Anne Fannie's Green Acres

Pink Saturday - Pink Turkey!

2009-11-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

I can't believe I haven't posted anything on my blog since last Pink Saturday! Life has been full and exciting!

So for Pink Saturday today, since Thanksgiving is not that far away, how about a real Pink Turkey?? (I didn't do it.....)

For more Pink Saturday posts, please go visit our hostess, Ms Beverly, at How Sweet The Sound Blog!

Pink Saturday - All My Pink In The Garden For November!

2009-11-07T00:01:00.000-08:00

Today it's Satuarday and it's Pink Saturday again over at Beverly's How Sweet The Sound.

For Pink Saturday I thought I would show some of my Pink in the Garden. Even though its November, the weather has been really nice here in Southern California, today was around 75 degrees which is the coldest it has been all week!

My garden looks so beautiful and colorful, especially all the Pink! Please enjoy the walk through my garden with me while I point out all the pink flowers!

Thanks for walking through my garden with me today, please don't forget to click here and go visit other Pink Saturday Posts at Beverly's Blog, How Sweet The Sound!

Charlie the Turtle Has A New Friend

2009-11-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

We have the best family pet, a African Spur Tortoise. His name is Charlie and he is about 20-25 years old. He will live over 100 years old, so he is considered a youngster in Tortoise world. He weighs around 40 lbs right now and they tell me he will get between 150 to 200 lbs.! Yipes! They also tell me he will be over 3 feet long! I sure hope I live that long to see this boy mature! He lives and roams in our secured yard which is 3 acres

The other day one of our friends gave me a turtle he found in his yard. To all our surprise, it is also a African Spur Tortoise! Charlie was very interested in his new little friend. The little turtle is exactly 6" long. That will give you an idea how big Charlie is by comparing them in this picture.

We were all standing around watching to see how Charlie would react to his new friend as I was taking pictures. Charlie would follow the little turtle around and change his direction. He was very gentle with the little turtle. At one time he actually turned and started charging us to keep away from the little turtle!

The little turtle is still to small to leave out alone in the yard with Charlie but for right now he lives in a little home we have made for him. Everyday I let the little turtle out to play with Charlie on the grass.

I haven't named the little turtle yet. Any good ideas??

Blue Monday - Blue Turkey

2009-11-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

Today is Blue Monday over at Smiling Sally's Blog! I love to join her on Mondays and post something blue.

Did you know a Turkey's Head is Blue?? I found out the scary way. About two years ago, I was on my knees doing gardening in my yard. Have you ever felt like something was looking at you? I looked up through some plants and this is the head that I saw starring at me!

After I screamed and went running, I finally composed myself and went back to see what the heck I saw and the creature came out of the bushes to show his beautiful body. It was a wild Turkey! Somehow he had flew into my yard!

He was so beautiful and he was also friendly so I assumed he was some one's pet. He would let you touch him and pet him and he liked to follow you around the yard. My grandson loved to play with him! He hung around in our yard for about a week and then he finally flew away. One of my neighbors told me the Animal Control picked it up walking down the street. I hope he wasn't some one's dinner. I was amazed that something that big could fly and also how ugly his head is. But it was blue, perfect for Blue Monday!

Be sure to click here and go visit Ms Sally's Blog for more Blue Monday Posts!

Pink Saturday - Pink Halloween!

2009-10-31T01:24:00.000-07:00

Have A Safe and Pink Halloween!

For more Pink Saturday posts, please go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Blue Monday - Handmade Gift Tags

2009-10-25T23:47:00.000-07:00

I love making my own gift tags. I have been making them for years now. I love that special touch they bring to my gifts.

Here are some gift tags that I have made recently that are Blue! I am getting all ready and starting early making all my own Christmas gift tags!

I also like to make my own tags for gifts throughout the year too. I keep them on hand and whenever I need one I have one! Of course, all these have lots of blue too!

All these tags are also listed in my Green Acres Cottage Etsy Store.

