How To Recover A Deleted Post.

Have you ever deleted at post 

by accident? 

&#@%!

Recovering a lost or deleted post 
is not always "easy as pie".

The other day I published part one of a two part post. It had been published and it had comments.  I did have a copy in Live Writer but republishing that did not save my comments.

Thank goodness I have subscribed to my post and had it in an email. So I opened the email and 'right click' copied it. Then I simply opened a new post in Blogger and pasted it.

By doing this I was able to not only republish by lost post, but also save the comments and original posting time. This is because all that information was 'embedded' in that original post that I had in the email.

I have used 'back clicking' many times to recover something. Sometimes clicking again and again to travel back and recover something. This time it didn't work because it was too late as I had  opened and closed too many windows and the path was broken.

My tip:

 Try to  'back click'  before doing anything else. 
Go back as far as you can to find what you lost.

If you missed these posts here they are again:

My Americana Kitchen ~ Part One 
My Americana Kitchen ~ Part Two 


Wishing everyone a 
Safe Memorial Day Weekend.


xoxo 
Bunny Jean

My Americana Kitchen ~ Part Two

My Americana kitchen for the 
Memorial Day weekend.

I painted this little Americana Folk Art Bunny way back in the mid 80's when I use to teach decorative folk art painting. I taught how to paint this bunny at one of my classes for beginning students.

Yesterday I shared photos of the kitchen in my Texas home, and today I am sharing the kitchen nook in my present California home.

But... it doesn't look like this anymore. 

This was how it looked when we first moved in and before I tweaked the decor. Those red chairs are back in the dining room and the blue chairs (from yesterdays post) are back here in the kitchen nook area. 

The chandelier will most likely get painted when I redo the furniture in the near future. I am thinking about white, just for the wood  part. 

This is the top on the hutch.

Those little yellow cats are symbolic of my big cat named Norton. He was found in the shipyards of Norfork, Va. when he was a little tiny kitten and was so dirty and oily that he was thought to be a black cat .

He traveled all the way from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast of Washington State. All that way in the backseat of my daughter's car... along with her sailor husband, a toddler and a baby. 

His next move was down the Pacific Coast to Northern California in a mini van. He squeezed in with three dogs, another cat, a very elderly grandma, two grand kids, a grown daughter and of course me. 

The Mr. had already moved a month or so before and the boys flew. That was a preview of how our three cross country moves would be like over the next 12 years.

The coyotes got Norton one month later... right off our front porch. No one had warned me about coyotes. I sure miss that cat. He lived seven happy years. The other animals all lived to be over 14-17 years old.

Okay... back to the kitchen. 

This little (inexpensive) hutch was purchased online as a display for the shop I had in Texas. (I have two of them.) I will be painting one of them black to coordinate with the table and chairs that will also be painted black. I am thinking of replacing the back of it with some beadboard paneling painted white.

The Shaker pie safe cabinets (from yesterday's post) are actually sitting on each side of the hutch at the present time. 


As soon as I paint the table, chairs, hutch and pie safes, I will take more pictures to share  with you. I am pretty sure I will be going with black as I have two tall skinny chicken pictures framed in black that go above the pie safes.

Well thanks for letting be share my kitchen(s) today and yesterday. If you missed the Texas kitchen yesterday be sure to take a peek. It showed more of the Americana dishes and painted furniture pieces.

Have a wonderful Memorial Weekend

and STAY SAFE!

xoxo

Bunny Jean

 

My Americana Kitchen ~ Part One

It’s time to bring out my Americana dishes 
for Memorial Day. 

Those three little tins were found at the Goodwill. They were already painted that color and all I did was print out and add the number tags. The little drums are Christmas ornaments from my twin boys when they were just little guys.

These blue glasses were a gift (over two years ago) from Marigene from In The Middle Of Nowhere. 
It was my first bloggy gift and I was SO surprised!


Thanks again Marigene!

These were my everyday dishes for many years. They are Susan Winget from 1994. The napkins were from Sears and I still have the matching seat pads.

This covered pie dish was added in 2006 and was found at Tuesday Morning. Printed all around the bottom plate is  

“As American As Apple Pie”.

My Former Texas Kitchen

This is what the kitchen looked like back in 2008. I loved those Waverly curtains… and so did the new owners so I left them. The wall paper was from Big Lots and was actually quite nice. It was a name brand that had been discontinued. But for that particular house in Texas it was perfect. 


Red and white ticking stripes on the bottom and small navy stars on a mottled beige background on the top half.  
Yes... I even liked the border! 


Also, that little highchair in the corner is a real antique from the 1900's.  It was found in an old barn on a ranch in the Gold Country Hills of California.


The chandelier was something I bought when I worked at Ethan Allen in Northern California. The color band were perfect with that kitchen.

