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A Sucker For The Close-Up!

<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/AVvXsEgPF6qbM86FMksch_ZylZXzK1fcPZVFSBbI4vKIpcedRVb75e1jp1PhzGco_sM1fSuhigeLJGyECgo2oUjppscYSzAkLzGmNaaqBbkWgZOMGTQwozd6k-nJmTIE2sIeBla5E9zFeVc8TuC-/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF6qbM86FMksch_ZylZXzK1fcPZVFSBbI4vKIpcedRVb75e1jp1PhzGco_sM1fSuhigeLJGyECgo2oUjppscYSzAkLzGmNaaqBbkWgZOMGTQwozd6k-nJmTIE2sIeBla5E9zFeVc8TuC-/s640/011.JPG" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>When it comes to Images I'm an absolute Sucker for the Close-Up!  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T6ByXJsB6B-1ZyQLXU7TOztVvk3hC2Rg0PFj_NXE7L0gHqhYp2BktnE7gjpA6Ae2CCr9m_PC-owTrdf6sBg24BJs0vG9dXYumxOGuG6ezPg0VqmkcYusD0zEt9Mn2s2VYlIwFQrDISJs/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T6ByXJsB6B-1ZyQLXU7TOztVvk3hC2Rg0PFj_NXE7L0gHqhYp2BktnE7gjpA6Ae2CCr9m_PC-owTrdf6sBg24BJs0vG9dXYumxOGuG6ezPg0VqmkcYusD0zEt9Mn2s2VYlIwFQrDISJs/s640/045.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;"><em>I have to admit that the Magazines, Books, Publications and Blogs that Appeal to me most are those that have lots of Beautiful Close-Up Photography in them.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEjW_2P00UmTvXO4mlp6XCyedjjEPfJiI3Eq3-aQZb3XZlpsXKsEzhKYIcE8_gg1bSpBkKhopAbuZ2xHPXjFCtJB4TmCws3gyfhiB0yMcj8QM8rnq9RjRigjnaBYyUlQ_SJdeVwgIFwXo6KF/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_2P00UmTvXO4mlp6XCyedjjEPfJiI3Eq3-aQZb3XZlpsXKsEzhKYIcE8_gg1bSpBkKhopAbuZ2xHPXjFCtJB4TmCws3gyfhiB0yMcj8QM8rnq9RjRigjnaBYyUlQ_SJdeVwgIFwXo6KF/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And even my Favorite Images Captured through the Eye of my own lens are almost always the inevitable Close-Ups I concentrate on most and seem to have much better results of than the Panoramic Images I've Photographed and attempted to Capture the Beauty of.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAZbYoZBcTNaQ0gWcmhVwQKlxCmkG-dItKGRd63IZUndeWWxdjLOAA4XxunTI0yxDznheJTfnhTyZUjGxxpts9Yl-_E5DCVXshAWHDbJMmoTKqAV-VXeT_X2TdCQI1W6xSqw-z0Dqbapj/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAZbYoZBcTNaQ0gWcmhVwQKlxCmkG-dItKGRd63IZUndeWWxdjLOAA4XxunTI0yxDznheJTfnhTyZUjGxxpts9Yl-_E5DCVXshAWHDbJMmoTKqAV-VXeT_X2TdCQI1W6xSqw-z0Dqbapj/s640/028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It's not that the 'Big Picture' isn't Beautiful or doesn't often take my breath away in Real Life... but when it comes to Photography... the Closer the better I've found... both in Capturing the Essence of something or someone... and the greater Appeal it has for me Visually.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kYqk8pBp0B9JCx2rIbgAdBCs194Dm1c_Calt6H8BI0wOz9si8wDB4GSkZhz0ste2uaqCOaBG5dMvfigjOcFdgjRMOG0S7_y8_1XNjWTuN1dI8fUt1xjqMM6MPAjwTekLPrJ239l5ZYFH/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kYqk8pBp0B9JCx2rIbgAdBCs194Dm1c_Calt6H8BI0wOz9si8wDB4GSkZhz0ste2uaqCOaBG5dMvfigjOcFdgjRMOG0S7_y8_1XNjWTuN1dI8fUt1xjqMM6MPAjwTekLPrJ239l5ZYFH/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Perhaps for me it could be because it's all about the Details to me... and it just happens to be more Awe Inspiring to me to get up close and really Examine and Scrutinize the Intricacies of the Object and it's Visual.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAasuc_R56HlzJk0RO6SeuVrUC32k9GPCfniXjGpiaU9aQVD-uGl2vT33yGen2b1VdJucskV81W-2R9OpH9GTIEzovYs4H4Nv4Ljmo4c42I8ejHRaIvdlUoPJ6HYxjN4HuQ6VLLl6YjSrU/s1600/097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAasuc_R56HlzJk0RO6SeuVrUC32k9GPCfniXjGpiaU9aQVD-uGl2vT33yGen2b1VdJucskV81W-2R9OpH9GTIEzovYs4H4Nv4Ljmo4c42I8ejHRaIvdlUoPJ6HYxjN4HuQ6VLLl6YjSrU/s640/097.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And you can concentrate more on all that is right with a Scene, at the exclusion of what might not be so Photo Worthy around it, when you take the Close-Up.  My Home for example, looks presentable in Close-Ups, because I'm only Photographing a small area.  *Winks*  The Panoramic would not be so good, especially since more of it isn't presentable and I'd need a Team of Merry Maids to get it Photo Op Worthy!  *Le Sigh*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG8MM4TRM_FbgHcB5G2x9GWygJ7jIRk6wiTDZYYv4YkTxcVIHSnEglgi7JD5bFKLrSDJ2XW56KKbrUsbVOwvM2krVsM8V6kTbneqyxhMcJUmecNNMX_2lPxwLjRUEbiN6q0iTEJFPSI7l/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG8MM4TRM_FbgHcB5G2x9GWygJ7jIRk6wiTDZYYv4YkTxcVIHSnEglgi7JD5bFKLrSDJ2XW56KKbrUsbVOwvM2krVsM8V6kTbneqyxhMcJUmecNNMX_2lPxwLjRUEbiN6q0iTEJFPSI7l/s640/031.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Besides, more is left up the Imagination in a Close-Up, you can Imagine what else there might be that remains unseen?  And leave you Hungering for MORE Visuals of the Scene, the Vignette, the Room, the Show, the People... or whatever other Subject Matter you got a Glimpse of... enough to whet your Appetite.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWW2bqg-cvk-g82aNQP4tRebZIO5BNhefiLi40ELZbISJ3mTxYUQwOqBf9Up6MpEK8gAjE19h9tizRJUX1bJV9TpjeuXEj0-4Bs6AS5bu3VAWAtpl9o6b43yawQja9dcfWD8eVMYElVbU/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWW2bqg-cvk-g82aNQP4tRebZIO5BNhefiLi40ELZbISJ3mTxYUQwOqBf9Up6MpEK8gAjE19h9tizRJUX1bJV9TpjeuXEj0-4Bs6AS5bu3VAWAtpl9o6b43yawQja9dcfWD8eVMYElVbU/s640/063.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>If you Felt as though you already saw it ALL, would you be as Eager to come back I Wonder?  Would you be as Intrigued?  I guess for me the Answers to those Questions would probably be 'No'.  And even when I see a Fabulous Panoramic Image... I want to Zoom In on the DETAILS... the Glorious Details and Scrutinize it Closer, like I certainly would in Person.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoM8dRbGJRXr0OKfRF9NMPTpBTa51XyIXMmXMBFmqjdo-CSSyAKo4XCQ4odgtr-Sb-dohytZfFORiyre4aIiE2a8p03Cjvg3g2jj5GvWceDW5QtK9dLWqTw6-yn0Yu_ragGconvp7AC3l/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoM8dRbGJRXr0OKfRF9NMPTpBTa51XyIXMmXMBFmqjdo-CSSyAKo4XCQ4odgtr-Sb-dohytZfFORiyre4aIiE2a8p03Cjvg3g2jj5GvWceDW5QtK9dLWqTw6-yn0Yu_ragGconvp7AC3l/s640/045.