tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59529788438476714342024-03-18T14:57:59.901-05:00A Little Fur in the Paint...Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-29675662444170448802019-07-24T19:34:00.000-05:002019-07-24T19:34:07.846-05:00A Few New Little Paintings...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Wednesday to you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few new little ACEOs for this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My husband has been really good about making "artful"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">salads for my dinner for the past several months ~ here's mine for this evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm afraid I wouldn't go to these lengths if left to my own</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">devices ~ (I'd probably eat cereal, to be honest).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wishing everyone a good (and artful) Thursday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where do the weeks go??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Anne</b></i></span></div>
Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-71277962495895523582019-07-20T22:41:00.002-05:002019-07-23T02:32:03.267-05:00Summer, So Far!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Midsummer in the garden!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know it's only actually just begun,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but it *seems* like Midsummer, doesn't it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All my flowers are <b><i>past</i> <i>ready</i></b> for the "Chelsea Chop",</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as my English friend calls that <i><b>cutting back</b></i> that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">all annuals need about now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I keep saying, <b>"tomorrow"</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Look at this fellow, though!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Who has time to trim flowers when creatures like</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">this are <b><i>"ready for their close-ups"?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last fall I bought a native Spice Bush for the express</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">reason of attracting the Spice Bush Swallowtail to my garden ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not just for the butterfly ~ which looks a lot like the Eastern</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Black Swallowtail (and we have lots of those already) ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but for this amazing, <i><b>faux-snakey-looking caterpillar...</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I called him George.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>I took a bazillion pictures.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was <i>very</i> careful with him, but I shamelessly <i><b>posed</b></i> him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(The Spice Bush itself is kind of boring ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">he's on my hydrangea here.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, I kept him inside, feeding him leaves</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">from the Spice Bush, which is his "host plant".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>(How sad would it have been for a bird to have made</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>a snack of George??)</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So far George has been the only Spice Bush Swallowtail</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">caterpillar that I've seen, but even if he's the <b>only one,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it was worth getting the Spice Bush!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I even took him to my daughter's with me, when I went</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to kitty-sit, and on the way, took him (in his jar) in <i><b>Macy's</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I would wager that he's the only Spice Bush caterpillar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">whose been in the mall ~ around these parts, anyway.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a few days, George made his chrysalis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eighteen days later, he emerged!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A handsome boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(And I didn't have to change his name!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, Absalom ~ an Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">his host plant (here, anyway) is dill, but of course</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had to pose him on one of my <b>Fairy Ballgown</b> flowers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Rose of Sharon/Hibiscus).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And finally, what spurred my whole "native plant</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They've really just begun egg-laying on the milkweed</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the first one to emerge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A pretty Pink-Spotted Hawk Moth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I won't tell my husband that this one's caterpillar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this cute little fellow!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(We don't see nearly as many toads now, which</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for the times when I don't have any new "wild"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sometimes scaly ones, like <i><b>Ravioli the Bearded Dragon,</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">here. Ravioli actually belongs to my son, but because</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of a silly rule about not having reptiles in his apartment</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">complex, Ravioli is living with us, for now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>This is what happens when creatures live here ~</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>they wear flower hats and attend tea parties.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Ravioli is the Flower Wizard.</i></b></span></div>
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-66132610207728751052017-05-15T15:05:00.001-05:002017-05-15T15:06:30.700-05:00A Little Tree-Frog Visitor and Instagram... :)<div style="text-align: center;">
I would love it if you visited me on Instagram! I have been "playing" there quite a bit, and trying to coordinate everything with my Etsy shop, which I am getting ready to update.<br />
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-25311528326016168472016-09-05T17:36:00.003-05:002016-09-05T17:40:13.203-05:00The Every Day or Two (or Three) Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here again is the <span style="font-size: large;">*<a href="https://www.saetastudio.com/blog/30-paintings-in-30-days-september-2016-is-here">30 in 30 Challenge</a>*! </span><br />
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-35407376839737396612016-09-03T23:30:00.001-05:002016-09-03T23:30:17.768-05:00"Cherry on Top", Part Two...<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, I can already tell that my life is going to 'get in the way' of this challenge! </div>
