The color red, Cabin fever, And roses.............

Hi,  A happy Monday to everyone, hope you had a good week end and you are  ready to start another week of this long long  winter..   I know why it has been so long for Charlie and me, usually we spend a month or two or three in Florida.  It is the first winter in twenty years we have stayed in Ohio the whole winter.  Charlie is taking chemo and a test drug for lung cancer so we are here for the whole season.    I hope every one up north will think spring with me.

   I am in the house way to much and looking at the same thing every day, I now know why people say they have cabin fever because this year I caught it to.   As I sit around and look at the same thing over and over I think just what could I do to change a few things, I can not move the furniture because there is only one way in my long dining and living room for the furniture to sit..

 

But I am going to change every thing else I can.  As you can see in the picture above there is just so much I can do, you can see the color red and pictures of roses every where in my home.  I can not move the furniture or change all of the colors but I can get the paint brush out, move some pictures, change the drapes and do a few  things here and there to change the look.  Please come back to see the before and after pictures of my little cabin where I caught the bad winter fever.
                        Love ya,   Sharon

Once Upon A Time............

      When I was a little girl, long long ago all of my favorite story books began with the words Once Upon A Time     Right now I am starting a new blog, with a new name, new look and a few new ideas so I though why not........I will write about my favorite pass time which is decorating my little cottage with vintage treasures I have picked up at thrift stores.  Through the years I have collected many old  family items that are full of memories that I would like to share.  Of course I will have a few pictures of family and friends scattered here and there and a picture of Sir Winston you will find among the pages of my life. 
       I have been truly blessed through the years but in November of last year my husband Charlie was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and what I though was normal every day life has changed.for us.  I would like to share just a little of the journey we are on in hope that it may help others.  My blog will be up beat because that is the way we are living our life on a daily basis.    Charlie's attitude is wonderful and that helps us both cope with  learning all about cancer, chemo, hair loss and all that goes along with the deseas.     I also feel that by thinking about my blog and taking pictures to share  with you  will help me the care giver to think about some something other then the cancer.    So that is how it is now  --  -- and I can share with you how thing were once upon a time.  
   I love pictures of roses which will be scattered among the pages and also pictures of  children of yesterday.   I hope to share my journey with you, laugh with you and get to know all of you.   Thank you for the visit and I hope to have you read my story which will begin with Once Upon A time
                                                                                                Love to all,    Sharon K