allium Stem perfect in the garden or your flower box and you 

can't kill it!

 

Pretty Pretty Outdoor Rug

Plant Stakes....so you don't forget what you planted.

You know it always looks so different as a big plant compared to the new plant.

Concrete Magnolia handmade by a US artist.  Perfect for a Southern garden.

Bespoke Slatted Bench weathered to perfection found in the UK.

The birds are going to LOVE you for giving them their own "swimming pool."

 I do love sunflowers.  They make me smile.

Look At What I Found At .....

Urban Outfitters click to see other goodies.

Love the Flag Throw With The New Color Choice! 

I think it's the turquoise.

This Floor Mat Is Great! Just love the distressed imitation floor in green.

GREAT Idea for Retail Therapy!- Multipied

 

"Friday Next",www.fridaynext.com located in Amsterdam, is a sleek, airy retail shopping mecca and lifestyle store that gives shoppers the ability to update their wardrobes, redo their living space, feed and nourish their bodies all at the same time in the same space!  It is definitely multitasking at its best.

At the Beach...... to Work

I hope that you enjoy your weekend!!

Folk Art

According to Wikipedia..."Folk Art was produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople.  In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic."




"Today antique folk art is distinguished from traditional art in that it is collected based on its artistic merit but was never intended as a category to be art."


Many items can be considered folk art- primitive art, weathervanes, old signs, carved figures, fire buckets, painted game boards, old crocks, baskets.


It is easy to find pieces that attract you and once the bug has bitten...there is no
turning back.

Rocking horse and baskets

Hooked rug, barber poles, decoys, iron object

Fish decoys

 Carousel  ride, portrait, dolls

Weather vanes

Target piece

Quilt, weathervane carved animal

Rocking horse, game board

Weather vanes

Carnival signs

Bird whistle

See how you can incorporate the art into you home and how much it 

adds to your own space.