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Back on track, now, with "Cherry on Top 2", in my old familiar medium, watercolor.</div>
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Have a safe and happy Labor Day!</div>
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-27835257199679136122016-09-01T16:11:00.002-05:002016-09-01T16:11:15.219-05:00"30 in 30" Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
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The goal is "thirty paintings in thirty days"; every day for the month of September.</div>
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My first painting is acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas, titled "Cherry on Top" ~ 6" x 6"<br />
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-65581618886469033552016-07-23T00:01:00.000-05:002016-07-23T14:07:38.532-05:00Welcome to The Mad Tea Party, 2016!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Welcome to the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>2016 Mad Tea Party</i></span> blog hop!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Did you just fall through that dusty Rabbit Hole over there?</i></span><br />
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-2941598465772158412016-07-03T18:45:00.002-05:002016-07-03T19:14:10.815-05:00Fancy Words<center style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>The longer I live, the more I realize that I am not nearly as well-read as I once thought.</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>I love words and their origins, though ~ a "semi-Logophile", if you will ~ but today, on Facebook, someone used a word that I don't recall ever seeing in print (or heard, to my knowledge) before ~ "quotidian". And they used it in a very "quotidian" manner, too (wait for it, if you are as uninformed as I was) ~ they were not being intentionally pompous or anything.</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>I don't think.</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>Anyway, I felt kind of dumb (and I am willing to bet I'm not the only one who did, after reading that comment), and I immediately Googled it. (Because that's what I have to do...you would not believe how often I Google things.)</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>I found the neatest site called "The Every Girl" ( <a href="http://theeverygirl.com/">theeverygirl.com </a>), and the subject was "Using Fancy Words" ~ it made me feel better about the whole thing,</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>I tell you...so I borrowed the following information ~ (totally THEIRS, not mine ~ hope I am crediting correctly!) ~ (Also, the list of Fancy Words at the bottom must have been discussed at some point, and I was pleased to discover that I knew (and had correctly used) most ~ though not all ~ of them.)</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>Soooo....I will probably, at least, remember "quotidian"...how about you? Have you discovered and "new" words lately?</b></span></span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><b>(All definitions via <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/">dictionary.reference.com </a>)</b></span></span></center>
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<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why we chose this fancy word: </span></span></strong><br />
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">One of our writing interns, Clarissa Fidler,</span></span></strong><br />
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">stumbled upon this word while reading a New York Times article by David Carr.</span></span></strong><br />
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">She found the well-known writer's unique, poignant perspective on the topic of</span></span></strong><br />
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">plagiarism to be anything but quotidian.</span></span></strong><br />
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></span></strong>
<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Definition: quotidian (adj.) pronunciation: kwoh-tid-ee-uhn</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>1. daily</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>2. usual or customary; everyday</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>3. ordinary; commonplace</b></span></span><br />
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<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Use this word in a sentence: Martha's quotidian looks and shy demeanor were no match for Zoe's breathtaking beauty and charismatic personality.</span></span></strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-insouciant/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">insouciant</a></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting";"><span style="color: #202020;"> = free from concern,
worry, or anxiety; carefree</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-self-effacing/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">self-effacing</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = not drawing attention to oneself;
modest</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-picayune-2/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">picayune</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = of little value or account; small;
trifling</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-risible/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">risible</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = causing or capable of causing laughter;
laughable; ludicrous.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-parvenu/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">parvenu</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = someone who has recently acquired wealth
or importance but has not yet developed the appropriate manners</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-usurious/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">usurious</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = charging illegal or exorbitant rates of
interest for the use of money</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-blandishment/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">blandishment</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = something that flatters or
coaxes</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-innocuous/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">innocuous</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = not harmful</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-fruition/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="fruition"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">fruition</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = attainment of anything desired;
realization; accomplishment</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-libation/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">libation</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><strong><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= </span></strong><span style="color: #202020;">a pouring out
of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-ubiquitou/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">ubiquitous</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><strong><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= </span></strong><span style="color: #202020;">existing or
