Was out with my trusty camera today...
I fell in love with this beautiful gardenia.
The sweet scent is still with me...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
A Special Art ...
The Art of Finding Something to Wear...
Do you often look in your closet and hear the coat hangers swish back and forth? (my husband can hear it from a mile away and seems to always ask, "what's wrong?" Grrr)
Do you often find it a challenge to find something that fits perfect?
Do you find that your clothes last longer than that youthful spirit you had when you bought them?
Some garments keep their appeal for months, years...then one day, their style expires and you know it!
Really good clothes can turn matronly within weeks.
Remember the long beautiful skirt and sequined top you bought on sale and loved instantly, looked like an archeological find a month later.
Funny how the end of a style is sudden.
If you insist on wearing that outfit that has lost it's style, you run the risk of looking and feeling frumpy. (Right?)
Our closets are full, yet we can't find the "right" thing to wear.
Look in your closet, each garment surely reminds you of a moment in your very personal history.
Clothes you bought last week, you no longer care for. You wonder what got into you. What were you thinking?
Don't worry if you don't wear a fraction of what you own. Without them, you would not have picked out the few outfits that, you now feel, best captures the real you!
Right?
(for me, same black pants...same black blouse?)
Do you often look in your closet and hear the coat hangers swish back and forth? (my husband can hear it from a mile away and seems to always ask, "what's wrong?" Grrr)
Do you often find it a challenge to find something that fits perfect?
Do you find that your clothes last longer than that youthful spirit you had when you bought them?
Some garments keep their appeal for months, years...then one day, their style expires and you know it!
Really good clothes can turn matronly within weeks.
Remember the long beautiful skirt and sequined top you bought on sale and loved instantly, looked like an archeological find a month later.
Funny how the end of a style is sudden.
If you insist on wearing that outfit that has lost it's style, you run the risk of looking and feeling frumpy. (Right?)
Our closets are full, yet we can't find the "right" thing to wear.
Look in your closet, each garment surely reminds you of a moment in your very personal history.
Clothes you bought last week, you no longer care for. You wonder what got into you. What were you thinking?
Don't worry if you don't wear a fraction of what you own. Without them, you would not have picked out the few outfits that, you now feel, best captures the real you!
Right?
(for me, same black pants...same black blouse?)
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Just A Note to Say....
Happy New Year!
Oh my!
It's about that time to say so long and farewell to 2011.
It's about that time to say so long and farewell to 2011.
It's so hard for me to believe that the year has
come and is almost gone.
We had a wonderful and blessed year and I am ready to ring in
{{{{{{{{{2012}}}}}}}}
(See my excitement?)
It will be with horns, confetti and champagne...
in my dreams~
Midnight? When's that?
I've not seen that time in forever and a day!
We will not paint the town red this year, maybe next year!
The Mr. is under the weather...darn sniffles.
Oh not to worry! We will miss the fun, but
I'll hear all about the different gatherings and in great detail!
Really, you won't believe it, but the folks where we live-
So VERY Social!
Get this, Groundhog day, there's a party somewhere!
Anyhow, a nice quiet evening will be perfect.
Dinner will be scrumptious~
Okay, this afternoon or tomorrow-
I'll try to carve out some quiet time for myself.
With pen in hand I'll write out some resolutions.
The one day at a time kind, if not, I know, you know...
They won't happen.
I'm really looking forward to a new beginning.
A blank slate, a new start, to me, that is very exciting.
365 days ahead to wake up to beautiful morning.
Then quickly live life to it's fullest.
Then close the day
with wonderful starlit nights.
It's quite possible-
I'm a planner!
come and is almost gone.
We had a wonderful and blessed year and I am ready to ring in
{{{{{{{{{2012}}}}}}}}
(See my excitement?)
It will be with horns, confetti and champagne...
in my dreams~
Midnight? When's that?
I've not seen that time in forever and a day!
We will not paint the town red this year, maybe next year!
The Mr. is under the weather...darn sniffles.
Oh not to worry! We will miss the fun, but
I'll hear all about the different gatherings and in great detail!
Really, you won't believe it, but the folks where we live-
So VERY Social!
Get this, Groundhog day, there's a party somewhere!
Anyhow, a nice quiet evening will be perfect.
Dinner will be scrumptious~
Okay, this afternoon or tomorrow-
I'll try to carve out some quiet time for myself.
With pen in hand I'll write out some resolutions.
The one day at a time kind, if not, I know, you know...
They won't happen.
I'm really looking forward to a new beginning.
A blank slate, a new start, to me, that is very exciting.
365 days ahead to wake up to beautiful morning.
Then quickly live life to it's fullest.
Then close the day
with wonderful starlit nights.
It's quite possible-
I'm a planner!
What a fun year 2012 will be!
Oh my...
All the blogging parties...
(Now really? Who can make all of them?
If you do, what's your secret?)
Oh my...
All the blogging parties...
(Now really? Who can make all of them?
If you do, what's your secret?)
Wishing you all a new year filled with
joy, happiness, great blogging ideas, good health, love
and many, many blessings.
Off to take a nap.
Maybe I'll see midnight in our neck of the woods!
Byeeeeeeee-
joy, happiness, great blogging ideas, good health, love
and many, many blessings.
Off to take a nap.
Maybe I'll see midnight in our neck of the woods!
Byeeeeeeee-
See y'all next year!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
A Treasure
I have always been fascinated with cookbooks, the older, the better.
Believe me, It's not because all I ever want to do is cook!
It's a bit of love for food, love for books and love for history.
I'd like to share one of my favorite cookbooks with you~
Believe me, It's not because all I ever want to do is cook!
It's a bit of love for food, love for books and love for history.
I'd like to share one of my favorite cookbooks with you~
It's the amazing...
The Congressional Club Cookbook
The Congressional Club Cookbook
12th Edition
It's a collection of National and International Recipes from those women who have
graced our country as
First Lady of the Land.
graced our country as
First Lady of the Land.
This cookbook was donated by a Texas State Representative's wife and was auctioned off at a charity event back in April- 2003. I was the lucky one that took it home that night.
It's a regal cookbook!
There are so many wonderful recipes from the entire Congressional Club in this fabulous cookbook.
By the way, the Congressional Club introduced their first cookbook in 1927!
I just read that you can purchase the newest edition, the 14th Edition from the Club.
http://www.thecongressionalclub.com/
Joining these parties!
Wow Us Wednesday!
Vintage Fridays
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday!
I just read that you can purchase the newest edition, the 14th Edition from the Club.
http://www.thecongressionalclub.com/
Joining these parties!
Wow Us Wednesday!
Vintage Fridays
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Blooming Like Crazy...
Oh my heavens, I was not planning on posting on my blog today...
but it's a must!
I was out and about with my trusty little camera yesterday morning...
what a find!
Okay, it's my hibiscus plant~
I was out and about with my trusty little camera yesterday morning...
what a find!
Okay, it's my hibiscus plant~
She's showing off again.
Oh, she's so proud and not a bit shy about blooming!
Take a look~
Oh, she's so proud and not a bit shy about blooming!
Take a look~
Just blooming like crazy!
It's just sad that their blooms appear and last for only one day.
This one is pure...
PERFECTION~
She's let me know that she'll keep blooming until a killing frost, I know I'll feast my eyes on hundreds of blooms this season!
Now, you must remember this, Hibiscus flowers appear on the ends of branches, so do not pinch off late in the growing season, or the hibiscus flower will be delayed into late summer.
Ta Ta~
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