"Few Flowers" Arrangement

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"Few Flowers" Arrangement

What do you do when you only have a few blooms but you want a nice arrangement? Bunch them together, secure them and place them at an angle ...

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Long Lasting Winter Bouquet

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Long Lasting Winter Bouquet

Here's what my flowers looked like after 8 days - not bad for a $14.99 bouquet from Whole Foods, including a simple glass vase I'll ...

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Fall Gardens & Doors - Historic Waterford VA

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We've had a lovely September here in VA and the gardens in this beautiful historic town were inspiring.  Happy Monday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeRym7cz_y5t157pVaciAm_U5IhZRqq372UyRNt4p_na7phvsMJzyRPNyocJ6SSSSJgtflDg5in2kfcp-g4_9zgUZ3p5rdGntzdU9qNXeT-lOivaA_jQzUCUTBQIXKfl-O7QiwoZ16x30/s1600/DSCN5697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSeRym7cz_y5t157pVaciAm_U5IhZRqq372UyRNt4p_na7phvsMJzyRPNyocJ6SSSSJgtflDg5in2kfcp-g4_9zgUZ3p5rdGntzdU9qNXeT-lOivaA_jQzUCUTBQIXKfl-O7QiwoZ16x30/s1600/DSCN5697.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4YAba2lxsIyHO733eeAMEjxi2mPEdTEgIfSItOSti4IT5CQVs93OhC8UaysX2yMqIts6BoktjyD5ZIvkuOQJoPK4wtH-qw4J3QU-WYp5KlN18kBeT7ma6UogSmUZge5HVNG5mtdUc3ejk/s1600/DSCN5675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Fall Gardens & Doors - Historic Waterford VA

I had a chance to go to the Waterford Festival this past weekend and there was gorgeous eye candy at every turn. We've had a lovely Sept...

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Reviving Wilted Hydrangeas & more

