Pink Tulips and White Milk Glass Hobnob!

My grandpa gave me this beautiful milk glass basket to me on my wedding day!

...But I didn't like milk glass as a young bride! :( Yeah, I know!

I had it stored up in the attic all of these years. Since I just recently joined blogland and I am seeing it everywhere...I am thinking oh my goodness, that is so pretty!

And then I remembered.... my grandpa gave me a piece as a wedding gift

...and it is somewhere in the attic!

I FOUND it! :D

....and I.LOVE.it!!

Thank you, Grandpa...I.LOVE.YOU!

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I might have gotten carried away with the picture taking, but it looks so pretty with the tulips and spirea!

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Today I am joining Beverly at How Sweet the Sound
for Pink Saturday!

I actually didn't get signed up in time...but head on over there because lots of beautiful pink treats on this beautiful May Day!

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Hugs, Carolyn

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Home Sweet Home!

This is my sweet little humble home ~ it brings me joy!

I am grateful for what the Lord has provided for me!

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I have been working on flower beds...in a previous post, I had said they have been neglected for a couple of years due to being in one of those "life storms"...

but after working on them this spring, they are starting to look better. The ivy is looking a little "bald" but ivy grows so fast, I have no fear it will be very full in no time ...quicker than what I prefer! :)

My front door has almost been swallowed up by shrubbery, so that is a project to be tackled very soon. I also am having mulch delivered in a few minutes by a friend. At a nearby park, they offer free mulch if you come with your truck....which I don't have...but thank the Lord for awesome friends! :)

I am grateful!

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It's Friday! Enjoy! :)

Hugs, Carolyn

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Romantic Spirea Flowers

Beautiful Spirea branches...so old-fashioned and romantic!

When my daughters were little girls, we would call it the bridal veil...

the branches always spill over creating a "veil"!

They would get under the branches and play...delightful memories!

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Hugs, Carolyn

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Pussy Willows ~ Another Sign of Spring!

A dear and sweet friend brought these to me last week....pussy willows!

I googled pussy willows to see if I should consider growing them myself...I love them!

What I found:

• Pussy willow trees are wetland plants --so they would be ideal occupants for areas that suffer from poor drainage. If not, then water FREQUENTLY.
• Propagating is easy...they can root so readily that all you have to do is simply insert the FRESH, cut branch into the moist soil in summer. Roots develop within a few weeks.

(Drawback is that these trees have invasive roots....must be planted far enough from sewer or water lines to not interfere.)
I am linking up today with WooHoo Wednesday! :) WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!


Hugs,
Carolyn
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Pretty Seed Packets

I am ready to get these seeds in the ground!

...but they are pretty as I wait in anticipation! :)

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Hugs, Carolyn

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Old-Fashion Lilacs

I almost waited too long to cut some lilacs to bring in my home! Last week was so busy that I kept putting it off...peering out the kitchen window in the morning before work, but just never getting out to cut them! They smell wonderful even if they don't look their best in these shots! :)

Linking up with Table Top Tuesday!

Also linking with Tea Time Tuesday and Tuesday Tea for Two for the first time! :)

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Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Carolyn

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In The Eye of the Storm

In The Eye of the Storm

“Storms come. They come quickly. They pounce ferociously. If you are in one, then you know what I mean. If you’re not in one today, you know as well as I – one may be in tomorrow’s forecast.”

“Faith is often the child of fear.”
“Great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation.”
“Faith that begins with fear will end up nearer the Father.”

“Faith is a desperate dive out of the sinking boat of human effort and a prayer that God will be there to pull us out of the water. …just as Peter walked on the water to Jesus.”

“Peter was terrified of the storm—terrified enough to send him out of the boat to go to Jesus. But out of this fear would be born an act of faith for faith is often the child of fear. If Peter saw Jesus walking on the water on a calm peaceful day, do you think that he would have walked out to Him?”

“Give a man a choice between sure death and a crazy chance, he will take the chance…every time.”

“Salvation is God’s sudden, calming presence during the stormy seas of our lives. We hear His voice, we take the step.”

~ This has all come from an excellent little book by Max Lucado, “The Eye of the Storm”
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I am finding myself in an unexpected “eye of the storm” today. So I have chosen to take the day off work and meditate on His Word. I know as I have also experienced in the past, He will allow me to walk on the water to Him…as long as I keep my eyes on Him. Not my strength, but His. As I scribbled notes as I am reading on this cold, dreary spring day (after 3 days of consistent rain), I thought I would share my notes on my blog. Maybe someone else is in the eye of the storm and Max’s words would be a comfort to them too.

