My Lumberjack

We have lots of beautiful live oaks out here on our farm



And hickory trees



A wild palm tree too!



Hurricane Irene pounded us with rain and wind ~ just a small drip compared to what she unleashed on other towns up and down the east coast ~ and took out one of our hickories

(Surveying the damage)

This is Twyla's favorite live oak (the one in the middle)



She spends countless hours in its shade



Sadly, her oak was recently hit by lightning.  The tree's pretty close to the house so we were relieved the house wasn't damaged.  Of course, Captain Project was thrilled for the opportunity to whip out his chainsaw.





A man and his chainsaw!  He cracks me up.

Sad that we lost the hickory and such a large limb on the live oak, but on the bright side, Paul will have lots of wood for smokin' meat!

(Gawd I love this man's legs!)

Jeez, a earthquake and hurricane all in one week ~ happy weather's behaving this week!  All of you make it ok through the quake and storm?

Hope you'll come back again on Tuesday.  I'll be sharing who won my August blog giveaway and announce what's in store for September!

Caught in the Act!

After the Christmas feast, the guys grabbed Retro Revival aprons and got busy cleaning up the dishes!  What they really need are my MEN'S aprons!  Thanks Christina, for sharing this picture:)

Janie ordered my 1950's Style Lucky Charms apron as a Christmas gift for her mother-in-law and a custom Irish half apron for herself:

Thanks for sharing, Janie.  You both look adorable!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE seeing your pictures so keep sending them!

Leave a comment on one of my January blog entries and you're automatically entered to win this month's blog giveaway:

The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!  Drawing is 1/31/11.  Good luck!

Retro Revival Launches a Men's Aprons Line!

**Please be sure to check back again this Thursday, December 9th for news about a very special December blog giveaway!**

Well, I resisted the idea of making men's aprons for a year and have finally relented.  Last week I offically launched my new line of Men's Aprons - yay!

I resisted because in order for me to create beautiful things I need to work with beautiful materials and didn't think "pretty" or even cute or kitschy when considering a man's apron.  At each one of my craft fairs, and via many email requests, I was asked by women if I had any men's aprons - I finally caved.  Ha!

AND, I finally found some cute fabric.  Well, not too cute!  I think I found the right fabric - that is, cute enough to attract a woman but not so cute that her man wouldn't want to wear it!

I designed a simple, chef-style that slips comfortably over the head, ties behind the waist and features a big front pocket with two compartments.

Then I had to sweet talk my sweetheart into modeling them for me!  I'm obviously biased BUT I think he's the most handsome male model ever!

To date, I have four different fabrics from which to choose:

I'll add more as I find additional, perfect fabrics but in the meantime, you can find these at Retro Revival.

Please visit me again on Thursday, December 9th because I have a very special blog giveaway announcement!  Think you're gonna love it!

Catching Up Now That I'm Back Online

So happy to be back in Blogville!  Now...I'm overdue announcing the winner of my Retro Revival November blog giveaway...

Congratulations to Treeville Mary - yay!  Please send me your address so that I can ship you the Christmas goodies.

I hope all of my American followers had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  It was a very mellow and quiet Thanksgiving for us on the farm this year.  Paul smoked an ah-mazing turkey:

And I cooked all the sides:

Poor Twyla sniffed crazily all day, trying to discover a dropped morsel!  Caught her "helping" with the dishes:

Please come back on Tuesday, December 7th, when I'll resume my normal blog schedule (new posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and when I'll announce my December blog giveaway!