For more Blue Monday Posts, please go visit our hostess for Blue Monday, Ms Sally at Smiling Sally Blog!

I Have A New Grand Baby!

2009-10-22T21:17:00.001-07:00

I am so excited because I have a new Grand baby. Her name is Piper Ann and she belongs to my son Jimmy and his wonderful wife Courtney. She was born yesterday and I was able to come up to Utah and be here for the happy occasion. I have been babysitting her big sister this week.

I took this picture today at the hospital when she finally decided to open her eyes

This is my son Jimmy with his new daughterThis is a very Happy Me!

This makes Grand Child #18 for my husband and I. How scary huh? The thought makes me feel like I should have gray hair or something!

Pink Saturday - Pink in the Garden

2009-10-16T23:58:00.000-07:00

Today is Pink Saturday over at Beverly's How Sweet the Sound. I love to join her and other pinkies and posting something pink today!

The weather today is in the 90s, a beautiful day to do some gardening. Here are some pinkness blooming in my garden today! For more Pink Saturday Posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Blue Monday - Blue Sky

2009-10-11T23:08:00.000-07:00

Today is Blue Monday and a day to post something blue.

Look at this picture of this beautiful blue sky. Does it get any better than that?

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Vintage Planters

2009-10-10T00:01:00.000-07:00

Today is Pink Saturday again. I haven't posted anything all week long since the last Pink Saturday.

I have been busy all week looking for Charlie the Turtle. Someone (now I am not pointing any fingers) left our gate open and he went out and got lost. I have been spending hours everyday looking for him and I am so happy to say I found him today at the Animal Shelter! Now I can get back to regular life!

Today for Pink Saturday I am going to post pictures of some really cute Pink Vintage Planters. I love collecting them and I find them on Ebay. They are so much better priced on Ebay then in a Antique Store.

Look at these pretty Pink ladies!

For more Pink Saturday posts, please click here and go visit our hostess, Ms Beverly, at How Sweet the Sound Blog!

Pink Saturday!

2009-10-03T00:01:00.000-07:00

Today for Pink Saturday I thought I would show some fun Pink Stuff!

This is a Paper Towel or Vintage Towel Holder I made this week using Vintage Pink China Plates! This is the only time I feel good about breaking china plates!

Here is a really cute large heart covered with Pink Mosaic China Plates and tiles.

I am weak for vintage earrings and jewels and I just happen across this lady on Etsy named Michelle that takes vintage jewels and vintage earrings and turns them into the cutest magnets! Check out her Etsy store here, its called Blingnets and here are some pictures of what she did with some Pink Earrings and Jewels!

Please go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink Saturday Posts!

It's Starting to Look Like Fall at the Green Acres

2009-10-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

Even though the weather is still in the 90s, today is the first day of October and I thought I would get the Fall Decorations out and decorate before it's to late!

I love those vintage like paper mache statues and pumpkins for Halloween! I have decorated the top of my fireplace with some of them I have collected through the years.

Here is a close up shot of them

I love this Fall Centerpiece. On this stand, it is almost as tall as me!One of my Rooster/Chickens Fall Centerpieces is in the Living Room and my husband hasn't noticed yet! (He had told me, no chickens or rooster out of the kitchen...teehee)Well, now it's off to decorate my front porch and put up the graveyard in the front yard!

Blue Monday in the Garden

2009-09-27T21:29:00.000-07:00

Today is Blue Monday over at Sweet Sally's Blog. I haven't posted anything on my blog since last Monday...oops!

We have been up in Utah to see three of our Grandchildren play soccer. It was so much fun to see them play. But, not one of them had on a Blue Soccer shirt! So now I will look around the garden and find something else blue to show today!

I think there is nothing more prettier than Blue Flowers in the Garden! Here's some beautiful shots!

