Forget about the Pumpkins, I want Apples!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I think my fondest memory of fall as a child growing up in the North, was going to the local Apple Orchard to pick apples.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZt_DGn0RCsCeO8SU463U4SNGZ4vuvVJtUXQvuIMoCyY_o-n-Jl4vBE911voT7PfcVQqBjwEbJvTUZatugQmA3Q54-1Yn6Vtagvw2cWmW2jMXJdhKMejrz6dxIdzEpK8Q1ngn3rbRS4ZR_/s1600/IMG_9632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZt_DGn0RCsCeO8SU463U4SNGZ4vuvVJtUXQvuIMoCyY_o-n-Jl4vBE911voT7PfcVQqBjwEbJvTUZatugQmA3Q54-1Yn6Vtagvw2cWmW2jMXJdhKMejrz6dxIdzEpK8Q1ngn3rbRS4ZR_/s640/IMG_9632.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> I remember just standing there, silent and in awe at the endless rows of trees covered with shiny red apples, ready to be picked.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTcQzjfNm5GmNSiy5jmRuPvE2aKMzzrNBpJiDbMB73QHQh9cLSIhBRZW24B4-3WylSYg6C4NXGr3gRdLhVolqXaPG6UbYFjlJYKExghYO-tl4eIC42lCdOCQPtwMCPJePpJVGICu0YVIA/s1600/IMG_9606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTcQzjfNm5GmNSiy5jmRuPvE2aKMzzrNBpJiDbMB73QHQh9cLSIhBRZW24B4-3WylSYg6C4NXGr3gRdLhVolqXaPG6UbYFjlJYKExghYO-tl4eIC42lCdOCQPtwMCPJePpJVGICu0YVIA/s640/IMG_9606.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Moving South later in my childhood, the occurrences of apple pickin stop, with only those special memories to hold on to. This year I am paying homage to those fall memories with a 'Apple Scape' on my Mantel .</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD8v3jEZrP5KwuJPN_qTP7oIMLzNH15SiZMesWRcCoTm-TUo8_bKXWaqPSPM17CQ566imMEZjeggB_G90wXaXpTBCQXk9rbX0nceTOmJ-9b3FdDTLdIqpvFVZUVI1D_njDWdoc67l1685/s1600/IMG_9593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOD8v3jEZrP5KwuJPN_qTP7oIMLzNH15SiZMesWRcCoTm-TUo8_bKXWaqPSPM17CQ566imMEZjeggB_G90wXaXpTBCQXk9rbX0nceTOmJ-9b3FdDTLdIqpvFVZUVI1D_njDWdoc67l1685/s640/IMG_9593.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My sign was actually created out of 3 pine boards that I recycled from the shop.  I applied coats of brown and then orange paint. Applied some vinyl stencils that I cut from my silhouette and then applied a final coat in cream color. Once dry, I removed the letters and sanded down the boards to allow the brown and orange to peek through.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcYrhVbFBBdUT3vgJqiIK4xgxslSdeMMYyb36zFs_A89XkOtG1mXdK_5dYjFAu4MsHDRoT2E3dQ1OZb6htnymBxsy19thXy19tBAjgCNqel3dlRXTEViaZFxnUtWY_z6tWvnQNu16aJOW/s1600/IMG_0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcYrhVbFBBdUT3vgJqiIK4xgxslSdeMMYyb36zFs_A89XkOtG1mXdK_5dYjFAu4MsHDRoT2E3dQ1OZb6htnymBxsy19thXy19tBAjgCNqel3dlRXTEViaZFxnUtWY_z6tWvnQNu16aJOW/s640/IMG_0099.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I placed some apples in a bushel basket lined with some burlap next to the sign for some extra whimsy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoeqL165cfcDVje0lQj4e0YgnsoxdUcDJVyaKkEvA4ALbC3ljBLconU0Wd6ysZ4MOJMS9c5vgp5ypjKa2kP69sutrLijJWw0UlucIWU2_7q6lBfCpnel51tQ4HzbKkvr4yMtgU3mTdkvA/s1600/IMG_9626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoeqL165cfcDVje0lQj4e0YgnsoxdUcDJVyaKkEvA4ALbC3ljBLconU0Wd6ysZ4MOJMS9c5vgp5ypjKa2kP69sutrLijJWw0UlucIWU2_7q6lBfCpnel51tQ4HzbKkvr4yMtgU3mTdkvA/s640/IMG_9626.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It's such a perfect way to recall those sweet memories and makes me feel like a child again, if only for an apple moment!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QBh4IrNXtq1bvHBYcncn-LfTwUVia3g_Z9ZY2F6hcM4PtBwUtj3eLoPgtV1jK3203Mq3HGMPq-k3iC30imBZE4jFxXbsjiwgPaL3k6jj0azCqgvYjLayp3i7HSyeAYlLCk4kJotyAa2R/s1600/IMG_9599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QBh4IrNXtq1bvHBYcncn-LfTwUVia3g_Z9ZY2F6hcM4PtBwUtj3eLoPgtV1jK3203Mq3HGMPq-k3iC30imBZE4jFxXbsjiwgPaL3k6jj0azCqgvYjLayp3i7HSyeAYlLCk4kJotyAa2R/s640/IMG_9599.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">What's your favorite fall memory from your childhood?</span><br /><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="none" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopthistopthat.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F09%2Fbring-on-apples.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Xm9Ykjz2TOg%2FUFZSUDDtqHI%2FAAAAAAAAWzc%2FiHM6dqSWqhs%2Fs1600%2FIMG_9593.JPG%22%20imageanchor%3D%221%22%20style%3D%22margin-left%3A%201em%3B%20margin-right%3A%201em%3B%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20height%3D%22426%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Xm9Ykjz2TOg%2FUFZSUDDtqHI%2FAAAAAAAAWzc%2FiHM6dqSWqhs%2Fs640%2FIMG_9593.JPG%22%20width%3D%22640%22&description=Fall%20Decor-%20%20DIY%20Apple%20Orchard%20Sign"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a></div><center><script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Forget about the Pumpkins, I want Apples!

I think my fondest memory of fall as a child growing up in the North, was going to the local Apple Orchard to pick apples.  I remember just ...

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It's My Sister's Birthday!

<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's my sisters birthday today, and I always struggle on getting her the perfect gift. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilk8zv8duz8wumk6lP1kUOjbOfkj7K4offtxlNF2VC8xUmIuhcA5hP7VI1hoxyVHB-aDMIXmV3I9Zl5KFMyvFngkRcbetydCmKhwaz_XVX69kRVVQ5qD2qfP7p3jK7WD2V6x7tpK0BoiH/s1600/IMG_4319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilk8zv8duz8wumk6lP1kUOjbOfkj7K4offtxlNF2VC8xUmIuhcA5hP7VI1hoxyVHB-aDMIXmV3I9Zl5KFMyvFngkRcbetydCmKhwaz_XVX69kRVVQ5qD2qfP7p3jK7WD2V6x7tpK0BoiH/s640/IMG_4319.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> She's a wonderful person who just happens to love little blue boxes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">And boxes that contain chocolate and lots of it!</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Gj2-AWfPisn0bYUVEI3EXCmsPZlDR-7rP13egMdnMNs6bnU_BcmBhVgnvNyHG5cRli1ttGDL-XShVYS0OYXfNoC7hBtUhf4jmjumKawkrOCRqAlnjF_npm0Heq0HH6d_RW4MlMD_Ij0d/s1600/IMG_4229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Gj2-AWfPisn0bYUVEI3EXCmsPZlDR-7rP13egMdnMNs6bnU_BcmBhVgnvNyHG5cRli1ttGDL-XShVYS0OYXfNoC7hBtUhf4jmjumKawkrOCRqAlnjF_npm0Heq0HH6d_RW4MlMD_Ij0d/s640/IMG_4229.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday to my wonderful twin sister! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; 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It's My Sister's Birthday!

