This, that, and the other thing.

March is by far my least favorite month of the year.

Cold weather.

Gray skies.

Dirty melting snow.

Yuk.

This was the view in front of our house this morning.

Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a wee bit.  This is actually a view of the world's largest open pit mine about a mile from our house.  A little closer to home, we have a growing body of water covering the sidewalk in front of our house.  During the winter months in northern Minnesota, this is not a good sign.  ( possible broken underground water line )

We may be needing these.

Bill called the city garage yesterday to have them check it out.  I vaguely remember him telling me (when I was still half asleep) to go outside and ask them what the verdict is when they came by today.  But, darn if I wasn't smack dab in the middle of my foxy transformation with a bottle of L'Oreal 5CB!  Now that the deed is done, I think the color is not actually foxy, but more like a black bear.  Anyhoo, I just looked out the window and the water they cleared earlier this morning hasn't returned, so I'll take that as a good sign.

To brighten up our dismal house, I dragged my spring storage bin out of the basement and dusted off a few treasures to display.

I think this is an original watercolor, but I've never had it looked at by an expert.

I've been admiring this lamp for several years, and finally bought it.  It was only $20 and coordinates nicely with the accessories I've picked up for the bedroom that we've spent the last 2 weekends working on!!!  ( It has stood untouched for the last 9 months!  Can you spell  p-r-o-c-r-a-s-t-i-n-a-t-e ?  )

I am quite shameless when it comes to decorating with faux flowers.

These flowers came from Pottery Barn, so they can't be that bad.

There.  A little birdie.  Some gardening books.  Good to go.

Look what came in the mail today!  I'll be spending some quality time visiting with my good friend Martha tonight.

Even Henriheada received a mini-makeover with a $3.00 vintage spring hat.

On second thought, this is just what I need to cover black bear.

Hats off to hairdressers who can perform magic!

This foxy mama.......bear is signing off.

Vickie

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