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(Written Last Night, In A Reflective Mood)

I am looking out tonight at the start of something wonderful-Spring!

I love the winter, love the snow, (when there are reasonable amounts of it)...I enjoy the occasional rainy day, but oh, I love the Spring when it starts to lose the cold edge and mellows out.

During the changing of the seasons it is a chief pleasure of mine to stare out the window.  The kitchen window here faces the backyard and beyond that a farmer's field.  On any given day we are graced by all sorts of birds, squirrels, deer and the occasional stray cat.  

I love to look out during the day through bits of old lace at streamy sunlight.  

But even more I love the singular beauty of Spring night.  

The whole world seems to be still and waiting, and the sky is dressed in her finest rhinestones--

Vintage ones.

Today's blog is a tribute to those windows we look out of, and the wonderful, whimsical, stylish and simple things we add to them.  

From Guschislinenscloset...Lace Luxury

From Besserina...A Dreamy Drape

From Stanfordglasshop...A Stained Glass Stunner

From Polka Dot Canary...An Ode to Strawberries and Cream

From Pillows2Please...A Profusion of Paint

From thislittlehome...A Soft Sophistication 

and From Thesourgrape...A Felted Fantasy

Thank you to all these shops for allowing me to use their images, 

please visit them for more wonderful items! 

Armies of Martha's Mice

I am about to sound like something I am not...I almost do not recognize my face in the mirror...Martha Stewart has given me the ability to do the one thing I never thought possible---Craft!

I can paint all day long, love to decorate...but you give me scissors and a glue gun and there's gonna be trouble.  However, I (she says proudly) made these all by myself! Well, the hubby made some too....

Here are the Cutest Christmas Craft Creatures EVER--

The ones on MarthaStewart.com, are much classier...they are city mice.  Mine are their country cousins--who still need their candy cane tails--still, I am happy to have accomplished something crafty.

It's as simple as cutting from a pattern, making a few slits in the felt, and glueing on some eyes and ear patches.  It was a terrific gloomy day craft to do, easy and fun.

I am planning on making an entire army of these and taking over the world.