Bright - A friend of my husband owns the place. There are a lot of old cars out there and my DH was going out to look at some that he's interested in, so I went along. I never could pass up a good junk yard! There is probably 10 acres of old cars and cast off's out there, and I have my eye on a few more things. The owner is going to start cleaning up out there - so I offered to help by taking some of that old junk off his hands! twomonths - I found the basket I was looking for today, and I believe it was an old basket that was used on the handlebars of a bike, so that is probably how I will hang it on the bike. I do remember seeing an old bicycle seat laying out there though. I'm not sure it belonged on this bike, but if it's the right size I will bring it home. I will look at it again when I go back out. It was all rusty and will fit the picture quite well!

I love the tool box, desk and enamel pan...but that's because I LOVE Prims :) I have an old toolbox with the name of one of the local hardware stores on it that has since closed up! I bought it for like $5 at an antique store and it sits on my kitchen counter and holds blue Mason jars that I use for canisters! The enamel pan would be a lot more than $5 around here. The yellow and green stuff is more expensive because it's harder to find! I LOVE collecting that stuff. I have a good collection of red and white pans and some other stuff. I also have an old desk but it's the old kind where the guy in front of you has the desk attached to his bench. I bought that this winter and it is my endtable in the corner. I just love old stuff! I can't imagine putting it in the dump! Freecycle it nice....if it works for you. I have yet to get anything but I did get rid of about 6 things last week :)

Celeste, I love your photos, and agree with Jeri about how green they are, and with Florence that it's so nice that they haven't had the "perpetual care" mowing and Roundup treatment that we usually see here in California. I also think that the first rose may be De la Grifferaie. The dark red Gallica-like rose may be "Little Red Runaround," which we often find out here in cemeteries, too. It may have also been a rootstock. I can't place the fragrant one - we have a rose that seems similar that we call "McCarty Plot" that is probably a Hybrid Perpetual. It tends to blackspot and rust, and I see some of that on your photo. I will check out its scent this year, and also other dark pink HPs in the Sacramento cemetery - we have probably 8 - 10 that have different study names and may or may not be different plants. Wish we could find Scotch roses, too. I think the issue is that we find roses from about 1850 on, and they weren't in fashion by that time. Your cemeteries are older, and have some really nifty carvings, as your other recent posting shows. Our headstone carvings are pure Victoriana, clasped hands, doves, fingers pointing heavenwards, and many different types of carved flowers. Thanks so much for what you do in looking for the old roses, and sharing them with us! Anita

I posted the photo on the gallery side: Gallery posting I tried putting just the photo here, but it wouldn't let me. Thanks for that link, Ellen. Now I know what part of the design means (I think). I'll have to do more research on that. I had given my sister some mudcloth that I had bought at an African festival a few years back for her birthday, and she uses it as a throw for one of her sofas. I guess that's easier than trying to make something out of it. Linda, making a headboard is fairly easy, but then I do have quite a bit of experience with upholstery. It's important to glue the foam to the board with upholstery glue (which goes on like a web) so that it doesn't shift when you are attaching the fabric. Also, we bought an electric staple gun, which made the job a lot easier. I think it does require two people, however. Lars Here is a link that might be useful: