Heat wave in Escalon

I am so glad I took these pictures in the arbor last week. Yesterday was a record temperature of 111, wow! the chickens, horses, dogs, birds, sheep, cat all needed to be hosed down or sprayed with water. Today is a little cooler, it is 103 right now. The store is pretty quite I think everyone is staying home with their air on. Sounds like a nice plan to me. Hope you enjoy a few pictures of my garden. I can not show you to much because I have been spending to much time at the Pea, and not gardening.



This is my little guy, the plants are starting to take over his space. I told him it will be okay soon, I will get the clippers out and we will fix that problem. All right some hardy Californians just came in out of the heat, back to work for me.

A Quick Walk in the Pea

Here is a wonderful rocking Motel chair in the picture above. These are not easy to find in CA I am very happy when I find one to sell. They are so comfortable to sit and rock in on the porch or patio. They can look so cozy with a pillow on them.

One of my sweet friends just bought this metal table . She will be giving the table a new color and wait until you see what her plans for her dinning room are with it!!! She has shared them with me and I can hardly wait to see for myself.......She is so talented with her decorating I am sure it will look beautiful.

I am not sure what this mirrored piece is really for. I thought it would be a nice entry piece that you could use to store your mail, keys, purse, wallet etc. in the cubby. It can also hang on the wall or sit on a table.

A walk in The Green Pea

This is a beautiful chalkboard , the picture does not show how beautiful the frame really is. It lasted in the store about 20 minutes. Danella has just the right spot for the new chalkboard, I thought that its large size might make it harder to sell. I so wanted to have it in the store for a while, because it is so beautiful.......... Oh well!!!

This chalkboard turned out sooooo cute!!! I papered the inside with hymnal music sheet paper and had new glass shelves cut for the cabinet (old medicine cabinet), the mirror was broken on the door. So a chalkboard it became!!!

I love the gold frame on this chalkboard, it shows off the blackboard so well. I also made one and painted it black too. This lovely tray did not last very long either.

Here is a beautiful double headboard, it was stamped year 1925. I was sorry that I had to split up the set. There was a vanity with a bench, high boy, night stands and headboard. They are all in new homes now, no longer together.

Have a wonderful week and talk to you soon. Sandi

Still in the Garden with Terry and Sid

A Walk in the Garden with Terry and Sid

Meet Terry and Sid.




This couple lives right here in Escalon and I will give you a little tour of their beautiful gardens and patio. Terry enjoys hosting tea parties for her many friends. What fun to attend one of these events!!



Sid makes sure that the yard is blooming with flowers and looking beautiful. He trims, clips, and cleans and Terry bakes, cooks, and sets a beautiful table. She takes great pride in cooking everything from scratch. I can vouch for her that her cooking/baking is fantastic! I have been the lucky recipient of such yummies!



What a fantastic team this couple makes! How lovely it must be to be surrounded by such creative beauty!



Thank you, Terry and Sid, for sharing these photos!

Escalon's Country Cottage

Escalon has two antiques stores. This one also belongs to a "Sandy."




Sandy has been in Escalon for nine years in this old church school house. She has been in the antique business for many years and does a fine job of treasure hunting and displaying them in her store.



She has many vendors and they also display some great treasures.




I was in Sandy's store for a few years until I opened my own place. Sandy was so helpful and encouraging for me to get started with my store. Our goals are the same--- to have fun at our work and to enjoy our customers.

Hope that you find some time to stop by and take a look for yourself! Here's where you can find Escalon's Country Cottage at:

Country Cottage
2189 Jackson Ave
Escalon, CA 95320
209-838-1933
Open Thurs-Fri, Sun 11-4 pm

Another Sewing Room Update

I had told my daughter that I would leave her alone for awhile and quit blogging her pictures. Then this last weekend I met some wonderful ladies from San Francisco who specifically traveled to Escalon to visit The Green Pea. They were following my blog and they were loving how my daughter's sewing room was turning out. I couldn't help it---I promised them I would put some more current photos up because that sewing room got even more beautiful.

So I called my daughter to get permission to share more pictures. Enjoy!

This room is upstairs, across the landing from Mr. Pea's guest room. This is entering the room:

My favorite little sconce

This the general layout of the room now. There is a sewing table and a raised table that is dedicated to cutting. This room is very functional and practical.



My daughter got her pegboard painted up. She added a double layer of a Minwax clear coat to help prevent scratches from scuffing up her paint job. She bought some thread holders from Joann's while they were on sale and painted those to match. She also purchased some clear, plastic pegboard bins off of Ebay that are currently en route. She'll store her needle packets and embroidery bobbins and safety pins in them and they'll be easy to see.

Notice that she also painted the matting around her framed maps! The previous green just wasn't doing it for her. It was a quick and inexpensive fix, and I think they blend so much better.


And here's another view with those drop-dead beautiful custom bookcases!! I'm loving that dark chocolate color on the insides---I think it makes them look so rich. My daughter also plans on adding more maps to that wall as she collects them, and hanging them floor-to-ceiling. She and her husband are travellers, so it fits them well.



I'm really liking the functionality of this pegboard. I must admit, when she first told me about her plans for it, I was worried it would look like a garage display.


Here are some of her fabrics folded up in her bookcases. The textures are so wonderful! I'm inspired to get back into sewing!


This is her same toile linen that she used in her father's guest room. She took the palettes in this room from this fabric and will make a window drape and a window seat cushion from it. Hmmm. I guess she will have to share more pictures with us when that comes down the pike!



This is her lovely view outside her window! She has two sparrow families living in the stacked stone behind those corbels. They make a lot of noise out there as they have been prepping their nests.



And lastly, this is the wingback chair that she picked up this last week off of Craig's List. I think she is toying with the idea of slipcovering it in linen as well, and it can interchange between this room and the guest room.


I just wanted to let those sweet ladies from San Francisco know that I appreciate them coming to meet me! What fun!! I hope you continue to follow my blog!

In my next post, I am working on sharing pictures of a local home that was built during the Civil War. Stay tuned! It's beautiful and quite fascinating!