The Gift ~ Rust & Roses ~ Sirens & Saints

<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/AVvXsEjEA0GjDR_RhXifTJYOrnno8LbcS6DifrzQo1OQS7SHhR4HI7J5vPwXydjNPMS0K3O0axjrKH9i1KfowGTxGvIiZp1BtITkup0F7cje9TUL6kwaKUfOOgvm_m_Vwn1Z2iEXJv7Cw51YWSw/s1600/1507660_3734311013789_332972405_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA0GjDR_RhXifTJYOrnno8LbcS6DifrzQo1OQS7SHhR4HI7J5vPwXydjNPMS0K3O0axjrKH9i1KfowGTxGvIiZp1BtITkup0F7cje9TUL6kwaKUfOOgvm_m_Vwn1Z2iEXJv7Cw51YWSw/s640/1507660_3734311013789_332972405_n.jpg" width="534" /></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>Okay... so you saw the Awesome Sneak Peek of The Box it was in.  Has the Suspense been killin' ya my Friends?  *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/AVvXsEiNyssVVh2Gc_lDXpdNXfWmWeVxfEAjZrc4f9mtHFVuFwiYxk44cDy69DWUXcrsvdPuXRp2dj7ovy5opaHegcIDY2bsuHVvcpLAhWK76S8TYCqea24KG3khqNNzzXnSVeXSsb26I6oLySg/s1600/1517701_3734303453600_958027418_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyssVVh2Gc_lDXpdNXfWmWeVxfEAjZrc4f9mtHFVuFwiYxk44cDy69DWUXcrsvdPuXRp2dj7ovy5opaHegcIDY2bsuHVvcpLAhWK76S8TYCqea24KG3khqNNzzXnSVeXSsb26I6oLySg/s640/1517701_3734303453600_958027418_n.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>My Talented Artist, Fashion and Jewelry Designing Friend Angela had once again Created something Ultra Special for me from her New Line of Bohemian Jewelry and presented it as a Surprise Christmas Gift.</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/AVvXsEjrvTfTHKgRtoeDHj_Be-AubYE4MsOHZZWVGgC_RbADg0ZLy-hOyCaVR3RnTXVz1DWfTv_eh6Iva_xu8kDZYziykHv_-SeukmonVR8VLukwQyt-U_iaa-OSCjVfXY_50CeV3DbQS5Wy-2g/s1600/118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvTfTHKgRtoeDHj_Be-AubYE4MsOHZZWVGgC_RbADg0ZLy-hOyCaVR3RnTXVz1DWfTv_eh6Iva_xu8kDZYziykHv_-SeukmonVR8VLukwQyt-U_iaa-OSCjVfXY_50CeV3DbQS5Wy-2g/s640/118.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>As I mentioned before... the Beautiful Packaging Alone was Gift Enough and so Awesome that I thought it WAS the 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/AVvXsEic32EwYuMnMFfwdxY5scxDOFOFTyMiZqWOLodmXF1rwltnmCbljdj3pssoZ6cjVXEUzVVPQM1hSgYXaN8_czvih6FSBxFJxGPaoT2w4IEiuIVvMh7Nt5Oi0lewq7tKuZig_CbLgZSqy_U/s1600/1531931_3734281093041_930956569_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic32EwYuMnMFfwdxY5scxDOFOFTyMiZqWOLodmXF1rwltnmCbljdj3pssoZ6cjVXEUzVVPQM1hSgYXaN8_czvih6FSBxFJxGPaoT2w4IEiuIVvMh7Nt5Oi0lewq7tKuZig_CbLgZSqy_U/s640/1531931_3734281093041_930956569_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Check it out, an Awesome Sterling Silver Gypsy Bracelet Cuff Created from an Antique Brush with the Monogram GEM because Dear Angie said that's what she considers me... Awwwwwww!</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/AVvXsEj9XbkJz0qzmUpY2-W88mYfNESVabFmvx7XPyDZF40Z2nAlhknaEuLEqBw0CQhv_8s5XoP_u-Yi12VR7Uy31JHuIPuW1xRegeZLdbjIOiC0xmZlnbCh7QhKILw-Wi1RtM4ldla-6l_eHwg/s1600/1496428_3734305013639_1818393826_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XbkJz0qzmUpY2-W88mYfNESVabFmvx7XPyDZF40Z2nAlhknaEuLEqBw0CQhv_8s5XoP_u-Yi12VR7Uy31JHuIPuW1xRegeZLdbjIOiC0xmZlnbCh7QhKILw-Wi1RtM4ldla-6l_eHwg/s640/1496428_3734305013639_1818393826_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>She's also wearing one of her Antique Sterling Cuff Bracelet Creations and the Fabulous Line of all of Angela's Fashion and Jewelry Creations for Winter can be found at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sirens-and-Saints/181597971879887"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">SIRENS AND SAINTS</span></strong></a> in Phoenix... if now you simply MUST HAVE yours too!!!   