Soulfulness....Taking the Rabbit Hole... to Heart....

It was a Long... Day...today...

Picked up the second Dormer.... {that was Frozen, into the Ground...broke a spade...handle... prying it from the Grip... of The Frost!!!}

and lots of Dibby Dabbies... that are posted on Barbara Conner Facebook... and Simply Iowa Facebook...

I have tried... for the better part of an hour, to post them here... and all I could get to go... was this one...

Go Figure...

The One... with 15 Vintage Rosary Beads... : )

{think I had a little help... ? : ) }

I gathered a darling group... of soulfulness.... late in the day....

As I unpacked... it all... and had it strewn across... the Old Harvest Table....

I realized... why... I love the rabbit hole... so.

It's filled... with these little...old... soulful... heart warming... treasures...

From... the old...old... handmade lace...and ribbon... some... just little fragments... like...the ones... I found, today... just...scraps... of satin ribbon... not enough... to make a full...project...yet, were carefully wrapped on an old piece of cardboard.... because... someone... thought... it was too... pretty... to throw away....

{I wish I could show ya... : ) }

{look on fb }

I found some... little Holy Water Bottles.... from way back, in the day...

one, sits inside a metal sleeve... with Christ, on the front... it's gnarly... worn... and...

wonderful...

I also...spied... an Autograph Album... I collect these... but...

I have Never... seen one... like this....

They were popular... from the 1870's.... through the 1920's...

I like the earlier ones... up to 1900...

however...

This One... is in the shape... of an old... Teddy Bear...

Given to a little girl, named Alice....

from her Aunt Louise... : )

oh... my.... Gosh...

the cover... is almost like mohair... on the bear...

and has worn velvet... on the back...

wow....

I decided... the other day.... how I was going to theme... the Heart of Country Booth...

it will be...

'The Rabbit Hole... Straight to The Heart'...

Over the years... I, and my Show Partners...

have come up with a Theme....

an...'Iowa Farmhouse'

'Alice in Wonderland'

'Early Iowa'....

'Heart and Soulful'....

{I could go...on...and on....}

This Year...

I'm taking The Rabbit Hole... to Heart.

I've always... had... a flavor...of it there... but... if, you have never been down the rabbit hole...

well... there is...only one...

and will be mighty hard... to duplicate.... in a couple of days...

I'm going to do my best... recreation...

After...looking at the gatherings.... just a thimbleful.... of what is woven... through the little shop....

I realize... it's this.... these... worn, and so...loved... pieces... that bring such... comfort, to me....

Maybe... others will find, that... too....

we all need... that... warmth... to embrace... and envelope us....these days...

{at least... I know, I do... and I find myself... running there... often... : ) }

Peg...had her first treatment, today... and sounds...Great!!!

4 more days... then she comes home...

Please... keep her, and all.... who suffer... in Your Prayers... My Little Angels....

Love... to ya...

Barb C.