Just An Old Door????

NOT!!!  Lee turned this old meat house door into

a wonderful saw buck table. It is now in my kitchen.

Take a peek...

The underside of the table.

Date night was Friday night...and aside from being about

200 degrees in the auction house, we had a good time.

One of the things that we did buy was this awesome crock.

Both of us love crocks...this will probably stay in the home.



I will show you the rest of the "goodies" at another time...

they are all at the shop.

Aside from putting the saw buck table together, today is pretty slow.

We did finally manage to get some rain which was nice. 

Something about the rumbles of gentle thunder and hearing the rain makes it cozy

feeling inside, and Tinsley is wonderful to snuggle down with!

He and I were in the other bed...

SOMEBODY was snoring!!!!

Here is hoping that you are having a lazy, comfortable day!

Thank you for your visit.

Robin

Are You Ready For This.....

IT'S HERE!!!!!

Get your drool rag ready!!

Find a cool spot (yeah right!)

Grab a cuppa something

Sit back and

ENJOY!

These are fresh off the press and are available

NOW

at the shop.

So, it's date night. Can't believe it's Friday...AGAIN

My grandmother used to say that it seemed like everyday was Friday...

being in school at the time I thought she was crazy...Friday was miles away.

But now that I am OLDER...Ya know she was RIGHT!!

It is either Friday...or Christmas! Yep I said it!

4 months to go...guess what?

I am FINISHED shopping!!!  wooohooo!!!!

WELL...when all you give is gift cards it doesn't take much!!

Gotcha!!

Have a Blessed evening...talk to you 'prolly Sunday!

Robin

STOP....I want Off......

...do you ever feel like the picture below???

I feel as if I am chasing my tail...not catching it

and getting further behind.

The old saying...

two steps forward

twelve steps back

seems to be coming true!!

I just feel lost...I want to work on some fall things

for all the upcoming shows but I swear when it's 100 degrees outside

it is SO hard to think of fall.

My Chiro. Doc is out of town at the beach....

I NEED him...my rib has popped back outa place

and it is beginning to really bother me.

THEN...I had my mammy 2 weeks ago...thought all was well

cause I mean it has been 2 weeks...

Gotta phone call today...all IS NOT well...

gotta go for some more tests...next week.

They just leave you hanging, don't they know

what that does to your nerves?

AND...the electric company STILL has me owing them

like $11,000.00. Can't someone out there figure

out what happened??????

O.K. I am finished....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

I sure do hope that you are having a better day!

Appreciate you all listening to me for a few minutes!!

Blessings to each of you,

Robin



A Full House....

...or should I say shop!

Enjoy the small sampling of Millstone..

we have make-do's, cupboards, a beautiful original blue color blanket chest,

a huge rail road cupboard

and all kinds of smalls.

I hope that you enjoyed the small sampling of our little shop.

Today is my first day "back at work".  I have really missed the shop although

I must admit I sure did accomplish a lot at home...

played with pups

played with Eli

caught up on blogs

held down the couch

celebrated Lee's birthday...

SEE I TOLD you I did a lot!!!!!

Have a Fantastic day!

Robin

Take A Peek Inside

I hope that you enjoyed your walk thru my little corner of

The Summer In The Valley Show...

it was such a pleasure to see old friends and

to meet some new ones!!!

Lee and I both hope to see you all soon...

A Harvest Gathering @ The Miller House

5960 Valley Pike

Stephens City, VA 22655

Sept. 10th  from 10-5

Rain date Sept. 11

This will be our next show...hope you can make the journey!!

Have a blessed day...and watch the heat...

(think snow)

Robin

These Are A Few.....

...of my favorite things.

The blue on the old corn sheller...

the old bowls it holds...

Old painted shutters...

old apple baskets...

a child's chair...

a dough bowl...

wooden dough riser...

hand made dolls

Crocks...

Jugs...

Bittersweet vine...

Pie Safes...

old carriers...

cookie cutters

old tables...

covered boxes.

Thank you for your visit to Millstone

please enjoy your day

and STAY COOL.

Robin

Survived....

Yep, we all survived another family reunion. I will not bore you

with pictures of people that you do not know, but I will show you

Justin and Lee.

It rained Saturday and it was "COLD". Like sweatshirt cold.

Loved it!!!

By the time the family dinner rolled around the rain was gone

but the fire sure did feel good.

Now it is on to the home shop to get ready for the show this weekend!!

Lee and I are looking forward to seeing everyone...

Are YOU coming??

I think we will have something for every one's taste!!

Have a blessed day my friends

and thank you for your visit.

Robin

P.S. Remember I said I would not bore you with pictures from the reunion?

I will not lie to you...actually the above picture is the ONLY picture

I took!!

Another Sneak Peak.....

