A "Dark" Post... Due To Bad News

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><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/AVvXsEjklgHMex5Jcc8NFeazw7itbbw6jZ0UQOH4g5B_MjG9oUJDCNFOb1oHw3G8kym5wDqv8nH6K8Bx-yw4T_g0RgBaaw4spiYldmvPq86IZ38N9sxrVw4BYEr1oubbKShv9UkkbL-9P7xoQkMf/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/AVvXsEjklgHMex5Jcc8NFeazw7itbbw6jZ0UQOH4g5B_MjG9oUJDCNFOb1oHw3G8kym5wDqv8nH6K8Bx-yw4T_g0RgBaaw4spiYldmvPq86IZ38N9sxrVw4BYEr1oubbKShv9UkkbL-9P7xoQkMf/s640/015.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>The Topic of this Post has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween... but I'm using our Home's Halloween Decor for the Visuals because there are no Images for the real Topic... Bad News.</em></div><div align="center"><em>And a "Dark" Topic Post might as well have a more Macabre and "Dark" set of Images anyway, so I'll go with it since my Mood isn't really very light right now anyway & my Heart is heavy.  And yet... I still see Beauty amid the Ashes & Darkness... which is a 'Gift' I don't take lightly.</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/AVvXsEjeDT5D8BmVww4ShQkRfF3uNmN3h37p14B0Veoxu8WYWwalRE-xfrLE7WT_THeelxuyegA8Z8opPEV-StsKQ8dqzfgK7mPxBf-IW3AWeFgiasG6YEdz8T0OkttRTQQHwDR8jbT3UR5BxyeH/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDT5D8BmVww4ShQkRfF3uNmN3h37p14B0Veoxu8WYWwalRE-xfrLE7WT_THeelxuyegA8Z8opPEV-StsKQ8dqzfgK7mPxBf-IW3AWeFgiasG6YEdz8T0OkttRTQQHwDR8jbT3UR5BxyeH/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>You see, The Man had another Medical Emergency and had to be rushed by Ambulance to the VA Hospital again and be admitted this Morning, we don't know for how long.  Even more serious complications from an already complex Surgery and Medical Situation.  And yeah, I knew there were major risks, possible setbacks and a very long road ahead of us... but nothing really prepares you for huge setbacks and Life altering Crisis as they unfold spontaneously.  So I'm off kilter... and seeking my Balance and holding onto my Peace.</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/AVvXsEgRL6Yy2iWcEaGyI4qGvccCBxbDnWhPQaaINOkcjxDgQiJorXIkaGoz7cBgS9zneKSUMCE43PYfVkGZDH_CeSGnJ1pGHaTxwHiqyjH2r1spPJdd3qsylbmhBRdy4-d4xgw5XdXclpY1G3Pa/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/AVvXsEgRL6Yy2iWcEaGyI4qGvccCBxbDnWhPQaaINOkcjxDgQiJorXIkaGoz7cBgS9zneKSUMCE43PYfVkGZDH_CeSGnJ1pGHaTxwHiqyjH2r1spPJdd3qsylbmhBRdy4-d4xgw5XdXclpY1G3Pa/s640/011.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Luckily at least his Medical Emergency waited until just after I'd gotten Home this Morning from dropping the Young Prince off at School and taking the Injured Princess for her 2nd Series of Comparison X-Rays from the probably broken arm. {It's not looking good so she'll probably end up in a hard cast by Tuesday's Appointment they said.}   I'm only good at Coping with Consecutive Crisis you see and not Concurrent ones.  Though to be sure if they were all spaced out more I'd be much more adept at holding it all down and keeping it together better without being as overwhelmed by the magnitude of Chronic Crisis in rapid succession.</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/AVvXsEix6bwDi5YZ8xFFxtgkJHnoPXBrQeUqZCbTSUH-l6RugfOpXEX1E6lE5KcvXyJE9ge0fVbc1M_0JaYYS_Oz80aiZwza_Lb7YRVFVSZFsj2_UcNulhslKHmwNwUdTj98scREuPG8iY_4WrRe/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/AVvXsEix6bwDi5YZ8xFFxtgkJHnoPXBrQeUqZCbTSUH-l6RugfOpXEX1E6lE5KcvXyJE9ge0fVbc1M_0JaYYS_Oz80aiZwza_Lb7YRVFVSZFsj2_UcNulhslKHmwNwUdTj98scREuPG8iY_4WrRe/s640/022.JPG" width="602" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>It can Feel like swimming in a Pond full of these when you have Crisis on all sides and don't quite know where to turn or go!?  