Bama Planter

The gourds are up and beginning to bloom.  I try to water them every other day to keep them happy.  These are egg gourds that came up on their own so I'm giving them water and encouragement . I also have planted drinking gourds but have yet to start on the fence they will need to make their handles grow straight.  

It's a quiet night in Alabama at my house. The boy is "'Absorbed in Robinson Crusoe." Jesus blesses the little children.  God has always been a very present help in time of trouble. My friend Dean gave me the small dolls.  A bit of green for a blue buggy. Montgomery County 1843 survivor. The pitcher is Blossom by  F. Morley and Company. I bought a blue/mustard rug last week.  Do you like old pottery? Some wooden hat stands. A second rocking horse. A key to tighten rope beds is in the dough box.  The flag is by Ann Rae. The back room is a mess again. Next project ... blue curtains.  A peaceful night look. The downstairs girls are doing fine. My great grandfather and his nurse. She is on the plantation inventory in 1857 with husband Charles. Her name was Pleasant. She and Charles and another man named Skinner were willed to my great great great grandfather's first wi...

This poor little Victorian chair sat at a shop for over a year. Gorilla glue oozing from its broken joints.  Too weak to hold a sitter. Too purple to fit in today's world of tan decor.     My style is primitive.  Chairs such as this belong in a Mississippi Riverfront mansion like my friend in Missouri owns, not a log cabin on a creek in Alabama.  Yet, even a primitive furniture person such as myself can't help but see beauty where beauty is.  So I offered $30.  The lady said that will be fine.  Well, this is quite the contrast I must say, but not to worry. I'm planning a glorious Victorian-Empire secret salon boudoir room in my next house. Closed door; invitation only.

This was one of my buys from last week. I was with a friend when she bought it a couple of years ago. I liked it but said nothing. Then she traded it to another friend for a Southern bucket bench that was much more primitive.   Then the friend's friend who is also my friend had it in her shop for sale. Now it is mine.  

Southern Pine Huntboard. The height is 42"   The one board top measures 19 1/2"  x 41".  At some point in its life it was painted green.  The story goes that hunt boards were taken outside so the men on horseback could throw their game on top on them

I am carefully scraping the paint from the tin on the pie safe.  I think the contrast makes the piece look a lot better and doesn't devalue the primitive appeal.  I've done 2 out of 6 so far.  Then I'll decide what to do with the yucky color on the rest of it.  This lawyer's bookcase was in a Bibb County shop.  I can clean it up and sell it to someone who will appreciate it.   I'm working on framing some silhouettes. The top middle one of the lady came in the mail and is not old.  The rest are "good."  My Hannah Davis band box, inside lid. Her small sticker makes a big difference in price.  A theorem by Ann Rea.   Her work is receiving a lot of attention lately.