tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25253842318223275502024-03-13T03:09:13.062-04:00Antique ART Garden" I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter; to count, to stand for something, to have made a difference that you lived at all." Leo RosenAntique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-67060394003384100862015-02-13T19:44:00.002-05:002015-02-14T10:18:33.376-05:00 Original Antique & Vintage Romantic Lovers Prints <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>Romantic Lovers Prints c.1880s-1940s</u></h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Hello my blog friends, so long time no blogging...years I believe. I have much going on, working hard and online so much it is hard to blog as it is another online activity. I wanted to share my collection of vintage and antique lovers/couples prints from the late 1800s to early 1940s time frame. Some are vintage and antique illustration prints, they are all originals.I hope you enjoy them, I hope they make you think of love,romance and passion. </span></b></div>
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'Tis all that I can say</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">
It is my vision in the night,</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">
My dreaming in the day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">
~Thomas Hood</span></b></div>
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<b>Early 1900s print by W. L. Taylor</b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">".. For two alone, there in the hall,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Is spread the table round and small;<br />
Upon the polished silver shine<br />
The evening lamps, but, more divine,<br />
The light of love shines over all;<br />
Of love, that says not mine and thine,<br />
But ours, for ours is thine and mine.<br />
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They want no guests, to come between<br />
Their tender glances like a screen,<br />
And tell them tales of land and sea,<br />
And whatsoever may betide<br />
The great, forgotten world outside;<br />
They want no guests; they needs must be<br />
Each other's own best company. "</span></i><br /> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1875</span></b></div>
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<b> Early 1900s print.</b></div>
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<b>Late 1800s prints above </b></div>
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almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three
such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common
years could ever contain. ~John Keats</span></b></div>
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then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return,
for they set my blood on fire. ~Napoleon Bonaparte, letter to wife
Josephine, December 1795</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. ~Edward Thomas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">Give me a kisse, and to that kisse a score;<br />
Then to that twenty, adde a hundred more;<br />
A thousand to that hundred; so kisse on,<br />
To make that thousand up a million;<br />
Treble that million, and when that is done,<br />
Let's kisse afresh, as when we first begun.<br />
~Robert Herrick, "To Anthea (III)"</span><br />
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And all his worldly worth for this, <br />
To waste his whole heart in one kiss <br />
Upon her perfect lips.<br />
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson</span><br />
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can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my
imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a
thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me. ~Honore
de Balzac, letter to Evelina Hanska, June 1836</span><br />
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did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that
birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn
whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the
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can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my
imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a
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my memory treasures every sweet stray moment of our past — handclasp,
kiss and heart-beat, the passion of those dear unfathomable eyes, the
rustle of garments, the gliding steps and lingering farewells! ~Byron
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With one long kiss my whole soul thro'<br />
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.<br />
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And I love your flocks a-bleating;<br />
but oh, on the heather to lie together,<br />
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My favorite is the print above above, look how tenderly he is holding her. I hope everyone has a good Valentine's Day~</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long time no blogging here. Many reasons, will not bore you all with them. I wanted to show you a few antique paintings I bought to re-sale this weekend, and then tell you of a angel sighting my son and I had later. the painting above is a 1860-70's oil on canvas of a wealthy Southern widow. Love her jewelry. It is mourning jewelry from back then. all of these can be found on my ebay site <a href="http://here./">here.</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nice antique landscape of birch trees and pond, circa late 1800's in shabby gesso frame.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very cool antique folk art handmade American picture frame with star corners.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Hauntingly beautiful oil on wood French portrait of young girl with long hair. The dealer I bought this from said it came out of a home in Charleston, SC. It was supposed to have been included in the estate sale he was organizing there, but it was left behind in closet, so lucky me. Now it is for sale on eBay <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290955924542&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT" target="_blank">here</a>. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great one of two vintage oils I bought of attractive black women, circa late 1940's Jazzy Big band.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The larger of the two black women portraits, circa late 1940's, Big Band hairdo, outfit.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antique Oil on board of man in boat on river, gold gilt frame. I will be listing this</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wonderful vintage oil of woman in soft pink dress and bonnet, circa 1940's time frame. She is listed on my etsy site <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/158671043/vintage-oil-portrait-woman-in-bonnet?" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now let me tell you what we saw/experienced at the antique show this weekend. My young son was with me, helping me and shopping a bit himself. I walked up to him after I had been paying for some artwork, and he had a small car in his hand. I asked him if he wanted to buy another car ? He says the man gave it to him. I fish around in my purse, looking for a dollar to give the dealer, as I turn around and look for him...I notice he is in a wheelchair.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He only has one leg.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He is overweight, and does not look in good health.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I offer him the dollar, handing it towards him.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He shakes his head , waves his hand no, and touches a button on his throat to speak. He raspily says ' No, he can have it, I have boxes of them."</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I asked him if he was sure, he waves his hand again and tells me yes, and I smile at him, he smiles back. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I thank him, my son very quietly thanked him, and we walked off.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I told my son, " Can you believe that man, he has nothing much, missing a leg, can't speak without a special larynx box button, yet he was kind enough to give you something for free. Just for the pleasure of seeing you happy."</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I then told my son, " Out of all the beautiful antiques and artwork we have seen out here, his actions, he himself was the most beautiful thing we experienced."</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My son looks down walking, considering what I said.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I tell him ," He was like an angel."</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then we walk in another building and look for me more paintings.</span></b></div>
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My son and me outside of the famous Husk restaurant in Charleston, SC last month</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is my size now, we were eating lunch on a sweltering day in July at the famous Husk restaurant in Charleston in the above shot. Quick re-cap of what's what with me, my oldest daughter is having a baby this November( yeah!), and it is a very exciting time. Still working and selling online with my paintings and antiques, and also letting my hair grow in naturally, no more color. So a nice silver and dark brown showing up, seen a bit in the above shot. A big deal for a woman these days as women feel forced to color their hair until eternity in the hope of looking young forever. <u><i>BTW-won't work</i></u>. Now when I see women who color their hair that are my age, also younger and older, the color always looks like it doesn't 'go' with their face( to me). The darker colors look too dark usually, the blonds looks too yellow. And now I notice the ' fake ' look to many colored hairdos. Though I realize it is too each person to decide whether they want to keep coloring or not. I decided to go against the flow of modern culture, and just be me. I hope I set an example for younger women( and my own age) I know, of allowing a woman to be attractive and gray/silver, and not try to look 25-35 forever. A losing battle from the get go.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I decided to get off that train( the hair color train), and be authentic , just as I am. It so far is not easy, but I am plugging away and not giving up.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So very slowly, ever soooooo sllllllooooowwwwly, you'll see me become a silver sista of sorts. Will be back with a garden entry next.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Many blessings,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></b></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few pictures of a morning walk in downtown Charleston, SC on a cool February Sunday morning last week. Even with it being so cool, flowers are in many of the planters and window boxes on my way, oh ! and also I passed the carriage tours getting ready for a morning ride...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some of the flowers along the way..</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Our native pine cones were used to decorate the tops of the planters.</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead of mulch, they added pine cones at the base of the plants.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sidewalk gardens in planters.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beautiful magnolia leaves and flowers wreath for the door. Here is a close-up...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">True Southern charm. Gaslights are on both sides of the door, flickering even in the day.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antique wrought iron gate with sunlight view. It was morning, not many people were out and about. Especially since it was February. In Spring and Summer it is packed in Charleston.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Large Camilla bush coming through the fence.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antique wrought iron gate with tree shadows.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lush windowboxes, those tricky Charlestonian garden wizards.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A quick glimpse through a gate and I saw this for some lucky owner to put in their garden soon.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great giant Schnauzer dog, who was only 17 months old, with his owner. We stopped and talked for awhile. My husband had gone on this long walk with me,a rarity as I am always by myself on these walks. He has bad knees, so harder for him( plus he gets bored I think). This dog was huge and cute.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He saw another dog , and posed.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Giant live oaks near the battery.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Birds in fountain for morning bath.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Typical sign warning all us tourists to keep out of their gardens, but in a polite Southern way.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heading back to the hotel, Rainbow row, my husband took his jacket off, as I think it got to about 58-60 degrees or so.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking down deserted Sunday morning streets. we did see some church- goers, one young man about 14 was so handsome in his suit and tie. I wanted to take his picture, but he was rushing and we just exchanged smiles and good mornings.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forgot this shot showing Broad street. Look at the old storefronts that are now mainly law offices, restaurants and real estate companies, and some art galleries.