Romantic Ideas for Valentines Day

Antique Home And Garden Show ~ And Parking Lot Sale

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="userContent"></span><br /><span class="userContent"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-tQ6KW7CZdwzf-ZpIlQOD8rqLeFT3LlUVoZbZSspUdhYZ8O6_Nz66IqY9sA-UE5zh78qr6LKqnSMd94r1JXaG6Xbesbtd0dzASbSL4d36wNWutnlvLHBgA5Puo5VqElpane4Ep2md7E/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-tQ6KW7CZdwzf-ZpIlQOD8rqLeFT3LlUVoZbZSspUdhYZ8O6_Nz66IqY9sA-UE5zh78qr6LKqnSMd94r1JXaG6Xbesbtd0dzASbSL4d36wNWutnlvLHBgA5Puo5VqElpane4Ep2md7E/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>I Hope you'll be able to attend the Antique Home and Garden Show April 12th, 13th and 14th at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #38761d;">THE BRASS ARMADILLO</span></strong></a> <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">WEST</span></strong>... and the Parking Lot Sale that will also be held Saturday the 13th from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  Dealer Prizes will be given to the top three Spaces and you the Customers will be Judging and Voting for your Favorite to determine the Winner!!!  Vote for the Dealer that has the best Garden Display in their Showroom, Booth or Case.  If the Showroom, Booth or Case wins, the winning entry tickets will then go into another pool and a lucky Customer will have a chance to win a $50.00 Gift Card from the Brass Armadillo!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{BTW: The Display in Showroom 114 is Yours Truly... just sayin'... Winks.}</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/AVvXsEjYsgYSkAXcjZfcs2JoTFkSd-bft_IC49KjnLXVZ8PuLDsOz6ahEr4cas3jtLehejO2A5z85cgzzmNgshGy_6EPo4qtOyMjI0jf3ujgyNfZvH00EO8sI3uYmrhZ_yxIrMoyL52yU36mETY/s1600/537768_10151583306399120_731386245_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsgYSkAXcjZfcs2JoTFkSd-bft_IC49KjnLXVZ8PuLDsOz6ahEr4cas3jtLehejO2A5z85cgzzmNgshGy_6EPo4qtOyMjI0jf3ujgyNfZvH00EO8sI3uYmrhZ_yxIrMoyL52yU36mETY/s640/537768_10151583306399120_731386245_n.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Be sure to also sign up for the Beautiful Patio Set to be given away!!!</div></em><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFEWii5wD_GoqTUdzcX4DulmwuuxTnzN8HfLyrwruLG1tAYqw3UImyv35vxWks4QCXbZHkraEjBzZZHmKta5Dd-HXtmLx99x-InkkfIHvbS2oHjKWoLYrFZrA6-__aoUhhxq5IqCejD4/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFEWii5wD_GoqTUdzcX4DulmwuuxTnzN8HfLyrwruLG1tAYqw3UImyv35vxWks4QCXbZHkraEjBzZZHmKta5Dd-HXtmLx99x-InkkfIHvbS2oHjKWoLYrFZrA6-__aoUhhxq5IqCejD4/s640/017.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>You can see yourself sitting at this Set on YOUR Patio sipping Iced Tea this Summer can't you? *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/AVvXsEjIt0p7ai7r2CAO7ztWcfYiGkWLXPfTV2vgKravSnbRkD6KnK3ma0OwQDZxAESWU-hjtbWjb7FtB-JlbvEljObrxqXPspkQskLPM68fqMyCjXICvYMcxAbkQgAN97p4B_RiqUb_zYlegJo/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/AVvXsEjIt0p7ai7r2CAO7ztWcfYiGkWLXPfTV2vgKravSnbRkD6KnK3ma0OwQDZxAESWU-hjtbWjb7FtB-JlbvEljObrxqXPspkQskLPM68fqMyCjXICvYMcxAbkQgAN97p4B_RiqUb_zYlegJo/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 being Inspired by Spring Garden and Summertime Vignettes set up throughout the Mall.</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/AVvXsEi2b8ddf847YH7BaVlChqaxd5Uq9JlxkJAKNwU9NIhBXnXlUeIYWx6YJVwhfhUHJt9WDVGbwlzH1migbqkqCmSpWMNVcsE65GHNDsQ5ashTej2g35kVSjYgWOIYmFxCeyPJn5uTIUTQ_Nk/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2b8ddf847YH7BaVlChqaxd5Uq9JlxkJAKNwU9NIhBXnXlUeIYWx6YJVwhfhUHJt9WDVGbwlzH1migbqkqCmSpWMNVcsE65GHNDsQ5ashTej2g35kVSjYgWOIYmFxCeyPJn5uTIUTQ_Nk/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>I know I've had a lot of Fun Dreaming up, Sourcing and Creating Inventory for the Show.</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/AVvXsEgRwLABLM1xaGYwgJq86wOwCGpYi5tQ55l5pEMxb3yGhsK-rvV5Tu2pU2W_afUE5ObHIkLJqjH3VPn-eEdSChBO1Qq_a41n2LhzTVcDjvO-O3pYI0u7TItgSddkZkRQSqVgmYAf8dM_c9E/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwLABLM1xaGYwgJq86wOwCGpYi5tQ55l5pEMxb3yGhsK-rvV5Tu2pU2W_afUE5ObHIkLJqjH3VPn-eEdSChBO1Qq_a41n2LhzTVcDjvO-O3pYI0u7TItgSddkZkRQSqVgmYAf8dM_c9E/s640/002.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>Home and Garden Shows are among my Favorite Events.</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/AVvXsEj7LD_Beh-NmGNdL0EZvS57vEA2bgDq8P8R97JPzBUHMsLiDH3Onu1Epoz2EELDY18K-7iic2GFQwk0ikNrRV-FnET00TSKFYHhu7EQYc65Cyu-blaHmrLWToVheVPyj-OmTfDb1v2JXhI/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LD_Beh-NmGNdL0EZvS57vEA2bgDq8P8R97JPzBUHMsLiDH3Onu1Epoz2EELDY18K-7iic2GFQwk0ikNrRV-FnET00TSKFYHhu7EQYc65Cyu-blaHmrLWToVheVPyj-OmTfDb1v2JXhI/s640/006.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>Styling with the Essence of Spring and the Cheerful and Organic Hues that Evoke Garden Style and blur the distinctions between Inside and Outside have always been an Aesthetic near and dear to my Soul.</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/AVvXsEgIEQ7ENovoD3nxfIQGpOtFOoqGngFfbtoWPgUXer7jGL8knEE9WBAWTtZ2vxA9-hFw0DJPzWeDgPZMBFuTvXT3g5FfLhK96t6tQIIUL46vArK0O5IpH0GomLnBXaDTBDMeV0_-19vtiA0/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEQ7ENovoD3nxfIQGpOtFOoqGngFfbtoWPgUXer7jGL8knEE9WBAWTtZ2vxA9-hFw0DJPzWeDgPZMBFuTvXT3g5FfLhK96t6tQIIUL46vArK0O5IpH0GomLnBXaDTBDMeV0_-19vtiA0/s640/005.JPG" width="620" /></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 Sourcing Bright, Cheerful Inventory has really been a Pleasure.