Tres Rios Nature Festival

<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/AVvXsEijKQJ8d7c1NuZo-R7pjbe0yN1_3SvwkEF0QtPEK9E9VTXlfSLHJ_SATXGZUrX0FaCyXc2Sgj5Y0QV-FCX4E9LrIZ2Oy4c4fjNliXp_cRHj9XvPvRiWp7stAoKteJ7eHuKGYrDKgh5eevw/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/AVvXsEijKQJ8d7c1NuZo-R7pjbe0yN1_3SvwkEF0QtPEK9E9VTXlfSLHJ_SATXGZUrX0FaCyXc2Sgj5Y0QV-FCX4E9LrIZ2Oy4c4fjNliXp_cRHj9XvPvRiWp7stAoKteJ7eHuKGYrDKgh5eevw/s1600/017.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>My Grandson, Prince R, was a Volunteer at the Tres Rios Nature Festival this weekend, and taking me on Sunday to show me the Exhibits.  The Event is dedicated to Wildlife Preservation of Native Species and their Habitat here in the Sonoran Desert and awareness of how fragile our Ecosystem is.   Many of the Wildlife at the Event were Rescue Animals whose injuries prevented them from being returned to the Wild and now they're the Stars of the Exhibits.  This Handsome Guy didn't let the loss of a wing prevent him from Voguing for the Cameras!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </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/AVvXsEj7NvKjMFs53jZe2yiYzHpRCGw0Tb4HrExCxd8D9cGXjhub3a_drQgVDCj1YXKh78kBKajnuhW6xYV0iGsyVOUr8gTMiSOSp9rK-dWtnxxt4O53M_s4M7tf1nhXrpH4wZscVBjrj9P9IoM/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NvKjMFs53jZe2yiYzHpRCGw0Tb4HrExCxd8D9cGXjhub3a_drQgVDCj1YXKh78kBKajnuhW6xYV0iGsyVOUr8gTMiSOSp9rK-dWtnxxt4O53M_s4M7tf1nhXrpH4wZscVBjrj9P9IoM/s1600/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><em>The Event is Hosted at the Three Rivers convergence here in the Far West Valley, a Beautiful Natural Oasis Habitat in the Desert which attracts a lot of Native Wildlife.   Alas, being near the Heart of a Major City it has also Endured it's share of pollution over the years and is slowly being Restored and Reclaimed for Wildlife and Responsible Recreational Pursuits.  </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/AVvXsEhJJfS50K2OK4MbtnE1hDtF-qYh7jwR6RliledIrEQuTusLwWtWW1EQSU0h7bNi_ThK0xlGaJ3e2eMEUYXiaj5EA33SvglSWy6EIAlIcNHgjaGD141PtoKpwL8sEzU-t864YJ3V3V4_DUQ/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJfS50K2OK4MbtnE1hDtF-qYh7jwR6RliledIrEQuTusLwWtWW1EQSU0h7bNi_ThK0xlGaJ3e2eMEUYXiaj5EA33SvglSWy6EIAlIcNHgjaGD141PtoKpwL8sEzU-t864YJ3V3V4_DUQ/s1600/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Since Prince R was in his Element he wasn't as reluctant to allow Gramma to capture his Image so I got to Indulge in my Pathological Picture Taking without the rolling of Teen eyes and heavy sighs!  *Winks*   And he wasn't so Elusive about being in front of the Camera... when you end up with mostly Images of just one G-Kid folks tend to ask what happened to the 'Other One?'  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEjqBVzJiwkJhDm62ElGuxlQk10a8tSwhzL9lJwbRbFheExpE1Qwe6eafEh0IzqnawMRPEBoTV_lyfbVYITWdn-q8en_95lzo-pagWplo_N1u4Hpo54pvyiJkcLPUmxvV2eVxQAY3iKX-DU/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBVzJiwkJhDm62ElGuxlQk10a8tSwhzL9lJwbRbFheExpE1Qwe6eafEh0IzqnawMRPEBoTV_lyfbVYITWdn-q8en_95lzo-pagWplo_N1u4Hpo54pvyiJkcLPUmxvV2eVxQAY3iKX-DU/s1600/005.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>The Festival also had Archery, Canoe-ing, Fishing, Face Painting and many other Free Activities for the Family... this was Prince R trying out bows to see which one he wanted to use... he got three Bullseyes, so this must have surely been the Right One!  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yummmmmmm!!!!</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/AVvXsEid3oxCxkD-t_VYaT_miNFRNXoekvuPJCMt00g5PtTGUwETHA30bbVelo8m-WCNTYZ6ebaQJlkpfZtualhFWXOFAtdHGb9dcDmOVEtLbkugzIYctJMuH0QBCUFbbcCyR5isb27y1IlOLTU/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3oxCxkD-t_VYaT_miNFRNXoekvuPJCMt00g5PtTGUwETHA30bbVelo8m-WCNTYZ6ebaQJlkpfZtualhFWXOFAtdHGb9dcDmOVEtLbkugzIYctJMuH0QBCUFbbcCyR5isb27y1IlOLTU/s1600/031.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>But for Gramma... I'll Torture you with what I Indulged in... Green Chile Pork Sammich with Sweet Tater Fries!!!!!   Okay, so it WAS Sinful... but ya gotta Cheat every now and again... and this was one of the best tasting Burgers I've ever had, Seriously!!!   And when I got Home and tested my Blood Sugars... Normal Range... so maybe this is better for ya than it looks?!  *LOL*  Usually if something looks and tastes Divine it's bad for ya... I Love exceptions to that horrid Rule!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvO0-j7409KhyphenhyphenB0DNqG-d5n5_NYMhAoUCTPYRkfLa4KBb6P9ebNIcU6wwwUsAvTsgnUt6MsXO_Sfv1MkwVn2N9OXBiCKyc-QNX9bgZYTGv30cGnKaEBh76jKa3L0ydWsHcHlSj2R2aTY/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/AVvXsEjIvO0-j7409KhyphenhyphenB0DNqG-d5n5_NYMhAoUCTPYRkfLa4KBb6P9ebNIcU6wwwUsAvTsgnUt6MsXO_Sfv1MkwVn2N9OXBiCKyc-QNX9bgZYTGv30cGnKaEBh76jKa3L0ydWsHcHlSj2R2aTY/s1600/016.JPG" width="638" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Here's another Rescue Bird of Prey... they are all so Magnificent!!   And I must say they were basking in all the Attention and Favor they receive!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Tres Rios Nature Festival

My Grandson, Prince R, was a Volunteer at the Tres Rios Nature Festival this weekend, and taking me on Sunday to show me the Exhibits.  The ...

