Summer birding and a few Other things!

Just before the storm rolled in this afternoon, the wind brought down a large

limb... Summer storms are just part of the adventure of not living in California!

And, downed limbs and trees are just part of the adventure of living on heavily wooded

property. And, we like it like this... Minus the trees that cause damage, of course!

After the limb came crashing down and before the heavy rain fell...

We took a little walk...

Sitting next to the pot we heard baby birds. We looked up for their nest but

we didn't see one anywhere. Then we looked down, and over. And closely... 

And there... There in the pot, we found them!

Such a perfect little spot for them. See how the hosta leaf acts

like an umbrella to shade and conceal the opening of their nest?

Nature is incredible!

And, so darn cute!

And apparently, hungry too!

We're going to move on now so that their mom can come down and do her job!

Before I go I have to share with you a fantastic shop we discovered in

Mebane last weekend... It's The Elegant Relic, and I love it! I picked up

a few beautiful candles and this vintage French hanging basket. Tonight it

is hanging on the kitchen door filled with faux sunflowers I picked up at

another sweet shop we discovered yesterday in Gibsonville. But...

It may find its way onto another door. Maybe the front door. Maybe the

living room. Who knows? I'll need time to play with it. And, eventually, it'll

tell me where it needs to be. Oh, by the way... About the living room... The

decorating is finally done! Several of you e-mailed with questions about the

cocktail table. It's by Lane. And, I used to have one similar to it in California!

It took me forever to find and ironically, was shipped to me from High Point, North

Carolina before I ever knew where High Point in North Carolina was! Then we decided

to move to North Carolina and listed our home with a crook Realtor that dedicated more

time talking me out of our furniture than he did marketing/selling our house! And, on

top of his very long list of things he and his wife said they simply couldn't live without

was my brand new cocktail table. He bugged the crap out of me until I finally agreed to

sell it. But... I asked for double what I paid for it, and I told him that he and his wife

couldn't have it until AFTER he sold the house. Had I known it would be so difficult to

replace, I would have never sold it. Or at the very least, I would have asked for triple!

It took me four long years but I finally found an even better curio cocktail table

option. Really... This is a great table! I love the display drawer under the beveled

glass top. And, while the bottom drawer on my former cocktail table was a phony...

This one opens to provide plenty of much needed storage space!

As I've said... It's perfect!

And no one is ever talking me out of it!

There's no number I'll consider...

Unless I'm able to replace it first!