</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/AVvXsEjSsl4aZgoT2W3GKiTbvB2AE3MtM_d2N6DCcOye8-OVwhSpa8yVihIM0k-37si6lqB3pCwCYwJECDZfH_AC9sZWMDl6k2DzuebvEjcM2aXFBbJBzGxxDVSbH7_wkIMIoBAguJTFE3CRKrE/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/AVvXsEjSsl4aZgoT2W3GKiTbvB2AE3MtM_d2N6DCcOye8-OVwhSpa8yVihIM0k-37si6lqB3pCwCYwJECDZfH_AC9sZWMDl6k2DzuebvEjcM2aXFBbJBzGxxDVSbH7_wkIMIoBAguJTFE3CRKrE/s640/027.JPG" width="510" /></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>From Discovering some Lovely Hand-Made Sweet Heart Shaped Crocheted Pouch Necklaces with Ribbon Florals...  I've stuffed some at Home with Home-Made Lavender Potpourri and hung them on hangars in the Closets or on the pull knobs of furniture to Scent a Room with Heavenly Favorite Aromas.</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/AVvXsEg104Itrn_rlQ70uX8FtakdXXg9JbflAoYOtrr250NLZsvA_UbeHFESkZcRA56nf07HexDqGIbyDd-K7mdau4WNAtxg2G893WOK_KXl8gZfbgK70IpjChcLz858ZmzZ7rG1F9iAsjFupBg/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg104Itrn_rlQ70uX8FtakdXXg9JbflAoYOtrr250NLZsvA_UbeHFESkZcRA56nf07HexDqGIbyDd-K7mdau4WNAtxg2G893WOK_KXl8gZfbgK70IpjChcLz858ZmzZ7rG1F9iAsjFupBg/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>I also Sourced some large Fabric lined Wicker Baskets...</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/AVvXsEgg2ebqPoXMLGxwxUvMiUdlHMQYQ-A-l9jDGKuXPm3f55qhSYhXRB5GxVTfgv4KMUxqj4ZUP6Or1nyn3iyBhXGULewiCVFcalBij_Ni8VqfJeTOI1LHVuKVRM_5DvXKr3DyxDWrW2WTMmI/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2ebqPoXMLGxwxUvMiUdlHMQYQ-A-l9jDGKuXPm3f55qhSYhXRB5GxVTfgv4KMUxqj4ZUP6Or1nyn3iyBhXGULewiCVFcalBij_Ni8VqfJeTOI1LHVuKVRM_5DvXKr3DyxDWrW2WTMmI/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>And a Lovely Framed piece of French Inspired Fabric...</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/AVvXsEh53__KkPJcPbLdAs8P2sTRHaPRbWBk9f9HdWTLRsgbdt6qg3EnIlMJ2FDeQ1Q7rXFZn1DXc-FSJ5y2gSBPhhNjLebIx7IdueZx_5X4wobDUNPB4p_KQACRW0PsW74aXkATqRTSOHjhtFQ/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53__KkPJcPbLdAs8P2sTRHaPRbWBk9f9HdWTLRsgbdt6qg3EnIlMJ2FDeQ1Q7rXFZn1DXc-FSJ5y2gSBPhhNjLebIx7IdueZx_5X4wobDUNPB4p_KQACRW0PsW74aXkATqRTSOHjhtFQ/s640/020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Paris in the Springtime is pretty Special, Oui?!</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/AVvXsEhYoKXAW0AIin0eOVjJTkTbiNj2D18Qs4mpUPDtXhdL-WiUkeGlDoWSADw-kXmSRsMyvsv5iqnswlVkkayf4-qF8unX2CIngACvKfPB6xYu_GAtjAyDtX3ZMRnt_eTHlz4RFX_fxIfHmfo/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoKXAW0AIin0eOVjJTkTbiNj2D18Qs4mpUPDtXhdL-WiUkeGlDoWSADw-kXmSRsMyvsv5iqnswlVkkayf4-qF8unX2CIngACvKfPB6xYu_GAtjAyDtX3ZMRnt_eTHlz4RFX_fxIfHmfo/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>But we want to make The Valley Of The Sun pretty Special in the Springtime as well... so I've Sourced some Interesting and Vintage Hats...</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/AVvXsEjAQIXqfmkb3ztRMEG8wd3WtEt9AH9DEDtaMgFkahVd9AYjekBjDNE0IQuI4ppZMzJlIRFSjzX0TiAj51u0gcx8lMRHzZ4vNIvOSyQL4NaHfw3we7sDQUD4u7cWDNNCh1AC1_cesgLYFQ0/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQIXqfmkb3ztRMEG8wd3WtEt9AH9DEDtaMgFkahVd9AYjekBjDNE0IQuI4ppZMzJlIRFSjzX0TiAj51u0gcx8lMRHzZ4vNIvOSyQL4NaHfw3we7sDQUD4u7cWDNNCh1AC1_cesgLYFQ0/s640/028.JPG" width="542" /></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 Created an array of Garden Style Florals and Nature Based Elements to Decorate with and Inspire you to bring a little of the Inside Out and the Outside In...</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/AVvXsEiyDctnlaxpOjL5srw0rQVn_MP94EgfiLbAYItGApdrwcA3lRaMAWd78NQ0WwiLVFq40-DHTgcywPExLP5n_q6YynowxHSnHgCXOTkE2-WjBCJqYfotpHHvgOmXP8K4rw9K1YODb0-F9zk/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDctnlaxpOjL5srw0rQVn_MP94EgfiLbAYItGApdrwcA3lRaMAWd78NQ0WwiLVFq40-DHTgcywPExLP5n_q6YynowxHSnHgCXOTkE2-WjBCJqYfotpHHvgOmXP8K4rw9K1YODb0-F9zk/s640/029.JPG" width="514" /></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 don't worry if you don't possess a Green Thumb or have time to Nurture Living Arrangements... I've mixed it all up with a selection of Faux and Living Plant Creations... so choose whichever suits your Lifestyle, preference and needs.</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/AVvXsEjIqXYs6Ug6xpKPGdElsEtoPACAH35dJZQl2t99jL6kV0zxnkcC-aM48YkxZMokshX4TP5gAjjqeJppu9EU4A2WF55pAq9-PsrIO4ZJ-THmU6bKBJZQ65mUhnSHn5gd_SvKOksOvlXQjso/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/AVvXsEjIqXYs6Ug6xpKPGdElsEtoPACAH35dJZQl2t99jL6kV0zxnkcC-aM48YkxZMokshX4TP5gAjjqeJppu9EU4A2WF55pAq9-PsrIO4ZJ-THmU6bKBJZQ65mUhnSHn5gd_SvKOksOvlXQjso/s640/022.JPG" width="594" /></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 tried to utilize Living Plants that were Beautiful and yet not difficult to Nurture and Care for or would thrive Indoors under artificial light.   Princess T is really Jonesin' for this Sweet Miniature Shopping Cart that I turned into a Planter.  </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/AVvXsEiKsvQn3cdETpNJ7_wWPdQnmTVVPeqL9vMm0OgQHaeHVmSqvGaFJsbUpm-1eVTQRcfPuWFmloKRIYUZKk-i1vrxg2myzK2E6l6eWQbrNfXa5SGYadksl-YBdBNgAjHU6yiqXo7qHPzcLy0/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsvQn3cdETpNJ7_wWPdQnmTVVPeqL9vMm0OgQHaeHVmSqvGaFJsbUpm-1eVTQRcfPuWFmloKRIYUZKk-i1vrxg2myzK2E6l6eWQbrNfXa5SGYadksl-YBdBNgAjHU6yiqXo7qHPzcLy0/s640/023.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>She won't be too broken up if Gramma doesn't Sell it since she could envision it with her faux Groceries and Barbie's rather than the Spring Plants! *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/AVvXsEjcR93ZXuKRFYdyXMKYlE0LrM2lFNX513BTuvu7ew7Qc365WNkfpzey1zsakcpNgTHYv0vt2cL9Xlj9G2VcxM69yz0HJfA-bjgv7yqyS2NU4aiVy97qlwn7I71EULjP1YTeVxSZtPbNEVI/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/AVvXsEjcR93ZXuKRFYdyXMKYlE0LrM2lFNX513BTuvu7ew7Qc365WNkfpzey1zsakcpNgTHYv0vt2cL9Xlj9G2VcxM69yz0HJfA-bjgv7yqyS2NU4aiVy97qlwn7I71EULjP1YTeVxSZtPbNEVI/s640/014.JPG" width="504" /></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 must say I was rather Tempted myself to keep this Trio of Asian Lovelies!