</span></strong> </div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back we go...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great ice-cream shop, also breakfast and lunch I believe. It is on 159 Church Street, right near the market. Plus the very nicest owners are here...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This man is always smiling and pleasant, gives my son the biggest serving in his cone or cup of ice cream on those hot Summer visits. Please stop by and tell them you read about their shop, <a href="http://www.whollycowicecream.com/" target="_blank">Wholly Cow</a>, on my blog.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, that's about it. Shown above the typical Charleston window shutters, cracked facade of building and ever-present front planters. We left Charleston and hit a few antique stores in Summerville on the way home.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I plan on going back in a few months, as the garden fever will hit there hard at that time.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had a very romantic jaunt with my husband to my favorite city, Charleston, SC yesterday.It was romantic because we never,<u><em> almost NEVER</em></u>, go any where just by ourselves(not that I didn't miss our youngest son very much ). I had heard that a Secret Garden was being played at Dock Street Theatre,so for about 7 months..I have been pining to go. Then I bought us some tickets a few months ago, and we went yesterday, also antiquing a bit beforehand, and stayed at our favorite hotel, The Indigo Inn. That is us below, at St. Philips Church gate, ( running to the play), taken by a sweet passer-by who volunteered.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have taken so many pictures at this gate, for so many years.Many of me and many of our children have been taken at this gate. We rushed off to the afternoon play...</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was very happy, as what can be more appropriate than seeing A Secret Garden, in the city of the most beautiful gardens in the country?</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We had some balcony seats I picked out, but they were really too tight a fit, you couldn't stretch your legs out at all, so next time, we will get a larger area. I spotted the seats I wanted for next time around. It is a small theatre, which I liked, and the production was well done and just wonderful. We left there and headed back to the hotel for wine and dips and fruits and cheeses, and then out for a dinner at <a href="http://mercatocharleston.com/" target="_blank">Mercato</a> with live jazz music playing.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It was a chilly night, but nice. We walked everywhere we went.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is funny in life, how we all have little dreams and one of mine had been to finally go to a presentation here. Last time Sarah went with me to Charleston, I told her I would bring her here for a play and dinner, but the time never came. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But I did get to go with my husband, and he enjoyed it very much too.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Back at the hotel, this fountain was directly outside our room, and I heard trickling water all night. You can see that people throw coins in to make wishes. My wish came true this weekend.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I bet yours will too.</span></strong></div>
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P.S. I took some pics of Charleston in February, and I will add them in a few days.</div>
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Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-45843063564844353432013-01-12T15:56:00.000-05:002013-01-12T19:18:50.601-05:00Vintage Portrait Oil Paintings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here are some recent vintage portrait paintings I have for sale. Circa 1930-70's time frame. The above are a set of hand-painted oils over photos, 1950's. They are being sold separately, and both have bids at present.</b></span></div>
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<b> Mr. Handsome cool guy was SOLD last week. Late 1930's.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Retro 1980's small oil, will be put on my site soon.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Fab late 1930's oil of a too handsome man .</b></span></div>
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<b>Great vintage 1960's oil on board, Italian woman.</b></div>
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<b>Wonderful Impressionist portrait of woman in white, circa 1940's.</b></div>
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<b> Another 1960's oil on board of woman in burgundy.</b><br />
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<b>Witchy woman with cat, 1960's oil on board.</b></div>
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<b>1960's great Impressionist woman with large cross portrait.</b><br />
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<b> Retro , space age, futuristic vintage portrait of punk woman , circa 1960-80's time frame.</b><br />
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<b>1960's hobbyist portrait of redhead, Impressionism oil on artist canvasboard.</b><br />
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<b>Precious 1960's oil on canvas of brother and sister, looks like Dick and Jane from the primer books.</b><br />
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<b>All and many more can be found<a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Antique-ART-Garden/Vintage-Portraits-/_i.html?_fsub=15047580&_sid=102592126&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322" target="_blank"> here, </a> or here on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AntiqueARTGarden" target="_blank">etsy</a> if they have not sold yet.</b><br />
<b>Thanks for looking,</b><br />
<b>Gina</b><br />
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Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-67618738716073515012012-12-13T07:49:00.000-05:002012-12-13T09:55:24.379-05:00FLOWER LADY Widow LOVE Offering Request<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes in blogland life, we bloggers( real people behind keyboard keys), get the opportunity to help in practical ways to someone in need . If we are very lucky, it is someone we truly care about. I am starting a Flowerlady Widow Love Offering, for a very sweet blogger many of you know and have grown to love,</span><a href="http://flowerladysmusings.blogspot.com/2012/12/hell-be-waiting-for-me-on-rainbow-bridge.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"> Flowerlady</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lorraine lost her husband not even a week ago, after 43 years of marriage. They had no children , and many in her following crowd, feel as if she is part of our family...in the blogsphere world. How this is going to work, is you can make a donation to my paypal account ( </span><a href="mailto:ginam617@yahoo.com"><span style="font-size: large;">ginam617@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">), in<u> any amount</u>. You do this by logging into your account, and hitting the SEND Money Link at the top left of your account. Send it as a<strong><u> gift, otherwise paypal will deduct fees thinking I have sold an ebay item. </u></strong>In the field where it says note to seller or recipient, write for Flowerlady Lorraine Love Offering. Please include your name, your blog's name if you have one, and your blog name if it is different from your real name. I am going to give her a list of donors, unless you want yours to be private- just specify that in your notes,</span><u><span style="font-size: large;"> I am going to do this until</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Christmas</span></u><span style="font-size: large;"> Day( Dec. 25th), and then send her a email with the total amount that we have come up with to help her in her first year of being without her special DH. This will be our Christmas gift to her-from all of us. I will send her a check/money order with the FULL amounts donated as one larger amount by December 26th, 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If you would prefer sending me a check, please let me know and I can give you my address.You can make the check out to her or me. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I understand this is hard at Christmas time, to give extra money, but I also know that each of us can waste money at Christmas time( really all year), on items we will soon forget or never use. You will not forget helping out Flowerlady in her time of need and sorrow. ANY Amount will be appreciated. I am starting this fund with 100.00. But every 5, 10, 20 dollar donation will add up, so please consider donating for her. Also please link this post in your blog, if you believe it may raise more funds for her . MAKE SURE WHEN YOU DONATE, TO INCLUDE THAT IT IS FOR <u>LORRAINE FLOWERLADY LOVE OFFERING</u>, AND <u>DONATE AS A GIFT</u>. I sell on ebay and need to see that it is a GIFT for her in your send money paypal donation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all will consider this, if even just a few donations are sent in...it will be helpful and appreciated. If you are unable to do so, that is also ok. Sometimes we are unable to help financially ourselves, but do take a few moments to pray for her and her peace and well-being during this hard time . She needs our prayers just as much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world</span>.</em> James 1:27</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you , </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gina</span></div>
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Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-63235897283443838552012-12-10T10:36:00.002-05:002012-12-10T10:36:24.371-05:00Send Prayers and LOVE to Flowerlady Please~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of my favorite special blogger friends, <em><u><a href="http://flowerladysmusings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lorraine-Flowerlady</a>,</u></em> lost her husband to cancer last night. They were always a source of admiration( and envy ),for such love shown between the two, for me ,every time I read her posts. My heart breaks for her. Please pray for her, thank you, Gina<br />
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Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-47221077597306350692012-09-19T16:45:00.005-04:002012-09-19T20:07:59.155-04:00ANTIQUE Victorian Oil Paintings on Paper Mache Flue Covers~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZdLA5mwjolmEtiaUhyaefDoTYLcGGNQdgbrP_oIImPVW6k21lhYLHoZLM-O-97XrFTks7bXvJ4jN9Ubkj9YXCLPXnVm25wqaYYLeIOhcMVnNQ2X1MWROlE56s6XzpLNySsZePZlv7_Y/s1600/paper+mache+mums+and+nude+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZdLA5mwjolmEtiaUhyaefDoTYLcGGNQdgbrP_oIImPVW6k21lhYLHoZLM-O-97XrFTks7bXvJ4jN9Ubkj9YXCLPXnVm25wqaYYLeIOhcMVnNQ2X1MWROlE56s6XzpLNySsZePZlv7_Y/s640/paper+mache+mums+and+nude+004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love old antique Victorian paper mache paintings! Most were done on flue covers, and some were in the shape of flue covers, but larger and were more of a decorative accent back in the mid to late 1800's to very early 1900's time frame. People used to have a flue hole in their wall from a stove or heating system, and then when Summer came around they wanted to cover the ugly hole in the wall and put something over it. Most of the time it was a glass round picture or tin plate , or even a piece of wood. But every now and then you see a beautiful piece of art that was originally a flue cover. I have some for sale in my eBay store, I will show you a few. The <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290777699374&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT" target="_blank">large one above</a> of spider mums and regular chrysanthemums, a whooping 17 3/4ths ins., is handpainted in oils and dated on the back 1880.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsHxUBULQWii-Jyb0pqoRbLFAsmUxwhheFKQItmyfF8Up4nUYN-tiqTK54YZOEXycY2-tKDPXIDqp9ATo5RfrCQSzhNCtV9lVPL1Y_IoKm8JjfiJF_yn2Gk6W6jGjiUr78uULF2jnWBg/s1600/Cows+paper+mache+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsHxUBULQWii-Jyb0pqoRbLFAsmUxwhheFKQItmyfF8Up4nUYN-tiqTK54YZOEXycY2-tKDPXIDqp9ATo5RfrCQSzhNCtV9lVPL1Y_IoKm8JjfiJF_yn2Gk6W6jGjiUr78uULF2jnWBg/s640/Cows+paper+mache+018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This one is a <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-Victorian-Hudson-RIVER-COWS-RIVER-Stone-Fence19C-Paper-MACHE-Flue-Cover-/271047877939?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item3f1bb66533" target="_blank">Hudson River school style</a> with cows/cattle enjoying a river. It is the more typical size at 10 ins.Mid to late 1800's time frame.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TlGpTRTSLTCiDfjb3NbyzFIpIoQJ7KSK5UXifWzsKgwJppUuht7s0nBfteyy35hkQNdVlqYF7TxvuM0XqQwu88CGFw_FKfK7gmD2pzF6cAAqybj_SAdcCAOBW_-TlrgFxbaDEdJvknw/s1600/roses,+portraits,+indian,+irises+068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TlGpTRTSLTCiDfjb3NbyzFIpIoQJ7KSK5UXifWzsKgwJppUuht7s0nBfteyy35hkQNdVlqYF7TxvuM0XqQwu88CGFw_FKfK7gmD2pzF6cAAqybj_SAdcCAOBW_-TlrgFxbaDEdJvknw/s640/roses,+portraits,+indian,+irises+068.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/108039458/antique-little-boy-winter-snow-original" target="_blank">precious little boy</a>, in the snow, definite Victorian time frame, larger than most at 14 ins., and dated 1880 on the back. Close up of his face...