A LOT OF RANDOM PINKS....and a VERY LONG POST...

I am linking up to play with

PINK SATURDAY

MY FAVORITE THINGS

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
MY THANKS TO ALL THE HOSTS...

THIS MOSAIC I MADE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES...

It is all images from the net and those PINK tulips just take my breath away. Can you even begin to imagine a FIELD of PINK TULIPS such as this ?? These are in HOLLAND....and I would dearly love to go there someday.
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When I was a little bitty girl, we lived in DALLAS and about 5 or 6 blocks from a CANDY FACTORY.

My mother and I would walk there and buy their BROKEN candy for mere pennies per small sack. I well remember some of the ABOVE candies in my little sack.*sigh

Will I EVER quit missing my momma? O, I think NOT...I promise you that you will never get too old to quit missing your mom...a sound...a smell...a song...so so many things that are woven into our very souls that are associated with the most important person in our lives....our moms. bwaaaaaaa

I always get a WARM, FUZZY feeling when I see RIBBON CANDIES, TOO.

Mom always bought some of it...and we always had it during the CHRISTMAS season. ....ahhhh...more "comfort' food !! :))

MY Geraniums are just out-doing themselves this summer...

THIS one is from last summer...I took it inside during the wintertime and placed it in a SOUTHERN window..it bloomed ALL WINTER LONG...

Now, it's thriving outside again this summer...

I wish I could send YOU a cutting from it....:))

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"WAY TO GO, GERANIUMS !"

I just LUV CONE FLOWERS...I think they are so pretty and I plant a few every summer....they NEVER come back, tho.

Wonder just what I am doing wrong? Maybe our winters get too cold for them?
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Sweet PINK roses from our back yard garden...
MR. SWEET picks 2 every day or so to put in these POTTERY BARN wall vases.(you might know without me sayin' that they were ON SALE !)

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They look so pretty with fresh flowers...
In the wintertime, I keep some of the Burford Holly and red berries in them..
and...
I've been known to use FABULOUS FAKES every now and then !! ;>)

(i heard what u said, SHELIA...i KNOW u love yours!)
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"ONE IS NEARER GOD'S HEART IN A GARDEN THAN ANY WHERE ELSE ON EARTH."

I have an appointment for my yearly MAMMOGRAM next week.
I hope YOU have made your appointment, too.
PLEASE don't skip it...it is so important to detect any trouble very early !
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My heart goes out to all the beautiful women that have encountered this
DEVIL DISEASE, straight from HELL.
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PLEASE PRAY....PRAY HARD FOR A CURE.
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We can all help in the FIGHT...
....buy PINK FOR THE CURE everytime you get the chance...
...remind yourself and your friends to get a mammogram...
...spread the news, FAR and WIDE, the importance of SELF EXAMS...
...donate...even if it's just a dollar...every time you get the chance.
...CLICK for the CURE when you see a button for someone to receive a FREE mammogram.
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THERE'S MANY ways we can fight this thing...
WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT !!!
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BEVERLY has asked us to share a NEW blog or one that is NEW TO US...
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I would love for you to go over to that precious, fairy-like house you see up above and meet DONNA.

(for some reason, I can't get blogger to take her address..)

it's conghailecottage.blogspot.com

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She has an amazing blog and I hope you will visit, SIGN UP TO FOLLOW, and get acquainted with her. I know I sure intend to.
When you go over, would you kindly tell her bj said "Hey"?
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THIS IS THE LIST OF THE 5 LUCKY READERS THAT WON A GIFT BOX OF 4 GIRARD'S SALAD DRESSINGS....

1. COUNTRY WINGS IN PHOENIX

2. I NEED MOM

3. DECORATING TENNIS GIRL

4. LAVENDER DREAMER

5. MY LITTLE COTTAGE IN THE MAKING

CONGRATULATIONS DEAR LADIES...

PLEASE email (bjconklin@xanadoo.com) your full name and mailing address.

I will, in turn, send them straight to GIRARD'S and a really nice lady, ANGELA, will mail your gift boxes out to you.

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I want to thank each and every one of you that so graciously left messages on my giveaway blog. I am sorry I couldn't give every one of you a gift...I so love every one of you and WHEN I WIN THE TEXAS LOTTERY and get really, filthy RICH, I WILL send you ALL a wonderful gift...!! ;>)

OMGosh....MORE (?) Black and White....

I paid a visit to GOODWILL not long ago...and as soon as I walked in the door, I heard...
"OVER HERE...Look at US !"
WELL...
I HAD to look...

...and there sit three of the CA-UTEST cups and saucers...
TINY cups and saucers...
Are they part of a kids set, do ya think?
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Makes me no difference....
BLACK AND WHITE..
CHECKS AND STRIPES...
don't ya know that if there is a 4th one anywhere, it is BOUND to be...
BLACK AND WHITE POLKA DOTS...:))
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I had JUST bought some fabric to make new pillows for my swing and bench on the front porch...

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and see those ROLLS.....OMGosh...they are so good, you won't believe how
E -ZZZ they are...
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This recipe is over on the sidebar of STONEGABLE and I STOLE IT....