</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/AVvXsEgq7F18HeHPCd8Qty7PhnP3VERfRx3Y4uY5otONAJm31zqGv3I8axr3Azudy6Tk4u9RKAtMSUAcdKWAAyFQRY-6_gXgnZzaDTXtJBbN5zwGoQKhPOMeYbB2TALU1EP8kOCReGHExUZjpcw/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7F18HeHPCd8Qty7PhnP3VERfRx3Y4uY5otONAJm31zqGv3I8axr3Azudy6Tk4u9RKAtMSUAcdKWAAyFQRY-6_gXgnZzaDTXtJBbN5zwGoQKhPOMeYbB2TALU1EP8kOCReGHExUZjpcw/s640/002.JPG" width="542" /></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>That's precisely why I always Source Inventory that I Love, feel a Connection to and would Style with in our own Home... if I wouldn't put it in my Home I wouldn't expect you to buy it for yours. </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/AVvXsEiNU_pnHgf48ebfNsPOXO2pY4YY8FR1NVx0cD7kd2AOg8QEa0c7aNGxrBaEQMXVPf2KEMVMwp2KNxDGYav0HkXQsGVXwa4ZJlGp_Q-BPpj5vfKgXfiKF8MpUXg9QJfeugsGwBCweDDFvqg/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU_pnHgf48ebfNsPOXO2pY4YY8FR1NVx0cD7kd2AOg8QEa0c7aNGxrBaEQMXVPf2KEMVMwp2KNxDGYav0HkXQsGVXwa4ZJlGp_Q-BPpj5vfKgXfiKF8MpUXg9QJfeugsGwBCweDDFvqg/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 that goes for Art too... I gotta Love it and have it Appeal to me... because then I suspect that my Kindred Spirit Customers will Appreciate it too.  I must say I've done very well with Art in my Retail Spaces... and since I ADORE Art... it's been Fun to Source it for Re-Sale.  </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/AVvXsEjMKeghmD8PHgHqLwnPZgpYYFzqLadx8zC73ByTKhES9PYyKtCqQM_zqIGm1mFMK7A2ljYvCEWYY8mrqD4JjzrvslkzCHSheQQSx3xJ1xmYpSXjsS41elp6Aia9taR8ALOkGpoEtu0dL8Q/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/AVvXsEjMKeghmD8PHgHqLwnPZgpYYFzqLadx8zC73ByTKhES9PYyKtCqQM_zqIGm1mFMK7A2ljYvCEWYY8mrqD4JjzrvslkzCHSheQQSx3xJ1xmYpSXjsS41elp6Aia9taR8ALOkGpoEtu0dL8Q/s640/017.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>Because I'm all outta wall space at Bohemian Valhalla and yet I keep Discovering Beautiful Art that draws me in and now I can 'Score' and bring into the Showroom and Art Gallery Loft Spaces for YOU my Friends!  I would totally visit this Beautiful Mexican Village and Mission in the Painting... with mature Bougainvillia cascading over the walls and rooftops!</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/AVvXsEjRh1Ud72CxQw_JOO1Ofk-kGEPGjHqCBTYzqeZ38fF_SxfIYufd6T2dP0RDdilJnGdfVHyoniaumt3jbPEbmyTKzZWpeb-AdBHLShlUZLq9bx4T9UFTLVifaFDBMfQeO29qE1J68vwPiTo/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/AVvXsEjRh1Ud72CxQw_JOO1Ofk-kGEPGjHqCBTYzqeZ38fF_SxfIYufd6T2dP0RDdilJnGdfVHyoniaumt3jbPEbmyTKzZWpeb-AdBHLShlUZLq9bx4T9UFTLVifaFDBMfQeO29qE1J68vwPiTo/s640/012.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>I Adore Bougainvillia and it's in full Bloom this time of year in the Desert... one of those Show-Out Plants that thrives and flowers best with neglect and drought!</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/AVvXsEh08sQSLJ27vWz_J2MZ9PzPIG_TAV0a261TmbxZk6Xn-3xcaHOyTU6MNmqHUEVvwqggwWNaZYy0s4ZlAOpQBtniIKcfnSNseS-eeLA-YLsb2gPzM0ZqGRFLKgbv2AknLxnylnpM9DrpEEs/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/AVvXsEh08sQSLJ27vWz_J2MZ9PzPIG_TAV0a261TmbxZk6Xn-3xcaHOyTU6MNmqHUEVvwqggwWNaZYy0s4ZlAOpQBtniIKcfnSNseS-eeLA-YLsb2gPzM0ZqGRFLKgbv2AknLxnylnpM9DrpEEs/s640/016.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 also have some Springtime Hanging Lamps and Lampshades...</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/AVvXsEjtqRsB2S4ceiK-ZKycTGS0HHA260t705d89zFDeJbWpvYIFS84zptksozR_3Nz6NyUXQbOU7iv2_L8Q8_XcB7m7iVZXY7Xqb2SZKFaYbhLSA-aoP6pGyQPogzcOdHQILOpTV6Dz2JSKlM/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/AVvXsEjtqRsB2S4ceiK-ZKycTGS0HHA260t705d89zFDeJbWpvYIFS84zptksozR_3Nz6NyUXQbOU7iv2_L8Q8_XcB7m7iVZXY7Xqb2SZKFaYbhLSA-aoP6pGyQPogzcOdHQILOpTV6Dz2JSKlM/s640/018.JPG" width="604" /></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 'Scored' some more Mannequin Heads to Sell and Display the Hats on...</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/AVvXsEjTwlSDfBnvsAhs3dUwIBjGSfW0bxM5XAUAzoaG6Qit5qPRJs4zlfenBrpOu9xlcCp4jsmw5ABomOnYmPUHL5pFEj9-h3XjLe8IzIpULZSW-20ySz_dxtjxH-f6pEZYXoWjbnIOsMp3ODw/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwlSDfBnvsAhs3dUwIBjGSfW0bxM5XAUAzoaG6Qit5qPRJs4zlfenBrpOu9xlcCp4jsmw5ABomOnYmPUHL5pFEj9-h3XjLe8IzIpULZSW-20ySz_dxtjxH-f6pEZYXoWjbnIOsMp3ODw/s640/024.JPG" width="596" /></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 Bud Vases for those small Bouquets or single Florals to tuck into each room of your Home.  I liked this Heavy little Art Glass Bud Vase... the Image doesn't do it Justice since there are many Colors incorporated into the Art Glass Design.</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/AVvXsEgCS8HNS0nc3TNUgOwFE2erHTQeYvtpyYagMTqZaoRm3gRFG_2Ci3uSMU0nEkV97njFZZcs85sobgYf8eu8alappaQmK8H9xKntFatqsTS3R_zLhGqycmb9PqHRjitpsMo8kVIG54Zsvn8/s1600/203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCS8HNS0nc3TNUgOwFE2erHTQeYvtpyYagMTqZaoRm3gRFG_2Ci3uSMU0nEkV97njFZZcs85sobgYf8eu8alappaQmK8H9xKntFatqsTS3R_zLhGqycmb9PqHRjitpsMo8kVIG54Zsvn8/s640/203.JPG" width="484" /></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>In fact I'll be busy planting Living Plants into Interesting Containers all Weekend to keep a steady Fresh Rotation coming into the Showroom...</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/AVvXsEgtleuVnYmuzAozC-zZjpaIek7HxaEhPzUxMG13YmNk4Zs8mbiCMzVP9dlBKc-UVQittSAy28zkWQs6L49AedeLu7CJ5nN395giDhBRcK6SOHcdScLnJCCPM0h2Vi-ucd9O3NjYbInOSa0/s1600/204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtleuVnYmuzAozC-zZjpaIek7HxaEhPzUxMG13YmNk4Zs8mbiCMzVP9dlBKc-UVQittSAy28zkWQs6L49AedeLu7CJ5nN395giDhBRcK6SOHcdScLnJCCPM0h2Vi-ucd9O3NjYbInOSa0/s640/204.JPG" width="516" /></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 Loved the Shape and Beautiful Graphics on this European Tea Tin and it makes a Sweet Planter... and you can use the lid as a Coaster.