This box is beautiful...when we bought it we were told

it was a plumbers box, well it was actually an old

country store slant front desk.  Lee had to add a new slant top

which I think he did an excellent job...

But look what happens when you open it...

love that green OLD store cash drawer. This will be my

new cash drawer for the shows...until it is sold anyway.

Next is this BIG old dough bowl. She measures 21.5 inches across

and has the coolest wear notch on the side. This would look really good

in the middle of your table!!!

Next we have what makes my mouth water.  Many of you know that

I LOVE big painted cupboards and this one fits the bill!

It is roughly 7 ft. tall and has wonderful paint colors coming through.

Yep...even some old blue. The main color is a buttercup, inside is green.

This is not the best picture but you get the idea.

Now you have seen a lot of our booth "stuff" for next weekend.

I hope that you can join us for

Summer In The Valley

This is always one of the best shows...and of course the shopping

is wonderful!!!!

Don't know bout you but I am shopping for real estate in

the Artic!!!!  I am DONE with this heat...and just think

this weekend is the family reunion...I am so glad I am not

tent camping!!! We do have a cabin with a/c.  This will be

Justin's first reunion in 21 years. So we are kinda excited for everyone to

meet him again.

Well friends, I have kept you long enough...

Thank you for your visit to Millstone

see you again soon...

Robin 

Getting Ready....

Here are some pics of a few of the things that

will be traveling with me in just a short 2 weeks.

Old dough bowl...new repairs with old tin...

Love this old bed we bought...look at that green

turned it into a cute bench with straw and fresh shavings

little "mattress"

These are 2 little child's make do's.

Padded back with old mended feed sack.

(my first attempt)

This is an old cider barrel out of upstate New York

with the original yellow paint...love it!!

Looks good holding our flags!!

And last is this cute little walnut cabinet

that Lee made...complete with a 

milk glass insert.



I am closing the shop for a week...I would like to say

for a vacation but it's not really....

well if you call his Family Reunion and getting ready for

the show on the 23rd a vacation then I guess it is.

Yep, it's that time again...reunion..gosh a year goes by QUICK!

So with that being said my "vacation" will start on

Friday July 15th...

re-open on Wed. July 27th.

It's date night tonight but I am not sure what we are doing?

I can tell you that I am NOT cooking!!!

Have a great FRIDAY!!!

Blessings,

Robin 

Hasn't He GROWN!!!

This is the same sweet LITTLE kitty we brought home

with us from Lori's last fall. Remember he was in a little bread crock??

He is a handsome fellow now.

                He has a coat of almost glass...shiny and it seems like you can see your

reflection.  He makes the BEST dust mop!!! Throw that piece of paper

under furniture and he will go get it...well it's the only way I can figure out how to clean up under some really low furniture!!!

He has his mouse...the one that is soaking wet!

Let me explain...flying up the steps onto the bed...staring!!

All of a sudden the most horrific M-E-O-W EVER...I am now sitting

straight up...you've heard of animals giving signs of all kinds of things so I am thinking the world is coming to an end. Prancing and nudging...no return to sleep.

O.K. Eli I am coming...what's up...racing down the stairs and into the den...there in

the bowl of water....HIS MOUSE. YUK, I shake it out and it will not shut up!

It's one of those activation things...so for the next 7 hours it squeaks...

CONSTANTLY!!

He carries it from room to room crying, will NOT let the dogs near it and tries

to bury it in his cat liter.  I found it out on the front porch...Lee "accidentally"

kicked it out there so there so HE would not hear it anymore...poor

Eli sat at the front door meowing....

Today the mouse is dry...still works...

and Eli is a Happy Cat once more!!

Yep, if that is not an exciting life I do not know what is!!!  LOL

Have a great day!

Robin

Happy 4th...

Happy 4th of July

BE SAFE and HAVE FUN!!

Robin

He Is At It Again...

....playing with stuff!!

Give Lee a stencil and paint and he does not do to bad!!

I love what he added to plain old crocks!!   I really would like to

keep the one with the bird, heck I do not care if it not the "real" thing...

this fits the purpose for me!!!!

The back of the big one has a crack and has been repaired but the

smaller canning crock is o.k.

Job WELL DONE honey!!!!

Soooo, whats going on? Anything earth shattering happening in

your corner of the world??  Mine is pretty much the same.

I see Vicky got to hold little Oliver for the first time...congrats!!!

(see blog on side)

Dawn from Holly Hills lives in the coolest little town...

(see blog on side) to find out more

Lori is always got stuff going on at the farm...

yep...see blog on side.  Find out all about

Iggy...such a cutie!!

O.K. friends, I am off to make some summer time banners

and gates.

Have a blessed day and if traveling....

BE SAFE!

Robin