Hello friends!
Another week halfway over.
Recently I was eying a cupboard.
This is a pine beauty that one of our vendors
of our antique store was selling.
It came home after a few months of deciding on it.
Now my first display on it.
This snowman my dad made.
The pattern on this graniteware cup
us called snow on the mountain.
Perfect for a Winter display.
Now the rest of this display reminded me of
gramma B's woodstove in the farmhouse.
She did not have a furnace, so those Winter
months the stove was constantly being used.
She would heat her sad iron on it.
The coffee pot was always full.
She actually hung a clothesline
almost above it where we would dry
our socks, hats and mittens.
The stove also was means to cook our food.
No indoor plumbing either.
Not until I was a teen did she get
indoor heat and plumbing.
Can you imagine living like that nowadays?
We finally got some snow yesterday.
Only 4 inches, but enough for Tundra
to romp around in it!
Enough for Bob to get the snow blower out...
he's been itching to do this for awhile now. LOL
Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Winter Cabinet Blessings To All!
Janice
Janice, this post reminded me of my childhood. As a young girl, I used an iron such as your. It was heated on the wood stove. In those days, we ironed our clothes which was mostly cotton. I remember my grandfather had a wooden barrel in which bread and biscuit were made. Then the top of the flour would be sifted to remove any small revenant of dough. We didn't had outdoor plumbing either and used an outhouse. Water was drawn from a well with a crank. In winter we had to break ice sometimes. No running hot water or cold for that matter. The good old days when everyone was happy. Today we are so spoiled and everything is instant. No wonder lots people are not appreciative of what they have anymore.
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Yes we are so spoiled today. I wish others could go back to the good old days to see how how good we have it. Janice
DeleteYour new cabinet is a keeper! I love how you used items that remind you of family and earlier days. I grew up in the city so no woodstoves or outhouses but life was still simpler back then. We heat with wood at its a job for sure. The cutting of the wood, the splitting, the stacking, the loading and then keeping the furnace going is a part-time job for sure! But it's a warm, dry heat and sure saves on the old electric bill since we're a total electric house. Enjoy your snow fall. We only got some flakes and I'm OK with that!
ReplyDeleteYes living in the farmhouse back then sure saved on electricity and heating bills. More snow is supposed to come overnight. Janice
DeleteI do love the cupboard and your display. Isn't it fun to have something like that sweet snowman your dad made? It's like having them around!
ReplyDeleteYes I will cherish his snowman FOREVER! Janice
DeleteYour blog is like subscribing to a good prims magazine. I click and enlarge your photos then sit back and enjoy. I would have brought this cupboard home too!
ReplyDeleteFunny you should say that because our home was supposed to be featured in a prim magazine before covid. At the time the photographer was coming from Toronto to do the shoot, he was not allowed to cross the border for some reason...so they were looking for another one to come. Janice
DeleteNice find, Janice, and fun maiden display on it! I can't help but think that ours will be the last generation that will have memories such as these. Bittersweet in many ways. ~Robin~
ReplyDeleteYes alas we are probably the last generation to live in the good old days. I always say kids need to work on a farm to see how we get our food. Janice
DeleteI used to have a great collection of antique graniteware and thru moving over the decades had to slim down the baggage so it's all gone but a couple of plates which are probably reproduction. LOVE that old hooked piece and wish you would showcase it and if you know the history of it would love to know that too.
ReplyDeleteI do not know the history of this rug. I actually bought it at an antique show we vended at for $25. What a steal. Janice
DeleteI worked for a few months recently in an 1850 adobe, with no bathroom or water. Yes, it had a modern outhouse, updated with a flush toilet in a little closet-like adobe hut nearby! Right here in the city. My grandparents had an outhouse until perhaps 1965, when their grown children modernized their place. Yet they didn't complain about the hardships, it was just how it was. Your displays are so charming. I know that snowman your father made must be so dear to you.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be a re-enactor ang think that would be so nice to do! You never complained about the hardships back then as it was their way of life. Janice
DeleteWhat wonderful memories. I like the "new" cupboard!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jacky! Janice
DeleteYou are very lucky someone did not snatch that cupboard before you decided it must be yours!
ReplyDeleteYes it was meant to come home with me. Plus Bob must havr liked it, because he did not flinch at purchasing it. Janice
DeleteThe little red mitten made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThank you Carla. I do think my mittens are sweet! Janice
ReplyDeleteJanice, I am with you that the darling pine cupboard was a must to bring home! What a sweet piece this one is. Can't wait to see how you stage it in the future.
ReplyDeleteAlready in my head am thinking of moving it somewhere else in the house. LOL
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