The Emergency Response Teams have been here so many times before for The Man's Health Issues... and seeing the Princess in a Soft Cast & Sling this time as they came in to get her Grandpa... well, they & the VA Crisis Intervention Gal on the Phone with us decided it was Time to Volunteer the National Caregiver Support Line Number for me to call and see if we can finally get more Help?!   And so that I might finally get some Caregiver Support and Encouragement of some kind, which is long overdue.  Caregivers out there know what I'm talking about... we get lost in the shuffle & usually aren't the focus of any Help for ourselves & how we're dealing & coping with it all... 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/AVvXsEiqEb2c-yXC2HAkFIVFQCYo2ZeiLq12qw_UB0UwVnTDoVwsz5wZV74o51HJnjaYqBs2OyKFnQp-0AIM0zT0s1ZJKAiWl0ujH2avPew6hOpOa76QNvjdlkm3pf3cXx8G_F6tRJiQD80cFrZy/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEb2c-yXC2HAkFIVFQCYo2ZeiLq12qw_UB0UwVnTDoVwsz5wZV74o51HJnjaYqBs2OyKFnQp-0AIM0zT0s1ZJKAiWl0ujH2avPew6hOpOa76QNvjdlkm3pf3cXx8G_F6tRJiQD80cFrZy/s640/019.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>I really am Thankful for my Happy Little Bloggy Place to come to and wrestle with Issues by getting them into Words onto a Page, which really Helps with Perspective since I try to re-read my own Words Objectively, as if someone else wrote them.  To be able to freely Vent & Rant a bit when I need to have a Release is so much better than bottling it all up inside & risk implosion.  And to come for a Beautiful Respite when I can or need to, Balance Thoughts and receive all of the Positives that this Community provides and is Wonderful to Receive is Priceless... and yet it is for FREE!  That's HUGE!   Adding it to my Times of Meditation and Prayer makes for a Trifecta Win every time, so I try to spend some "Me Time" doing all three for at least a small portion of each day no matter what goes down! </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/AVvXsEirUD7I8KyUO2siAa0Rv_mizn_idOBGCV6RG10V_BWijuN_QE3ijt2KKokeFR4dOt6-kz80_cmaYL9I9mcgcxj9S097jOuvIZao3gG6c-vBEdoL91ArfC7d4tZ0-ToSdqBCsJ2pnHfqbrsN/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/AVvXsEirUD7I8KyUO2siAa0Rv_mizn_idOBGCV6RG10V_BWijuN_QE3ijt2KKokeFR4dOt6-kz80_cmaYL9I9mcgcxj9S097jOuvIZao3gG6c-vBEdoL91ArfC7d4tZ0-ToSdqBCsJ2pnHfqbrsN/s640/016.JPG" width="530" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>But I do know we need more than that in the Flesh and while we wait upon the Lord to Move on our behalf and give Direction and Provide, placing those in our Path that will be a Blessing and a Present Help in times of Trouble, I know that the little Distractions and Pleasures are a reminder of the Beauty & Joy in Life that should be Savored and Appreciated.  It is a Strength Tactic that I often use... when pressed above measure and beyond strength, look to the Lord, His Word and then outwards towards ANYTHING of Beauty and Appreciation He Created so that Faith & Perspective remains intact.