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Valentine's Day 20% Off Sale!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKVexmWf5_nqBPxBbvWocd1aD6EB2ZkzMOs6jcFbAHBQiVgoXDp74HXQxDe5WwWhjjlUq3gbeNxAuPLfPHdw5mOf8Ds8llzhsVieGoH4qELhvCCJOyONOwOvylOOmZ087-rd6wO3nCsI/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKVexmWf5_nqBPxBbvWocd1aD6EB2ZkzMOs6jcFbAHBQiVgoXDp74HXQxDe5WwWhjjlUq3gbeNxAuPLfPHdw5mOf8Ds8llzhsVieGoH4qELhvCCJOyONOwOvylOOmZ087-rd6wO3nCsI/s1600/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>If you find yourselves in the Far West Valley of the Sun on Valentine's Day or President's Day be sure to stop by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">THE BRASS ARMADILLO WEST</span></strong></a> for our big 20% Off Sales Event going on both days!</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/AVvXsEjka862t2X9UrV9avUcwuGePuIxE3XjnXlsWTiYVMMQGQUd6nb7nnrbmetCJyCrnrr-aJQG00zcg3l0pTXBnJ7TIIcI3ovIcWoOIVWgzSzfI8FJcFuU_Kb6BHqZ7js77dgyEFcGutwef6g/s1600/1902058_718104914901157_697263146_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjka862t2X9UrV9avUcwuGePuIxE3XjnXlsWTiYVMMQGQUd6nb7nnrbmetCJyCrnrr-aJQG00zcg3l0pTXBnJ7TIIcI3ovIcWoOIVWgzSzfI8FJcFuU_Kb6BHqZ7js77dgyEFcGutwef6g/s1600/1902058_718104914901157_697263146_n.png" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Princess T and I went around the Mall Today to capture some Favorite Images to woo you in.  It was fortuitous that we showed up since Mister Hugh, her Favorite Dealer, was there to Spoil her with a Surprise Valentine's Day Gift...</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/AVvXsEhf1JAIf0vicsvW4b4viAkBi8sV2qCp7K_s6Y1R6wqbkG-yE2pOq5XTd-sgSEuIUmuzdW1WRg6-VOCWyNNOwhGTjRfJuDEmCN8u5ejhSn-UBWOp-f8GE6EGpQV7Jf7P8J6wS0xzE2ix6j8/s1600/1902059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1JAIf0vicsvW4b4viAkBi8sV2qCp7K_s6Y1R6wqbkG-yE2pOq5XTd-sgSEuIUmuzdW1WRg6-VOCWyNNOwhGTjRfJuDEmCN8u5ejhSn-UBWOp-f8GE6EGpQV7Jf7P8J6wS0xzE2ix6j8/s1600/1902059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Of this Gorgeous Sterling and Marquesite Antique Child's Bracelet!!!  Thank You Mister Hugh!!!</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/AVvXsEg4llfrgp6HJUzTkXd6RQP9XDmGSOsJDQTf6x347dcoiaqFAzLm2GDDy375luPZpAwcIm79VHrePqyAzlQYVy_54AYUraf29aKHhVjS0RlqiYYmSTGlal4GAUuVG3tnGMtXSYJmlelTPWo/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4llfrgp6HJUzTkXd6RQP9XDmGSOsJDQTf6x347dcoiaqFAzLm2GDDy375luPZpAwcIm79VHrePqyAzlQYVy_54AYUraf29aKHhVjS0RlqiYYmSTGlal4GAUuVG3tnGMtXSYJmlelTPWo/s1600/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>You'll find plenty of Vintage and Antique Valentine's Day Treasures to Surprise your Special Someone with scattered around the Mall... and with Twenty Percent Off, what a Deal!!!  You can be sure I'll be there Scouting out some Treasures to add to my Collections at a Bargain or to see if The Man finds anything he's Jonesin' for this Valentine's 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/AVvXsEhreHcwZSjn1M89iQNsDjSXOmjjNsluCyA2PVbSOA3Sk_M-VNLeC6HOajeqXM-8wMRDI744RCBG6uNuU9HnREA7eYjxbYG9_-KOJySuQnQMbzyJJ5lgTkoYhYRuwH878lTrcCWqKKAJrDY/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreHcwZSjn1M89iQNsDjSXOmjjNsluCyA2PVbSOA3Sk_M-VNLeC6HOajeqXM-8wMRDI744RCBG6uNuU9HnREA7eYjxbYG9_-KOJySuQnQMbzyJJ5lgTkoYhYRuwH878lTrcCWqKKAJrDY/s1600/008.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 align="center"><em>We're Delighted he made it Home from the Hospital just in time for Valentine's Day, since he was finally able to come Home Yesterday Afternoon.  We had missed him so much and since the G-Kid Force couldn't Visit, it had been a very long two and a half weeks for them being separated from Grandpa!  And great Cause for Celebration!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-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/AVvXsEi4VRI5NIs_sjXIrtEh4GbEXXOZYEQxWJ_-ozYOq3Q-nc5Qhq1f-osNHTGxrIVO-qScS8jEGPVkElgEjcpYdP1e-8b7RZoQVhDb-6HiwD-GtSMgwipXyJvpkTZCLvOkg9MkIQeHZb4yFik/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VRI5NIs_sjXIrtEh4GbEXXOZYEQxWJ_-ozYOq3Q-nc5Qhq1f-osNHTGxrIVO-qScS8jEGPVkElgEjcpYdP1e-8b7RZoQVhDb-6HiwD-GtSMgwipXyJvpkTZCLvOkg9MkIQeHZb4yFik/s1600/015.JPG" width="534" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>In fact we had lots to Celebrate just in time for Valentine's Day... with Issues of the Heart!  I FINALLY, with the Help of several diligent Advocates working tirelessly on our behalf, was able to get CPS to re-open our Case and provide the necessary Emergency paperwork for the Guardianship Issues I was plagued with!  *Whew*  They had to be made Wards of the State, but the Placement with us will continue.  And now CPS will pay for all Legal Costs associated with Family Court and Assist me in getting thru the Process of Permanent Guardianship and set everything up for me, I just have to show up.  *Whew!*  And provide The Force with expanded Services and better Health Care they need for Health and Special Educational provisions.  Color me Happy and so Relieved!!!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZuB9wvrhEgY7Sz7QBpIpT4-KfBIrfoS1ZMRx99AqQQKyCQ_VXcqsZMd-KmlQDuzQZvUcEzmP6EIzYAF22j9sRug_1UseGnoCCci28TUiOwPLnpCfLkbR5guYgsSBxN3H0P87pIMfoqc/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/AVvXsEgqZuB9wvrhEgY7Sz7QBpIpT4-KfBIrfoS1ZMRx99AqQQKyCQ_VXcqsZMd-KmlQDuzQZvUcEzmP6EIzYAF22j9sRug_1UseGnoCCci28TUiOwPLnpCfLkbR5guYgsSBxN3H0P87pIMfoqc/s1600/016.JPG" width="502" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>So the Young Prince is now officially Enrolled in High School for next Year!   And Princess T will be able to get her long awaited Surgery performed March 7th!   No more Drama with me being considered an 'Expired Guardian'!!!  I've apparently been Resurrected!!!  *LOL*  And they said I'll get paid more!  