The Quintessential Magpie
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- SAVANNAH GRANNY
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- Jeannie Marie & Company
- Joysweb
- Katy Noelle's Photo Journal
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- *Terra Garden*
- . . . Thinkin' of Home
- 2 Sisters 2gether...
- 20 North Ora
- 50+ and Loving Life
- A Comfy Little Place of My Own
- A Diva’s Hammer
- A Gathering Place
- A LA CARTE
- A Little Shabby Always Chic
- A Musing Potpourri
- A New Day Dawning
- A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words
- A Puppy's Life
- A SCRAPBOOK OF INSPIRATION
- A Southern Daydreamer
- A Spectacular Mess
- A Tapestry of Life
- A tiny Cottage In The Woods
- A Year Of Finding Love
- Affordable Accoutrements
- AJ's Designs
- akawest
- Anne Fannie's Green Acres
- Another Day Today
- Applestone Cottage
- Art and Sand
- At Home with the Summer Kitchen Girls
- authorblog
- Back Porch Musings
- Backyard Neighbor
- bangalorean chic
- Bellamere Cottage
- Betsy Speert's Blog
- Between Naps on the Porch
- Big Black Dog
- BigBlackDogs.net
- Black Eyed Susan's Kitchen
- Blinks 'N Winks From Brown-Eyes
- Blondie's Journal
- Bramasole..to yearn for the sun....
- bunny cottage
- Carola Nativity Gallery
- Casa-Dolce-Casa
- Castles Crowns and Cottages
- Chatty Crone
- Christine's Home and Travel Adventures
- Cinnamonstitch
- Clouds and Silvery Linings
- Coastal Decor Ideas Interior Design DIY Shopping
- CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE ADDICT
- Conghaile Cottage
- Cooking with Bandwidth
- Cottage State of Mind
- Cozy Home Cottage
- Crafty Passions
- Cranberry Morning
- Creating Myself
- Cuisine Kathleen
- D.O.S.A.
- daze of grace
- Dear Daisy Cottage
- Debb's Dailies
- Decor To Adore
- Delightfully Wed
- Design Gives Back
- Dianne's Creative Table
- DipityRoad
- Dishing with CaraFaye
- Dreams and Decor
- DWELLINGS-The Heart of Your Home
- Elsie Eleanor Designs
- Emptynester
- Fill My Cup with Beauty
- FINDING MY RELIGION
- French Lique, Texas
- FRENCH, PINK, POODLES, AND PEARLS
- Fresh Fixins
- From the Little Room Upstairs
- Fruit of the Spirit
- Garden on Sherlock Street
- Gaston Studio AKA Jane's Blog
- Gathering at the Table
- Grey Hares On My Sofa
- Gypsy Heart
- Hands4Heaven
- Happier Than A Pig In Mud
- Happily Retired Gal
- Happy At Home
- Happy To Be
- Happy To Design
- Haute Whimsy
- Helen Philipps
- Hello...
- Hodge Podge Lodge
- HOLIDAY IN THE SUN
- hopelessly ordinary
- Housewife in Paradise
- How Sweet The Sound
- HYACINTHS FOR THE SOUL
- I Need Mom!
- In Stillness and Simplicity
- In The Sunny Spot
- It's All About the Purple!
- IVORY SPRING
- Ivy Clad
- Just Put The Pan On The Table
- Just Stuff...
- Kameel Huise Tussen Spore
- Karen Sugarman Designs
- Katherines Corner blog HAS MOVED
- Kathleen's Red Door Welcome
- Koffords in Colorado
- Lady Katherine Tea Parlor
- LadyJane's Emporium
- Lavender Fields
- Life at the Gables
- Life is Now
- Life Through My Lens
- Life's Moments
- Living With Hoosiers
- Loving My Life in the Midst of Chaos...
- Lynn's Lovelies
- Mad Red Hare
- Maison Mutt
- Marti's Musings
- Marty Kittrell
- Mille Fiori Favoriti
- Mille Fiori Favoriti - My Back Page
- Miss Bee's Haven
- mizmollye
- Mockingbird Hill Cottage
- Mom Cooks & Reads Books
- monkeybusiness
- More Fun Less Laundry
- Mouse Droppings Mercantile
- Muse's Games
- My Bella Rose
- My Carolina Kitchen
- My Days with Daisy
- My Grama's Soul
- My Journey with Teal
- My Lady Du Jour
- My Place to Yours
- My Texas Nest
- My Weblog
- NANNA'S PLACE
- nannykim's place
- Neabear and B-Daddy's Nest
- Neabear's Sewing and Craft Mess
- Neinah's Nest
- Nic Nac Maniac
- Nittany Inspirations
- Of Lemons and Honey
- Olla-Podrida
- One Beginner's Place
- One Diva's View
- Our Family Circus
- Papillon Bleu UK
- Parsimonious Décor Darling
- Peacorn Popnuts Soda Gum & Chewing Water
- Picket's Place
- Pieceful Afternoon
- Pink In The City
- Plum Creek Place
- poppy view
- Prairie Thistle
- Prairiegirl
- pupylov
- Purple Goat Lady
- Ramblings of a Southern Girl
- Rebecca's Rainbow
- recipes for the life
- ROMANCE AND RELICS
- RUE MOUFFETARD
- Sacred Ruminations
- Sandy Mastroni
- sauvageblue
- Scene Through My Eyes
- Scooterblu's Whimsy
- Serendipity
- Shabby Brocante
- She's Sew Pretty
- Shellbelle's Tiki Hut
- Shorehouse chic.
