Cinco De Mayo

 Hola!  Happy Cinco de May

  Bob did a great little project for Cinco de Mayo ( a day early)  . We had a big aloe plant which I took to work and of course it grew a lot of little plants. So he pulled them out and brought them home.

  We got some miscellaneous containers ( yogurt, pringles) and he planted them in the cups. So now we will have some more to keep or to give!  They are so much fun. And so easy to grow!

  When he was done , he put some decorative stone  to hold in the water.  Actually , he got it from Salvation Army. It is  rocks for aquariums, but we thought it looked decorative !

  A little historical note :  Cinco  de Mayo celebrates the Battle of Puebla , at which the Mexican Army defeated a larger , better trained French Army.  Oddly enough , it is not celebrated all that much in Mexico itself.  Rather , it was brought to California by Mexican Settlers. Today Mexican Americans celebrate their heritage.

 Life's  always a holiday on  Shady Lane!

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Bathroom mini job

  We put up a new mirror in our bathroom. We had an old ornate mirror with built in lights   and the light switch inside the mirror finally wore out.  So we were looking for a temporary solution.

 We got a light bar  to be installed at a later date when the electrician can come and do some other work we need doing.

  Until that time we really did not want to go without a mirror in which we can see to bush our hair, and also for me to apply my make up,

  So we went shopping for a mirror that we could put up to hide the hole. In fact we went to several thrift stores and  found a few likely candidates.  We did not plan it , but when we went we did not have a lot of cash with us .

  We measured , and found two items we thought might work.   We told the owner we might we back the following day with cash( they did not have the capacity o accept credit cards or debit.

  The next morning we headed back to the store to make our purchase.  But then we decided to stop at our favorite shop- Lisa's not Just Antiques.

  And we found just what we were looking for!!!

  Here is the mirror we bought   - put up in our bathroom. We think it looks nice . The best part of course  with Lisa-  she was having a sale , so we got it for a really good price!


Lisa's- Not Just Antiques