Blog update ~ It is with deep regret!

I hope this day finds everyone happy and doing well! I have a short update today and thought I needed to answer a few emails I received in regards to this blog.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will not be able to host the Secret Santa Soiree this year. I really hate that, and feel really bad about it. We are in the process of being relocated due to the major storm damage to hour home. The packers will be here today, and all our belongings will go into storage off site. I still don't know where we will go to live....nothing short of being homeless at this point.

Things have been rocky here since the first of August, and seems to just have spiraled out of control to a full blown disaster. I don't know when I will be back online, or able to blog again.....and if I don't make an appearance before the first of the year, I want to wish all my blogging friends a Happy Holiday season and a wonderful new year.

Again, I know so many of you look forward to this swap, and I feel really bad about not doing it, but at this point, it is just not going to be possible....I won't even have my computer....

Much love and regards....

Vintage Thingie Thursday: Vintage Garden Touches

Welcome to this weeks segment of Vintage Thingies Thursday. Thursday is the day to showcase your vintage treasures and to share your special things with everyone. If you are visiting and would like to join us, please do. It is very easy!
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I don't know about you, but it is hard to believe JULY is already here! Summer might as well be over as far as the retail world is concerned! Some of the local nurseries area already have a clearance on  their plants and flowers. 

I love to use some of my vintage treasures in my gardens among the flowers! I love old buckets and I have a whole border on one flower bed that is nothing  but vintage plates.

Morning Glories on an old water pump! These should be blooming any day.....I love morning glories!

Sap buckets make a good planter for inpatients. I plant inpatients every year, and my husband says the never make it through the summer. Well, it is JULY and these still look really good. I am sure the milder temperatures and lots of rain is the result.

It is hard to tell, but this is an OLD fence gate. I rescued it from a trash pile in front of someone's house a few years ago. It make a fantastic trellis for my cucumbers!

What about you? Do you enjoy vintage touches in your outdoor gardens? Hope you have a very happy VINTAGE THINGIE THURSDAY!