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I am really happy for you...really

<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other day as I was reading how <a href="http://www.no29design.com/2012/02/most-expensive-mirror-i-never-paid-for.html">Christina at No.29</a> picked up this up Ballard's mirror on the side of the road</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjMHC7mlQ4ievIaC3hmRwGkVTDzL7j0vOCYXr9YCT36jsJ5-ZKPIaO_0uyCCXRI2RGMmdbKMDSsK-wKxjonhojif2OoMefGI6dxhuDfH2gsxyMqqExK5GtE-WWp8nW9gro4Trk7wBfP-T/s1600/Audrey+Mirror+-+Audrey+Frameless+Mirror+-+Wide+Beveled+Edge+Mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjMHC7mlQ4ievIaC3hmRwGkVTDzL7j0vOCYXr9YCT36jsJ5-ZKPIaO_0uyCCXRI2RGMmdbKMDSsK-wKxjonhojif2OoMefGI6dxhuDfH2gsxyMqqExK5GtE-WWp8nW9gro4Trk7wBfP-T/s400/Audrey+Mirror+-+Audrey+Frameless+Mirror+-+Wide+Beveled+Edge+Mirror.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought to myself, hmmm, maybe I can be so lucky and find something so wonderful, beautiful and free.</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I wouldn't mind finding one of these beauties on the</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> side of my road</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88ZTHrMFBpImyvRFHbRyBPpPk07SGYCNOgRHDcP2xCGAFClwHuQ7BSko_Y31rjHP15H_-6ocNAO4T12_i5uwOoXlJx5IrhqsjEg4cHqVpAUH771XleMY2HLs2WYpujxGGddoAwRzeI_Hh/s1600/4364592340_82ee5b14b31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg88ZTHrMFBpImyvRFHbRyBPpPk07SGYCNOgRHDcP2xCGAFClwHuQ7BSko_Y31rjHP15H_-6ocNAO4T12_i5uwOoXlJx5IrhqsjEg4cHqVpAUH771XleMY2HLs2WYpujxGGddoAwRzeI_Hh/s400/4364592340_82ee5b14b31.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.photographyblogger.net/25-amazing-pictures-of-chairs/">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That would make me happy,</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">or one of these would be super cool</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9dBF_nyGx63NqQNzxfRnkpiWgOOkZ3IIP7S25-6twHbyWLU0kCi5zqnla0skb2ZkINrVormr_6PprlXCY7Npjk0g7JqOKKwKgDnf9z7m2xKj1If33iNtet6-RMEJBtkRnfmwBugh95bQ/s1600/round-living-room-design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9dBF_nyGx63NqQNzxfRnkpiWgOOkZ3IIP7S25-6twHbyWLU0kCi5zqnla0skb2ZkINrVormr_6PprlXCY7Npjk0g7JqOKKwKgDnf9z7m2xKj1If33iNtet6-RMEJBtkRnfmwBugh95bQ/s400/round-living-room-design.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://freshome.com/2010/05/27/26-wonderful-living-room-design-ideas/">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or, I would be over the moon thrilled if I found this</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AF54DfY-rMrHE9Y7AM8iXKkeYpOJ1ltQRMJkbSCY7VlDLUiIeJlCT3rqMN4NwGzr8_XocI4FAWRQiNqPBwJvJsDEUEn03RUH1GT3oVU87xspmwlBq-Mukpa_LIg-bD0YHie3qKKE5ZxX/s1600/streicher-front-lid-up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AF54DfY-rMrHE9Y7AM8iXKkeYpOJ1ltQRMJkbSCY7VlDLUiIeJlCT3rqMN4NwGzr8_XocI4FAWRQiNqPBwJvJsDEUEn03RUH1GT3oVU87xspmwlBq-Mukpa_LIg-bD0YHie3qKKE5ZxX/s400/streicher-front-lid-up.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shafferpianos.com/inventory.html">source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But no, instead I found these</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZym6AnlfAELg3Vg7qFIMR-Bz_iPtM4Or00YkumkbhPxrnZbX_odqo7H88zySB1lCtopmuwtQMVpXliKbj4kd4Ks98f8BxRD_BWajeNjt8JJt22kChx71OXct3n93jrqIZuwwhfnNI7_O/s1600/IMG_1167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZym6AnlfAELg3Vg7qFIMR-Bz_iPtM4Or00YkumkbhPxrnZbX_odqo7H88zySB1lCtopmuwtQMVpXliKbj4kd4Ks98f8BxRD_BWajeNjt8JJt22kChx71OXct3n93jrqIZuwwhfnNI7_O/s400/IMG_1167.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wait... look, there's 2. How awesome is that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl58K6GssVATgMkJDTmIwmk9MkNZvtvNNBrn_Mecx_aFtK_p34Ld56dCvikrBom8AYAY6zN8YO3gQWL9abRZs6AarFMDCO0W8dfYShtwqNU2q6aIlWKhqhY1aMDFW1Gn5Y4ObNoEeGhk9k/s1600/IMG_1169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl58K6GssVATgMkJDTmIwmk9MkNZvtvNNBrn_Mecx_aFtK_p34Ld56dCvikrBom8AYAY6zN8YO3gQWL9abRZs6AarFMDCO0W8dfYShtwqNU2q6aIlWKhqhY1aMDFW1Gn5Y4ObNoEeGhk9k/s400/IMG_1169.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">  Anybody need a mattress? I would be happy to share my roadside treasure. I will even deliver it to you.</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What  <strike>junk</strike> treasure have you found on the side of your road?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Note: Unfortunately living in the country has it's disadvantages, one of them being the above which was taken on the way to drive my son to school. People see country roads as a way to dump used, nasty, old mattress's and their dogs . I don't get it. </i></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