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cgR3inW2mq0Pjf4eTOcObUsj52AM2ZsUr_gNr-fqTtEv9jlchCjy_LofnfuvkvbOeRs6Yj6KFL4VRWXWj-w5dFxZQmjluAT-88mz66nw9dUC2ZSJNbAiXuTFGSbwW3gn5HpDpzqG8jY/s1600/roses,+portraits,+indian,+irises+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cgR3inW2mq0Pjf4eTOcObUsj52AM2ZsUr_gNr-fqTtEv9jlchCjy_LofnfuvkvbOeRs6Yj6KFL4VRWXWj-w5dFxZQmjluAT-88mz66nw9dUC2ZSJNbAiXuTFGSbwW3gn5HpDpzqG8jY/s640/roses,+portraits,+indian,+irises+055.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See how well done these are?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJ0KRJQoEoMHYGyWkeAHVre0LwZlvQj-URZh4rSXSgWtCRCHVteMoW6yCyE7FkBWdx4-oKFXkUn6O919PuXuqyEWme2rR1YFSPCBFPRxhrgeQyM-E-Z21nKdXcIeTg1ESJ45-XpIBITo/s1600/Roses,+portraits,+gypsy+030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJ0KRJQoEoMHYGyWkeAHVre0LwZlvQj-URZh4rSXSgWtCRCHVteMoW6yCyE7FkBWdx4-oKFXkUn6O919PuXuqyEWme2rR1YFSPCBFPRxhrgeQyM-E-Z21nKdXcIeTg1ESJ45-XpIBITo/s640/Roses,+portraits,+gypsy+030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is one about 8 1/4 ins., mid to late 1800's forlorn romantic woman looking out to sea, clams or seashells on her back in the basket.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BxqjuBOR8BUXpCGinqOTiJomF2yGgeY92EhSpOrs_0YdhwB8-0G6_k02bHkbC7Tpsw3wxClJW0cUraKvvEhWLptKeYUt6xFxOUwsoPJka9R3ubi_0BPAyhgOl0ekzLX9bGleGEsmTyc/s1600/Tapestry,+snow+painting,+gold+frame,+roses+119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BxqjuBOR8BUXpCGinqOTiJomF2yGgeY92EhSpOrs_0YdhwB8-0G6_k02bHkbC7Tpsw3wxClJW0cUraKvvEhWLptKeYUt6xFxOUwsoPJka9R3ubi_0BPAyhgOl0ekzLX9bGleGEsmTyc/s640/Tapestry,+snow+painting,+gold+frame,+roses+119.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggquUHvtJQumWf8TsBXwYzQzNrjhyQiR4mpm9HTaPES4TTcRmGk2o5DGbuubHihKztyTm5CZI0GADnLzgxMIEkoxxipK6Q2jCphvEBes8dWrCnHv8mcJYAXTpnpPVFSw-90M_Svczvag4/s1600/Tapestry,+snow+painting,+gold+frame,+roses+121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggquUHvtJQumWf8TsBXwYzQzNrjhyQiR4mpm9HTaPES4TTcRmGk2o5DGbuubHihKztyTm5CZI0GADnLzgxMIEkoxxipK6Q2jCphvEBes8dWrCnHv8mcJYAXTpnpPVFSw-90M_Svczvag4/s640/Tapestry,+snow+painting,+gold+frame,+roses+121.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Another larger one at 15 ins. in diameter, a gorgeous Victorian hollyhocks painting on paper mache.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVWsNu7dokpz7z6nr1R54jDC54NIopqgcHOvl7XzC1nGtGcyU-ghxN5wz8xSkjp8GPV8lff4Sz_qLvrmnhY819cuQSTcCUSM-UvYIC7rBdIbvumVLjeCEHxm_w5JfNgv2z-t0U67wBug/s1600/ResizeImageFilter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVWsNu7dokpz7z6nr1R54jDC54NIopqgcHOvl7XzC1nGtGcyU-ghxN5wz8xSkjp8GPV8lff4Sz_qLvrmnhY819cuQSTcCUSM-UvYIC7rBdIbvumVLjeCEHxm_w5JfNgv2z-t0U67wBug/s640/ResizeImageFilter.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Here is one of my very favorite, a wonderful expertly painted oil on a </strong></span><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-Victorian-GIRL-Original-Oil-Portrait-Paper-MACHE-Flue-COVER-19C-/271029399125?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item3f1a9c6e55" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>little Victorian girl</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> carrying wood.</strong></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_Uyt79DPJRs1Lj_sxoO3BfVlNW-FtltZe_KJ_7s_aq_W9rSxsU-tfTm3dsJrdPbhNlRNXjX49SclkY23ILl3TAeBhoyg6ZxOnwOlwnUhypzUNE-eigOOVNsGo7mpfa0IKjBK34mrflY/s1600/ResizeImageFilter+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_Uyt79DPJRs1Lj_sxoO3BfVlNW-FtltZe_KJ_7s_aq_W9rSxsU-tfTm3dsJrdPbhNlRNXjX49SclkY23ILl3TAeBhoyg6ZxOnwOlwnUhypzUNE-eigOOVNsGo7mpfa0IKjBK34mrflY/s640/ResizeImageFilter+2.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The detail is superb. It is dated 1884, and is 10 ins. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">if you collect these, know that since they are paper mache, they are very delicate, and will have evident edge wear and some minor chips to the surface. I would advise to buy then if you like them, but not if they have large broken pieces out of them or are reglued in multiple places. They are perfect for Victorian interiors and definitely add an authentic artistic element to an 1800's decor. Many have old hangers on the back, but alot of buyers purchase easels to place them on. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">You can find these paper mache paintings( if they have not sold), <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Antique-ART-Garden?_trksid=p2047675.l2563" target="_blank">here</a>.I have sold many of these over the years, and enjoy finding them to be able to sell them to Victorian art lovers.<br />
take care everyone,</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></strong></div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-11972271815179521352012-09-08T18:44:00.005-04:002012-09-08T19:25:07.614-04:00Who SHOULD You BE?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside of Gibbes Museum Of Art In Charleston this August, it was 94 degrees and 89 % humidity<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been feeling very much NOT what God expects of me, asks for me to be...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em><strong>You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. 1 Peter3:4</strong></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"></span></em></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>And to try to illustrate how I feel, I will show you first the actress that I believe God wants women( me) to be like..</strong></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olivia deHavilland as Mellie in Gone withThe Wind</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Her character was so sweet, self-sacrificing , kind and calm , and soft-spoken. Not me , well maybe kind but that's it, not calm or soft-spoken. I am more like this actress.....</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90sRP9XxhNbxILmbV5jdenk0KiAJXy6q0OBvMbiyfB0JCk5HgBZyadjZ0MFYrr7yMgr1n4gGUM66zqGk7JwnSlOkMX0Jrh-DswwNnwKRcvaVBX-hKGR_Hbk92yYodNV2GzKJDat5WTVY/s1600/10903542_gal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90sRP9XxhNbxILmbV5jdenk0KiAJXy6q0OBvMbiyfB0JCk5HgBZyadjZ0MFYrr7yMgr1n4gGUM66zqGk7JwnSlOkMX0Jrh-DswwNnwKRcvaVBX-hKGR_Hbk92yYodNV2GzKJDat5WTVY/s640/10903542_gal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Maureen O'Hara in McClintock , even though I don't go around screaming really, but I am very opinionated and a<em> tad</em> bossy.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Also...</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mDYmXlEifE49t0lZEHIti2vkmO_3AKEYhBvx2d40umG6uwUefdDm1GlPFz5ipLRhzpPB_XgLpCijYBVHxUyeaiAWjjEuEpHNKgUZOJvNeYyKCZRZ-ugRQ6ObY5Znbbn3wRWh01wYg_M/s1600/imagesCA0DGFV5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mDYmXlEifE49t0lZEHIti2vkmO_3AKEYhBvx2d40umG6uwUefdDm1GlPFz5ipLRhzpPB_XgLpCijYBVHxUyeaiAWjjEuEpHNKgUZOJvNeYyKCZRZ-ugRQ6ObY5Znbbn3wRWh01wYg_M/s640/imagesCA0DGFV5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> Maureen in Parent Trap w/ Brian Keith , but I don't punch anyone...</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>or The Quiet man w/ John Wayne. I love watching Maureen O'Hara. I can relate to her. But again, feel that I should be more like sweet Mellie.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qQ2UGYb0TRhFUyxqdJHgH3lElXULRQvoL4JFWGBPbexsl0-RxI5d0fuj4DoSVvlq8u2-45TXXgp8ZJdg-MlpFqeqK9A8XcUjugxYCQ-XB7dJPeqYWYQO6xFHoIWG3ZsK1KdZMqP8w7Y/s1600/imagesCAFPX7W3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qQ2UGYb0TRhFUyxqdJHgH3lElXULRQvoL4JFWGBPbexsl0-RxI5d0fuj4DoSVvlq8u2-45TXXgp8ZJdg-MlpFqeqK9A8XcUjugxYCQ-XB7dJPeqYWYQO6xFHoIWG3ZsK1KdZMqP8w7Y/s640/imagesCAFPX7W3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How on earth can God make such vastly different temperaments and personalities, and expect us to be like Mellie all the time? I feel like Scarlett feels below, about someone like Mellie.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTwHu7GWnr-PLiBhtHORlHwiz1tudI9rym8EHRiosHiJbmUFfhzNfeAFvi0ThfymLsjg6R1mErDLJZ3KhoJ5ronJoqLs3-fO4UjCZvHmAY6y3P7BnYhcBLFvQD7eJxhkQbBZvYLyVUSc/s1600/tumblr_lnm323zBKg1qbgi86o1_500.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTwHu7GWnr-PLiBhtHORlHwiz1tudI9rym8EHRiosHiJbmUFfhzNfeAFvi0ThfymLsjg6R1mErDLJZ3KhoJ5ronJoqLs3-fO4UjCZvHmAY6y3P7BnYhcBLFvQD7eJxhkQbBZvYLyVUSc/s640/tumblr_lnm323zBKg1qbgi86o1_500.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I have run into many sweet, calm women lately. I think only if I was heavily sedated could I be that calm.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>So what is God going to do with me? How have you become calm, if you are a calm person? Any tips? Don't tell me to pray, as I have been doing that, for a few decades.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Tell me who you relate to in the movies or a movie or book, that you feel just like inside or wish you were like too.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a nice evening,</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-85158529682683932182012-09-05T15:15:00.001-04:002012-09-05T15:15:53.261-04:00Faith Hill & Tim McGraw - "Let's Make Love" (Official Video)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fw1aDkr2Z5E?fs=1" width="459"></iframe><br />
Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-38591645539060067832012-09-03T17:45:00.004-04:002012-09-03T21:02:48.161-04:00Went To METROLINA Antique Show ~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My youngest son and I, went to the big antique show at <a href="http://www.icashows.com/" target="_blank">Metrolina in Charlotte, NC</a> this past weekend. I was hoping to show lots of pictures of antiques, but the show ended up being about 1/10th of what it used to be like( or less), so I only have a few pictures of our day. He was in charge of taking most pictures, and forgot most of the time. But when he remembered, I'll show you our day. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Z4hyPd6JR1F-Au3_PVSjHHmlJWlWt58c-0SQ497zXXkO2WsUbCc1pwHznGM4Ou0ZtFfF9c8qA5Vxx-YJs1dulWLpOeLlHPnECqCCX5EpUC4f067TFZ5erUej5nEwmS1nDebCy2vvZ2o/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Z4hyPd6JR1F-Au3_PVSjHHmlJWlWt58c-0SQ497zXXkO2WsUbCc1pwHznGM4Ou0ZtFfF9c8qA5Vxx-YJs1dulWLpOeLlHPnECqCCX5EpUC4f067TFZ5erUej5nEwmS1nDebCy2vvZ2o/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+004.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the opening sign where we paid to get it. I think it was 5.00 dollars for me, he was free as he was under 12 years old ( yeah!).</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was sweltering , and I mean <u>sweltering</u> outside. We got there late, around 11 AM, and it was already 94 degrees and 80 % humidity. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnzTXL-tBWdbr374Sno1bz76jhAAe9NFk3lklFMCMOIgL5dvErvATZff5HKqLMGMDzf5e4y5-OBp2OCZZNz3LkOC6aIO7QqqXODhMr9IV5JCn2wRmVoepxc-dIVLHZK4lIM6mGk5zBgs/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnzTXL-tBWdbr374Sno1bz76jhAAe9NFk3lklFMCMOIgL5dvErvATZff5HKqLMGMDzf5e4y5-OBp2OCZZNz3LkOC6aIO7QqqXODhMr9IV5JCn2wRmVoepxc-dIVLHZK4lIM6mGk5zBgs/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First exciting thing we saw was this snazzy 1950-60's red automobile. I grabbed the camera and took his picture by it.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqhBgAUZsMHdwVAqZv5_QhTc4_MZ3aU1WEWINOAiQ6Ozd1AN-n6hHc4QEuYGwuklVcNa9pYX2wE4jAZu0HRk8kkUi0NdTTcWeLvSxz1qi8a8fMKm_n21sJ7cvTYfSQlB5jViy8Yt95CU/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqhBgAUZsMHdwVAqZv5_QhTc4_MZ3aU1WEWINOAiQ6Ozd1AN-n6hHc4QEuYGwuklVcNa9pYX2wE4jAZu0HRk8kkUi0NdTTcWeLvSxz1qi8a8fMKm_n21sJ7cvTYfSQlB5jViy8Yt95CU/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I asked how much this 1960's light pink radio was, and they told me 45.00, which was too much for me for resale. Passed.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVAFSfvedS_qAD3cvkS9F0OhWNcaE-VsBx3Kcw-3DcngF318GoesjrdSfzrd4Q6s3zoTUU79_zR0BThw4QUFa_9KNGAJJKaPl9NN8Giul9wuK9Wq0ceFGqTuOHxJ8YhrinCMHLyQ2q1Q/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoVAFSfvedS_qAD3cvkS9F0OhWNcaE-VsBx3Kcw-3DcngF318GoesjrdSfzrd4Q6s3zoTUU79_zR0BThw4QUFa_9KNGAJJKaPl9NN8Giul9wuK9Wq0ceFGqTuOHxJ8YhrinCMHLyQ2q1Q/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we walked around some more in the blazing sun and heat, and did not see much. Vendors were hot, shoppers were hot, a miserable day once it got to be around noon.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLROZpQwoZWjpol9Z-P_pDpDWTRpUxK0VU14JdHY6IlK_dJGjhhfRW0dseV3JQkLXXm5xKCNa-woidDmmCb8k1j8xBWmSC9bhMk-Ry3bqghFgChFHYpaJoGIUt_J97q_dWpFc9nW_H-fE/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLROZpQwoZWjpol9Z-P_pDpDWTRpUxK0VU14JdHY6IlK_dJGjhhfRW0dseV3JQkLXXm5xKCNa-woidDmmCb8k1j8xBWmSC9bhMk-Ry3bqghFgChFHYpaJoGIUt_J97q_dWpFc9nW_H-fE/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of containers with costume jewelry to rifle through, but not me, I was looking for vintage or antique paintings or some other antique or vintage decorative objects.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OMszRS9Gt0i1HAZZ4oNMm6bNubhDNtqXW2jpyQiANH6CqZ_egUsIHJbJB9B-7CIC-7OBOoudHOKEi1a58-SDWM9txmQbxFh00qfwmUBMszpBvnSJKili28d79ZoH5A7b-qz4xhVZpco/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OMszRS9Gt0i1HAZZ4oNMm6bNubhDNtqXW2jpyQiANH6CqZ_egUsIHJbJB9B-7CIC-7OBOoudHOKEi1a58-SDWM9txmQbxFh00qfwmUBMszpBvnSJKili28d79ZoH5A7b-qz4xhVZpco/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Blue mason jars, old soda bottles lined up neatly. Hardly anything outside( they also sell inside buildings), of any higher quality antiques this time. Bummer.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw5Ka4t6o7QWheVyRXUCO_CLlf-cP8lWKmHHXdedkGrMq8UxZrwsc5FJcVMoxDpz3cZ2TvPHxpSuGflaOJ2bNwKDWyw0khY6ow8-V2aoM6_LgCC3QYjWhjP-xnPu98M0nPt2oRlmoz0I/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw5Ka4t6o7QWheVyRXUCO_CLlf-cP8lWKmHHXdedkGrMq8UxZrwsc5FJcVMoxDpz3cZ2TvPHxpSuGflaOJ2bNwKDWyw0khY6ow8-V2aoM6_LgCC3QYjWhjP-xnPu98M0nPt2oRlmoz0I/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was wearing my handy small backpack, but forgot my water bottle. Everyone needs to remember their water bottles, their cash, check book, credit cards, driver's license , measuring tape, notepad, and a pen. I also have brought a small magnifying glass, but forgot it that day.