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa3Ck5-8nni5N9V43DLO1S5p23p4hkQZnAjiiGz7HGmM-8ZAmpTyh_70vPtXQtNDmtUX8W0NWcGIgYRbBNzRmAqlk3stYqf-qnKTlpl85SfbVel3wxDTufLVsDAjuVOR1xkcmllMBIJvF/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa3Ck5-8nni5N9V43DLO1S5p23p4hkQZnAjiiGz7HGmM-8ZAmpTyh_70vPtXQtNDmtUX8W0NWcGIgYRbBNzRmAqlk3stYqf-qnKTlpl85SfbVel3wxDTufLVsDAjuVOR1xkcmllMBIJvF/s640/026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Maybe that is why I find it easy to find Beauty and something to Appreciate even in the "Dark" things... the Macabre... the Decay... the Forgotten... the Ruins... the Oddities and stuff that others might even be repulsed by... because I've had to enough that I realize that even in Darkness and less than the Perfect or Ideal there can still be something worth Salvaging or looking upon with a different Perspective than might be usual or even always comfortable or considered the norm. </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/AVvXsEigd1e18CTuR49k5bMOSv03exnqud9K42-olLL39tkZoJzvowVFriXGmnu23_W1W-Yxrz79hHpQl2UePzUrRpDHB27CYNm8ARAfUWTc2kkp-SYsC7mcaB1ij9dDT1o4_KCFGvSVmhKrg3kb/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigd1e18CTuR49k5bMOSv03exnqud9K42-olLL39tkZoJzvowVFriXGmnu23_W1W-Yxrz79hHpQl2UePzUrRpDHB27CYNm8ARAfUWTc2kkp-SYsC7mcaB1ij9dDT1o4_KCFGvSVmhKrg3kb/s640/008.JPG" width="580" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I find that it transcends Generational barriers... because after Witnessing Grandpa being whisked off yet again in Serious Medical Crisis... Princess T stayed Stoic and Strong alongside me... and after a Reflective Pause she says, "Gramma, lets make something Beautiful now out of what other People would throw away or be Weirded Out by..."   And we set about doing just that...</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/AVvXsEji1VwvfK-b3OcR5U-SnMORdM4WnRgr1jEOp6lMKUI5Ksf-iI2lorwkd8SHdSZjTH4ZY39tCg2KwrEfrLkLVWO_8YDySHofN4hHRGHWytR9LW-kE7e00D9Tsjc6EyaWLCjl9dAX83bGGmhP/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1VwvfK-b3OcR5U-SnMORdM4WnRgr1jEOp6lMKUI5Ksf-iI2lorwkd8SHdSZjTH4ZY39tCg2KwrEfrLkLVWO_8YDySHofN4hHRGHWytR9LW-kE7e00D9Tsjc6EyaWLCjl9dAX83bGGmhP/s640/010.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Because faced with ugly Circumstances or Broken-ness beyond our Control and Power to fix...  we still have the Option of making something Beautiful out of what is Left.  What is still Intact... like the random Barbie Heads she brought to me now from all the terribly broken bodies that are no longer functional and had to be thrown away... and the Parellels were not lost on me.</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/AVvXsEhNX73nuvNWHXjgzOuJFnfID2lRMj64t4PbaCX4fJAFgKRZrbH71J10FLZivrdsTYsDLC6mkk9C57WupclkqLYai2PJkUvaGzR99lPEYd9SYGN1GQ1vloVp5_ZjZKsuvEg9BOg0t_vTLhLx/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNX73nuvNWHXjgzOuJFnfID2lRMj64t4PbaCX4fJAFgKRZrbH71J10FLZivrdsTYsDLC6mkk9C57WupclkqLYai2PJkUvaGzR99lPEYd9SYGN1GQ1vloVp5_ZjZKsuvEg9BOg0t_vTLhLx/s640/009.JPG" width="578" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>"There, we've made them Beautiful again haven't we... and wasn't it Fun Gramma?" she says as she stands back and Admires the handiwork of the little Barbie Head Vignette.  "Yes...", I replied.  And though I'm quite sure it could Creep folks out and the Beauty, Fun and Appreciation might not be there for them as viewed from various Perspectives... that's Okay ... each of us will View Life through the Filters we've developed through our own Unique Experiences and Hand we've been dealt.