My Wonderful Husband

I'm not going to mince words here, or sugarcoat it...

My husband has put up with a lot of crap from me in recent weeks,

and I just wanted to publicly thank him for sticking by me and

loving me through it all.
I can be a bear to live with at times, especially lately.

I'm re-posting this from over a year ago, please meet my 

amazing, long-suffering, altogether wonderful better half!

*****

Meet my Handsome Husband...

I felt a bit guilty that I had no photos of my own from Warrenton which featured HH, 

but Theresa Cano of Garden Antqs Vintage came to the rescue! 

She was gracious enough to snap this pic of HH and myself in her beautiful space, 

and doubly gracious to allow me to use it here on my blog.

Now let me preface this bio on HH with this disclaimer: 

He is not really in any way shape or form into the whole 

antique-vintage-flea markety-junking-Warrenton thing.

Not a bit.

But boy oh boy, is he ever the go-to guy when you need someone to either push your 

Wonder Wheeler all stinkin' day long, cart heavy furniture to and fro, 

repair a wonky drawer so's I can sell it in my booth,  

listen patiently while I prattle on endlessly about all my bloggy friends....you get the picture.

Heck, he was an avowed lifelong cat hater who has grudgingly come around 

to loving my girl, Winnie (although he'd be loathe to admit it *grin*).

So yeah, in many, many significant ways, he truly is the man behind Fiona and Twig.

But he is an astonishingly accomplished gent in his own right.

He was a world ranked swimmer in college, and made it to the Olympic trials twice. 

At one point, he was ranked 10th in the world!

{swimming a triathlon a few years back}

He is an accomplished thespian, having performed community theatre for years 

(and with the awards to prove it).

He has tirelessly taught High School Chemistry and Physics for many years, 

as well as coached swimming. In fact, 2 years ago he was named Coach of the Year for his region.

But his greatest achievement? 

It might just be putting up with me.

{grin}

Love ya, HH!

Anticipation

So, how was your weekend, lovelies?

Mine was cold.
Hella cold, as in 20 degrees on Saturday morning.
Yep sports fans, it really, truly gets cold in Texas.

Let's see, what else?
I worked, worked and then worked some more, but hey...

the old man was in Houston visiting family, and with the overtime I raked in, 

I'm that much closer to affording my pricey new camera lens.

And that much closer to something....

exciting !

I can't tell you just what it is....yet.

But soon !

 Have a wonderful week!

Fiona and Twig Features...Rusty Rooster Vintage

The problem these days isn't finding exceptional blogs to feature,

rather, it's narrowing the field down to one each month.

But I absolutely knew from the first time I visited this gal's blog,
that I wanted to feature her.

She is a magnificently talented and creative crafter,
whose projects are most certainly destined for the pages of a magazine (s).

From her incredible vintage paper wreaths to her altered recipe cards
to her darling Mason jar lid ornaments, this girl has it going on.
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas...Vicki has it covered
with projects to engage the imagination and beautify the home.

And the good news is that she has her very own Etsy Shop opening soon,
so that you too can own her amazing creations.

Meet Vicki of Rusty Rooster Vintage.

She is beautiful, generous, obviously talented, and yes,
she leaves some of the best comments in blogland!

Take a peek at what's cooking at Rusty Rooster Vintage...

And here's the beautiful lady behind all this crazy creativity...

 Pop on over and say hello to Vicki,
and be sure to tell her I sent you!

You can find the link to her blog right over there, to your right.

Just click on this image on my sidebar...

Also, don't forget to enter her amazing new giveaway...

I hope you enjoyed this visit with Vicki, I always love seeing what she's up to!

Have a wonderful holiday season, my friends!

{all images Rusty Rooster Vintage}

Linking with Debra for Vintage Inspiration Friday

Giving Thanks

It is a couple of days early, but that's okay...

I'm in a mood to give thanks, anyway.

to all of you, who have left comments and

sent me private messages

who have encouraged

uplifted

and

rooted for me

and to one very special long-distance friend and mentor...

I thank you.

Happy Early Thanksgiving!

P.S. all images snapped in my lovely friend Marta's former shop

P.P.S. I'm leaning towards stepping out in faith and going for the photography gig!!!