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YVONNE is such a wonderful cook and she generously shares all her delights with us.
When you go over to get this BREADSTICK CINNAMON ROLL recipe, please tell her bj said hello.....:))

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I made myself a TABLESCAPE TRAY so I could play with SUSAN
at TABLESCAPE THURSDAY
and
FOODIE FRIDAY
SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY
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DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A MESSAGE ON MY giveaway POST...
Just click the button at the top of my blog and it will take you to the post.
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ENTER until 10:00 PM, Central on FRIDAY NIGHT..
WINNERS (5) WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON PINK SATURDAY.
GOOD LUCK !!

WHITE WEDNESDAY RE-POST

HAPPY WEDNESDAY...

half way thru the week.....
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I am joining in with FADED CHARM COTTAGE for

WHITE WEDNESDAY

I am staying with GRANDS this week and I am using an older post for today's FUN !!

I absolutely LOVE anything WHITE..

especially WHITE dishes..
I've been seeing all the beautiful
ALL WHITE
rooms and wondering how I would like that.
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I like color...
but I THINK I am liking it less and less...
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WHITE rooms are so CLEAN looking..
CALMING...
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Times are that I NEED clean and especially CALM !!
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MR. SWEET likes his brown leather sofas...

but SARAH ...the one that lives in A BEACH COTTAGE, down under...

says all white goes WONDERFULLY with leather..
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I have a lot of BLACK painted furniture that

would look AWESOME

painted WHITE....

BUT.....

just the THOUGHT of emptying hutches....

stripping....

sanding....

cussing...

sweating...

painting...

cussing....

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doesn't bring CALM to me right now...
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I think I'd better give it more INTENSE thought...
SUMMERTIME is not the time to be
WORKING
that much, is it?
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...think I'll just stick with
WHITE DISHES....
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AND MAYBE JUST A TOUCH OF.....RED

SUMMERTIME....

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TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE GIVEAWAY POST !!

GOOD LUCK !
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Blues and whites, coupled with the bolder color of RED, is a classic combo of colors...

a lot of us here in Blogland LOVE that color combo......
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I am LOVING doing these patriotic tables this time of year...

maybe because it's so easy since reds...blues...whites are all over my house
and in my dishes.!! :)

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I do these tables a lot throughout the summer....
they just seem like SUMMERTIME colors to me.!!
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I love SILVER, WHITE and BLUES together...

and I love using flags and other patriotic items during the entire year...

especially in the good ole summertime !
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I found this wine bucket at SALVATION ARMY thrift shoppe the other day...

nothing fancy but.....I love it...of course..it is JUST FOR LOOKS...

I keep our bottles of wine in the fridge..
The bucket WOULD look really nice, filled with ICE and a tasty bottle of wine for company sometime....

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Remember my new "thrifted" creamy white dining chairs that I FELL IN LOVE WITH.....

Well.....I am STILL in love !

These little birdie S&P's go so good with my other silver....

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I would love to have a set of RED TRANSFER WARE someday...
I have 2 different sets of the blue and white...and daughter, STACY LEIGH,
has her grandmother's ENORMOUS set of BROWN and WHITE from England.

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But, I am Red transferwareless...

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Isn't it funny how some color combinations NEVER go out of style...that are CLASSIC....
I do love some of the new colors...and have been known to buy things in FAD colors.....
but when it comes to DISHES....I try to stay pretty much in the classic range.

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I have never bought a complete set of really NICE, NEW dishes...
the ones I have were bought at ESTATE sales, thrift stores...yard sales.

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I have been very lucky, indeed, to find 3 sets of vintage dishes
that are what I consider VERY NICE.
All three have been discontinued and the pieces I find for them are quite expensive...
HOWEVER.....
...since I stay pretty close in color range..I can mix and match and
I LOVE DOING THAT...
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A niece made this sweet towel for me about 40 years ago
and I'll bet she might be surprised that it looks this nice
after that long....:)
I hand wash it and line dry it so the colors have been retained.
It's one of those pieces that I just love because...
'it's the little things !!"

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Now it's time for an after dinner

TEA and COOKIES
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The little tiny teapot is the one I found at GOODWILL...

the one I keep using TEA after DELICIOUS TEA....*sigh.....
The blue and white dishes from a flea market...
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I love these cookies...and buy them every chance I get.

I've found I can keep them in the freezer and they stay nice and fresh....sometimes, I have to hide them from myself AND Mr. Sweet so I'll have some the NEXT tea time...

HOWEVER, when our sweet tooth is aching for CHOCOLATE, we ALWAYS find those cookies...

Oh, well...the market has packages and packages of them, anyway!! ;-)
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MOSAIC for MARY ....be sure to go over and see her and all the other beautiful photos....
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Lots of BLUES for SMILING SALLY...and she has a list of

a LOT more blues...

I am on the search for another pretty tea set...
I am SO running out of room to keep them...
if only i had a DISH closet like SHELIA... heavy sigh.....

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I am also linking with

TEA WITH THE LADY, TEA CUP TUESDAY, TABLESCAPE TUESDAY, TEA FOR TWO, TEAPOTS AND TEA THINGS , 2ND TIME AROUND TUESDAY, NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY
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HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL SUMMER !

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