Don't we look like Xena Princess Warriors!?  You'll Feel like a Princess Warrior too wearing your Cuff!  *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/AVvXsEidIrZpforaJGuP6jW_hmkzkpxTwnOwZa0Y2fTcM9AzHct6crwbG6F6mEnhHLJV0E9Y3XoMfyLAK5jHHAEJLVmZ2VVkXidTJbexuVowZhJUPyBMk1KPlC4vv_sIQ_3APTTWriExCZHkJig/s1600/1506986_3734307053690_2040888333_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIrZpforaJGuP6jW_hmkzkpxTwnOwZa0Y2fTcM9AzHct6crwbG6F6mEnhHLJV0E9Y3XoMfyLAK5jHHAEJLVmZ2VVkXidTJbexuVowZhJUPyBMk1KPlC4vv_sIQ_3APTTWriExCZHkJig/s640/1506986_3734307053690_2040888333_n.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I Love you too Angie!!!!!!!!!  Mwahhhhh!!!!</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/AVvXsEjkD8wtVSg-H5_UPqFJmuOFEiwt8ooV2VWlJCOtvIUMWcHHZWuOrqrsWPHPpufPx0pVpEC1KzmmualjjVFYMYttk7uUaDlYtgsoDjJxxckyMnTrhlDpH5mrFB-qRPFqdD5JlWapgXWIBSw/s1600/120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkD8wtVSg-H5_UPqFJmuOFEiwt8ooV2VWlJCOtvIUMWcHHZWuOrqrsWPHPpufPx0pVpEC1KzmmualjjVFYMYttk7uUaDlYtgsoDjJxxckyMnTrhlDpH5mrFB-qRPFqdD5JlWapgXWIBSw/s640/120.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I Love the Awesome Gift and Box too!!!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHLfYynurvHIiNuMtbWejT1PxnFkYCSilP8NIkc_1tGeVUn85g0JiaTetiuTPZ_eUP86dT3qqnJG6lTH0CpM_fQhPS75ecwke15M-SLAjsSDO7VJjDpZHSDt-6qe3S4gWRxV535nYHt4/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHLfYynurvHIiNuMtbWejT1PxnFkYCSilP8NIkc_1tGeVUn85g0JiaTetiuTPZ_eUP86dT3qqnJG6lTH0CpM_fQhPS75ecwke15M-SLAjsSDO7VJjDpZHSDt-6qe3S4gWRxV535nYHt4/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I know you NEED to see a Close-Up...  it's lined with Leather and secure snap closure.</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/AVvXsEgDr_H1GML6NAu3E8ro_HOthi4Ar8FhFdGVS0WqAsp0tWMumfDhwl3Cxr1InnCJm5o68FaR0ot3P6eRT9_75Vjk0F4-2iE8PPgHRIfdM8yxipUvVh992O2B68heEdB24JLmBs2D92dFDxE/s1600/154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDr_H1GML6NAu3E8ro_HOthi4Ar8FhFdGVS0WqAsp0tWMumfDhwl3Cxr1InnCJm5o68FaR0ot3P6eRT9_75Vjk0F4-2iE8PPgHRIfdM8yxipUvVh992O2B68heEdB24JLmBs2D92dFDxE/s640/154.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I knew the moment I walked thru the door at Home with that Box... WHO would be Claiming it as HERS... a certain other Princess.  *Smiles*</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/AVvXsEiLMGpXOZwjsTQfz2xOHFxSm2B1WVXqL_vmsA1uJJIcNVmkMvXZHQ9TWPBOk9j2IsJvFC6KlP-OZXUft-tFFJLjTUyJjiT50lRZOzkZyhFVG2PQ-VCzuKplf9jNVEnllF0JV9CmkrTfapU/s1600/1484024_3734288293221_1168407855_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMGpXOZwjsTQfz2xOHFxSm2B1WVXqL_vmsA1uJJIcNVmkMvXZHQ9TWPBOk9j2IsJvFC6KlP-OZXUft-tFFJLjTUyJjiT50lRZOzkZyhFVG2PQ-VCzuKplf9jNVEnllF0JV9CmkrTfapU/s640/1484024_3734288293221_1168407855_o.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 always have such Fun with my Friends on Melrose... they are Truly the Salt of the Earth these Gals!  I can't tell you how many times they've bouyed my Spirits when I've been 'Down' and 'Out'.  And offered Encouragement and Sweet Words of Hope and Strength because I know how much they Sincerely Care for and Pray for our Family.  