</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/AVvXsEixhwtC6KtiJUO9YqZRlk-BUP0CN5XNok9RDHTpW8QpiIp8-964m4UeGONEzDFtdPrLj6-9Ln2lZYB42ULCUgR7WmXsMG6ubrpTDLYofXOgdFo-mDuLQf_0XADbU4p9Uyq3veJD7yTQ_so/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhwtC6KtiJUO9YqZRlk-BUP0CN5XNok9RDHTpW8QpiIp8-964m4UeGONEzDFtdPrLj6-9Ln2lZYB42ULCUgR7WmXsMG6ubrpTDLYofXOgdFo-mDuLQf_0XADbU4p9Uyq3veJD7yTQ_so/s640/001.JPG" width="570" /></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>Going to the Nurseries to Source the Plants was as much Fun as the Thrill of the Hunt to Source what I'd plant them all in!</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/AVvXsEi-fiOG8O2ARed7jDqRhw3stn0gFh_kbzxlEj5oi5t6P5qI0u8xLcnscCmNfV6eFE9DUs-4tToZvJ2hfWZhbHwVObpn131V3O-1734Czsa4I6twQ_VL_47RVPELcvIij7rEJH5CfNh3QrE/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fiOG8O2ARed7jDqRhw3stn0gFh_kbzxlEj5oi5t6P5qI0u8xLcnscCmNfV6eFE9DUs-4tToZvJ2hfWZhbHwVObpn131V3O-1734Czsa4I6twQ_VL_47RVPELcvIij7rEJH5CfNh3QrE/s640/002.JPG" width="598" /></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 always come across little Surprises like this Orphaned Japanese Wooden Shaker with Sweet Vintage Kitty Decal.</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/AVvXsEgnmQ9gzZRMGmFcrINuuNnyonX-nukqLBeDPfqfGe3q8qlmmIUfAjGI6ycj_qGeqzEX6W4q2K6TbHotPC705V0K5v_RAJwmR4suB_aHZxKPQzgp8olQVa_Jx6mioltHllXsSFUZZ1ZcOII/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmQ9gzZRMGmFcrINuuNnyonX-nukqLBeDPfqfGe3q8qlmmIUfAjGI6ycj_qGeqzEX6W4q2K6TbHotPC705V0K5v_RAJwmR4suB_aHZxKPQzgp8olQVa_Jx6mioltHllXsSFUZZ1ZcOII/s640/003.JPG" width="554" /></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 Vintage Traveling Alarm Clocks... which look really great in a Vignette Grouping, functional or not.</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/AVvXsEj9JXVzgaHzH5wOuDMQx33u9SmXDFqS5QBjzmEJiEi-jwAqrvaFvDC8wcKtaNq_TA0pfzPeJGBOZJqGUW46CiCqIZsMavVXhggVdIe31VUOwImE6z0ICTxmgLDAEpp1sAzfdiGULRmo5f4/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/AVvXsEj9JXVzgaHzH5wOuDMQx33u9SmXDFqS5QBjzmEJiEi-jwAqrvaFvDC8wcKtaNq_TA0pfzPeJGBOZJqGUW46CiCqIZsMavVXhggVdIe31VUOwImE6z0ICTxmgLDAEpp1sAzfdiGULRmo5f4/s640/022.JPG" width="530" /></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 would it seem like Spring and be complete without Picnics?  Especially Picnics in the Park... so I've Sourced a variety of Picnic Baskets and potential Contents as well.</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/AVvXsEgUHvHK2hvm8WcGHbLuJ40HwX9tJOHfPR10Lrk4h90lkWpSrgU8qUzTHB-f7Sp8WLin9rG2wQqQaVehFoUGojEAFnldvuL8qY0_72HcFqARxxaqDYJkvl2SZk_YXKoQSWrZ9Nu-rp86wYA/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHvHK2hvm8WcGHbLuJ40HwX9tJOHfPR10Lrk4h90lkWpSrgU8qUzTHB-f7Sp8WLin9rG2wQqQaVehFoUGojEAFnldvuL8qY0_72HcFqARxxaqDYJkvl2SZk_YXKoQSWrZ9Nu-rp86wYA/s640/023.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 don't know if I'm the only Adult that totally digs faux Food like a Big Kid?!? *LOL*  But I LOVE Decorating with lifelike faux Foods!</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/AVvXsEgIU3RMVz6jABN-Wq9KbVEokm24uR7Tjf3IocNZe2l61bp2q1SviHbPrGTfVmBsTudOCP1GK0dyEg6blW3CoKKr_Y26QXh_BMFAvxjQ8hBeyVPyxqMBwBSh0UA8a68ATceSOYyybS_-_f0/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU3RMVz6jABN-Wq9KbVEokm24uR7Tjf3IocNZe2l61bp2q1SviHbPrGTfVmBsTudOCP1GK0dyEg6blW3CoKKr_Y26QXh_BMFAvxjQ8hBeyVPyxqMBwBSh0UA8a68ATceSOYyybS_-_f0/s640/024.JPG" width="612" /></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've had more than a few pieces at Home end up with teethmarks in them from unsuspecting nibblers that thought they were the Real Deal and got quite a Surprise that it was just a mouthwatering Illusion!  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEiq37DsrGhwyFbeV5IFmEsT-9h6n3GV2xakz29QJhcRafGfxAwpKV8LxfifH9G6u4rvksuW7J738RO87ZLA0Drk0CrcSOLrx0PhnPXYU0H0438TGpt03Um91Tvr23xRAOzwwIS23TyPsB4/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/AVvXsEiq37DsrGhwyFbeV5IFmEsT-9h6n3GV2xakz29QJhcRafGfxAwpKV8LxfifH9G6u4rvksuW7J738RO87ZLA0Drk0CrcSOLrx0PhnPXYU0H0438TGpt03Um91Tvr23xRAOzwwIS23TyPsB4/s640/011.JPG" width="534" /></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 Love pressed Tin Frames...</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/AVvXsEhFnAwZt-ayDpNNyDWi_Ys1F0IGt-F-wuXIAtjI0-eN9Lk4P-yF9n14tU5vW_LthyC1iZE0HpVOqP7yfToGl4Ny6wMiLFcLIVfrA22rf5y0Y3xvYgUIsH9AL3dK0qgAQrLMx33SIok2dpU/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/AVvXsEhFnAwZt-ayDpNNyDWi_Ys1F0IGt-F-wuXIAtjI0-eN9Lk4P-yF9n14tU5vW_LthyC1iZE0HpVOqP7yfToGl4Ny6wMiLFcLIVfrA22rf5y0Y3xvYgUIsH9AL3dK0qgAQrLMx33SIok2dpU/s640/010.JPG" width="582" /></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 Mirrors because they lend themselves well to Garden Style Decorating.</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/AVvXsEjrt-xBJKYbVSQBG13zv_H0ir3AsNIsJhIoXg0_yfH_yKTFkkvtpgtF3GephthvUT-gi7vDvuoRtRDaDWBMagRdyHdSCu8cZPVctgTgIcssdULfKcXKVrjWvKFHizW2pZlHsUX26BkKNNc/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/AVvXsEjrt-xBJKYbVSQBG13zv_H0ir3AsNIsJhIoXg0_yfH_yKTFkkvtpgtF3GephthvUT-gi7vDvuoRtRDaDWBMagRdyHdSCu8cZPVctgTgIcssdULfKcXKVrjWvKFHizW2pZlHsUX26BkKNNc/s640/009.JPG" width="548" /></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>As do empty Ornate Frames...</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/AVvXsEiYZ_qa4zNst98d57qJeaj9eU_mR7NJLKZmhwvUX72HZ5I_SacmQPxD-YiAV5Tk0Geo8Tdg6S-HRkPn5Rqd-6x96mVzVJEjBsgxtmeqVPziww3QQN8XUj1__-isyaAH6NckcNRl7YvcQLo/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZ_qa4zNst98d57qJeaj9eU_mR7NJLKZmhwvUX72HZ5I_SacmQPxD-YiAV5Tk0Geo8Tdg6S-HRkPn5Rqd-6x96mVzVJEjBsgxtmeqVPziww3QQN8XUj1__-isyaAH6NckcNRl7YvcQLo/s640/025.JPG" width="584" /></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 think I'm gonna put a Plant in there Today... *Winks*...