Cottage Musing ~ Week 5

"Very little is needed to make a happy life."

-Marcus Aurelius

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Linked to Weekly Words to Live By with Tracey

Happy Sunday!

Hugs, Carolyn

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Childish Play

When I married so many years ago, I could not believe how much I missed my family! But I was “in love”…nothing else matters, right? Wrong! I did not expect to miss them all so much! I thought you rode off into the sunset in sweet bliss and lived happily ever after....that's the way the fairy tales go... :) I especially missed my mother. In fact one evening at the dinner table in our sweet little newlywed home, I was telling my husband about the fun day I just had with my mother on a shopping jaunt. And then I slipped and said “I love my mom more than any one!” Ooops! Uhh, did I just say that? :)

On one of those shopping jaunts, I bought this little silhouette because it reminded me of my siblings when we were children. There were 6 of us but the two older ones were so much older that they were not so involved in our childish play. This silhouette reminds me of the one summer we had a parade around our neighborhood. Yes, that would be me the second child down from the tallest! :)

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This is an old book that I found on one of those shopping jaunts. I adored this book when I was a little girl…partly because it was about a little girl with my name (well, close to my name). I could not believe it when I found it when my mother and I were antiquing one day! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Carolyn

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Psst! Susan Branch commented on my previous post! Teehee! How sweet is that?? :)

Tweet Tweet!

Do you have one of these? :)

One of the guys brought this clock into our office. Everyone hated it! On every hour, it makes a real life sound of the bird of that hour. It just was not a sound you would expect to hear in an office. Everyone made the gentleman get rid of the clock. He was going to pitch it ....until I said "I love it!" :)

That took bravery! LOL! What nerd would love it after all the ridicule??

...ME! :) I love birds, what else can I say??

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It is charming in my little cottage!

Even Susan Branch has one in her cottage! (She is the famous artist, if you don't know who Susan Branch is!)
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Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Carolyn

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Gardening

My goodness! I have worked in my flowerbeds this weekend after the granddaughters left to go back home Sunday afternoon and now... ouch! I am so sore!! I feel like I have never worked a muscle in my life and now I am paying for it!

The last couple of years have been extremely difficult years....my daughter and her sweet little toddler living under my roof along with a new precious, pre-mature arrival while her husband/their daddy fought in Iraq ...along with other "extras" in my life as I worked FULL (lots of overtime work) time. As a result, my flowerbeds have been neglected! I worked from 2 to 9 p.m. on Sunday. It felt so wonderful to enjoy the cool spring tempatures with the sun warming the top of my head as I worked away in the dirt! My grandpa was a farmer and he used to say that you feel closer to God when you get your hands in the dirt and work the soil. :) I miss my Grandpa!


It was hard work pulling the weeds and cutting back the ivy but it is so well worth the work! I love the results and I love the flowers! As I get more done, I will post my flower beds! :)

Happy Tuesday!

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Hugs, Carolyn

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White Lilacs

Ahhh! The perfume of lilacs!! My home smells so wonderful! I love lilacs!!

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While visiting with a dear friend, she was showing me all she had done in her garden. When we came to her lilac bush, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It is one of my favorite fragrances in the whole world! :) She cut some to make a bouquet for me to take home! I was so excited...doesn't take much to excite me! :) My lilac bush is lavender rather than white and is not quite at it's peak performance. Little tiny purple buds, but not flowers yet. I would think by the end of this week it will be putting on a spectacular show! I will post them then!

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Linking to A Stroll Thru Life ~ Table Top Tuesday

Hugs,

Carolyn

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Cottage Musing ~ Week 4

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

~ Anonymous

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Linking today with Words to Live By with one of my favorite bloggers,

Tracey Buxton

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Have a wonderful Monday!

Hugs,

Carolyn

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Granddaughters are so much fun! :)

Had a wonderful, wonderful extended weekend with my precious granddaughters!

Had so much fun....but now it is back to work! Hard to stay focused! :)

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Hugs, Carolyn

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My Pink Depression Dishes

I love pink depression glass! I fell in love with it many years ago as a young bride and have been buying a piece here and there ever since when I go antiquing! It looks so pretty with my china trimmed in pink!

I thought I would share one of my favorite things today!

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Hope you are having a wonderful, sunny day!

Hugs, Carolyn

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