SURGERY AND A FEW PICS

Good Friday morning, my primitive friends (and not so primitive). We finally got most of our kitchen counters finished so I wanted to share some pictures with you all. Jermiah (our SIL) did most of the work and he still has one section by the refrigerator to get done but he is so busy and if it doesn't get done for awhile, we are fine with that. He cut the cherry boards quite awhile back to give them time to dry and got them installed a couple of weeks ago and got the finish on them. Here is a close up of one small section with a wool mat and sugar cone. I'm very pleased with how they turned out.Here is the corner by the stove.

Here is the stovetop and the countertops match my stoveboard nicely.

Here is a view of the sink ~ we went with the black granite sink and I just love it.

Another view ~ you can see my primitive soap keep hanging on the side of the cupboard that I bought from a seller on Ebay. It came with the rusty cup, two prim bars of soap and a sprig of sweet annie. It is primmed up perfectly.

Heres another section. The little red cubbie to the right hanging on the wall is kind of hard to see because I have a dittly bag hanging on it, it was for the 4th but it's now gone. The cubbie is done in a primitive red and has 2 drawers & a towel holder.

Here you can see I have an old primitive table in the center that Simon's father built back in the 20s. I have some flags & sweet annie in an old sifter, my beeswax crow, and a 4th of July candle.

Here's a closeup of the corner. Simon made me the primitive toaster cover, all of my wooden spoons and scoops are very old, as well as the slicer and the cutting boards.

A better closeup. Darn, I have an outlet showing. A prim lovers nightmare.

Another view.

Here is a bowl of flax, spools, and Americana stars I made on top of the antique sewing machine our SIL gave us. It belonged to his great grandmother and it dates back to 1860 - 1900. There were even a few bobbins in the drawer when I got it.

Here is a closeup of the machine. The tan thing covering part of it was what she used to stick her pins in it.

It folds out to a nice sewing table with lots of work room.

Here's a close up of the bowl of flax, stars, and spools.

Here's a hanging pinkeep from a Lori Brechlin pattern. I had made this same pattern before & framed it but it sold so I made myself a pinkeep from the pattern.

This is Fancey Blackett and her butterchurn, a Pineberry Lane pattern. It is also a hanging pinkeep & I just love the muted colors of it and it's perfect for late summer, early fall, though I will leave it out year round.

And here's the little ditty bag I made & filled with sweet annie. I will tuck it somewhere in the living room now that the 4th is over.

That's the pics I have to share today.

I will be taking a break from my selling blog for awhile. You've heard me speak of my pain in the neck, LOL, but I saw the neurosurgeon yesterday & I'm scheduled for surgery on July 29th. He is doing an anterior cervical disectomy with fusion on 3 herniated discs in my neck. They remove the bad disc, then do a bone graft where the disc was & a small metal plate is screwed in to hold the bone in place while the fusion heals. If all goes well it is an overnight stay in the hospital.

I have a couple small orders to finish up, then I want to get our house in good shape so I won't have to worry about cleaning while I'm recovering. I hope to continue to read your blogs & leave comments and maybe even post now and then. Maybe I'll have some garden pics to share but if the weather doesn't start cooperating then they may look quite pitiful. We've had some very cold weather & 2 days ago I had a woodfire ~ that's a first for us ~ a fire in July.

Well, take care my friends.

til next time,

Pam