Wait a minute, I've never been paid, you mean I shouldda been getting paid??? Well, <strong>now</strong> you will they said, tho' it won't be much it's better than being unpaid all these Years, right?!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEhwM0bm1MTmaYnCfEvh_Oqul6oeAh3Xv_idVTXMFOwo1NItqi0WEutS8FB3kqgarBWk8WPr800BVpIVJulrf0U6fjZqZfuIdRSJmNzzcAjUiS6xeR923YMJfI3gwOXJKFjKUJ4AFRp19Mo/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/AVvXsEhwM0bm1MTmaYnCfEvh_Oqul6oeAh3Xv_idVTXMFOwo1NItqi0WEutS8FB3kqgarBWk8WPr800BVpIVJulrf0U6fjZqZfuIdRSJmNzzcAjUiS6xeR923YMJfI3gwOXJKFjKUJ4AFRp19Mo/s1600/017.JPG" width="518" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This was all the best Valentine's Day Gifts I could have Received... having The Man back Home and The G-Kid Force now having the updated Guardianship Paperwork that will Appease everyone until they're 18!!!  *She wipes sweat off her brow!*</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/AVvXsEjuAgRrraSmv9lXwzxQGGC-ib0NOHNvdpHnBTS9244izikk5px6l-rwoykBSZrx5S9NZyuVPwgOeZi1clQCYXkHJRGY9vRbw7hHRfPtq_C_d0ID8pHEikepsjYu6nxvix24XGevKoFVkZI/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAgRrraSmv9lXwzxQGGC-ib0NOHNvdpHnBTS9244izikk5px6l-rwoykBSZrx5S9NZyuVPwgOeZi1clQCYXkHJRGY9vRbw7hHRfPtq_C_d0ID8pHEikepsjYu6nxvix24XGevKoFVkZI/s1600/018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I must say that the three Caseworkers CPS Assigned to us Impressed me when they came for their visits, they seem quite up to the job, compassionate and very nice, which was a HUGE Relief given the Issues and big Shake-Up and Investigation CPS is presently undergoing.  That had been quite a Concern of mine, but in desperation I had nowhere else to turn that could get the results we required for Emergency Guardians to be Appointed the way The System wanted it to be and for the Kiddos to receive necessary Medical Care and an uninterrupted Education without being further denied.</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/AVvXsEjV0tApoYI43mvCv5_biyVlUH_chVveTLG9cWz7J1v7_AZeK-P4cKwTAInYmAqnqtdjDd3CWjpYbEeCrRSsvc-6EXfp3o25u8eLhgqAI_Fkgr2acEbpNPnPSlyj358Zb5PG_VvEPJQ3qsQ/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0tApoYI43mvCv5_biyVlUH_chVveTLG9cWz7J1v7_AZeK-P4cKwTAInYmAqnqtdjDd3CWjpYbEeCrRSsvc-6EXfp3o25u8eLhgqAI_Fkgr2acEbpNPnPSlyj358Zb5PG_VvEPJQ3qsQ/s1600/020.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>Do I Wish it could be simpler and with less involvement by perfect Strangers and Agencies that don't have the most stellar track record... sure... but after what we've already Endured and been thru, just having some things working out favorably has lifted a Huge Burden from my very tired shoulders, so I'll Rejoice in any Victory, however Conditional it might be.</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/AVvXsEhf2eOBs0UbpFRIkboc5DOTCBZ1LKRsMCFP5mlF-R8IPF_athtdiURF0ecu9h9Gc2906DHo2qMikgz-BOqD1JSYkp2evqVFCpkWNKKYW3B4mWqYtTZDbavFXOxX0HMzk_n1Pg9x890NE4w/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/AVvXsEhf2eOBs0UbpFRIkboc5DOTCBZ1LKRsMCFP5mlF-R8IPF_athtdiURF0ecu9h9Gc2906DHo2qMikgz-BOqD1JSYkp2evqVFCpkWNKKYW3B4mWqYtTZDbavFXOxX0HMzk_n1Pg9x890NE4w/s1600/004.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I realize we have a Complex Case, so I didn't Expect no hiccups in the Process, but it had reached a level of ridiculousness and absurdity that made absolutely no sense at all... and was jeapordizing the Welfare of the Children.   So I had to go on a rampage as a last resort measure to bring attention to the situation and stir things up for the sake of the Children and my own Sanity!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykf_CXEVN7HTuef_SvHD8O1idUu9KcCQHRgJ3LmGEg3LCgaHUdoqhTP6-TpNP1FAednHe_-3O4pEabk2MvYpNVUOFJ4PrfbEl_JyfXQLe6QsRj8odPLy2kTF_xRtJHjuN-Z5euyg4Giw/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/AVvXsEjykf_CXEVN7HTuef_SvHD8O1idUu9KcCQHRgJ3LmGEg3LCgaHUdoqhTP6-TpNP1FAednHe_-3O4pEabk2MvYpNVUOFJ4PrfbEl_JyfXQLe6QsRj8odPLy2kTF_xRtJHjuN-Z5euyg4Giw/s1600/003.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>You cannot even Imagine how much un-necessary prolonged Stress has now been relieved, it Feels Good not to have quite so many Worries now!!!  I Feel like this Awesome Set of Bookends Looks... aren't they Sublime?!?  Not within my Budget, darn it, but I'd Love to own some Bookends like this, so Art Nouveau, which is one of my Favorite Styles because it's so Artsy and Free-Spirited.</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/AVvXsEjT2WTzzuDZfmOLRkvBuryLEBeEgvMt1ZbS8eyJz7s9uoTMNzGvg1e-BqI65i_8q5ZWdZuPA-Cz1P9ZMhL0EagKlHgrutY1h67zv-xYKh2G4UAGAcIQ1dW85gQcCpY82BsUtCI0MiDyxSo/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/AVvXsEjT2WTzzuDZfmOLRkvBuryLEBeEgvMt1ZbS8eyJz7s9uoTMNzGvg1e-BqI65i_8q5ZWdZuPA-Cz1P9ZMhL0EagKlHgrutY1h67zv-xYKh2G4UAGAcIQ1dW85gQcCpY82BsUtCI0MiDyxSo/s1600/005.JPG" width="522" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And speaking of Free-Spirited, check out these Pink Opalescent Glass Nudie Goblets, how Fun!!!  And to find a complete Set in Pristine Condition, a Rarity I'm sure!</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/AVvXsEiR7MSEdnEEZeQrP9fdG5CxW_vPErjy1RuG5DyrBkiY1fmQYdAW4DWPthAW8H6ut28bjTO6W5jGvFQCnB8njfdnqeeJTglWuyhdR5nzSLtuAp5NtiGVRDf3Rz_yXQvX253-lJSFeN5bH-E/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/AVvXsEiR7MSEdnEEZeQrP9fdG5CxW_vPErjy1RuG5DyrBkiY1fmQYdAW4DWPthAW8H6ut28bjTO6W5jGvFQCnB8njfdnqeeJTglWuyhdR5nzSLtuAp5NtiGVRDf3Rz_yXQvX253-lJSFeN5bH-E/s1600/014.JPG" width="506" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>And I had received several requests for me to Model my Ensembles when I received them... and they Arrived so Quickly that I'll be able to wear them to some of the upcoming Events!  Here's Purchase No. 1.   The Valentine Bear on the Chair is a Gift to me from Prince R... and Princess T instantly confiscated it for herself saying I don't need Stuffed Animals anymore because I'm too Old!!!  *Bwahahaha, that's a good one!*   Along with the White Candy Bunny he gave me, saying it 'Disturbed' her because she knew I shouldn't eat that stuff anymore!!!  So she broke off a sliver of a Bunny Foot and said that's all I should risk... and she'd eat the rest for me!   Which she promptly did... as I stood there forlornly looking at my Pathetic Bunny Foot Sliver... certainly not enuf to put me into a Sugar Coma!  *LOL... she's now become the Diabetic Dietary Gestapo around here!  With the Best of Intentions of coarse! Smiles.*   I'm not sure if she's trying to Save me or get all my Presents???  Or if Prince R is being Loving or trying to Kill me off???  Whaddya think?  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEhbENM47_cwF_7YcQThT3jtS50aM5Px6YiRvjvlN7BtWd2Et9Unth2Cv-qWaLvmeHoRvloFOlnLYqngeo0djs4kgPNG0xNP3tbThSfaiO0q7xHuw5f_nnvoERarAlXThXoJqosNZXeHfdk/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbENM47_cwF_7YcQThT3jtS50aM5Px6YiRvjvlN7BtWd2Et9Unth2Cv-qWaLvmeHoRvloFOlnLYqngeo0djs4kgPNG0xNP3tbThSfaiO0q7xHuw5f_nnvoERarAlXThXoJqosNZXeHfdk/s1600/032.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>And one side of Purchase No. 2, which is Reversable.  Sorry you can't see the entire floor length view, but my Photographer is only Eight after all!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEgkIevI7iLDCa1QJCFui-8zzWH18uGK2NyPo4wzHs6Fq6X__BdOO-hDRbT5CzmTSfuc2F4NjBJXWOQMbSGLdUUdzb_fTgpdjK-bVjSNifoLXZOUj8-xKrPAi05Oa4uJWbjESqJ9UTA67fk/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIevI7iLDCa1QJCFui-8zzWH18uGK2NyPo4wzHs6Fq6X__BdOO-hDRbT5CzmTSfuc2F4NjBJXWOQMbSGLdUUdzb_fTgpdjK-bVjSNifoLXZOUj8-xKrPAi05Oa4uJWbjESqJ9UTA67fk/s1600/030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Each came wrapped in Vintage Linens tied with either Hand-Dyed Seam Binding or Upcycled Gorgeous Sari Material Fibers like this.   I Love it when someone takes the Time to Package something Beautifully.  </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/AVvXsEg6z0RXDyQ6-vj3TiAM00IaQ6_6WfRvOsWPLpPhlfXWjrWIKRvR3ZcPOQ-GUqgNVfX1tk8QxMvQyE8UwdBlx2yS0jcdVcAXAgB2qnysZ0cSjh4Big8iL4_8JyHt0rS3gmmSaOYeWkWqXc4/s1600/1902060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z0RXDyQ6-vj3TiAM00IaQ6_6WfRvOsWPLpPhlfXWjrWIKRvR3ZcPOQ-GUqgNVfX1tk8QxMvQyE8UwdBlx2yS0jcdVcAXAgB2qnysZ0cSjh4Big8iL4_8JyHt0rS3gmmSaOYeWkWqXc4/s1600/1902060.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I'd no sooner finished Modeling my new Ensembles when my Photographer sped off to dig thru her Magical Ensembles... because there's not gonna be any Runway Show going on around Bohemian Valhalla without her getting into the Act and being the Star of the Show!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEgM_Tpy0mzxx4aCbQbToxaLP_s5gGVN-VXyZSmi49V_Ekh9Wrh-xpbOaf303ClT47Bmdh2tOusi81Vf8hLxJlUZ-bPkHly_GJJC_QD-Wp-K94GnrP-NWDjiyNDSj7aeKt4S78NZGe_w9nQ/s1600/1902061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_Tpy0mzxx4aCbQbToxaLP_s5gGVN-VXyZSmi49V_Ekh9Wrh-xpbOaf303ClT47Bmdh2tOusi81Vf8hLxJlUZ-bPkHly_GJJC_QD-Wp-K94GnrP-NWDjiyNDSj7aeKt4S78NZGe_w9nQ/s1600/1902061.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Yes, those are my Gypsy Cowgirl Boots she's Prancing around in... because nothing goes with Velvet, Satin and Tiaras quite like Gypsy Cowgirl Boots, right?  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEhiFYyzY0SJAtql4zuL14DSE7xMFmiS-nk0kNhNOnAo8dvzzST6rSPhdFyN36xVwKmkeazp0WTHe1fjweRmyrvwHgmGUy_JhwrRIxRMT-8gbaY7F834KGLxNh3GJeWARFTCO0w34D3qymE/s1600/1902062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFYyzY0SJAtql4zuL14DSE7xMFmiS-nk0kNhNOnAo8dvzzST6rSPhdFyN36xVwKmkeazp0WTHe1fjweRmyrvwHgmGUy_JhwrRIxRMT-8gbaY7F834KGLxNh3GJeWARFTCO0w34D3qymE/s1600/1902062.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Okay, you Win, you look Cuter, I acquiese.  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEgNIWRZ8sKlFZ4XMbS5zttHUeQ5DBNVYAPrfMkSa8DqSQszuN7BrOdrofX_1dYxlgKnIFUkmuqx4xhA7KrojjNZlFy-oTo6AesuXZzZUvhJHmpkM_K37ak4g5X-qDVFcI005TvUHn83RMM/s1600/1902063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIWRZ8sKlFZ4XMbS5zttHUeQ5DBNVYAPrfMkSa8DqSQszuN7BrOdrofX_1dYxlgKnIFUkmuqx4xhA7KrojjNZlFy-oTo6AesuXZzZUvhJHmpkM_K37ak4g5X-qDVFcI005TvUHn83RMM/s1600/1902063.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>There's no Competing with an Adorable Diva Princess on the Runway after all!!!  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEj73wR6TyXP8w_SwMk5lK8Xogjp2V2ihonrparU7aG-Wqd4Ci1AtFmFm8UFHMrKitc0R0OVeL7hcRLzwGef7elM-JetA3_OfmIH2fb8EIycvq59kWLT8-KmE1T33L4l7fG2NyF1RcPc8i0/s1600/1902063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73wR6TyXP8w_SwMk5lK8Xogjp2V2ihonrparU7aG-Wqd4Ci1AtFmFm8UFHMrKitc0R0OVeL7hcRLzwGef7elM-JetA3_OfmIH2fb8EIycvq59kWLT8-KmE1T33L4l7fG2NyF1RcPc8i0/s1600/1902063.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>She couldn't resist stealing Gramma's Thunder... and show whose the Top Super Model around here!  *Ha ha ha ha!*</em></div><div align="center"><em></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/AVvXsEhdNvWx-VMDOF4tEsOBTrYsjVYxfUKPYrTtsxa2bo0Qh7lFGH_ZXnJzgQ6KP4F2J0gechq0aaOGIf9Pq-Dm29HsDoWTt-vDqAx_JgFKKSbcuvdliX-I_CsQy20Xl-9yG0kvMVsir21x2bc/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/AVvXsEhdNvWx-VMDOF4tEsOBTrYsjVYxfUKPYrTtsxa2bo0Qh7lFGH_ZXnJzgQ6KP4F2J0gechq0aaOGIf9Pq-Dm29HsDoWTt-vDqAx_JgFKKSbcuvdliX-I_CsQy20Xl-9yG0kvMVsir21x2bc/s1600/023.JPG" width="596" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <em>Now that I've Modeled my new duds and been overthrown on the Throne of my Kingdom *Winks*... back to the Mall to see what Lovelies you could get 20% Off Tomorrow for Valentine's Day and Monday for President's Day.   My Friend Shelly, who has a Showroom {#113} right beside one of mine has this Old Box covered in Antique Velvet. *Swoon... Just my Style!