A "tail" of two princesses...

Baby was so excited when I told her we were going to get up very early to watch Kate and William get married!

Truth be told, Baby thinks of herself as a princess...

... probably because her every wish is our command!

So the morning of the wedding, I woke up Baby very early and we headed out to the family room.

Before long, Baby got down on the floor to watch.

I told her she would be able to see much better if she came up by me.

At first, Baby was glued to the television...



...but it wasn't long before her very early wake-up call got the best of her.

I promised to wake her when there were some closeups of Kate, as that's who she was most interested in.

She really did try her best to stay awake...

... but soon the angelic voices of the boys' choir lulled her to sleep.

Fast forward to some closeups of Kate. While I was "oohing" and "aahing" over how GORGEOUS she was, Baby seemed quite aloof. It turns out that Baby was expecting KATE to be a CAT (I mean the two words do sound quite similar, so when I kept telling her we were going to watch KATE get married, well, you can understand her confusion at seeing a human instead of a feline.)

Not to mention the fact that I was going on and on about how beautiful Kate looked and, well, I do believe someone's little nose was a bit out of joint since words like "beautiful" and "gorgeous" are usually directed towards her!

So for the rest of the wedding, while I couldn't take my eyes off the screen...

... Baby did her best...

... to come up with some super cute poses...

... to make sure some of the attention was once again directed towards her.

Oh, Baby, don't you know you'll always be our little Princess?

Silly girl!

Just one little piece of advice. If you ever want to find your own Prince Charming, you should probably do away with that pouty kitty scowl and SMILE :)

All kidding aside, I LOVED watching the Royal Wedding! I remember getting up in the wee hours of the morning to watch Princess Di get married as well.  So cheers to the newlyweds! I wish you a lifetime of happiness, health, and love!

Donna

A bed of roses...

The last time I showed you our bedroom, the bed itself was a rumpled mess (thanks to our Baby!!). I promised to share pictures when the bed is made and, as usual, Baby insisted on being in the photos (she's such a little ham!)

I have a couple of different coverlets or quilts for the bed and this is one of my favorites. Who can resist lush pink roses against a robin's egg blue background? Baby and I certainly can't!

The back set of pillows are covered with white eyelet shams...

... and the front pillows sport vintage Battenburg lace shams...

...with beautifully embroidered rosebuds.

A small accent pillow with roses and pink pom pom trim (from a little girl's department) sits between all the other pillows.

With it's 'sweet dreams' message, bluebird, and pink roses, I decided to indulge the 'little girl' in me.

I thought this photo of Baby was hilarious. To me, it looks like she is climbing out of a (non-existent) hole in the center of the bed!

So after all of the bed-making chores are done....

... it's time to relax and enjoy the long overdue delicious spring breeze coming in through the open bedroom window!

In my next post I'll share some thoughts we've been throwing around  about how to give this "stuck in the 80's, half colonial/primitive, half shabby cottage" bedroom a much-needed facelift!

I'm linking up to My Romantic Home's Show & Tell Friday. Be sure to stop by and see what everyone is sharing this week!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Donna

Wishing you all...

... a very Happy Easter.

(since it's way too early for impatiens here in New England, I'm cheating and using an old photo!)

Donna

This is my excuse...

...for not making the bed every day.

There are actually many excuses:

1) I certainly can't disturb Her Highness during bath time...

2) And all that washing can wear a girl out. I have to let her be once the yawning starts...

3) ... because the yawning always lead to a cat nap, and how could I disturb her during that?

4) And cat naps always lead to full out "head tucked under the tail" deep sleep. I wouldn't think of disturbing her then!

5) Of course after waking, the stretching starts. Stretching is second only to sleeping in the cat kingdom, so I certainly can't disturb her then!

6) And after washing, yawning, napping, sleeping, and stretching, Baby likes to zone out and meditate for a while.  I always let her have her space during that time.

7) And truth be told, sometimes it doesn't take more than a cute look for me to forget about making the bed...

But on those days when the bed is going to be made, and made now, this is her annoyed look because she knows she is going to be removed from her comfortable spot! Next time I'll show you what the bed looks like when it's finally made! And I'll bet you can guess who is right back up there as soon as I'm done!

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Donna

A palette of green and peachy-pink...

It was time to give the top of our little recycling center a little pizzazzzzz...

...for the spring.

It's a nice change from winter's white-on-white cat and battenburg lace runner.

The white cat hasn't gone far though. He now sits on the floor next to the recycling center.

I love the cover of this old 1913 Bobbsey Twins book. When I was a young, I could always count on a new BT book being under the tree each Christmas.

Although this one is titled The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, the illustration on the front cover is very spring-like.

I also added a few bells from my small collection. My favorite is the Carmel Junipero Serra Mission bell with the cross handle.

Once upon a time, little vases filled with creamy white buttons sat on the recycling center. That was BB (before Baby). I shudder to think of the mess she could make with  hundreds upon hundreds of buttons scattered all over the floor...

I hope you are all enjoying Spring wherever you are. I'm loving the warmer temperatures we've been having! (Although this evening's weather forecast just predicted FROST for overnight and cold temperatures tomorrow... hardly spring-like, but at least it's not snow!!)

I'm linking to Show & Tell Friday at Cindy's My Romantic Home. Cindy posted a touching tribute to her mom this week, so be sure to stop by and visit her and all the other bloggers sharing something this week.

Donna



Finally!

After many, many months...

of looking this way...

...and looking that way...

... of always sleeping...

... with one eye open...

of waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

...until you have no more "wait" left in you...

... of looking through...

... every window, for the smallest sign ...

...until you feel like climbing the walls ...

... or the windows ...

... because all you see is this.

 F . I  . N . A . L . L .Y

... beautiful, glorious ....

... S P R I N G ....

... has arrived in New England...

HAPPY SPRING, EVERYONE!!!!

Donna