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I would not, for example, be Content to see an Image of something like this Wonderful Old Hatbox sitting on a Shelf in a Panoramic Vignette without also getting a Close-Up of the Details of the Lovely Faded Floral Print.   I'd NEED to get a Closer look you see!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YovR7obUxgQ0FJfeK9BNr_xJye60qWlXiLnSkxi0x02XtO1Udk-BO6vf9gqbRNitP0HiH0urd37fpRMyozlpIz2yzkmKIanT-zCu3LmJHwE12hRfi98zVkSgEdwbFAA7LjQWNqosQzZZ/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YovR7obUxgQ0FJfeK9BNr_xJye60qWlXiLnSkxi0x02XtO1Udk-BO6vf9gqbRNitP0HiH0urd37fpRMyozlpIz2yzkmKIanT-zCu3LmJHwE12hRfi98zVkSgEdwbFAA7LjQWNqosQzZZ/s640/065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Don't Expect me to look at a Gorgeously Ornate piece of Bohemian Bling from across the Room!  Bring that over here so I can get a better look and fully Appreciate the Artistry and every minute Detail of the Construction!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvFZySEKyYijmbkkItetFjuuMJhMmh7CuWoJkEoUY_t0kCkq5hzrL0-DaxSJ5wJxlMnij8yQu5U16ei9T1HbAzEW2n7XgMKd6o3K67xnfl8Ot330iDOodPhxTy4FMzlIdmx_dgZ-ZWE4-/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvFZySEKyYijmbkkItetFjuuMJhMmh7CuWoJkEoUY_t0kCkq5hzrL0-DaxSJ5wJxlMnij8yQu5U16ei9T1HbAzEW2n7XgMKd6o3K67xnfl8Ot330iDOodPhxTy4FMzlIdmx_dgZ-ZWE4-/s640/084.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>In fact, Expect me to get fully Lost in the Details... because I WILL Lose Myself there and Enjoy every Second of it!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuyZAkAxtCfl5TEXV_AvXXQFz4n5GumShO5pmiBd8kW4Mn27shv-wsocVs1KRLVQVCxUa9bx7hqG2iRipRj3wyIZ0wumBf4WLpOwLr7nHuF130gEwW4dQsx4KSTC0sHTJlauxhU0Q98OP/s1600/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuyZAkAxtCfl5TEXV_AvXXQFz4n5GumShO5pmiBd8kW4Mn27shv-wsocVs1KRLVQVCxUa9bx7hqG2iRipRj3wyIZ0wumBf4WLpOwLr7nHuF130gEwW4dQsx4KSTC0sHTJlauxhU0Q98OP/s640/068.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I'm much more Inclined to Fall in Love with something if I've been able to Soak in the Close-Up of it.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OSUxaJRYYqKhz5U-0FUry0v_BBl6mrFYJZokDtqQglU4yUh-RU9ZWZCaQEc5dUejYdHciAyloU51X48ZMsoHhKE9RT9RJFxNmVaYrOliLaAJ92jcDY0o3nk8D3NVUVsEh_PDIaum2LA8/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OSUxaJRYYqKhz5U-0FUry0v_BBl6mrFYJZokDtqQglU4yUh-RU9ZWZCaQEc5dUejYdHciAyloU51X48ZMsoHhKE9RT9RJFxNmVaYrOliLaAJ92jcDY0o3nk8D3NVUVsEh_PDIaum2LA8/s640/067.JPG" width="540" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Which is why I haven't been able to bring myself to load and look at these Images taken this Winter of the Gorgeous Bohemian Bling my Friend Carol had just gotten in at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sfrm=1#!/thecottagegarden?fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">COTTAGE GARDENS</span></strong></a> because after seeing it all... I HAD WANTED IT ALL!!!  *LOL*   And so I had to let sufficient Time pass so that I could remove myself from Temptation to overspend!   Sorry Carol... you know how I am about the Becky Edwards Creations particularly!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwO_5p3WtiU8xOQ1uG61CysG5LajlKH7PIrZ41T8srwCBSy-Y8mCqlQcankYeBSD2VQXI2OSAiyS1En28fkQfzyogMQMnyohZbW1l1GOQvn-GcGxLUbORDy89F-iwgsCiVYYpGbEZotJRs/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwO_5p3WtiU8xOQ1uG61CysG5LajlKH7PIrZ41T8srwCBSy-Y8mCqlQcankYeBSD2VQXI2OSAiyS1En28fkQfzyogMQMnyohZbW1l1GOQvn-GcGxLUbORDy89F-iwgsCiVYYpGbEZotJRs/s640/075.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Serious, Serious Lust can be going on when it comes to me and the Bohemian Bling Creations of Favorite Artists!  *Smiles*  And so Capturing the Close-Up is the next best thing to being able to Buy something I've fallen in Lust with!  *Ha ha ha*   You can't have it... but you can drool over it later, again and again, if you have a really good Close-Up of it!  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"></div><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbIiLfjy-dKgiJEmGb3MFntuH0ZhyWKF7zASHdx_zkP3-SCsWDZg4dgcpRrqkCGn3EIP5bx0IzFPS1CmY1oo4acE1jN4UDrtkAXlONMIKwwn7W6hb9X3XMyIKfXNzi8HC6axa1mR3bq9l/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbIiLfjy-dKgiJEmGb3MFntuH0ZhyWKF7zASHdx_zkP3-SCsWDZg4dgcpRrqkCGn3EIP5bx0IzFPS1CmY1oo4acE1jN4UDrtkAXlONMIKwwn7W6hb9X3XMyIKfXNzi8HC6axa1mR3bq9l/s640/073.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Because after all... if we've SEEN something or someone we Love, was Memorable or we thought was exceedingly Beautiful and Inspiring, we don't just want to Attempt to Remember what it or they looked like as Time goes by... or Forget what it or they looked like... we want to Immortalize it some kind of way... the Close-Up does that very well.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNAEAeMxmksG6SA6Mm33hgLNGoJhjUGyGQs8UUJ9JM2hSMeUGiWYhHwJj-6bh5bqc8gOcuHWm372zOt7WH2pbH_anurY5h0qC9-iJTVQNkSmo4cND5CC88AowNY86b01Gi9XkiS11kMab/s1600/119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNAEAeMxmksG6SA6Mm33hgLNGoJhjUGyGQs8UUJ9JM2hSMeUGiWYhHwJj-6bh5bqc8gOcuHWm372zOt7WH2pbH_anurY5h0qC9-iJTVQNkSmo4cND5CC88AowNY86b01Gi9XkiS11kMab/s640/119.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Lately Yul has seemed very Intent on being Immortalized in Film, every time he sees me with the Camera he's Striking a Pose!  He's almost as much a Hambone as Princess T!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2ywdi0Msurg_oqe09HRCoWPDyKpSRVHtjV2mipCW0NWTEiQ1Uyn1OZMAgxbxQT-N6S2-TMCe3W4CvP_Hy8_-oM54Wbxh1veGpax_h1uwbqY2ni1Ios_D9LRRzf8Rxc-viNnHSjkAeIzU/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2ywdi0Msurg_oqe09HRCoWPDyKpSRVHtjV2mipCW0NWTEiQ1Uyn1OZMAgxbxQT-N6S2-TMCe3W4CvP_Hy8_-oM54Wbxh1veGpax_h1uwbqY2ni1Ios_D9LRRzf8Rxc-viNnHSjkAeIzU/s640/047.