</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/AVvXsEh7M6lcgIVYiK5Yfy0MABCH6QeXJGfQ_7z4FHQ35aBxOL6gxG4kB1b8nHT8-rtD4PMALoxtd0tmv0jgug0SLFPLk7DCNwZy3kMVELTG4hC3oZhC8gXmSQryHkOx8tzOdTTqBAl7TwDUwpk/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7M6lcgIVYiK5Yfy0MABCH6QeXJGfQ_7z4FHQ35aBxOL6gxG4kB1b8nHT8-rtD4PMALoxtd0tmv0jgug0SLFPLk7DCNwZy3kMVELTG4hC3oZhC8gXmSQryHkOx8tzOdTTqBAl7TwDUwpk/s640/021.JPG" width="498" /></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>Yes, I've still got a lot of Work to do after we meet our Dear Friend Bess for Breakfast this Morning... she and I Retired only weeks apart from the DA's Office and she's getting a kick out of the fact I couldn't stay Retired... <u>AGAIN</u>...  *LOL*   I'm Surprised actually that she hasn't popped out of Retirement again too, we're two peas in a pod that way.  We always Enjoyed whatever various Career paths we chose as well as beginning and experiencing something new in the making of a Living when we got tired of being Retired.  *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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qBQl7YlVItXwbJA8EmiMXtno753eqmUhizywZc5DvSjg6HYrcp0J5m_H84gWMR3OcqWqBkgjZLw8fMw4gN3gPQMTx8vx2Nedm5x_yAq0SPZWV0CB6HIPLo7EiyENEXaWmMU5DkzXUhE/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/AVvXsEi0qBQl7YlVItXwbJA8EmiMXtno753eqmUhizywZc5DvSjg6HYrcp0J5m_H84gWMR3OcqWqBkgjZLw8fMw4gN3gPQMTx8vx2Nedm5x_yAq0SPZWV0CB6HIPLo7EiyENEXaWmMU5DkzXUhE/s640/010.JPG" width="514" /></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 Hydrangeas this Season are so Amazing that I'm trying to think of a good reason not to fill my Showroom with them because I'd want to buy one of every color!  *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/AVvXsEihG8SqZSGD3GRcMtNS6q1uXX-Yy1C0kUHSbQmLdhjkgbItRXzy5v9-At5uoRYR5P8NjUyY9cfmQz8V4SUmcevrrro2GspE-TbFlfAq2jhW3rfzDzCLVayVVCpaD4U9EHStTF6Hq-2TZpk/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihG8SqZSGD3GRcMtNS6q1uXX-Yy1C0kUHSbQmLdhjkgbItRXzy5v9-At5uoRYR5P8NjUyY9cfmQz8V4SUmcevrrro2GspE-TbFlfAq2jhW3rfzDzCLVayVVCpaD4U9EHStTF6Hq-2TZpk/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;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And you know how I am... the Queen of Excess and all... I'd have the Showroom so full of Hydrangeas that you'd literally need a Machete to move through 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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uwykR7_V4WJjjMujBqY66hWw2dLjXCNW9Tk3qwavdXuHICJrjzv0SkQF1jsVFC8PCXrPtnzoehRiw9lq9I9ZK6VQtxh5orByB5HJ_gxEvcWZCWGiZ8_7L88ELsukKDg3A8yZ28mTVs4/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/AVvXsEh2uwykR7_V4WJjjMujBqY66hWw2dLjXCNW9Tk3qwavdXuHICJrjzv0SkQF1jsVFC8PCXrPtnzoehRiw9lq9I9ZK6VQtxh5orByB5HJ_gxEvcWZCWGiZ8_7L88ELsukKDg3A8yZ28mTVs4/s640/011.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 this is precisely why I rarely Source Inventory or Styling Props alone... </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/AVvXsEiWN16MbqVIIK0fOatyEPJkpNamRNo1L2uzxV6gxvpq7orqsh2C4JhTtUzwX6sPK5V-HU-RGpC-ItgLg-6g4qMRHmJHR8TW05YW5gQ3L7u4Opv6QzKGfKkkbvD7w2UJI9mP0wZ7up5OAzA/s1600/091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN16MbqVIIK0fOatyEPJkpNamRNo1L2uzxV6gxvpq7orqsh2C4JhTtUzwX6sPK5V-HU-RGpC-ItgLg-6g4qMRHmJHR8TW05YW5gQ3L7u4Opv6QzKGfKkkbvD7w2UJI9mP0wZ7up5OAzA/s640/091.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 bring Good Junquing Partners with me to keep me Accountable so I don't go Wheels Off... and I in turn return the favor...</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/AVvXsEiNgPN5gZwVW6TyQHuEUwIR30qE3jejdBVoz8WyHfEO-JL2m8E3utrjqv-RWFCReswa9dNXFwLm4Sv0ejH7Zcpcgb9leThHRE3gdjmirjvAcOTv4l_xQPtQUj5q0xT0bb_2mErVpCDMcQ0/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgPN5gZwVW6TyQHuEUwIR30qE3jejdBVoz8WyHfEO-JL2m8E3utrjqv-RWFCReswa9dNXFwLm4Sv0ejH7Zcpcgb9leThHRE3gdjmirjvAcOTv4l_xQPtQUj5q0xT0bb_2mErVpCDMcQ0/s640/029.JPG" width="540" /></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>But Seriously... does this LOOK like WORK to you?  Exactly... which is why I'm Enjoying it so much and we have such a Big Time doing it all...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDbDeX664RiS9cS5gxZcicJ3JnEDvhyWWjO5jUJnKqE4KM4j-4dEd8LT39Nanro2X30tW3scPSjbogShTNjHP_mExO8GKuCH2GIXAKuGmBJorboo6GXstmCX6AO2lO3D7Bul-_ddNK7g/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDbDeX664RiS9cS5gxZcicJ3JnEDvhyWWjO5jUJnKqE4KM4j-4dEd8LT39Nanro2X30tW3scPSjbogShTNjHP_mExO8GKuCH2GIXAKuGmBJorboo6GXstmCX6AO2lO3D7Bul-_ddNK7g/s640/074.JPG" width="518" /></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 stay tuned for Future Posts where I'll Share some of the New Shops we Discovered and Old Favorites we Visited on the East Side of Town this Week during our most recent 'Pick'... you're gonna LOVE IT!!!  Hope to see you at the Antique Home and Garden Show my Friends... and I'll leave you with this Subliminal Message:</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">VOTE FOR ME... <span style="color: #38761d;">VOTE FOR ME... </span><span style="color: #741b47;">VOTE FOR ME...</span><span style="color: orange;">VOTE FOR ME...</span><span style="color: #45818e;">VOTE FOR ME... <span style="color: #bf9000;">VOTE FOR ME... </span><span style="color: magenta;">VOTE FOR ME...</span> {Winks}</span></span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana;"></span></em></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div>

Antique Home And Garden Show ~ And Parking Lot Sale

I Hope you'll be able to attend the Antique Home and Garden Show April 12th, 13th and 14th at THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST ... and the...

