~The Beauty I See Around Me

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~John Muir

 

 

“Count your blessings, love your life, treasure your family and friends and all that you’re thankful for. Above all, soak in the gift of each moment and enjoy it with all of your heart.” ~Donna Fargo

Blessings, Bonnie

~Spring has Finally Sprung!!

Well it’s finally happened, Spring has arrived! I thought we would never see the end of Winter…I guess if we had no Winter, the Spring would not be so wonderful!The trees are now just starting to come alive after a long winters nap and Mother Nature is busy doing her magic!

My hubby has taken his bass boat out for a maiden voyage this morning…fishing season has officially started in this household!

He asked me to help him start a fishing blog for his bass club…I got to thinking about this blog and I felt bad that I hadn’t made any recent posts. It’s been a little easier for me to post on my “like” page on Facebook, but I realize now that not everyone does Facebook, I apologize for that.

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If you haven’t heard…I’m very excited to be welcomed into the Simple Life family!!

http://www.asimplelifemagazine.com/

In an upcoming issue they will be featuring some of my photography! It’s of a place that’s very dear to me! I’ll let you know the details later.

Thank-you to Jill Peterson for bringing me into this wonderful family!

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It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!

~Mark Twain

 

 

My daughter majors in photography in college, she’s been having fun in the studio now. 

These are some of her photo stills. I think she will do well in this career!

And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
~Percy Bysshe Shelly

 

Peace & Plenty 

 Blessings, Bonnie

~Cabin Fever!

This is the time of year when I experience cabin fever in a big way! The snow keeps coming and coming!…but I do know the calendar says it’s March, so I’m really hopeful all this snow will melt soon!

I’ve taken so many photographs of snow that I’ve become bored with it!

So…no snow pictures in this post…except for maybe one or two…☺

I would like to show you some photographs of my friend Maria’s new studio/warehouse! She’s such a creative and talented artist! You might also know her as

“Primitives by Maria”

These are some of Maria’s own personal collections. I love how she mirrors the print on the wall with the real deal!

 

Oh dear…here’s a snow pic!

…and another!

These snow pictures aren’t even from the blizzard! We just had another super snowstorm! This is why I have cabin fever!

I did a lot of dreaming of Spring on Pinterest!

I decided to take out my own

springy stuff!

During that last snowstorm I felt like I needed to lighten things up in the kitchen so I went to work painting my wainscoting a lighter color.

Then I headed over to a friend’s home to see her springy stuff! Can you tell that we’re all tired of the snow?

Laura has the the neatest collections of vintage toys.

 

 

  Then Maria, Laura and I headed to

Counting Sheep Antiques in Berlin, MA. We went on the day after the super snowstorm. We all had cabin fever by this point!

Maria set up a booth in Sally Barker’s shoppe, it has a really cute farm theme. She calls it the farm that she always wanted!

Here Maria & Sally are sharing a tender moment. ♥

 

 

 

Sally took us upstairs where she gives paintings classes using

Annie Sloane Chalk Paint

 

We played around…

…it was such…

To find out more information on Sally’s workshops click the link below.

http://www.countingsheepantiques.com/

Blessings, Bonnie