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And after all, it is through those Immortalized Close-Ups that we can often Recall some of the Precious Beginnings.  Especially of those who joined the Family.   When I see big, fat, Healthy Bohemian Cat Boy Rusty now, it would be too easy otherwise to Forget the Frail Waif of an Orphaned Feral Kitten he came to us as.  He was an Adorable Hot Mess to be sure, like an Oliver Twist... and it was perhaps that Vulnerability and Fragility that Endeared us to him all the more. Urged us to take him in when the G-Son Begged and Pleaded to make things Right for the Wee Waif even tho' the last thing I Wanted at the time was another Cat... especially one that I wasn't sure would make it or not?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElBGdHOXckI1YhJx920CZYKfh-0Uob8ypbuCWQNiOu1gX8hCaSwQnFsgg00gLNGRusLwDOfyZKczYwB3jtd-D42TYBzUlqpMXLY1Q069h5n-5-P1Z5Hav0GGCGf09q-JMJ9lS5Dqm-4fv/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElBGdHOXckI1YhJx920CZYKfh-0Uob8ypbuCWQNiOu1gX8hCaSwQnFsgg00gLNGRusLwDOfyZKczYwB3jtd-D42TYBzUlqpMXLY1Q069h5n-5-P1Z5Hav0GGCGf09q-JMJ9lS5Dqm-4fv/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And of coarse the Close-Ups of those we Love are ALWAYS Favored because it's like they're right up Close to us within the Frame of that Image... as they were... then...</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0TB3Ngz8uob55QOMUVVPDT5J6Cecqr7vkqQVtxI5JpPJs9XiXA90h6zNb8Jwd877aCkmnQ22rwK7Qw-oVGVHAvPR79ndo3THgYU9bTQDGMm0TPY5j5RK_NLX26ZRzs_e5hLqjqu5CGT1/s1600/1665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0TB3Ngz8uob55QOMUVVPDT5J6Cecqr7vkqQVtxI5JpPJs9XiXA90h6zNb8Jwd877aCkmnQ22rwK7Qw-oVGVHAvPR79ndo3THgYU9bTQDGMm0TPY5j5RK_NLX26ZRzs_e5hLqjqu5CGT1/s640/1665.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And though some are still with us... growing and changing over Time... others Sadly are not... and it is thru our Close-Ups that we can Fondly Remember them... especially during the Times of Intense 'Missing' and Wishing they were still here on this side of Time and Eternity.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqYxbeSNVcZgRPSHerUVZKlj8Of2WQde6sB06m9y4j3btVS3mpiQ2jSuS-yrycGH1QeiUi3Pyj7VBDBlorimJ-WCLkySHTxqJ0RwcSnL74Luin3NdJTD3wA79LrkIMK6ECXVMcA9D_cSq/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqYxbeSNVcZgRPSHerUVZKlj8Of2WQde6sB06m9y4j3btVS3mpiQ2jSuS-yrycGH1QeiUi3Pyj7VBDBlorimJ-WCLkySHTxqJ0RwcSnL74Luin3NdJTD3wA79LrkIMK6ECXVMcA9D_cSq/s640/015.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And of coarse the Close-Up is always the Best way to Share a Visual of what Found Treasures we've recently 'Scored'... like these Beautiful Wooden Ukranian Style Decorated Eggs... which also made a Lovely Lead Image to begin the Post with.  And it's always those Lead Images in the Thumbnails of the Blogs that Draw us In Closer too isn't it and make us HAVE to stop by and SEE MORE!?!!?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u_OzfBzVvFHrGeafu6i0YjQkQS8uzcxv535yXLDRY5H1r29qGnCa1jZJE9jJUJ7MCXeE1UyUXBLVwJQNPaVlts7izzY8yPFXF3tEpSmlfLt4OoY6njA53s2DyPQCTTjQp4Wy5NQfgKK/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u_OzfBzVvFHrGeafu6i0YjQkQS8uzcxv535yXLDRY5H1r29qGnCa1jZJE9jJUJ7MCXeE1UyUXBLVwJQNPaVlts7izzY8yPFXF3tEpSmlfLt4OoY6njA53s2DyPQCTTjQp4Wy5NQfgKK/s640/013.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Because the Close-Up can Capture ALL the Delightful Details of an Art Form like this.  As well as Intrigue us about what the Back End Story might be that will Accompany it?! </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBwyTK6LLQZGxTmSYVD1eOvs0EyYuUH3EQ3K2lYF8ej1jyDYSuI_uZU6lXb4Rv5FjaL-wAk17lBxTz2xtiuxggzbNPjYX9O0OgVWsIsu55OAN71-qwkl7QEN2YSOxyfbjhixqiAmxw6pD/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBwyTK6LLQZGxTmSYVD1eOvs0EyYuUH3EQ3K2lYF8ej1jyDYSuI_uZU6lXb4Rv5FjaL-wAk17lBxTz2xtiuxggzbNPjYX9O0OgVWsIsu55OAN71-qwkl7QEN2YSOxyfbjhixqiAmxw6pD/s640/012.JPG" width="628" /></a></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;"><em>How many times I've Scanned the Blog Rolls and been Captivated by the Close-Up in a Thumbnail Lead Image and Rush right over to see what the Post was about!!!  It's a Great 'Hook'... a 'Blog Tip' for those who might be just starting out or trying to Improve their Blog for their Audience.  A Great Image doesn't even need a Storyline or Translation in fact!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEi6TauqpipFrrkxJHgesGe-fFgaUAWmw_RbqSlV9q759sXwyv5TG3_VKbCJjg6ozJHJh1077l6grpOanVLJerP63423mcF9NZykYKD6wbaHTRlt1dmNdj4AAWTJJVXCmut-BMqAgTlimWdN/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TauqpipFrrkxJHgesGe-fFgaUAWmw_RbqSlV9q759sXwyv5TG3_VKbCJjg6ozJHJh1077l6grpOanVLJerP63423mcF9NZykYKD6wbaHTRlt1dmNdj4AAWTJJVXCmut-BMqAgTlimWdN/s640/014.JPG" width="528" /></a></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;"><em>Though certainly Great Images PLUS a Great Topic is even Better for those of us who aren't of the ilk of few Words in our Posts and Love a Good Story told by Others too!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWp7k0SzvXPaBjpJfg-7jVkU7DOF_nsQoC1bT314Yms9Fdp1U0ue3KF2dqAi5ooatL2r4COMeBuOUjiQh1bSUeoJVtkqhKtm3Ei7d-u8FkPCifxxphCzOYyu6cz7cHW1LBM_zXiZnzLyK/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWp7k0SzvXPaBjpJfg-7jVkU7DOF_nsQoC1bT314Yms9Fdp1U0ue3KF2dqAi5ooatL2r4COMeBuOUjiQh1bSUeoJVtkqhKtm3Ei7d-u8FkPCifxxphCzOYyu6cz7cHW1LBM_zXiZnzLyK/s640/017.JPG" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>So... here's to the taking of Great Close-Up Images my Friends!!!  Of those Things and Special Folks we find to be Worthy of Zooming in on through the Eye of our Lens and Magnifying the Awesomeness of!!!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div></div>

A Sucker For The Close-Up!

When it comes to Images I'm an absolute Sucker for the Close-Up! I have to admit that the Magazines, Books, Publications and ...

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Annoying Hyena 'Picker' Stalkers...

