Pretty Treasures

Pool Water Splashing ~ 60's Music ~ Hot Summer Days

~ The Scent of Chlorine ~

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... and flowered swimming caps ...

Oooooh, this really stopped me in my tracks

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Red glass and crystals

adorning the base of this lamp

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~ Violets on china always gets my attention ~

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A D O R A B L E !!!

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... and vintage poodles make me smile ...

(this one was on a metal tray, and not actually pink)

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Sculpture of a white horse galloping

OH YES!!!

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~ And be still my heart ~

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These treasures only came home with me in my camera

while perusing an antique shop with a friend last week.

but oh my, I could find a place in my home for each one!

(except maybe not the bassinet!)

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~ What fun to spend time with a friend, admiring treasures ~

Wearing Some Attitude

If I was wearing this dress

maybe I'd also put on an attitude

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Thinking about "Putting On an Attitude"

makes me realize that I can choose to wear an attitude

like a garment ...  as children are at times admonished to

"Change That Attitude Right Now!"

... I can change mine like a change of clothes...

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But sometimes I do wallow in a bad attitude.

Like this morning when blogger tells me

I am not following any blogs.  (Hello?  I most certainly am!)

So, dear blogging friends, will my list come back?
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(p.s.... later tonight ... they all came back, whew!)

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And what story do you imagine

as you look at this mannequin in the lovely green dress?

(Should I turn on "Comment Moderation" for this one?  LOL!)

Beautiful in the Details

Enjoy these inspiring quotes by Michelangelo

as you browse these lovely armoires I photographed at an

antique mall this week.  Oh the beauty!!!

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" A beautiful thing

never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. "

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(Oh, I see it!!!  see it and want it..... sigh....)

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved

until I set him free"

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(Although these are wood and not marble,

the artist saw more than wood... but saw with the heart

that which could be formed from plain wood)

"The true work of art is but a

shadow of the Divine Perfection"

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Our lives are God's work of art ... he sees the beauty beyond our own vision

"The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high

and falling short; but in setting our aim too low,

and achieving our mark."

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(Whoever made this armoire set their mark high!)

"Many believe ~ and I believe ~ that I have been

designated for this work by God.

In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up;

I work out of love for God

and I put all my hope in Him."

That which we allow God to carve and design in our lives

creates a beauty that is eternal.

May we reflect love

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and allow the divine Artist to carve from our lives

that which is beautiful in the details.