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNHOyOnJechfybHraaTc_z3_MKyEF2zDYgclIZSO5WzATtvBkvp3GDgtxq-YsrXY3ANAZrCXWLs2PlpqlJkvFE4rgbHYbWEEgO2OX-THw0ECn74ySe1XWiLOG6ORe0JGkdBNBzmnXDhCB/s1600/DSCN4094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNHOyOnJechfybHraaTc_z3_MKyEF2zDYgclIZSO5WzATtvBkvp3GDgtxq-YsrXY3ANAZrCXWLs2PlpqlJkvFE4rgbHYbWEEgO2OX-THw0ECn74ySe1XWiLOG6ORe0JGkdBNBzmnXDhCB/s640/DSCN4094.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These beautiful blue hydrangeas wilted after only 2 days, much too soon to accept their demise!  After a quick internet search, I came across 2 solutions, (1) cut the stem and put immediately into just boiled water for a few minutes until returning to vase or  (2) plunge entire bloom and stem into ice water and leave in as long as necessary.  I tried the first method and it revived all the blooms except for one.  Then the still-wilted flower got the ice bath treatment and after 2 hours it was ready to join the other perky almost-new blooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>AFTER:</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3p4taEOI_4uAxujqyL4tx_ViZzcMwahHC8SPENfR5SAlH92UpokvJ2Vspo8c4HEGqROcGYIqh38zqQxxNiNHgi96qBQ0wBI3KQvJK5x5Og4lKTDN9MTwNEtPfNRA41EOZxYv6HPufO5x/s1600/DSCN4096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3p4taEOI_4uAxujqyL4tx_ViZzcMwahHC8SPENfR5SAlH92UpokvJ2Vspo8c4HEGqROcGYIqh38zqQxxNiNHgi96qBQ0wBI3KQvJK5x5Og4lKTDN9MTwNEtPfNRA41EOZxYv6HPufO5x/s640/DSCN4096.JPG" width="630" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7THBhJk4piSApMFErX5J5cQxTJR0uckc98HHL2fz84AvD2yJEr3d223lfoboT_3CxFp8tsjXGLSwdO4phMNb2nMWcV83p271yc4BEzpLpsj5BcLr9EtBvgq9DP3rWvfrOts-x6p9cuMWL/s1600/DSCN4097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7THBhJk4piSApMFErX5J5cQxTJR0uckc98HHL2fz84AvD2yJEr3d223lfoboT_3CxFp8tsjXGLSwdO4phMNb2nMWcV83p271yc4BEzpLpsj5BcLr9EtBvgq9DP3rWvfrOts-x6p9cuMWL/s640/DSCN4097.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />So MUCH better!<br /><br />My son comes home from college Saturday so we'll be going all out with decorating around the house. I'm happy that he wants us to wait until he's home to get the tree :)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigknAppuUCXBugpqTtcNOHoWlgfQ2Eh_Hxdjp0k8vFOk0V9ZGKdjHpuYzdeSKA-ipXe_g3qWr_yKDEjtQgkzmsRM4GIWE9WWy3oQ6u-Lbsv35jdBhc7w3nc71vNkUnohRlqteZEarQxlh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-12-10+at+7.05.53+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigknAppuUCXBugpqTtcNOHoWlgfQ2Eh_Hxdjp0k8vFOk0V9ZGKdjHpuYzdeSKA-ipXe_g3qWr_yKDEjtQgkzmsRM4GIWE9WWy3oQ6u-Lbsv35jdBhc7w3nc71vNkUnohRlqteZEarQxlh/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-12-10+at+7.05.53+PM.png" width="517" /></a></div><br />Loving this wreath inspiration via Spaces Kansas City 2012 (facebook<a href="https://www.facebook.com/spaceskc/photos_stream"> here</a>) and all the amazing things I've been pinning to my<b> <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/mynottinghill/christmas/">Christmas board</a></b>!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMazwH96zHLNPEEpFOnF-QvqaOGz9ev8u1EaAOb7kaWEdr82fuSJk8Hgmj5UfM6g9g4YMEPwIxE8c5RtFpKfjxe5F0qzuJCSWVkMjrGYplh0_NX-JkNmaDnIXlxDQrIxBdkW3y8p8JyKD/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-12-10+at+9.54.06+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMazwH96zHLNPEEpFOnF-QvqaOGz9ev8u1EaAOb7kaWEdr82fuSJk8Hgmj5UfM6g9g4YMEPwIxE8c5RtFpKfjxe5F0qzuJCSWVkMjrGYplh0_NX-JkNmaDnIXlxDQrIxBdkW3y8p8JyKD/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-12-10+at+9.54.06+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9Yf053BBGcn1hxq1oQe13jWxcoCr_MmTJbGCQWugGUlvUuo-Rb9B-1CsZSHnRbhpkai0AN2zioSGGZ-cssHXMdIx3IB62NuNfG0zDkmQNUCge3_lJ0MkCTBnRg6bHMC-w8N9OFfFckX0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-12-10+at+10.02.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9Yf053BBGcn1hxq1oQe13jWxcoCr_MmTJbGCQWugGUlvUuo-Rb9B-1CsZSHnRbhpkai0AN2zioSGGZ-cssHXMdIx3IB62NuNfG0zDkmQNUCge3_lJ0MkCTBnRg6bHMC-w8N9OFfFckX0/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-12-10+at+10.02.41+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />

Reviving Wilted Hydrangeas & more

These beautiful blue hydrangeas wilted after only 2 days, much too soon to accept their demise!  After a quick internet search, I came acros...

