Bloom where you are planted!

Hello dear ones,

I hope you are having a beautiful summer!

Our summer has been very dry. The lack of rain has turn our grass brown, but our flowers still blooming beautifully!

Time for tea, sweet friends!

A very sunny day and a hot one too!

May your days be bright!

Love,

                                                                      

Blackberries Time!

Hello dear ones,

Happiness is a bowl of fresh berries!

LIFE is a bunch of berries......

                                                        some sweet...some sour.....
                                                        some  crushed....some pitted....
                                                        some green....some...blushing...pink....
                                                        some pearly black.....
                                                        lets gather them up......
                                                        for life looks great when served together...

~Kris Evan

 

We are having a very dry Summer!

Do you care for a cup of berries?

May your day be filled with His sweet blessings!

Love,

Wendy

Porcelain Half Dolls

Hello dear ones,

Today I'm sharing our little collection of porcelain half dolls, and here is a little bit of history about them which reached the height of their popularity between 1900 and 1930. The majority of these dolls were made in Germany, with some being produced in Italy, England, France, America and Japan. These early half dolls were expensive and considered an extravagant possession. In the 1920s, the dolls became more modern in appearance, displaying bobs and flapper attire. Later models did not possess the same quality of design, being mass produced and poorly glazed.

Half dolls were employed in a wide variety of uses in early 20th-century households.  Most commonly, the dolls functioned as pincushions, whisk brooms, bottle stoppers, lamp shades and powder puffs.  Other half dolls sported wide, flowing skirts that could cover teapots, toiletries or other objects.

Because half dolls were often sculpted without clothing, they also served as useful models for young ladies learning to sew. ehow.com

Have a lovely week!

XO

 

I Won First Prize!

Hello dear ones,

Oakes Daylilies has every year a photo contest.  I'm so happy that I won last year's (2012) contest!  I received the news from them in the month of December.  It was a gift sent from God, and I tell you why.  In the month of December 2012,  I fell and broke four ribs, I was very sad not able to work or do the things I always do.  Thank goodness I had all my Christmas decorations done then, and I was just finishing doing all the mulching for winter.  And talking about mulch, that was the reason of my fall.  I was pushing the big trailer that we use to carry mulch back where it belongs, the trailer got stock with the ground and I was walking very fast, so down I went right on top of it and I hit the ground so hard that I ended with four broken ribs.  So now you know why this prize is a gift sent from God, in my sadness time came this well received gift. I won first prize in the category of flowers with animals.  And the prize was a $200.00 certificated to use it at their nursery.  This past summer we had the privileged to go to their nursery and spend the certificate in beautiful perennial plants and more daylilies.  Can't wait to see all those perennials coming back in the springtime!  So here it is the winning photo.

Sir Rupert the cat admiring Dublin Elaine Daylily

You can see more photos HERE and a link to Oakes Daylilies.

Have a delightful day!

Curious kitty

Hello dear ones,

Our Sir Rupert is a big explorer and a curious kitty.   I placed some leaves under a pumpkin and the next day I found one some place else, he took it and started playing with it.

I placed an acorn on top of the pumpkin to be able to take this picture.

Here he's exploring his new find.

We never played rough with Sir Rupert, so he has a docile and affectionate nature. We taught him to kiss, so every time we are laying down he comes and greets us with a nose to nose kiss.  We love him to pieces.  He also acts like a ragdoll cat, he flops and roll whenever we try to move him out of our way.

So darling!

After all the exploration it's time to relax.

This photo was taken last year.

He's so cute! We love him so very much.

He's ready to give me a kiss.

Here he's trying to get the daylily through the glass door, curious kitty. :)

Some more exploring!

 Dublin Elaine Daylily from Oakes Daylilies

Click here to visit Oakes Daylilies, and you can see all the varieties of daylilies they offer.

Dublin Elaine

This beautiful daylily plant was a gift to us when we attended one of their Daylilies Festivals.  Each visitor received one daylily plant, I think that is so sweet and generous of them to do that.  Don't you think?

Wishing you a marvelous and blessed day!

With lots of love,