White Mailbox…

So one day when I was peeking around on your blogs – I found this one particular picture that made my heart skip a beat.  You know the kind of skip that makes you just have to have one too?  This picture was found on Marie’s Mason’s blog almost two months ago and I couldn’t get how lovely it was out of my head. 

Recently, I was walking through Monroe, Washington on Main Street and spotted a new store that would be opening soon.  In the window was “the one”, the one I’d been looking for – very similar to Marie’s. 

My heart was racing & I was so excited to have finally found one.  But here’s the catch – there was no name of the store just a note posted on the door “

NEW STORE OPENING SOON”

So a few days ago, I leisurely (and calmly) walked by the store to window shop again.  There was a lot of commotion inside the store – unloading trucks, boxes and setting the unpackaged goods up on the shelves…I kindly asked someone walking out the door about the store name and opening date - I was lucky to have caught the owner herself!  She told me the store will be opening Friday April 1st and they were all very excited. She let me come in and peek around to see what the store would have to offer.  Wow – was I impressed! There are many goodies brought from back the East and had just the right mix of new items as well.  What an absolute gem of a store!

 

The store’s name is called The Golden Mean which in philosophy, “the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of the excess and the other of deficiency”.  How fun is the name? 

I nonchalantly mentioned how much I loved the mailbox in the window and asked her if she’d hold it for me until her opening day on Friday?  She said I could take it, if i paid cash for it today?  I couldn’t get my wallet out fast enough!  Lucky lucky me! I believe I walked out of there & stood by my car for a moment doing the happy dance!  I have plans for this sweet little mail box to do exactly what Marie’s Mason’s blog picture showed…holding lavender on my Chicken coop – I’ve heard lavender will keeps the flies away…(I’ll let you know how it works) – but believe it to be the sweetest accent I can add to my coop area project! 

Now it’s just awaiting the lavender flowers……oh, and the completion of the coop area…hummm, wonder which will happen first?

To see where I am linking to this week – please check my “Cottage Links” label…xoxo, tracie