The dining set was an unfinished set from 1982. We first stained it a very dark, almost espresso to match the cabinets in the Washington State home. In 1985 I painted the set blue. 

I also broke the ‘wood law’ of mankind and painted the kitchen cabinets the same blue. They had round cherry stained knobs and it all looked very Shaker like. 

The Mr. even made little cubbies under the top cabinets. Then I got even more daring and insisted on  the same cherry stain for…

Wood countertops and a wood floor!

Back then everyone told me just wasn’t done. Not back in the 80’s. So I settled for wood look Formica counters but I did get wood floors… to the dismay of all my neighbors.  


Funny how they all loved it once it was done.

This is still the Texas kitchen from 2008. You can see The Mr. hadn’t let me paint the cabinets in this home. I did have plans to paint the island blue, but we moved.


The blue cabinet is actually two Shaker pie safes that I had in the previous house I had mentioned earlier. They are just what the blue kitcjen cabinets had looked like.

Well that's it for My Americana Kitchen ~ Part One. I will be back tomorrow to share My Americana Kitchen  ~ Part Two how the kitchen looks here in my home in the California desert.

Thanks for visiting and have a safe

Memorial Day Weekend!

xoxo 

Bunny Jean

I am sharing at these parties: 
Tablescape Thursday
Let's Dish

Wednesday’s Bunny Hop Party #40

Happy Happy Spring!

Yes... I know it actually getting closer to being summer, but I always seem to be a little late to catch on. In fact I was late to my own party again this week :/ 


Most of you have been really busy lately. Hopefully you have had some nice weather to enjoy  your gardens and not just do your “spring cleaning”!

I have tried to get some gardening done on the cooler days… Sunday it was forecasted  to be 107 but I don’t really know how hot it got…. just too hot for me. So I stayed inside and tried to clean and organize.

Buddy was sitting out on the patio while I had my morning coffee. His highlight of the day is when I take him (and Buster) for a walk. Lately I have been too lazy in the mornings. I have to go before 6-7 a.m. or it gets too hot, so we go at night after sunset. Last night it was 97 degrees at 10 p.m. Notice that the candles are not sitting on the candlesticks... they will melt if I put them out this time of year.


A few evenings ago we almost stepped on a snake. It was directly just a few feet in front of us. I am so glad the dogs were sidetracked by someone coming out of their house... we stopped and then I saw it. It looked like a rattler. (This was just a few doors down from our house.) It was very still... and when it did move it went sideways just like a Sidewinder. Yikes! I will be getting the dogs vaccinated ASAP!

Enough of that...  

Now it's time to share some highlights from last weeks party.

 

Hyacinths for the Soul 

Sarah shared a lovely tribute to her mother.

Savannah Granny

Ginger shared such pretty photos of the flowers in her garden.

 

The Girl in the Wild West

Helengrey is a new blogger and this is her first time sharing at the Bunny Hop. Please take a look at some of her other posts and get to know her.

If you were featured at the Bunny Hop, you are more than welcome to take this bunny button home to display on your sidebar.

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So now it is time to party!

I hope every one has a great time sharing and visiting as many other links as possible.

xoxo

Bunny Jean

How Do All of You Do It?

 

I don’t mean to get personal, 

but I really want to know.

Do you have a secret technique or is it just haphazard. Do you have a schedule or is it spontaneous? Is it getting easier the more you do it? Is it still fun or is it becoming a chore?

I am asking about blogging… silly.

What else is there?

I have no idea how so many of you do it. You all have the best projects to share and with such regularity. I am totally in awe of all the wonderfully creative and prolific bloggers who are sharing day after day!

I am certainly not in that category. 

At least not yet...

I spend WAY too much time writing a post… so much that it has become something I avoid instead of looking forward to. The fact that I can’t type may be part of the problem, but it’s also formatting my post.

So I will try Windows Live Writer

one.more.time.

The other thing that I find to be time consuming is PICTURES. Not just taking them… mostly because I don’t have a good camera, but it’s also the process of editing and watermarking.

 

I need to find a photo editing/storage program that I like.

 

The really bad news it that all my pictures were stored on my desktop computer that just died. I had been in the process of organizing them and even trying to get a stockpile of edited and watermarked all ready to use :( 

 

Again... 

How do YOU do it?

xoxo

Bunny Jean

The Bunny Hop Party is still accepting links 

if you want to share something. 

  

The Death of My Computer

R.I.P.

I have known for awhile that my desktop computer was ailing, but I have been able to revive it a few times... up until last night. I think it was a virus...

So here I am using my laptop. I guess I am "old school" because I much prefer the larger scale of the desktop computer... I may finally get my house in order.

What kind of PC do you use as your main way to blog? I ask this because I have noticed that my carefully spaced paragraphs are totally out of whack on this little laptop! 

