Treasure TROVE

We visited our son and his family in Indiana this weekend and they showed us his new
work place in Roanoke, Indiana and they also took us to a few shops in this quaint little town.

TROVE was my favorite!

It is located at 270 North Main Street in Roanoke, Indiana.

There is also a TROVE barn and these first few photos are of some of the goodies in the barn.

LOVED IT!

Aren't these lights made out of clay pots so neat?

Fell in LOVE with this ladder.

The TROVE BARN

This building is the main store. They had so many wonderful treasures inside.

Sorry for the quality of some of the photos.
I am afraid that my camera has seen better days for indoor shots or else
I STILL don't know what I am doing. HA!
I do not like to use a flash so I contend with a myriad of blurry photos to weed through.

I just thought the building and the landscaping was beautiful!

I hope you enjoyed your mini tour. If you are ever in Roanoke, Indiana be sure
to stop by...you will love it!

Strep infection in the middle of summer?

I have been longing to take pretty photos to share here with you. It has been awhile since I have been able to do that and it is driving me crazy. I even took a long way home today to see if I could find something I wanted to photograph and NADA! NILCH! NOTHING!  So , I pulled out the old homestead card again and just walked around my property. Love this tub filled with white flowers on my deck. I had the same thing in it last year along with  white allysum that somehow got left out this year. Hmm...someone obviously was not paying attention. *Smile*

I would love to find a whole field of Queen Annes Lace, but little bits here and there will have to do for now. I do love that prairie weed ...I mean flower!

This has not been a pleasant week around the Boothman house. It started with me on Tuesday. I got out of bed and felt like a mac truck had ran over me. My throat was sooooooooo sore and I just ached all over. I figured a 24 hour bug that would disappear fast. Not. So. Much.  It hung on and hung on...just started feeling somewhat normal late yesterday and today. Still have a little sore throat , but nothing like it was.

IN THE MEANTIME...

Hubby came home from work Thursday at 9 am. Now this is not a good sign when he normally gets home at 3:30 or later. He was full blown SICK! Same as me, but it hit him even harder...so hard that I hauled him into the doctor yesterday. You have to understand that this man NEVER goes to the doctor and NEVER misses work. He has full blown strep infection and is a mess. He is on an antibiotic and I am praying that it starts working extra hard soon so could you please pray for that too?  He is still having a lot of pain in his throat and his glands are swollen etc.   Oh yes, when he came home early Thursday, he told me that he had started to doze off on the way to work and also ended up hitting a small deer. Lord have mercy!! It didn't hurt his battered , old, pickup truck, but I think it was about the last straw for him the way he was feeling. Thank you so much for your prayers!! 

Flat for rent and a WINNER!

First of all I HAVE to add a disclaimer. The lighting here was so awful when I took these pictures,
but I didn't have a choice so I had to settle.  Whew...got that out of the way. Now on to fun stuff. :)

I decided it was time for a major redo on my long kitchen shelf and this is what I came up with.
I would love your opinions. Sometimes when I get something finished I really like it until I
look at the pictures over and over and then I wonder. ha!!

zinc pots from Belgium aren't just for planting anymore...

I always have to add candles in some form because I love candles.

This is on the other side of the window. {the long shelf is on the left hand side
and this is on the right. I know kinda lopsided, but is is what it is}
I added these towels to a candle sconce.   Guess what Sandi managed to do after this
photo was taken?? Yep , that's right. Can't leave well enough alone. I was messing
around with the sconce and some of the melted wax dripped down on my towel.
I was not a happy camper, but not surprised at all that I did that. :)

I found the flat for rent sign when I went antiquing last week. Love it!
So is this display a keeper or is the window too long for the shelf??

I bet you are wondering what this is all about?? No??  You scrolled clear down to the bottom before you
even read the post, didn't you?? I know !! I have done that before too and then went back up and read the
whole post. It is okay...you are forgiven. lol.

Julie of eab designs
  you are the winner of the Shabby Apple dress so contact me with your info and I will get
the ball rolling so to speak.

Hoping you all had a wonderful Valentines day. I sure did and I am very thankful for a hubby who
adores and spoiles me. Yes, he does spoil me. I know that and I am very blessed!!

Signs of fall

The signs of fall are all around us. I picked a few of my hydrangeas several days ago and just love them.
They are one of my favorite things about fall. I do love the cool , crisp weather too, but I do not look forward to winter.  I think every year it gets harder for me to handle the cold.  I have always been one to try and keep the thermostat lower to try and save money, but last year I just couldn't seem to stay warm so I chucked that idea right out the door. Funny thing is we didn't use any more gas than previous years when I kept the thermostat a little lower. In fact we did a prebuy for the winter and we had $125 left on our account when winter was over. No more cold for me!! lol

I added a few of my hydrangeas to one of my Peacock Park boxes. :)

Belgium zinc seed pots go very well with fall items.

I found these mini boo pumpkins up the road a little ways. They had ONE at the stand and I asked them if they had more and she sent two of her kids out with a couple bags and they picked a bunch more for me. That is service!

A new favorite basket. I picked this up at the new Home Goods store that we found on our way home from our daughters house last weekend. On clearance...$4.50.
It was very interesting getting to this particular Home Goods store. When you get off the exit it sends you into a round-a-bout within another round-a-bout. We TRIED to go on the way up, but were so confused trying to navigate the thing that hubby took what he thought was the road to get us to the store and put us right back on the interstate! Too funny!!
Somehow we actually navigated it on the way home and got to the store. Thankfully it must have been a slow time of day so we could take our time and really watch the signs, but I am telling you whoever designed that thing was twisted. lol.

A little bling never hurts.

more bling...

love these little crown earrings that I purchased some time ago on clearance at Claires.

On a side note, once again I must apologize for not making it to very many blogs lately. I do get to visit many of you when I am at my son or daughters house though. I am amazed at how many I can actually comment on while at their houses with high speed compared to here at home. Dial up..maybe one in the time I can comment on 10 or 15 there. Sure is slow around here sometimes...
Praying you all will have a wonderful weekend . Stay cool and be safe.