*</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6apmBwutPm7Zy3iNWJdTT3nmaXxqOUVRKrLrCzgQJaemrTYza01gMDhYOO69IOJOrX-cxGozgTz0ztaDc3BIZTwurAVxS7X3oL4ZYrN4Q8P37qTLYXXk6soPzqd1uV9h3lI7lB6H4_2g/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/AVvXsEg6apmBwutPm7Zy3iNWJdTT3nmaXxqOUVRKrLrCzgQJaemrTYza01gMDhYOO69IOJOrX-cxGozgTz0ztaDc3BIZTwurAVxS7X3oL4ZYrN4Q8P37qTLYXXk6soPzqd1uV9h3lI7lB6H4_2g/s1600/024.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And the interior has the Cutest Old Wallpaper lining it, Aged to crackled and peeling Sepia Perfection.</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/AVvXsEhUxJ5m1qZMTLiteiJHd7G48TjTKcteUtC3eVtboT-lablAac42jvMV7xVVfOghKsSNCNyMIhhIDGfjFen0lidB5QkN3PZEV26L_jAsR5Yp1a19cQMCBXuAbGmRIxaR2kNaZjortVFXNSI/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxJ5m1qZMTLiteiJHd7G48TjTKcteUtC3eVtboT-lablAac42jvMV7xVVfOghKsSNCNyMIhhIDGfjFen0lidB5QkN3PZEV26L_jAsR5Yp1a19cQMCBXuAbGmRIxaR2kNaZjortVFXNSI/s1600/026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And so... after we completed our Pathological Picture Taking of the Mall before the Big Valentine's Sale... and done our Modeling... we'd worked up an Appetite for a bowl of Soup at Wildflower Bread Company... and a Valentine's Day Cupcake for The Princess as Reward for all her Hard Work.</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/AVvXsEiW07ALm6hnr3a7P3G_oDECWpqlHMNvdC7nnH3prZFNzz3f2kIoSWMHfoBKEWNOk8yo9VGRpBCUo9v4MnlpzYe5na7Wp_VNWciRBlCNdI-ANuwe63vsk4MPJxJvCs7vVeA6AudpLhu6KAU/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW07ALm6hnr3a7P3G_oDECWpqlHMNvdC7nnH3prZFNzz3f2kIoSWMHfoBKEWNOk8yo9VGRpBCUo9v4MnlpzYe5na7Wp_VNWciRBlCNdI-ANuwe63vsk4MPJxJvCs7vVeA6AudpLhu6KAU/s1600/027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>The Kale and Sausage Soup is delish!!!   I'm eating a lot of Soups and Salads on this Diabetic Diet, which is fine since I happen to Love Soups and Salads and can easily eat them every day for at least one meal.</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/AVvXsEg8mErLnbu1hrRfoD14MGplkgB-_bWewkVmA1aI7gYaJWAZZDiqvFf8Q7H5jceOwIXOt0gyu2Ln2XcdHU9D9hfxEaTy3zyD2U8_3da326qu63cfNjloyxHmYCAOcaItctvBPgU0igs9Vac/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mErLnbu1hrRfoD14MGplkgB-_bWewkVmA1aI7gYaJWAZZDiqvFf8Q7H5jceOwIXOt0gyu2Ln2XcdHU9D9hfxEaTy3zyD2U8_3da326qu63cfNjloyxHmYCAOcaItctvBPgU0igs9Vac/s1600/028.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 what would a Girl's Day Out be without bringing The Girls?   So Princess T brought darn near all of her Girls... Thankfully she didn't drag them all into the Restaurant!!!  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvnRrooxcSfuJx4vQh9WTXgeDCRIzCWMVSKD5BCqz_pGxHepeQpOmYWZNyamJlKjjj3EjA3IC-wRJN3BlC0sMuoaGFe06gkglE5LwjlUgE7Gna0iH3xe0GWhFKUVKBe6NyQWpfWWP-nE/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvnRrooxcSfuJx4vQh9WTXgeDCRIzCWMVSKD5BCqz_pGxHepeQpOmYWZNyamJlKjjj3EjA3IC-wRJN3BlC0sMuoaGFe06gkglE5LwjlUgE7Gna0iH3xe0GWhFKUVKBe6NyQWpfWWP-nE/s1600/033.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>Happy Valentine's Day from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><br /></div>

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It Is Indeed A Happy New Year

<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/AVvXsEjUUm26PaFsKUdfdzTi0gSmK42R5biNOVEmFaiym-YJ6dNfyZZRC0IK0rpnogeRlQlfKOgGBRQtdw3kLFX7c-HhPqYkAeAEkOhzX5wq1APIRswxiPb1Lf4biXlmbzFy_12iMccCZK6ySk0/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUm26PaFsKUdfdzTi0gSmK42R5biNOVEmFaiym-YJ6dNfyZZRC0IK0rpnogeRlQlfKOgGBRQtdw3kLFX7c-HhPqYkAeAEkOhzX5wq1APIRswxiPb1Lf4biXlmbzFy_12iMccCZK6ySk0/s1600/049.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It is indeed a Happy New Year, 2014 has started out quite well and for that I'm Grateful, since 2013 had been a really rough year for our Family.</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/AVvXsEjQ-LqnF36o5hD3HMJIkV0GJHfKHoMm4VM_Sw4hL595dPYZ7unuA9t9sJ7pEmr8wPFEvzlZtLPUV0DW_LBkrm9lMdhtC6FOSN9DAs_Yj8QNsbS-jv5GIV6uUq0GNCresVQrL7CBJKDi66I/s1600/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-LqnF36o5hD3HMJIkV0GJHfKHoMm4VM_Sw4hL595dPYZ7unuA9t9sJ7pEmr8wPFEvzlZtLPUV0DW_LBkrm9lMdhtC6FOSN9DAs_Yj8QNsbS-jv5GIV6uUq0GNCresVQrL7CBJKDi66I/s1600/049.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>I'm always quite Optomistic at the beginning of every Fresh New Year, but I must say the Energy at the start of this one has been particularly Positive and Encouraging.</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/AVvXsEjv-GJpWSzEGdHGKsivOw343nOonezNQMQVkKm0ocxGOyEO7bHtGD6aJ79yPo3JJEyI0GlYs8jABf05A3IvmyKsO4FJVSEQ2K5wjWY4XHKLYBxAGFoSaNyYSqZg_NsU9wBUNKj_kzvUSqU/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/AVvXsEjv-GJpWSzEGdHGKsivOw343nOonezNQMQVkKm0ocxGOyEO7bHtGD6aJ79yPo3JJEyI0GlYs8jABf05A3IvmyKsO4FJVSEQ2K5wjWY4XHKLYBxAGFoSaNyYSqZg_NsU9wBUNKj_kzvUSqU/s1600/001.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Most of the Family that live locally have gotten together intentionally to spend more quality time together, in spite of distance now being a factor with The Son moving to the East Valley and us here in the West Valley.</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/AVvXsEjSa3uWN98jnythi9veuOFf_fhhdteD8G6d0KMnwWZYPOy9DWX6cpdQOXxYPHXrIqQ1Aq-e4GzPooCQgDMc1Tse0LmsGamDV6FVH7QcoN8guBegCyMrO6ODYq1JVVIt_JFJaTFN5iyEqcI/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSa3uWN98jnythi9veuOFf_fhhdteD8G6d0KMnwWZYPOy9DWX6cpdQOXxYPHXrIqQ1Aq-e4GzPooCQgDMc1Tse0LmsGamDV6FVH7QcoN8guBegCyMrO6ODYq1JVVIt_JFJaTFN5iyEqcI/s1600/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>In many ways The Man's Catastrophic Accident and near death experience last year has made us all even more acutely aware of the fragility of Life and to take nothing and no-one for Granted.  To Savor the Moments of Life and Cherish each other all the more and make Time for those things and people that count the most .