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A Complete Departure for Me

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbitpg7uTHZDX0NLtiVFZ-cTFCH-vJUMtxvewhoywIyw-EdqqHXUxjlGoyk1aVAEnsSj2bUHv6gy37HS4wAuPDL0A65ifFKsdl-GNtnrXd1QLkihZdzlntw50sgD9RcOiGNSBcWcwM1Xl/s1600/IMG_2482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbitpg7uTHZDX0NLtiVFZ-cTFCH-vJUMtxvewhoywIyw-EdqqHXUxjlGoyk1aVAEnsSj2bUHv6gy37HS4wAuPDL0A65ifFKsdl-GNtnrXd1QLkihZdzlntw50sgD9RcOiGNSBcWcwM1Xl/s640/IMG_2482.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Besides a pillow sham or two, you would be pretty hard pressed to find floral patterns in my house. That's why I shocked myself when I chose this riot of blooms for the curtains in my newly painted (almost finished, bookcases left to go) library/dining room.  I really want this room to be fresh and airy.  As soon as I got home, I held the fabric against the Farrow & Ball Calke Green walls and was so pleased with how they complemented and contrasted...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsQ29ij1JukTqjPTxXbs16BCxzzOFmOmVjV9XL1sMPpJjNRi5fHfTNPB35GFLigzNuA95aTBsGOPVPc1izr2OCb5RgLm-v2zhKkIaPn1VstyeUSGoBXEHJGSt2OwhzPzZeCz90GD3mq9v/s1600/IMG_2486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsQ29ij1JukTqjPTxXbs16BCxzzOFmOmVjV9XL1sMPpJjNRi5fHfTNPB35GFLigzNuA95aTBsGOPVPc1izr2OCb5RgLm-v2zhKkIaPn1VstyeUSGoBXEHJGSt2OwhzPzZeCz90GD3mq9v/s400/IMG_2486.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But as you know, whenever you depart in a different direction there's bound to be some second guessing.  I started asking myself, "Floral, really, are you sure???"  So I googled floral drapes and this is what I found.  Yeah! Floral - can't wait!  (Fabric from the amazing <a href="http://www.hauteonline.com/">Haute Fabrics</a> in Marshall, VA.  More on my trip out there later in the week.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18GhKM4jfxa9dkm5VuJhDUHvdaI3FX-nD-SzF8vjMaVlA2NbaJQUNHm-HTuC3r6J-WnPNTg7zLjI-f5YowdM3q6WDuirYw7dtHCXsLVRisVYLkVCjtCUS_FCpJM1MLmZfHRH5vGoE90Cn/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-01-26+at+10.56.35+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18GhKM4jfxa9dkm5VuJhDUHvdaI3FX-nD-SzF8vjMaVlA2NbaJQUNHm-HTuC3r6J-WnPNTg7zLjI-f5YowdM3q6WDuirYw7dtHCXsLVRisVYLkVCjtCUS_FCpJM1MLmZfHRH5vGoE90Cn/s640/Screen+Shot+2013-01-26+at+10.56.35+PM.png" width="596" /></a></div><br />Image from Julia Reed's New Orleans home via Wall St. Journal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443991704577579213723772338.html"> here</a>, photography by Paul Costello.  These arm chairs are covered in Claremont's Georges Le Manach Montefontaine Gris. <br /><br />**Just noticed the velvet on this chair.  I also scored some gorgeous green Schumacher Mohair for my room at <a href="http://www.hauteonline.com/">Haute</a> too.

A Complete Departure for Me

Besides a pillow sham or two, you would be pretty hard pressed to find floral patterns in my house. That's why I shocked myself when I c...

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Flowers for You

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ6Q9D80mYGgKziigQutnkDYZf7jvwDWm6K0V7ZHcs240lfjFLurCNKbP-LrmoIbv3k-aWO8NHMDZlCA7ZE1Fyd9TkB-ZxvFnMt4amROHwGDC9AOZ1a9vhYWK99P-EAsSFI7Fb8yviSgD/s1600/IMG_1955.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5772461099130776258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZ6Q9D80mYGgKziigQutnkDYZf7jvwDWm6K0V7ZHcs240lfjFLurCNKbP-LrmoIbv3k-aWO8NHMDZlCA7ZE1Fyd9TkB-ZxvFnMt4amROHwGDC9AOZ1a9vhYWK99P-EAsSFI7Fb8yviSgD/s640/IMG_1955.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width; height;" /></a>Waited a bit too long to snap these pics but this bouquet, thanks to the phlox and russian sage, smelled so good! My ceramic blue bowl was found for $2 at an estate sale. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Michele<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFnmCMmo7GN8QyVIH-6CWfvvjBFus3p9jJlSL7vZ7wWBpS5Eis7P9gSxcVAChEx03LTCwdEoXDAOfNougo_ApchmpF3rIJYvNL8k2oTQMKASJKXqtiXZa-eIdbmTaIbHANfowv1c9P9A3/s1600/IMG_1956.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5772460333369483122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFnmCMmo7GN8QyVIH-6CWfvvjBFus3p9jJlSL7vZ7wWBpS5Eis7P9gSxcVAChEx03LTCwdEoXDAOfNougo_ApchmpF3rIJYvNL8k2oTQMKASJKXqtiXZa-eIdbmTaIbHANfowv1c9P9A3/s640/IMG_1956.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width; height;" /></a>

Flowers for You

Waited a bit too long to snap these pics but this bouquet, thanks to the phlox and russian sage, smelled so good! My ceramic blue bowl was ...