2:28 AM

Trading With The Scrapman And A Sweet 16 Birthday

<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/AVvXsEhnDf4t6WlxIRln7owiM_sjX38yh5f_fQybb30_kwCt_jktT4P8ofZbpzFfDhbPAaB6Zv3aXjpd1gb5QP1_6qV628UWQoiQ3G3rsr0Q8ZpD3eDWFMnX0N8N1SKuDTDu5ehF8FbVfmFm860/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/AVvXsEhnDf4t6WlxIRln7owiM_sjX38yh5f_fQybb30_kwCt_jktT4P8ofZbpzFfDhbPAaB6Zv3aXjpd1gb5QP1_6qV628UWQoiQ3G3rsr0Q8ZpD3eDWFMnX0N8N1SKuDTDu5ehF8FbVfmFm860/s640/007.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>Aluminum Cans are a Dollar or more a Pound and so the G-Kid Force and I Save and Scavenge them to take to the Scrapman about once a Month.  The Scrapman likes Aluminum Cans, it's Money in the Bank for him... I like that you never know what else the Scrapman has in the way of Salvage Scrap that I can work a Trade on for some of my Cans!</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/AVvXsEiS3vhcB3yTa0-VW-4dmDK-B5Ml0IP9wXx0wybdlkzukJgXxLIS0mtPWpXJiHHAR_zOvN5_wLxjiK9RZ-rJHamoQycQqJ6jlC9xnyx60NsCBbh2_BkOdT1ExZC0M14WzCxRTKib5jx0F3k/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3vhcB3yTa0-VW-4dmDK-B5Ml0IP9wXx0wybdlkzukJgXxLIS0mtPWpXJiHHAR_zOvN5_wLxjiK9RZ-rJHamoQycQqJ6jlC9xnyx60NsCBbh2_BkOdT1ExZC0M14WzCxRTKib5jx0F3k/s640/002.JPG" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And if any of you think that Scrap is merely Crap with an 'S' in front {Winks}... reconsider... because sometimes the Scrapman's Inventory will turn up Found Treasures that have been Traded in for Pennies on the Pound if it's not Aluminum!  So a good Gypsy Trade can transpire to Salvage these Treasures before they're melted down if you happen to spy them and strike a Deal.  Why am I Sharing this Wisdom with fellow Scavengers?  Because I shudder to think of Awesome Antique and Vintage Metallics being melted down rather than Rescued... and lets face it... I can't Save them all.  I need your help to ensure more Rescues take place with consistency, Saving bits of History one piece at a time. *Smiles* </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/AVvXsEhwEyAlf33A4OwaEBFh8GgmjobkfVIaSu2K3eb7i4AxbdK3k4x2JTQDTCo6Mg6dwqL3NNMKL759cfI-AhIDhjzwanAKHLq5aPvbviFfIX6jlA2fj9422y6GGsVT_a0kNJuSXq3pXcm78bA/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/AVvXsEhwEyAlf33A4OwaEBFh8GgmjobkfVIaSu2K3eb7i4AxbdK3k4x2JTQDTCo6Mg6dwqL3NNMKL759cfI-AhIDhjzwanAKHLq5aPvbviFfIX6jlA2fj9422y6GGsVT_a0kNJuSXq3pXcm78bA/s640/006.JPG" width="528" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>Today I was Trading and striking a Deal with the Scrapman for something I spied and my Heart leapt almost out of my chest!  Exchanging a bag of Cans, worth about five bucks, for this Awesome Old Ornate Loving Cup!   With plenty of Can Money left to appease the G-Kid Force's Lust for Pizza or a trip to the Vietnamese Restaurant for their Fav Soup!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEisUFtWrPaspP345sG-cbEDBT0Qyn0IqaC0kgsw4fB418-8O5AZF5cQVl2Q5KRKP3HU7kmTPF-YZ7TwAWWfSwU2PhfpyZ2G3fMjcRMDhoMU7qqE3TDg48Vv4X39_SsElKj9zauAwsbvRUA/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUFtWrPaspP345sG-cbEDBT0Qyn0IqaC0kgsw4fB418-8O5AZF5cQVl2Q5KRKP3HU7kmTPF-YZ7TwAWWfSwU2PhfpyZ2G3fMjcRMDhoMU7qqE3TDg48Vv4X39_SsElKj9zauAwsbvRUA/s640/005.JPG" width="590" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Neither the Scrapman or the G-Kid Force are particularly interested in Rescue Missions of Found Treasures... and so as long as the Scrapman and the G-Kid Force have some Cash out of the transaction, they're as Happy with the Deal as Yours Truly is.  And you can Believe I'm Happy, because not only do these Deals cost me nothing since the Cans were Scavenged and Saved from discards... but I often come away with unexpected Treasures AND Cash... so no downside to that Trade!</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/AVvXsEjlxtfgca2fTmPCZFw29gMIatFVTe0XrN7K4E5K-8HKyaaDyx3fWNQSseg26g-aTY-indMjBmjSsMMdrxKAxKQmfMZ-iKmdF6gJRkMMNUEFdzjgb1Gogx0TmgHnJuM0Hw0mSIXPr6REGIU/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxtfgca2fTmPCZFw29gMIatFVTe0XrN7K4E5K-8HKyaaDyx3fWNQSseg26g-aTY-indMjBmjSsMMdrxKAxKQmfMZ-iKmdF6gJRkMMNUEFdzjgb1Gogx0TmgHnJuM0Hw0mSIXPr6REGIU/s640/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>So this Morning I was able to add a Gorgeous Old Rescued Treasure to my Beloved Loving Cup Collection... Color me completely Happy!</em><br /><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXw6o-MDrSCBGZriL3E9h19g9SzgPwrCFV-8y5FgJSHn0yNiB660p6DTlxOwzaCgYDHvo8Nttv98ex-46INoqV35cFjU8fWs_-tC2S9YFNRe6xDmR4Av1URrDBZUyqwwVsw5vrAuJcSeM/s1600/428114_364261010267862_985170302_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXw6o-MDrSCBGZriL3E9h19g9SzgPwrCFV-8y5FgJSHn0yNiB660p6DTlxOwzaCgYDHvo8Nttv98ex-46INoqV35cFjU8fWs_-tC2S9YFNRe6xDmR4Av1URrDBZUyqwwVsw5vrAuJcSeM/s640/428114_364261010267862_985170302_n.jpg" width="636" /></a></div> </div><div align="center"><br /><em>And a Sweet 16 Birthday Shoutout from Gramma Dawn going to our Beautiful Grand-Daughter Princess N... Wow... you Kids grow up so fast!!!</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div></div>

Trading With The Scrapman And A Sweet 16 Birthday

Aluminum Cans are a Dollar or more a Pound and so the G-Kid Force and I Save and Scavenge them to take to the Scrapman about once a Month....