</em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXFTfJkLxOiNUCYdtQCIVj18cy2UVsJIjX-66dEcAKdAczNU-eNaC5-qp4DSSu3fZ9zWTQJnjb8HrfWaQ8NqwNz1OzsYsg7_6x3wwWGLDbKsKV0fuH2fN4QPkE4I7yBLaGmDAp_BcWd4/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXFTfJkLxOiNUCYdtQCIVj18cy2UVsJIjX-66dEcAKdAczNU-eNaC5-qp4DSSu3fZ9zWTQJnjb8HrfWaQ8NqwNz1OzsYsg7_6x3wwWGLDbKsKV0fuH2fN4QPkE4I7yBLaGmDAp_BcWd4/s1600/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I received a Sweet Surprise New Year's Gift from my Friends Michael and David at Pho 43 Vietnamese Restaurant in Phoenix... an assortment of their Fresh Home-Made French Macaroons!!!</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/AVvXsEgZ8LjGAViRMGFTl4FxSsiObMbK4t2y8POxeW7YFFJtpU0zdanbYtFd54gS6R4cF0nzYvf5Dkvir5eB9elhDUIMLa7KnKiFHweLCfMR25dYsZ1avwXV-qxpKD6fmsOc-SfoTUu9BPyik3s/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8LjGAViRMGFTl4FxSsiObMbK4t2y8POxeW7YFFJtpU0zdanbYtFd54gS6R4cF0nzYvf5Dkvir5eB9elhDUIMLa7KnKiFHweLCfMR25dYsZ1avwXV-qxpKD6fmsOc-SfoTUu9BPyik3s/s1600/004.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>The French Macaroons by Binh are like eating little flavored Clouds, they're that Heavenly tasting... there are over a dozen different absolutely Divine Flavors to choose from, my favorite, by a slim margin, is the Bright Green Matcha Green Tea flavor. </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/AVvXsEh_Wbn09SzFL8CEk3xcnBt1Yjdzbq0BsAIc6zrUz1bSr1jPT47UBT77NORKjlv1MWWCqbGZaGM4hUEGyaecy1slgTwFPjbDuHhBQ0d4UefHFADIHw1droePmF0l6c2yzrZlUWUtJGCTc5Q/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Wbn09SzFL8CEk3xcnBt1Yjdzbq0BsAIc6zrUz1bSr1jPT47UBT77NORKjlv1MWWCqbGZaGM4hUEGyaecy1slgTwFPjbDuHhBQ0d4UefHFADIHw1droePmF0l6c2yzrZlUWUtJGCTc5Q/s1600/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>But you will Love them ALL... I practically put myself into a French Macaroon induced Coma sampling them all when I got Home!  *LOL*   Thanks Guys, it was a Wonderful Surprise Gift and so Generous.  *Mwahhh!*  My Flavor Sampling was Matcha Green Tea, Strawberry, Red Velvet, Cappuccino, After Dinner Mint and Pistachio.  *YUM!!!*</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/AVvXsEimyIKCU7uWWhWWab8cigfWYrcu4bMH_IO_r6WIHanLxwDiri_KQkjChQrcKaWslkUUlWFWkYEc-XOz_eXDdWhAgpxby_JzreZeU7UYzaBy4sgnH56EPsfxu2Kj_mpL7PRKeuOgLgOG2qY/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyIKCU7uWWhWWab8cigfWYrcu4bMH_IO_r6WIHanLxwDiri_KQkjChQrcKaWslkUUlWFWkYEc-XOz_eXDdWhAgpxby_JzreZeU7UYzaBy4sgnH56EPsfxu2Kj_mpL7PRKeuOgLgOG2qY/s1600/008.JPG" width="542" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>That's right, I didn't Share... the G-Kids had gone with The Son and Family for the Weekend so I had them all to myself!   The Man isn't very adventurous when it comes to Cuisine he's not familiar with... and I hadn't had a Great French Macaroon since my Dad had Passed.  Dad was a "Macaroon-Meister" {my description... Winks} and a Master Pastry Chef, which completely Spoiled me in this Lifetime... and Binh's measure up to my Dad's Macaroons, so I'd highly recommend them.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfREiL0jsvivkrDrpwPbSWg8G2N0Jygf4AxehSQNnmI1_7eCUHON4ntz5i5IsIP1DXQ8dxChIr8L3R1y6UwXkldzdRXt49Lj8GdH7mmgApU_8rlpHS9MQbEnkviai2KzxSAJcON_IaXA8/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfREiL0jsvivkrDrpwPbSWg8G2N0Jygf4AxehSQNnmI1_7eCUHON4ntz5i5IsIP1DXQ8dxChIr8L3R1y6UwXkldzdRXt49Lj8GdH7mmgApU_8rlpHS9MQbEnkviai2KzxSAJcON_IaXA8/s1600/039.JPG" width="521" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><em>I've been having exceptionally great Luck on my Picks since the New Year began...</em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsz7Nkzr4xBd4FSb_r3LELGoGaNzS24oOPldBLKsTE33Ahs_z6dYgQcBwJO24e2iSZ3B00LPqU5N2HZbM_7RkPFHg_JSze-LxedqNwKTO0-b4naK90DIsrEWCPEJVMzf1Odsth8UD6-c/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsz7Nkzr4xBd4FSb_r3LELGoGaNzS24oOPldBLKsTE33Ahs_z6dYgQcBwJO24e2iSZ3B00LPqU5N2HZbM_7RkPFHg_JSze-LxedqNwKTO0-b4naK90DIsrEWCPEJVMzf1Odsth8UD6-c/s1600/042.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><em>Both for Fresh Inventory to put into the Showrooms...</em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXz57u8WYGeE5xumpEyhHy9XtkaZa7D6vN5BnDAI0ajlXxbTqpomhbjuS7lu1T0EBaQ0Z5DyeEkg5pHDg1nt1pglIJ4ZCm2baf0-9FmCjCdJJb6jL3EN4l7Upu62edwp2qJ4epWAT2W58/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXz57u8WYGeE5xumpEyhHy9XtkaZa7D6vN5BnDAI0ajlXxbTqpomhbjuS7lu1T0EBaQ0Z5DyeEkg5pHDg1nt1pglIJ4ZCm2baf0-9FmCjCdJJb6jL3EN4l7Upu62edwp2qJ4epWAT2W58/s1600/059.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 to expand Favorite Personal Collections.   Yes, recently I 'Scored' an epic sized Box Lot of an Amazing selection of Twenty-Nine Vintage Metal and Crystal Flower Frogs that must have been someone's Collection. {Be still my beating Heart!} </em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSobeeW2psnphLHhaZsqzyvwrWygJO6ntr3GYhVXB9Sd6UryRHQbKZZXp4AqMq44HS9s6-8r7b1ZwY3TY9BPkjKXGBzKqeKp7vLkalb6k2TnjQKsOi7p_fBEaKMdZYweJRJOS6KE9HQJ0/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/AVvXsEhSobeeW2psnphLHhaZsqzyvwrWygJO6ntr3GYhVXB9Sd6UryRHQbKZZXp4AqMq44HS9s6-8r7b1ZwY3TY9BPkjKXGBzKqeKp7vLkalb6k2TnjQKsOi7p_fBEaKMdZYweJRJOS6KE9HQJ0/s1600/053.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>Honestly, you should have seen me trying to contain my Excitement and Enthusiasm and Inconspicuously gather them up so as not to draw undue Attention to myself before I could get them into my cart without others suddenly becoming Zombie-Like Interested and swarming around the bin they were in!  *LOL*</em><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLe_UQUJNBhRs1Cc4ErBbkiXmDhAqoxyuwo_7pYfxJ8tKEMxcyxgB4XDjgsKvWAKOkjYxigcINBFfXcKX6MRhDH29SVCkXa_xQZRz13P_GFAQQzdiFWCu49QhNTt78YtS-jMnHb7SYhzs/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLe_UQUJNBhRs1Cc4ErBbkiXmDhAqoxyuwo_7pYfxJ8tKEMxcyxgB4XDjgsKvWAKOkjYxigcINBFfXcKX6MRhDH29SVCkXa_xQZRz13P_GFAQQzdiFWCu49QhNTt78YtS-jMnHb7SYhzs/s1600/060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>That's a Picker's Heads-Up for those that don't realize that if you show too much Excitement or Interest in ANYTHING, then anyone standing around will suddenly become Interested and scramble over once their Attention is drawn and their Curiosity is sparked by whatever it is causing your Buzz!?  It just reminds me of a bad Zombie Movie!  {Insert them stopping whatever they're doing and cocking their heads to look your way and then descend like a hungry Zombie Apocalypse!}  *Le Sigh*</em><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hzSDomroO4r2imMF-os2KBdvR_wdXOR04Wnni9Qv4-4MCLkDT1IUdmmlkOkplHX9PSz_LnOx0KSeQzliGxycli5wF4kNenZQryLEZ8tfi3SALT0F_6-8Iypd1MdXyr9O2AR4pO8jhG4/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hzSDomroO4r2imMF-os2KBdvR_wdXOR04Wnni9Qv4-4MCLkDT1IUdmmlkOkplHX9PSz_LnOx0KSeQzliGxycli5wF4kNenZQryLEZ8tfi3SALT0F_6-8Iypd1MdXyr9O2AR4pO8jhG4/s1600/061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>I personally find it to be a very Annoying Phenomenon, especially if they can't recognize on their own what it even is you've shown an Interest in and probably passed it over already with total disinterest or indifference.  But suddenly now they want to compete for it too because someone else is Interested, even if they don't even seem to know what it is or have a Clue as to why they want or need it?!  *LOL*    Pickin' can become very cut-throat with some people so I've learned to be more Guarded than I initially was, which is unfortunate, but the Nature of the Beast I suppose. </em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oVQjdeJ3XGa458e7HsPfuAAIjwCVRLYzwYCDoZpz_ffCAn4cgFRUcPFFdz5xb5sTlTQy9UiYDOm21rQciPJV2i-GptsQSuQj5hhGZWhyvcQsj3ngO_ojqXowVHUoQB_tZrd9dOu86_w/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oVQjdeJ3XGa458e7HsPfuAAIjwCVRLYzwYCDoZpz_ffCAn4cgFRUcPFFdz5xb5sTlTQy9UiYDOm21rQciPJV2i-GptsQSuQj5hhGZWhyvcQsj3ngO_ojqXowVHUoQB_tZrd9dOu86_w/s1600/031.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><em>  It's the unexpected Dark Side of the biz and you have to decide if you're going over to the Dark Side or not to procure your stuff, I choose not to as I consider it Bad Karma to get what you want at any Cost or with cut-throat Methods.  I want a clean conscience and Hope to always do the Right thing and do Right by everyone.  I genuinely like People and Socializing, I always keep it one-hundred percent, so I prefer to Assume others will do the same... but beware, some don't and are Wolves in Sheep's clothing, they are not your Friend.  I find it hard to Believe they'd be anybody's Friend and could be Trusted... but to each his own I suppose.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_L7qJJoINmnnoBJPVdmfkH_phGt6SO6UnHcY1yuiArODoMeoCcKhnXJZ2OzX7b2az9bN3Iw7u2DrqEpkVF21IMIZHxXFPPsoTmVV_ri9ftrsb4JB7wlhmrSBNFTeK5P4NUya5g-lV6Q/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_L7qJJoINmnnoBJPVdmfkH_phGt6SO6UnHcY1yuiArODoMeoCcKhnXJZ2OzX7b2az9bN3Iw7u2DrqEpkVF21IMIZHxXFPPsoTmVV_ri9ftrsb4JB7wlhmrSBNFTeK5P4NUya5g-lV6Q/s1600/062.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>And it gets even Zombie-Stalker-Creepier if they begin following you around like their personal Treasure-Detector because you seem to know what you're looking for... I call them Hyena Pickin' Opportunists!   If they didn't come with you and don't know you it's terribly Intrusive, Distracting and Annoying.   Sure, it's a Competitive biz, but I refuse to compromise Character or Integrity over Junque... there's plenty of it and besides, I only want Good Karma coming back at me... but you do have to recognize and learn the ropes, I'm still New enuf at it to be Idealistic and still learning what and who to avoid like the plague.  *Smiles* </em><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWX29DUs3qCZPFcQQbxWqtCN3ESqG1bP1FxhF7A54l27GnprEdii3X88qFo45YSxu3wL5LXeFUeVpSW3LDo_yCtb_WonPEYJEtzNF2ajKsDPhDCBy1cfhkJNT_IQCDTbUQKHkAceHJz0/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWX29DUs3qCZPFcQQbxWqtCN3ESqG1bP1FxhF7A54l27GnprEdii3X88qFo45YSxu3wL5LXeFUeVpSW3LDo_yCtb_WonPEYJEtzNF2ajKsDPhDCBy1cfhkJNT_IQCDTbUQKHkAceHJz0/s1600/038.JPG" width="531" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><em>The disingenuous ones are the worst, who feign or try to push trying to establish a rapport with you, but with an ulterior motive that is not the least bit sincere and is typically Transparent enough to pick up on because the M.O. is so similar and recognizable</em><em>.  If not, just let them talk long enough and you'll recognize their Angle because they'll unintentionally Reveal it.  Out of the abundance of the Heart the Mouth will eventually Speak and they'll slip up. </em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XMi_nUpwbB36RyoDjvavO6nCZ3dr0Pg27hep7swt9t0Re82VoD5g7LZYhKT1iQUhn-kO0VKTguk1BuNJJD0VYyERo0X7fDdtYYiXJitsBu-15I4PDTuGYxFFqY54-LeH7s8o9bMYbbk/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XMi_nUpwbB36RyoDjvavO6nCZ3dr0Pg27hep7swt9t0Re82VoD5g7LZYhKT1iQUhn-kO0VKTguk1BuNJJD0VYyERo0X7fDdtYYiXJitsBu-15I4PDTuGYxFFqY54-LeH7s8o9bMYbbk/s1600/047.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><em> I'm mentioning this because my Pickin' Buddy and I encountered a couple of such disengenuous Types that approached us during this particular 'Pick' and I Hate when that happens.  My Friend was so much Sweeter and more Tolerant of them than I.   I refuse to Engage the Type anymore and if I get a bad Vibe or Gut Reaction about a Person, I don't want them around me and try to make it crystal clear early on.  