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Not forgotten

I haven't forgotten about my inside goodies, I've just been all involved with outside things since spring (feels like summer) is here in Alabama.  My photography hobby time has been spent shooting things for my photo blog (and now I have yet another blog just for barns).  Now I'm hoarding blogs???  Oh, dear.

For anyone who visited my photo blog, "Amy's Photo Blog" it is no more.  I changed the name, and therefore, the site address, to Rose Street Reflections.
Please visit me there !

Amy

Good for 5 cents

Do six photos make it worth six times more?

I got carried away.

Amy

It's almost time

to get these off the shelf and displayed for Easter!

Unfortunately, these yellow pieces below aren't on my shelves, but are from Simply Yesterday antique store.

Isn't the yellow pretty?

And these blue birds aren't on my shelves either.

So many things, so many choices, so little room to put them, and, of course, not enough money for every little pretty thing that catches my eye.

Amy

Frogs

Sometimes there is nothing to say.

Amy :)

Yes, it's vintage . . .

This barn is 50-100 yards outside my front door.  In fact, these photos were taken from my front porch.

You might recognize it in other photos I've posted on the other blog or on my sidebar here.

I like it.

My father and grandfather built it in the 1950s (or 40s?).  It is a nice barn with character, not in good shape, has some new wood holding up a corner, been used for high school senior casual photographs.  

Residents include barn kitties, gophers, and weasels.  Yes, weasels.

I need a spring photo with the buttercups that are blooming on the hill immediately behind it.  However, to get the flowers, I would need to get closer than the front porch, and today the wind was blowing so hard I was afraid a piece of roof tin would blow off and kill me.

So, maybe tomorrow.

Forest and the trees

A friend commented on my last post about this photo.  She is right that it is very hard to get a decent photo of a cardinal in the snow.  I was very fortunate that day.  My husband is learning that when I say "stop the car" I mean stop the car -- after making sure it is safe, of course.

It was taken on a dirt road near my home in a forest of pines during the wonderful snow we had in January 2011.  

I drove down that road this past week and was upset to find that they are clear-cutting that forest of pines.

I'm glad I have the photos.

Thanks, Kerry, for reminding me.

Limonade Gazeuse

When asked what I'm going to do with some junk I buy, many times I say

"I'm going to look at it"

And, that's exactly what I'm doing with my French Limonade bottles.  They go well with my tarnished silverplate and some tiny junk thrown in.

Linking to:

The Polohouse: Favorites of the Month

Thank you so much!

Wow.  I feel very honored to be featured by Brenda at Cozy Little House in Welcome Wagon Friday.  Everyone is so kind.  I truly appreciate all the visits and nice comments.  

I hope to continue posting routinely as I have quite a collection of things and I visit shops often.  I do not have a business of any kind,  I just shop and collect.  One of these days that might change just so I can make some room.

My biggest hobby is photography.  Since the weather is not the best now, I decided photographing antiques, junk and collections is the next best thing -- as they are my second favorite hobby.

You people party a lot and I will figure out that aspect of blogging one day.

Thank you for the wonderful welcome,

Amy

This cabinet needs help

My home looks more and more like a store every day.  When will it stop?  This cabinet is overflowing.  I attempt to keep my things contained, but it is getting harder all the time.  I've been working on a "rotation" where I move things around, store some things, bring them out again.  I think that is the first sign of hoarding.    Oh, dear.

A skull, you asked?  He remained after all the Halloween was put away one year and I liked him there year around.  So he stayed.  (He's not the weirdest thing in there, BTW)

This is a little German coin purse.

Speaking of the unnecessary, I have a Label "vintage" on my vintage blog.  Geez.

Ancestors

Have you wondered why so many old photographs end up for sale in antique stores?  They are everywhere.  How did so many of them get away from the family?   Hopefully, most of them came from a photographer's own stash of copies of his work and were not tossed away by unappreciative descendants.  Many of them are tattered and have handwriting on the back with names and dates so that is not the case with all of them.  I wish I could purchase each one to save from destruction.

I remember a time when I was not a bit interested in long dead family members and their photos.  However, things have changed over the last 15 or 20 years for me.  I'm so glad I have these.  I hope my son keeps them long enough until he gets to the age to care about having them.  If the originals get away, I have them all scanned, high quality, backed up, electronic copy in bank safe deposit box - the works.

For those who are lucky enough to have these precious photos, please make the time to protect them (and your newer photos) from the worst.  One fire, tornado, flood, crashed hard drive can take them from us in a split second.  Get a scanner, learn how to use it, back up your hard drive, or pay someone to do it for you.  Think about it.  Enough preaching.  Please enjoy my ancestors.

Rusty Nail Trading Post

A new favorite.

So many photo ops here and bad/good for me - so many purchase ops!  I'm not sure where to start, but here's the big picture.  Isn't it great!

Yes, a rope bridge!

Something in the above photo came home with me.  The globe.  And yes, I already have one, but it's not pretty blue and gold like this one.

We will revisit the Rusty Nail with more photos in a future post.  

In the meantime please visit the Rusty Nail Trading Post's website.

and the Rusty Nail on Facebook.

Happy shopping!