Two posts in a week (or so?) I’m on a roll! This bit of news is definitely worth the extra time at the keyboard: The Olde Farm and the PGA Tour are putting together …
Memories of the King of Pop
First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett, followed by Michael Jackson. But to have it topped off with the OxyClean guy (Billy Mays)? That’s just too much to take in one seven-day period. The …
Anger Management Tree Stump
I’m not quite sure what purpose this tree stump once held. Hundreds of nails have been hammered into its top. They are so far down in the stump they form …
Vintage Daffodils
Are there such things as vintage flowers? I’m sure of it. My mom’s mom’s mom (that would be my great-grandmother Ocie!) planted beautiful daffodils around her house decades ago, long …
There’s No Place Like Home
It’s no coincidence that my favorite movie of all time is The Wizard of Oz. Just like Dorothy, I’ve been known to click my heels together and chant “there’s no place …
Find Your Marbles
There’s something extraordinary about displaying the ordinary in your home. Lots of colorful vintage marbles together in a glass jar make a great conversation piece. These particular marbles have a …
Mink Teddy Bear
A few years ago my Granny had an old mink coat she could no longer wear. My mom came up with an ingenious idea…turn the fur into teddy bears! She …
Crazy for Quilts
I’m crazy for crazy quilts. The crazy-quilting fad began in the United States in the 1880s. My great-grandmother, Annie Louise Jackson McGlothlin (who my son Jackson is named after), made …
I Scream for Eames
Eames chairs are synonymous with modern style. Charles and Ray Eames adapted molding techniques developed during World War II to mass produce this classic design. The fiberglass stacking shell chairs …
Coat of Many Buttons
Another inauguration has come and gone and I’m paying for the snacks I ate while planted in front of the tv watching it. I don’t know about you, but when …