Happy Sunday

Good Morning! 

How are you, dear friends? 

I really think of you all as friends. 

 What are you up to this morning? 

I hope that you had time this weekend to pop into a house of worship regardless of your faith. 

We all endure struggles and my faith is what has seen me through. 

What do you think about my new custom blog header? 

A wonderful designer did it for me.

I'll get her information out to you if you are interested.

She has all the computer capabilities and design sense to make custom headers, buttons etc. 

Please come back tomorrow for the recap of the last day of my junking trip with my brother and a junky linky party. 

Get ready to feature some new to you treasures or your best junk finds. 

I'm looking forward to it. 

 I've got exciting things in the works and I can't wait to share them with you. 

Happy Sunday! 

Katie 

What I Just Realized About Pinterest

I read a blurb the other day that Pinterest had changed its feed. 

I knew that I started getting more "picked for you" pins. 

What I thought was that my friends and those that I follow weren't on Pinterest much anymore. 

Wow. 

I was wrong. 

I went to my sister's page. Low and behold, there were tons of pins I hadn't even seen. 

Even though I had a board about clothes for travel, I wasn't seeing all her pins about packing and what to wear when traveling. 

I went to one of BFF's pages. There were tons of shoe pins even though I have a board call-Shoes.

Hmmm. 

I've gotten much less traffic to Let's Add Sprinkles from Pinterest. 

I used to get about 1/4 of my hits from the site. It is much lower than that now.

In fact, the stuff I'm pinning isn't really getting repinned unless it has to do with Joanna Gaines. 

So it makes me wonder. 

Are you seeing my pins? 

If not here is how to see what I am pinning?

I love sharing beautiful content with my readers and followers. 

I have 2700 followers on Pinterest. 

What is the point of trying to build followers if they aren't seeing what I pin?
Frustrating. 

I haven't found a way to fix this except to go the person I would like to catch up with and click where it says Pins. 

Maybe if that is done enough the algorithm will change. 

The other way is to check the comment box next to your picture and then click the news button. 

It shows what everyone is pinning. 

To see what I'm pinning, go to my Home Page. 

I'm pinning cute stuff, y'all. 

I'm hoping the algorithm will change if I do that as well. 

Pass this blog post along if your friends are having the same issue. 

Pinterest has now gone the way of Facebook and I'm afraid Instagram is going that way too. 

These problems are not the end of the world but I am dependent on social media...  

I also want to see what my friends are up to. 

Ei.yi.yi.

Thanks,

Katie

Linking with,
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes 
Lilacs and Longhorns
Essence of Home 

Junkpalooza Day Three

The object of the day for day three is to stay hydrated. 
I've been dehydrated a couple of times and it is not fun. 

This heat wave is relentless and it zaps a body, so we headed to the outdoor venue first. 

Did you expect produce at Green's Produce?  
They have that and more. 

A produce associate of the owner is a junk and salvage dealer. 

 This man will chat your ear off.
He will tell you about his travels to the Midwest to ferret out treasures that are languishing in barns. 
Um... I want to do that. 

I've been saving my money for this stop on the junky trail. 

Cute, cute farm stuff. 

Yikes. 

I got this darling pie safe. 

Eeek! It's so cute. 

We ate lunch at The Tin Cup. I had the Doc Holiday which is roast beef on rye with feta cheese, sundried tomatoes, and chives. Delicious.  

If you are ever in Arlington for lunch it is a winner.

There was a cute shop in the corner of the shopping center behind the Tin Cup. 

We browsed for a minute in there but didn't get anything. 
 Half Price Books in North Arlington was our next stop. 

I took my time and shopped for books to go with our theme this year at school. 

In a genius moment we stopped in at Decorator's Warehouse. 
The air is always chilly. 
 It allows one to pretend it is almost Christmas and that it isn't 100 degrees outside. 
Try it sometime. 

I'll have a photo tour of Decorator's Warehouse in another post.

The decorations are AMAZING.

I noticed a section of lights out on my tree so they told me to bring it in early to get fixed. 
I'd do it tomorrow if it weren't 120 degrees in the attic. 
Thanks for checking in with me. 

To link your own junky finds go to my Junky Linky Party and link up any thrifty find. 

Katie 
Read about 
Day 1
Day 2
Day 4 and link party
Linking with, 
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes
 Lilacs and Longhorns 
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
The Scoop
A Stroll Thru Life 
 

Junkpalooza Day Two

 How are you?
I've been so busy junking that I haven't time to post about day two of Junkpalooza.

103 degrees. 

Once it hit 103 degrees, day two of Junkpalooza came to a close.
It was even too hot to take very many photos. 

I found some a couple of cute things and a few books.  

Day two got off to a late start because we had to wait for the air conditioning man.
The good news is that our upstairs is cooler than it has been all summer. 

He was replacing leaky coils and installing another vent for our room. 
Yipee. 

Our first stop was Arlington Resale. 

It is my favorite junk shop. 

Maybe I should say Junque Shoppe because it isn't your run of the mill thrift store.
The front room looks like an antique store. 
They get great stuff including some of the stuff that I have donated. 
Not to brag but they love my stuff. 

Things turned a bit dicey when my eagle eye brother spotted one of the chairs I had given them.  I failed to mention to him that Bill and I cleaned out the attic and donated some of my great grandmother's rickety chairs. 

Bill and I had come to the sad conclusion that no amount of coaxing would be able to convince any sane person from sitting on these chairs. 
They were in the attic waiting for a lake house that may or may not ever happen.
After a moment or two of silence, Dave seemed to understand. 

Whew. 

Why did my grandmother label all her furniture? 