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Happy Easter!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa9lHJHtX-X5iJLhinTptnrgdsfuEge-Nmlfnz8ghjWK04MiYf2r5krrQEuu_kh0nTff1cV3LJLqPeUCBii4ycFOmGhZ3yzGUQhEOv-ZN4DDIGyEsRdVyhCAIf8uyvoqHtxUZLOFx8xY/s1600-h/a6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277441366707454162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifa9lHJHtX-X5iJLhinTptnrgdsfuEge-Nmlfnz8ghjWK04MiYf2r5krrQEuu_kh0nTff1cV3LJLqPeUCBii4ycFOmGhZ3yzGUQhEOv-ZN4DDIGyEsRdVyhCAIf8uyvoqHtxUZLOFx8xY/s400/a6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I danced on a Friday when the world turned black</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's hard to dance with the devil on your back</div><div style="text-align: center;">They buried my body, they thought I was gone</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I am the dance, and the dance goes on</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dance, dance, wherever you may be</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am the lord of the dance, said he</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I lead you all, wherever you may be</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I lead you all in the dance, said he</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They cut me down and I leapt up high</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I am the life that will never, never die</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I'll live in you if you'll live in me</b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;">I am the Lord of the dance, said He</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(verses from Lord of the Dance, Sydney Carter)</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuOf28FIyzADYeKM3gxGZdQXFxF7mYRRjepsdKGMTfo6QtFwbB99Z8GQaG-Ka9sMGp_g1pj3jsokQBhKPwPiMTgcifv4XoHGvFJ7_28m3m6WgAzxD6SaHSD2gb-SMJmp0wsSz2pOKA9Q/s1600-h/a7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277441190519751794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuOf28FIyzADYeKM3gxGZdQXFxF7mYRRjepsdKGMTfo6QtFwbB99Z8GQaG-Ka9sMGp_g1pj3jsokQBhKPwPiMTgcifv4XoHGvFJ7_28m3m6WgAzxD6SaHSD2gb-SMJmp0wsSz2pOKA9Q/s400/a7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tjy0k9JZAQvFOT7fxfpwLocAJ8dOKgh9kNzJcFfETS7TsEsrd9q7wtFiHkHFnTRh0pzYabE3FqiRbGRkWAnHf53dehwNtVWnJcEP_7_XqOfXs0ppsukjtpJCKNL1gZMnZejjkaooUEc/s1600-h/a4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277441461594547026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tjy0k9JZAQvFOT7fxfpwLocAJ8dOKgh9kNzJcFfETS7TsEsrd9q7wtFiHkHFnTRh0pzYabE3FqiRbGRkWAnHf53dehwNtVWnJcEP_7_XqOfXs0ppsukjtpJCKNL1gZMnZejjkaooUEc/s400/a4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>

Happy Easter!

I danced on a Friday when the world turned black It's hard to dance with the devil on your back They buried my body, they thought I was ...

