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Brass Armadillo West ~ "The Loft" Level Now Open!

<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/AVvXsEhIffXfsJpKpv4s2wat-73hmwG_eKzbTUn8P53jyG0Y6c3orQ_yIGdPm46bBbngNjjEte8PbY4F270tgCwiffkwzJL3Gd-8PW22rtKt6I6xgC7_W8E60-i4UBFEC7XH_tSDwIQoYfp2iIty/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIffXfsJpKpv4s2wat-73hmwG_eKzbTUn8P53jyG0Y6c3orQ_yIGdPm46bBbngNjjEte8PbY4F270tgCwiffkwzJL3Gd-8PW22rtKt6I6xgC7_W8E60-i4UBFEC7XH_tSDwIQoYfp2iIty/s640/001.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>"The Loft" is a 9,000 square foot addition to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo?ref=ts&fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Goodyear Brass Armadillo West</span></strong></a> in the upstairs level.  During the Dealer Breakfast on Saturday Morning Spaces were made available to Rent and so everyone got there early to get their choice Space.</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/AVvXsEie4LYjTYQiMGsYqMGzvwbzA0cpJgOANPjrUvPHU52tEc9JgIgFhuk0X-R6LHtArI6yx97CLZRX-lOD4QOm4F-UE2hi2NTt_tKHGBKbjM9cbt4XCOs7dvbChijV4Faf26jeLh2WmE2HuhgN/s1600/BALoftLine320423_468113666566951_918819680_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4LYjTYQiMGsYqMGzvwbzA0cpJgOANPjrUvPHU52tEc9JgIgFhuk0X-R6LHtArI6yx97CLZRX-lOD4QOm4F-UE2hi2NTt_tKHGBKbjM9cbt4XCOs7dvbChijV4Faf26jeLh2WmE2HuhgN/s640/BALoftLine320423_468113666566951_918819680_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo?ref=ts&fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Brass Armadillo West Facebook</span></strong></a></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>A line had formed quite early and I had a good spot in line and was Lucky #13 for Space Choice so I got exactly what I was Hoping for, two Shelf Units beside eath other and two Wall Art Spaces directly opposite my Shelf Units... over 75% of the Space was rented in the first day!</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/AVvXsEhy5gsw7PMD9xooH5ux_Ybi_SBNnGaQMbVEaXUgZJye11DRVEVVHpjCNr2ZPIZNMyV70zWlYY4O3_EVIDLh9m-q_RmXkPEKrs0LJ7fK3x6YwNpxgbVBgmdWCF26sI5RuyQSGAA8usxLeqxs/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/AVvXsEhy5gsw7PMD9xooH5ux_Ybi_SBNnGaQMbVEaXUgZJye11DRVEVVHpjCNr2ZPIZNMyV70zWlYY4O3_EVIDLh9m-q_RmXkPEKrs0LJ7fK3x6YwNpxgbVBgmdWCF26sI5RuyQSGAA8usxLeqxs/s640/013.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Princess T was really 'Hard Core' and waited in line with Gramma and then we spent most of the day Saturday, after the yummy Dealer Breakfast was served, Painting, Styling and getting Inventory into my new Spaces.  And then back again most of Sunday from Sunup to Sundown to finish.  *Whew!*  Even with broken arm in a Sling this Kid is Faithful to be a Helper and she worked really hard and was a really good Girl for me during two very long & tiring days.  But we got 'er done & since "The Loft" is now Open to Customers, they are already making purchases!  So reacting Quickly has paid off!</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/AVvXsEgEbnb8cEnJdvv_4L7vxU2ONK98MITDi3xVevndZWbJPFN4UIWWS5GQkDC4gxUOpQgTZT1Rsl3ryvjBWcLPr8QPDoNUdD8Nc4lEShS3L_tV5t60mSMV0nyNj9YYOddix4eX_iR1B5sieinc/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/AVvXsEgEbnb8cEnJdvv_4L7vxU2ONK98MITDi3xVevndZWbJPFN4UIWWS5GQkDC4gxUOpQgTZT1Rsl3ryvjBWcLPr8QPDoNUdD8Nc4lEShS3L_tV5t60mSMV0nyNj9YYOddix4eX_iR1B5sieinc/s640/004.JPG" width="632" /></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>Which was a huge relief to Yours Truly since I had a lot to do with a very brief window of opportunity and she had to be in tow with how circumstances have played out with Grandpa being Hospitalized again.  She's still on a series of Medications for some Health Issues & in the Soft Cast & Sling since they won't Hard Cast her until about Tuesday.  So with no Child Care Coverage for her she had to be Gramma's unexpected Sidekick & Assistant for the Event and Move-In to "The Loft" Spaces that I had been long anticipating and thought I would have been able to handle Solo without an entourage.  Thankfully I didn't have both G-Kids in tow... with only one in tow things do go smoother and we get more Quality Together Time one on one too.</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/AVvXsEg-TEHVTk_DhX_rencIWU3n0tY2hQf58X88BW37HSnE9JbKc2mZUHRJjSNMew26mtQgt2UnagcnDrmknpMOhB8ZNy6fPs9Se5bmbZ9qs5vh9Idkl3TximoBZNFeECIPJxm2Iq60swQUjtmP/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TEHVTk_DhX_rencIWU3n0tY2hQf58X88BW37HSnE9JbKc2mZUHRJjSNMew26mtQgt2UnagcnDrmknpMOhB8ZNy6fPs9Se5bmbZ9qs5vh9Idkl3TximoBZNFeECIPJxm2Iq60swQUjtmP/s640/003.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>Here's a sneak peek at how a small portion of the Shelving Units looked prior to being Rented out and stocked.</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/AVvXsEhSlUYgzcPvzkmXt-_xm1ABqghWD0AOY2b3WXi2XytcBvHDXq5iWVN1Lv2UF72Ma8KH0wCgTXDwOdwHbOHKNfxRkSsX8W9W1CCVcI9oqDeRkQFONvjnt7dZeNfN91xGtSOX26NkCVwoOhuF/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlUYgzcPvzkmXt-_xm1ABqghWD0AOY2b3WXi2XytcBvHDXq5iWVN1Lv2UF72Ma8KH0wCgTXDwOdwHbOHKNfxRkSsX8W9W1CCVcI9oqDeRkQFONvjnt7dZeNfN91xGtSOX26NkCVwoOhuF/s640/001.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 a small portion of the Booth Spaces prior to being Rented and stocked... set up for the Dealer Breakfast with Tables and Chairs in each Booth... the Breakfast was really good and having the cozy Booth areas to eat and mingle was like being in a Restaurant.  </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/AVvXsEiljIr4oshcSMFznviRnlPHgsyuAVDN3Jh9QQa-XW9CHusBVAP20EhTELg4oT2QFJzQj1TQkc0__rWA8E9EPvhK00UrePVwmehRTJLRCwqj0nAtIS71wj4rl889NaQlkpFjkCQlxUdMcXnb/s1600/DanJanetRick389963_465617806816537_1076553849_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljIr4oshcSMFznviRnlPHgsyuAVDN3Jh9QQa-XW9CHusBVAP20EhTELg4oT2QFJzQj1TQkc0__rWA8E9EPvhK00UrePVwmehRTJLRCwqj0nAtIS71wj4rl889NaQlkpFjkCQlxUdMcXnb/s640/DanJanetRick389963_465617806816537_1076553849_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo?ref=ts&fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Brass Armadillo West Facebook</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>And it's always Fun to Network and Visit with the other Dealers, many of whom are now Friends. Here is Dan, Janet and Rick in front of one of Rick's Booths downstairs... this Trio are just the nicest of people and have been great Mentors for the Biz of Selling successfully in an Antique Mall.