Daily Dribble Determined

The daily is not one of meanderings of what is in the works but how we are getting there. So how are we getting there? Well the process is the underlying foundation. Is it in bits, straight into it or do I ignore the steps and focus on the whole? Well the last is not in line with goal so it has to be the bits. The bits of thinking, planning, staging, etc...  essentially the process, my favorite thing.
So as I sit here, physically in the female dumps, I work out what to do as soon as light crests over the hill.
This week in a morning frenzy of feeding, walking and meeting the needs of our flock, I discovered that I have to take care of the huge butcher scale from Toledo. Porcelain over cast iron, always heavy heavy heavy with a brass scoop base for putting items in.

So I spent the better part of my morning cleaning the years of storage off this baby. Getting it from the tailgate from my truck to the studio was another adventure. an adventures in muscles and not mine alone. But it is a fabulous decor piece and really can fit in any home, industrial, farm, barn, Victorian or like mine....eclectic. 

I did acquire this week a couple of maybe a hundred tops to feeders that have moved on. They have several things that could happen to be a couple things if you wanted them to be.

Along with some chain from the same barn, it could be fashioned into birdfeeders, planters or sconces for lighting. I will opt for planters since chain already included. There are a many number of things that can be acquired from my source but they are in the vain of barn, farm, industrial, raw goodness. So the process for this is one that you first clean them up and then drill holes, voila planters. No real big mysteries. Just execution. 

Upon my arrival in bringing a check and acquiring the above items, the owner bestowed a green giant size padle with succulents streaming from it. An idea I thought, great, love it. No it was not only an idea but given to me as a gift. I promptly displayed it on a trellis by my front door giving it a play of honor. The execution of it was not only perfect for the upcycling minded, but the care and thought in giving me something I would treasure is wonderful. She got me:)