Here's some Blue Hydrangeas against a pretty blue sky

I love these blue morning glory vines growing on our fence

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Blue Monday - Distressed American Framed Flag

2009-09-20T23:45:00.000-07:00

For Blue Monday today I thought I would post pictures of a distressed looking American Flag that I have displayed in one of my rooms at our vacation home on the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona.

I bought a unfinished frame and painted it blue and I distressed that to look old too. I added wire as the hanger on top attached to two eye hooks. The background of stars is material I have also framed and attached the flag to it. You can't tell in the picture but this is a large size picture frame.

For more Blue Monday posts, please go over to Ms Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Royal Albert Tea Cup Set

2009-09-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound today is another Pink Saturday.

My contribution to Pink Saturday today is this Oh So Pretty PINK Vintage Royal Albert Tea Cup Set.

For more Pink Saturday posts, please don't forget to click on over to Beverly's Blog!

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Wash Tub in the Garden

2009-09-16T21:08:00.000-07:00

Thank you Suzanne over at ColoradoLady Blog for hosting Vintage Thingie Thursday!

Today I am posting a picture of an old Vintage Wash Tub with a old Vintage Wringer that I have in the garden. Every year I plant annuals in it. The Wringer has a date stamped in the wood from the 1890's on it. I bought it years ago at a sale up in the Mountains.

For more Vintage Thingie Thursday Posts please go visit Suzanne at ColoradoLady Blog!

Blue Monday on the Colorado River

2009-09-14T00:36:00.000-07:00

For the past 8 days my husband and I have been at our vacation home on the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona. We have been spending time with our son Robert and his family visiting us from Utah. I have been enjoying time with 3 of my sweet grand daughters. I told my grand daughters that it was Blue Monday and I needed to find something Blue. They immediately went and put on their new matching blue swimsuits I bought them and said they wanted to model for me because their bathing suits were blue and is perfect for Blue Monday!

So here is Morgan and Madisen modeling for Grandma their Blue bathing suits on our beach. And they also told me the water was blue and that should also count for Blue Monday!

For more Blue Monday posts, please go visit Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog!

Pink Saturday - Pink Mosaic Chippy Cabinet

2009-09-05T00:01:00.000-07:00

For Pink Saturday today I thought I would show a cabinet I just got done with.

I fell in love with this cabinet the first moment I saw it. Our Real Estate Agent was taking us through a REPO home on a Avocado Grove (two properties away) that was built in 1914 and I saw this cabinet sitting in a corner to be discarded. I knew I had to Mosaic it!

I love the white chippy paint on it. I added lots of pink broken china plates to each side, the bottom and also the top!

This is the top of the cabinet

I love the glass knobs!

I hung it in one of my Shabby Guest Bedrooms with some other Mosaic furniture. I am going to hang some of my pink flowered hand towels on that bar across the bottom of it!

For more Pink Saturday bliss, please click here and visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink posts!

Vintage Thingie Thursday - Vintage Duck Planter

2009-09-03T00:05:00.000-07:00

This is a Vintage Duck Planter that use to belong to my Grandmother. I remember when I was a little girl, I would see it at her house. It was given to her by my Aunt Gladys. Then my Grandmother gave it to my Mom. I use to play with it when no one was watching! When my Mom gave it to me, I was so excited. I keep it by my kitchen window.

This thing has to be over 50 years old. It is in perfect shape, no chips or cracks!

I love vintage planters!

For more Vintage Thingie Thursday posts, please click here and visit Suzanne at Coloradolady!

Outdoor Wednesday - California's Fires

2009-09-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

Today I thought I would join Susan at A Southern Daydreamer's Blog for Outdoor Wednesday.

I love living in California but I hate the fires we have every year around this time. Thank goodness this year the fires are not in the mountains behind us (yet). We have the Cleveland National Forest behind us and every time I see smoke I freak out along with everyone else. Before we moved to this place I heard a bad fire went right through here, so I know it could happen again.

We have about 6 fires right now burning in California. The skies are gray, it looks like gray clouds in the sky, but its all smoke from the fires. The air is so thick and everything smells like smoke.