<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/AVvXsEhkydn5rIfyjuuSvzsnNwwvMgMZmawRQFftYawlK4NE7vDJGRDy3PcQDbohvqesI6b_scwgOuDm7tGJixmOvHIx5eA2Xv882wjUxkCN6aT5MMoSW2WINNn8UAYLtPnkhZmiAYoURr-xw0Y/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkydn5rIfyjuuSvzsnNwwvMgMZmawRQFftYawlK4NE7vDJGRDy3PcQDbohvqesI6b_scwgOuDm7tGJixmOvHIx5eA2Xv882wjUxkCN6aT5MMoSW2WINNn8UAYLtPnkhZmiAYoURr-xw0Y/s640/014.JPG" width="534" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I'm temporarily interrupting my extended coverage of 'Backroads And Blooms' to vent and rant a bit about a serious pet peeve of mine... I'm talking about the Annoying Hyena 'Picker' Stalkers as I like to call this type of Shopper!  I thoroughly Enjoy the Thrill of the Hunt and don't mind Friendly Competition for Found Treasures at all, but there is 'Picker' and Shopping Etiquette that most of us know and Respect.  There can be many of us 'Picking' or Shopping at the same Shops and Events without incident because of this mutual Respect.  But the person with this type of MO of Shopping or Picking is either completely Clueless about any kind of Etiquette, because either Greed consumes them or perhaps they're simply unable to spot the Good Stuff on their own unless someone else spots it first for them and they then try to steal it or snatch what they can, like a Hyena going after what another Hunter already took down, I dunno?  Most people just Tolerate intrusive Scavengers since it is unlikely they will change their Character or lack of it and they are what they are... but Behavior Tolerated is Behavior Accepted... and this is not Acceptable to me when I'm Shopping and suddenly become their Target.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifihK9MaSfNlURO9HoEPwDy0glKpCivp4ugWDXGKF9F2Ocg1eEdmxjVLh-SapebiJTmg1mh8mCPB7kYe7Gypc-sjR1KopUZMtfvMkNirG6eOFN6LoczQl1zIQs2_5918jeorlcWwMdfi0/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifihK9MaSfNlURO9HoEPwDy0glKpCivp4ugWDXGKF9F2Ocg1eEdmxjVLh-SapebiJTmg1mh8mCPB7kYe7Gypc-sjR1KopUZMtfvMkNirG6eOFN6LoczQl1zIQs2_5918jeorlcWwMdfi0/s640/015.JPG" width="568" /></a></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;"><em>What I do know is that they'll practically Stalk you around a Shop and suddenly become interested in whatever it is you're looking at or Shopping for, they become obvious right away like any other Shady Behaving Character would.  I don't like folks who are suddenly right up my ass or maneuvering quickly beside me where ever I go and grabbing for whatever I'm interested in rudely so they can get to it first now.  Trying to crowd you out of the way and totally Intrusive of the space around you.  Obviously devoid of any kind of manners, common courtesy or civility.  They'll also be way too interested in whatever is already in your cart and if you were to look away or not be attentive, it would likely suddenly disappear too, I don't Trust this type of Person at all.   </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuaWbbWAhdZy2x9hUR6t7tt6WlXSv76AlJzTqexW_dZxlrc0c_ldb_4nlSHSfTBzmSQ-icmAiKQqutW7KQdPy0-AMuLIg362pIBwMeH9f6vqqxW3JWQKAOXYFVKns9CrFIEDF0ACa59U/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuaWbbWAhdZy2x9hUR6t7tt6WlXSv76AlJzTqexW_dZxlrc0c_ldb_4nlSHSfTBzmSQ-icmAiKQqutW7KQdPy0-AMuLIg362pIBwMeH9f6vqqxW3JWQKAOXYFVKns9CrFIEDF0ACa59U/s640/016.JPG" width="520" /></a></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;"><em>I Hate when this type of person suddenly becomes your Tail around a Shop, skulking around and rushing over every time you stop to look at something.  I like to amuse myself once I know a Hyena 'Picker' Stalker is bothering me and snatching actual 'Scores' I saw and got to first, by then pretending to be interested in random crap that I know is worthless. *Smiles*  Just to waste their time, reveal and identify them for what they are.  Because if they're actually wading thru the crap then I know they have no real idea what it is that has value unless someone else were to reveal it for them and draw their attention to it.  I know its not nice, but these type of people aren't nice and its more Polite to handle them this way than to just say what I'm thinking... something along the line of, 'Get the Hell away from me will ya!'  *LOL*  Because actually its rather Creepy to be Stalked like this regardless of the person's ulterior Motives and Shopping MO.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBA0HB9yWUAcvWazewViF9O2arqxX-kFyfJOE9ZYyw2iUUU1EF-6Pz9dd3UgRZ_UfnjG4fjKf4B_ywSwHBgh2qvW6KlRsOMVeUWTOJFvZJiygcX24T55Me_yhnL-wrC1fOvpSBFAIDFxk/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBA0HB9yWUAcvWazewViF9O2arqxX-kFyfJOE9ZYyw2iUUU1EF-6Pz9dd3UgRZ_UfnjG4fjKf4B_ywSwHBgh2qvW6KlRsOMVeUWTOJFvZJiygcX24T55Me_yhnL-wrC1fOvpSBFAIDFxk/s640/017.JPG" width="562" /></a></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;"><em>It's no wonder they rarely have Shopping Buddies, because their actions clearly reveal devious habits and tactics that few would or could Respect.  Hyena Shopper would rather attempt to circle and Scavenge from someone else's finds than to look for their own... if they even can without assistance, which I doubt.  You can see I have no Respect and limited Tolerance for this type of person and so I don't like them being around me at all.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEjQDJZUHEyc1xmP9Dui-0-h2wfI_l9K2r1MHkWPjtc6qalqOUukTZKNzqWCYU3qVvPBZGKvpH3uYsXFYbBFoVlhxnpRo8JREjzMmu6F3AKPoubUzcqJewUooJUukoM4tghxEn-oBAI0CmE/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDJZUHEyc1xmP9Dui-0-h2wfI_l9K2r1MHkWPjtc6qalqOUukTZKNzqWCYU3qVvPBZGKvpH3uYsXFYbBFoVlhxnpRo8JREjzMmu6F3AKPoubUzcqJewUooJUukoM4tghxEn-oBAI0CmE/s640/018.JPG" width="554" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>So whilst Junquing Monday Afternoon wouldn't you know one would turn up... I didn't know I was being Stalked 'til I got to the Vintage Hat 'Scores' I discovered and was putting them into my cart.  Suddenly she appeared like a Vulture, suddenly swooping in and grabbing hats... okay... I already had some nice ones so I'm still Good at this point... and I even put some back that I didn't want... and she quickly grabs them too, which was comical.  But I was Annoyed because she crowds in rudely and hadn't been anywhere near the hats until I was looking at hats... so now I'm Wondering if she's what I already Suspect she is?  *LOL and a Sigh... because I've found these Types are hard to Shake once they latch on like a Parasite and they will Intrude on a Zen Shopping Experience and ruin a Good Time.*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAiRtV3Esa_kd-fciqO7eA0766fgZ4qk3L7CDym-vfaKq1rWyfD_poWluhvcb-8lcGlHgRHJ4lx-gFMIfe2rF-9U-cb2M8S5-uy6nazQpkuYfzDamudCZipOL3Dif2faXXyeSkbaxcOw/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAiRtV3Esa_kd-fciqO7eA0766fgZ4qk3L7CDym-vfaKq1rWyfD_poWluhvcb-8lcGlHgRHJ4lx-gFMIfe2rF-9U-cb2M8S5-uy6nazQpkuYfzDamudCZipOL3Dif2faXXyeSkbaxcOw/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>So I reluctantly leave that area of the Shop to be rid of her and mosey over to the Bags... yep, you guessed it... suddenly she's interested in Bags and not just any along the long row of Bags, which would have been Okay with me... nope, she's pawing at the bags I'm trying to look at and hovering like a knat you want to swat because it just won't leave you alone!  By now my Patience is wearing thin, and I realize this will continue unless I just leave and go somewhere else... which I do... and Thankfully without her following!