St. Patrick's Day in New Braunfels

We have some life long friends

in New Braunfels who we

haven't seen in a while

When they called and invited 
us for a weekend visit

A N D

A Saturday night St. Paddy's Day
pub crawl in down town New Braunfels

 we packed our bags and

headed to the Texas Hill Country!! 

Our destination - Villa Sartain

 We love visiting their beautiful home

It all started with a tiny stone cottage
which was the original home

The villa was built above the cottage

   First level, the cottage
Second and Third levels, the Villa

Let's walk down to the cottage

This charming little cottage
was our home away from home
for the weekend

My favorite place to spend quiet time
is on the back screened porch of the cottage 

the view of the terraced levels leading
down to the beautiful Comal River 
are breath taking

After a relaxing day we made our way
 down town for the.....

First stop
Krause's Biergarten

The entertainment for the evening

New Braunfels Firefighters Pipes and Drums

It was the perfect way to celebrate
St. Paddy's Day

  From me and hubby
to you and yours

HAPPY ST. PARTICK'S DAY!
 

Every Little Birdie says

 Thanks to our friend,
Janie for a wonderful weekend 

Good Junk!

Nothing is better than the

first hint of SPRING!

The grass is getting green

the trees are beginning to bud.......

Springs a coming y'all
 

It's time to freshen up

those outdoor spaces!!

So yesterday I had one of those moments

"I think I'll make a coffee table 
for my outside patio"
 
As some of you know

I have a lot of what I like to

call "good junk" stored in my garage

So off I went to dig through my junk...

 

I decided this old cabinet door

would make a great table top

 

and this old piece of junk (I found at a yard 
sale) will be perfect for the base

 I decided to sand the back of the cabinet door
and then shabby it up a bit with 
a coat of white wash paint

(white paint + a little water = white wash paint)

That gave it just the look I was going for!

I then gave it a coat of polyurethane sealer
since it will used outside

 

Next I made a trip to Hobby Lobby

looking for some rustic hardware

 

Found these handles that were

made to look old! 

 

PERFECT

I screwed the handles on each end
to give it the appearance of  
an old tray

 I added this cute shabby metal basket
to my tray top for a little added 
shabby character
 
(another find at Hobby Lobby
got it on sale for $10.00)

Then I relocated (from my patio) 
a white iron bird
and a enamel pot with a succulent

(use what you got sister)

Now I have a new (OLD) 
coffee table ready to move onto my outdoor patio

Every Little birdie says

Don't you love it when one of

your bright ideas actually works!
 

Anxiously Waiting............

I am so ready for 

SPRING

We had a pretty hard winter

for South Texas

It actually got down in the 20's

a few times

Therefore my pretty flower gardens

F R O Z E

Luckily all my plants are perennials 

(which means they will come back) 

so I've just cut everything to the ground

and now I'm waiting, waiting, waiting

for them to SPRING back!

Patience is NOT my middle name

so it's very hard for me to wait

However, there were a few brave plants

that made it through the winter

My succulents!!!!

 How joyous to have these pretty 

green plants all year long 

My vintage enamel bowls

work great as containers

 Recently while shopping in East Texas I

 found a cute little chicken feeder

for $5.00 and guess what I used it for.....

a planter for succulents!!

(they aren't fussy 

they'll grow where ever you put them)

 

I am anxiously waiting for Spring

but until then I've got these hardy

little plants to keep me happy  

 Every Little Birdie says