</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/AVvXsEgOycdKoj3hrox2owSJCMVeZJxXpMlW-QGD6jYJsmWKlKiCtc1llHWQjxMs6MU4fYu__0qwRJIIZtdaaaEj3a3fQh9oISl1RTUMifX-8wd0jm2V17KZ26d_YilrUnzZ9BmfjNRTEGgqnno_/s1600/145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOycdKoj3hrox2owSJCMVeZJxXpMlW-QGD6jYJsmWKlKiCtc1llHWQjxMs6MU4fYu__0qwRJIIZtdaaaEj3a3fQh9oISl1RTUMifX-8wd0jm2V17KZ26d_YilrUnzZ9BmfjNRTEGgqnno_/s640/145.JPG" width="560" /></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 the always hilarious Randall who keeps all of us laughing with his great wry sense of humor!</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/AVvXsEiC0o2ar8iOIABXiSKV0GGajvHmmyogcJM4B4o_2IF_y6uK1YTYus2W0xAujvdLeC1KnGTIoaOmtcILRc_KcOdrl63wLKsPLfFlCziWWB8NrAwcX6OWg5NNwPX4yQ9U2DJv76rakPS2m_P5/s1600/153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0o2ar8iOIABXiSKV0GGajvHmmyogcJM4B4o_2IF_y6uK1YTYus2W0xAujvdLeC1KnGTIoaOmtcILRc_KcOdrl63wLKsPLfFlCziWWB8NrAwcX6OWg5NNwPX4yQ9U2DJv76rakPS2m_P5/s640/153.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And here's the Resident Mall Mascot, Max, who belongs to one of the Dealers... he usually carries around a Popeye "Sweet Pea" Character Vintage Doll and though Old and Arthritic, Max has the Spirit of a Young Pup and Greets everyone with so much Enthusiasm... everybody Loves him!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A4kd6Sd_vJOweylOmHu1ISihsCy1141E00ZZxTHCT08wDNWJYBzQBRAczP_mZoOWsOL7rjzM07PkbNb6YdviJ3-7qyvigs9lIsosIwxtbUV5cKw8M5Ys7CGc1Vr_doMdt2qeXF_CyOI5/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A4kd6Sd_vJOweylOmHu1ISihsCy1141E00ZZxTHCT08wDNWJYBzQBRAczP_mZoOWsOL7rjzM07PkbNb6YdviJ3-7qyvigs9lIsosIwxtbUV5cKw8M5Ys7CGc1Vr_doMdt2qeXF_CyOI5/s640/002.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>So now that I've got everything Painted and Stocked with Inventory, be sure to check out my new Spaces in Shelf Units Y13 and Y14 and Art Walls Z44 and Z45 directly opposite them.  And remember that I'll be moving soon to Showroom 114 on the Main Level of the Mall and will let you know the Grand Opening Date of the Showroom as soon as I can. </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/AVvXsEgfvQ4UpxUWWbMnOqC0AUoORIob1dGxV22bidIKw5fgGd0XtuQe5qHNtKbBy9jDsaL_p5W155E1CU0tlezk9b6Bm3SbHpYIq-RzagcHlQ1xFF7Ukh4sAwKy0w8cAKAVZdU0RPdX2x9t3Yk3/s1600/179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvQ4UpxUWWbMnOqC0AUoORIob1dGxV22bidIKw5fgGd0XtuQe5qHNtKbBy9jDsaL_p5W155E1CU0tlezk9b6Bm3SbHpYIq-RzagcHlQ1xFF7Ukh4sAwKy0w8cAKAVZdU0RPdX2x9t3Yk3/s640/179.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 will begin the move-in process to the Showroom on October 14th, but I'll still be in Booth #44 until November 10th and right now have it all set up for Halloween.</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/AVvXsEgYcXGIr4Ikp2PGcB01vQ5ts_lKMxiH4XepAtLO1MZWqPO2R4g00Z2hCOmtj6cxi_BYJ5jFcYcbiriSK3WHUY8gToZnoUm4TckjF0LGUKcKNgA1VIpFRMIbD3LtCZBCpB37aoVWIONIDguX/s1600/180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcXGIr4Ikp2PGcB01vQ5ts_lKMxiH4XepAtLO1MZWqPO2R4g00Z2hCOmtj6cxi_BYJ5jFcYcbiriSK3WHUY8gToZnoUm4TckjF0LGUKcKNgA1VIpFRMIbD3LtCZBCpB37aoVWIONIDguX/s640/180.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 Halloween & Autumn Inventory is Selling well so I'm very Pleased with the start of the Holiday Season Sales... the Glow In The Dark Vintage Ouija Sold before I even finished re-stocking the Booth!</em></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/AVvXsEjsctI0_M8jOHk3u2ueFkN73BEBsADdFjINfpXaGiaEvz_lJJlT0D149REsfxeH2DQmpRiEkUokUhCgsKn1qJ0bDu3DmND2d9b9bom94bixyP7HQRo4UNFhBER-O62IkoOItaj-0j_mEjMY/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsctI0_M8jOHk3u2ueFkN73BEBsADdFjINfpXaGiaEvz_lJJlT0D149REsfxeH2DQmpRiEkUokUhCgsKn1qJ0bDu3DmND2d9b9bom94bixyP7HQRo4UNFhBER-O62IkoOItaj-0j_mEjMY/s640/011.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>After all, you know how much I Love Styling and the Thrill Of The Hunt for Found Treasures to Source for either myself or for Sale!  *Winks*  I really am building Confidence as I take this to each new Level of Entrepreneurship. </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/AVvXsEhvfEbUrtwXnF7TFLKIBcYl4n68PeeBtoMwNkk81Ky7xPQP0tUw5KDeMyNxaq6HNZCCC6_ki18G-dvOzZihA6NCA83CVTupT4LIzMp8ZCOAsJR6Hkfs4-DzMNjL4tOPH-0PTqMmAPwsmcHi/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvfEbUrtwXnF7TFLKIBcYl4n68PeeBtoMwNkk81Ky7xPQP0tUw5KDeMyNxaq6HNZCCC6_ki18G-dvOzZihA6NCA83CVTupT4LIzMp8ZCOAsJR6Hkfs4-DzMNjL4tOPH-0PTqMmAPwsmcHi/s640/007.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>And even though I'm juggling quite a few things right now because circumstances have been less than Ideal on the Homefront with all the Drama & Crisis, I really feel good about the decision and direction I'm going to Sell in an Antique Mall... it has been a very Positive Experience for me and the beginning of something I've been Dreaming of doing for quite some time.</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/AVvXsEhpTgHxXubV7d0Pj1ZcDjzzgCBwq3w9svOVnRquNILTHZ67aJBEMEQ1WoOCbNEs5UoSS5EWLF4cHW5MiFt3FhGRjXQfpK8j9kWBqgsS92vEsPVclRNjnjHDQmtHHU9rRV81xDaLBYlyecpW/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTgHxXubV7d0Pj1ZcDjzzgCBwq3w9svOVnRquNILTHZ67aJBEMEQ1WoOCbNEs5UoSS5EWLF4cHW5MiFt3FhGRjXQfpK8j9kWBqgsS92vEsPVclRNjnjHDQmtHHU9rRV81xDaLBYlyecpW/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And though it had a small beginning... it is beginning also to Grow and to Prosper.</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/AVvXsEg2Cphf8J02clz27msOOd_YojOz5Z61d-6LO1Temk7vN63e_24CW6ElEbYtrJfkw6lRJqndQrLEeb_SShepX0TxZIuh-c2h8X2M9LBcIYjaXiw3u03cG37QF5xTXiIP7gmVlA3DaZibMtiG/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Cphf8J02clz27msOOd_YojOz5Z61d-6LO1Temk7vN63e_24CW6ElEbYtrJfkw6lRJqndQrLEeb_SShepX0TxZIuh-c2h8X2M9LBcIYjaXiw3u03cG37QF5xTXiIP7gmVlA3DaZibMtiG/s640/012.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 it really has been a LOT of Fun and not at all like Work when you're doing something you Love and are surrounded by a Community of Positive, Friendly and Inspirational like-minded people.