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTfdoiah-qnziyCgAQxdMUMT-L6qjvG9LlA6SBvTtGYqqflXirLUeXP0AA1Lf_k_LTuLAKCLG_RkVcgVjbRkZqfix76NMX-VnynOSL9EuCWFl1KiuiIfiSCuGEFJc9Km01h_eFbZjbeY/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTfdoiah-qnziyCgAQxdMUMT-L6qjvG9LlA6SBvTtGYqqflXirLUeXP0AA1Lf_k_LTuLAKCLG_RkVcgVjbRkZqfix76NMX-VnynOSL9EuCWFl1KiuiIfiSCuGEFJc9Km01h_eFbZjbeY/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+012.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, my photographer liked being photographed by ' cool' things. Knight in shining armor was $225.00. Pass. I kept the boy in blue though.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwr0ZzJS6c4Ac5lpokTJW4OZzL1h8hX39KylGSX0tSyU7Q-EWRkVI17VUDmGTO9z9kDROILjOORWhPuWZL14POSm1yzIQlDsmPukHoRi4_fPhftvi9ayP9UAOaIcqv3lccnJ3ZpYi3MtY/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwr0ZzJS6c4Ac5lpokTJW4OZzL1h8hX39KylGSX0tSyU7Q-EWRkVI17VUDmGTO9z9kDROILjOORWhPuWZL14POSm1yzIQlDsmPukHoRi4_fPhftvi9ayP9UAOaIcqv3lccnJ3ZpYi3MtY/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Old vintage 1930-40's garden chairs. I think the rust was free with the chair's price.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ux10StqpnkhaMYpYsvzUIFN-XKjx7a5CzLEyH1vhhSXt3VxigRUPYpCL6TvOQiO7rT8IyvgIugpdqG4Ebi5kAv0GdcBSaK3Beoi8xAiIzpFbWyByf_zI1jOxFBX8TSDcLdaHPtuAnnc/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ux10StqpnkhaMYpYsvzUIFN-XKjx7a5CzLEyH1vhhSXt3VxigRUPYpCL6TvOQiO7rT8IyvgIugpdqG4Ebi5kAv0GdcBSaK3Beoi8xAiIzpFbWyByf_zI1jOxFBX8TSDcLdaHPtuAnnc/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More great vintage metal lawn/garden chairs and glider. He has some hot wheels cars in that bag by the way.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdnPO9bWsj_IUfJQuUp6wBGqbm0rJ91vuwlA6vJRpzriIFbFAuxe2kTK3sz0LLjyLEbNcOY5K_2DuVovMQxJn5K5z_PFjHoMwEw9urg_q_K94CditwjgvgfqFZ0xlyM1Yp6af5Obs6U0/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdnPO9bWsj_IUfJQuUp6wBGqbm0rJ91vuwlA6vJRpzriIFbFAuxe2kTK3sz0LLjyLEbNcOY5K_2DuVovMQxJn5K5z_PFjHoMwEw9urg_q_K94CditwjgvgfqFZ0xlyM1Yp6af5Obs6U0/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They do have some outside covered booths, and I did see a few neat things, but not anything spectacular. We were both getting very hot, and a bit testy, both of us.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNuBHVLWOGhrb-bxG64PKuzWjnzG4x7dGyRs95shEh3Zxl3-bt9F6mv4xZNEwnM_x2cQhYwcxM0GPSGQZ9DZPQVxn2uIsU3uEqHi0TuA1nB9xfy6-BpMqa6j3adqd930PutJ1sV9N7QM/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNuBHVLWOGhrb-bxG64PKuzWjnzG4x7dGyRs95shEh3Zxl3-bt9F6mv4xZNEwnM_x2cQhYwcxM0GPSGQZ9DZPQVxn2uIsU3uEqHi0TuA1nB9xfy6-BpMqa6j3adqd930PutJ1sV9N7QM/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost bought this mod pair of plastic and vinyl chairs, but they were very small, only a small adult or pre-teen could sit comfortably in them. So I passed.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja65op6tkFYdwJzpoGRA-W8NxusiOeFZiNcJZtctDDyatti5lZ8ve94PNPua7KJgK0Y7rdgpYdQ6MBksDhPt20A5Nc2YLZAECBoegbjIVFOk4DDFqhN2AXk1GVo9sC6jq3a5GepY9XikY/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja65op6tkFYdwJzpoGRA-W8NxusiOeFZiNcJZtctDDyatti5lZ8ve94PNPua7KJgK0Y7rdgpYdQ6MBksDhPt20A5Nc2YLZAECBoegbjIVFOk4DDFqhN2AXk1GVo9sC6jq3a5GepY9XikY/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+019.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did get this nice antique, early 1900's, pyrography or Flemish art wood piece, for only 5.00, good deal! This was a old hobbyist piece were people would buy the wood, and a design would be marked into it, and they would burn the design in with a special tool, and make themselves decorative objects. Back in the very early 1900's.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYoElst-YFJggI20b0Bkpn_L1gjSHPojxQfM0kqako6g3uC5Q8HuzSV23HC9mOQ9GzYi45fmVe08Tdaqp4vge7BbbJmeCU3_2dajxFORLKb0IS4-QQuOF-LbC96N9ucy9iqUTVtkQAXs/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYoElst-YFJggI20b0Bkpn_L1gjSHPojxQfM0kqako6g3uC5Q8HuzSV23HC9mOQ9GzYi45fmVe08Tdaqp4vge7BbbJmeCU3_2dajxFORLKb0IS4-QQuOF-LbC96N9ucy9iqUTVtkQAXs/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fairly soon, I felt like I was going to pass out from the heat, and so we went into one of the buildings and bought some cold water and looked around. People can bring their pets here,and this woman brought her dog in a stroller.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Spoiled rotten cute.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV28qWDP2o8aifWWPf97EebnBU-ak4ltbavL0AGCEj5848kzerm-lGptub7U3aMaIRU4NZzHzCsuVj8-SYUZjZflnR5jSWtAWNfJVY1hzIApOr6KyYKrxo7Nlhf8bBsXEslgLhwVJNRgE/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV28qWDP2o8aifWWPf97EebnBU-ak4ltbavL0AGCEj5848kzerm-lGptub7U3aMaIRU4NZzHzCsuVj8-SYUZjZflnR5jSWtAWNfJVY1hzIApOr6KyYKrxo7Nlhf8bBsXEslgLhwVJNRgE/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here was a picture of a dealer's three spoiled pampered pooches.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbTC96qql8dawxR0R2_1sJuC_rxL-nPMtH5dxDGCBRkuNgJru5HZpxnLwBIwFYSCPfOO5Scsb78BHjN23rhat6re_zZcaI2F72WcnS8bdI1spNgD7Q9ggwwrX6w6jt1LRygZzVYogxCI/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbTC96qql8dawxR0R2_1sJuC_rxL-nPMtH5dxDGCBRkuNgJru5HZpxnLwBIwFYSCPfOO5Scsb78BHjN23rhat6re_zZcaI2F72WcnS8bdI1spNgD7Q9ggwwrX6w6jt1LRygZzVYogxCI/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some oriental objects for sale. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBODos9hoR0Ybs3eCHOTFjY8Gkhdi3IQ1tFFuEJTkjfXujV5quWsMEGQK8Uzl29M6ja_M_tXd7_1RLukyJFOSwYPq30kTPjpqnmZJaRCcUe2cmiFq8P18UWpXOOnLMoBd5cDjRveX3ttg/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBODos9hoR0Ybs3eCHOTFjY8Gkhdi3IQ1tFFuEJTkjfXujV5quWsMEGQK8Uzl29M6ja_M_tXd7_1RLukyJFOSwYPq30kTPjpqnmZJaRCcUe2cmiFq8P18UWpXOOnLMoBd5cDjRveX3ttg/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+025.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some vintage mink wraps for sale, I think she said they were about 20.00-25.00 each. If people just bought vintage furs, they wouldn't have to kill any animals now for their furs.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I was going over to see my French art dealer friend Daniel, and I found him chatting with another French dealer, and I walked up and told them to keep talking , so I could hear a man talk in French around me. Everytime I do that, they stop talking, darn.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesEYeuXT5aN71ttts6q-CaEqQhyoNbR2Z4r9Q6FMZGIakUnUBmJdP0I6nL6qzSrD1pRkU_5lcydGtgaOmf2OCSXtEOJavHvydPBQBilb4DSAOsFgU6mBmdlcp-A2RzNB0tMqtiS1mD_g/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesEYeuXT5aN71ttts6q-CaEqQhyoNbR2Z4r9Q6FMZGIakUnUBmJdP0I6nL6qzSrD1pRkU_5lcydGtgaOmf2OCSXtEOJavHvydPBQBilb4DSAOsFgU6mBmdlcp-A2RzNB0tMqtiS1mD_g/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He has some wonderful art and pottery. His site is <a href="http://www.trocadero.com/simhond/">http://www.trocadero.com/simhond/</a>. But he also sets up at Metrolina every month in Charlotte in the big first building when you walk in. Tell him I sent you if you go.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcgGOdLj1V8R7CIWInt87y1QG-x5Gm-yvSAmODBWDhY_FJSRs5SHgfD2L1dwr0PGRzGHiixlriqLC-qKPNorClFVt4rp7zUq9fy0STX5629x009rDwOQTs7AjOzmPhUDj0vOpz52ZrzY/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcgGOdLj1V8R7CIWInt87y1QG-x5Gm-yvSAmODBWDhY_FJSRs5SHgfD2L1dwr0PGRzGHiixlriqLC-qKPNorClFVt4rp7zUq9fy0STX5629x009rDwOQTs7AjOzmPhUDj0vOpz52ZrzY/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+026.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really liked this painting he has, a late 1800's oil on academy board in a European frame of a Renaissance saint or Mary Magdalene. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzK7wtfe7OXNP3bRDGZ5N8P4a9XQ7Gaavg2BjnpDjaKqNbF1fzM0imHGLkvOtlYZHwmmB5MNIZR6ZTreJWsTeT7Q81AtBvNFshM4Ip3gn8F7YCHuAaNsn6A6CAwfV6HcDQtpiJq6sy5E/s1600/old+masters+picture+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzK7wtfe7OXNP3bRDGZ5N8P4a9XQ7Gaavg2BjnpDjaKqNbF1fzM0imHGLkvOtlYZHwmmB5MNIZR6ZTreJWsTeT7Q81AtBvNFshM4Ip3gn8F7YCHuAaNsn6A6CAwfV6HcDQtpiJq6sy5E/s640/old+masters+picture+016.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought here and she is for sale <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271050748668&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT" target="_blank">here.</a></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzjgvnNshGWrUi8-FmU33FtRV-MqzvB2is6zL2IJCC2Rbmh6sAjpJ18kH7SqwEbeIzkkfR76z7Hf6ij2_2E59yB_6uRBmLGENM_3UJt6oIuY93Ui_NEDk6A3ZREBHIVO5-Iw3mb67UA8/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzjgvnNshGWrUi8-FmU33FtRV-MqzvB2is6zL2IJCC2Rbmh6sAjpJ18kH7SqwEbeIzkkfR76z7Hf6ij2_2E59yB_6uRBmLGENM_3UJt6oIuY93Ui_NEDk6A3ZREBHIVO5-Iw3mb67UA8/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+032.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beautiful old vintage floral of gladiolas he had for sale, but too much for me for resale. I have bought many paintings from Daniel over the years, and many I wish I had bought.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRfFBbkn5ZIInQ1uLrLJmijsS6Yv9_WeDOm61DdmQ75RQ3qwG7ytOAjVS_UwUokQ-B5594vkGJcd_YOa_ygseUWn3GPdEIW8ED5jTkUtRtNpEJB3Qw2UxTVw5rhYJRG3Blb-m8Ygl-5g/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRfFBbkn5ZIInQ1uLrLJmijsS6Yv9_WeDOm61DdmQ75RQ3qwG7ytOAjVS_UwUokQ-B5594vkGJcd_YOa_ygseUWn3GPdEIW8ED5jTkUtRtNpEJB3Qw2UxTVw5rhYJRG3Blb-m8Ygl-5g/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My photographer took a goodbye shot of me and Daniel & his wonderful French accent, and then we continued our shopping.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJryIEMg__-NE5EAOsX6aB9fxlZe629uYQLlEBAkS9yCCzFdhYo2QSvE1sw66hLM0X6fejmUJVqh2PDDssYWz-ZeCZsneR_8Mwp1io0COrkK2jgmqhu0bnk48cgr_VF_lr9Xb_b3xuOgk/s1600/Metrolina+Sept+1+2012,+portraitr,+paintings+037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJryIEMg__-NE5EAOsX6aB9fxlZe629uYQLlEBAkS9yCCzFdhYo2QSvE1sw66hLM0X6fejmUJVqh2PDDssYWz-ZeCZsneR_8Mwp1io0COrkK2jgmqhu0bnk48cgr_VF_lr9Xb_b3xuOgk/s640/Metrolina+Sept+1+2012,+portraitr,+paintings+037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bought these original Italian Florentine wood frames...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPRTNPEC4ZFEuJMKvsC53zdGrsXe1YADay4xyDVIaAvZhgzlR1-ZutHI-QEUXzrmzNNHbDRayN06gNjtQmRLKqcyxF3mACTCHJg3W2HZtPK7DY6N951uH1DlvZFCC6eM5Eplp5WPwIEo/s1600/Metrolina+Sept+1+2012,+portraitr,+paintings+063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPRTNPEC4ZFEuJMKvsC53zdGrsXe1YADay4xyDVIaAvZhgzlR1-ZutHI-QEUXzrmzNNHbDRayN06gNjtQmRLKqcyxF3mACTCHJg3W2HZtPK7DY6N951uH1DlvZFCC6eM5Eplp5WPwIEo/s640/Metrolina+Sept+1+2012,+portraitr,+paintings+063.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bought this vintage Impressionist pink roses floral in a big original frame that day...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJSKKkh2ABgMhcc4IGnn1bSUveu3ELJAomGF2q75duGJtqQs4JUj7b8ZAtOGfMv-Dz-qpY9jKP8TAvuyGp1ma1Uhdn_dSkV4ZmkFdWACwlUI65G2CED9DxtDBLpKqDc6pIOTdydMBF3o/s1600/Metrolina+Sept+1+2012,+portraitr,+paintings+098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJSKKkh2ABgMhcc4IGnn1bSUveu3ELJAomGF2q75duGJtqQs4JUj7b8ZAtOGfMv-Dz-qpY9jKP8TAvuyGp1ma1Uhdn_dSkV4ZmkFdWACwlUI65G2CED9DxtDBLpKqDc6pIOTdydMBF3o/s640/Metrolina+Sept+1+2012,+portraitr,+paintings+098.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Vintage European seascape...and a few more items. Not a awesome Metrolina trip, I believe their November Extravaganza show will be the next one I come to.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So we both pile into the car, turn up the air-conditioning on high, turn Adele 21 up on high, and head back home. On the way back , my son loves to see the big Charlotte Knights baseball team's water tower in the sky from the highway...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZkxSA2jy73oD7gXYGDyET81c7caZdEFNOBdZ4tm1RS01Yn6JLXjIh9ElwGnNbm6q1MkEfiyOWLBu-VAZdfVgOHOY78MczrWmHV5EFCWl9VdExJrPlKCj7tiL6QxOKloR1mt1kTCmoOk/s1600/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZkxSA2jy73oD7gXYGDyET81c7caZdEFNOBdZ4tm1RS01Yn6JLXjIh9ElwGnNbm6q1MkEfiyOWLBu-VAZdfVgOHOY78MczrWmHV5EFCWl9VdExJrPlKCj7tiL6QxOKloR1mt1kTCmoOk/s640/Metrolina+Sept.+2012+034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy your days and nights, all my items can be found <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Antique-ART-Garden" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Take good care everyone,</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></strong></div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-23922460630295255882012-08-30T11:16:00.001-04:002012-08-30T11:19:02.191-04:00Rolling In the DEEP by ADELE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Got a <b><u>great</u></b> Cd, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">recommended</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> by Gary at A Day in The Life....make it go to full screen and crank it up!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have considered writing this for many months( about 9 months) now, but have felt very unqualified to do so. Unqualified as I feel I did not ' get through' grief very well. But , I thought that this could possibly help someone who has experienced a tragedy , a death of a loved one. This is a small guide, suggestion list, of what may help you or a friend who is struggling with<u><i> deep, intense grief</i></u>. I am not talking about losing a job, marriage, pet or friendship kind of grief. I am going to be talking about the most painful grief I have personally experienced, the loss of a child. I had lost my grandparents, who I adored, my mother at 65 suddenly and also tragically, many pets that I also loved dearly...but <u><i>nothing, absolutely nothing</i> <i>came close</i></u> to the pain of losing my youngest daughter, Sarah, at age 21 in July of 2010.