Willow Nest : Burton,TX

Look at this amazing aviary Ludmil and my son David have been working on. We are putting all the final touches on the pieces we have created for Marburger, Ludmil has been a very busy man these past weeks . Our sweet neighbor Heidi so graciously came and took these pictures and her little boy Sager planted watermelon seeds while his Mom took the photos. Perfect team we have here in our little village.look at all the detail, the top is from our friends Scotty and Camille. The aviary starts with the top, always and then is built down from there. This top is very heavy and needed steel reinforcement, notice all the small detail, the gate, the vintage stand inside for their food. It is important that the doves have a nesting box and plenty of flying room, and a place to roost. When you come to see us at Marburger, be sure to take  note of all these little details, they make the difference! My son worked with Ludmil on this piece and each day remarked that he had no idea that making one entailed such a labor of love. Wrapping each piece of wire and hand tying it off became his job… one he won’t forget! We know you will love this one, even if you have seen the others Ludmil has made, this is the granddaddy of them all… please stop by our booth and say hell-o. We are in tent A space 7aThis is our new design, a table top aviary, would be suitable for finches inside the house or in the garden…. love the whole open shape of this. I was lucky to be in on the design of this one… Ludmil has been making these elegant birdhouses since 1993, many of them have found their way to the pages of Country Home, and other shelter magazines over the years, you will see 8 new , each unique, using all old fragments, parts and pieces… for those of you who have them in your gardens, thanks we appreciate your support, many of you have come back for one, or even two more… we look forward to seeing all our old friends and making new ones.We feel especially blessed this year as life is unfolding in a wonderful magical way where dreams are realized, and new roads are embarked upon… it’s a really happy special time here at the Marcov’s, but that is a new story to be announced soon, don’t ya just hate when people put stuff like this on their blogs! But seriously it is not quite to time to let the cat out of the bag… I will tell you this though, you can see our home in the newest issue of Romantic Country, Anne from Fiona&Twig, was the talented photographer she and Fifi did a great job… should be out any day now. LOVE to all….. follow your bliss… I know we do and can tell you it creates a special kind of life.

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Much is happening here at Willow Nest  in the month of March.   I would not wish one person to miss out on the fun. Here is the low down…. March 6th.. 10:00 till 4:00 a Spring preview here in Burton.Please come!

March 11/12 The Dolly Johnson show in FT. Worth celebrating Texas’s 175th. birthday, great fun for all, a preview on FRI. night with live music… the works!

March 29th. opening day of Marburger…

This week Ludmil and I worked in the store and for the first time in a long time .As we looked around at our handiwork we both said “it looks like a store rather than a store room.”… we want to it  show off..Things look  so pretty in this old building , so much nicer in a room rather than a tent, or a field, or on the dirt…. as we so often find ourselves. This is not a complaint by any means, as we love doing the shows, the crowds , buzz of the other vendors ,all that goes with the life of shows. but ,as  we gazed around the room , we both felt, to bad no one gets to see this, and in the next breath, we said, jointly, lets do something about that! So we are having a March sale here in Burton, before the big Antiques week. We will be open for one day, Sunday, from 10 till 4:00 and hope that you might just choose to come spend a day in the country and see for yourself all that we have been busy creating for the Marburger show, and for another show we are as excited about, The Dolly Johnson Show in FT. Worth on the 11/12 of March.

As we begin the new year, like many others we are excited about what the year holds for our life, our business, our family and all our hopes and dreams. In the next breath if we are sincerely walking our talk and living in the now, relishing the moment,and taking baby steps through the doors to our dreams, we don’t really need to focus greatly on all the plans, all the carefully laid out goals for the New Year. In the past I have been a person who prepares pages and pages of notes, times, dates, and projections so that all our goals can be met. We have always had a New Years Eve dinner with one another going over all the accomplishments of the past year and all the things that did not work so well. We make plans for the coming year, new shows to attend, new items to add to our product line, how to make the most of our space in a booth, we plan, we plot, we analyze. WE make drawings, we are so very, very detailed.This year as the new year approached, Ludmil and I were driving to see our family in AR. and I said “what if we dispensed with our New Years ritual of reviewing and remaking our goals? “We have a full file of 15yrs worth of notes from thees New Years Eve planning secessions, it has been serious work.. Needless to say Ludmil looked at me as though I was saying lets start eating grasshoppers this coming year!

With a new commitment to live our dreams,and we are this very moment in time, we simply laid aside all those the papers, all the discussion, and enjoyed a very sweet peaceful dinner with one another, went to bed early, to wake to another beautiful balmy winter day in Texas.

Today I plan on posting our show calender, and that’s all the planning I am doing this year, the rest of the time will be spent relishing the moment, and thanking the Universe for the continued beautiful life that I share with my husband, family and friends.If you are reading this, you are one of those people,Thank you for checking in. Love Linda

One more post before we pack this all up for Marburger.   The lantern inspired birdhouse has such a quite elegance.It would look stately in any setting.

Ludmil and I preparing the doves for their new home.They have been raised since birth which was on my birthday last year, they are used to being handled and are very tame. A pair will go home with the new owner of the aviary.

The tall and thin birdhouse is my personal favorite.I love this graceful piece and think it would enhance any setting.

An alter to house Saint Francis.

Ludmil and I standing in an arbor created out of old cemetery fencing.

All will be waiting for you to see and enjoy at Marburger this weekend.Some of you will add to your collection, and some of you will make your first purchase of Ludmils work, and some of you will aspire to have a piece in your future, what ever the case, we welcome you, we appreciate you, and we thank-you, for always encouraging us to be our best.

our first time to post more than one photo, as a matter of fact once I started getting these placed on here, I apparently just kept clicking save so there are many repeats… this is a learning curve and I seem to be at the bottom of the curve, but I am on it… we are very excited to debut these creations and others at our fall Marburger show, Sept. 28th tent Aa6 .Looking forward to seeing many old friends and making new ones.. Thanks.. now my text may all run together as well, bear with me.

This birdhouse is inspired by an old garden lantern… lovely ,is it not?Lumil and I preparing to have our little family ready for their new home… these doves have been handled with care since birth and all looking for a good home.My personal favorite, tall and thin, this elegant birdhouse adds grace to any garden.A perfect alter for this saint  Francis, or one from your own collection…. about 4ft tallThis stately birdhouse, is the Granddaddy of the collection this year, tall and elegantThis etagare is 8ft tall, and has Ludmils signature details you have all come to appreciate, a wonderful display piece, or could be placed in the middle of the room..

An Aviary made in heaven, Ludmil has been truly inspired in the creation of this over 9ft garden structure… comes with a happy couple of doves. Home on the range, Willow Nest , style…. 6ft long