</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/AVvXsEi78VRWpg1Hmc8ax6DtrqHx4oQWEArOQEgLt5Ds6r9iUrzuYb_RvBionACUmG1aiiBHSnW83vFCe-_HUi5QkQRgiPAoGwlfp0IrcnlZdOU4Mx-TaZLgJKY2UiGg0k-Eeu_gebFbejKnt1vg/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78VRWpg1Hmc8ax6DtrqHx4oQWEArOQEgLt5Ds6r9iUrzuYb_RvBionACUmG1aiiBHSnW83vFCe-_HUi5QkQRgiPAoGwlfp0IrcnlZdOU4Mx-TaZLgJKY2UiGg0k-Eeu_gebFbejKnt1vg/s640/005.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>So I'm really Glad that I took the plunge in March to embark upon this Journey.</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/AVvXsEhs096G3vW4jzIrB0eIVhd_daicV6LTculvNEhtOs2Z-jwmo4RksiySLbNeJ1q0tSG06NDGhQgrp8OMBm9YKHK1neKQ1WsarPe5e4vuU-fJMm4-r7xWvfnMkLHtZvCAiUF-QEj64KjJkmU5/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/AVvXsEhs096G3vW4jzIrB0eIVhd_daicV6LTculvNEhtOs2Z-jwmo4RksiySLbNeJ1q0tSG06NDGhQgrp8OMBm9YKHK1neKQ1WsarPe5e4vuU-fJMm4-r7xWvfnMkLHtZvCAiUF-QEj64KjJkmU5/s640/014.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 I know you've been anxiously awaiting a Sneak Peek into some of the Booths of "The Loft" that other quick reacting Dealers got up and running in the blink of an eye... well... haven't you?!?!  *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/AVvXsEitErp8i2QO_8TxDWzSXK1YqDIbHNPX5dDX-EVhz1hQJJFM110sg4dsSXe310IP5QvNl8efvoUJ5OIR9kc8uxEIe9TCLh5p-NebC2DUzAzI9jG3f3dcQSB0yA2KDG5FCvjJbnW_JUbsDML6/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitErp8i2QO_8TxDWzSXK1YqDIbHNPX5dDX-EVhz1hQJJFM110sg4dsSXe310IP5QvNl8efvoUJ5OIR9kc8uxEIe9TCLh5p-NebC2DUzAzI9jG3f3dcQSB0yA2KDG5FCvjJbnW_JUbsDML6/s640/019.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>This way Cool very early Coke Machine Sold right away... I had never seen one this early in fact... and managed to get a picture to Share before it was Sold.  It was certainly priced to Sell and wasn't in bad condition, so if I 'd had the Budget for buying new Inventory right now I would have certainly picked it up and considered a full Restoration since it seems quite Rare and Unusual.  After all, as "Picker" Mike Wolf would say, the best time to buy something you've never seen before is when you see it!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEgRoo8r-kMpYlP9_Hd4wM8ql3RpaRru1L_DvGPYBWILDpV1jvWUIxsJ6jj5cVYmyplq_R9u0-8FtJW57As2DBYYBS-Nf7bVfmYjd8qkmGgXn-O5EDpSlEijuDGmKtSpDzjedzAkwgSUxc6M/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/AVvXsEgRoo8r-kMpYlP9_Hd4wM8ql3RpaRru1L_DvGPYBWILDpV1jvWUIxsJ6jj5cVYmyplq_R9u0-8FtJW57As2DBYYBS-Nf7bVfmYjd8qkmGgXn-O5EDpSlEijuDGmKtSpDzjedzAkwgSUxc6M/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;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Doesn't this scene in this "Loft" Booth remind you of a day at the Seashore?</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/AVvXsEilzWWMrx1sDNlHBp_sheMFfF4oYLJinIwGr_iTwhrAXFVlZ2AEFjA1B6WRIb5R1cDQ11hnYy_G0dgdFKlQ7rW4tskE9GR47Z_54punCDWd7ouejqj488aYRKDVWZpjWH_9vK_9q-zDPKmH/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzWWMrx1sDNlHBp_sheMFfF4oYLJinIwGr_iTwhrAXFVlZ2AEFjA1B6WRIb5R1cDQ11hnYy_G0dgdFKlQ7rW4tskE9GR47Z_54punCDWd7ouejqj488aYRKDVWZpjWH_9vK_9q-zDPKmH/s640/020.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>Okay... so I Confess... we spent so much time Working that I really didn't concentrate very much on Photography or getting in the way of everyone scrambling to get their Spaces ready.</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/AVvXsEiO-aaEr-cXIv8Wr7_uki9ewlyknm7HXMAnU-Ym-HNsfwhCWzC0c5deS_L7Y5Lhpb8rPbVE8Uis6es5U-CGeCF15aRTDAuv0GHBC5kFbc8NRLGZ0Ab3ZkU6Kel4FTbTUAHVDRoN2AjLLPQf/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-aaEr-cXIv8Wr7_uki9ewlyknm7HXMAnU-Ym-HNsfwhCWzC0c5deS_L7Y5Lhpb8rPbVE8Uis6es5U-CGeCF15aRTDAuv0GHBC5kFbc8NRLGZ0Ab3ZkU6Kel4FTbTUAHVDRoN2AjLLPQf/s640/022.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>But I am Proud of myself for Resisting any and all urges to Purchase anything either!  *Winks*  No easy feat since the Inventory was Fab... including this Enormous Moth that would have looked great in my Collection!  *Winks*  But Princess T kept me accountable.  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEiHYL_epDOp573TVKjWORJ9KNjeJFwro6G_lWeJ9aHlmMAOF9GIXUIwDnT1ZlYh8KfHAAdZtMvnArzXTWpu-26E9R-sJtg3LoihRyZlHnqLll0TT59Jm9bIoElInjwQ_CmHHc8i97e7yIsZ/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYL_epDOp573TVKjWORJ9KNjeJFwro6G_lWeJ9aHlmMAOF9GIXUIwDnT1ZlYh8KfHAAdZtMvnArzXTWpu-26E9R-sJtg3LoihRyZlHnqLll0TT59Jm9bIoElInjwQ_CmHHc8i97e7yIsZ/s640/021.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 getting four new Spaces up and running in less than a day and a half wasn't bad so I'm patting Self on back right about now!  *Smiles*   And I do Hope you'll come visit our new "Loft" Section of the Mall next time you drop by... there are several sets of stairs located in various sections of the Mall and an Elevator in the Northeast section of the Mall.   The Vending Machines and Concession Area have now moved upstairs to 'The Loft' too and there is now a new Bigger Showroom on the Main Floor where it used to be that my Friends Cindy & Tony have moved into, so be sure to check that out.   </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/AVvXsEilsw_zW7i7R4vv6KPlJ5UigbANDOf-citH76_GWulX938rB5UF9JTWJmNZsR7p1ndjoEiOWfDOu5jCbURS2CsVKARIc3Z9TSrjaAtuc2s_Cjt6a06oaDKzxSXgWRcw2pbUi7TSuK8M38jP/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsw_zW7i7R4vv6KPlJ5UigbANDOf-citH76_GWulX938rB5UF9JTWJmNZsR7p1ndjoEiOWfDOu5jCbURS2CsVKARIc3Z9TSrjaAtuc2s_Cjt6a06oaDKzxSXgWRcw2pbUi7TSuK8M38jP/s640/005.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>And now that our Work is done... the Princess and I went to some of our Fav Restaurants for Dinner each day this Weekend to Celebrate... and then go Home to a House we have all to ourselves for a little while to have some Quality Girl Time and watching our Fav Girl Shows since there are no Guys around to hog the remote or roll their eyes as we Enjoy Cupcake Wars & Halloween Wars on the Food Network!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I'm also Celebrating the fact that the next Post will be my 1,000th Post!  Wow, apparently I've sure had a LOT to say, haven't I?!  *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;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Brass Armadillo West ~ "The Loft" Level Now Open!