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We found out our daughter had been killed in a car accident, one early evening in July 2010. We were out of town , at Edisto beach( the picture above top is me there), our favorite family vacation spot. I will not go in to the specifics of the phone call, the drive home or the ensuing funeral home visits and cemetery appointments. All of this ' business of death', between calls and visits from the coroner, the funeral home, and the cemetery, well-wishing friends, completely drained what bit of sanity and physical and mental energy I had. I did write some blog entries after the first week, I think it helped some.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But with a sudden death, or even a imminent death from an illness, our bodies go in to <i><u>grief-mode</u></i>, and do not function very well. I could not talk, think, read, or communicate very well for the first 6 months or so. I fell <u>physically apart</u>, from head to toe, lots of expensive medical tests, stressful appointments, and not much sympathy from many in my family for the first year especially. Because everyone reacts to grief differently. <i>I fell apart physically, emotionally, and spiritually</i>. My husband handled everything</span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">much better, and within a few months he was handling his life pretty well, grieving inside still, but not in as bad a shape physically and emotionally as I was. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think partially it was how close I was with Sarah, I had daily contact with her...my husband did not. So I believe that whoever is closest to the person who died( closest in daily or weekly contact), that person will suffer outwardly through physical ailments, depression, etc. more than others. Also if you are simultaneously going through a<span style="color: white;">t</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">difficult time,<span style="background-color: white;"> depr</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;">ession</span>, divorce,</span> menopause, cancer,illness, job worries, etc. then your time will be<u><i> doubly hard</i></u>.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> I did not garner lots of </span>sympathy from my family( though my sister and my dad were both concerned about my well-being), I do believe I was annoying and aggravating to many. I had to learn how to make it through a day with my broken heart and physical symptoms of grief I was experiencing, MYSELF. I felt God was not there, common even with religious followers, but I also knew He was, so a sort of conflicted religious state.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Regardless, I felt alone with the horrible pain and confusion, and I had <i><u>to learn to treat myself gently</u></i>, and <i><u>take baby steps</u></i> to be able to function in my family and in the world. You also need to be very , very gentle with yourself if you are going through a similar situation, male or female, tough or not, BE GENTLE and KIND with yourself. Do not attempt to jump back into your old life as soon as you can.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><i>Your old life is now gone, and you are left with stepping into a new one</i>, <i>without your loved one</i>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">At the bottom of this list, I will tell you why you have to do this, why you <i><u>need to do this</u></i>. But first some advice, as I have walked in your shoes, and I do know your pain.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And hopefully, some of these basic , easy tips can help you too.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Make a list, every morning or evening, with only 3-5 ' things to do' to get you focused . To keep you living. <u>No more than 3-5 items</u>, like Make coffee, do 2 loads of laundry, go to post office, make bed, rake leaves, water flowers, vacuum house, etc. Cross off each item once you accomplish it. I did this for months, and it helped me very much. Remember only <u>SIMPLE</u> tasks for the first few( 3-4) months.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Drink lots of extra water, 6-8 glasses a day, a banana or apple every day, and make sure you eat even a small meal with more vegetables and fruits than you normally eat. Going through grief depletes our physical bodies terribly. Cut way back on excess sugar, caffeine, alcohol as they drain vitamins and nutrients from your body, and the stress is already depleting your physical reserves.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Tend your garden or yard, simple tasks though, not complicated gardening right now. Just <u><i>go out and water</i></u>, watering helped me relax. Raking, or pulling a few weeds is also good. Don't work like a fiend for 3-4 hours in your yard though, just 30 mins. to an hour for awhile. Plant a small garden or flower pot in memory of your loved one. I have a small garden I named Sarah's garden in front of my larger one.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. There is much in grief books about going out to social events still, malls, parties, celebrations, etc. I think the best idea is <u><i>go only if you want to</i></u>. You can go for 30 mins. or an hour, and then excuse yourself and get back home or somewhere else. It is too exhausting to go to a wedding or birthday where people are happy and festive for 3-4 hours and your heart is crushed inside. Do not go because you think you HAVE to go. <i><u>People will forgive and understand if you decline</u></i> invitations. Then possibly in 4-6 months, go to a few celebrations. I went to only a few events for the first year. I could not go to a funeral for almost 2 years, so do not feel bad if you are unable to go to important events.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7.</b> <b><i><u>Be very careful with what you watch on Television or at the the movies for awhile</u></i> ( for me forever). Many shows have accidents, heart attacks, murders, ghosts and more mayhem that hits too close to home if you have experienced a recent death in your life . Even many commercials have disturbing content for someone who is grieving. Monitor what goes in your eyes , stick with light comedies, or home improvement shows, or any shows that do not deal with death, such as Law & Order, Forensic Files, and similar shows. <u>Guard your eyes</u>.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">8. Recall and find that ' thing-passion-hobby' in life that helps and distracts you and takes your mind off your pain. With some people that may be reading, drawing, gardening, sewing, woodworking, etc. Mine is antique hunting for my site that I sell on. It was(is) an escape and keeps my mind occupied for short periods of time off my pain. Gardening is another, but in the Deep South of the United States, it is brutal sub-tropical gardening , with high humidity and heat. And I was having many physical ailments cropping up, so I was not able to garden as much as I had. I have heard many experts tell someone who is grieving to go volunteer somewhere, to help someone else. I only did a few volunteer activities, I really was not up to being out in groups for quite some time. I think if you want to volunteer, then do something for only a few hours at the most, and then work up to longer times when you feel able. If you do not want to volunteer, then look around and help someone you run across or live with in small or big ways. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">10. To help with your faith issues, one simple thing I did, and have continued doing, is finding one <i>-just 1-</i> Scripture/Bible verse and writing it down, saying it to myself daily. Mostly on my morning walks. I say this if I feel it or don't feel it, if I believe it or don't for that day. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">"<i>This is the day the Lord has made, I will be glad and rejoice in it</i>."Psalm 118:24</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Recall a favorite Bible verse, look up ones on faith, hope, death and then write it on a piece of paper and memorize it. Put it on your fridge, in your car, by your computer.</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> That leads me to the<i><u> why you need to do these or other actions</u></i> , and there are three important reasons. One is your family and friends still need you. Your attitude, your happiness AFFECTS their lives. My extreme unhappiness and grief was not helpful to anyone in my family for long periods of time. My grief was changing their lives, for the worse. My remaining children<i><u> still needed a mother to celebrate life with</u></i>. I know that my daughter's death, should not make my other children's lives not all that they should be. I had to learn to smile again, even laughing hurt my face as it had been many months that I had not truly laughed or smiled.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> No. two is YOU. You and I are important in this world, if you do not have children or a family, you still have people you encounter everyday, and your attitude, demeanor, your words AFFECT <i><u>their lives</u></i>. You can make someone have a better day or a worse day. I have done both, and am working at trying to make someone have a better day.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Just a smile, just a hi how are you, just a wave... but <u><i>doing these are hard to do</i> </u> when you are grieving( they were for me), but ever so slowly make yourself enter back into the world.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And number three,<u>God still needs you</u>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> I do not know how or why, but He has important tasks He still <i><u>needs only you to do</u></i>.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">Your loved one who is now gone was a very important person to God, <i>and so are you</i>...please do not forget that fact.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Oh, and one last thing, make plans, make a day trip to a nearby town, a overnight stay, a mini-vacation plan or plans. You have to have something to look forward to, it can help with your pain and distract you back into living again. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I hope this helps someone, I wish I could hug you , I do care about your pain.</span></b></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Have some entries in mind to write if I can get to them, enjoy so many of your blogs, </em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>take good care everyone!</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Gina</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-29926240300674837722012-07-29T15:23:00.000-04:002012-07-29T15:23:15.060-04:00A Sweet Folk ART Jewelry Box I Found:<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>Here is a sweet vintage/antique handmade folk art jewelry box I found to sell, made with charm and love, please read <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271026659283&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_10347wt_1032" target="_blank">my listing</a> I added below:</em></strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666531_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666531_o.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><strong>Here is a very charming , vintage, circa 1920-40's, hand-made and hand-carved and painted wood jewelry box. It has red flowers/poinsettias ? On the top, inlaid wood pieces and ' cut-designed' wood . On the sides are carved roses and foliage, and chiseled or ' cut-designs' in the surround( around the flowers). It measures 3 1/2 ins. tall, 5 ins. in depth and 10 ins. long approx. </strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666367_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666367_o.jpg" /></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><strong>The inside has more ' cut-designed' chiseled accents and carved hearts. The mirror looks to be an old pocket mirror he glued in here, and has one lone bakelite/or green wood holder to anchor it. <u><span>The top does not fit on perfect, sort of does not close totally flush. </span></u>I believe the hinges , especially the one to the left needs some work. </strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><strong><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666668_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666668_o.jpg" /></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><strong>It doesn't close correctly here. The side has separated here some too. But it is strong and sturdy. The hearts here are wonderful.</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666708_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666708_o.jpg" /></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><strong>He even made these corner stops/pads in the shape of hearts, though they have lost most of their shape through the decades.</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666631_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666631_o.jpg" /></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>It is chiseled out and signed Made by F.D.M. inside.</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666367_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666367_o.jpg" /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><strong>He carved all the flowers , and put some inlaid wood accents on the corners, and chiseled the hearts and mirror holder out of a single piece of wood I believe.</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666334_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666334_o.jpg" /></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">I am thinking since he has poinsettia leaves and Flowers on top, that this was a Christmas gift to his wife or girlfriend , and then roses all all other 4 sides.</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666925_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666925_o.jpg" /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The back hinge that does not sit correctly. Hopefully someone can fix this, or leave as is, or even take off the hinges and just lift the top on and off.</span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><img alt="" data-cke-saved-src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666245_o.jpg" src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/2/7/6/5/8/webimg/593666245_o.jpg" /></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong> I can just imagine this woodworker, carving this out, many days, weeks of hard work, intently showing his love for a woman through his hands.</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>So basically this man gave this woman his heart in a box. Very, very romantic.</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>I would place this in the 1920-40's time frame. It may be older than that. Any questions, feel free to email me,</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Sincere thanks,</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Gina</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>AntiqueARTGarden</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><u><span style="font-family: tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>A Stolen Kiss</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><em>Now gentle sleep hath clos'd up those eyes<br />