I am really happy for you...really

The other day as I was reading how Christina at No.29 picked up this up Ballard's mirror on the side of the road I thought to myself, h...

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Forget about the Monet!

<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the most part, any art hung on my walls has some significance. The wedding, engagement and family photos make up most of my "art collection" in addition to some art purchased during travels. Recently I have been inspired by a different kind of art. Art that provokes real creativity, thought and imagination. </span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Art that is forgiving. Art that has real meaning and will serve as lasting memories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I was putting something away the other day, I came across all this fabulous art that was just sitting inside a box, waiting. </span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And waiting. </span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Waiting for what?  Why was it in a box? </span></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I took some art out of the keepsake box and put them in frames.... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrrQGVsOZcGL2d8BJuEg86r6t5qGes5ZA8BcYj063DJVBJCBEiFFlDXe93TS7XFvmeNZPyz9GBMPojA1GkPd5n7UOpmEtLVKkbepuSo2YmSRtnz3hWDPG0oWHLa69JF2YyeRk6nuOZFzL/s1600/IMG_9301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrrQGVsOZcGL2d8BJuEg86r6t5qGes5ZA8BcYj063DJVBJCBEiFFlDXe93TS7XFvmeNZPyz9GBMPojA1GkPd5n7UOpmEtLVKkbepuSo2YmSRtnz3hWDPG0oWHLa69JF2YyeRk6nuOZFzL/s640/IMG_9301.JPG" width="444" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJvCofWG64OKGMqFecnuBwHKyjK44iUt9HBM68P1Ga1DbrheRA1iO2Q9QM1Fjs1cBpUI0LvE9lOMhpbvPfuxMyY93MlEFa-2GD2NSkijoXMsG2ZoitYA2DNTwK-_MzQT-wLJUnPksk0EK/s1600/IMG_9324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJvCofWG64OKGMqFecnuBwHKyjK44iUt9HBM68P1Ga1DbrheRA1iO2Q9QM1Fjs1cBpUI0LvE9lOMhpbvPfuxMyY93MlEFa-2GD2NSkijoXMsG2ZoitYA2DNTwK-_MzQT-wLJUnPksk0EK/s400/IMG_9324.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm1ROH9XZ6zVOVa1oH0XeCYzpnpPNwH-uJaI3LDDieiQZDB_6Bg6mL5OQ2lY6jXtIsl0Z9dewsIINH8jCCgvdrMiGpFPIndP7XbWKEocMSgYmc2ip1PxYg_8ciCptadh7sNQhJDYGefNF/s1600/IMG_9313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm1ROH9XZ6zVOVa1oH0XeCYzpnpPNwH-uJaI3LDDieiQZDB_6Bg6mL5OQ2lY6jXtIsl0Z9dewsIINH8jCCgvdrMiGpFPIndP7XbWKEocMSgYmc2ip1PxYg_8ciCptadh7sNQhJDYGefNF/s640/IMG_9313.JPG" width="434" /></a></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">                           </div></div><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you but I know what artist I want on my walls!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHN6ks7ziisXIHPpe0M9A9hkMof3fqeNMvSJBHKx0locXPM39Lw35wJtrVNJd49fojjzgH7MySeDd0J_AtDAobs1r7kp2NEDVD51-773kQFrheKHsVWEM0MzurBNF7ZvZDSoxTKuiyLeq/s1600/IMG_9256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHN6ks7ziisXIHPpe0M9A9hkMof3fqeNMvSJBHKx0locXPM39Lw35wJtrVNJd49fojjzgH7MySeDd0J_AtDAobs1r7kp2NEDVD51-773kQFrheKHsVWEM0MzurBNF7ZvZDSoxTKuiyLeq/s400/IMG_9256.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">PS. Sorry Monet</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLo3KJy6OH5nGjyQ1BF92BRPTnHbVqedRjRAOqYbp4GSbQK8Td5Gh25EKRIlMUjPzBOWw-AnNsPhVYPuz4AzgDIgLRDgrADTzC-xOKnP-xF4SaIE3FnPtV6gp0lSABoKpzifuwsELkT2OQ/s1600/S7MY000Z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLo3KJy6OH5nGjyQ1BF92BRPTnHbVqedRjRAOqYbp4GSbQK8Td5Gh25EKRIlMUjPzBOWw-AnNsPhVYPuz4AzgDIgLRDgrADTzC-xOKnP-xF4SaIE3FnPtV6gp0lSABoKpzifuwsELkT2OQ/s320/S7MY000Z.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqsIYnbhcj7GH0E0J7K5f58-tpn93E7SpwicBUjAj4Qng1ycyFCK8YWuCrQM7Y4AUq2C579YL9hqcsC6xZ_O_8tTPNFaSkB1pm98SHEsZurHJPYE0-oO4ZTjVPDlvRjk3nS6wSWlwKSs-/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLo3KJy6OH5nGjyQ1BF92BRPTnHbVqedRjRAOqYbp4GSbQK8Td5Gh25EKRIlMUjPzBOWw-AnNsPhVYPuz4AzgDIgLRDgrADTzC-xOKnP-xF4SaIE3FnPtV6gp0lSABoKpzifuwsELkT2OQ/s1600/S7MY000Z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>

