Happy 4th of July from A Cape Cod Nest

Happy 4th my dear blog friends.  This pic was borrowed but says it all.  Enjoy friends, and family, the parades, the food and the fireworks.  Summer has begun here on The Cape.

Love,  Karen,  Nest in Peace.

Has it really been that long? Hello dear friends!

Hello blog-land friends.  Hope everyone is well, safe and warm.  Here is our Cape Cod Nest drive way after "Juno" left The Cape.  About waist high.



So this is our little Harper.  We rescued her last April, when we put our beloved {Naydie} down.  Harper is the Bee's Knees.  Looking at "Dad" plowing, compliments from our awesome neighbors, they let hubby use their snow blower.

I just can not get enough of this precious little face.  Harper is a joy!

I love how Harper stands watch at her post.  This is her house, and she is the {dog of the house} now.  Look how high that snow is.  So thankful for a warm home, during this storm.  No power outages here and very few in our town.  Nantucket Island did loose power, they got pounded.  The Island is doing much better now.

I have not blogged in some time.  Why?  I'm not a hundred percent sure.  I am good, the kids are good.  Hubby is good.  I think I have allowed the "craziness", going on in our world get to me.  I was feeling like {why blog about home décor, or what my next "project" is or what's going on at A Cape Cod Nest}.  I really did think wow, this is meaningless compared to what is going on in different parts of the world.  A heaviness if you will filled my heart.

Well, I've given it to the Lord.  It's ok, God made me this way.  Pray, and keep praying for this world......then live!  Keep living, keep pressing on....keep in the faith.....knowing The Lord knows all things.  We are to keep living our lives......with grateful hearts.  There is love, joy and peace given from the Father above.  Pray for those suffering.  Thank Him for our freedoms.  Live, occupy, love, and have our being in Him  this day which He has made.

I'm busy with life.  {Feathering the Nest}  Enjoying planning a wedding with our oldest daughter.
No grand babies as of yet from the married son and daughter in law.  It's all good.

So dear friends I look forward to coming back to blogging.  I love looking at your blogs.  It's fun to catch up.

Blessings,

 

Karen

The Beloved Family pet is greatly missed.

This is our {beloved Naydie}  We had to put her down last April due to being an "ol girl" it was so hard to do and the pain I felt for days after was deep and severe.  It surprised how much it hurt letting her go.  Naydie was the family dog.  She was my constant when the {nest} started to empty itself.  Naydie was always there when each one of our kids left the nest.....and now she is gone.  Naydie was my girl. She is free of pain now, running, and chasing squirrels,

There is a new four legged child....of course she does not take Naydie's place.....Our lil Harper will make her own legacy with us at {a cape cod nest}.  Harper is a rescue dog like Naydie was.  She is a love, and very smart, a rascal.  We are missing our Naydia and our memories of her and the kids {when they were all young are sweet}.

Life continues on.....we are all well.....it's been a busy summer.  Weddings....graduations......and more weddings to come.    I thank the Lord for my many blessings!  Lord may your grace and mercy cover and go before those suffering this day in the Middle-East.
 

Happy 4th of July America and friends.

(on line pictures I borrowed)



Nest in Peace friends.---Karen

                                                                                           

Good Friday -no need for words.

Stepping into Spring!- Look what we did during the winter.

Hello dear friends.  Are you ready for Spring??  Everyone is at this point.  Guess what...it's coming.....slowly it is coming.  I am so excited for the {newness} of life to begin.  Little sprouts around the yard...the robins here and there, and people actually outside...walking...and jogging....not shoveling.  LOL.  I love Spring....and the Easter season.  My heart is so grateful this Lent, /Easter time.  I am sure you are very grateful to the Lord as well, for all He has done for you.

So during this c-o-l-d ...l-o-n-g  winter we had here in New England....this is what the {hubs} and I did to the Nest.  First below is a gorgeous find on Craig's List.

A "hall-tree" made of antique wood pieces...owner said she purchased it up in Maine some years ago.  Did not fit in the new home she was buying.  My gain...I love it.

 

I am a bit bummed this pic is grainy.  The walls were painted a Ben Moore Nottingham Putty.  Love it.  Black shelf above the settee was made by hubby.  Black with gold rope.  Hanging iron fixture...found at a habitat store...four of them for $4.00 each.  Two are in our hall way, one in our foyer and this one over the settee.  Hubs is an electrician so there you go.

These beauties are over the bar/counter in our kitchen/dining area.  They were my Craig's List find.  Wrought iron, with bubbles in the glass.  Love them.  PB was my inspiration...no PB price!!