Which waking kept my boldest thoughts in awe,<br />
And free access unto that sweet lip lies,<br />
From whence I long the rosy breath to draw;<br />
Methinks no wrong it were if I should steal<br />
From those two melting rubies one poor kiss;<br />
None sees the theft that would the thief reveal,<br />
Nor rob I her of aught which she can miss;<br />
Nay, should I twenty kisses take away,<br />
There would be little sign I had done so;<br />
Why then should I this robbery delay?<br />
Oh! she may wake and therewith angry grow.<br />
Well, if she do, I'll back restore that one,<br />
And twenty hundred thousand more for loan.</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<!--{cke_protected}{C}%3C!%2D%2D%20.KonaBody%20%2D%2D%3E-->by George Wither( 1588-1667)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><!-- .KonaBody --></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-86464912724865501242012-06-30T12:51:00.001-04:002012-06-30T13:06:33.298-04:00Antique ART Garden NOW at SLEEPY POET Antique Mall in Charlotte, NC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC05NptB-JhPqQXlI33OM8B_ijBhHIQHbppKRKTvlEYEUGroRHUSWMsxWo7OeeOD30FBMwoZQTcQJ9TRTFiIHoeEV9F6p0biin_JZpFOT8kBfgcd3Q1cNcWOuMHiFc_HVzyN5j3mS72A/s1600/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC05NptB-JhPqQXlI33OM8B_ijBhHIQHbppKRKTvlEYEUGroRHUSWMsxWo7OeeOD30FBMwoZQTcQJ9TRTFiIHoeEV9F6p0biin_JZpFOT8kBfgcd3Q1cNcWOuMHiFc_HVzyN5j3mS72A/s640/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+001.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I wanted to let some of my East Coast shoppers know that I am now in <a href="http://www.sleepypoetstuff.com/" target="_blank">Sleepy Poet Antique mall</a> in Charlotte , North Carolina. If you click the link above , it will tell you all about it, the hours and days etc., and driving directions. 55,000 S.F. of antique shopping! The picture above is sort of the beginning of my booth there...</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1c-UWaPRydruL_17OER9qdVsSGycDrDBq0IAvbVxlIhAsgmtmOAscJjo9KNA7WpFoXw1KfVqdjMxQLytVkNhpkMeynkwYlNma_eV52Et9AafUoleO7zcHR12YsQAheH-s9dp1Q1n1dM/s1600/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1c-UWaPRydruL_17OER9qdVsSGycDrDBq0IAvbVxlIhAsgmtmOAscJjo9KNA7WpFoXw1KfVqdjMxQLytVkNhpkMeynkwYlNma_eV52Et9AafUoleO7zcHR12YsQAheH-s9dp1Q1n1dM/s640/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+004.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I will be bring items in, probably every week or every 10 days or so. Many items I brought from my site on ebay to here. My booth is located next to the drink and snack area. You can't miss it, large sign above it...that if you lean your head back as far as you can, and get a crick/spasm in it...then you will see this up top...</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QNtA5s26nCyR-foV3gDqLx6YxiXzpHpVp5UAPmNOjs1xLPz7QidpiUz61UZzZbCa-My5KHo409leGEvJP3atlLZ-xsDwDv-mv4g7DcfHQsL1y3gu5IgfAyDWTTCtG96_fXdEqObR_GY/s1600/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QNtA5s26nCyR-foV3gDqLx6YxiXzpHpVp5UAPmNOjs1xLPz7QidpiUz61UZzZbCa-My5KHo409leGEvJP3atlLZ-xsDwDv-mv4g7DcfHQsL1y3gu5IgfAyDWTTCtG96_fXdEqObR_GY/s640/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>A absolutely, undoubtedly ' handmade' sign by Mrs. AAG herself. That is my dealer code too, but you can just ask up front where Antique Art Garden is or where Gina's booth is with all the paintings and hopefully someone can direct you.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkCrv9pRLvGwO0UGLDdUWx9H8hwwrQR9Xs-OQDbl9RT5iPt8mC6wTLPG-GK7yKq-pXsikpqTBNNauDea7d5ZxJAivrwHzxhX8L6paBkDztkiAQF8_OlyPURXOMEKxq06wDbCHY7pYoa4/s1600/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkCrv9pRLvGwO0UGLDdUWx9H8hwwrQR9Xs-OQDbl9RT5iPt8mC6wTLPG-GK7yKq-pXsikpqTBNNauDea7d5ZxJAivrwHzxhX8L6paBkDztkiAQF8_OlyPURXOMEKxq06wDbCHY7pYoa4/s640/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Hollywood Regency pair of armchairs, circa 1950-60's in front for sale, young son crouched between them is already SOLD ( he's mine).</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AgddykeAi6NZQe-xWrOhTvPWg388Di8MtdUpogIgDl-2C7hhyphenhyphenuIaqXU4ScY0KErA2pLAL-Qy9UzTRTx2HRtBzURNMscodGDyUdBAOgNTmWNodGOlG2G_RJcC-BLNYoGS8BgVoIOhL90/s1600/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AgddykeAi6NZQe-xWrOhTvPWg388Di8MtdUpogIgDl-2C7hhyphenhyphenuIaqXU4ScY0KErA2pLAL-Qy9UzTRTx2HRtBzURNMscodGDyUdBAOgNTmWNodGOlG2G_RJcC-BLNYoGS8BgVoIOhL90/s640/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+006.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>So much to do there still, more artwork, my husband is building me a shelf for more smalls...have to fill up a booth you know. My husband and my young son helped me move in yesterday. My son was happy, my husband half-happy and half-grouchy as he was the one on the really tall ladder hanging my artwork. I was mainly annoyed at myself for not bring more artwork, it was hard to gage how much I needed, and we do not live in Charlotte. So I couldn't just run down to the mall and measure. etc. </strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMydA9QCBRXOPOZeslKlSVeIKqvuma4IgFJL9nc63arfkTTTVplKegJs-kDZAiPcjeehKcV6wHwEEA_srLk4_uXxse8prCWxfiZkr-h7PnqQIsW0zsDn31NoNxrhvU5fWKAZnIo73EUQ/s1600/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMydA9QCBRXOPOZeslKlSVeIKqvuma4IgFJL9nc63arfkTTTVplKegJs-kDZAiPcjeehKcV6wHwEEA_srLk4_uXxse8prCWxfiZkr-h7PnqQIsW0zsDn31NoNxrhvU5fWKAZnIo73EUQ/s640/antique+mall+sleepy+poet+June+2012+008.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Please stop by and shop, if not in my space...any of the hundreds of venders booths, you will really enjoy yourself. It is my favorite mall, full of the nicest employees around.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>I'll be in touch with more( and better pics), when I get my booth more filled up.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Bless you all,</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>Gina</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>AntiqueARTGarden</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-15727024020157239662012-06-02T10:06:00.000-04:002012-06-02T10:06:20.532-04:0010 Ways To INCREASE Your Happiness~Robert Holden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo8s_wnWjUGmR-Nzocy8sQ5rXiu2HQgnAtt9PK5xvmw7CE0w35PmW1YB8EbNWiypWniHI_TFh7FONb3CMbU13W3hqpgN5JWq0eK88JUjc1ntjFomM10mSzx2pb1MWHicvfjIe1AXSmRc/s1600/lukes++picture+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo8s_wnWjUGmR-Nzocy8sQ5rXiu2HQgnAtt9PK5xvmw7CE0w35PmW1YB8EbNWiypWniHI_TFh7FONb3CMbU13W3hqpgN5JWq0eK88JUjc1ntjFomM10mSzx2pb1MWHicvfjIe1AXSmRc/s640/lukes++picture+010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My son made me this picture of my garden, and now I have it hanging in my kitchen. I need to properly frame it with acid-free foam board, but since he has the patience of a gnat like his Mom, we put it in here pronto.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQAg8zcvvRSewJ1irY969WXOvUs-Tkt6OxnPfUIOrD2nCX-rth3YYUUyB1XrKRUZKylz88OeAT-NDdb54B2jNuw5xmBbBLm6CNrpl5zBA5Uaz5HYLUDTWAalXDYaht4oADvC5TLHAYPw/s1600/lukes++picture+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQAg8zcvvRSewJ1irY969WXOvUs-Tkt6OxnPfUIOrD2nCX-rth3YYUUyB1XrKRUZKylz88OeAT-NDdb54B2jNuw5xmBbBLm6CNrpl5zBA5Uaz5HYLUDTWAalXDYaht4oADvC5TLHAYPw/s640/lukes++picture+002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I LOVE my new piece of art in my kitchen, makes me smile.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLsEg24nT6Goa_Grmt05F9YUh1h9cXey4kblfcdt6DBJpj-gYbsQhK0EYASAWCawRjLCU4275eM4m2RR5dp8tkpP2u1KMN-B4MtUJgWLKGSzOjtxQrrXiVB2dEoRztNA4_dJu0usqR08/s1600/lukes++picture+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLsEg24nT6Goa_Grmt05F9YUh1h9cXey4kblfcdt6DBJpj-gYbsQhK0EYASAWCawRjLCU4275eM4m2RR5dp8tkpP2u1KMN-B4MtUJgWLKGSzOjtxQrrXiVB2dEoRztNA4_dJu0usqR08/s640/lukes++picture+009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I used to tell Sarah that "Your future looks so bright you're going to need sunglasses to see it !" Heard that on Joyce Meyers one morning.My son's sun has some great shades on, and a smile.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbk_uJstODiT-aQ37JkQe-NG33EMoH7z2wsf5Nx3E6ZOL1hq2ZsBq6bJ3PMCoFMfrjQJb2N0H9YNaeTzQtqEsDr6fHDd1OpxmHIwdw_Od3okG8X1GmgNOQI864BDqdIcoPeC0Q-sWS7qE/s1600/lukes++picture+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbk_uJstODiT-aQ37JkQe-NG33EMoH7z2wsf5Nx3E6ZOL1hq2ZsBq6bJ3PMCoFMfrjQJb2N0H9YNaeTzQtqEsDr6fHDd1OpxmHIwdw_Od3okG8X1GmgNOQI864BDqdIcoPeC0Q-sWS7qE/s640/lukes++picture+006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The little boy here is saying, " C'mon!"</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Hope you are all doing well, read the link below, an excellent suggestion list for us all.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Gina</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.oprah.com/spirit/10-Ways-to-Increase-Your-Happiness/9">http://www.oprah.com/spirit/10-Ways-to-Increase-Your-Happiness/9</a></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-5700662237300841602012-05-06T10:47:00.002-04:002012-05-06T15:25:32.482-04:00Wanting GOD to Provide ANSWERS~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NAdpNKMRrqnmg4bkctRrBsk8BR6yh0zsxX1j4iNsRU4h8emz86aQyuXkf2qJxH-D1p2yThuP7qgyvSUiVAOaP65S2HVmEoZegV9BWV4JLHs00P1SWH3jL6A3bH9YDTiENop7RWhE0RY/s1600/Garden+April+2012+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NAdpNKMRrqnmg4bkctRrBsk8BR6yh0zsxX1j4iNsRU4h8emz86aQyuXkf2qJxH-D1p2yThuP7qgyvSUiVAOaP65S2HVmEoZegV9BWV4JLHs00P1SWH3jL6A3bH9YDTiENop7RWhE0RY/s640/Garden+April+2012+006.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think we all have times in our lives, the older we get, the more times we have...of wanting answers/explanations from God for events , tragedies, health problems, financial problems or simple unfulfilled hopes and dreams that we desire. I have had people tell me, that my faith is strong,<em> evidently</em> ( I am guessing since they seem to see it), strong. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I know that it is not.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Between deaths in my immediate family, and some other circumstances and relationship difficulties, and then observing other people's tragedies and misfortunes...I am having some down days as a fan/witness of God Almighty.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have come up with an analogy to try to explain my faith right now, and it is sort of like this.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I am a fan of a team( believer in God), and I live my life, and at certain times....I sit back on some bleachers and watch other's lives, and even my own from a slight distance.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">When a good play( event in life), occurs....then I cheer, clap and move closer to the field.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Life is good.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">When a bad play occurs, I move up the bleachers, further from my team, the coach, and grumble. And by the way, I mean it has to be a <em>VERY</em> bad play , such as a death, calamity or serious health issue of someone.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I understand about job losses, break-ups, car problems, minor health issues, etc. I understand that life is not fair, and that we all have burdens.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">( disclaimer-I do not move away from my son's team when they are losing).</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Example: I had a very nice friend, a fellow baseball mom, a special mom of one of my son's friends, die of breast cancer, only 41 years old, fought it for years bravely...and God allowed her death. <u>He did not cause it,</u> but <em>allowed it to happen</em>, and leave a young 11 year old boy and his father without a mother in their home.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">That made me move back a bit in the bleachers.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And by the way, I am already half-way back anyway, since my youngest daughter's death.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then yesterday I found out a young , handsome 24 year old umpire at our baseball complex my son plays at, was killed by a drunk driver .</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I remember him just 5 nights ago, young and healthy and nice to the children, umpiring our last game.