These Types can threaten to ruin or intrude upon an Enjoyable 'Pick' where you're just chillin' and having a good time and want to be left alone to do what you do without someone running their Game, hovering, asking too many questions {passive aggressive interrogating} and being Fake, I can't Respect that so I have Zero Tolerance for them. </em><br /><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm33VYdqm-jjLA9CCR9liWCfXr5txGJy-ZnI_caSMbvO1ErqiE4HqqfZbHiFFQ5bW8o1rOFLiQ9ptubp8KlAv3baAyR7db3W4NjXGBWHjKSovBW8UAiSuUYkjjFYvtawH7Ar4FLAcSGag/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm33VYdqm-jjLA9CCR9liWCfXr5txGJy-ZnI_caSMbvO1ErqiE4HqqfZbHiFFQ5bW8o1rOFLiQ9ptubp8KlAv3baAyR7db3W4NjXGBWHjKSovBW8UAiSuUYkjjFYvtawH7Ar4FLAcSGag/s1600/048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>But, in spite of a few Obstacle People  *LOL*... we are having Good Fortune at the start of this New Year and our Picks have been so much Fun and a great Stress Reliever and Release.  I get really 'Zen' when I'm on a Pick because it's such an Enjoyable Activity to me and the Thrill Of The Hunt in and of itself is exhilerating, even if I don't find much.  But I've done quite well Sourcing the Inventory that I particularly Love and Appreciate.  Things like Vintage Religious Objects, Ornate Cigar Boxes, Ephemera, Flower Frogs, and especially anything Quirky and Odd.  *Smiles*   </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQd9TwJmvs9GGPe-GRebKQz2Iq_dA-v0aLSdQ5A1YYMmJIUtFCApiqOPXsw08KAWwzTSk585GnsnzEpA0F92dHXzyHBwO4oyiWBHOlTVpLhsOTjnWi5vMWF6E1nBNXK6CZZeAfTtOZTeA/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/AVvXsEjQd9TwJmvs9GGPe-GRebKQz2Iq_dA-v0aLSdQ5A1YYMmJIUtFCApiqOPXsw08KAWwzTSk585GnsnzEpA0F92dHXzyHBwO4oyiWBHOlTVpLhsOTjnWi5vMWF6E1nBNXK6CZZeAfTtOZTeA/s1600/046.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>Yes, the most Simplistic of things can Excite and Enchant or Inspire me... and that's part of the Thrill of it all... the Simplicity of Discovery or anything and everything that might Delight your Eye and you have an Appreciation of!</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCEIQxrZfeaz2ff0fccc3vXDh0P1HnvqIVhkNtTPwGWbDYMQQPqhYHtYHF9oiW8oj7nVvC5Ftilpi_VA5ifMET5HOunVZrzMe8UkC2J1BBE1MgMeD9GgLVwN3KZMaVDip82_4iYpasvw/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCEIQxrZfeaz2ff0fccc3vXDh0P1HnvqIVhkNtTPwGWbDYMQQPqhYHtYHF9oiW8oj7nVvC5Ftilpi_VA5ifMET5HOunVZrzMe8UkC2J1BBE1MgMeD9GgLVwN3KZMaVDip82_4iYpasvw/s1600/037.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>I realize how very Fortunate I am that I'm getting to Follow my Bliss and my Heart, focusing on doing what I Love more at this Season of Life than I've ever been able to before.  Doing what you Love really is Living The Dream in so many ways.</em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEiydcRRw_6IPauqDSR-aD6rlm7IFCpyxuIDJPjEewsVJwAqEurq7kQr_ZxO8Hyi66eJhn8IZmbak0dMzHsCPo76J6HThktI6T6SiFhgqC8cPCk0_cdUOSbVXDS3dQfqdGZSYqxgC8Rg/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEiydcRRw_6IPauqDSR-aD6rlm7IFCpyxuIDJPjEewsVJwAqEurq7kQr_ZxO8Hyi66eJhn8IZmbak0dMzHsCPo76J6HThktI6T6SiFhgqC8cPCk0_cdUOSbVXDS3dQfqdGZSYqxgC8Rg/s1600/036.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>And I really do Love doing this and have found great Purpose in doing it actually.  I no longer Discount the Gifts of being a superb Scavenger, which has always come effortlessly to me and I Loved but without really knowing or understanding why I Reveled in it so Completely.  *Smiles* </em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqD565m8aELleXuEzEERjoWF79JxOJaJOuCVYEXlYZTAgglBLL2fCzzow4_WYJJtoXCc_q5Ob1rRTxLRFV1cNnyroGxxoGgWSrzes2UQtRbD1skisGub6l3rlZLgiBYXEu9mBgxnuaPpA/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqD565m8aELleXuEzEERjoWF79JxOJaJOuCVYEXlYZTAgglBLL2fCzzow4_WYJJtoXCc_q5Ob1rRTxLRFV1cNnyroGxxoGgWSrzes2UQtRbD1skisGub6l3rlZLgiBYXEu9mBgxnuaPpA/s1600/033.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>And it is indeed a Happy New Year as I've had more Clarity of Purpose than ever before... and just moving in Purpose without regard to Outcome.  Just the pure Joy of it all and allowing the Blessings to follow and catch up to what I'm Feeling so very Purposed to be doing.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjD1Nd2bMJVRlzD8kcqaqcbRZe4Jp9QV3DJsfR0OnsHtYB24ZovQoK4t8P9n38rsdssmc6dzzWNAMn16MDlwSaLPS6Oe1mZb6bjoN79tIyRANoWXtbA2jHL6j6Fy0tWGptTOFcitfK21Y/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjD1Nd2bMJVRlzD8kcqaqcbRZe4Jp9QV3DJsfR0OnsHtYB24ZovQoK4t8P9n38rsdssmc6dzzWNAMn16MDlwSaLPS6Oe1mZb6bjoN79tIyRANoWXtbA2jHL6j6Fy0tWGptTOFcitfK21Y/s1600/034.JPG" width="562" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>I Hope that you too will be following your Bliss and your Heart this year... and moving in Purpose... without allowing anyone or anything to throw you off or discourage you with their perceived logic, reason, opinions or Agendas... however well intended... or not?</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFuxwhehY49DzFU_o3cjokk6lxox_3mt_MeQ6eCC49qp0JdyzDCYiXup4piwtu5MX9tN-ddp5Ws4eFXVYzobkwyYGBBOEmklAR6ltl_mRUoguk35HTGZGf6X8SaFq6Ql2QNsfnAhzZRg/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFuxwhehY49DzFU_o3cjokk6lxox_3mt_MeQ6eCC49qp0JdyzDCYiXup4piwtu5MX9tN-ddp5Ws4eFXVYzobkwyYGBBOEmklAR6ltl_mRUoguk35HTGZGf6X8SaFq6Ql2QNsfnAhzZRg/s1600/035.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>I'm going to Focus ever so much more Intently upon my Passions this Year.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eK_KTfWN0qS7Ew4-mMEHTgGIGmHJ0CawGPtDUaCHVwRiZj9Jszwy1O2mcSSmFcyY2jqgRqxv1oSRja4vpxql3q7EZR5c5JRkARF8DoWmTZ84sIh8fxUMBKSaQMmHXz_CkHPoVYXOblQ/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eK_KTfWN0qS7Ew4-mMEHTgGIGmHJ0CawGPtDUaCHVwRiZj9Jszwy1O2mcSSmFcyY2jqgRqxv1oSRja4vpxql3q7EZR5c5JRkARF8DoWmTZ84sIh8fxUMBKSaQMmHXz_CkHPoVYXOblQ/s1600/017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><em>And feed my Soul with Creativity and doing what I Truly Love!</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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