This is a picture of the fire that has everyone all excited about. It's on the Peak of Mt Wilson, (above Los Angeles) where one of the United States' Premier Observatories sit. It is also home for all the television transmission towers and cell phone towers! All the news stations are all excited they might not be able to broadcast!

If you click here, you can actually go to the Tower Cam on Mount Wilson and actually see what is happening there live!

And after you check the cam out, be sure to click here and go visit Susan at A Southern Daydreamer's Blog and see all the other Outdoor Wednesday Posts!

Pink Saturday's PINK Plantation Belle

2009-08-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

It's Saturday today and that means it's a day to post PINK along with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and all the other pink ladies!

This is my very lovely #1 Brunette Barbie. She was made in 1959 and she is the first style Barbie ever made! I have dressed her in the PINK outfit called Plantation Belle.

Look how beautiful her face is and I just love that PINK Straw Hat and her PINK pearl necklace!

Here is her matching PINK Straw Purse! Even Barbie back in 1959 liked PINK too!

For more PINK Saturday posts, please click here and go visit Ms Beverly at How Sweet The Sound!

Show Us Your Roosters Party!

2009-08-28T01:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Barb at Bella Vista today she is hosting a Show Us Your Roosters Party! Be sure to go visit her and see all the other participates. There are over 200 of us!

I love Roosters. Everything in my kitchen is centered around Roosters and Hens. From spoon rests, salt and pepper shakers, rolling pins to statues, plates, cups, dish towels, lamps, if it has a rooster on it, it's in my kitchen!

This is a Stained Glass Window that I made about 7 years ago. I love how the sunlight shines through it!

I have dishes of Roosters all around the tops of the windows
All my canister sets are Rooster themed too! My Lamps in the Kitchen are all Roosters too!
My Wallpaper around part of the kitchen has the cutest Hens all over it! I love odd things with Roosters like this Rolling Pin This is one side of my Kitchen, Roosters on all the shelves This is the other side I also have some corner shelves that I keep some of my Salt and Pepper Shakers of Roosters on them This is the cabinet where I keep all my Rooster Dishes This is where I keep all my Table Clothes and Table Runners. And yes, they all have Roosters on them! Here are a few close up shots of some of my other Roosters

And this last picture says it all how crazy I am for Roosters.......

Blue Monday - Pretty Blue Vintage Hankies

2009-08-23T22:01:00.001-07:00

It's Blue Monday again and its time to post about something Blue!

The other day I was on Etsy looking to buy some fabric and I came across these very pretty blue hankies for sale. I just couldn't resist buying them, the price was great too!

Here is a close up of each one. I love all the pretty blue delicate looking flowers on them

I love displaying my hankies. In my laundry room I have pretty french doors leading outside to my patio area. I wanted some kind of valance on it, but not one to take away my view of my garden. So I have a rope line running across the top of the doors and I hang my hankies on it and I secure them with vintage clothes pins. Not only am I displaying my vintage hankies but it looks so cute! Here is a picture of one of the blue ones!
For more Blue Monday posts, please go check out Ms Sally at Smiling Sally's Blog for more links!

Pink Saturday - Bavaria China Bowl

2009-08-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

This week for Pink Saturday I took pictures of a really pretty Bavaria China Dish/Platter that I have.

I purchased this dish on ebay. I just fell in love with the pink roses and gold highlights!

Here is a close up of those pretty Pink Roses and flowers! For more Pink Saturday Posts, please go visit our hostess, Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

Vintage MakeOver

2009-08-19T23:55:00.001-07:00

Today I thought I would join Vintage Thingie Thursday over at Suzanne's Coloradolady's Blog

My husband took this vintage thingie.......

And all these vintage thingies.....

And this dirty vintage thingie.....

And he turned it all into this Vintage Thingie............

And this Vintage Thingie....

Don't forget to go Visit Coloradolady Blog for more Vintage Thingie Thursday posts!