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I subsequently shift back about two rows, further from my team( my God, my Christianity, my faith).</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Frowning now.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I am not on the top of the back bleachers yet, but if tragedy after tragedy, occurs unrelentlessly...as it happens in life...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">then I would REALLY like God to EXPLAIN why in the heck He allows so much sorrow and pain in our lives!!???</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I know we learn from pain, I know many people unwittingly cause their own deaths through carelessness/bad habits/forming bad relationships/very bad decisions, etc.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>BUT</em>, many do not. Many people are caught up in a illness, accident,murder, abuse that they have NO part in.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So I sit back and want ( or have really) screamed at God, "What are you doing, can you see the pain here?!!!"</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If some of my followers write and tell me we are supposed to go through trials and tribulations, that Jesus has overcome the world, that He was a man of sorrows, that we must suffer to learn, that we are not to grieve like ones who do not have hope...I KNOW all that.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I also know that God knows I am one <em><u>very</u></em> hard-headed woman who is passionate about causes and my family. That 'fighter' in me, is what makes me so difficult to calm, at least spiritually.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I can just imagine my head coach( God), on the field ( life), during a terrible, stupid play...and I am up near the top of the bleachers yelling at HIM to " STOP this, DO something ! Can't You see out there!", pointing at this or that.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And then I imagine Him turning to look at me, His assistant coaches( some Saints, Moses, Elijah ), telling Him to shut me up or throw me out of the ballpark. He instead just mildly smiles, shakes His head , and says leave her.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And I think...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If He keeps leaving me up here at the back of the bleachers I am going to fall off ! </span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">Be careful , love your family, be kind to someone you don't feel like being kind to today,</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> Gina</em></span> </span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
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</tbody></table><div align="center"><em><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-size: large;">Definition of a funk - lack of motivation and low energy ( concerning blogs).</span></em></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Been going through another funk about blogging. I mean how many posts are possible about my own garden, trips to Charleston,and antique paintings can I do that will not bore my readers ? And basically taking the same photograph, just on different years. I feel too many pictures/writing of the same subject is boring. </span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Considering if my blog has run its course , or simply only blogging about different topics on a monthly basis or every other month.</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Not trying to get any ' Oh, please don't stop blogging comments", just re-assessing. Will consider it all and be back another time,</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">take good care all of you,</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></em></strong></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-70743736709058577762012-04-24T10:42:00.001-04:002012-04-24T10:42:43.576-04:00Hey SOUL Sister~by Train<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Been busy taking pics for ebay listings, now heading out to take Miss Maxine for a walk around the neighborhood. Everyone enjoy your day and tap along or dance to this song on your way~</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
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<em>No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up</em>. Yield. Life isn't tied with a bow, but its still a <strong><span style="font-size: large;">gift.</span></strong></div><div class="profileText"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>*</strong></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">added by moi</span></div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-26311465058932347992012-04-17T13:08:00.001-04:002012-04-17T13:10:00.772-04:00You CHOOSE~Killing Me SOFTLY~Roberta Flack or Lauryn Hill?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/wh90_IvVs4U" target="_blank">Original Roberta Flack version</a> or <a href="http://youtu.be/Q0MieWsN6Z8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lauryn Hill & Fugees</a> version.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Gina</em></strong></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-30100198900345246712012-04-04T20:39:00.003-04:002012-04-05T08:10:59.565-04:00Finally Got the YARDLady to Work~<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRevp3liSZu4mpPcfK0Wx8sQJRUwLOHUyKhSWUvn3XFMYWpssrGC3qi_dKxPu0SKdhh1C4ENrGV3SZzH4N5XA8VLO127_OVBipJeRSOLs3nmqCSYnvmRNbnCfFVsW2SdaPKbURr_mrLo/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRevp3liSZu4mpPcfK0Wx8sQJRUwLOHUyKhSWUvn3XFMYWpssrGC3qi_dKxPu0SKdhh1C4ENrGV3SZzH4N5XA8VLO127_OVBipJeRSOLs3nmqCSYnvmRNbnCfFVsW2SdaPKbURr_mrLo/s400/Garden+April+1+2012+034.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been a hectic few days in the yard, finally got the slack-yardlady( moi), out to work in her garden. Nice posed shot above , taken by my son, before we got to work kicking some weed-behind in my garden.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10M2zMH3zCHZuip1c7awIXYSpmpMG4TUjtf2OlHvObGCqe4fxvlfQxfy2TBy3FHjndT2ZlzTl1luZqy9ZC_YPQwfoVvtY1p1gluYmO_hfioknvhnuJCYleb6cN3i6rXbIwgwmBPIWDgU/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10M2zMH3zCHZuip1c7awIXYSpmpMG4TUjtf2OlHvObGCqe4fxvlfQxfy2TBy3FHjndT2ZlzTl1luZqy9ZC_YPQwfoVvtY1p1gluYmO_hfioknvhnuJCYleb6cN3i6rXbIwgwmBPIWDgU/s640/Garden+April+1+2012+014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Let me tell you folks, it's not pretty...lookee here,</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtg_mRl56R5wtlt5gACB2qK9OTakE745sDRc1NdC6pZBMKX8H5xHNcN6bXTwgy8vtEH4qMP-jJ_FmyY_AV0ct3JTWNSj31F4Ho7O89dxlXh4QypHWTfDlrIxmqc-pMkx4FT2PVS-yujY/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtg_mRl56R5wtlt5gACB2qK9OTakE745sDRc1NdC6pZBMKX8H5xHNcN6bXTwgy8vtEH4qMP-jJ_FmyY_AV0ct3JTWNSj31F4Ho7O89dxlXh4QypHWTfDlrIxmqc-pMkx4FT2PVS-yujY/s640/Garden+April+1+2012+006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, this is an actual picture of my weed-garden. Sick right, and there is more...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClOkD910WM7lo0vhmJkX7eoOSIXX6b5DLP6Hr_8CkvnWnL4Obcg8x2YE_Clc8NYLJjYhC1ypcqmbIJZ4gUHRvzzajw4RaAd7z0gXuDJMjdw0neJNDYVjzriHfsNm-H2IH0OGrAdnL4oM/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClOkD910WM7lo0vhmJkX7eoOSIXX6b5DLP6Hr_8CkvnWnL4Obcg8x2YE_Clc8NYLJjYhC1ypcqmbIJZ4gUHRvzzajw4RaAd7z0gXuDJMjdw0neJNDYVjzriHfsNm-H2IH0OGrAdnL4oM/s640/Garden+April+1+2012+009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Terrible, downright embarrassing.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSeyJTTv0Acp4pTMvBUoKnr3tjWyB_XcFt-6gIT9kBl3eRn9kr9EcxrSporVGuXSRf-7OrS0mJtBesiC10z0FbpGpteo_Fuzdfmtqz9qo0-KH52XCM_F0aWGaK2asOJhgAhbVOCfWzgY/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSeyJTTv0Acp4pTMvBUoKnr3tjWyB_XcFt-6gIT9kBl3eRn9kr9EcxrSporVGuXSRf-7OrS0mJtBesiC10z0FbpGpteo_Fuzdfmtqz9qo0-KH52XCM_F0aWGaK2asOJhgAhbVOCfWzgY/s640/Garden+April+1+2012+012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, a gardener does live here, but one that should be fired.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3T-SU3ZsT5qG-NFgqOkmijK-P9C11PZzFJ4v7O56X75d3jgBYoVl1h8SW_gx4CwAY3zpXRf4mn8Bhwe-pc__TMajYcbV4kTnDWh2WliZoMuqhlxSCBuOVjsBRxhnyYtP6jmb7AObPxM/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3T-SU3ZsT5qG-NFgqOkmijK-P9C11PZzFJ4v7O56X75d3jgBYoVl1h8SW_gx4CwAY3zpXRf4mn8Bhwe-pc__TMajYcbV4kTnDWh2WliZoMuqhlxSCBuOVjsBRxhnyYtP6jmb7AObPxM/s640/Garden+April+1+2012+022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tisktisk, but I do have a few good excuses. See if you buy these..</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymsdElp4veI7pFIt6ug-fDGw1vfSmCd1I683NpdWkvtvAjnBpqQ-u9DHxGAnBnN2e8GOl84TWEUjJxgkwOuLEPyzQFRxoOHzjuTTQWYOwAb2A91yN6toxWIzNwbmCwcr3TJ45b-vlSbQ/s1600/Garden+April+1+2012+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymsdElp4veI7pFIt6ug-fDGw1vfSmCd1I683NpdWkvtvAjnBpqQ-u9DHxGAnBnN2e8GOl84TWEUjJxgkwOuLEPyzQFRxoOHzjuTTQWYOwAb2A91yN6toxWIzNwbmCwcr3TJ45b-vlSbQ/s640/Garden+April+1+2012+002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Torn rotator cuffs, yes TWO torn rotator cuffs( shoulder injuries) , courtesy of Maxine , whose leash is glistening in the sun, and also from packing large heavy paintings.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">2nd excuse, bad back.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">3rd excuse, chronic hamstring injury.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Do any of those make you understand or feel sorry for me? If not, don't worry, you are in good company as my garden is FED up with me. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I knew it, my garden knew it, my soul/psyche knew it. I HAD to get crackin' out there. And I did.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Plus I was really smart and hired my Hercules older son to help me again.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thank God for youth and muscles.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now look at it...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs3HNsSdFCu6WRZsWa1jo0k0_XCNoW4HOns4xMZnXYGWlMSnlIAYmvKbFTjgurCd_ru1InseAn61APUl2J7USZj6Ktx4_P5X9TTQGUOSHU202LSpcDeHn5HAObDbNSp_tFrmM_LqG7MM/s1600/Garden+April+2012+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs3HNsSdFCu6WRZsWa1jo0k0_XCNoW4HOns4xMZnXYGWlMSnlIAYmvKbFTjgurCd_ru1InseAn61APUl2J7USZj6Ktx4_P5X9TTQGUOSHU202LSpcDeHn5HAObDbNSp_tFrmM_LqG7MM/s640/Garden+April+2012+040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not many flowers yet, but weeded, and re-mulched. Sore back, sore hands, happier with garden.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzLFRD1ituoQ_9GlHRmePWhl-qX9PKsOmEw1gIpAokvd9JTj0FiCSj21H9rujCUx6ZDewey3yfVZCSRD7a3Zulm1vhi74pYG8V_tfuM3Po3X9eGi9SUaQpcHFw7CAwS7pELuvowRBIvw/s1600/Garden+April+2012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzLFRD1ituoQ_9GlHRmePWhl-qX9PKsOmEw1gIpAokvd9JTj0FiCSj21H9rujCUx6ZDewey3yfVZCSRD7a3Zulm1vhi74pYG8V_tfuM3Po3X9eGi9SUaQpcHFw7CAwS7pELuvowRBIvw/s640/Garden+April+2012+001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah's garden is up front, and do you see the sand-heart I made in there?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlYooGRD1X3f-QKP-i3qTpPMlD_CXCDgoUj7n4FCqb-Xj2AFmpvNahATmC8LHne_fzXOxuPR5xlmosI9SO49XDWdz6HH0dOFZOvLwsaD6UsL55BJQdK0sSgH4fSgwWVGd2brMoIH8VAE/s1600/Garden+April+2012+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlYooGRD1X3f-QKP-i3qTpPMlD_CXCDgoUj7n4FCqb-Xj2AFmpvNahATmC8LHne_fzXOxuPR5xlmosI9SO49XDWdz6HH0dOFZOvLwsaD6UsL55BJQdK0sSgH4fSgwWVGd2brMoIH8VAE/s640/Garden+April+2012+004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Made with the heart rocks from my porch, Edisto beach sand, which was our favorite place, and seashells from Edisto.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I will buy flowers soon for here.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvrsd2boxuZMzpOu40BhEtJoIMUGyILcDYT9zjiQj8OXxfaxfJk_C6BpNjFMbhy4TAP0IksNEbNFYWzS4NUJtphCF3_fsUpjNwnyHbbs8I4biapXpQwkoetZUKqRj9gFwjualIMBgRyc/s1600/Garden+April+2012+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvrsd2boxuZMzpOu40BhEtJoIMUGyILcDYT9zjiQj8OXxfaxfJk_C6BpNjFMbhy4TAP0IksNEbNFYWzS4NUJtphCF3_fsUpjNwnyHbbs8I4biapXpQwkoetZUKqRj9gFwjualIMBgRyc/s640/Garden+April+2012+007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still considering a new fountain, don't like this one very much. The trumpet vine bloomed a few weeks ago, let me show you how it looked...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P5DNH7On7MNKKxLevFaxtSnDnzIBeNOPmjMvj089NSOptUbly4oiUnXOBAw7cNCZECHhqfKndB3_GUxx7Xo5CSlmHi8BriTP7HFJ7wMo74qjo48fxfYjlH3Ee-FPdZ5sbYTnZKT7lSY/s1600/garden+and+portraits+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P5DNH7On7MNKKxLevFaxtSnDnzIBeNOPmjMvj089NSOptUbly4oiUnXOBAw7cNCZECHhqfKndB3_GUxx7Xo5CSlmHi8BriTP7HFJ7wMo74qjo48fxfYjlH3Ee-FPdZ5sbYTnZKT7lSY/s640/garden+and+portraits+010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy trumpet vine over the arbor, which is being invaded by a climbing rose that I can't get rid of.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP7RjWXC3GNJCxmERV3GoAy-LYWayPFOo05a57FQQHmQeA2WBbhA__8rQ2y_cbXAHb9cgerXw2UlzsqjlIoV4ZuexwjK5vJkU1UmFY4fdeHEXMJHJ7t1czSnVKgxJ54zDbgOhfJVdyTA/s1600/Garden+April+2012+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitP7RjWXC3GNJCxmERV3GoAy-LYWayPFOo05a57FQQHmQeA2WBbhA__8rQ2y_cbXAHb9cgerXw2UlzsqjlIoV4ZuexwjK5vJkU1UmFY4fdeHEXMJHJ7t1czSnVKgxJ54zDbgOhfJVdyTA/s640/Garden+April+2012+015.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This climbing rose has been growing ever so secretly inside my trupetvine. I thought I got rid of it 3 years ago. It used to get black spot so bad that I dug it up and got rid of it. Or so I thought.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Roses are sneaky.