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppcG-nALuGf9Bcq87Pk-GLIYjz64ijVGGu8EA2dCSqLOtGmVizTnvwiT3RIm6sK7FtVz-QUNVVhtUWwwvKOsau4OWw3UGheSZh8if93KAgmXrrzuW0RBrCDPbmRWqo8PP9Hditx0li0I/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppcG-nALuGf9Bcq87Pk-GLIYjz64ijVGGu8EA2dCSqLOtGmVizTnvwiT3RIm6sK7FtVz-QUNVVhtUWwwvKOsau4OWw3UGheSZh8if93KAgmXrrzuW0RBrCDPbmRWqo8PP9Hditx0li0I/s640/020.JPG" width="582" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I was totally Jazzed about the hats I did 'Score' before she began snatching the others I would have also put into my cart if she hadn't Stalked me and intercepted a few, one in particular that I really wanted but wasn't going to be confrontational about.  I firmly Believe Karma catches up with folks like this anyway, what goes around comes back around.  But it is good to get it off my chest since Blogging is my Happy Place where I can let things go that I find to be bothersome and commisserate at times with those of you who might have Endured similar Experiences and 'Unlovely' folks or Behaviors that get under our skin at times.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQmwV1GpfI3tVjXbtbPiPSjQ5zOfSJ1S07qJrEHS3DoFeA44cyYNl8V9jXo6L398yJ_NKLTzT3kY3KUNkScRb37ujxyzMhQBoVWI2R5c-mlQgnyIDqMq1yjBT9Yu-LAn2dYLHJFyFjuw/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQmwV1GpfI3tVjXbtbPiPSjQ5zOfSJ1S07qJrEHS3DoFeA44cyYNl8V9jXo6L398yJ_NKLTzT3kY3KUNkScRb37ujxyzMhQBoVWI2R5c-mlQgnyIDqMq1yjBT9Yu-LAn2dYLHJFyFjuw/s640/021.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>These first two Vintage Hats I plan to keep in my Collection... and yep, the Vintage Mannequin Head was 'Scored' recently during another Event for an unbelievably low price, isn't she Retro Lovely!!!??</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxURQO47rkw1b1F-nUICzLFaWp9HQwpVJZKDJC0UEjLIcM_l5U84GCLA7OStPRDGTyrYuPBk2Pxl-ViGHmCwW7KnpRTVPfcWKXtxDxdqBTNYJ6jAhe_nMcDARkb3whOMtyBRmXXYgSxAM/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxURQO47rkw1b1F-nUICzLFaWp9HQwpVJZKDJC0UEjLIcM_l5U84GCLA7OStPRDGTyrYuPBk2Pxl-ViGHmCwW7KnpRTVPfcWKXtxDxdqBTNYJ6jAhe_nMcDARkb3whOMtyBRmXXYgSxAM/s640/022.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>All of these Hats were 'Scored' for only $1.99 ~ $3.99 each and so many had Exotic Feathers and Bling... so it's no Wonder Hyena Woman suddenly became Interested before I could get all of them I wanted into my cart!  *LOL*  It's not really that she got some that actually bothered me, I often share in the Spoils of a Good Pick, but it's the way she went about it, which was underhanded and devious so it stuck in my craw and rubbed me the wrong way, especially when she persisted throughout the Shop, which was large enough she could have gone her own way and still probably 'Scored' Good Stuff without bothering and Annoying someone.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6m5LEelc0F_Bx6T55eDIXGD4Eo_F4UB1J2MM-REKiViBKFcvh-F2Td1i-UI55f78kj7j5uZCe3TETMI2fqijAXfOptaInsHHYKOvQIBq7UslSBaWZ-0LmtQQuwx6NDCM9i2gFtN43p4/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6m5LEelc0F_Bx6T55eDIXGD4Eo_F4UB1J2MM-REKiViBKFcvh-F2Td1i-UI55f78kj7j5uZCe3TETMI2fqijAXfOptaInsHHYKOvQIBq7UslSBaWZ-0LmtQQuwx6NDCM9i2gFtN43p4/s640/023.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>So I'm throwing out an informal Survey of sorts... how would you handle a Hyena 'Picker' Stalker that was suddenly Targeting you and apparently Stalking you during your Shopping?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHwI8MA2ZcdkLY84QtbHV3t_bkV0CD33YW5hl8uwivYr78tcQVaVNqrBboPM-guJ3Ova66SFq2M3-DpANVJN_UUAJ3si9oLDZHXMCTf3SZvAg0EtwBtw3J-LA6zAWeIUzfAk0bwtDWXU/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHwI8MA2ZcdkLY84QtbHV3t_bkV0CD33YW5hl8uwivYr78tcQVaVNqrBboPM-guJ3Ova66SFq2M3-DpANVJN_UUAJ3si9oLDZHXMCTf3SZvAg0EtwBtw3J-LA6zAWeIUzfAk0bwtDWXU/s640/024.JPG" width="528" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Would you say something?  What?  Would you do something?  What?   I'm Curious and Interested in how the rest of you might or have already handled a similar Annoyance in Public?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCu43p6FUUINQJOVcLXnTd5Svbe7zg7bvP0Qi61-RZIsjudG3uVmQS-qQOfmHh0dKGuhdXXH3k1nihhC8Ppg2QPQ__fMnWu5I9hKmLHX4z-Yl9zD7bTk2dRL-EjavBSvWMSvlKojHQsI/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCu43p6FUUINQJOVcLXnTd5Svbe7zg7bvP0Qi61-RZIsjudG3uVmQS-qQOfmHh0dKGuhdXXH3k1nihhC8Ppg2QPQ__fMnWu5I9hKmLHX4z-Yl9zD7bTk2dRL-EjavBSvWMSvlKojHQsI/s640/025.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Personally I never waste my breath saying anything to them because I feel it would be wasted on them.  They obviously know what they're doing and it works for them so nothing I could say I feel would Change the situation or them.   Having a Confrontation with someone I don't Respect the Behavior or Character of isn't something I want to bother myself with either.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvJCdBIjaZzuz0Vp6Qxl34-nexdrkngIE82IlF2yDAYasjQXmWpvDCHJcnOQIWg9VFg0y4oT_SjIjlt01znFlzW7ACFir6xOlmaknVioPFSF_bslGTv3hy7KaihW8Wcl44AkLhYNAxi4/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvJCdBIjaZzuz0Vp6Qxl34-nexdrkngIE82IlF2yDAYasjQXmWpvDCHJcnOQIWg9VFg0y4oT_SjIjlt01znFlzW7ACFir6xOlmaknVioPFSF_bslGTv3hy7KaihW8Wcl44AkLhYNAxi4/s640/026.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>So, once I Identify one, Amusing myself at their expense brings levity to the situation for me and then I don't care... so long as I can ditch them eventually when I'm tired of messing with them by throwing them off their game. *Winks*  And I can only hope they actually also put some of the worthless crap into their cart that they thought I was also interested in and pretended to focus upon.  *LOL*  It would serve them right for not relying upon their own knowledge and instincts rather than those of some random person they don't actually know and who merely wants to be left alone to Shop in Peace.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNbLNbefmJBFMJyiogZbbSF4bvezEx4VYPpO7io7R0fWZfOQEt0K6exniKeKoKYpwNIesNZeZXa831M8dAAp5uRXn5-2qfzyPOv5GV1s4oDwSBLJDZ-lw9BgbktSbSVCscccQmGtsoyU/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNbLNbefmJBFMJyiogZbbSF4bvezEx4VYPpO7io7R0fWZfOQEt0K6exniKeKoKYpwNIesNZeZXa831M8dAAp5uRXn5-2qfzyPOv5GV1s4oDwSBLJDZ-lw9BgbktSbSVCscccQmGtsoyU/s640/027.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>But I'll be Open to Suggestions on the best way you've found to deal with such a Character as this?  Any of you who Adore the Thrill of the Hunt have probably run into a few in your Treasure Hunting Forrays, I'm sure I'm not the only one.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RpZWOgyPnMTFVsu4wIf-3o8iFJG6dWboZGFbt-QvFMInDQnDqQNLuInCYwWnOqWJenfqLRpKMSXb09d74uOweOJ6qWn-1AkiWtsj9HZdgiaGUUqyaSuT-QCc_Hf-O7W213MCUvdS7uI/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RpZWOgyPnMTFVsu4wIf-3o8iFJG6dWboZGFbt-QvFMInDQnDqQNLuInCYwWnOqWJenfqLRpKMSXb09d74uOweOJ6qWn-1AkiWtsj9HZdgiaGUUqyaSuT-QCc_Hf-O7W213MCUvdS7uI/s640/028.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>The Man likes to Tease me by saying that if I wasn't a Magnet for Discovering the Good Stuff then I wouldn't Attract folks like this that Pirate other Shoppers that they feel might Discover Gold and other Hidden Treasures they'd otherwise miss or overlook!?  *Smiles*  He always knows just what to say to make me feel better when I've felt wronged.  </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm temporarily interrupting my extended coverage of 'Backroads And Blooms' to vent and rant a bit about a serious pet peeve of ...