"The Loft" is a 9,000 square foot addition to the Goodyear Brass Armadillo West in the upstairs level. During the Dealer Bre...

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Le Mysterieux Carnival Party 2012

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxkE8SG7ZeY-frACmWVYMbeyOFi74oIR1SjCsTfPoRaMKpqtb97M5-dUpxEg-JoTfWiRMCPxLJRuC3azruLEan2a5k9XIeuf-Sj4RSkLTRpXaIrppr_ObZLfreinMoems2IZdP4ENd_S4/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxkE8SG7ZeY-frACmWVYMbeyOFi74oIR1SjCsTfPoRaMKpqtb97M5-dUpxEg-JoTfWiRMCPxLJRuC3azruLEan2a5k9XIeuf-Sj4RSkLTRpXaIrppr_ObZLfreinMoems2IZdP4ENd_S4/s640/053.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>We are a Family of Serious Carnival Freaks... I think we could have easily been Carnies in fact! *Winks*  There's just something about a Carnival Atmosphere that is exhilerating and brings out the Inner Child in me like nothing else!  The Atmosphere is Electrifying and Festive... Fantasy come to Life, but in a Cheezy way that is so Over-The-Top as to be absurd and exaggerated, like an Alice In Wonderland Adventure.  </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/AVvXsEi4JuJFdCzvU8sctkWWn64TuqZHHCRlHHaVl-PC5S5MslilfVvch4sJhbOyi6VdC3QYG6d9zyI7061J3NM_2RZ60-eQMJxyx1Fm5jAfn5QR3cYcpgMg9t29IEQUxNfYXA9p9vrFebrWDH3q/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JuJFdCzvU8sctkWWn64TuqZHHCRlHHaVl-PC5S5MslilfVvch4sJhbOyi6VdC3QYG6d9zyI7061J3NM_2RZ60-eQMJxyx1Fm5jAfn5QR3cYcpgMg9t29IEQUxNfYXA9p9vrFebrWDH3q/s640/061.JPG" width="616" /></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>Being an Artist I have always been drawn to the Art in the Carnivals... from the Amazing Carousel Animals...</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/AVvXsEhRu0ybnm5juw3-xTF0CeufkZJSV68Yx6rsbUTCSU0ucJm7qSwL9q8KJyD270iShK1uU4F3e0Xa6qs9pZpNobiytKrQ_dr8gsj1cNjYWUsFFj6wrezpr8_H9WDis6Bo7VSnOT77m4S8he8Z/s1600/Carnivalil_fullxfull_328427357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRu0ybnm5juw3-xTF0CeufkZJSV68Yx6rsbUTCSU0ucJm7qSwL9q8KJyD270iShK1uU4F3e0Xa6qs9pZpNobiytKrQ_dr8gsj1cNjYWUsFFj6wrezpr8_H9WDis6Bo7VSnOT77m4S8he8Z/s640/Carnivalil_fullxfull_328427357.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>Source: Party Invites ~ Etsy.com </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /><em>To the Carnival Style Font and Advertisements...</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy4yOtIMajU2v_2SH3b0lxDYbAklvV9TcHUHKk8J9EKkij4A8aHlpmAZnNEUzwigcht1KrgrJunfpDkL0xX7DLDERzAekM6qzyiNZzdeTbvapss6r8YsMgkFp5CIdGpdY0SHhMaCxwbEh/s1600/153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPy4yOtIMajU2v_2SH3b0lxDYbAklvV9TcHUHKk8J9EKkij4A8aHlpmAZnNEUzwigcht1KrgrJunfpDkL0xX7DLDERzAekM6qzyiNZzdeTbvapss6r8YsMgkFp5CIdGpdY0SHhMaCxwbEh/s640/153.JPG" width="616" /></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 the most amazing Graphic Art everywhere you look... often surrounded by Lights and loud Music to totally overload the Senses.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtkemCm3Lkb6bMK4IGq1aP2NbXXF6tj09UWpMFbP5PU2ol12V2dqEHJhx53PsaRDxVew1LUKhFk5eOs3z7b8fsKS7D3A4XUllimxttNFjgzKiRao-OwkQms1-SGhe46lpXBWkYACP_e6x/s1600/CarnivalTicketstlmc1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtkemCm3Lkb6bMK4IGq1aP2NbXXF6tj09UWpMFbP5PU2ol12V2dqEHJhx53PsaRDxVew1LUKhFk5eOs3z7b8fsKS7D3A4XUllimxttNFjgzKiRao-OwkQms1-SGhe46lpXBWkYACP_e6x/s400/CarnivalTicketstlmc1.png" width="400" /></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>So here's your Ticket to Join us... and there's a Blog Party Button Link on my Sidebar that will also take you Directly to the Party... so come on, watcha waitin' for?  *Winks*</em></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/AVvXsEiLz2lxWCD-WE0dAt6g9lmzB9FMQdERtoif9Ejk9aEZ48MG43jT6_gOPaFR3cf4o-5l-bPXbo25ITS_WRnvC7WOFYSrvQtO6MxWo4nuaR24N09R2zO9ADsg94XWeeDJnL0ihWl-e5Nt9Rym/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLz2lxWCD-WE0dAt6g9lmzB9FMQdERtoif9Ejk9aEZ48MG43jT6_gOPaFR3cf4o-5l-bPXbo25ITS_WRnvC7WOFYSrvQtO6MxWo4nuaR24N09R2zO9ADsg94XWeeDJnL0ihWl-e5Nt9Rym/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yeah, the Food is a Coronary waiting to happen... but at least you'll go out with a huge Smile on your Face!  The Indian Fry Bread is my Personal Favorite... make mine with just the Honey and Powdered Sugar on top Please!  Carnival Food is just that naughty indulgence that even a disciplined Health Nut cannot usually resist!  Not that I have firsthand experience of being a disciplined Health Nut mind you... but I've seen them there right beside me... those Toned Cabana Boy Studmuffins and Curvy Workout Goddesses... ordering all the same mouthwatering artery clogging Delights during the Carnival Experience!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEg4pnqM0RI4ZxIw2sPPmEDYwPcKliP2QGxdUtIaPfAGamgIGiiIqbSDCFeQjC-lOSYNZOVSau87z9JYQZSZl_3sRC0DyJUisdpApZDxGCxPHdQJK6TmIrv7lDaOWGqtbZOcrTrMMImUJOAr/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/AVvXsEg4pnqM0RI4ZxIw2sPPmEDYwPcKliP2QGxdUtIaPfAGamgIGiiIqbSDCFeQjC-lOSYNZOVSau87z9JYQZSZl_3sRC0DyJUisdpApZDxGCxPHdQJK6TmIrv7lDaOWGqtbZOcrTrMMImUJOAr/s640/027.JPG" width="556" /></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>Seriously... are you going to partake in a Salad Bar before you arrive so that you won't be Tempted by the GIANT Curly Fries piled in a heaping twisted fried Junk Food eyegasm?!  I thought not...</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/AVvXsEgnTfUvGqywaAff6h3zt9PcpnUdTPbi2aeLTFuhXpFW_8v_G3DWU2F12VkWQ-TjZymxi_OrSDBdeptOR3FENUGTZZ5xgQtTpKz2royqng8pXDRbiMSbzESlqPyflvftZe17GlPCqSUMc0FA/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTfUvGqywaAff6h3zt9PcpnUdTPbi2aeLTFuhXpFW_8v_G3DWU2F12VkWQ-TjZymxi_OrSDBdeptOR3FENUGTZZ5xgQtTpKz2royqng8pXDRbiMSbzESlqPyflvftZe17GlPCqSUMc0FA/s640/026.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>The Vivid Colors and Carny Art that covers all of the Midway Rides... {See... I told you The Man and I DO look like a Couple of Seasoned Old Carnies now don't we?  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/AVvXsEjDML3I5-3d-bL5VFAEYRsJOpha1J9HdeMo9VsVOa3TOGEU1sDyGlbHAskjxILxpxZzIzzqHur9BZ2WALhu7rjjRJPCOPuEa9LDfFgPKEZVUsI2yeGbVNmn_AWOu7gWqbw-QiNQUVj0CCZJ/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDML3I5-3d-bL5VFAEYRsJOpha1J9HdeMo9VsVOa3TOGEU1sDyGlbHAskjxILxpxZzIzzqHur9BZ2WALhu7rjjRJPCOPuEa9LDfFgPKEZVUsI2yeGbVNmn_AWOu7gWqbw-QiNQUVj0CCZJ/s640/018.