Forget about the Monet!

For the most part, any art hung on my walls has some significance. The wedding, engagement and family photos make up most of my "art co...

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Color in the Winter?

<div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was walking outside the other day, in chilly Georgia temps and much to my surprise...</span></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw one <span style="color: #ea9999;"><b>Pink</b> </span>bloom on my Camilla bush. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8swJQfeJgCH7OvW85wCkY3y6Cy7miJ7VoeV4h750pLZ1A6Dhz93wR-7Yx7bSpZtOxkKH-Pm2pL2c4FO0taNbo_rRybpEKSk9AhYl1lsn4lvvy5keFchCC2R3j9wt_zY7wZY8m1QvGOzr/s1600/for+papa+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8swJQfeJgCH7OvW85wCkY3y6Cy7miJ7VoeV4h750pLZ1A6Dhz93wR-7Yx7bSpZtOxkKH-Pm2pL2c4FO0taNbo_rRybpEKSk9AhYl1lsn4lvvy5keFchCC2R3j9wt_zY7wZY8m1QvGOzr/s400/for+papa+002.JPG" width="310" /></a></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <span style="font-size: large;">I saw a <b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Blue</span></b> Jay on the bird bath</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid8RTHrbZlMvhwPHS6q9i666ifGvMO3Zs8xUTHfud5V_45KW3-KHpJ9zT7eQqYJ5Ogtu2nhb_qcA8t2E2wIDjMUCMQQCc1VGtegYw9C3MphFyevET4EXMlewOhLwLhzZkbZ84dg3ZzJsi/s1600/IMG_8448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid8RTHrbZlMvhwPHS6q9i666ifGvMO3Zs8xUTHfud5V_45KW3-KHpJ9zT7eQqYJ5Ogtu2nhb_qcA8t2E2wIDjMUCMQQCc1VGtegYw9C3MphFyevET4EXMlewOhLwLhzZkbZ84dg3ZzJsi/s320/IMG_8448.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw beautiful <b><span style="color: #e69138;">Copper</span></b> color on the bird bath</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEyJZ2y4LRRrgq16mDC7mBMYtEKFCBHIe9k1dcsewpOQQIB8Dj3VcbvTZPq23iYw4afj7yF1gyjIyJ9U6kkCjl4txmsQF-EB6fdJfgJo1-_PKXlk4S6ohxAZvMj6MSipOe_bXxY43axhZ/s1600/IMG_8445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzEyJZ2y4LRRrgq16mDC7mBMYtEKFCBHIe9k1dcsewpOQQIB8Dj3VcbvTZPq23iYw4afj7yF1gyjIyJ9U6kkCjl4txmsQF-EB6fdJfgJo1-_PKXlk4S6ohxAZvMj6MSipOe_bXxY43axhZ/s400/IMG_8445.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw a White Lenten Rose starting to bloom</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IhCzkB-BGImQDX2COOs3F6wzStccd3nHP_MPwaaLMVvuaI5G8CIFzSqNNrux3qUQ_AXnlAR-byoT_Q6w_zcheTbfi5qaQTvfN8KvzyQo7RC07WrxdAi7UsZbSzMYhyphenhyphenUZQXwAmB_NU5vv/s1600/IMG_8803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IhCzkB-BGImQDX2COOs3F6wzStccd3nHP_MPwaaLMVvuaI5G8CIFzSqNNrux3qUQ_AXnlAR-byoT_Q6w_zcheTbfi5qaQTvfN8KvzyQo7RC07WrxdAi7UsZbSzMYhyphenhyphenUZQXwAmB_NU5vv/s400/IMG_8803.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw <b><span style="color: yellow;">Yellow</span></b> blooms on my Carolina Jasmine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedfESlmr2woLpPjBrPeNhj7DOZbgQLm-oqQRPaV_L0uSHvgWFuWaF6NAdZF9lHt6MLSqf7pJGyyz0taRTYWsVhOMd3PKTs9T-vO2Q4qemhSWAl16AJRFFmvBzBGdVID7TwQYKq6vkfd9h/s1600/IMG_8817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedfESlmr2woLpPjBrPeNhj7DOZbgQLm-oqQRPaV_L0uSHvgWFuWaF6NAdZF9lHt6MLSqf7pJGyyz0taRTYWsVhOMd3PKTs9T-vO2Q4qemhSWAl16AJRFFmvBzBGdVID7TwQYKq6vkfd9h/s400/IMG_8817.