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Second Chances

On my last post, I neglected to mention a couple of other tiny purchases I made about a week ago. This was mainly because they didn't look that stellar in their found state.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp4wxypSrtZtyUmLlR0x0BvJy53jyDKFha77XTRosw-qFfPR5VM64qQFdT3nzRjIl3lQqIfSfF9z__LvLuZ17gTEcTnkWYs6UI-yhjoxL46G6M5LIW_EbgrSGOIR8XECCnLVtWVCca-k/s1600/IMG_0255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPp4wxypSrtZtyUmLlR0x0BvJy53jyDKFha77XTRosw-qFfPR5VM64qQFdT3nzRjIl3lQqIfSfF9z__LvLuZ17gTEcTnkWYs6UI-yhjoxL46G6M5LIW_EbgrSGOIR8XECCnLVtWVCca-k/s400/IMG_0255.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They were two rather unimpressive violet prints from the Goodwill store. But at just $4 each, I knew I could reinvent them. I was drawn to the fact that they had matching gold frames and decent-looking matting. Once, I got home I quickly dismantled them. Unfortunately, the matting was not the same color on each. One was a fairly decent pale greige but the other was an unfortunate anemic sage. I accidentally tore the sage mat while removing the print from it (it really was an accident), but mended it as best I could. Then, to conceal its color and the slight tear, I covered the mat with brown craft paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now onto the replacement art. I bought some drawing paper and charcoal at Michael's, looked for inspiration, then got to work. An artist I am not, but I can imitate simple lines so I went with some very simple subjects. I know my limitations. Here is what I came up with . . . </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">a nude figure drawing </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvI1i0VCIXB7chpIDAXI637nJPviyZeJm2qUd9CRwxUr2kt_FtAP2DcJkL77KoCqLsgEfhxNPFHWf56smmGa3UL_UkuL2mvdnpDXifIVALLJFd3EPALIg3LTqDnTUBso538AcLEOzPYKs/s1600/IMG_0269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvI1i0VCIXB7chpIDAXI637nJPviyZeJm2qUd9CRwxUr2kt_FtAP2DcJkL77KoCqLsgEfhxNPFHWf56smmGa3UL_UkuL2mvdnpDXifIVALLJFd3EPALIg3LTqDnTUBso538AcLEOzPYKs/s320/IMG_0269.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />and some random abstract. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9h090l_oMVk1W5l8n-EiyYMFfirbhW9_eeBcVorD9LrIEuG7Tr0BK1BPAApsexjmXubcJgkDUI2GRsLuzFIR0l1ykUFW5CNhOMI7E0vloZf2zCF2Oyc2YZ8F3HfIs9j0RQ0X-a92GwY/s1600/IMG_0270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9h090l_oMVk1W5l8n-EiyYMFfirbhW9_eeBcVorD9LrIEuG7Tr0BK1BPAApsexjmXubcJgkDUI2GRsLuzFIR0l1ykUFW5CNhOMI7E0vloZf2zCF2Oyc2YZ8F3HfIs9j0RQ0X-a92GwY/s320/IMG_0270.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">What do you think? Anything would be a vast improvement over those violets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlK-Cf1oJ0GGVEKl2ll7YCPNggRu60EDs36-1SLZghwJUGTWr_aNAXq0rcub0_vApGZEcCawr3GNygm4VuYo3Q1W9AMGu1w1gwcdKCtsd7Xq0MmZmmcTadqQsrKpxOisbSFfPDR_HF8E/s1600/IMG_0268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlK-Cf1oJ0GGVEKl2ll7YCPNggRu60EDs36-1SLZghwJUGTWr_aNAXq0rcub0_vApGZEcCawr3GNygm4VuYo3Q1W9AMGu1w1gwcdKCtsd7Xq0MmZmmcTadqQsrKpxOisbSFfPDR_HF8E/s320/IMG_0268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The nude is the one whose mat got recovered. Also, it has glass whereas the abstract does not. Details. My children shriek with laughter whenever they see the nude. I forgot how hysterical naked people can be to children. I reprimanded them and told them art is not funny. That didn't seem to help. So, the drawings may be going in my bedroom. For now, they're parked on top of my grandmother's china cabinet in my kitchen/breakfast area. I'll have to live with them a while to see where they need to be.<br /><br />In other totally unrelated news, my husband came home from work this evening and surprised me with these:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkhUJCmx1YI6txdPEdY4Cou-RGnrWQZfuBWs2G7yb9cT4LWH6mysmTwnCeJTj3QfAt1sAlgvQ72b5EDeabfKXhQ3prRStQF2zU8Z6jnYG6Q0Vb58j-EnrvIbLEei2REgjw4Ycd-pfOzA/s1600/IMG_0266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkhUJCmx1YI6txdPEdY4Cou-RGnrWQZfuBWs2G7yb9cT4LWH6mysmTwnCeJTj3QfAt1sAlgvQ72b5EDeabfKXhQ3prRStQF2zU8Z6jnYG6Q0Vb58j-EnrvIbLEei2REgjw4Ycd-pfOzA/s400/IMG_0266.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Isn't he the best? Today is the anniversary of the day he proposed to me 14 years ago. Isn't that sweet? I totally forgot. He likes to surprise me from time to time with little romantic gestures like this. He hates Valentine's Day and its artificiality, so he thought this was much more original. I agree. So what's that little fake yellow flower ring doing in the rose? When he proposed, he stuck my engagement ring down in a rose for me to find. I swear it's not as cheesy as it sounds. Or maybe it is, but I don't care. Thank you, <a href="http://www.musiccitysmiles.com/">Matt</a>, and I love you!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And just to balance that bit of sweetness with reality, my daughter just threw up about an hour ago, so no school for her tomorrow. You win some, you lose some.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope you had a happy Monday! </div>