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>The Midway Games with their Bonanza of Cheezy Prizes you desperately wanna Win on what you clearly know are rigged Games... so you spend a small Fortune trying to 'Score' something you know would only cost a dollar and fifty cents at some Thrift Store!  *LOL*  But earning that Title of Ninja Skilled Midway Game Super Hero for a Day in front of your Date... Kids... Grandkids... Spouse... Relatives or Friends is PRICELESS right?!?  *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/AVvXsEjOAHjUaVzs_fv7YZ6EtK8T49Ctd-AiRyqKOUCaMn7fLmjdMHVQ7loA6UKcQF3mdJ5WutI4wRYtWENCy_-_PhAeXURf8TTCOJdPvqC9RhQFSqnyTr4nvgMotF1Mp-zGszFV8drYX8D3vkxF/s1600/goodfortune.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAHjUaVzs_fv7YZ6EtK8T49Ctd-AiRyqKOUCaMn7fLmjdMHVQ7loA6UKcQF3mdJ5WutI4wRYtWENCy_-_PhAeXURf8TTCOJdPvqC9RhQFSqnyTr4nvgMotF1Mp-zGszFV8drYX8D3vkxF/s640/goodfortune.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="http://gothicteasociety.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">The Gothic Tea Society Haute Obscura</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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And my Personal Favorite... the Vintage Fortune Telling Machines!!!  I SOOOOO want one of these one day in my Private Collection here at Home!</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/AVvXsEjJSEe7kePGNCGumHA3VG1qvmrUjzzPgOq92ND9fs8I56v1MYqPlcgv8E31_1mwbwEJLMr0hLSdRXgL0tAQq6mBg3s1uDvoShKFiymEyvEK7n33a5FRJh_yWOV6FcV0qSI4Hvu0zQUjq_07/s1600/esmeralda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSEe7kePGNCGumHA3VG1qvmrUjzzPgOq92ND9fs8I56v1MYqPlcgv8E31_1mwbwEJLMr0hLSdRXgL0tAQq6mBg3s1uDvoShKFiymEyvEK7n33a5FRJh_yWOV6FcV0qSI4Hvu0zQUjq_07/s640/esmeralda.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="http://gothicteasociety.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">The Gothic Tea Society Haute Obscura</span></strong></a></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;"><em>You don't see them so much anymore... but I remember them so well and I Loved getting my Fortune read by the Spooky Animatronic Gypsies!  </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/AVvXsEimD-Kmb51f9bc_5LhdSfwXH5oJq6X81t-PuyjuJOHabmX6IADXjBlA5LCr8GoVioLVY_HJUucZnmUf9BYOZoXUBTW2kMG_RH50n9UUD6cuZTBvKNm9rWRb8sOau4i5IQKplbI9uT_A2Axl/s1600/zoltar_two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimD-Kmb51f9bc_5LhdSfwXH5oJq6X81t-PuyjuJOHabmX6IADXjBlA5LCr8GoVioLVY_HJUucZnmUf9BYOZoXUBTW2kMG_RH50n9UUD6cuZTBvKNm9rWRb8sOau4i5IQKplbI9uT_A2Axl/s640/zoltar_two.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: Bing Images</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;"><em>Who doesn't remember Tom Hanks getting his read by the Zoltan~Zoltar Machine in the Movie "Big"?</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/AVvXsEhfeN1PTJ5ZRKKELnEQ1TgaDkD06V7vmW6_Sdr9LrYNpaiHInHjX5MKX2Ox7BxHO2CcEsP6t3Jpyr54felRSvksJflP5t7lfVCEkMi-1jqPYZco_NF-WNVkRYvGVXs-PSmi3ZxPg7La7fks/s1600/118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeN1PTJ5ZRKKELnEQ1TgaDkD06V7vmW6_Sdr9LrYNpaiHInHjX5MKX2Ox7BxHO2CcEsP6t3Jpyr54felRSvksJflP5t7lfVCEkMi-1jqPYZco_NF-WNVkRYvGVXs-PSmi3ZxPg7La7fks/s640/118.JPG" width="618" /></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 though the Carnival Prizes my Grandchildren now Win on the Midway look something like this... and they're totally Gaga about... My Kids used to Win the likes of 5 foot Stuffed Animals {The Son} and Dime Goldfish {The Youngest Daughter} that shouldda croaked prematurely given the dismal odds stacked against them... but would somehow last for YEARS in our Aquarium and end up the size of Japanese Koi... so that when they did croak, they couldn't be flushed, they HAD to be buried as Fish Fertilizer under the Old Tamarack Trees!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEhVSs_f0dvJEda7IzoPFUvfCLQeN_kqpNRwL_bXrGFCSKnJp_NidUcyn5O-SPQU6HVdjAkx8BCBC5_yGWTbOlQDjknTd6o7eTXoACvSmMnlywrUkuOysMQpG4UJe-kosxw6yQp1YdHgGujN/s1600/Carnival+PrizesAT0331-negaunee-DSC00462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSs_f0dvJEda7IzoPFUvfCLQeN_kqpNRwL_bXrGFCSKnJp_NidUcyn5O-SPQU6HVdjAkx8BCBC5_yGWTbOlQDjknTd6o7eTXoACvSmMnlywrUkuOysMQpG4UJe-kosxw6yQp1YdHgGujN/s640/Carnival+PrizesAT0331-negaunee-DSC00462.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: Bing Images</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 was fortunate enough that most of my Childhood Carnival Memories go back to the European Carnivals we attended when we were Nomadic Worldwide Travelers.  And the Midway Prizes were the Classic Cheezy Brightly Colored Chalkware, Mismatched China or even Toilet Paper Rolls with Rabbit Fur glued on and a pair of Roly-Poly Plastic Eyes so that it looked like a mini 'Cousin It' from the Addams Family Series!  *The Toilet Paper Rabbit Fur 'Cousin Its' were my Favs and I had a large Collection of them as a Child & Young Teen in fact!  God I Wish I'd never gotten rid of them!*</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/AVvXsEjNqvTiZj3-jYvj4_4moNb6Aqe0pFOSa3jA8pz1n19vpr2kp65SmQzNJ5YQ4Z8kJtdVlbnd5LDUX-D-WajdL5AjA5-PjDlhFqU8CC7Xm6OgvSUbLBQHxH6u7T-z5xjGN2bwYUFWtkf6a7dP/s1600/Carnival_Glass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNqvTiZj3-jYvj4_4moNb6Aqe0pFOSa3jA8pz1n19vpr2kp65SmQzNJ5YQ4Z8kJtdVlbnd5LDUX-D-WajdL5AjA5-PjDlhFqU8CC7Xm6OgvSUbLBQHxH6u7T-z5xjGN2bwYUFWtkf6a7dP/s640/Carnival_Glass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <em>Source: HapMoore.com</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;"><em>And my Mom still recalls the Era when yes, Carnival Glass {which is now a highly coveted Collectible} was given out as the Midway Prizes!  They came in an array of irredescent Hues... the Marigold being my Favorite... but all of it always caught my Eye and so I began Collecting it before it was highly sought after and procured some great pieces whilst in Europe!  Of coarse, since my European Mom remembered it being Cheap Carnival Ware she was mortified that I considered it as Collectible as say her Rosenthal, Royal Doulton or Wedgwood... and worse, that I even preferred it to the 'Good Stuff'!  *Gasp!*</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/AVvXsEgAIm_2inLzecwgXj4x0nfVCxlFZ855xyiMgY7lW_CjuM774yGIYSBdIdhAZTO8p5ij19m94rwjd5vdEbdqfEJP7IrFGgbOI4HYYipd6Ro-uGrCUn1SLHHvqkf0n-Fias1pQ8io-plhB4_K/s1600/txfreaks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIm_2inLzecwgXj4x0nfVCxlFZ855xyiMgY7lW_CjuM774yGIYSBdIdhAZTO8p5ij19m94rwjd5vdEbdqfEJP7IrFGgbOI4HYYipd6Ro-uGrCUn1SLHHvqkf0n-Fias1pQ8io-plhB4_K/s640/txfreaks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: Bing Images</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I still recall the Era when every Carnival had a Great Sideshow and Freak Show that went along with it.  