being everywhere, especially at the same time</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/fancy-word-chimerical/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">chimerical</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= highly unrealistic; wildly
fanciful</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-pithy/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">pithy</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= brief or forceful</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-euphemism/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">euphemism</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= nice way of saying something
unpleasant</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-loquacious/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">loquacious</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= talkative, babbling</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-osculation/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">osculation</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = a kiss</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-resplendent/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa291;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">resplendent</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> = having a splendid
appearance</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-pedantic/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: invert none medium; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa291;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">pedantic</span></strong></span></a><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #202020;"> </span><span style="color: #202020;">= ostentatious in one’s
learning</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-compendium/" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></a><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://theeverygirl.com/use-fancy-words-compendium/" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; transition: background 0.15s ease-in-out, color 0.15s ease; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffa291;"><strong><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; text-decoration: none;">compendium</span></strong></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 10.5pt;">= summary or
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-49738422170398837622016-01-10T19:40:00.000-06:002016-01-11T17:58:15.766-06:00A Little Creativity...<div style="text-align: center;">
Because... <b><i>you know what?</i></b></div>
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If I don't post it <b>(or <span style="font-size: large;">plan</span> to, that's my strategy)</b>, I won't <b><span style="font-size: large;">do</span></b> it... </div>
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There's something about telling someone you're going to DO something</div>
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that kind of "mentally" holds you to it... </div>
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<b> So, here are a couple of things I've been up to in the last few weeks...
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(That I can now post!)</span></i></b><br />
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A while back, I wrote about <b><span style="font-size: large;">Miss Sadie Waters</span></b> (click<a href="http://www.agraveyardrabbitinsemo.blogspot.com/2015/02/miss-sadie-waters-saint-louis-missouri.html"> here</a> for the link)<br />
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on my other neglected blog, <a href="http://www.agraveyardrabbitinsemo.blogspot.com/2015/02/miss-sadie-waters-saint-louis-missouri.html">A Graveyard Rabbit in Southeast Missouri...</a><br />
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A lot happened after that post, <b><i>"re-Sadie"...</i></b><br />
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She "introduced" me to someone <i>(well, she <b>did,</b> honestly!)</i><br />
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who also had an interest in her...who had done her doctoral dissertation on Sadie<br />
<br />
and her art, actually, after finding long forgotten artworks in a Virginia thrift shop.<br />
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<b>Long story.</b><br />
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Connections were made... and I received more photos and information from my<br />
<br />
new friend. (A novel, based on Miss Sadie Waters' brief but interesting life, is also in the<br />
<br />
works...I will share more information on that when I have it...)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So, thank you, Miss Sadie. </span></b><br />
<br />
Above is a photo (greatly enlarged, and taken from my computer screen,<br />
<br />
so please excuse the quality...) of a miniature portrait on ivory by Sadie...<br />
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I used it as the inspiration for my watercolor of a little "Santa Lucia" girl<br />
<br />
(with her Tomten friend...)<br />
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~<br />
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<b>Following is my "work-in-progress"...</b><br />
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<b>Initial pencil sketch...</b><br />
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<b>First watercolor washes...</b><br />
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<b>Adding details...</b><br />
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<b>Touches of shimmery metallic gouache to finish...</b><br />
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<b>Ta-da! I turned it into cards and magnets on Zazzle...always fun!</b><br />
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You know how I said I wasn't doing any more Fairy Houses?<br />
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<b><i>Never say never... ;)</i></b><br />
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<b>Thank you to my husband, who does the roofs...</b><br />
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<b>Much, much more "particular" than I...</b><br />
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<b>(He cuts EVERY "shingle" precisely!)</b><br />
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<b>Finished!</b><br />
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<b>This house went to a little girl in Michigan...</b><br />
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Leo looks a little perturbed, doesn't he?<br />
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Could it be that he is <i><b>disgusted </b></i>that I still have Christmas up?<br />
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<b>Or the aftermath of a Catnip Party?</b><br />
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<b>Tallulah, "post-catnip".</b><br />
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That's all for now...two posts, in just a few days...can you believe it?<br />
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Have a wonderful week, all, and <b><i>be creative!!</i></b><br />
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(Tell me about it...then you will <b>DO</b> it!)<br />
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Love,</div>
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-80967305182191078352016-01-06T23:45:00.005-06:002016-01-07T00:00:08.571-06:00The Feast of the Magi...and So Much More!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Happy 2016, all ~ only slightly belated!
