The Polohouse: 03/01/2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Join the Tartan Parade Here!

Welcome to the

Tartan Parade

Whether you

are joining through

Hyacinths for the Soul,

Sarah's blog,

or through a link at

Upstairs Downstairs, Babs' blog,

or coming in through

Vignette Design,
Delores's lovely site ---

we are thrilled

you've joined us.

Does plaid dwell in your home?

Maybe it's the first thing

you see in the morning

with your coffee?

Maybe you have it on your lap

when you curl up to watch TV or read?

Do you catch a glimpse of it
with your afternoon tea?

Maybe you sit on it!?

If it's not part of your home,

maybe it is a piece in your wardrobe?

Love it.... via Pinterest.

Maybe you like it or maybe not.

Maybe it harbors too many
parochial school memories
for you to have it in your house?
(Had several bloggers secretly confess that to me!
Don't worry --- no names mentioned! Promise.)

I love it
more and more the older I get
and since I started blogging,
I realize I'm in good company.
There are lots of you out there
sharing the same passion.

Here are a few pics of some of the
plaids and tartans in the house.
Some you may or may not have seen.

This is the outside of the trunk shown above.

This old vintage "Locker Lounger" comes with legs
and is large enough to make a great coffee table.

Do you have tartans in the art in your home?

Thanks so much

for stopping by

the Tartan Parade ---

celebrating

National Tartan Day

a few days

early this month.

Tartan Resources you should know

for buying tartan fabrics and products:

http://www.thescottishweaver.com/

http://www.staonlineshop.co.uk/

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Get your tartan and plaids ready....

... because...

National Tartan Day

is coming up on

April 6, 2012!

So,

if you have any plaids or tartans

in your home or wardrobe

please plan to share it with all of

us at the linky party

on April 1st for

Favorites on the First!

But wait,

you must know,

we are trying something

different this time.....

this month's linky party

will be a BLOCK PARTY

which we have affectionately named

The Tartan Parade.

Four Blog. Four days. Be there. April 1 - 4, 2012

It will take place on these

four plaidly tartan-obsessed blogs:

Hyacinths for the Soul with Sarah

Upstairs Downstairs with Babs

Vignette Design with Delores

and The Polohouse.

This is Fitzpatrick Tartan, and my great-great grandmother was a Fitzpatrick.:)

Yes, you might have noticed,

we post rather regularly on our plaid collectibles.

It is an obsession -- we know,

and some of us are in group therapy because of it,

but we are skipping it this month

and decided to hold a little

"group therapy" of our own,

and

YOU ARE INVITED!

Four Blog. Four days. Be there. April 1 - 4, 2012

Come on, pull it all out
and flaunt your

PLAIDITUDE

for all to see.

So if you are

MAD

FOR

PLAID

link here or with Delores, or Sarah, or Babs

at one of their blogs

and we all be able to celebrate

the day together!

Cannot wait to see

your plaiditude!

Join in for the Tartan Parade, won't you please?


This is Fitzpatrick Hunting Tartan... have to add a blanket to my collection someday.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Blog Doctor gives a clean bill of health!

Well, the blog doctor

look my laptop and blog away

this week for a few days

and finally....

a clean bill of health.

Finally!

(Thanks so much to so many of you

that sent me great ideas on how

to resolve the malware issues

and for the well-wishes.

An extra special thank you

to Emily at TheFrenchHutch

and her husband who

went above and beyond

to help me out! Thanks Emily!)

I truly appreciate it.

How cute is this little enamel bathtub that I found?

The dealer that I bought it from said he found it at a flea market in Budapest, Hungary.

It is a salesman's sample and is only five little inches long.

We are using it as a salt cellar with some little
antique cellar spoons from my sweet mother-in-law.

Kind of cute, don't you think?

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Back on Track

You may have noticed,

my blog has been down

for almost a week,

but I think I have finally

resolved the malicious virus issue.

Oh my heavens!

Has this happened to you?

A blog stops by to visit you

and brings with it a virus?

My blog was never infected,

but had a pop up warning box

that would not go away.

I did not know what to do.

New little inlaid wooden box.

Tried everything.....

watched youtube tutorials,

wrote urgent notes to all the

listed authorities and heard nothing

in response. Not even sure what

finally resolved the problem....

if it is in fact resolved!

I hope it never happens to you.

Small white porcelain Wedgewood pitcher with a dog handle and hunt scene.

In the meantime, I did get to go

shopping at some great estate sales.

Have to keep

the shop stocked with "smalls."

I also got to shop at a spring

fling event at one of the local

gift shops in my area. My friend, Joy,

from SavvyCityFarmer blog was there

participating in the sale/show,

selling some of her antique

and vintage collectibles too!

Do you know sweet Joy?

I bought this large silver pierced-edge

trophy shaped pedestal bowl.

Love at first sight....swoon.


Such pretty details. Thanks for finding it Joy!

Have you found anything fun lately?

Do tell!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Rock. Paper. Scissors.

Rock.

Paper.

Scissors.

Rock.

Paper.

Scissors.

Rock.

Paper.

Scissors.

Rock?

This is an antique

sharpening stone.

Now turned into a lazy Susan...

immediately drawn to it

for sentimental reasons.

When I saw it, it immediately reminded me of the one that sat outside the spring house
at my grandparents' farm. My sisters and I sharpened sticks, and pebbles, and anything else
we could think of on it! This one looks just like it.

Paper?

Great old ledger page

from my friend Patti,

an antique print/document/ephemera dealer.