Oh... and the color is way off too!

This really bothers me!

I think that most of you already know that I have a bit of OCD.  I need things to be balanced... in life, decor and especially on my blog!

Now I know that not all computers are the same as mine and your screen resolution may be set up differently. Yes, this does make a difference in how you actually view what I have so carefully placed on my blog.

Have I mentioned that I like control?

With so little in life that I can actually control... 
the fact that I am in charge of my blog is satisfying. 
Is that asking too much?

So here I am... cringing at the fact that my past posts (written on my desktop) have paragraphs that are not as I 'crafted' them. They are all wonky, and I can't stand it!

Example:
 I  just can't stand it when a line has just one 
word.
So I am always careful to space my sentences so they don't look like 
this!


This is just not acceptable!

Sooo, it was very hard to write this post. As you can see (depending on your resolution) that many sentences look just as awkward as does that  example sentence.

Maybe I should stop 'centering' and go with the left side alignment. I know the 'professional' blogs do, but I am only a little 'hobby' blogger and I just want it cute.


Okay... Is it just me?


Is anybody else bothered by this? I am sick and tired of how the preview isn't even the same once it's published! I have tried Live Writer and still had problems...


If you have any suggestions or feedback please help a girl out...


xoxo 
Bunny Jean

The Bunny Hop Party 
is still going on and you are all welcome 
to hop on over and join in on the fun!

Wednesday’s Bunny Hop Party #39 ~ I'm Back!

I'm Back 

and ready to Party!

I really enjoyed my week off from blogging...

 only because I spent every minute 

with my husband!

We had wonderful weather even though it was a little 

hotter than normal for this time of the year.

Temps were in the low 100's.

We pretended that we were on a vacation here in the desert.

Not too hard to do, as it really is a vacation destination.

So we did touristy things! 

source

We went "hiking" or rather had a nice long walk in the 

Coachella Valley Preserve to see the Thousand Palms Oasis.

At 6'3" the Mr. looks tiny compared to the tall palm trees.

The Coachella Valley Preserve is located 10 miles east of Palm Springs. 
It is a 17,000 acre site and is home to the spectacular Thousand Palm Oasis 
which is fed by water seeping out of the San Andreas Fault.

source

When you leave the visitor's center you will pass through the 
lush vegetation of Thousand Palms Oasis. Most of the trail in the oasis 
is on a well maintained raised wooden path above a marshy bottom. 

source

After leaving the oasis the trail winds through a sandy wash 

before reaching McCallum Grove. While the (2 mile) trail is 

not very strenuous, hiking in the sandy wash can be a little harder.

source

At the McCallum Grove there is a large pond which is fed by 

underground springs which are the result of seismic activity 
along the San Andreas fault. 

source

These are what palm trees look like in their natural state. 

All the old palm leaves hang down and cover the trunk.

We also went to the zoo but I don't want to bore you too much so 

I will share those pictures on a later post.

I'm ready to see what you have been up to this last week

so let's get the party started!

xoxo 

Bunny Jean

The New Sectional

 Here are some pictures 

of the new sectional.

I told you the other day I would try to share 
some pictures of the new sectional , so here they are. 
I will be decorating for spring in the next few days.

The colors are quite "warmified", much more than in real life. 

This picture was taken in the late afternoon and there was 

a natural golden glow, in addition to the lamps.

I wish I had a picture showing the previous furniture as it sat 
in the room. Delivery was set for between 4-7 and they arrived at 3. 
So I blame them for my not having "before" pictures. 

There was an 84" sofa, wingback settee, and wingback chair. 
The settee was placed under the window with the end tables and lamps. 
The sofa was in front of the dining table similar to how it is now. 

The problem was that the window is situated so that when the settee was 
centered under the window, the back of the sofa extended too much into the walkway between the living room and dining room. 


The sectional allowed me to eliminate the left end table and not have 
to center  (the lamps) under the window. The lamp you see on 
the left of the window is a floor lamp. It is now balanced.

You have no idea how difficult it was for me to change out my old furniture. 
Even though it was 15 yrs old (and out of style) it was in great condition. 
Also, all my accessories coordinated with it. 


The next step is to paint the coffee and end tables. The coffee table has a honey pine top as does the dining table. I will either paint them (the tops) or stain them a dark walnut to match the tv wall unit. 


So now I have to decide whether to paint the end tables solid black 
or cream. Then what to paint the coffee table... 
and whether to stain the top or paint.


Decisions, decisions...


The Mr. will be home from ND and off for the whole week!!! 
We will be busy doing projects, and having fun before 
he returns to ND for a few more weeks.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
There will be not be a Bunny Hop Party next week!!!
I will be enjoying the week with The Mr.
Have a good week!


xoxo 
Bunny Jean