Folks with Unusual Gifts or abnormalities could earn a good living just traveling with the Carnival Circuit... and of coarse there were the Gaffs.  Now with Political Correctness more the Norm you don't see so many or people being as comfortable to pay admission to see the 'Strange People'.   But I Confess, it was always one of my very favorite parts of the Carnival Experience and I'm kinda Sad that my G-Kids won't get as much of an opportunity to see a Good Sideshow or Freak Show... because I don't truly believe that people are any less Curious or amazed about such things as they ever were.</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/AVvXsEhlPc61rjenPYACbmvn_Q_LS01Y-wt7drZCKR3jY1INoDkqJyTJXO5hLNLJ-6wYAPDjwgYLew7DK8T_99HjqhtKq2GdDWYQ8HLjs2ZZeHaulZB4q4UTTeYu3p49QgfZEs09VWS8MKsQz07V/s1600/071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPc61rjenPYACbmvn_Q_LS01Y-wt7drZCKR3jY1INoDkqJyTJXO5hLNLJ-6wYAPDjwgYLew7DK8T_99HjqhtKq2GdDWYQ8HLjs2ZZeHaulZB4q4UTTeYu3p49QgfZEs09VWS8MKsQz07V/s640/071.JPG" width="510" /></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>Its True... most folks Love these Carnivals & Shows... and everything they have come to be known for as much as any previous Generation has... and I suspect will continue to Love them far into the Future...</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/AVvXsEg9J3XoKocnciEPawHRNxShMaEe8iOTGzJMwK3nwVp8v4ZA77Rq5m1bxqnCCOsw6fMQQFaxn-DdYwn3q96tQQTEN-W__msY18RMCBQmmIss0m3EyLnU8Hd96rlPkU5wUKDAYacop1GaDCV9/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9J3XoKocnciEPawHRNxShMaEe8iOTGzJMwK3nwVp8v4ZA77Rq5m1bxqnCCOsw6fMQQFaxn-DdYwn3q96tQQTEN-W__msY18RMCBQmmIss0m3EyLnU8Hd96rlPkU5wUKDAYacop1GaDCV9/s640/081.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 if you've Enjoyed coming to our Carnival as much as I Enjoyed Presenting it to you... I Hope you will go visit all of the other Participants of <a href="http://lemysterieuxcarnival.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">LE MYSTERIEUX CARNIVAL PARTY 2012</span></strong></a>... and join all of the other Carnival Lovers and Freaks during this Carnival Week!</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/AVvXsEhZoD-0Hpjq0FVo2KjZROmMKkqzxvtzBU13r6a8ICPrCu358Y66BGbh5wCAHZp8smGIjBOhgOjEI6_moHscX6laNktDVe6UmpwZDkwYCy8WbU7jojyhaaILzI5ZCakNkVUx4jSO1po_WQpQ/s1600/Carnylmcbannerparty3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoD-0Hpjq0FVo2KjZROmMKkqzxvtzBU13r6a8ICPrCu358Y66BGbh5wCAHZp8smGIjBOhgOjEI6_moHscX6laNktDVe6UmpwZDkwYCy8WbU7jojyhaaILzI5ZCakNkVUx4jSO1po_WQpQ/s640/Carnylmcbannerparty3.jpg" width="613" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gZSMA5Cv_sz2-ZCYH23NoDw0YRUF_Lum-AsXtCA1g7kV7GvqtTcSVrsgTshqqRi6cY_ejjq5yPME6_dX5ikZUTxLQwNuW40hqGdavM5VWg5yQUko7jqK1PASSnBaxqHdR5VVKQvkyp2m/s1600/Carny0c2194fe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gZSMA5Cv_sz2-ZCYH23NoDw0YRUF_Lum-AsXtCA1g7kV7GvqtTcSVrsgTshqqRi6cY_ejjq5yPME6_dX5ikZUTxLQwNuW40hqGdavM5VWg5yQUko7jqK1PASSnBaxqHdR5VVKQvkyp2m/s640/Carny0c2194fe.png" 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>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Le Mysterieux Carnival Party 2012

We are a Family of Serious Carnival Freaks... I think we could have easily been Carnies in fact! *Winks* There's just something a...

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A Casualty Of Time And Neglect Revisited ~ Sort Of

<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/AVvXsEgl4HY8lBX4zfGo5uUC5MoQ9jcS4-3o-IkUs-Q51Nmy2PudxHcef_7TnzpHMN8w20nmCK1nIt291tz1-4fgUcd-OqJwm6qbMmxgt_bRMkF_dmXSh4XfCTrKad4kM9gb4Xt5zlosMcEGW56t/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4HY8lBX4zfGo5uUC5MoQ9jcS4-3o-IkUs-Q51Nmy2PudxHcef_7TnzpHMN8w20nmCK1nIt291tz1-4fgUcd-OqJwm6qbMmxgt_bRMkF_dmXSh4XfCTrKad4kM9gb4Xt5zlosMcEGW56t/s640/008.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>Back in late 2010 I took you to one of the last bastions of West Side Historic Ruins in my area... which had been an Original part of Wildlife World Zoo I came to find out later.</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/AVvXsEinLzm3zcWT0nLvEiIdMoXXWsCTknJH0vI0v6ijH21fsXl9P7emlw75n9lMMch93WFcYkRNGgNt-NTlOG5CmrpUq3BUEPat2RxUJLtD9D-wEaT9AMwOQw99cHamTmhov_YWvWX4RQCt4OoT/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzm3zcWT0nLvEiIdMoXXWsCTknJH0vI0v6ijH21fsXl9P7emlw75n9lMMch93WFcYkRNGgNt-NTlOG5CmrpUq3BUEPat2RxUJLtD9D-wEaT9AMwOQw99cHamTmhov_YWvWX4RQCt4OoT/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>The current Zoo now sits on Acreage to the East of this Original Property and a Modern Freeway Bypass runs beside it.  I have driven past this large Acreage of Interesting Ruins for well over 35 years now and it always fascinated me.  It used to be out in the boondocks when I first moved to the Valley in the early 70's.  And it remained in the boondocks for a couple of decades afterwards.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieFsFU5IxyeNFhtwHQAh_5dyKTE-hn9b4EJK3H8fmXSLMFltD6ZxM7YuowVM9dmkS56p5KsPfxDWb9F53VfZHGbfNrHN9AlcdX4Z27LrbBIcogXIcac3Wk2WSa3741sPcEVHFVNaYGd5o/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/AVvXsEhieFsFU5IxyeNFhtwHQAh_5dyKTE-hn9b4EJK3H8fmXSLMFltD6ZxM7YuowVM9dmkS56p5KsPfxDWb9F53VfZHGbfNrHN9AlcdX4Z27LrbBIcogXIcac3Wk2WSa3741sPcEVHFVNaYGd5o/s640/010.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><em>And I'd always felt compelled to Photograph it, but until late 2010 I didn't have a sudden sense of Urgency about doing it.  But given the rapid encroachment of infrastructures, subdivisions, Commercial and Industrial properties sprawling out across the Westside now and consuming the Desert, Agricultural areas and once remote Historic sites and Ruins, I felt it was Time, before it was too late. </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/AVvXsEheY67Seyjoh11W3rgUqHLBTfzry_GnfBVnGiMk85PvS73Po88v76aNN9-peT4sOLpbsM-GKB6cGFNuJQ1sMrae_s5na1bKJ1EiFX9ZyVwr_yDUcrJQX50OqFVR6Pvz7xyDWLHrihpynNnV/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/AVvXsEheY67Seyjoh11W3rgUqHLBTfzry_GnfBVnGiMk85PvS73Po88v76aNN9-peT4sOLpbsM-GKB6cGFNuJQ1sMrae_s5na1bKJ1EiFX9ZyVwr_yDUcrJQX50OqFVR6Pvz7xyDWLHrihpynNnV/s640/017.