- Simple Man Makin It Do
- Simple Southern Happiness
- SIMPLY DEBBIE
- Singingwoods
- Softer Side of Me
- Southern Faces, Southern Places
- Southern Hospitality
- Southern Lagniappe
- spindle cottage
- Starting Over
- Stick Close To Home
- Straight From The Heart
- sunnydaytodaymama
- Sweet Pickles and Chocolate
- Sweet Something Designs
- Sweetbriar Dreams
- Tattered Hydrangeas
- THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER
- The Artful Paper Doll
- The Charm of Home
- The Cottage On The Curve
- The Decorative Dreamer
- The Hopeless Romantic
- The Little Red House with the White Porch
- The Marmelade Gypsy
- The Paris House Designs
- The Road Less Traveled
- The Sunny Side of the Sun Porch
- The Tablescaper
- The View From My Door
- The Vintage Nest
- the wild raspberry
- The window at the very top
- The Written Word...Not Spoken
- thedelightfulhome
- There's an Angel on my Front Porch
- Thoughtsfromovertherainbow
- Three Pixie Lane
- Thyme for Herbs
- ticklishmermaids
- TIME ENOUGH
- TIMEWASHED
- tin and sparkle
- Umma's World
- Under Her Wings
- Under The Table and Dreaming
- Untie The Ribbons
- Walnuthaven Cottage
- web.me.com/claudiefrid/Claudie/Bubblin_Over/rss.xml
- Welcome to Becky's Life: Meandering Down the Long & Winding Road, Wondering What Lies Ahead
- Wendy's World
- What's Inside Joahna's Heart
- WHERE THE QUAINT THINGS ARE
- Whispering Pines Homestead
- Wives with Knives
- Wives with Knives
- Words on Wheels
- WordSpinning by Kathleen
- WREATHMAKER
- Yellow Rose Arbor
- Your Friend From Florida..........
- { the vintage wren }
- ~To live, love, and journal our days at~
- ~Where Memories Are Made~
Occupation | Magpie |
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Location | The South, United States |
Introduction | Like all good magpies, I am curious, given to chatter, and attracted to shiny objects. Shiny objects may or may not be shiny and may be defined as art, fabric, china, antiques, and new accessories/furnishings that appeal to my flights of fancy. In other words, I like things with which to feather my nest, a place I enjoy sharing with family and friends. Freel free to join me. I love company! :-) |
Interests | Antiques, birdhouses, china, china and more china, decorating, shopping, reading, entertaining, historic preservation, genealogy, gardening in the spring, Christian fellowship, volunteer work, creative dawdling, being near the water (lakes, rivers, or the ocean... they all count!), and being with family and friends. |
Favorite Movies | Little Women, the BBC series of Pride and Prejudice, Ever After, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and I love romantic comedies, particularly the Thin Man series, and anything with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, or Doris Day float my boat. I thoroughly enjoy the work of Johnny Depp and Colin Firth. Kevin Spacey deserves a salute of his own. While most people list other movies, my favorite film of his is "Pay It Forward." Helen Hunt is the perfect compliment for Spacey in that picture. My favorite actress of all time is Vivien Leigh. My favorite actor is Morgan Freeman. My favorite TV Show is Downton Abbey, and the other is Swamp People. I love Louisiana and everything about it! |
Favorite Music | My taste in music is eclectic, ranging from classical to Cajun Zydeco! My favorite female performer is the late Eva Cassidy, and Nora Jones is running a close second these days. Have always loved Eric Clapton. My favorite Episcopal hymn is "I Want To Walk As A Child Of The Light" by Kathleen Thomerson. My favorite Gospel singer is Larnelle Harris. My favorite classical composers are Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Dvořák, and The Five (Russian composers), specifically Rimsky Korsakov. My favorite blue grass performers are Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs. My favorite opera is "Carmen", and my favorite musical is "CATS" with the latter performed on the London stage. |
Favorite Books | The classics, particularly Southern authors with one of my favorite books being A Curtain of Green by Eudora Welty (no one can beat her short stories, particularly The Petrified Man -- it's hilarious as read by her for a recording). I've always enjoyed Faulkner, The Sound and The Fury being a favorite, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Cross Creek is a wonderful way to escape into Old Florida. The Yearling is a bitteraweet tale, but a must-read. I'm also enjoying the fiction of contemporary novelist Michael Lee West (try Crazy Ladies on for size). And anyone who has ever loved a dog has got to appreciate My Dog Skip by Mississippi's Willie Morris. Langston Hughes is probably my favorite poet. Shel Silverstein is my top pick of children's book authors. My very favorite book is the Bible, and I thoroughly enjoy histories, specifically those regarding the early days of our nation and those preceding the War Between the States. I read a lot of biographies and collect decorating books and art books. Whew! ;-) And to quote Harper Lee: "Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books." |
Radio wire is often used to make bird nests. What station do they listen to?
The Tweet!