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I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Carrots, Chicks and Bunnies in the Kitchen, 2026

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I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

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In my last post, I shared how I decorated the Hutch and Tree in the Kitchen for Easter....

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And now for a few Personal Notes...

For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....

On THURSDAYS, I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...

I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....

On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...

Since today is MONDAY, I want to share a few things I bought.....

I know one of my INTENTIONS for this year is not to Buy Anything.......Much....

But when certain things catch my eye, I am not going to deprive myself of them.....

I did pick up a few things in Dollar Tree....

The signs were $1.75.....

I hung this sign on the side of the Hutch....

You will see where I hung this later on in this post...

And this cute hand soap dispenser was $3.00...

And I went to Ollie's where I bought.....

These cute houses were only $2.99 each.....

And this metal sign was $3.99

I saw this from across a few aisles and I could not get over to it fast enough.....

When I saw it up close, the heavens opened up and the Angels descended and sang!!!!

Ollie's price.....

It is about 27 inches tall and I figure I can use this year round.......

I cam add a set of fairy lights to it to light it up......

And I bought these for my Twin granddaughters for Easter.....

Bath Time books for only $7.99 each....

Today, I am going to finish up my tour of the Kitchen decorated for Easter/Spring......

Where my Kitchen window used to be before we removed it when we turned the enclosed Patio into another room, the Den.....

I still treat it as a window.....

A floral swag.....

I changed out the valance to one I made from an embroidered topper......

On the left side.....

As I mentioned in my last post, I decorate the Kitchen in the colors of yellow, orange and green for Easter and until just a few years ago, those colors for Easter decor was very hard to find.....

And then carrots became popular for Easter!!

But before that, I made a few myself....

I bought these in a discount store that sold hardware and other building supplies.....

This is what I came up with....

I hung some from the the tea cup chandy I made several years ago.....

The signs came from Dollar Tree and I embellished them.....

My Easter tradition is to always display a collection of Pysanky eggs, that I bought at a church flea market, here on the window sill.....

I made the chick ornaments.....

The large egg was made by my MIL and says "Happy Easter" in Polish.....

The tree in the center was bought many years ago in Service Merchandise.....

I bought the green glass Bunny at The Christmas Tree Shops....

This area pays homage to my Eastern European Polish heritage as I am the proud granddaughter of Polish immigrants as was my late husband Joe.....

This Country would not be what it is if not for the hard working immigrants that came here for a better way of life.....

And this is where I put that cute Chick Hand Soap Dispenser that I recently bought.....

Do you know how hard it is to find yellow Easter Kitchen towels????

The orange plaid rug is actually a gingerbread Christmas one that is reversible.....

Years ago, I had to repaint a few Easter signs to go with the colors of my Kitchen.....

Joe bought this in Big Lot's at 90% off and I repainted it....

I also did the same thing to this sign....

I have yet to come across yellow or orange oven mitts or hot pads for Easter so I used bright sunflowers ones from Dollar Tree and hung carrot ornaments I made over them......

In the corner.....

I placed an orange checked dish cloth over the cookie jar that the wire tea cup sits on.....

I placed a stuffed carrot bag from Dollar Tree inside of it....

My Easter Beverage Area......

No, I do not have a Keurig but rather a Hamilton Beach Brew Station....

This is my 2nd one and I have a new one waiting in the wings when this one dies....

I bought this spoon rest a few months ago in Gabes and I am using it year round....

Again, do you know how hard it is to find orange or yellow mugs from Easter???????

I embellished the sign from Big Lots....

I scooped up this sweet Bunny and Carrot salt and pepper shakers that I found in Dollar Tree a few weeks ago.....

I used a lot of my everyday coffee and tea items....

The carrot mini bottle brush trees were bought in Dollar Tree a few years ago.....

I still have Hot Chocolate items out as I do drink it year round....

Luckily a few years ago, I was able to find these mugs in Gabes!!

I used yellow and white checked place mats and orange checked dish cloths.....

By the fridge.....

The refrigerator magnets were my Mother's.....

A cute chick and sunflower mugs from Dollar Tree.....

Mugs gifted to me by my son Jim and DIL Danielle....

The top of the fridge.....

A Bunny bought in J. C. Penney's....

I bought the tin in Michael's for 90 % off and did the arrangement inside of it....

Carrot bags of jelly beans from Dollar Tree and the Bunny figurine was a gift from a friend....

A chick box that I bought in the Christmas Tree Shop....

The shelf that runs along the one wall where I display Vintage and vintage looking Kitchen items....

The counter bar that I designed and had a friend make for me....

My Vintage Laundry display on the left side of it....

The Bunny and carrot garland was gifted to me by my late friend Anne Marie and I added the red ribbon roses to it.....

The carrots all came from Dollar Tree.....

As did the ribbon I used to make the bows....

I leave the evergreen garland up and use it as a base for other seasonal garlands....

An Easter plate....

More yellow and white checked place mats....

I decided to use these ceramic trees from Dollar Tree as they are brightly colored when lit and no where does it say they only have to be used for Christmas.....

I leave this copper one out in the Kitchen year round....

I decided to use my Campbell's soup mugs for cough drops that I always have on the counter bar.....

The stained glass lamp was my late neighbor Elly's....

The sunflowers in the center behind the lamp was a recent gift from my son Jim and DIL Danielle.....

I bought this ceramic tree down from the upstairs Sitting Room....

My other Campbell's mug filled with granola bars.....

Another Easter plate....

The other half of the topper I made into a valance and cafe curtain to use here....

And I used my orange and rust color Roos and Hens rugs for Easter in the Kitchen.....

The right side of counter bar....

A vintage chalkboard.....

You can see where I put the new sign I bought in Dollar Tree....

An Easter Tussie Mussie I made....

The ceramic mold was my Mother's.....

My collection of rolling pins, some vintage, vintage mashers and a vintage wisk broom....

And also a hen rug beater.....

All inside of an antique Planter's Peanuts can that was my Mother's......

And that completes the tour of my Kitchen decorated for Easter.....

I hope you will stop by to visit again on THURSDAY for my next post....

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

And try to find JOY in every single day!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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