Rock-A-Bye-Baby

When I gave away my collection of little houses I admit.. I kept my favorite one.  I mean.. when a little girl comes to visit, I will be able to bring this out for her to play with.  Right?  And maybe someday I'll have great granddaughters!  This little house is called the General Store.  When you press on the door mat the porch light comes on, the lantern in the window lights up and a fire flickers in the pot belly stove.  AND.. crickets and birds sing.  

The shopkeeper has a soda fountain where she makes milkshakes and ice cream sundaes.  :-)

I also kept the post office.. :-)

And the Merry-Go-Round and refreshment stand and a little table, chairs and tray of goodies.

And they all fit nicely in a covered basket which is stowed in the "office"/"craft studio"/episode of "hoarders" room.  :-)

Remember when I said we were going to get a couple of rockers for the porch?  They arrived on Monday.  Travis and Kristi put one together and Dayle put the second together yesterday.  Here he is following directions and assembling it.  We got them from Cracker Barrel restaurant website.

They are very comfortable and I could have easily kept these by the pond, but we did get them for the front porch.

A neat addition to our outdoor living.

I love how the light comes slanting in this time of year.  It makes the dining room glow.

Kristi has worked for 3 days to paint oil based stain and sealer between the cracks of the boards.  Next up is to roll the finish onto all the boards. When I snapped this photo she goes.. "Really?".  LOL!

I asked my son Travis to carry the chairs around to the front porch.  I took a couple of my living room pillows out and will leave them on these chairs.  It's time for new ones for the living room.  

The front porch faces the road and beyond it is a big flower garden that is planted and cared for by a group of Laotian families who sell the flowers at Portland area farmer's markets.

Now I need to figure out a little table to put between the chairs, don't you agree?  An antique-y table?  White or wood tone?  

I captured the Harvest Moon a few nights ago.  :-)

I have to tell you we've had a frightening 24 hours here in Corbett.  School was closed due to a man who broke into a home across from school and stabbed a woman.  We saw the SWAT vehicles go by our house, many MANY police cars swarmed into our little town and roads were blocked as a man-hunt was underway.  All of us had our homes locked and kept our children inside.  He could be anywhere, in any of our barns or outbuildings.  Police dogs were looking.  After a day and night of this he was found and arrested this morning.  What possesses a man to do such things to an innocent woman?

Anyway.. thanks for visiting and thanks to those who take the time to comment on my posts.  I can't tell you how much it means to me to know you're reading my stories and enjoying my photos.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)