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Such a <b><i><span style="font-size: large;">busy December</span></i></b>...<b><i>I really don't want it all to be over, do you?</i></b></div>
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(Except that after January, I really don't want <i><b>any Winter</b></i>,</div>
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so Mother Nature needs to <b>hurry</b>...if there's going to be, you know...</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Snow!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Feast of the Magi, January 6th...</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">~</span></b></div>
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<b>I have probably written about this trio before, but I will again ~</b><br />
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<i><b>just in case!</b></i><br />
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My Mom got these three <b>Wise Men</b> from the <b>1968 Sears Wish Book...</b><br />
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(If you are of a <b><i>*certain age*</i></b>, you will <i><b>really</b></i> enjoy this website...<br />
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It's called <b>"Wishbook Web"</b>, and you can get to it by clicking <b><i><a href="http://www.wishbookweb.com/">here</a></i></b>.)<br />
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I went through it page-by page..."I had <b>that</b>, and<b> that</b>, and <i><b>that</b></i>..."<br />
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<b>But, I digress ~</b><br />
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<b>My Mom paid a whopping $4.94 for the Wise Men,</b><br />
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<b>and I, in my 11-year-old sophistication, thought they were about the</b><br />
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<b><i>gaudiest</i> things I had ever seen.</b><br />
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<b>What was my Mom thinking? That gold, those <i>rhinestones!</i></b><br />
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<b>Those weird, <i>un-Christmasy</i> colors...(it <i>was</i> 1968, though).</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Tacky.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b>Now I <i>LOVE</i> them, I absolutely do. </b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>(Mama had good taste, after all...)</i></b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>~</i></b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>One of our traditions for today used to be making "Camel Cookies"</i></b><br />
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<b><i>with our youngest (a junior in college, now), </i></b><br />
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<b><i>using a copper camel-shaped cutter </i></b><b><i>made by his dad...</i></b><br />
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<b>This year, I'm just going to write about the Camel Cookies.</b><br />
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<b><i>(If you'd like to read my 2013 post about them, you can find it </i><a href="http://alittlefurinthepaint.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-feast-of-magia-day-late.html">here</a>.)</b><br />
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<b>~</b></div>
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<b>Tallulah says she isn't ready to take the Christmas tree down!</b><br />
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~<br />
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Now I have to tell you a little about the rest of my super-busy month!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Chicago!</span></b><br />
<br />
We live eight hours away (my daughters, six),<br />
<br />
and although I have been through the airport there,<br />
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I had never actually been to the city...and now I have been twice,<br />
<br />
in as many months!<br />
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Our last trip, to celebrate my youngest daughter's birthday,<br />
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was especially festive with all the decorations everywhere...<br />
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<b>~
</b><br />
<b>"Here there be Dragons..."</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>We stayed at the historic Drake Hotel this time...</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>dragons are its logo, and even these handsome beasties were</b><br />
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<b>decked out in red and green...</b><br />
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The florist's delightful window in the hotel...<br />
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<b>The huge tree inside the lobby...</b><br />
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<b>really <i>magnificent!</i></b><br />
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<b>The culinary staff created this replica of The Drake in Gingerbread...</b><br />
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<b>We explored a lot!</b><br />
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<i><b>If a door was unlocked, it was fair game...</b></i><br />
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The <b>Gold Coast Room</b>, the morning after a fancy soirée ~<br />
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<b><i>From www.famoushotels.org ~ "In those early days, Chicago's WGN's first</i></b><br />