So here is the bar/counter my husband built.  This is from a real bar in Boston, (we know the owners).  They wanted new bar counters and so they asked do we have a purpose for some of their butcher block tops they were throwing out.  Ummm yes please- re-purpose it we shall do.  This was striped and re stained and a marine poly put on.  P.S.  Our new fireplace mantel is made out of this wood, along with a table.

So this was a regular kitchen cabinet, put here as a wet bar in the 1970's when our home was built.  We took off the doors....put some bead-board up....painted the bead-board same Nottingham Putty as the walls.  Hubby "beefed" up the outside with fluting...and rosettes.  I put a fresh coat of the black paint on everything.  These are my bone china cups I have collected since I was 10.  My grandmother got me hooked on them.

Far away shot. The pic to the left...a lithograph of the Shannondo- a (miss spelled sorry) Ship in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard.  The Black Dog Tavern is also in the picture.  This was my whole inspiration with the black and gold.  Again the black woodwork was already here unique, and I love it, and it works here in my Cape Cod....New England home.  I love bright, but I adore warm and cozy.

The added detail.  You can always beef up a look.

 

Our dining area all done.  The black woodwork was already there when we bought our home...I just spruced it up.  Love my round 100 year old oak table from Craig's list.  Right hand corner is a piece of our new mantel for the fireplace...with gold rope.
Over the windows....found 5 Waverly black/putty plaid valances...{new condition} at one of my fav consignment treasurer stores.  "Robin's Nest" on 6A in Sandwich, MA    {Shout out to Robin. }

 

So, here is the clock I re-painted, it was blue....and the shelf hubby made me....black with a gold rope trim, and gold buttons to hide the screws.  He did a great job.

I am thankful and grateful and feel very blessed to have a wonderful cozy home.  I am thankful I have a soft pillow to rest my head at night and food on the table.  My {adult children} are well.  I am "nesting" once again....I feel in my heart...maybe just maybe grand babies may be coming.  Oh don't worry...I will let you know.  

Blessings....have a wonderful weekend....

 

 

 

 

 

Hello March......2014

Hi there friend(s) it's been a month since my last post.  All is good here, besides the crazy snowy weather, that won't go away!!  We do know March can "come in like a lion out like a lamb". With all the snow that came the first week of March....it's gone...except the piles of snow in shopping parking lots, but even those will be gone very soon.  That is good news....we are ready to get out of our houses....smell the dirt once again....feel the warm sun, and look for the Spring flowers peering up thru the ground.  Very happy for daylight savings....it's light out at 6pm.  Whoot-whoot. 

Another thing about March, I turn a year older.  Just had a birthday.  Yup....I tend to feel this one.  Early 50's.....wow, when you really think about it {which I really shouldn't} it's like "where did the years go"?  In a split second I can recall all down memory lane and say oh that's where it went.  It's 31 years of marriage.....three awesome kids..... all kinds of homes along the way.....dogs....hamsters.....ups and downs. school projects..school lunches  brushing the girls hair  braiding their hair....and wonderful times.  Gains....and losses....LIFE happened in those years......I am grateful....I am blessed.......yes I am "wicked bummbed" about ....the grey hairs (which are multiplying by the hour"....the weight.....just look at food and gain......the change in my face...my hands....  I'm being honest here dear friends.....I know...I know....it's vain......but let's face it.....these changes are real.....they are happening, either way they are happening.....I am a year older.

What I have decided to do....and need His help to keep doing this....is thank Him for giving me another year (which I do ..do),  recognize it's a blessing to be here with my family.....friends.....to enjoy what the Lord has given me thru the years.....a wonderful family.....great friends......a home....health...inner healing....wonderful church family....so...so ....so many blessings.!!!!!

It's ok to take a minute...access where you are.....don't take longer....LOL, deal with... ok this is happening...age(ing)... but don't dwell on it.  It's how it's suppose to be...yes I will dig deeper in how to take care of this 50 something body....get in better shape....treat this body this vessel the best way I can.  I need to get the "best mileage" I can out of this "ol girl"..LOL    Then keep running the good race....go forward....do His will.  Know His will.  Keep going.......forward, thanking the Lord always for His grace and mercy for "this day".  Thank you Lord for another year.

I am grateful.....I am blessed....and I choose to accept this 50something, :) and move on...I had my moment....now I look forward to this year and I won't let my mind rob me of dwelling about my youth, I choose to embrace my 50's they won't come again...so I better. 

 

Nest in Peace................Karen