10:52 AM

Shocked... Stunned... And Many Other Adjectives To Describe This Tragic News

<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/AVvXsEhotluZCso8_9vjHov-E22ujQgHX0aa1-_2EP5gVO_7zJTiUaN2ybLwZl7BWmKiYq_bZdAEf8_ISfyiFSH_ZgtBCl9bQH2IW19k0LUTQhKXBzUbnHt7WVTw7RbvbrIa9909-8vPhlMleHk/s1600/069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotluZCso8_9vjHov-E22ujQgHX0aa1-_2EP5gVO_7zJTiUaN2ybLwZl7BWmKiYq_bZdAEf8_ISfyiFSH_ZgtBCl9bQH2IW19k0LUTQhKXBzUbnHt7WVTw7RbvbrIa9909-8vPhlMleHk/s640/069.JPG" width="540" /></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>Sure I have loads of Fun Trifles and Upcoming Spring Events to Blog about... but I just can't bring myself to Blog about them just yet... at least not Today.  Perhaps Tomorrow... I really don't know?   </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/AVvXsEhoQeFqRg0oimvUvuWopx_8rxamkzMAXqjNoaAmUqEv_IW9dZLmz2hEnf1KavzVSudmtj4HaDSgO-NEEGsNt6AtdPmQcoFLipxHcOe6gZyT32zEyHKiEX-qQXopQA4EhVU9gEvb5z8XBic/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/AVvXsEhoQeFqRg0oimvUvuWopx_8rxamkzMAXqjNoaAmUqEv_IW9dZLmz2hEnf1KavzVSudmtj4HaDSgO-NEEGsNt6AtdPmQcoFLipxHcOe6gZyT32zEyHKiEX-qQXopQA4EhVU9gEvb5z8XBic/s640/075.JPG" width="522" /></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>You see, I'm still reeling, shocked and stunned from some totally unexpected Tragic News involving a Family I have come to know as Sweet New Friends, that I liked a lot and thought a lot of.  A Couple that Enjoyed many of the same things and had similar Passions... who always had Encouraging Words or a Delightful or Funny Story to tell.  A Couple so full of Life... but sadly, not anymore.</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/AVvXsEivF_yI8BRyTyqp_ImpJ3kD9XUjhu7W52Gjx58mXPY_ZnM9P6E8wQxzOuZtI9La6Ww__ROIVPtMj-jvIwEon1T0nHXxuVziFkUIkrZ05RDrDFfgjynUmzum0UMuSUe51O_EqyHIekVOSJQ/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivF_yI8BRyTyqp_ImpJ3kD9XUjhu7W52Gjx58mXPY_ZnM9P6E8wQxzOuZtI9La6Ww__ROIVPtMj-jvIwEon1T0nHXxuVziFkUIkrZ05RDrDFfgjynUmzum0UMuSUe51O_EqyHIekVOSJQ/s640/054.JPG" width="550" /></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 can think of nothing Negative to say about this Couple from my experiences of knowing and talking to them... nothing whatsoever... only Positives... and that makes the News all the more confusing and shocking... leaving me just Wondering what on earth happened and why?  </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/AVvXsEir7fgvuGsvLozM0bheHJwOwWHjnbe3nAMy2do5T6XUdAtBMtuqlkgP9RQGF-rwZpFu2_2TdKJ-zjC-tK7XsRE8-ylO8cYR1hSXYAteCZ92za9VuglNHK7Ft62sjTuAN9-uH-wFs5rJcTE/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7fgvuGsvLozM0bheHJwOwWHjnbe3nAMy2do5T6XUdAtBMtuqlkgP9RQGF-rwZpFu2_2TdKJ-zjC-tK7XsRE8-ylO8cYR1hSXYAteCZ92za9VuglNHK7Ft62sjTuAN9-uH-wFs5rJcTE/s640/055.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>A Family that were recently Victims of a brutal double Homicide that left the Dear Sweet Wife and Handsome 27 year old Adult Son dead!!!  And the Husband, who I knew as the nicest, likeable and funniest of Guys, and considered a Friend, stabbed and recovering from his wounds, but expected to survive!!!  And as if this couldn't be even more Shocking and leaving anyone who knew them in total Disbelief... is that he is the Prime Suspect at this time and it is Believed to be a DV Case!!!  Wow... how do you process and wrap your mind around that?!?</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/AVvXsEgre-_THfjsqcdB0cg2YpEbrDB6Ndks2B-pjnUm4FWR0U0Nw2tpj8H0inINO_CXe7fh4f3ent0rq5Ajf-iUAnInmMSvB3Lm-4GcngR6XKp8UV9bxiJm1RGUde6JVWMafIcIStfg2Pnqy18/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/AVvXsEgre-_THfjsqcdB0cg2YpEbrDB6Ndks2B-pjnUm4FWR0U0Nw2tpj8H0inINO_CXe7fh4f3ent0rq5Ajf-iUAnInmMSvB3Lm-4GcngR6XKp8UV9bxiJm1RGUde6JVWMafIcIStfg2Pnqy18/s640/045.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I spent a lot of years processing Criminal Files in a previous Career... sure, I've seen plenty of Crime, Tragedy and Violence of Mankind towards each other within these files... and certainly enough Homicides and DV Cases to last me a Lifetime and always deeply Grieved at the senselessness of it all.  But when it's someone you know... when it's anyone you've felt a Connection to... no matter how much you've Witnessed and been Exposed to... it's no less Shocking and certainly not Expected.</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/AVvXsEjeJLcNoZuwWfgChW1MVOFAAXuW4Kf_6TXM_v8ZVvblV1PdYKia55BbO6UAzlA9JUiZvxsoVUKsvQIRWBmUWIVj74tM_17jwrGJVSmevn-ORCkM8sz6e0Mf_9yei3_7TCp3xIa_Shf0y1k/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/AVvXsEjeJLcNoZuwWfgChW1MVOFAAXuW4Kf_6TXM_v8ZVvblV1PdYKia55BbO6UAzlA9JUiZvxsoVUKsvQIRWBmUWIVj74tM_17jwrGJVSmevn-ORCkM8sz6e0Mf_9yei3_7TCp3xIa_Shf0y1k/s640/047.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I consider anyone and everyone I've come to know, become Relational with and call Friends to be folks that I feel I can vouch for the Character of.  You feel as though you have come to know them and it's because of their distinct Personalities and Character that you are developing and Cultivating Friendship.   So if anything bad happens to them you 'feel' it... it affects you.</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/AVvXsEgGUfANgojbY9nf2RhXF2W28Z1aqd1OvNFtv1lXCnBNQjvoOiRXZEIrtS99KJkNeIGR9Gn5magEbNWlsBI8b20SGt73Oi-3V_FSWiEfWg4MVEB-2nrn1Eh8guH_5-eIMFE9xovPmVCsTPo/s1600/051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUfANgojbY9nf2RhXF2W28Z1aqd1OvNFtv1lXCnBNQjvoOiRXZEIrtS99KJkNeIGR9Gn5magEbNWlsBI8b20SGt73Oi-3V_FSWiEfWg4MVEB-2nrn1Eh8guH_5-eIMFE9xovPmVCsTPo/s640/051.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>When people you know as Good and Decent are Victimized and especially if their Lives are cut short by a Criminal Act you have such a range of strong Emotion that it can be difficult to process and sort out.  There are so many adjectives to describe... but really there are no Words... I mean, what can you say, Words seem so inadequate?  </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/AVvXsEiuQCgFl5qcjKQQDADdWAj5lbq8a2qnie6NQFLejwF_Y_Gro2Q6vkxIiiDjd-ZY7nMFK8S058HQa7eRylNtqKdvuxs4ahz9J1fH1vn1b4fVqCSxyFbj-DqIKz0YjmnNlaMcGZSBC03Z5Gs/s1600/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQCgFl5qcjKQQDADdWAj5lbq8a2qnie6NQFLejwF_Y_Gro2Q6vkxIiiDjd-ZY7nMFK8S058HQa7eRylNtqKdvuxs4ahz9J1fH1vn1b4fVqCSxyFbj-DqIKz0YjmnNlaMcGZSBC03Z5Gs/s640/056.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 if someone you knew as a Good and Decent person is Accused of a Violent Criminal Act... well... the sense of Disbelief is equally difficult to process and sort out... there really are no Words either... how could that happen and why?   And is it some kind of mistake... surely there has to be another Explanation. some other scenario that played out... someone else to blame?  Perhaps we'll never know the answers... at least for now we're left Anxiously waiting and wondering for more than sketchy information played out on the Local News... and of another Life hanging in the balance.</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/AVvXsEiLNZ6nubKVQOkTfkpYYJfGSCTsL_bQmITA2JsSrHzTl6rqAXtEGEihy29Pzpi6qtMA6gdzDPzXGeIN_dW4je8C5FywWrJKwK6BI8_CFhZKIF_vtO0HiBWlsvqloguMfw1lAwgnMPV-KIs/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNZ6nubKVQOkTfkpYYJfGSCTsL_bQmITA2JsSrHzTl6rqAXtEGEihy29Pzpi6qtMA6gdzDPzXGeIN_dW4je8C5FywWrJKwK6BI8_CFhZKIF_vtO0HiBWlsvqloguMfw1lAwgnMPV-KIs/s640/050.JPG" width="524" /></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 Prayers... lots of Prayers going out to all of the Loved Ones and Friends of a Family touched by Tragedy beyond Belief... and of the Lives taken much too soon and in a way that nobody expects and certainly nobody deserves.</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/AVvXsEiRcIE4Z7QyXwjf6a-Qqwf4CQ_57RyEiImHL6kkHOe7NF5vZ2jIXbje_EZI8xitooynziL4t2FBfHi0qCnH0TzOLWY0VWYU7CDARjh0JHrEkgZ2sBiKvfpD8pqFVfCO5CpBF-41TiGvWY0/s1600/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcIE4Z7QyXwjf6a-Qqwf4CQ_57RyEiImHL6kkHOe7NF5vZ2jIXbje_EZI8xitooynziL4t2FBfHi0qCnH0TzOLWY0VWYU7CDARjh0JHrEkgZ2sBiKvfpD8pqFVfCO5CpBF-41TiGvWY0/s640/072.JPG" width="554" /></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>A Family that can never and will never be the same again, regardless of the back end story of this Terrible Outcome... whatever it may be...</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/AVvXsEjCgWY-BC5v1jx68MEC9BPZguIfEQH6SPob2eeb2F47uUsufviYAqIhf4RpI_xSFnkKMKnNfQf2_7REUlLlrqyeDsXnK_s4fBKTGgY4ed7Po16DefmqqZEZQPebGc8e3glxcKS-PIjpJ78/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgWY-BC5v1jx68MEC9BPZguIfEQH6SPob2eeb2F47uUsufviYAqIhf4RpI_xSFnkKMKnNfQf2_7REUlLlrqyeDsXnK_s4fBKTGgY4ed7Po16DefmqqZEZQPebGc8e3glxcKS-PIjpJ78/s640/067.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 am deeply Saddened by it all and for them all... I Truly am... I cannot even begin to Imagine what the Immediate Family must be going through and my Heart and Prayers goes out to them. </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/AVvXsEgp9JUjQJUPTvNdkoCEqDgoF1RGyPiznFVVRmbJ2NTHFPFPogQCLeBMbF5voH7fK9FhsXat92seSKTZGAedrAjhCtLBLl59G7eG7BBgE07GmvVmr3rcxL3FtsoWQM3uqD3u22IBo8B-HQE/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9JUjQJUPTvNdkoCEqDgoF1RGyPiznFVVRmbJ2NTHFPFPogQCLeBMbF5voH7fK9FhsXat92seSKTZGAedrAjhCtLBLl59G7eG7BBgE07GmvVmr3rcxL3FtsoWQM3uqD3u22IBo8B-HQE/s640/053.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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Broken-ness that can never be Repaired leaves me Touched, reminded of Mortality and that Events of Life can turn on a dime for any of us.  We can be here Today and gone in a Moment.  It was only a day or so before that I had talked with them, laughed with them, swapped Junquing Stories and Leads with each other on where the best 'Scores' were to be found.</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/AVvXsEgSaPHsHQgm4uwwJui3p6q3_l-3uqEhojuG60dYP5PTgToOddUofcP2iRWWpj_QkT7rvMeU8AV8bPiQwwIWjUBDT-yBpbXwx0eShYxHNZRvKKT8DeJvaA-QBEi5LwktE-HDpgDj5S3R7Iw/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/AVvXsEgSaPHsHQgm4uwwJui3p6q3_l-3uqEhojuG60dYP5PTgToOddUofcP2iRWWpj_QkT7rvMeU8AV8bPiQwwIWjUBDT-yBpbXwx0eShYxHNZRvKKT8DeJvaA-QBEi5LwktE-HDpgDj5S3R7Iw/s640/046.JPG" width="510" /></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 faced with this turn of Events, this Tragic News... those Trifles we are so Passionate about and Loved talking about just seem that Today... Trifles... Insignificant by comparison.  How can I just Blog a Post about Trivial 'Stuff' or a Fun Event in the Face of such a Loss?  Well... I can't my Friends... not Today at least...</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/AVvXsEjghcrBugfj_6irfK4ldFFVmcd9hJzgaCKJXBURLWivbQ4gLfN2D_4QB0HDjr-UwMP1kRWcIDh-T7o-pVr3jrGDZGyoldutYpwr_u4F4RNNBcSaqtoZTbAr_BNQirft7VFQNwPPf7lUl9s/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/AVvXsEjghcrBugfj_6irfK4ldFFVmcd9hJzgaCKJXBURLWivbQ4gLfN2D_4QB0HDjr-UwMP1kRWcIDh-T7o-pVr3jrGDZGyoldutYpwr_u4F4RNNBcSaqtoZTbAr_BNQirft7VFQNwPPf7lUl9s/s640/071.JPG" width="552" /></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>Perhaps Tomorrow... I really don't know?</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/AVvXsEhHgIC99WXriUtb4_cFCTfROFYbJEHosYIcf_3mdIJ2tWZT8PpmFmCla_mXTG6DnqufknCP8OB1IsdNbgxnJlPGggcKPup3YZ79DKgknogy2Fjc2l_bI4KRVyt1x9DrwMO8lMdgE3_AP58/s1600/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgIC99WXriUtb4_cFCTfROFYbJEHosYIcf_3mdIJ2tWZT8PpmFmCla_mXTG6DnqufknCP8OB1IsdNbgxnJlPGggcKPup3YZ79DKgknogy2Fjc2l_bI4KRVyt1x9DrwMO8lMdgE3_AP58/s640/070.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>Life does go on... even in the Face of Tragedies that unfold each and every day... but it's never quite the same anytime there is a sense of Loss.   And I know that I will certainly Miss my Friends Jan and Geno... and though I never knew their Son Brian, my own Son is about the same Age and I can't Imagine the loss of a Child for anyone, under any circumstances.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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