RANDOM BLUES....

So many thanks to SMILING SALLY for hosting another BEAUTIFUL BLUE MONDAY...

Thanks to everyone out in BLOGLAND that is showing their pretty BLUES today....

Pretty BLUE flowers for you today.... maybe they will help you have a fabulous week !

I WISH this lovely set was mine but it is from the Internet....*hugh sigh....

If I had it, I would make you a nice cup of hot, flavored tea.... Raspberry,Lemon, Cinnamon...? Oh, I nearly forgot to ask....do you take ONE LUMP or TWO ?

Tea would be good with these muffins I am making...
BANANA NUT WHOLE GRAIN...
I just add extra VANILLA and PECANS...there is never enuf pecans in the mixes for me !
and it seems to me that if a little XTRA vanilla is added, they taste more HOMEMADE....

and, myself, I love me some BIG, ole chunks of pecans so I don't usually CHOP....
Would you notice my new flour and sugar canisters ?
I've added the BLUE AND WHITE, vintage cups to them and I am just crazy about THE look....I've been seeing them all over Blogland and had to have some.
$6.00 each at Walmart.... and you don't HAVE to use VINTAGE cups...any pretty cups will look great...
OH...
Mr. SweetNothings and I ate all but 2 of these muffins this morning....
hot......with butter.....yum ! Who says muffins have to be made from SCRATCH
to be delicious ?

AND did you notice my ADORABLE RED and WHITE POLKA DOT plate? I have 12 of them, they are melamine and I love 'em so much I wanna marry 'em..... Sweet TINA, the QUEEN OF CUTE over at CHERRY HILL COTTAGE had some and, you KNOW how I covet EVERYTHING she does...she is always so good and sweet about letting us know where she gets all her cuteness.THANK YOU SO MUCH, TINA....

IF...by some freak of nature, you've NOT been over to CHERRY HILL COTTAGE, you have GOT to go take a peek at her beautiful decorating, fabulous recipes...the list goes on and on....and PLEASE tell her bj said HEY...
OH....
that is my mom and I about twenty-five years ago in the little framed photo.....

... we were sitting on a fence watching a CATTLE BRANDING that day....and, BOY....did it stink !! WHEW...... that burning hair and skin...ugggg..

Isn't my dark haired mother so cute in her BLUE jeans and tucked-in shirt....ever heard the old saying, "TATTLE TAIL, TATTLE TAIL, sittin' on a fence....trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents" ? ....I somehow always think of this when I see our photo....*smiling here ..and missing her !! so glad for the memories....make all the good ones you can because, some day, they will become as precious to you as all the gold in the world.....

you know....when my kids were small and the grands little, i THOUGHT i was making lots of memories for THEM...I do believe, however, that I AM the one that has the most memories...and, of course, pray that THEY do, too....bwaaaaaaaa, i'm getting sentimental here so must move on.....!
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These cute, little ROOSTER plates and rack were given to me for my birthday...

BFF, MARTHA....thanks again, dear one...I just love them! You knew I would !! That's one of the best parts of having a BEST friend...they know us so well !!

I LOVE THAT !! and I LOVE YOU, MARTHA...

the feathers on some of the roosters are a dark, greenish BLUE...

and they look mighty fine in my little breakfast area.... *

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Do you like RUSSELL CROWE ?
I sure do....
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and did you see him in .....

O...HONEY !
I've lost count how many times I'VE seen it....
we may just watch it again tonight !!
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A magnificent movie about a magnificent man...and MR. CROWE played the part so well....

After the first time I saw the movie, I googled the man the story is about and it was such an interesting read...and the movie....just PERFECT !

I would love to read the book.... I'll have to check with SMILING SALLY to see if there might be a free copy offered to her readers in the future...if there is, BE SURE AND TRY FOR IT.... you should go over, anyway, and read her blog..she has the cutest sense of humor that will just tickle you to death....
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Have a happy day,
bj

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I WAS tagged twice, a long time ago, to show my

4th file (which is my BLOGGER file)

and the 4th photo in that file...

THIS IS IT !!

Sweet BO and CHRIS, I apologize profusely for being tardy on this one...I MUST blame it on AGE....!!! :O(

please go over to see both these ladies...they have such fun blogs and they are both just riots...funny ladies and so so sweet....

OH...and please take this cute picture home with you if you like it...My pleasure !!

xo xo xo xo xo