Marty Is Having A Summer Cloche Party!

Dear sweet Marty, author of

A Stroll Thru Life

is hosting a Summer Cloche Party!

She says apothecary jars also qualify so I'm including

my faux lemon filled one, with two skeleton keys from my

childhood home & a tiny little tassel on top.

A matching cookbook

(remember I told you I try to color coordinate them?) &

little vintage planter sit nearby.

(I'm rooting those basil & mint clippings to share with neighbors)

I'm not very talented at creating lovely vignettes like some people

but I keep looking at other blogs & learning from them.

This little grouping is on the family room coffee table

just in front of the fireplace.

The book is one of my husbands ANCIENT medical texts.

The idea for rolling the sheet music came from Sue at

Sullivan & Murphy

Those are my father's song sheets...he sang in our church choir

all the years I was growing up & even sang the

Ave Maria for my daughter's wedding.

There were people who wanted him to "go professional" but he declined.

After he retired, he sang for funerals held

during the daytime at our church, too.

My granddaughter, Ms. C. does NOT like to see this bird under the glass!

It upsets her to think he's captured & "can't breathe" under there.

She is very sensitive & although she knows its artificial,

it bothers her, just the same.

I have another little faux nest with eggs

under glass on a side table in the same room.

As a nurse, I caution you to NEVER bring a nest that you've found outside into your home.

You can pick up Histoplasmosis, a respiratory disease that may be fatal.

It results from a fungus growing in dried bird droppings.

You can also get Cryptococcosis which is caused by yeast

found in the intestinal tract of pigeons and starlings.

The illness often begins as a pulmonary disease and

may later affect the central nervous system.

There is also the risk of E.coli. Cattle carry E. coli.

When birds peck on cow manure, the E. coli go right

through the birds and the bird droppings.

Please go to Michaels or JoAnn's & PURCHASE faux nests for your decorating needs?

I added a satin ribbon & a tiny feather, too.

I must not forget to share the most important cloche in the house, though.

It holds Ms. C's special stash of her favorite candies.

Strangely enough, she is the only grandchild who will

lift the lid to nibble on these.

Her brothers know they are there, but they don't

bother with them.

I have some cheese under glass out in the gazebo

to share with you later in the week.

Please come back to see the entire tablescape then?

Thanks for visiting The Gazebo House today &

be sure to stop by Marty's place to see

all the other wonderful cloches!

fondly,

Rett