A Fishin' We All Went!

A Fishing Birthday Party....

 for my baby....who is becoming a big boy too fast!

When I asked him what kind of party he wanted for his birthday this year he exclaimed a "Fishing Party momma!"  He loves to fish with his Daddy so I knew this would be a party that would really suit his interest and mean something for him.  It took a little planning, but it was all put together with very little effort,

and rather low cost and when all was said and done, I enjoyed putting it together!

So a Fishin' we all went!

I packed brown bag lunches for each child, with a sub, gold fish, and raisins.

Each child received a fishing hat, small tackle box, a cane fishing pole and candy "bait" for favors.

He has an old fashioned all boy theme in his big boy room so I plucked a few of his decorative items off the shelves and used them on our buffet table where the adults could assemble a sandwich for themselves.

An antique tackle box holds favor bags of "bait". 

A local park served as the beautiful backdrop for our party, so peaceful and serene.

Thats my Birthday Boy on the playground in his fishing vest.

It was great for keeping the children busy in between fishing and games like

"Pass the Bait Bucket"

The children each used a baited cane pole to fish for sunnies off the dock.

A few caught a fish....

While a few played with the worms.

I don't know who had more fun...the kids or the dads!

After washing up they sat down to eat their fishing lunches.....

And then we sang Happy Birthday and ate

Simple Homemade Chocolate Cupcakes, my sons favorite, with bass toppers my sweet SIL made for us.

and we sent them home with goodie bags of "BAIT"... make that kid bait!

Gummy worms, inside celophane sacks tied with a homemade bait fish tag that we wrote a short thank you note on the back of.

Well I hope this post finds you all well.  Things have changed here in our farmhouse and my family is still adjusting to school and their momma having a job there.  I love my new job, seriously, I do.  I am still trying to find a balance with juggling work and a family (my number one priority) which can be a challenging but we are managing just fine!
I will be working on some autumn signs and am almost finished with the fall decor so I'll be sharing in my next post.  Enjoy your week and Take Good Care of yourself!
XO
Dee

Where I come from....

On any given Summer Evening

You can find us here...

The heart of our town set deeply in it's Maritime history.

We stroll the old fashioned boardwalk and it feels as though we've simply stepped back in time.

We live in a coastal shore town where clamming, crabbing, fishing, and hunting
is a long part of its history.

Generations of families have survived and thrived here with those occupations.

A coastal town in which a light house such as the one shown below has guided

many a fisheman home safely to their families.

A small town from which fresh seafood is still readily available on the docks

where the fishemen bring in their day's catch.

And many a market has stood the test of time, passed down through families.

Long standing names in our community grace business signs.

A place that reminds the residents of

how our community came to be.

On certain summer evenings we gather together with family and friends here to listen to the

live concerts they put on for the locals. 

Including locals of the webbed foot variety...following us down the clam shell path.

While listening to the music we walk through the town and enjoy the sights

of things and appreciate times that once where.

I love history,

I especially love the local history where we live.

Standing outside old bait shops and fish markets that had a strong hand in keeping this community standing makes you appreciative of the old timers you pass by on the docks.

Can you tell if this picture was taken 60 years ago?

 Or maybe taken just yesterday? 

If it weren't for the light in the peak and air contitioning unit peeking up
I don't think that you really could tell.

All in all, it's still the same.

So what is your local history?  What type of local commerce has kept your town afloat for generations, coal mining, logging, fishing maybe farming? 

Let me hear all about where you are from!

PS.
Well gals looks like we have hit 500 followers now and I did promise a giveaway when the blog hit 500 and a giveaway I shall give.  Be sure to check back in about a week for all the details.

I'll give you a tip off on the requirements now, you must be a follower, bonus entries if you leave comments, more bonus entries if you have my link in your sidebar, bonus, bonus entries, if you blog about the give away and mega bonus entries if you are a customer.  As usual, the winning entry will be drawn by random number generator but more on all that later.  I'm off to pick the perfect giveaway sign now. 
Have a great week!
Take care,
Dee

Down a Country Road

I take the back roads whenever possible. 