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gS4d7CiF-sKYGRW3ZzoLMHaRIUFjQz1ZiK4Z3uBsnhtyJbyamV1eGTkDlurMP514SliE_NrV3GHYVGw3dd7peBoDvGfESwWgA9gevIhZBNr8NmuT2oDR6E__XN46j-0swHBOJmg4Us8/s1600/Garden+April+2012+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gS4d7CiF-sKYGRW3ZzoLMHaRIUFjQz1ZiK4Z3uBsnhtyJbyamV1eGTkDlurMP514SliE_NrV3GHYVGw3dd7peBoDvGfESwWgA9gevIhZBNr8NmuT2oDR6E__XN46j-0swHBOJmg4Us8/s640/Garden+April+2012+005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sarah's front garden here has some decor that many would think tacky, but they are ' things' that make me think of her, or make me think she would smile. So in the garden they go. the EB on the sign is for Edisto Beach, a magnet decal they were sold out of when we went here last together. I told her we would get her one next time we went,as they were sold out that day. There was no next time.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Seize the moment people.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjREK72w026r9atcLLyWeSNSKXBnx9OWilmj2xkPogslLZpx625OKx4LF6D7M-YnTD4clp6-mog7wkqSQ1m3wluoMM2LImNs4NmI_OXK6XhP1Odbse3nF688v2mlxUHtKXr8YXO4S-NOM/s1600/Garden+April+2012+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjREK72w026r9atcLLyWeSNSKXBnx9OWilmj2xkPogslLZpx625OKx4LF6D7M-YnTD4clp6-mog7wkqSQ1m3wluoMM2LImNs4NmI_OXK6XhP1Odbse3nF688v2mlxUHtKXr8YXO4S-NOM/s640/Garden+April+2012+009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Nice.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Rm6n_uA1SgtILJ3Z_2OmB6etGvzUQJa0nAFi9iPSX-AEoUytilQ4z3T9NR10U1Zjd3U19b3WbdKznk2gf-l5lFqXW1QBYYtuwBk7GXdeThYG_dsLEfBvVmLihmIY6YMolFWIMj7XqSk/s1600/Garden+April+2012+049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Rm6n_uA1SgtILJ3Z_2OmB6etGvzUQJa0nAFi9iPSX-AEoUytilQ4z3T9NR10U1Zjd3U19b3WbdKznk2gf-l5lFqXW1QBYYtuwBk7GXdeThYG_dsLEfBvVmLihmIY6YMolFWIMj7XqSk/s640/Garden+April+2012+049.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Better.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJBHT0GW-zCLGqwsHgPRK9xWHdm3SERbmgXqFtHdaFnrdpcuIiJObO4v15GQVIzSJKOiNFMywd5kq8Bx7fgLvUt_aO5C6skejjwS1k9mmReiU-vgN9d7MjQaqh5vbmsNXpWA0gSekh2I/s1600/Garden+April+2012+037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJBHT0GW-zCLGqwsHgPRK9xWHdm3SERbmgXqFtHdaFnrdpcuIiJObO4v15GQVIzSJKOiNFMywd5kq8Bx7fgLvUt_aO5C6skejjwS1k9mmReiU-vgN9d7MjQaqh5vbmsNXpWA0gSekh2I/s640/Garden+April+2012+037.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On my hands and knees weeding this path for a long time, Maxine was bored, but happy I was outside.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZbZzVCjt-iiJ1dB6MpwApOCqaOMT_l6lB4YwSfmnwXilUGOC48SpxvCbs1e-jTgBMwTKDAPvXpU1P3sGcLbeD1XMXaP4u7bRUnOAqGm0AiGUlyzTHO1nVRjAFUP6QRi4USykuabiedc/s1600/Garden+April+2012+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZbZzVCjt-iiJ1dB6MpwApOCqaOMT_l6lB4YwSfmnwXilUGOC48SpxvCbs1e-jTgBMwTKDAPvXpU1P3sGcLbeD1XMXaP4u7bRUnOAqGm0AiGUlyzTHO1nVRjAFUP6QRi4USykuabiedc/s640/Garden+April+2012+024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Listened to my fountain trickling while I worked around it. Saw so many of my perennials coming up, good thing.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Birds were chirping and singing all around.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaE26NFvGrV9xCS2Oa8aCZnLNH-r_BHZ-PVm25-Y9N7Hd5T7eMSgsEeX3RpdmdLhuQVIJrjz_TuxYLG9C_SLKAhxMNWY6vh-kZBFZHYBxqUsic-oCpu09kstexD4nGL6Q2pQdGrg-Egxc/s1600/Garden+April+2012+039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaE26NFvGrV9xCS2Oa8aCZnLNH-r_BHZ-PVm25-Y9N7Hd5T7eMSgsEeX3RpdmdLhuQVIJrjz_TuxYLG9C_SLKAhxMNWY6vh-kZBFZHYBxqUsic-oCpu09kstexD4nGL6Q2pQdGrg-Egxc/s640/Garden+April+2012+039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much more to do, but less now than before.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPCdCSkoLOxG_74zitw9dZwc-hpqKsUTKd6GoApk6K7lf1L5nQDRj7e8gzGLUE_RPH0Zqf2PzmNdbxEoD7Nq5PuDN8exRPPQCDDmK0A8VLWzv2WeeJgA7gj8DvTp5ACLFh7TqA0MrJgQ/s1600/Garden+April+2012+044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPCdCSkoLOxG_74zitw9dZwc-hpqKsUTKd6GoApk6K7lf1L5nQDRj7e8gzGLUE_RPH0Zqf2PzmNdbxEoD7Nq5PuDN8exRPPQCDDmK0A8VLWzv2WeeJgA7gj8DvTp5ACLFh7TqA0MrJgQ/s640/Garden+April+2012+044.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More flowers I need to plant in all my planters, front and back.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It was close to 85 degrees today, with high humidity. Not much fun outside working when it gets so hot.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My garden likes me more again though, I can tell.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">later gators,</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></strong></div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-48595307860360214722012-03-27T09:07:00.002-04:002012-03-27T09:08:49.202-04:00Need Help-Antique FLOWER Print Identification of Blue Flowers!!!??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchiUkV8cEz4iiGyIqHaK4oih2ICHnR5wXK5e090jM89OMT3pXwoDMSk5dR2PO-5qWdvY3rXVe8zxyp4ULDX-FwwK5s_K2OW5dt9iWXLk7jK1iROIbtUJtTQPZDAg3m5e356RMYVNXlXs/s1600/Charleston+malls+march+2012+130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchiUkV8cEz4iiGyIqHaK4oih2ICHnR5wXK5e090jM89OMT3pXwoDMSk5dR2PO-5qWdvY3rXVe8zxyp4ULDX-FwwK5s_K2OW5dt9iWXLk7jK1iROIbtUJtTQPZDAg3m5e356RMYVNXlXs/s640/Charleston+malls+march+2012+130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought this Victorian flower print in Charleston, and I am going to list it on eBay, but my brain is flower-id-comatose here. They are not violets, or lilacs( the blue ones), and I am also at a loss of what the white ones are ( snow-drops, crocus)? </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTK9RSQ_BiHCa3nmDoD-10ROojhaVvwOuk0D6rnn8C1BwuDq_mm9aCMONoOQyfSm763UcTfl-OEo0fLmcXccNF1YFNPf6Wb3rji_QQrsqyW9CKHnS4KkywyoNd5ZjdFgGlV6hZ-A8uZc/s1600/Charleston+malls+march+2012+202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTK9RSQ_BiHCa3nmDoD-10ROojhaVvwOuk0D6rnn8C1BwuDq_mm9aCMONoOQyfSm763UcTfl-OEo0fLmcXccNF1YFNPf6Wb3rji_QQrsqyW9CKHnS4KkywyoNd5ZjdFgGlV6hZ-A8uZc/s640/Charleston+malls+march+2012+202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7KUUfN7UKQ5J9AtQoCSNAX2BowbXMPWHWM1p0-Cz1pMXfCWb0SHSByU4-8fZFrO9ZuRlprMs1rCv1pqmVL9XIwGN_cvKuqdKDTA79TV7r2DJ67qd2NNNPNLEW1khB841Ts68cYtlHEk/s1600/Charleston+malls+march+2012+119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7KUUfN7UKQ5J9AtQoCSNAX2BowbXMPWHWM1p0-Cz1pMXfCWb0SHSByU4-8fZFrO9ZuRlprMs1rCv1pqmVL9XIwGN_cvKuqdKDTA79TV7r2DJ67qd2NNNPNLEW1khB841Ts68cYtlHEk/s640/Charleston+malls+march+2012+119.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">HELP me flower people!!???</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">thanks,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Gina</span></div><div align="center"></div></div>Antique ART Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674268803389194210noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2525384231822327550.post-47243433715895117292012-03-26T12:58:00.003-04:002012-03-26T13:07:13.143-04:00Early SPRING In Charleston, South Carolina- March 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrXqBfSzMmnwYpazW9l6Ve57Vaab64F2VzhcgIRTmFj9Ql3d-fuFwSxIGf3YUBiZKT9hwxiVRBSZqdvNicH2S5QgnEJzV9wSeozA0-m9SF5M42AVWrxZS2rUk4a41YYpaDiO5kvrAffc/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrXqBfSzMmnwYpazW9l6Ve57Vaab64F2VzhcgIRTmFj9Ql3d-fuFwSxIGf3YUBiZKT9hwxiVRBSZqdvNicH2S5QgnEJzV9wSeozA0-m9SF5M42AVWrxZS2rUk4a41YYpaDiO5kvrAffc/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+020.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We took off one day last week and visited Charleston, so nice to live so close to my favorite city. It was hot, about 78 degrees, and moved up into the 80's the second day we were there. The great shot I took above was heading back one evening down Church St. St. Philips church is in the background, spring planters delivering their lushness in my path.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I had time for a quick walk before dinner.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Fgkt4rSKygcKIchuzKagzXCmvUTQQqHaHqrUt9_k57K_7H082pH7pJhnAdGp0iOcEHsvJA5tLBOnPPSa_lOSm4DUNO08uMyc6QO-o6VGf4rgjqqjhWPEgcSHdw3bifko7DvY02ZX7zo/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Fgkt4rSKygcKIchuzKagzXCmvUTQQqHaHqrUt9_k57K_7H082pH7pJhnAdGp0iOcEHsvJA5tLBOnPPSa_lOSm4DUNO08uMyc6QO-o6VGf4rgjqqjhWPEgcSHdw3bifko7DvY02ZX7zo/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I arrived back at the hotel , changed and then we went walking to a restaurant. You can walk to all restaurants, shops, gardens, etc. here.</span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That is me and my lovebug, we were all heading out to eat, and as you can see staying at our favorite place to stay in Charleston, The <a href="http://www.indigoinn.com/" target="_blank">Indigo Inn</a> . I was tired, <em>we </em>were tired, as I had been antiquing in the outskirts of Charleston for about 4-5 hours, with my husband and son. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Yes, they were troopers.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbgOI2Elo5ng4_3XolpBCljzfPn6OPHnwOjp_JagCywyu7FljXrRL2jQNWm7L4kj-mrpgcjqAEIY6FxTdwq1QWl85if9uJCkN8q195ZgNYoaWXNUoapKimyvOUSTZysmfnsUyacKdhUo/s1600/Charleston+malls+march+2012+088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbgOI2Elo5ng4_3XolpBCljzfPn6OPHnwOjp_JagCywyu7FljXrRL2jQNWm7L4kj-mrpgcjqAEIY6FxTdwq1QWl85if9uJCkN8q195ZgNYoaWXNUoapKimyvOUSTZysmfnsUyacKdhUo/s640/Charleston+malls+march+2012+088.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>This was a nice antique 19C oil I found there...but let's get back to the gardens.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Charleston was <span style="background-color: white;">already showing its early Spring debut. I took lots of pictures of window planter boxes, as they are <u>everywhere</u>, and I mean ALL over Charleston.</span></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Then various other shots of pretty Spring.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Let me show you....</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0r1te6LZXYhOmh5vggQBmDizXSDaIurgnStdnIvDUgDu1h8MELgYinQ4YOg-cuoI192F-O6t9aUDRRO6q3nOJorvnHoWwy3fC-SAvUFwcuSp3ujh-joKsz6vq8gOg-XxZsctL2kNCSA/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0r1te6LZXYhOmh5vggQBmDizXSDaIurgnStdnIvDUgDu1h8MELgYinQ4YOg-cuoI192F-O6t9aUDRRO6q3nOJorvnHoWwy3fC-SAvUFwcuSp3ujh-joKsz6vq8gOg-XxZsctL2kNCSA/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">White azaleas pushing through wrought iron.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MGNJMtqsn7djJFpcZWP157eQo9tOzcXkNz_3mvYRZAqElsG1G0r3K9CmCUyyyTcCyRotJ-F0Uv-I-E0joAZzf1N7wRYlwxggsjpmke7TAjckj1D3M2QWABtV3YS_nNtyL1B_rbjGDQs/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MGNJMtqsn7djJFpcZWP157eQo9tOzcXkNz_3mvYRZAqElsG1G0r3K9CmCUyyyTcCyRotJ-F0Uv-I-E0joAZzf1N7wRYlwxggsjpmke7TAjckj1D3M2QWABtV3YS_nNtyL1B_rbjGDQs/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+008.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>My favorite little cupids in Charleston, that are the only ones I have seen anywhere that are like my identical twins, that I have in my garden, look...</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8PGnwUDcCHSCYs7T88eyd7hln2SFbtONH3hxzaVfMGpvZKJnBubCDjccNVSpTN2C3wLPvyjZ6hHd7vvYIOlK0ePp-tR7EbL8UZ0q9qSsmt_0ba6yH_G8-6YChy701OHCafBY5RMrypw/s1600/Sleepy+Poet,+garden+March+2012+079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8PGnwUDcCHSCYs7T88eyd7hln2SFbtONH3hxzaVfMGpvZKJnBubCDjccNVSpTN2C3wLPvyjZ6hHd7vvYIOlK0ePp-tR7EbL8UZ0q9qSsmt_0ba6yH_G8-6YChy701OHCafBY5RMrypw/s640/Sleepy+Poet,+garden+March+2012+079.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I have to get my behind out and work in my garden as all my fellow garden bloggers are kicking it with their hard work they are showing in theirs.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Ok, back to Charleston...</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizw2RsFOw6dHpIvk8fXHjFSXofWsbY5WaTh4T1VM3PS-aJD2UihQWES-5Tt4f_VpO5l3YW1cMPW2ns2DB3zO9VjoKo3WHd0Z_jzoPyCObQUZFc916UFA244rd_zwJwz-J-vJA0PFauCZg/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizw2RsFOw6dHpIvk8fXHjFSXofWsbY5WaTh4T1VM3PS-aJD2UihQWES-5Tt4f_VpO5l3YW1cMPW2ns2DB3zO9VjoKo3WHd0Z_jzoPyCObQUZFc916UFA244rd_zwJwz-J-vJA0PFauCZg/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll just be quiet( if I can here), and show you what I saw.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvpklyGlcnfynx9jNAd0XcRONY8m6VgTXltA0M705eSP1-kOQQ-KdanrrIxb49LNZ7sRQM-pLPZtJiXfEAr6pI1H2FBDlWiglwCATV7KPwYg5999R7aXCA7r3eWcAlTnUzKXJUnQmPaQ/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvpklyGlcnfynx9jNAd0XcRONY8m6VgTXltA0M705eSP1-kOQQ-KdanrrIxb49LNZ7sRQM-pLPZtJiXfEAr6pI1H2FBDlWiglwCATV7KPwYg5999R7aXCA7r3eWcAlTnUzKXJUnQmPaQ/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you see how Charlestonians cram so many flowers into one windowbox and it works !? I see I could not stay quiet for even one picture frame.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I will try again.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbaCTEBFE4UcoNS7xKZKMdg_xgBIrX0nOk_wzM3utSXM4z6cmr1fNGWypCaU6au1zUqBoJ628xh6g4Vhx6VoD_lAN4WG8RwXAPbhAUIjXJGytVlLr56hKsKnAPGKhcR9LaXpdUwKxaD4/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbaCTEBFE4UcoNS7xKZKMdg_xgBIrX0nOk_wzM3utSXM4z6cmr1fNGWypCaU6au1zUqBoJ628xh6g4Vhx6VoD_lAN4WG8RwXAPbhAUIjXJGytVlLr56hKsKnAPGKhcR9LaXpdUwKxaD4/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Early evening picture coming back down Church St.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>I give up on no talking.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEQ-blrVgFYMhqgsTj-q8qsxDWT3IvulDnKmjKse06gPfzVKXzTgvmXLtw-C4B8qy-tr_wVQVi14Jozt4m69-qZl_QHgGKeFmhyUSYsxVcmk8mGp377CpP0o0blC3vJznXpk-bx5AHcw/s1600/Charleston+March+16,+2012+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEQ-blrVgFYMhqgsTj-q8qsxDWT3IvulDnKmjKse06gPfzVKXzTgvmXLtw-C4B8qy-tr_wVQVi14Jozt4m69-qZl_QHgGKeFmhyUSYsxVcmk8mGp377CpP0o0blC3vJznXpk-bx5AHcw/s640/Charleston+March+16,+2012+025.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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