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Gracious Hospital-i-Tea Blog-a-Thon
Oooh! I found another blog theme I want to participate in! LaTeaDah at Gracious Hospitality is hosting a tea-themed meme with a different topic each week through May. I missed the first week, but she said it was okay to join late… and the theme of the second week is right down my alley, so I’m going to jump in…
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My Mother’s Gloves
In honor of my parents’ anniversary this week, I thought I would show you my mother’s “going-away” gloves, which she gave me as a keepsake a few years ago, only if I promised to treasure them! (And, oh, I do!) I love the detail on the edge… the delicate stitching and eyelet cut-outs… and such a pretty pale blue color.…
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Cougars in the Woods
A couple of school boys, probably about 10 or 12 years old, were walking past our house a few minutes ago when I let the dog out. She ran out to chase them and it startled them, so I ran after her. I assured the little boys that the dog wouldn’t hurt them, and she backed off with her tail…
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A Twig Rooster
For today’s Show & Tell I “brought” this fun little rooster that Granddaddy carved for me from a twig in the fall of 1994. We had gone camping at Beaver Lake in northwestern Arkansas, not too far from where my parents and grandparents lived. We invited them to come up and have supper with us one evening at the campground.…
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A Tray of Cookies
Here’s the tray of cookies and candy the girls and I made to serve at Bible study on Wednesday night. We don’t usually make a huge to-do over holidays… for example I don’t seem to take the time to put up special decorations or host parties… but we do enjoy making special treats for special occasions, just for a little…
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Favorite Books
My sister-in-law posted this challenge a few days ago. I had to think about it awhile. I just love books… many books… so it was hard to narrow my selections down. Even the ones I finally settled on may not necessarily be my final choice. Oh. And in many cases the Bible would have been the best obvious choice. Truly…
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The Tooth Fairy
I was just slightly baffled when my little girl presented me with this scantily-clad fairy figurine for my birthday a couple years ago. Obviously, Rebecca thought it was a beautiful piece of brick-a-brack, but my mother had taken her shopping and I really thought Mother had better taste than that. The first thought that went through my mind was, “Surely…
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Cornbread
I love cornbread! And I always want the corner piece with the crusty edges… so when I saw this cornbread skillet at Cabella’s last fall I “hinted” to my husband that I would like it. Bless his heart, the man remembered, and got it for me for my birthday a couple of months ago. I’ve been making cornbread at least…
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The White Sisters
I’ve been having so much fun helping Rachel get her blog up and running the past few weeks. For those of you who missed it, she is my aunt… but she’s only a few months older than I am… so we grew up “together”. Yesterday when we were visiting on the phone we were laughing about some of the silly…
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Meet Sits!
This is Sits! He’s a funny looking little character, isn’t he? But he’s very precious to me. The facts are these. Once upon a time, when I was a new bride setting up my first home I came across this goofy little piece of porcelain among my husband’s things. “What’s this?” I wondered. “Oh. That’s Sits,” my husband told me…
