reflections

A stop sign for weekday photo

You don't have to be bilingual to live here in New Brunswick,Canada, the only officially bilingual province in Canada. The meaning of "arret" is easily understandable as to its meaning of" stop" All traffic signs in our province are in both french and english. The writing on the book mobile of New brunswick's public library system says it all , " Be in this place"

The topic for Thursday on the meme Weekday photos is stop signs! To learn more of this meme which features a different photo challenge each day of the week please check it out at:http://www.weekdayphotos.com/

Barn building for Remember Whensday

While driving home last Thursday feom a trip to Saint John we saw this old barn being dismantled. I just had to take its picture!. The word" barn raising "came to mind and I started wondering about its beginnings. Had it been a joint effort, maybe the result of a barn raising. The framwork reminded me of a scene from a movie I had once seen where a barn raising took place. I have driven past this location a few times since hoping to catch a glimpse, or maybe a picture of someone working on it up high. I have had no luck yet, but I will keep checking it out.


When looking at the dismantled barn picture this old antique photo above kept coming to my mind. My great grandfather Frederick Otis Pheasant is standing the third from the right in the back row. I don't know the occasion of the photo but Pa Pheasant and many of the men from the community had gathered altogether. When first seeing the photo I had thought barn raising for the evidence of building is seen in the wagon load of lumber in the lower left. But then I thought," no", not a barn for the door opening was too wide. My second guess would be that this building might be a sawmill. Perhaps the men had gathered together to saw some lumber that day and thus the reason for the wagonload of lumber. Or perhaps some building had been going on that day. ? The mystery shall remain in the past as I know of no one who could tell me of the activities of the day whwn this photo was taken.

Remember Whensday is a new meme to me. This meme gives the opportunity to share old photos and memories with others. To learn more about this fascinating meme please go to:http://rememberwhensday.blogspot.com/:or click on the old black and white photo in the right column A happy Whensday to all!

Yard Sale Treasure

This is an indoor cat made of chalk. I found this old , chalk doorstopper at a yard sale yesterday. It is old as was the seller, he told us he was 95. This chalk find needs a bit of paint touch up and my husband already did some repair to its left front paw by adding some plastic wood to round out the missing end of its paw. I love old door stoppers and



I have another cat[shown above] that I have been using for years. When found they often need a bit of a paint touch up as You never know what treasures you will bring home from a yard sale!

A bookshelf found for Today's Thrifty Treasures

We love yard slaes and eagerly await seeing and finding what's out there each weekend. Its not that we need to find things at bargain prices its the fun of discovery! And this past weekend we found a treasure for $2.oo in this beautiful pine wall shelf with the side ends designed with beautiful scroll work in wood.The plsce we've found for it to hang is on the wall of our back sunroom above a chest of drawers which appears to be a perfect match for it.I also found many books to buy for this shelf will easily be filled. Also another excellent find was a banjo for $5.00 which will be a gift for our musician son. see the previous post about this treasure. And also to add to our supply of coffe mugs a fireking Jadite coffee mug for just 10 cents making it a perfect match for the small jadite bowl we got last weekend for just 50 cents. Other treasures found by others can be found on the meme Yard sale fun hosted by Southern Hospitality : Please click on the badge on the side bar on this page to learn more about this meme or to share some of your thrifty finds. Have a great day!

a banjo for Davis, a yardsale treasure

We found this banjo Davis, with a dragonfly leading the way. Just as we were heading over to look at it,

a dragonfly landed on it and stayed while I took its picture. We figured it was meant to be and didn't think we could go wrong by paying the $5.00 asking price for it! So its yours now, and you can pick it up when you come home for a visit this summer. Here are a few details of its appearance:

We think its pretty nice but you're the musician

We look forward to hearing you play it this summer. We figure you could find a place on top of your turquoise pianio for it. Have a happy summer day!..

Metal, jewellery, metallic and nature designs

To learn more of Thursday's Challenge and andthis week's theme of metallic,metal, jewellery, etc please click on the photo of the jewelled dragonfly on the right sidebar on this page. Have a great day!


This theme for this week's Thursday challenge really challenged me a bit today until I was thinking about my most favourite nature sightings, butterflies, moths and dragonflies when I knew what I would post.I ran (mentally) to take its picture.

When a physiotherapist first suggested that I buy myself a cane I searched for one that I could identify with. It has become my friend and companion that helps me with my balance while walking along railroad tracks looking for snapping turtles laying their eggs, while strolling through uneven surfaced grassy meadows looking for butterflies or dragonflies, or when going up or down slopes or little hills going to the river or when walking along my favourite wooded walking trails. The butterfly designs on my walking cane are very lovely. lively and inspiring.
Anbother part of the theme today is jewelery I have two beauties to share with you. I have always loved rhinestones as a child. My first piece of rhinestone jewelery was a yellow and lime green necklace and earring set, a gift from my father. I could not believe that I owned such magnificent beauty when it was given to me. Today my daughter, Riel, has that set. And this treasure below was a gift from my daughter and my grandson for Christmas one year. To me it was a perfect choice and I love it.
Whenever I wear this dragonfly pin(above) it always receives compliments and praise for its lovileness.
A second piece that fits the jewelery , metal, nature theme is this blue jewelled dragonfly, a gift from my granddaughter via my daughter Riel.Isn't it special!
And to keep this post nature themed I will include a picture of a butterfly I saw yesterday. Its a toss up between a meadow fritillary and a silver-bordered fritillary, but i think its the latter,

a Silver-bordered fritillary.