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Vintage Millinery Love...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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/AVvXsEi3jkofnTXMAkFlCkq8-1UCmQNq3okQfiRvCaj8zc2dlb4ZqU5raXsVGthOQq2U4WFYhCwSb188rnMy9X5758j9ujLBOeDr6E7dDRax1GuVUahhX65lQBpv5Mz20CLmDn8PfylCQFMTxSG6/s1600/VINTAGEMILLINERY28921622578039965_YOKfRxHw_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jkofnTXMAkFlCkq8-1UCmQNq3okQfiRvCaj8zc2dlb4ZqU5raXsVGthOQq2U4WFYhCwSb188rnMy9X5758j9ujLBOeDr6E7dDRax1GuVUahhX65lQBpv5Mz20CLmDn8PfylCQFMTxSG6/s1600/VINTAGEMILLINERY28921622578039965_YOKfRxHw_c.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em>Source</em></strong>: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oezEzy-PdSoLjhaUgvBahNOPRl1MW5HkvlgLUN3_ajWr2VU40UHJEUkuHLTcWE_T0NXpq76QNJt5r4LfvwpHpmob82471S9GqH9cQEALeVEOKWFDC8HCAyNMYo5KDce7bHelY1skxJI/s1600/vintage+millinery+flowers+062.JPG"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oezEzy-PdSoLjhaUgvBahNOPRl1MW5HkvlgLUN3_ajWr2VU40UHJEUkuHLTcWE_T0NXpq76QNJt5r4LfvwpHpmob82471S9GqH9cQEALeVEOKWFDC8HCAyNMYo5KDce7bHelY1skxJI/s1600/vintage+millinery+flowers+062.JPG</span></strong></a></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;"><em>Every so often I run across an Image that I really, really Connect to... and the above Image had such an Impact for me... such a strong Connection that I decided it would Inspire Today's Post.  Not only because the Image is absolute Perfection in every way for me... but because the Subject Matter also is... Vintage Millinery. {Insert an Enormous Swoon as I Gaze upon it all!}  The pieces in this particular Vignette are absolutely Exquisite... I want them ALL!  *Winks* </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQKKW8qeAaUfUAj3XN6_6GiZC1Z1uj0OIDqwuzZuRmOGWhMsg2jvwVjcZMMxUiC4GSkUrOKCy0z2Fld7AgGd_ahlZhnS3nEP25pUwwj-xa11MdMITP5_8qqC6StzzftE_q7Rbbvi_6Cmg/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQKKW8qeAaUfUAj3XN6_6GiZC1Z1uj0OIDqwuzZuRmOGWhMsg2jvwVjcZMMxUiC4GSkUrOKCy0z2Fld7AgGd_ahlZhnS3nEP25pUwwj-xa11MdMITP5_8qqC6StzzftE_q7Rbbvi_6Cmg/s640/039.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I have a particular Weakness for it and can NEVER pass a piece up when I am fortunate enough to run across it.  There are items I've purchased just because OF the Vintage Millinery on them.  For Creative Purposes Vintage Millinery just holds so many Possibilities!  Vintage Millinery is the one thing that I could probably never wince on spending too much for if I really want it... because I always feel it is well worth it.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEigHasT5qYjp4Jkk437Ih1GdkZy2yg2g8mdu6IU3RmEFf-V1XDIR4doC9jOQdiefQfAP3G8enaNG_0TNzyl8iADwaHAmvuadm_DxLXHNgMKNp7nYUu9qyuemMER8n7Aa4utxu9G_lCu7PJi/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHasT5qYjp4Jkk437Ih1GdkZy2yg2g8mdu6IU3RmEFf-V1XDIR4doC9jOQdiefQfAP3G8enaNG_0TNzyl8iADwaHAmvuadm_DxLXHNgMKNp7nYUu9qyuemMER8n7Aa4utxu9G_lCu7PJi/s640/040.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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And yet, I don't own nearly enough of it... in fact, my Collection of Vintage Millinery is sparce and even my Modern Millinery made to deliberately look Vintage is paltry.  It is just very hard to come by and I can't ever remember seeing a stash of it that I could procure even if I desperately wanted to!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3dKvNZnUNdG4p93duIJvA-IU-M4T1qB6Ec2lmtGNbvy6ojTOxHB1Zr6Hv8OX22HwFGk88WxCPU_OdoSfsbLf9y2bjvZD2x7lNsDWn7gOH9ZdRsDNI0jz07SPUBLfFc5OQPzOxoBZMQrq/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3dKvNZnUNdG4p93duIJvA-IU-M4T1qB6Ec2lmtGNbvy6ojTOxHB1Zr6Hv8OX22HwFGk88WxCPU_OdoSfsbLf9y2bjvZD2x7lNsDWn7gOH9ZdRsDNI0jz07SPUBLfFc5OQPzOxoBZMQrq/s640/020.JPG" width="608" /></a></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;"><em>Luckily I have very Talented Artist Friends who Create Fab Florals with Vintage Fabrics...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEjI8maHVZ-7_18U-OG5AIXkhdWVUX9LwQGr77BDfczD21g8gO33H5T82pmf6xCyXS5a_QvJSaUVkROwpeiW1ASi9ttUJbVU8H4BHTp1oFnwjHJsB557bUjG7PXuWGp5LErJ1yJwe2TCnXgH/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8maHVZ-7_18U-OG5AIXkhdWVUX9LwQGr77BDfczD21g8gO33H5T82pmf6xCyXS5a_QvJSaUVkROwpeiW1ASi9ttUJbVU8H4BHTp1oFnwjHJsB557bUjG7PXuWGp5LErJ1yJwe2TCnXgH/s640/011.JPG" width="610" /></a></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;"><em>And I have been able to find Modern Fabric Florals for Sale that I Adore and have purchased.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEgDXbQZnKLgqbRxK9FwlEsMzKj1SqZmC2w0J22s7T-AvC2dwrw0EMixGJ7v86j3ryovFk-nkie4ZQLAQM3xvKVGeeng9ndZwJOaQ2ZPEGePkZ7Sj_Tj8VmsErHgjn2ZcdPeJh9N2C-fig8G/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXbQZnKLgqbRxK9FwlEsMzKj1SqZmC2w0J22s7T-AvC2dwrw0EMixGJ7v86j3ryovFk-nkie4ZQLAQM3xvKVGeeng9ndZwJOaQ2ZPEGePkZ7Sj_Tj8VmsErHgjn2ZcdPeJh9N2C-fig8G/s640/014.JPG" width="592" /></a></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;"><em>But typically my Vintage Millinery has already come attached to a Creation.  And I'm always left Wondering, "Where does everyone else 'Score' this stuff?!?"  Where IS the Source for all these Fabulous Vintage Millinery items I just never seem to run across?!?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTYZCX5mI43ujFW-_Sb2l4v-ZiAklnvstKG0LBqQYwoxekr7Ki06j4jj4C0mhiLdMVTUWrzD2uMuhbwbKa3BrCZTpyEVB_bIcSUKjFzhyYPO2T4B6aTnWQcFvgzCxk6QZVr-vP4v1EucA/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTYZCX5mI43ujFW-_Sb2l4v-ZiAklnvstKG0LBqQYwoxekr7Ki06j4jj4C0mhiLdMVTUWrzD2uMuhbwbKa3BrCZTpyEVB_bIcSUKjFzhyYPO2T4B6aTnWQcFvgzCxk6QZVr-vP4v1EucA/s640/041.JPG" width="618" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>How come, as far and wide as I go Junquing, do I never seem to hit the Vintage Millinery Motherlode?!  *Le Sigh*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLKfBrogBARbRC3QxDTAzk1GnkPkCcoi__0_Siw0x86GPukK71xvzSx58ev3tso8g3xPdb6d2-K0i5uAEuDqsx4iT_lpy1EHzM8ZftdFAprLBROHqSd-YUFWRYwl0oRDlTQoR7elGlCLf/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLKfBrogBARbRC3QxDTAzk1GnkPkCcoi__0_Siw0x86GPukK71xvzSx58ev3tso8g3xPdb6d2-K0i5uAEuDqsx4iT_lpy1EHzM8ZftdFAprLBROHqSd-YUFWRYwl0oRDlTQoR7elGlCLf/s640/037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I actually have Fantasies of running across a Box Lot of Vintage Millinery to buy and then spend time in complete ecstasy digging through when I get Home with it!