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> I Secretly Hoped it would remain untouched and left alone to either to be a ruined bastion & remnant of the Past... or purchased and Restored.  Or at the very least be properly Salvaged when it's Time came to be razed in the name of 'Progress' so that the wonderful Old Wormwood & Architectural Salvage of the Period could at least be Saved. </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/AVvXsEii2QP2pz7xEuEvQvEk71MwFleHZWa60bz74BBEY4Lz57x1j8NByV4q0H6wW5MTLnI-G3eyuMhW7XHqOdX8X5gIFwv7MrPrZIGebe7WpFz01pyDajYAKbhfqT7f2rBqmIaopiRtH0bu4cVN/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2QP2pz7xEuEvQvEk71MwFleHZWa60bz74BBEY4Lz57x1j8NByV4q0H6wW5MTLnI-G3eyuMhW7XHqOdX8X5gIFwv7MrPrZIGebe7WpFz01pyDajYAKbhfqT7f2rBqmIaopiRtH0bu4cVN/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> Or maybe even some of the more sound and Salvageable Structures of it moved to some other location such as Pioneer Village as Historic Monuments.  But I always Hope for such things when I see an Abandoned Historic Property, even if it lays in Ruins.  I just Hate seeing one after another razed and become only a vague Memory in some Old Photograph or someone's recollection.</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/AVvXsEh2psKRFrDNUPw2zsYi0jeSgYnujYNN84pdvvMFeS47U_P_9Gx9ylg1etCwqL3TzeBRtdrOVhahk8XgEx9P9u2PvilyJEM7wd-9Ow5KoUPtyEOeB5Jcjrn_pti56qPAm-h4znTB8mRtfvng/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2psKRFrDNUPw2zsYi0jeSgYnujYNN84pdvvMFeS47U_P_9Gx9ylg1etCwqL3TzeBRtdrOVhahk8XgEx9P9u2PvilyJEM7wd-9Ow5KoUPtyEOeB5Jcjrn_pti56qPAm-h4znTB8mRtfvng/s640/023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>And wiped off the face of the Earth as if they had never been... leaving not a Trace... regardless of Historic Significance or Original Grandeur and any lingering Possibilities or Potential for being Saved, Restored and Enjoyed for many more years to come. </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/AVvXsEgyCwxYAUEHUzzEoiJ2CWnve727RUIOUCLIGsSmFvXJstX9Qqv_5u-wdxH3ZDDnCk-yC1GicFxnl0ifXC3LWkOPYtBWUsqqYcCJQbC7sx1YBM1HmYuTsPrVcIRknoy2KBdpiInqiVk56Aqc/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/AVvXsEgyCwxYAUEHUzzEoiJ2CWnve727RUIOUCLIGsSmFvXJstX9Qqv_5u-wdxH3ZDDnCk-yC1GicFxnl0ifXC3LWkOPYtBWUsqqYcCJQbC7sx1YBM1HmYuTsPrVcIRknoy2KBdpiInqiVk56Aqc/s640/014.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Sure, there are some past any Hope of that... but that is what was alleged about this Ole' House when the City initially Condemned it and was Jonesin' to raze it before our Purchase.   And we proved that to be an incorrect assumption because we could see past perceived impossibilities with the Vision of Possibilities and a Love for the Property and it's Significance.</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/AVvXsEhcfs7pYlUfpusUBasr-UcW-cVdObKg0c4-dEmbvEVmTLgsBwtpHfb0RXzeWG6pjY86RubgUrGRdqxrY-_3vHNU3Dw2hvgVP4AMQgrqs5KSfKMZBpeh-1EF0WzR4QvAX-VsCeDj14Kt57YA/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfs7pYlUfpusUBasr-UcW-cVdObKg0c4-dEmbvEVmTLgsBwtpHfb0RXzeWG6pjY86RubgUrGRdqxrY-_3vHNU3Dw2hvgVP4AMQgrqs5KSfKMZBpeh-1EF0WzR4QvAX-VsCeDj14Kt57YA/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I'm just sayin' that with too many it's not even Tried... Considered... made an Option... there is too much eagerness or greed to do away with the Old and make way for the New even if there are alternate locations the New could be placed at without all of the Old being compromised & Forever Lost.  The History not properly appreciated or Preserved for Future Generations to Experience and Enjoy.  Because once it's gone... it's gone... and hindsight is 20-20.</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/AVvXsEiGtU_xSMi6THTciAhDfZGbpBuYLRN4sF8ac-64njSTEb-wQasbGkkDmMfXMWvvgmKHj71mURj4ox17hDyhNnLg0dMimtrafhQ6bpSE7_pO_Wfo6pkhkB427DPZLPOrjvr6935nXLBnxTGn/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/AVvXsEiGtU_xSMi6THTciAhDfZGbpBuYLRN4sF8ac-64njSTEb-wQasbGkkDmMfXMWvvgmKHj71mURj4ox17hDyhNnLg0dMimtrafhQ6bpSE7_pO_Wfo6pkhkB427DPZLPOrjvr6935nXLBnxTGn/s640/009.JPG" width="612" /></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 really, do we always need another Freeway, Parking Lot, Expansion of some eyesore or another that blights the Natural Landscape or Erases History?  And sometimes it's not even Necessary... because I've seen things destroyed, be they Natural Elements or Historic Man-Made ones, to make way for... nothing... that's right, sometimes the bulldozers come and just level or cut down everything and then nothing happens with a Future Project... sometimes ever... or at least not for a very long time... so what was the Rush?  A great Mystery that is... at least if something takes the place of what was it makes a bit of sense & has some logic or grandoise Plan behind it.   I think you know where this is all leading don't you?</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/AVvXsEgDlolpQdRkEaAGPRBl9hRtBBjATxcVQyZMWbC_qtC2FihdlHKU4XpgwChmFSnhPztsFLd7Vacl6Q4r4LKLVlM_AQf6gHk0ASUYpIvCbcCoSm-DcSgjXJlJjnWIufIZJx9FQAqnpktvhvzN/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlolpQdRkEaAGPRBl9hRtBBjATxcVQyZMWbC_qtC2FihdlHKU4XpgwChmFSnhPztsFLd7Vacl6Q4r4LKLVlM_AQf6gHk0ASUYpIvCbcCoSm-DcSgjXJlJjnWIufIZJx9FQAqnpktvhvzN/s640/007.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>Yes, I was probably the last person to Photograph this Historic Ruin before it's Time finally came... early this year in fact.  And quite suddenly... one day it was there... and the next it was just a bulldozed bunch of Acreage beside the Freeway looking now like a strip mined piece of Earth... not a single Tree or Building left standing... and no Salvage efforts whatsoever to Preserve or Save a thing.</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/AVvXsEifFjJxvhFCoCwaljz2RMCsIpDIvU7Ufh9dOw23aETuegd5lo9BkhCE2BhBUaRn8SK3bXYRqDFTW6ZzcUzAsdMQn-RMRHBMGt-_dMBxG5QbcmX3OkornKLOsU56w8O2Mp4tf7b2Nw_AgZcx/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFjJxvhFCoCwaljz2RMCsIpDIvU7Ufh9dOw23aETuegd5lo9BkhCE2BhBUaRn8SK3bXYRqDFTW6ZzcUzAsdMQn-RMRHBMGt-_dMBxG5QbcmX3OkornKLOsU56w8O2Mp4tf7b2Nw_AgZcx/s640/012.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>And probably not too many people will even notice or miss it or care.  But as for me I will... and as always I felt a mixture of Emotions... of Sad and Mad.  The Man had noticed the demolition first and was almost afraid to tell me because he knows only too well my reaction and Love of Old Places and Ruins and unspoiled Natural Places.  