<b><i>radio broadcasts were aired from atop The Drake, where the fabulous big bands</i></b><br />
<b><i>of that era played in the Gold Coast Room."</i></b><br />
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<b>We also looked around on the purportedly haunted tenth floor,</b><br />
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<b>but didn't see a <i>soul</i>. (Sorry! ;) </b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>You can read about it <i><a href="http://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/the-drake-hotel/ghost-stories.php">here</a></i>, though...</b><br />
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The view from our room, looking out towards Lake Michigan...<br />
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The <i><b>main destination</b></i> ~ The <a href="http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/">Music Box Theatre </a>where<br />
<br />
<b>"It's a Wonderful Life"</b> was playing...<br />
<br />
I've seen a lot of classic movies "on the big screen"<br />
<br />
with my daughters, but the "interactive" audience-participation during this showing<br />
<br />
was a <i>different sort of experience</i>...sort of like <b>"Rocky Horror"</b><br />
<br />
except with George Bailey instead of Dr. Frankenfurter!<br />
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(Bell-ringing when Clarence was on-screen<br />
<br />
<b><i>*Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings*</i></b> ~ hissing when<br />
<br />
the dastardly Mr. Potter showed up, and general encouragement for George...)<br />
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<b>Next time, we'll know what to expect!</b><br />
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<b>~</b><br />
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We also visited the <b>Museum of Science and Industry</b>...<br />
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You know, I didn't think I cared much for LED lights until<br />
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I saw this 45-ft. tall <b><span style="font-size: large;">delight</span></b> in the main hall of the museum...<br />
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now I have to have a (second) tree with LEDs next Christmas!<br />
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Most of the lights were stationary, with just a few twinkling...<br />
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Fabulous!!<br />
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<i><b>Flying-machines overhead...</b></i><br />
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<b><i>This was the main reason for the museum visit...</i></b><br />
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<b><i>the girls wanted their </i><span style="font-size: large;">Fairy-Mom</span><i> to see Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle...</i></b><br />
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<b><i>and it did not disappoint! ("Early-Fairy"...I think that's my style, as well!)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Click </i><a href="http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/fairycastle/history-of-the-fairy-castle/">here</a><i> to read more about it...</i></b><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Amazing!</span></b></i><br />
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<b>And then, back home...</b><br />
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I finally got a <b><i>"Tom & Jerry"</i></b> eggnog/punch bowl (and cups) on eBay!<br />
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I have wanted one since I saw "The Great Mr. Nobody" (1941)...<br />
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this set is from 1941 as well, so I thought that was pretty neat!<br />
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(They are pretty common, but difficult to find one with the gold trim intact...)<br />
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The silver ladle was from my grandparents' 50th anniversary in 1966...<br />
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<b>From our local Susie's Bakeshop...yumm!</b><br />
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<i><b>A couple more family traditions... </b></i>Daddy's was candy canes...he brought them<br />
<br />
over every year, as soon as we got the tree up, to put them on with the grandkids...<br />
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My grandpa's was giving out little bags of gold-foil-wrapped coins ~<br />
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I remember finding some that my Mom had saved (from Grandpa, her father-in-law),<br />
<br />
and asking what they were...when she told me they were chocolate, I couldn't fathom why<br />
<br />
she hadn't <b>EATEN</b> them! <b><i>(They were </i>chocolate<i>!) </i></b><br />
<br />
So, a nod to both, here in my little display...watched over by my little chalkware<br />
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Tomten... (uh, oh...he also has a little bag of COAL there...good thing it's actually<br />
<br />
chocolate, as well!)<br />
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What family traditions do you all keep?<br />
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Wishing all of you a wonderful 2016!<br />
<br />
Love,<br />
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-20623626617782814642015-11-26T00:36:00.001-06:002015-11-26T00:50:36.705-06:00Happy Thanksgiving!<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!