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAd88oLNeYcPIMjjg-OhNZgxv1ThxZo3punwtTNanM-c4EphecH-8EBLBHePFJn1i8wStLtcF-F-rQFs4_GIhNpkoaV_cti9JK1vmx4g8qOJw28Vc0Mbr4MRTeecngsUbmgP05dWErQCw/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAd88oLNeYcPIMjjg-OhNZgxv1ThxZo3punwtTNanM-c4EphecH-8EBLBHePFJn1i8wStLtcF-F-rQFs4_GIhNpkoaV_cti9JK1vmx4g8qOJw28Vc0Mbr4MRTeecngsUbmgP05dWErQCw/s640/048.JPG" width="628" /></a></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;"><em>And yet, it eludes me... this has NEVER happened... it has never even come close to happening!  And why should it be a Fantasy?  Why can't it be a Reality?  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDGgfgamBBSCIgukMS_Mib_-VCsS-EDfexxZumfeMBuO4BGeJo648ooNTjAA9Z7jT5FUCa1f4LfcDAdHneSa_wfyOi-cG5BvbCOcDvtPzPnsWX3beuIjlJxaIv0ZnVr8hssiy7-KtgaJw/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDGgfgamBBSCIgukMS_Mib_-VCsS-EDfexxZumfeMBuO4BGeJo648ooNTjAA9Z7jT5FUCa1f4LfcDAdHneSa_wfyOi-cG5BvbCOcDvtPzPnsWX3beuIjlJxaIv0ZnVr8hssiy7-KtgaJw/s640/075.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Surely there must be some Secret Stashes of Vintage Millinery somewhere waiting to be Discovered?!  Or have the rest of you Found and Hoarded it ALL?!?  *Winks*  Well... <u>have you</u>!!!!!???!???!  No... not you Goosy.  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEhA6E69O9UdgMZp1WLZDMfhu5TNuWxO42yX9Rvzi05uQBrlv6AVFPBc4Y54KDgCEfGpP0rJOYB-cMka1qJ8pmcjcVgeJRYS55lc1Ei25gH6Fg8r2XdUWcqmJSS9EB3JbPL_ERYLhbUFFEnA/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6E69O9UdgMZp1WLZDMfhu5TNuWxO42yX9Rvzi05uQBrlv6AVFPBc4Y54KDgCEfGpP0rJOYB-cMka1qJ8pmcjcVgeJRYS55lc1Ei25gH6Fg8r2XdUWcqmJSS9EB3JbPL_ERYLhbUFFEnA/s640/047.JPG" width="524" /></a></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;"><em>I mean Seriously... Vintage Millinery is conspicuous by it's absence around these parts!  And this is how bad it is... when I ran across this Bouquet of Modern Millinery by Rachel Ashwell's Simply Shabby Chic Line and the coveted Cloche that should house it was missing... I didn't even mind!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQH8Wwcskstalo7vPfqzaFMjqAy-zwb6itH9_hXLvFVYrHKAoPwtc29wDBbggXOcTauecqdyynQOX5j6aBHemMDwhQ4In9IILc1c41fCRi5tWVARPgLIlpuAS-C6t13bE0PVXneDB5zPg/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQH8Wwcskstalo7vPfqzaFMjqAy-zwb6itH9_hXLvFVYrHKAoPwtc29wDBbggXOcTauecqdyynQOX5j6aBHemMDwhQ4In9IILc1c41fCRi5tWVARPgLIlpuAS-C6t13bE0PVXneDB5zPg/s640/044.JPG" width="634" /></a></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;"><em>And you all know how much of a Serious Cloche Lover I am, so that should be absolutely shocking shouldn't it?  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcoTN9EUH_KhVt0wIivuM-lrfQWXgLHNOL011G6tuDkzDF2EdoPlB8EawbsRNA2DClWfMSjbkRKjAinkrkUwRqAILVaQkFGa899HedUTWqzcNIojJ5bh2wqxlClHlHcdJPnsVbg1JNE8P/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcoTN9EUH_KhVt0wIivuM-lrfQWXgLHNOL011G6tuDkzDF2EdoPlB8EawbsRNA2DClWfMSjbkRKjAinkrkUwRqAILVaQkFGa899HedUTWqzcNIojJ5bh2wqxlClHlHcdJPnsVbg1JNE8P/s640/045.JPG" width="548" /></a></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;"><em>I mean,  I wasn't even like, "Oh crap, the Cloche is missing!"  Nope, I was just so Jazzed to have the Millinery Bouquet that I didn't even give the missing Cloche a second thought!  Or the Purchase of it, I snatched it off the shelf so fast you would have thought I'd taken lessons from Jackie Chan!  It was a blur going into my Cart!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbKqwVzP0stJ8x8-2CkmwqZAIbYoI1E-oeluPdjEFgPCdnDSeUNQReXXFJ828uHj1TduuYKTCo-uoEbsh2KBOh_rOC3sCyHYey-bfLGlSjKZtTg8jluMd4FfLfl552rc9cIXzLbps6_4X/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbKqwVzP0stJ8x8-2CkmwqZAIbYoI1E-oeluPdjEFgPCdnDSeUNQReXXFJ828uHj1TduuYKTCo-uoEbsh2KBOh_rOC3sCyHYey-bfLGlSjKZtTg8jluMd4FfLfl552rc9cIXzLbps6_4X/s640/046.JPG" width="524" /></a></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;"><em>After all... I could always find Cloches... they are relatively easy to come by... but Vintage Millinery, not so much.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRot1Or9hiWe0B1DTamoEfUJc2UUphaAE_RocvphyphenhyphenzTWJC9nEFuCdLL0-JDVMDfmfGQEsCD4KNNW4YFADwGaK7WfouSX4ndAHsZevpi3wJgeClhpZSIKwrBB7Fnnzz7MpxKBzfkSEOh1B/s1600/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRot1Or9hiWe0B1DTamoEfUJc2UUphaAE_RocvphyphenhyphenzTWJC9nEFuCdLL0-JDVMDfmfGQEsCD4KNNW4YFADwGaK7WfouSX4ndAHsZevpi3wJgeClhpZSIKwrBB7Fnnzz7MpxKBzfkSEOh1B/s640/043.JPG" width="578" /></a></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;"><em>And, it probably helped that I already had two of the complete Simply Shabby Chic Cloche encased Bouquets from when they first came out at 'Target'.  *Smiles*  Oh, yeah, one was simply not enough and they were on Sale at the time... and so the Clochless Triplet Discovered in a Thrift Store for less than five bucks was a Bonus 'Score'.  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ_1cxwHAB7qOwu5aL61JKu6WXHq9YYkyNt8JTge5WABT1Sge69zTdSm3M5w-OcUYY3lEkA61qmFnEvpkbAd7mFHOZK27EMkl4u9hPZDd7DheGyC8S2fN3rKCQZDTTgdb9lrVMLCHb2r6/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQ_1cxwHAB7qOwu5aL61JKu6WXHq9YYkyNt8JTge5WABT1Sge69zTdSm3M5w-OcUYY3lEkA61qmFnEvpkbAd7mFHOZK27EMkl4u9hPZDd7DheGyC8S2fN3rKCQZDTTgdb9lrVMLCHb2r6/s640/049.JPG" width="580" /></a></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;"><em>And I suppose I could buy some Vintage Hats that I don't exactly Love the look of and would never wear and yank all the Millinery off of them... but that somehow seems so wrong that I don't.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cae-58vRsmzl6TdbikS3G46GjSnKkhFABER0O2SV4XoWoGyNbI1Ff-vxfIEY5seP-u0PXKqznmvpP3ZOAZfSF64O0h0cFFpM8pOrbl2lkXZwWZH19p03QCOUEACsyzFiEnKj0MZ3cAA8/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cae-58vRsmzl6TdbikS3G46GjSnKkhFABER0O2SV4XoWoGyNbI1Ff-vxfIEY5seP-u0PXKqznmvpP3ZOAZfSF64O0h0cFFpM8pOrbl2lkXZwWZH19p03QCOUEACsyzFiEnKj0MZ3cAA8/s640/105.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I've had to be content to find the rare occassional loose Millinery pieces that are too far and inbetween to really build the Collection I'd Dream of having.  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc28t2zdGxtbH54wC2KL-8VYNgkjwzbqapFFdiryicNGfaW5IiLpWgYQH9fB5JVOBYem1eXgHsmjJvNMryoTMqVmQlfCQ27FE9iUDpWMyEktGgXpNY1QGAe1W0nEp9LzGIQ5B61WWMVdw/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc28t2zdGxtbH54wC2KL-8VYNgkjwzbqapFFdiryicNGfaW5IiLpWgYQH9fB5JVOBYem1eXgHsmjJvNMryoTMqVmQlfCQ27FE9iUDpWMyEktGgXpNY1QGAe1W0nEp9LzGIQ5B61WWMVdw/s640/038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>At this rate I'll be quite Old and decrepid before I build up that Fantasy Stash!  *Le Sigh*  Okay, so I'm being overly Dramatic. *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEjePbiqJ2EA8cEjmdI0nRbAEv7Jtk086dbSKAIRZ72bj8KYVr2kOCfqyBc2GjBdF0q-1kSfeSW0wFZkMwvYDpocEkwM76krsxq-yN91nNRXlXOrqfvBMu84Te2fWuxnNOWziCT-dq360Nu7/s1600/162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePbiqJ2EA8cEjmdI0nRbAEv7Jtk086dbSKAIRZ72bj8KYVr2kOCfqyBc2GjBdF0q-1kSfeSW0wFZkMwvYDpocEkwM76krsxq-yN91nNRXlXOrqfvBMu84Te2fWuxnNOWziCT-dq360Nu7/s640/162.