New Junk

These are some random things I (or my mom) have bought from various places:

 My mom bought this jar for 1$ at a yard sale.

We got this from the same antique store I bought a few of my Clorox/Lysol bottles from. Just a little Avon Coleman lantern.

My mom got this kerosine heater at an Antique/Consignment shop! We have come across quite a few of these at antique stores, and an auction and none were this color with porcelain!   I think we lucked out..and only $35!

I went to my first Auction the other day, and even though I didn't get anything of real value, it was still an exciting thing to do! We are actually going to another auction tonight. But I did get a few cool things:

  

I don't really know anything about this, but it came in a bundle with this squirrel statue I wanted. Its definitely vintage, I can tell just by the way the face is drawn on. But I love cats, so this will fit in well at my house.

 

The said squirrel I really wanted, it goes with my woodsy theme. And two owl salt and pepper shakers that was a part of the bundle. There is also a Lelo and Stitch figurine..and some ugly old lady decorative ceramic flowers I am going to get rid of because it is hideous!

 

I have a thing for lanterns, and found some semi-old ones that I liked at the auction.

And my mom FINALLY got some antlers for our "Lodge" themed office.

 

Stained glass fun!

My mom decided to start working on faux stained glass projects.. and I ended up helping her and actually enjoyed it so I think this will be a new hobby for me!

So far we only have the leading done, and we have to wait for it to dry (it takes 8 hours!). We hand did the design. And this IS our first time doing this, so there are some mess up areas.. But we still like it! I can't wait to start painting it!

A moment of cuteness!

My foster kittens are about 4 weeks old now, and doing well. I did lose one, the little runt named Dexter. I have been trying to get them to eat solid foods, which will help Georgia (their mom) get a break from feeding 11 kittens! They would not eat anything I tried (Canned food, or baby food which usually works for bottle raised kittens I have had over the years). We had salmon for dinner, and my mom cut up some raw salmon to give to the cats, and I put a plate in the kitten area for Georgia to eat and the kittens ATTACKED it! They went crazy! They were growling at each other, and carrying pieces around. It was the cutest things ever. And of course I took pictures cause it was too cute:

This is Riley. He was growling at me while I was taking this picture! And he loves me more than the others, he is always the first to come running when I open the door. He sure does love salmon!

 Sawyer enjoying his piece

Orlando (The tiniest of the group!) trying out a piece. He has a bit of an eye infection he is on antibiotics for, and eye ointment. Just waiting for it to clear up!

Savannah (the smallest girl)

Some still preferred their mom's milk

Orlando, and Riley

Bottle Collection!

I bought a 1932 Clorox bottle a few months ago for 2$ at a Junk store.And now I am officially a collector! Ive got a total of 7, all from various antique stores and Junk stores (And 1 came from an antique show).

My little garden!

I bought a few Geraniums that were on clearance at Walmart.. I can't ignore a good deal!

And then I always get clippings from neighbors, and random yards (I just take a LITTLE piece!) I got these geranium clippings from my Boss's neighbor, it was hanging over in his yard and I just grabbed one small piece and it has grown quite a bit and flowered!

And my Aloe vera plant has bloomed! Love it! The Bottom is a picture before it bloomed.

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I finally figured out what this is called! Candytuft!

I still don't know what this is called though.. Some kind of lily for sure!

And my Calla lily!

I have posted this before, but since I am sharing my little garden this is a part of it:

I am on a mission to find good shade plants! I have a lot of shade in my yard, and want to have my flower beds filled up.

Junk store finds!

My mom and I found some good stuff at a Junk store that is located in a "bad" part of town, so we got good deals!

First up is the Gumball machine, and stand. I already had a gumball machine I paid ONLY $3 for, but I didn't have a stand. I found the stand today, and it came with another gumball machine that is missing the glass part.

 

I cannot wait to make this a fish bowl for my Betta, The Governor! And I am going to look for a store bought fish bowl that will fit in the other gumball machine and maybe make a terrarium or something out of it. Ill find something to do with it.

And we also bought this 1913 Whites Rotary sewing machine! My mom paid 40$ for it

It needs some work... But it IS a hundred years old!

And we randomly got this metal safety switch box. We can't figure out its original date made, but its old:

Don't know what we are going to do with it, but its pretty cool.

First foster kittens of the season

I always foster kittens during the spring, been doing it for 13 years now!

 My mom works at a Convalescent hospital, and there is a huge colony of feral cats that live there. Ive trapped a few and gotten them spayed/neutered. Some Visitors found a litter of kittens in the front bushes and were carrying them around the building and taking pictures of them. My mom collected them all, and called me. I started bottle feeding (An every 2 hour commitment!), but I luckily was able to find a mother cat with kittens the same age who needed a place to go so I took her and her 5 kittens in.

Here is a picture I took of the 6 kittens from my mom's work place:

      There are 3 boys, and 3 girls!

And one of my mom's dachshunds, Jannah, is very maternal and loves to help me with bottle babies:

And this is a picture of the mama cat and her 5 kittens before I got them:

I checked their sexes, but forgot to write it down and now I don't want to bother them! But I think there were 3 girls and 2 boys

When I first brought her in, I kept her babies separate and let her feed mine because they were very hungry! They were not eating the kitten formula very well:

I am having to do rotations with them because now she is nursing 11 kittens and that is a LOT for one mama to nurse! So to make sure all are being fed during the day I will be letting half of them nurse for a period of time, and then putting the other half in and letting them take turns. And then at night they can all stay in.