I try to avoid the busiest roads, even if it takes longer to get there. 

I will find my way around it.

Oh no...we don't own a GPS...I don't want one,

I actually like the adventure of getting lost on the backroads.

Tis true....

I open the windows and let the breeze blow my hair in every direction.  Down the road we go, singing all the way as loud as we can over the sound of the wind rushing in. 

Sometimes we just hop into the car, get on the road, and see where it takes us.  No destination in mind.  One back road after another, passing fields and farms we have ventured upon some interesting places we would have never found otherwise.

How's about you....do you take the back roads

whenever you can?

Perhaps you live in a place where

all roads are back roads?

Well we are off for another country drive....have a great weekend folks!

Take Care,

Dee

CoNGrAtulaTIOns to Dirt Princess you are the winner of my giveaway!!!

Thank you ladies for all of your kind comments regarding the sign, my blog and my sign shop! I am glad to hear that you all love SugarPie Farmhouse as much as I do! I want to congratulate Dirt Princess on her win of my PIE FIXES EVERYTHING sign giveaway! You can visit her adorable blog at http://northmobilegardensociety.blogspot.com/ it is just so sweet with all of her flower gardens and dragon flies...so very cute! I cannot wait to get back there and read some more of her posts, she even has categorized her posts by flower type.


In addition to her wonderful blog, I have been introduced, by so many of you, to some really great blogs that I am really enjoying and cannot wait to get the time to really sit down and read them. Be it something pertaining to gardening, scrapbooking, homekeeping, or raising a family I can see why you all have chosen these as your favorite blogs. It is such a treat to open up the "pages" of these blogs to discover something new and captivating.


Well I also want to let you all know that I wish that I could give each one of you a PIE FIXES EVERYTHING sign! But my fingers have been painting as fast as they can, my nails are every shade of the rainbow and I am plum tuckered out! Instead, I am offering it at Farmhouse Mercantile for 20% off for the month of June to the SugarPie Sista's, so if you do still want it you can get it at a discount for a little while...just send me a comment with your user name.
I have had such a crazy two weeks, with trying to get my online shop up and running, my children are at the end of their school year and next week is their last week of school. It has been non stop field trips, book fairs, award ceremonies, field day's, end of the year dances, sport tournaments etc. etc. Ongoing fun! I am very involved with my kids and am trying to balance my painting with keeping things going at home.....and whewwweeee, I am TIRED!


I wanted to make sure that I announced the winner today as I promised. I will get back on here early next week with some real down-home bloggin! In the meantime I have some pictures of a class trip I took with my 11 year old daughter this past week. I am a big history buff and jumped at chaperoning this trip when I found out where we were going....a local place called Cold Spring Village one of my favorite places. It is a living history museum which means that there are actual people re-enacting history before your eyes in period clothing inside the old buildings using historical artifacts. I really love it there, it is one of my favorite places, so peaceful and beautiful there.

My daughter is on the right....her and her friend purchased those bonnets in the country store.....oh, how cute they looked!



The wheel wright....




A summer kitchen...large oven for baking breads...

This is the printer shop....

This house here was inside one of the workers homes...I really love how authentic they made it.....

The beautiful mural in the dining room of a workers house.....

A corn sheller demonstration in the barn.....

This kind woman explained a day in the life of an average working family...hard work!

She explained it all inside this beautiful barn...ohh... who it made my heart melt....I heart this barn!

Basket Weaving demonstration.



The Black smith......

The tin smith shop.....LOVE, the punched tin all over...

The country store....MY FAVORITE PLACE!!

Oh my I love these haning lights...beautiful bubble glass, just georgeous!

All decorated patriotically inside....

Love, the old boxes...and displays.

A good ole fashioned one-room schoolhouse!

The cutest lil bakery! With fresh baked goods....mmmm!

Well that concludes our tour gals...I hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I love this place...I never grow tired of it, I could visit it every month and still love going there!

Congrats Dirt Princess! Enjoy your sign!

Take Care now,

Dee