It started with a portrait.....

Howdy-doo Folks!

I found this portrait,
when Felicia, Robin & I went to Bedford yesterday....

I loved the colors and composition of the painting,
and with Hannah & I both being Flutists,
felt sure this would look great in my Keeping Room ~

~and it does~

SO good, in fact, that it has now become my
"Inspiration Piece"...

Now I want to change my entire farmhouse Colonial!!!!
I'm paring down my collections,
(and believe-you-me...there are MANY!)
and selling off 'stuff' that just doesn't interest me any longer....

When I lived in Connecticut,
I had the pleasure of visiting many beautiful shops
that catered to the Colonial/Primitive look
and I still hold a place for that in my heart...

(( I'm decorated for Hallow's Eve,
hence the 'dressed' mannequin ~))

I'm trying to focus more on this look now
in the old farmhouse
and I think she likes the change.
not so many tchotchkes around
(pronounced "CHOCH-KEYS" and yes, that's how you spell it!!)
LOL

and to my Colonial/Primitive Delight,
in the mail today was my
A PRIMITIVE PLACE MAGAZINE
www.aprimitiveplace.org

I'm still in the process of reading
(ok...pouring, drooling, swooooning)
through it,
... as it is chock-filled with glorious
Holiday Decorating
in thee most wonderfully simple sense ~

AND
in there is a feature on a sweet lady named
Linda Manna
Linda lives in Newtown, CT and owns the
Newtown Country Mill
a beautiful little primitive/antiques shop
that also happens to be the place where I taught my

very first rug hooking class!!

If you don't subscribe to the magazine,
please take my advice and do so...
you won't be dissapointed!!

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Today was spent processing orders,
tomorrow will be spent in the shop with Robin (bird!)
and hopefully we can get some hand-work done!!

Blessings from the Farm,

Lori