Second Chances

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Happy Day

<span style="font-size: large;">With the historic flood that hit Nashville over the weekend, I never thought today would be a happy day, but I was wrong. For a couple of hours this morning, I got the opportunity to help someone in need. Someone I didn't even know. I couldn't do much in the short time I had - just helped haul out some soaked carpet. But it truly puts things in perspective. People's entire lives were sitting out on the curb. Makes you count your blessings.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Then when I got home, some mail arrived that made me smile . . .</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wCzAtsfo4pMEP9gyepgSgL86CLonc6SP2-0YdhnOUOpGAmkgewfyNly8Io7hJJjpNcz_yPtG9AW2FPio0ljwO8GeQKKsM_FZWnNG6yRILL8xnqwqkEY7jIdEHDspxc_Oq0sXVcSSXi0/s1600/IMG_4970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wCzAtsfo4pMEP9gyepgSgL86CLonc6SP2-0YdhnOUOpGAmkgewfyNly8Io7hJJjpNcz_yPtG9AW2FPio0ljwO8GeQKKsM_FZWnNG6yRILL8xnqwqkEY7jIdEHDspxc_Oq0sXVcSSXi0/s400/IMG_4970.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K4MkUT_iw6eRbeDNiKBQAxFJ22e6awbt77ba6l2bOjBqzppVlu3jgyCcxVcJfmGO0iIpaxFFiLjC5iitmBLVp65Muky_9Wk3jtusYy6tYz2aUbPAVZ_hf4INZ-fXT8muQY2qHeUWNf0/s1600/IMG_4971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5K4MkUT_iw6eRbeDNiKBQAxFJ22e6awbt77ba6l2bOjBqzppVlu3jgyCcxVcJfmGO0iIpaxFFiLjC5iitmBLVp65Muky_9Wk3jtusYy6tYz2aUbPAVZ_hf4INZ-fXT8muQY2qHeUWNf0/s400/IMG_4971.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This sweet little birthday card - complete with a candle necklace - from <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp">Anthropologie</a> offering me 15% off any purchase in May (my birthday's at the end of the month). Isn't it cute?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And this skirt that I ordered from <a href="http://www.sevierskirts.com/Main.aspx">Sevier Skirts</a> arrived too . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_1v6s5lS4UgewVTPYFFiUB9IXD_2Zo167GOwkmgsT8s4pSdUMw9o1wc2bG_AkIXuJ2_9FvbE-kxnjG_MPYHCPLxclR2pZHEZ94qOUPTc0ZfJxBoplL-grguKsTL2z0GP67OT0LinBGw/s1600/IMG_4978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_1v6s5lS4UgewVTPYFFiUB9IXD_2Zo167GOwkmgsT8s4pSdUMw9o1wc2bG_AkIXuJ2_9FvbE-kxnjG_MPYHCPLxclR2pZHEZ94qOUPTc0ZfJxBoplL-grguKsTL2z0GP67OT0LinBGw/s400/IMG_4978.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">just in time for me to wear to my son's pre-school Mother's Day Tea tomorrow!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, out of the blue, my husband came home with these . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfClEOYOqjVuhUgG0b_-S-2AWm6Keelq0hPSOD1pqwW_f89uksWUbq1FsHxSw0U0d1hYRe5V5g8VVhVd-nQztEE2h6burlECZP4ShaU4xqZAXrnvne_y72-LT4nm18BDRVvEDbEr_yqDI/s1600/IMG_4972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfClEOYOqjVuhUgG0b_-S-2AWm6Keelq0hPSOD1pqwW_f89uksWUbq1FsHxSw0U0d1hYRe5V5g8VVhVd-nQztEE2h6burlECZP4ShaU4xqZAXrnvne_y72-LT4nm18BDRVvEDbEr_yqDI/s400/IMG_4972.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">just because he knows I love peonies and that they're blooming now. They are beautiful and smell wonderful. Thanks, honey!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am very lucky indeed. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Sidenote: If you are interested in spiffing up your (or your child's) wardrobe this spring and helping out Nashville at the same time, check out <a href="http://kaycehughes.blogspot.com/">Kayce Hughes blog/store</a>. She's donating 50% of all sales made over the next week to the American Red Cross for flood relief efforts in Nashville. </i></span></div>

Happy Day

With the historic flood that hit Nashville over the weekend, I never thought today would be a happy day, but I was wrong. For a couple of ho...

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