Of how many have been Lost already over the years and how precious few are left... especially in the Rural Areas.  </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/AVvXsEjmdImkb2Bn2r5cJkmUDha5Vuw4ZnMfBDZ7Np8o4zmPRJUWSdIIV2gxvBE-vionIFJ4VJEr8t8UxuDi5hZggB8XjW3jsraVzfqJQQ9deVlRbPRyGt_i-NXuxItgBnkeS2nNz0qXQIFQjeFu/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdImkb2Bn2r5cJkmUDha5Vuw4ZnMfBDZ7Np8o4zmPRJUWSdIIV2gxvBE-vionIFJ4VJEr8t8UxuDi5hZggB8XjW3jsraVzfqJQQ9deVlRbPRyGt_i-NXuxItgBnkeS2nNz0qXQIFQjeFu/s640/030.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>And of Pristine Desert not yet 'Developed'.  And I'm certain much of the Wildlife is confused about that loss of Habitat since we're hearing more and more of the newely Developed areas having to Endure "Nuisance" critters like Coyote, Bobcats, Javelina and Mountain Lion that are Displaced and yet expected to go... WHERE?   Where ARE they supposed to go or to understand that now People occupy their Territory that has been taken from them?  They no longer have a Home to go to, and so if they linger it is because they simply must try to adapt, improvise and Survive... and yet they're the ones labeled a "Nuisance" and therefore have to be Eliminated if they can't manage to move on or be relocated.  In the Past many Indiginous Peoples suffered the same fate, so why should I be surprised that our Wild and Free Animal Friends aren't being given a fair shake either.  But it makes me Sad and Mad too.</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/AVvXsEjSRY0foSt8nfe-FvWHfMpTUJ2Wr-q-lMx8g-Ry1jRLQpGkCiQ9If4yw9Jq-k0NH7VKz9M1iLbyKjFntNI37tlZJNO9tVcWY2_mqUy4_9qQ7YIRZSxb9MHfFE4JS61tWE2TUUqyW0nFeXsb/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRY0foSt8nfe-FvWHfMpTUJ2Wr-q-lMx8g-Ry1jRLQpGkCiQ9If4yw9Jq-k0NH7VKz9M1iLbyKjFntNI37tlZJNO9tVcWY2_mqUy4_9qQ7YIRZSxb9MHfFE4JS61tWE2TUUqyW0nFeXsb/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And no, I'm not an Extremist who is against Change or Progress, Improvements and Development, if it is done in a Balanced way with Good Stewardship and Sensitivity to Nature, who or what was there first and to what is left of the Past.  But so often it's not and I guess that is where my sensitivity to it is heightened and I Feel so conflicted.  </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/AVvXsEjjhGIenKQeO4hRj4G5ojZh6tmxtGjxFD5wweplQmoW2edryqMwiDMPTTBOpy8IF9aQ4henVs_KwSoNfOZkSeykCDPjsxsppNMJNDm_dGD6BUtWBsQXw7-JANJ0txWBkGyxQIqoAJl5WVRK/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhGIenKQeO4hRj4G5ojZh6tmxtGjxFD5wweplQmoW2edryqMwiDMPTTBOpy8IF9aQ4henVs_KwSoNfOZkSeykCDPjsxsppNMJNDm_dGD6BUtWBsQXw7-JANJ0txWBkGyxQIqoAJl5WVRK/s640/021.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>When I'm Documenting and Photographing a Ruin I am careful to take only pictures and leave only footprints.  I have been known though to ask a Demolition Crew if I can Salvage something from a site they're in the process of razing and carting everything off to the Landfill though.  But if I don't get the chance there is always that nagging regret that perhaps I should have Salvaged something?  Some small piece of the History so that every speck isn't Lost and discarded like Trash?  Perhaps a Brick... a piece of Old Hardware laying on the ground... especially if nobody cared enough about any of it to Salvage a single thing or let anybody else either!</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/AVvXsEi3h48vCqXsrrQCsOumYvj7j7peNoCvt9t_3DS29LN2aIzr_qwd11OY73vGRAAG75gKIHhPsCoWoGGr_95OykOrvs9Yf_NEyeaYf_X5TLprKU1ZWuA7S605U8dhub33bJuDCD8WiEr81zkC/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h48vCqXsrrQCsOumYvj7j7peNoCvt9t_3DS29LN2aIzr_qwd11OY73vGRAAG75gKIHhPsCoWoGGr_95OykOrvs9Yf_NEyeaYf_X5TLprKU1ZWuA7S605U8dhub33bJuDCD8WiEr81zkC/s640/020.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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And now nothing at all is left... not even a stone or living thing... no... nothing is replacing what once was... it's just sat vacant and unimproved... and who knows for how long or what Grand Plan there is to replace the piece of History?  Perhaps the Freeway Bypass will be widened a smidgen on the East Side where this once stood... even though the West Side of the Freeway Bypass had absolutely nothing and could have been widened without disturbing anything?  Maybe they'll build something eventually or make a huge Parking Lot?  Or maybe it will just sit for years "as is"... a testament of Man's impatience, greed and inability to just leave some things "Be".  I'm sure multitudes will disagree with my viewpoint because if multitudes agreed perhaps less would be Lost... perhaps... I don't know... but I do Care.  Because it Grieves me deeply for reasons I don't entirely even understand myself.</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/AVvXsEixftswlFnYMAaqZP2U9xgJdn9aA56e9SdsPCnbzEswt3lINrZcXl0hHactjjI3JcHNxEhXWrcS-bFupkrBO-QsovTOjfzv899MygmoADK_dumDMtS4pNEw_cY5BXW0BwcbI5OJvlhG7yNk/s1600/Carnylmcbannerparty3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixftswlFnYMAaqZP2U9xgJdn9aA56e9SdsPCnbzEswt3lINrZcXl0hHactjjI3JcHNxEhXWrcS-bFupkrBO-QsovTOjfzv899MygmoADK_dumDMtS4pNEw_cY5BXW0BwcbI5OJvlhG7yNk/s640/Carnylmcbannerparty3.jpg" width="612" /></a></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/AVvXsEjMP-TWX5zyHBH0H8dTGZnFEgbf8e10MPsr33QnTZY4yWtjUupUAmowncA3Ewy3Tz-ws-jshOp4uw4-_NKmZYXOS9f27qtLgrjIr1HYM1hODcO9m6JXaEhKB15h_v7PqfbpbD9kGMEVzmPm/s1600/Carny0c2194fe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP-TWX5zyHBH0H8dTGZnFEgbf8e10MPsr33QnTZY4yWtjUupUAmowncA3Ewy3Tz-ws-jshOp4uw4-_NKmZYXOS9f27qtLgrjIr1HYM1hODcO9m6JXaEhKB15h_v7PqfbpbD9kGMEVzmPm/s400/Carny0c2194fe.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000;">This is it Carnival Lovers and Freaks! Carnival Week starts today and we're counting down to the Big Party Hosted by Anna & Marfi. We're still getting last minute sign ups so if you think you can get a Party Post together by the end of the week you're welcome to join in the fun.  I have provided a Linky Button on my Sidebar that will take you directly to the Party... just click for your Admission!  I can't think of too many things that rival a good Carnival for a Festive Atmosphere and Fun that brings out the Inner Child in each of us!  I mean, who doesn't Enjoy winning those Cheezy Carny Prizes, huh?! *Winks*  </span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... 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