</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/AVvXsEi96G9Bftjvo4aHcrskp5m__8QyL2jgM5GKde9_5YUPgbuxkaP5tVOqDKzGX2wbTSoRVr8g2A5j7FUZgVaANY146wDgFZ_8hpvaLQOOqpwpWuyYln_Vn1fal7XodCLjFZaVNLqgxEs3_VoP/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96G9Bftjvo4aHcrskp5m__8QyL2jgM5GKde9_5YUPgbuxkaP5tVOqDKzGX2wbTSoRVr8g2A5j7FUZgVaANY146wDgFZ_8hpvaLQOOqpwpWuyYln_Vn1fal7XodCLjFZaVNLqgxEs3_VoP/s640/004.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>I don't know what Tomorrow will bring... but I know we'll get through it some kind of way... and though the way may be Quirky, if it Works we Work It!</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/AVvXsEh5TkgZuQuUBcV78AIEfLyUwnr8JXYJx8kMtwN7_6jpR0-Aqhqz7nFPa48eFK22A49VXs6_8NIUb6PG8JT7WQf0DcRlxbT_z1fCVwqy1emmCi-ZbMvReZY5bA9fSHDm3Y8eJZWYFQBYa-2J/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TkgZuQuUBcV78AIEfLyUwnr8JXYJx8kMtwN7_6jpR0-Aqhqz7nFPa48eFK22A49VXs6_8NIUb6PG8JT7WQf0DcRlxbT_z1fCVwqy1emmCi-ZbMvReZY5bA9fSHDm3Y8eJZWYFQBYa-2J/s640/006.JPG" width="516" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I have learned how to Embrace my Darkness as well as what has been Light and Easy to Embrace in Life.  It has been as much a part of me you see as the Brightest parts and it has made me who I am and was Purposed to Be.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em><strong><span style="color: #0c343d;">Og Mandino: I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.</span></strong></em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="color: black;">I really Love that Quote because I can really Relate to it.</span></em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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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/AVvXsEh6rnu0_yTeAIDSCYwlxY4b-7AKYlpgrt7ZNbOjDuRnpefV9m0-bp2T0d2JpzSu9U6qCEU9xX4pwjpFm7-Cq-WvquVU3py7sav9_fYAF5yzpMMemiIayTNaKGzFQ6R4k2YnI0Ez_xcebZ7q/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/AVvXsEh6rnu0_yTeAIDSCYwlxY4b-7AKYlpgrt7ZNbOjDuRnpefV9m0-bp2T0d2JpzSu9U6qCEU9xX4pwjpFm7-Cq-WvquVU3py7sav9_fYAF5yzpMMemiIayTNaKGzFQ6R4k2YnI0Ez_xcebZ7q/s640/018.JPG" width="480" /></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 even when you're walking in Darkness you will Become the Light that helps to Illuminate the Way and draw others towards a Beacon extended to Light their Paths too.  Not many People really care or are impressed by what you say... but they almost always notice and are impacted by what you Do... especially under Pressure.  That's when you really come to know yourself too and will be confronted by how much of a Work in Progress we all still are!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em>We all go through some Darkness in Life and we all have our Dark Side... those Unlovely parts of ourselves that is less than our best and ain't pretty ... for some it's just more carefully concealed or not readily acknowledged, revealed except maybe in Private or challenged... but it's there.</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/AVvXsEg8pgejlT_gD7CPfAdnRsegLLBE_n0sO3x0-lBvsEs26GvrnLYCfD_6YwbiPeZidrRWrUQXwX9f00ge8HNOkxCo1QLzBVqQAYaIFxp8CpArxn8Iw01cb5rTqjzR1lWIpOVPDoUXfay_Oj0H/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pgejlT_gD7CPfAdnRsegLLBE_n0sO3x0-lBvsEs26GvrnLYCfD_6YwbiPeZidrRWrUQXwX9f00ge8HNOkxCo1QLzBVqQAYaIFxp8CpArxn8Iw01cb5rTqjzR1lWIpOVPDoUXfay_Oj0H/s640/013.