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Anthropologie

Posted on 2007.06.10 at 15:50
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Ugh! After two hours of searching, I'm forced to admit that I have lost a full disk of pictures. AND just after I have told Alison at Brocante Home that I would post some pictures of my wonderful visits to Anthropologie.  AND now I look like the newbie to blogging that I am =(   AND Brocante Home is the one blog that I would not want to embarass myself in. I LOVE her blog.  Well, when I find them, I'll post them.  Here are a couple of intersting pics that I stumbled on...
This was taken a couple years ago at Woodfield Mall.

Window Shelves up near the ceiling in an old flower shop

Downtown Chicago
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Neighborhood Sales

Posted on 2007.06.10 at 09:28
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The neighborhood sales this time of year are one of the things I look forward to all Spring! Isn't that old sewing box endearing? Just walking the brick streets and enjoying all the old houses is an overload to my senses. I thought I'd share some pictures.
Love gingerbread doors! Then there's the green steps...  

This lady had darling garage vinettes


From little stoop to wrap around porches, each one was a feast for the eyes!

I am so smitten with this picture! It's already hanging in the bedroom so I can admire it in the morning light... 
 

The guys all wanted to take these home...


Yes, I actually bought their SIGN!
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Watermelon Party

Posted on 2007.06.08 at 12:50
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Last evening we had a Watermelon Party!  It was an impromptu invitation from the neighbor...She opened the gate and yelled, "Come on over for some watermelon!"  So, like ducks in row, the children, the adults, the grandkids and any other neighbors within earshot - we all headed for the picnic table.

Every one of the kids had watermelon juice dripping from their chins and down their shirts.  The adults dripped a bit more gracefully, if being hunched over and slurping is graceful! We talked about the storm that was supposed to move in through the night (and it did).   The party was over as quickly as it started and while I laid in bed watching the lightning flash across the sky, I decided that I'm going to make sure to have watermelon in the house all Summer so that when the next opportunity presents itself, I can fling open the gate and holler, "Come on over for some watermelon!"
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Freezy Pops

Posted on 2007.06.07 at 18:30
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Isn't this the most darling little "peg bag"?!   It's on ebay for $9.94.  I can't believe there aren't any bids on it!  Just click the photo above and it'll link you to the auction if you'd like to see it.

I'm afraid I've a heated topic... After two and half years of trying to convince our home warranty company to replace our central air, we finally gave up and accepted that lukewarm can be lukecool, depending on how you look at it.  And then that lazy box started squealing like a little girl!  So...we have a new central air unit and though I'm ever so glad to have it, now the windows are closed and the playful voices in the backyard are muffled.  This is a historic area and we are probably one of only three on this street that have central air so I should be falling over myself with gratitude.  And by mid-July, I'm sure I will be!  But I say, let's leave it off for a bit longer - let the breeze, steamy as it is, mess up my stacks of papers and flip the curtains up 'til they catch on the lamp!  It's June.  Have a picnic dinner and a late night strawberry dessert on the porch!
 
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Swim Caps

Posted on 2007.06.06 at 14:53
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Oh, the lovely colors... I remember wearing a swim cap once or twice when I was a kid and (1) it was definitely NOT CUTE and (2) it always ripped my hair out!  I grew up with a swimming pool in the backyard by the barn.  My brothers and sister and I had swimsuits on from dawn 'til bed every Summer.  My sister and I put lemon juice in our hair until my mom thought our hair would fall out, so protecting it with a swim cap was obviously not a priority.  But maybe if it had been lavendar...    
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Showers of Blessings

Posted on 2007.06.05 at 19:23
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"I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessings..." Ezekiel 34:26b

Miracle One for my season of change... My highschool age son, who has been homeschooled for the last 3 years due to a life threatening accident, has transferred into a private school for Fall without testing behind in ANY subject!! Only God...

Asian Prayers Tied to a Rope...
I thought this was an interesting tradition but I'm ever thankful that our God WANTS us to talk to Him as if He is a friend who will never leave us.
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Etsy Bitsy

Posted on 2007.06.04 at 10:59
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Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketFabric Flower
I'm pretty sure that I may be the least informed person in e-commerce (even though my near 70 year old mom brags to her friends that her daughter "knows all about that internet stuff"). I've only recently come across the Etsy site (all things handmade - how could I have not known about this?!). I think I may have to join. But if I join, I may feel obligated to add to the list of things that I HAVE to create. Hmmm... I'll have to do some more Etsy research...

In the meantime here's a couple more nifty things I saw on Etsy today...
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketTrain Tickets
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketInspiration bits & bobs

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Season Of Change

Posted on 2007.06.02 at 15:51
Current Music: Dwelling Places - Darlene Zschech
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Have you ever felt that a season of change was creeping up on you? Or perhaps hoped that one would be? Mostly, I dread them. But not this time. I feel certain, as certain as I've ever been about a feeling, that this Summer is going to be a season of change at our household. I'm expecting miracles. Some of it I am purposefully setting into motion (only beautiful reading materials in my "to-do" box - a book per week; taking pictures with the new camera that I don't know how to use; spending more time in the pool with the kids and less time yelling, "stop splashing me"; finally buying and not killing a hydrangea bush...) But, in large part, these miracles are truly of Biblical proportions - out of my control - no way I could make it happen no matter how many times I use puppydog eyes, cry or beg! Oh how I hate not being in control!

As I wait on the Lord, I intend to surround myself with beauty and joy (both the laughing kind and the peaceful kind). I intend to hit as many yard sales, flea markets, and curbside freebies as I can afford. I intend to hug and kiss and dote on my children more than ever before. I intend to stay up late giggling with my husband whispering the daily quotes authored by our children. I intend to read books, sew only pretty things that I'd keep if I didn't have to sell them. I intend to pray real prayers, not the churchy kind. I intend to re-define "Lady In Waiting"!

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