</span></b><br />
<br />
<b><i>(Happy Thursday to everyone else!)</i></b></div>
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<b>Have a safe and wonderful day!</b></div>
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-36751607178271403952015-11-07T18:27:00.003-06:002015-11-07T22:28:32.216-06:00Happy November!<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy November, Everyone!
</span></b></div>
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<br />
I can't believe it is November. How did that happen?<br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"The days are long, but the years are short..."</span></i></b><br />
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<b>Too true. </b><br />
<br />
<i>(My Mom said this would happen, that time would speed up...</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>but when she said it, I was in the middle of dealing with little children</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i> and grade school Halloween parties... and I thought "Surrrrre..." LOL)</i><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Your Mother is usually right.</span></b><br />
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~<br />
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The countdown to Thanksgiving and Christmas has already begun,<br />
<br />
without me!<br />
<br />
I have been sick since Halloween, but I think I am on the mend, finally!<br />
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Son Jon brought me birthday flowers.<br />
<br />
So pretty! They have lasted all week.<br />
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<br />
And, I had to document a <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g44912-d3592437-Reviews-Susie_s_Bake_Shop_Restaurant-Sikeston_Missouri.html">Susie's Bakeshop</a> Buttercream cupcake...<br />
<br />
about an inch of moist, white cupcake,<i><b> and about two and a half</b></i><br />
<i><b><br /></b></i>
<i><b>inches of icing. </b></i><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Yes.</span></b><br />
<br />
Totally worth it, though now I have to be "good" for a while...<br />
<br />
so difficult at this time of year!<br />
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<b>Guess what?</b><br />
<br />
My <b><span style="font-size: large;">tuberoses</span></b> are on round two of their blooming...so surprising!<br />
<br />
Our temperatures have been in the 70's, only dipping down a couple of<br />
<br />
times...we'll see if the warm temps hold out long enough for these buds<br />
<br />
to all open...<br />
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Looks like mid-summer again!<br />
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Look at this: Cyrus got <b>IN</b>, not on, Jon's duffle bag when he was here<br />
<br />
for my birthday last weekend...<br />
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Then Leo joined him... but Cyrus said there wasn't room for both of them inside... ;)<br />
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~<br />
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<b><i>There are still a few little creatures hanging out in my garden!</i></b><br />
<br />
~<br />
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<br />
This kind-of-ragged little butterfly ~ a <a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/gulf_fritillary.htm">Gulf Fritillary</a> ~<br />
<br />
was still flitting between the flowers, slowly...<br />
<br />
It managed to land in my hair a couple of times!<br />
<br />
~<br />
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I didn't <b><i>mean</i></b> to *water* this <b>Asian Lady Beetle</b>,<br />
<br />
but I did...<br />
<br />
So then of course I had to take a photo!<br />
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This little fellow is a <i><b><a href="http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/western-slimy-salamander">Western Slimy Salamander</a></b></i>!<br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I had never seen one until now.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ever. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">In all my life of actively <i>looking</i> for little creatures.</span></b><br />
<br />
They exude a sticky substance and are most often <b>NOT</b> seen because<br />
<br />
of the leaf-litter and such that is usually sticking to them...(I read this).<br />
<br />
This one was surprisingly <b><i>litter-free</i></b> (or maybe <i><b>not surprisingly,</b></i><br />
<br />
as I <b>had</b> been watering... just ask the Asian Lady Beetle... ;) )<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Acrobat!</span></b><br />
<br />
A <b><a href="http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/gray-treefrog-and-cope-s-gray-treefrog">Gray Tree Frog</a></b>...(I also read that these were once commonly called<br />
<br />
<b>"Tree Toads"</b>, and I can see why!)<br />
<br />
No matter what color they are, gray or green or a mosaic-y combination<br />
<br />
of the two colors, they all have the white under-eye patch, and the brilliant-yellow<br />
<br />
<i>nether-regions</i> that they can display to <b><i>*surprise/distract*</i></b> predators.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The rare Tongue-Out Persian!</span></b><br />
~<br />
<br />
<b><i>This one is guarding my paint brushes.</i></b><br />
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~<br />
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<b><i>Brush-guarding is tiring work, I tell ya!</i></b></div>
