We're All Just Trying to Stay Warm Here

Including Junior the cat. Nope, he's not dumb. He found the heat vent and he's decided it makes a perfect place to nap. Especially when it's 16 degrees outside with wind chills below zero. Maybe I'll join him.

Valentine Article on Vintage Indie

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and local stores have started filling their shelves with heart shaped candy boxes, stuffed animals and little trinkets of love. While new decorations are plentiful, I prefer to decorate in true vintage style at our house. There is something sweet and nostalgic about the valentine collectibles of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Wide eyed children with hearts hidden behind their backs, the comical play on words found on greeting cards and novelty children's valentines alike, vintage graphics in advertising and plastic candy containers featuring popular characters of the time add a charm that one can't find today.....to read more click here

The Last of the Glass Wonderland

I finally ventured out of the house Saturday. My personal chauffeur (Tim, the husband) picked me up at the corner where I still had to make my way over ice and snow but not the mound of it that had been pushed to the curb. I took a few pictures around our yard before we pulled away. I had almost 15 packages to mail at the post office that had been accumulating from etsy sales and we stood in line with the rest of New Albany for 30 minutes. From there, we made our way to the bank and I got that caught up. Then a quick stop at work to drop off my hours and then a much needed haircut down the street!

Temperatures in the high 30s, 40s and even the 50s today brought much needed melting to the area. The trees soon lost their glass coatings and icicles fell with a vengeance from houses and power lines. We were thankful when the neighbor's ice coated tree limbs were no longer resting on our main power line. Thankfully, we never did lose our power and appreciated every hour that we still had our light and heat.

Many people are still without electric and it may be a week or more before they have it again. Public schools are still closed in Louisville. Hopefully, normalcy will soon return. I for one am quite ready for Spring...

Does This Chick Really Exist?

I just listed this vintage card in my etsy shop! I had to laugh the first time I read it though! Sounds like the perfect woman for sure!

And This Is What It Looked Like By Noon

At least it's finally stopped snowing for now! I just shoveled off half the steps outside, boy was it deep!

More, More, More

Another 3-5 inches of snow today after 3/4" of ice overnight. There are currently 200,000 customers without power in the Kentuckiana area. Fortunately, we still have power for the time being although it's blinked a couple of times and an ice covered tree is resting on our power line out front. Mom just lost her power. I believe they are going to call a state of emergency soon.

It Snowed, Sleeted and Rained Ice

Yuk! Woke up to a Winter Wonderland whether we wanted it or not! In addition to 3 inches of snow overnight we had a little sleet/ice thrown in for good measure. And now, there is freezing rain to boot. Expected ice totals overnight- up to 1 1/2 inches. And more snow tomorrow. Can it be spring yet?