Vintage Valentines

Vintage Valentines for the Thursday before Valentines Day

I have a great many Valentines, but these are my favorites.
They were my Grandmother's and the notes are handwritten by her.

I wanted to find a picture of Chester, but now I have a genealogy

mystery to solve? He died at age 20 and was in WWI per his tombstone.

But I can not find any document that he was in the service?

Guess when I get back to 1515 I will have to read Aunt Annie's

diary to see his fate?

 This one is the oldest circa 1865

Have a Happy VTT

By the Light of Day

My sweet blogging friends who have been asking about the water line update!

This is what I saw this morning in the light of day.

The life of a nurse, leave in the dark..return in the dark.

Yesterday was a 6:30am-9:15pm day..uuugghh

so I snapped this in my robe from the front porch!

They had to remove part of the city sidewalk, but luckily not ours.

the entire side of our front yard we will have to redo. I had to

dig up my Sarah Bernhardt peony :(

my David Austin Mary Rose :(

two of my favorite bloomers, maybe they will live?

the cost at 615 was about half of what it was at 1515.

I guess this comes with owning houses built in 1903 and 1896.

I have not seen 1515 yet, but the line there was about the entire length of the lot.

here it was just from the front yard to the water meter. Had to dig through the basement wall.

1515 they had to dig under the crawl space and no plumber wanted to do it.
It is all done now and hopefully we can move on to happier days.


Ann

Vintage Kitchen

So many of you commented about seeing the vintage kitchen at 1515.

Thought maybe I better give you a tour?
And a view of some of the vignettes for Table Top Tuesday.

My table, that came out of the garden cottage

Each cousin has their own chair and vintage pillow

Top of the old radio cabinet I bought for $25

great place for cookbooks and storage

chickens kind of rule the roost around here

chalk for the chalkboard door

Looking from the dining room to the kitchen

the left is the chalkboard door for family members to write notes

my Grandmother's aprons hanging on the wall

My maternal grandmothers enamel top table that always sat in her garage.

Now it sits in my paternal grandmother's kitchen, the crock, cookie jar and grinder all returned to 1515 where they came from.

We have been collecting the crotched potholders

My grandparents coffee grinder on the shelf

Grandad's coffee can, returned to 1515

aprons we use

new shelf above stove

metal bread box and cannister set

Can not resist kitchen metal ware

Now for 3 views

Fall 2010

Spring 2009

This what the kitchen looked like when I bought 1515

Which do you like better?

My Mom and Aunt Catherine in the kitchen 1970

in the same spot

I love this kitchen

red white black yellow

I must of forgotten that the walls were yellow and the

curtains were red and white checked.....just like they are now

That is my Grandfather, my cousin Deb, myself and my

Grandfather's wife

There is something so special about making meals in that kitchen.

Whether it is the cousins sitting around the table in the morning drinking coffee,

a dinner party for the extended family or our big Christmas dinner, it is the

center of our universe when we are there.

Weighing In

A few months ago, I was happy to find a yellow scale,

for my yellow kitchen at 1515.

chippy yellow

I found out that the Shapleigh Hardware Company, was a

St. Louis company.

The scale is hanging out on the enamel top cabinet Mr. bought and painted

for me.

Do you see my scale lamp too?

It is a baby scale turned into a lamp.

It was the first thing I ever bought for 1515.

I was out shopping with the girls from work and saw it and knew

it would great in the kitchen with that red lampshade.

It is our nightlight for the kitchen when we are there.

Joining Colorado Lady