Thursday things: daffodils and a silver egg

Nest update: No additional eggs today. Phew! It's going to be awfully crowded in that nest once the eggs hatch, even if the babies are tiny (the eggs are teeny!)

On my happy list for today are the bright yellow daffodils I have arranged in vintage blue glass canning jars throughout my house. They're like rays of sunshine in botanical form, aren't they?Now that I look at this photo, I realize I never blogged about the little silver object to the right in the photo, by the picture frame. I bought this little treat at Patina back when they had their sale a month ago. The item is a little silver toothpick holder that looks like an egg. Here's a close-up:There's a wee birdie head poking out of the egg, and the whole thing rests on a silver wishbone. A little bit curious but a whole lot charming, so it had to come home with me. As a bonus, it's monogrammed! Although I can't quite make out the second letter, it looks an awful lot like "M G" which are Maren's initials, so that clinched the deal for me. The shop owner told me that she had purchased this piece (and a few others) from an estate sale, where the original owner had a collection of something like 2000+ toothpick holders. Can you imagine?

Tomorrow I'll be back with a contest and hopefully my Marie Antionette swap partner will receive her package soon, because I'm dying to show you all the collage I made!