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But I still keep Hoping that it's out there somewhere... Fantasy sized Stashes of it... just waiting for me to Discover!</em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" 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/AVvXsEhAeRbVKCfxi0onJy-m9YOw9ISFucZGEifiFxVMlGayHG3mQUMZgQoQmhwxfDLj3sFbKgrpH4uPynS0pJA3o6ZUFB7wPgTIuLbPMNIcickCkFhdawqq9POkx7uR-BPT4J78GiTj7ZQoscC9/s1600/264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeRbVKCfxi0onJy-m9YOw9ISFucZGEifiFxVMlGayHG3mQUMZgQoQmhwxfDLj3sFbKgrpH4uPynS0pJA3o6ZUFB7wPgTIuLbPMNIcickCkFhdawqq9POkx7uR-BPT4J78GiTj7ZQoscC9/s640/264.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;"><em>And in the meantime I Admire & Lust after all of the Wonderful Creations the rest of  you are able to Create with your enormous Stashes of Vintage Millinery because you've already found YOUR Fantasy Stash of 'em.  *Winks*  Angie, I KNOW you're Holding Out Girlfriend and obviously have a Hoarded Stash of Enviable proportions! *He he he*  BTW: All of these FAB Mad Hatter Antique Top Hat Creations are done by my Talented Friend Angela and can be found at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rust-and-Roses-Phoenix/224451874270241"><strong><span style="color: #660000;">RUST & ROSES</span></strong></a> in Phoenix.  She even Generously Gifted me one for my recent Birthday!  So I'll totally Forgive her for having a Vintage Millinery Hoarded Stash.  *Winks*  But the rest of you... come on... give some of it up for Sale so the Market won't be so lean... P-L-E-A-S-E!? *Smiles... I'm pitiful aren't I?!*</em></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17HRDj3hmfHoJHuZH-wclhD45nAEKjcQn04Ee19Psq2TbHnzvdsA0pGpvRie_TukX0RtQx79Nr8KgLbYjzB8cSRKgxPFz3S_yM8HV1VIZNplqYkPVhh2yCXHYPXAB8p4jj-MF9neLzaLA/s1600/262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17HRDj3hmfHoJHuZH-wclhD45nAEKjcQn04Ee19Psq2TbHnzvdsA0pGpvRie_TukX0RtQx79Nr8KgLbYjzB8cSRKgxPFz3S_yM8HV1VIZNplqYkPVhh2yCXHYPXAB8p4jj-MF9neLzaLA/s640/262.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;"><em>I've even tried the Auction routes to try to procure some enviable pieces of the best Vintage Millinery that's out there in Cyberspace... but Holy Mother of God do those bids go up into the Stratosphere... it seems I'm not the only one crazy about this stuff and so I always get outbid!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEikBKVbZ3DJBLSY4HNsi04ejVXANV6l2ITHS5GTpdsejxg0RHE7Gz3mF-vv9klw4hruHjAScSkaVXSAHABOGAE9Z-opK-cG6CPXttCg1zF5nyaaGx3vxDyq-NDN1m2L-p1OBE0WtH9bqwu2/s1600/258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBKVbZ3DJBLSY4HNsi04ejVXANV6l2ITHS5GTpdsejxg0RHE7Gz3mF-vv9klw4hruHjAScSkaVXSAHABOGAE9Z-opK-cG6CPXttCg1zF5nyaaGx3vxDyq-NDN1m2L-p1OBE0WtH9bqwu2/s640/258.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;"><em>And I Confess, Scavenger that I am, that I still prefer a Good Deal... still prefer the Thrill of the Hunt opposed to Auctions.  Where I can stumble upon a Found Treasure at an Initial Price and not have it within grasp and then possibly snatched away from me at the last minute or Bid Up like in an Auction setting.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEi9mVeVvgNlcmLcZwWxKtRiEti1RRuqT-pgZb-wcxNyj4CLfEswESvE1regjyHjkIJRPPhEu_iwp-ceHq3lzO50K3siSy4kW5Yb_KMMK7c9k6qkXL0s1anmq6Etj6a5VVHdR8Pb845Xrf7y/s1600/vintage+millinery+flowers+062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mVeVvgNlcmLcZwWxKtRiEti1RRuqT-pgZb-wcxNyj4CLfEswESvE1regjyHjkIJRPPhEu_iwp-ceHq3lzO50K3siSy4kW5Yb_KMMK7c9k6qkXL0s1anmq6Etj6a5VVHdR8Pb845Xrf7y/s640/vintage+millinery+flowers+062.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;"><em>And so the Quest goes on... to Discover the likes of this...</em></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVikM5rU3cPBpb0KfFR6Sf-mUTE8-qFGkWHtC6d5jnVMJBivEuB9gFp63vMialF1H1Dmt2aif6-L7l8jtjQFb1hlR7qQVDz-w4q2vbwmNhDnzXgE5KmbbiQmZFT1FCG7Elpfd2nIjSwYmI/s1600/vintage+millinery+flowers+062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVikM5rU3cPBpb0KfFR6Sf-mUTE8-qFGkWHtC6d5jnVMJBivEuB9gFp63vMialF1H1Dmt2aif6-L7l8jtjQFb1hlR7qQVDz-w4q2vbwmNhDnzXgE5KmbbiQmZFT1FCG7Elpfd2nIjSwYmI/s640/vintage+millinery+flowers+062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And this...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqotKH32gaYhPDjiJ9qFge84p2Z_OqaTcOvAkI50aHri_PnI8rBEhZsh-YqVEWMArevPPoz0DuvUHD5pJsADlLRZZNpyhlAImibtQmhohA3OqoUyHsRmmdwHBSn7uTqWVn9MauYlf_CqF/s1600/VintageMillineryuntitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqotKH32gaYhPDjiJ9qFge84p2Z_OqaTcOvAkI50aHri_PnI8rBEhZsh-YqVEWMArevPPoz0DuvUHD5pJsADlLRZZNpyhlAImibtQmhohA3OqoUyHsRmmdwHBSn7uTqWVn9MauYlf_CqF/s640/VintageMillineryuntitled.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="http://myvintagesoul.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551cab4f8883300e553c31ab08833-800wi"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">http://myvintagesoul.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551cab4f8883300e553c31ab08833-800wi</span></strong></a></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>While Dreaming and Fantasizing about the likes of this!  Hey, OBVIOUSLY it happens somewhere!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy5VZPbtPJ_U8ygwZY0y7KjWlK_wYHYhTxabuN6MIoNXmj4MKv5QnX8NqXisOkkug3bwl6VZDEUN24Q7ufh1LLDkv8TznrO7TJ-pZI0k578ceIuHMrgsO8YOS8IfsmOjyxc4SFonl4G3X/s1600/VintageMillinery2untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDy5VZPbtPJ_U8ygwZY0y7KjWlK_wYHYhTxabuN6MIoNXmj4MKv5QnX8NqXisOkkug3bwl6VZDEUN24Q7ufh1LLDkv8TznrO7TJ-pZI0k578ceIuHMrgsO8YOS8IfsmOjyxc4SFonl4G3X/s640/VintageMillinery2untitled.png" width="640" /></a><em></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: </em><a href="http://velvetstrawberries.typepad.com/andreasingarella/2008/03/a-gift-of-prett.html"><em><strong><span style="color: red;">http://velvetstrawberries.typepad.com/andreasingarella/2008/03/a-gift-of-prett.html</span></strong></em></a></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;"><em>In fact I see them everywhere here in the Land of Blog and pour over the Sources in Hopes that there might be Clues as to where one can procure some of these Lovelies?!  But often when I run across the ones I particularly like the Post is an older Archived one and the opportunities have passed or Source Links and promising Leads are no longer current.  *Le Sigh*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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