Thursday, May 15, 2008

primitives and memories...

One of my favorite flower planters at my house is this *primitive* feeding trough, I love planting my Pansies in this! When I found this at a spot in Lancaster County, it was totally lost under tons of *junk*, lots of pulling and tugging of things revealed this *perfect* planter! I don't know the history, I have no idea what was fed in this trough ~ but it has held my Pansies for the past couple of summers! I had to *wheel and deal* with the *primitive* place dealer for the right price...and when I tell you this spot is the creepiest place in Lancaster County, I am not exaggerating! It is CREEEEEEEEEPY! Thus why *I* call it "Creepy Man's Place" and yet it draws me there when I travel to Lancaster County with my DH, I WOULD NOT EVER GO ALONE ;>)!!



Lily of the Valley, these flowers are so tiny and so fragrant for their size. When we had to give up our original home for the *road project* we made an effort to bring memories from the old house to the new house! These tiny and gentle flowers are part of what we salvaged, and they multiply beautifully!



Anything that was part of the actual house structure that we hoped to salvage we were required to BUY, and the price was determined by the state! Makes you wonder about this strategy when the bulldozer arrived to destroy the house! We followed the rules, we selected and paid for things we held as good memories, such as the beautiful stained walnut stair banister, and the antique barn beam that was the fireplace mantel, we had scrimped and saved to install new carpet in the livingroom and we purchased it again from the state :<(!! Something felt wrong when the state allowed that folks could go into the house and TAKE things that remained! But you know what (?) we did it the legal way, we paid the price and our conscience is clear!

3 comments:

Rose said...

I love your primitive planter, and my lily of the valley is blooming too. It always amazes me at the amount of scent it puts out.

The girls used to always pick me bouquets and one little bouquet would smell up the whole house.

You are a better person than me about the deal with your house--I would have been bitter. But that is one of my major shortcomings.

Laurie said...

NEAT planter! And love love love the lilies of the valley! i need to get some from mom and dad's house next time i'm there.
hly
laurie

Neal said...

My wife has a bunch of those. The only problem is that they try to take over everything. She was out there yesterday pulling up a bunch of them. However, I do think they're pretty.