standing still

time seems to be standing still about right now.

the update on the house offer is this, for those crossing their fingers and toes.

there have been 20 offers as of yesterday....holy cow. so, if it is meant to be it will be an amazing feat. will find out today.

photo courtesy of my friend laura, found on junkspot blog.

nap time

what a day. i'm getting ready for my daily, 8 hour nap and wouldn't it be nice to have a space like this to rest your head.

hmmm, this is the second recent photo of a sparse bedroom. i think it must be time for some spring cleaning.

now, where do i order those wide plank floors??

never give up

so, i was out checking out the scene in Santa Cruz a few weekends ago and stumbled upon this estate sale. i am talking the mother load of estate sales for the deep pocket types.

i can't quite explain in one post how amazing the estate was : from painting (up to $100,000), to tiffany opera glasses ($5000) to navajo blankets ($4000) and there must have been thousands of items and nothing had prices on them, so we had to ask about everything. Well, we quickly realized this wasn't really up our alley, but we continued to drool all over everything.

then, i noticed this box on the floor with old frames, news paper clippings and what appeared to be a lot of broken things. I asked the guy what was in there and what the prices were and he said everything in there was junk and around $5.00 each. now he was talking my language.

well, this original pencil and water color piece was sitting there with my name all over it. it is the perfect size 9x13", color and subject. AND it has the newspaper clipping taped to the back with a photo of the artist, brenda grummer. Hers was one of 15 pieces chosen out of 760 for a Midwestern, 16 state graphics exhibition.

the title of this 1970 little gem is "two together". charm, charm and more charm all the way home. i haven't really been into the whole owl trend of recent years, but i will reconsider for this one.

so, the moral of the story is to never give up....keep diggin, keep looking and don't run away from those big, scary $$$. there just might be a junk box nearby.

fingers crossed..candles blazing..positive, positive, positive

i didn't sleep last night or the night before and i always sleep.....you could probably carry my mattress out the door, throw it on the roof of your VW bug, drive me to LA and back and i would still be sleeping.

we have been looking at real estate for many months now, with many ups and downs...getting attached and getting outbid. the SF market is tough when your regulars like us'ns.

well, our agent emailed a few days ago and i had to leave work at 5pm (early) to get the 1st or 2nd viewing of this special home.

you would all love it. built in 1913, in the same family the whole time, all original details in tact...including a second pantry with the original metal mesh pie rack shelving and a split back door (you can open the top half only) and so many more cherished tid bits.

here's to hoping its our time to own a piece of the pie....fingers crossed.

nominations

so, some of you know about the nomination blog awards and several of you have, "too generously" nominated me. i think we all just want some scoop, and i don't want your request to go unnoticed :o). here you go, hope this doesn't put you to sleep.

1) i was a member of the jaclyn smith fan club in 4th grade. on the playground my friends made me play bosley and they were the angels (charlies angeles that is)
2) moved to idaho from LA when i was 8ish. the folks bought a pig farm in the country, on a gravel road and i will let your mind take you to rolling fields of gold, but the reality is i was an official pooper scooper.
3) nick name = ggma (great grandma). love being home, love to bake, love to drive slow in my old cars.
4) a bit of ocd. everything clean and most always in its place. at least in the places you can see (under bed, closets and drawers..... VERY different story)
5) brock street is the name of the street my grandparents lived on in LA. they were and are the apples of my eye.
6) animal lover. had an animal clinic in my bedroom after we moved to the farm in idaho. i was always sneaking in the runts...but i hated any blood. it was more of a respite that a clinic.
7) last, but not least = i was adopted as an infant AND found my bio-family later in life...5 years ago AND couldn't have imagined feeling more blessed and grateful.

i am now suppose to nominate 7 others, but i feel like most of you have been nominated already...so i will leave you be.

now you can wake up.

what to say

if i were to dream up a bedroom, this would be it. from the floors, to the balcony, to the simple linen bed cover..and of course the primitive lighting.

a clutter free space.....makes dreaming easy.

and the winner is....

me. this is even better than winning the jumbo tweetie bird at the county fair. when ebay is good for me it is good and when it is bad...it is really bad. it seems to go something like this:

fall in love
make an offer
offer stands until the bitter end
5 mins before the bidding closes someone comes in and kills my dream (it doesn't take much) and bids $1.00 more than my highest offer. you know the drill.

OR

Sometimes it goes like this:
fall in love
offer stands until a day before
by the time the bidding is closed it is hundreds more than my piddly offer
this is when you know you were on to something good.

at the end of the day, it is just a little twinkle in the eye and really just an object that won't go on to the next life..or maybe it will be there waiting for me.

old news but good news

weekend shopping in santa cruz.
can't get enough of the old french linen grain sacks.
added 6 to collection and boy were there some bargains goin down.

on the heels

of easter & remembered these.

get to your flagship old navy pronto. get on the pony express if you have to. old navy just launched their summer jewelry collection and its all over the press. these great braided-beaded wrist cuff's are just what you need to jump into the spring/summer spirit.

balance

this room makes me happy. from the wide plank floors, to the industrial/exposed lighting, to the symmetry of the 4 chairs.

happy easter. hope this finds you after some sort of gathering around a table with family or new or old friends.

demand encore presentation

here's looking at you kid.

i mean who needs more inspiration than this. so, just to stay true to the blog intentions....notice the architectural pc in the back ground....$5.00 at local flea market, and the bleached out small log= free, found in tahoe.

2 more days and counting until the weekend.

seafarer at heart

although i love the ocean and everything it represents in nature and creation, i have to say i'm not sure i could pull off the "free willy" style ride on a whale. BUT i do love a good whale sighting.

this is the perfect gift when invited out to someones beach house for the weekend ( i better put in my order now), or great in any room. it is so textured and the block print is so primitive that i think you could pull this off in any room.

this moby dick inspired pillow is 100% jute, 95/5 down filled and navy cording. thomas paul