We have been gettin' our lovely girl Luci B. ready for the 4th here on Grant St. I love the 4th, fireworks can already be heard through out the neighborhood. We have our community event "4th at the Fort", parades, rides, games, music and food. I will share pictures on Saturday. What fun do you have planned for Friday?
I had an opportunity to replenish so more ribbons at Honey Bend Vintage. I was only able to add pink. On Sunday I will be adding ivory, gold/red and blue~
I am obsessed with vintage horse shoe ribbons~ I love them as decorating pieces and for altering. I have started offering them at Honey Bend Vintage. We will be adding more on Thursday be sure to check them out~
We returned from Lakeside, Ohio yesterday. What a wonderful relaxing week we had. It was a week of just pure summer fun. Nothing much on the agenda but swimming, relaxing, bikeriding, and playground fun. The best part is admiring all the cottages, such beauties to look at. Here are some pics from our week.
Our cottage for the week, check out all the May flies on the screen~
I am super excited on the spur of the moment we rented a cottage in Lakeside Ohio. My husband grew up there and we rarely find time to get back up there, being there are no more family ties. Lakeside is such a unique place. It is a fenced in community right on Lake Erie with gates at every entrance. The kids can roam freely and have a ball. Most of the cottages are still original and so wonderful to look at. We were lucky to find one still available by the Lake and it sleeps 10. Enough room for friends and family to stop in. I am so excited for my 4 year old Griffin, it is his first time to Lakeside. He and his Dad have a strong bond, it will be nice for my husband to share this with him. Well off to get ready for some Lake fun~
I updated my shop Honey Bend Vintage today, still have a bunch to add. Today I added some millinery supplies and a vintage apron. I also finished creating my lovely dress form. I have looked and looked for a dress form and have been unsuccessful in finding what I want. I came across Heather Bullard's post on her antiquing of a new form. I had so much fun creating her. My husband thinks I'm crazy but I love her~
I love front porches. They are a perfect place to sit and watch the comings and goings on Grant St. I always try to have mine ready and set by April. I am still putting the finishing touches on it but I am loving how it has turned out. I painted the wicker chairs with an oil base paint this year and it worked out so well. Hope everyone has a wonderful week~
The first weekend of May my husband, son, Mom and myself headed over to Illinois to drop off my Dad's headstone. Took us a year but we got it done. So sweet he wanted Jerry loved Sally(Mom and Dad) on the bronze plaque. We headed to St. Louis Friday and stayed at the Hyatt Union Station, it is a gorgeous hotel. On Saturday we headed to Litchfield and Honey Bend Illinois. We had a wonderful cookout with my cousins. My cousin Sheri is always giving me great family treasures. Amongst the many treasures she gave me this poem my great grand dad wrote. This is nothing rare since we have tons he printed at his printing press. She said turn it over when you are done.
He was always trying to get his poems published. While it was not published he got a response from Robert Frost. So neat!!
Hyatt at Union Station
Sunday was such a good day for us on Grant St. I love when you have the perfect balance of getting things accomplished and having some fun. I got up early yesterday morning and headed out to my favorite monthly flea and found some wonderful things. I then met hubby and G for breakfast. We headed back to the house to get much needed yard work done. It has rained so much here that we have fallen majorly behind. We still have things to work on but we made a great start. Griffin had a blast riding his four wheeler all over the back yard. Hubby and I later headed out for a ride on his motorcycle. It was a good day. Now I must get off this computer and finish that yard work. Have a great week.
It is officially here the countdown to head to Michigan. It is a ritual my parents would always pack the car and head out Mother's Day. My brother and I would head up at separate times of the summer. I don't have any pictures to share, I just bought a digital camera when I started blogging, sad huh. Since my Dad passed last year we vacation now with my brother and his family. It is such fun and we have started a tradition for the kids.
The cottage is such a great place filled with history and tradition. My grandparents purchased the cottage before I was born. My grandfather worked in Manistique Michigan supervising a CCC camp, my Mom was just three. My grandparents always came back for the summers. They finally purchased a cottage across the street from their best friends. They were on the lake, our sweet cottage was on the cove of a river. I have gone to the cottage since I was a baby. The generations of the two families have grown up together. So in a couple months the families will head up to the cottage crossing the Mackinac bridge heading to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Four wheeling, fishing, jet skiing, canoing and many other lake activities will take place. Most important family bonds and traditions will be cemented for the next generation.