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More soon!</div>
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<b>Hope everyone has a wonderful upcoming week... stay well!</b></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Love,</span></b></i></div>
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-54012788489971387632015-10-24T00:00:00.000-05:002015-10-28T22:44:45.232-05:00The Witches' Tea ~ 2015<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Happy (almost!) Halloween...</b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> And welcome to the 2015 Witches' Tea!</span></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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A big thank you to our hostess, Vanessa, at <a href="http://www.afancifultwist.com/">A Fanciful Twist</a> ~ </div>
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(The entire list of revellers can be found there!)</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Come on in...!</span></i></b></div>
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I have a few new postcards to share...</div>
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<i><b>I love the sweet ones!</b></i><br />
<br />
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<br />
<b>Sounds like a Witches' Tea to me!</b><br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
<b>One can't go wrong with enough glitter and candy corn!</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>(The pretty platter is by Carolee Clark of <a href="http://kingofmicestudios.blogspot.com/">King of Mice Studios</a>.)</b><br />
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<br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Or <i>wine</i>...</span></b><br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
<b>My son told me a while back that Frankie here was just <i>pitifully</i></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b><i>hideous</i>...so of course then I felt sorry for him and had to invite him</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>to the party...I even gave him some marigolds to hold... :)</b><br />
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<br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>Isn't this fellow great?</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<b>He is a perfect vintage reproduction created by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/pulpnovelties">Pulp Novelties</a>...</b><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">LOL...</span></b></i><br />
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<br />
<b><i>Oh, You Kid!</i></b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>I think we should all start using fun phrases from the Roaring Twenties...</i></b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b>
<b><i>for more, click <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/nico-lang/2013/09/59-quick-slang-phrases-from-the-1920s-we-should-start-using-again/">here</a>... ;)</i></b><br />
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I prefer my witches glamorous, but these were new ones for me!<br />
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<b>Mirrors (and things reflected in them!) are a recurring theme...</b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">And mischief~making!!</span></i></b><br />
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<b>My Grandpa Elisha told me that when he was a boy, they regularly</b><br />
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<b> celebrated Halloween by <i>relocating</i> outhouses to barn roofs...</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, they will!</span><br />
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<b><i>I'm always </i><span style="font-size: large;">Queen for a Day</span><i>, the day before Halloween!</i></b><br />
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<i><b>(Actually just a couple of minutes before...</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Daddy wanted to call me "Spook", but Mama wasn't having it...</b></i><br />
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<i><b> ~ he settled for "Scooter" later).</b></i><br />
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<i><b>Thank you to some dear friends for the delicious *props* here!</b></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much for stopping by!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Have a fun Halloween!</span></b><br />
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<i><b>This is only a test! </b></i></div>
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<i><b> (Scheduling Saturday's party post! </b></i></div>
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-49740951647302495132015-10-14T13:13:00.003-05:002015-10-14T13:13:32.054-05:00Halloween Fun!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Fun on the horizon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> See you soon!
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Anne http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378472662224995020noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952978843847671434.post-35230503146003629992015-09-11T18:48:00.001-05:002015-09-11T18:48:14.687-05:00Happy Weekend!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Back soon!
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Love,</div>
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