Home Again ... Home Again

I'm home from New York City, with more than 1500 photos in hand ... and with all my energy "shut" behind locked doors.   What to do first?   What to do first?   The trip was fun.  But draining for this Country Girl.  It will take me a few days to sort through the pictures and get some ready for posting.  How do you choose what to show when you have that many photos?   Sigh.

Just wanted to say hello to my friends .... I'll have the "Open" door up soon ....

With love from my heart to yours .....

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City Adventures

Gary and I are flying to New York City ....  see you next week   :-)

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And The Winner Is .....

Finally ... the day of the drawing to determine the winner of my first Giveaway ..

I was rooting for each and every one of the nineteen people who asked to be included

I printed the names on pretty little pink slips of paper ... folded them in half and put them into a pretty pink bowl .... fetched Gary ... had him hold the bowl away and up high as he dug in ...

And the winner of the vintage tablecloth is .....

Congratulations, Linda!    I met Linda through the digital scrapbooking community and she has been such an encourager .... thank you, Linda!

Thank you to everyone who entered .... I will be having another Giveaway soon ... so check back!

With love from my heart to yours .....

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Wildflowers in the Country

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair... ~Susan Polis Shutz

I will be the gladdest thing

Under the sun!

I will touch a hundred flowers

And not pick one.

~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Afternoon on a Hill"

Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Look at us, said the violets blooming at her feet, all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you. ~Edward Payson Rod

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. ~Basho

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." - Kahlil Gibran

All these things were seen on Saturday afternoon, as Bonnie and I traveled a back road just beyond Woodland, Delaware.   We got out of the car and played for a while.

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