Last week I commented on a Miss Mustard Seed post. Marion was painting a butler’s cabinet in her new home. Miss Mustard Seed makes/ sponsors [ not sure of the correct word here] milk paints in various colors, and has done so for a good many years. You are probably familiar with her products. She had her milk… Read More Miss Mustard Seed Boxwood- a Paint
Ireland calls itself the land of saints and scholars. Many categories come under scholars, including artists and writers. As I travel looking for gates and doors to photograph, I have also taken a few pix of the roadway sculptures. I recently learned that Ireland has a law that took 1% of the cost of building a… Read More SCULPTURE IN IRELAND- ROADWAYS
Something reminds me- when I am traveling I always miss the other place at some time during my journeys. When I am in Ireland, I miss people and things in Ohio and when I am in Ohio, I miss parts of Ireland. Yesterday when I was searching the photo library for that Irish pickers sign of the Lady… Read More MISSING IRELAND
The first pen set you see was made in our shop in Ireland {This shop has the lathe} with a wood called Bubinga. Bubinga is an African Hardwood, specifically an Equatorial Africa of western Africa including Gabon, Congo, and Angola. sometimes called the African Rosewood, it may resemble other hardwood mahogany wood from South American.… Read More HAND TURNED PEN SETS-Do you know what BUBINGA is???
We have a collection of Antiques in Ireland. Periodically we bring some items over to Ohio for the enjoyment of our USA customers. One unique item is a fireplace tile. The old cast iron fireplaces of the Victorian home had pretty tiles lining the outside of the insert of the fireplace. The tiles would match or… Read More Craven Dunhill Pottery Fireplace Tile- Antique- Victorian- Art Noveau
I have recently embarked on the genealogy DNA searches. I got my results back from 23 and Me just recently, and I did get some unexpected results. I did confirm my roots are from Ireland and Great Britain. Years ago I went to Ireland to locate my grandmother, Delia Ryan’s, birth records to obtain Irish citizenship under this unique… Read More IRISH ART A LITTLE BIT OF IRELAND FOR YOUR HOME
As You Know… Whimsey is my favorite part of the shop. First I have an announcement. We have sold the Celtic Lady to a lady in New Mexico. I do hope she enjoys the piece. JR had richly embellished her piece with gold thread and beads- it really was a gorgeous item. the extra work in the… Read More The Celtic Lady Has Sold! Now to more Pebble Art N’ Doodles
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Yesterday my sister sent me a link to the Phantom Gourmet’s video about the Nordic Lodge in Rhode Island on their world greatest lobster buffet.video here. It really made my mouth water. I love seafood and lobster is one of my all-time favorites. I sometimes get live lobster and cook it at home but it… Read More Lobster Lobster Lobster
Most scones in Ireland are called British scones in the American food vernacular. But there is a difference between an American scone and A British/Irish scone. The American Scone/biscuit has mostly the same ingredients as the scone here in Ireland: flour, shortening, a bit of sugar, milk, salt, and baking powder. But the scone here has the addition of… Read More WHATS AN IRISH SCONE?