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><div class="" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I saw the <b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Purple</span></b> pansies peeking out from under the mulch </span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; 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Color in the Winter?

I was walking outside the other day, in chilly Georgia temps and much to my surprise... I saw one Pink bloom on my Camilla bush.    I saw a...

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The Gift Was Here All Along

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Sr4ZrX4Kv6bg7sbTyOQpp7DdMZiLTzNxNoz1pUWS1aI2QFu4xTPEbkZEykv1FTfGuEgqwdLq9bOLct9Jp0_9s0OPrrhbTYg_NfbqnC9H6qB_U1V_Ps2L2az5cX7J-ow2lCd-3nDId568/s1600/IMG_6932+%2528321x500%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Sr4ZrX4Kv6bg7sbTyOQpp7DdMZiLTzNxNoz1pUWS1aI2QFu4xTPEbkZEykv1FTfGuEgqwdLq9bOLct9Jp0_9s0OPrrhbTYg_NfbqnC9H6qB_U1V_Ps2L2az5cX7J-ow2lCd-3nDId568/s640/IMG_6932+%2528321x500%2529.jpg" width="409" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every year my husband has scrambled around to find the "right" gifts for me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Each year he has waited till the last minute to purchase the gifts on-line.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Each year he has probably paid more in shipping costs then the gifts were worth. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each year he is wrapping his gifts for me the day before Christmas and runs out of paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Each year he has to head to a crowded store to purchase more gift wrap.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So this year I sat him down to tell him he was wasting his time and money. The gifts that were on my wish list could not be purchased on-line, did not have shipping costs and did not have to be wrapped. The gifts that I desired and wanted more then anything were the gifts of my precious family, the gift of my loving and caring husband, the gift of our abilty to give back to others, the gift of amazing friends, the gift of our health and the gift of God's presence in our lives.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">My hope is that the presents under your Christmas tree this year are the same gifts that I will be receiving. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas to you and the one's that you love.</span></div><br />

The Gift Was Here All Along

Every year my husband has scrambled around to find the "right" gifts for me. Each year he has waited till the last minute to purc...

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