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>That's the part of me that I really need to know and come to terms with, 'cause that Gal ain't no Saint! But do you think she'd really come out if there were no Test, or that she'd ever then have a Testimony to Share... something that would Promote Positive Change in her?  I doubt it... she'd probably stay hidden, suppressed, staying in the Shadows during the Light parts of Life and so there would be no way to get clarity and those healthy doses of Conviction that would promote Positive Change to be the very best person possible.  And the Delusion perhaps that there was no more work to be done on Self to have the best Life possible too and to be more compassionate and less judgmental towards others as they deal with their Lives.</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/AVvXsEi5c80QdMHPWezOE9s7YbNCQqpJYcpJAI2xfF-urGUuKeQyiFbYaewyq2KsDMztxsw3dFtOaQ11-LO8nLw2tOb94Aw8tIq4s5Hrq7zsU-jYDARjfIRdqND4-YqRiHfRv2j2Ml7SeYKltaqk/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c80QdMHPWezOE9s7YbNCQqpJYcpJAI2xfF-urGUuKeQyiFbYaewyq2KsDMztxsw3dFtOaQ11-LO8nLw2tOb94Aw8tIq4s5Hrq7zsU-jYDARjfIRdqND4-YqRiHfRv2j2Ml7SeYKltaqk/s640/014.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>The majority of us are but a Shadow of what we Could Be after all... in our various states of Broken-ness and Development.</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/AVvXsEh34bNIoFgmkKCRcCdy1wwLc6EPeqkOKupYokYQ3BYE4mCgpnBDbh86Zljj0vh9ZZ2c_U2yi4jHBb3MmFlQIk8DOYJ4OEA4YJk3B2hhsxJglLBzVifssxfpm7FhLpppa5N-b-9P9P2Y_Kci/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/AVvXsEh34bNIoFgmkKCRcCdy1wwLc6EPeqkOKupYokYQ3BYE4mCgpnBDbh86Zljj0vh9ZZ2c_U2yi4jHBb3MmFlQIk8DOYJ4OEA4YJk3B2hhsxJglLBzVifssxfpm7FhLpppa5N-b-9P9P2Y_Kci/s640/012.JPG" width="504" /></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 rather like Halloween since it is a Reflection of some of the Darkness that Life can and does hold... and how each of us Deals and Copes with it will be varied.  Some have much Fear and Trepidation.   I was once told that Fear is lack of Faith in disguise... perhaps it is... but I think everyone has had to deal with certain amounts and doses of Fear in Life... it's a 'Given'.  I do think we can confront our Fears and react in Faith... which takes exercising the Faith and overcoming the Fear... a delicate Balancing Act that can often be.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A "Dark" Post... Due To Bad News

  The Topic of this Post has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween... but I'm using our Home's Halloween Decor for the Visuals bec...

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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; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7iYGCZMPJzlx5u1DrNs8pgwlKNiUQRu10GSwg0fhY5LSPl4oQfvvhWwBo1duwSCuK4IWEn4QgKDeR9ypn7dfg1UMeIZ4SykB3oHUM29yJMEvE7tvqyitzgdL_2zNH3VWlA_HgFsBl0DG/s1600/222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7iYGCZMPJzlx5u1DrNs8pgwlKNiUQRu10GSwg0fhY5LSPl4oQfvvhWwBo1duwSCuK4IWEn4QgKDeR9ypn7dfg1UMeIZ4SykB3oHUM29yJMEvE7tvqyitzgdL_2zNH3VWlA_HgFsBl0DG/s640/222.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>But it gives me Hope that yes, there are still Vintage Millinery out there to be Found and I could still find some I want to grow my Collection with!  And if you want to divulge some current Sources I'd be much obliged... *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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