These are my finds from Arlington Resale. 

 My affair with green continues.

The tea leaf was only $1.00. 
This was my great grandmother Lueke's everyday china. 
 Ironic since I'd given away two of her chairs. 
"Oops" was all Bill had to say.
Dave did not make me buy back my great grandmother's chairs.
Thank goodness. 
The thought did cross my mind. 

We finished up the awkward moment and headed to J. Gilligan's for Irish Nachos. 
I highly recommend them.

 Get the salad for lunch if that will make you feel better about the calories consumed because of this delicious appetizer. 
It's worth it. 

Potato skins smothered in cheese with sour cream and jalapenos.
So good. 

After lunch we went to Salvation Army. 
Then we headed to Thrift Town. 
The roads are all torn up so a 2 minute trip took about 15 minutes.

 I found the best brass chargers.

There were six of them for $2.99 each. 
I wish I'd seen them when it was half off blue week. 
I've worked to build up my charger collection. 
 I didn't have a charger collection until I started blogging. 

You can't do a blogger tablescape without chargers. 
It's a rule or something. 
I'm sure of it. 

Dave wanted to visit the pawn shop he frequented in H.S. 
I turned the wrong way on to a one way street. 
It wasn't a one way street when Dave was in H.S. 
 Thank heavens for the Methodists because their parking lot saved me from a head on situation. 

It was 103 by the time we returned to the car. 

We were getting hot and thirsty.  I was a little crabby.

We ran into one more Half Price Books and then headed home to the blissfully cool house. 

It was a fun and thrifty day. 
I hope you are well. 
To show off your own junky finds go to my Junky Link party. 

Katie 
Read about
 Day 1
Day 3
Day 4 and a link party

Linking with,
The Scoop 
A Stroll Thru Life 

Junkpalooza Day One

Junkpalooza 2016 is off to a great start even if it is a little hot.

It was great having our own chauffeur!

We met Dave and his wife, Michele at the Sunrise Cafe in Cleburne, Tx. 

Two eggs over easy, bacon, hash browns and white toast. 

It is my go-to breakfast and it was delicious. 
On our way out of town, my heart did a little pitter patter over this home that is in the process of being moved.

It's being moved to Midlothian to be turned into offices. 
 It was purchased for just $100 but it will require at least a half of a million dollars to move and restore it.
Those windows-love!

 

I may have to go visit it in Midlothian. 

We headed back to Ft. Worth so we could get Bill's favorite decaf coffee beans at Avoca Co. but they were out. 

Old Home Supply was our first shopping stop.
It is a must see if you are ever in Ft. Worth. 

Do you need a giant flamingo? This is your place.

They have architectural salvage but they also have antiques. 

I almost got a marmalade pot. 
The brown transferware plate was only $9.00. 
I left those for someone else.  

Look at the size of this chandelier.

My favorite thing was this old iron spiral staircase. 

 

I'm surprised no one has snatched up this clock face.

 

Montgomery Street Antique Mall was next on the list. 

The camp sign was not for sale but would be darling in my classroom this fall. 

I found some delicious green.

This picnic basket was calling to me.

Bill was the winner of the day with his purchase.

 Melt Ice Creams was our next stop. 
We needed fortification!

We all had Cup of Texas which features the aforementioned Avoca Coffee.
It was the best coffee ice cream I have ever had. 

Do you think coffee ice cream has a kick of caffeine?

I needed it at this point. 
Dave had a salted caramel as his second scoop. He said it was delicious. 
 

Our final stop of the day was a Half Price Books off of Hulen Street. 

Dave has been trying to complete his collection of Hardy Boys Books and number 54 will top off his collection. 
We will search but do you think we can find it this year? 

I'll let you know.

Junkpalooza 2016 is well underway.
I didn't find anything but it was a great day shopping in Ft. Worth. 
I'll be hosting a Inlinkz linky party so that you can showcase some of your junky finds so come back by for more information. 
Have a wonderful day!  
The Link Party is up. 
Go and link up your thrifty treasures. 

Katie  

Linking with, 
Savvy Southern Style 
Share Your Cup
Peeking Through The Sunflowers
The Scoop 
A Stroll Thru Life

Trumpet Vine In Our Summer Garden

Are you ready for a walk through our summer garden?

The orange blossoms on our trumpet vines are a welcome sight each summer. 
 We brought little roots from our house in Lubbock and transplanted them here. 
It took about three years for them to become established. 

They remind me of my grandmother. 
She had them growing in her gorgeous yard. 
I just adore them. 
Their precious blossoms bring such character and joy to my yard. 

These blossoms are faithful to bloom even in the extreme heat. 
Their roots are a tad invasive but nothing too unmanageable. 
A quick trip with the weed eater takes care of them.  

The garden has been pretty lush looking because we had rain in June.  

The rain has since stopped and the concrete statues bring interest to the garden even when not many flowers are blooming as the temperature hovers around 100 degrees. 

I adore this sweet face.

This statue started life as part of a fountain. 
I "planted" it in the garden when it broke. 

I love this darling pair.

 A concrete planter came from Bill's mom. 
I love the texture it adds to anything that is planted within it. 

Jonnie gave me the coleus for Mother's Day and it is doing great in spite of the heat.

Bill's hosta thrives.
Which I don't understand because I've never had much luck with it.

If it gets too hot, I'm up for a quick dip in the pool. 

I hope you are staying cool where you are. 
Thanks for stopping in to see our summer garden. 
The junking expedition with my brother is off to a great start. 
I'll fill you in soon. 
Katie 

Linking with, 
Between Naps on the Porch
Peeking Through The Sunflowers