And the Sweet Things they DO shows Love In Action.</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/AVvXsEj0shisja71QDok8noqqgzDSNqxPVmSqZMTcTd5KLdWYnWwg8KQ3LPst-cgq3wSs9dfA44RKYwvgGDm6a7N1AcGUgzSg_jW1XQ_l3ncbx_YmDAZBkOIzeDUMzlVmUX1iAhEauC6pfmJrMI/s1600/126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0shisja71QDok8noqqgzDSNqxPVmSqZMTcTd5KLdWYnWwg8KQ3LPst-cgq3wSs9dfA44RKYwvgGDm6a7N1AcGUgzSg_jW1XQ_l3ncbx_YmDAZBkOIzeDUMzlVmUX1iAhEauC6pfmJrMI/s640/126.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 as Fellow Creative Bohemian Free Spirited Souls they totally 'Get' me and know what speaks to my Soul through Artistic Expression and Found Treasures, since it makes all our Hearts flutter.</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/AVvXsEg15bB_v1qIRW7THuaG5GUQKRMpG5JKF5A1QTkEG1v33J2yCC4no2hUdBIF4eJLy2k7IHjDZSrDZKoi_pYnMJqV7bJc8aZMwpiG8dytApG70FZz8zpaKvx4h6qr82mdK0ftbOYe7w_UwoM/s1600/121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15bB_v1qIRW7THuaG5GUQKRMpG5JKF5A1QTkEG1v33J2yCC4no2hUdBIF4eJLy2k7IHjDZSrDZKoi_pYnMJqV7bJc8aZMwpiG8dytApG70FZz8zpaKvx4h6qr82mdK0ftbOYe7w_UwoM/s640/121.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>And what makes us all Dance!</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/AVvXsEgmAnYHvP7QbSplDS8NyJtwfA0WXOSssZRxD4TWd4zhUT545b9UpxEm0Lr3WQ09t6TYj9vE70njjHOfRc2j3Oiffel5jHVyGqEHo9dvFGpOs3jrCw6AbjdOyrnSrN0uCnQznq1fh_z6Dso/s1600/115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAnYHvP7QbSplDS8NyJtwfA0WXOSssZRxD4TWd4zhUT545b9UpxEm0Lr3WQ09t6TYj9vE70njjHOfRc2j3Oiffel5jHVyGqEHo9dvFGpOs3jrCw6AbjdOyrnSrN0uCnQznq1fh_z6Dso/s640/115.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Here's some more of Angie's Creations... her Accessories Line is simply Amazing... I own numerous Belts she has Created especially for me... each is a Unique piece of Wearable Art.  Her Velvets are all Hand-Dyed and her Attention to Details is meticulous!   This Line of Bohemian Belts is Created from Upcycled Cowboy Belts, Bohemian Bling, Stone and Hand-Dyed Velvets.</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/AVvXsEgJsvodHGbl6Hgy9oNxGObji30v9VLpws27q8DUrA1Ka8niVPt4BKlnWmN4u0XeCswLd3xVkS07zbptRFKB_hM_0peorb1qI6Ifr5PPfrMBdnVkFB3R4QpIWJKEH8CBXnCukFI2YG8AIHc/s1600/116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsvodHGbl6Hgy9oNxGObji30v9VLpws27q8DUrA1Ka8niVPt4BKlnWmN4u0XeCswLd3xVkS07zbptRFKB_hM_0peorb1qI6Ifr5PPfrMBdnVkFB3R4QpIWJKEH8CBXnCukFI2YG8AIHc/s640/116.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>See how they Accessorize any Ensemble Beautifully!</em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB4uQQlmVkXcvfGReOnEeyEbqaUeiQwH253W4nWC4q6GC17v0zg_bqK2qLHsIzEO8pckQStKKEZhaeUMMQpfgbK3Ia3u0dwpTN6avWEmfuGSIRdrqzdiigZxqQQgaW1Q39jg7yUoLB-U/s1600/091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzB4uQQlmVkXcvfGReOnEeyEbqaUeiQwH253W4nWC4q6GC17v0zg_bqK2qLHsIzEO8pckQStKKEZhaeUMMQpfgbK3Ia3u0dwpTN6avWEmfuGSIRdrqzdiigZxqQQgaW1Q39jg7yUoLB-U/s640/091.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Some more of Angie's Creations... a Swag of Vintage Bottles and Glass... and MY Drapes... which I come for regular Visitation to see, since at the Present Time we're Sharing Joint Custody of them while they're a Display Item Only for the time being.  *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/AVvXsEjEP88RtNyg3zchrCyEmMEukhEq96rjcN_fUzUSh6ScXKyoFek5t5ZHapoPuLYTB6HVS3MHfIUpABSfSDsvAb8k9cGwCRgmzP52-Hp-rGxLdjXTuZjLY_hqpG3vQdJMroz28L4tiIYVHRo/s1600/090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEP88RtNyg3zchrCyEmMEukhEq96rjcN_fUzUSh6ScXKyoFek5t5ZHapoPuLYTB6HVS3MHfIUpABSfSDsvAb8k9cGwCRgmzP52-Hp-rGxLdjXTuZjLY_hqpG3vQdJMroz28L4tiIYVHRo/s640/090.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I Hope to Buy them one day when they're done Showcasing one of her Showrooms.   This whole Showroom makes you just want to move in!  *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/AVvXsEhuNNw-HrJQYw0KyjE1fmsoibImvGGcqeEt7X2nw1-kJnwcRoIY2gwk18PZsJIdMOgdeeAJkWjfjRu49JstUNpcWaAAuUAm7P83eL0dsNG0Ooj4Wl5Lge4CpOjGfFh9d3NvWcV3gzPFKO0/s1600/089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNNw-HrJQYw0KyjE1fmsoibImvGGcqeEt7X2nw1-kJnwcRoIY2gwk18PZsJIdMOgdeeAJkWjfjRu49JstUNpcWaAAuUAm7P83eL0dsNG0Ooj4Wl5Lge4CpOjGfFh9d3NvWcV3gzPFKO0/s640/089.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 could Seriously Envision my Boudoir looking like this if I wasn't Sharing it with The Man.  *LOL*  But it's a little too Femme for his liking, so we'll be keeping our Gypsy Chic Exotic Jewel Tones with Goth Style Furnishings as a suitable Compromise.</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/AVvXsEhUjXg0UcnCXGhA-XrU_9Rf1hcMstpjcgKxrPZa6-R1BewuiPSu7rHHsBy-TL2VwW6Lue8eHwxQprenp_X6ga352Q4C-EiYNXi4jF2wNZj3R44ZDTk3-1z39j8FM94TXpuhJS2omgNMJbc/s1600/097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjXg0UcnCXGhA-XrU_9Rf1hcMstpjcgKxrPZa6-R1BewuiPSu7rHHsBy-TL2VwW6Lue8eHwxQprenp_X6ga352Q4C-EiYNXi4jF2wNZj3R44ZDTk3-1z39j8FM94TXpuhJS2omgNMJbc/s640/097.JPG" width="532" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Now Deep Reds and Black are Hues that The Man can Roll with in the Boudoir... I remember those being the predominant Hues in my Parent's Boudoir for as long as I can recall and I always thought it a drop dead Sexy Combo that Guys and Gals can Live with comfortably in the Bedroom.</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/AVvXsEh6q-7w7LFVaQV3D4mUw8E94plBRKTZ_FK3w-t4vtK31inKHdVjNq4svOzBU4M8hY0zRy15CpEldnJjc0VuKClJ7KaIm5AZOMMQzpMpdtpCB1m13-TjsRI8Bp4UAj-jOr5CB1WvTeYVpSE/s1600/096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6q-7w7LFVaQV3D4mUw8E94plBRKTZ_FK3w-t4vtK31inKHdVjNq4svOzBU4M8hY0zRy15CpEldnJjc0VuKClJ7KaIm5AZOMMQzpMpdtpCB1m13-TjsRI8Bp4UAj-jOr5CB1WvTeYVpSE/s640/096.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>It wasn't as in Focus as I expected, but check out the Sweet Airstream Mercury Glass Christmas Ornament!!!  Probably should have bought one of those for our Tree!</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/AVvXsEiCrHSx8O4Ae9cs45tSgvfj9y5nWJjjJc11nivqT92v-9jRUoAgvldRDGkb2lbE0rNOM-lOBSGikqU1gTs-VN8NnB7JuxRg1dtsOlBxMq35eE_i74EiOuH4PlnrtgqUUOkl_lgiCl5NECY/s1600/088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrHSx8O4Ae9cs45tSgvfj9y5nWJjjJc11nivqT92v-9jRUoAgvldRDGkb2lbE0rNOM-lOBSGikqU1gTs-VN8NnB7JuxRg1dtsOlBxMq35eE_i74EiOuH4PlnrtgqUUOkl_lgiCl5NECY/s640/088.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And speaking of Christmas Trees... my Favorite Hue of Bottlebrush Tree was in my Friend Tricia's Showroom.</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/AVvXsEgZPi9ZIiBKFyITjxzNXUjBwFD9vJKKndnHQK7ust51UJybZVf26vWjSDUSbR2WhTLItS9tzcGGJF08VEdQSJox22PuWrBILnzGZrofNT8ky1VcdT0DVOn7cFjyunlouQ6_ng__XKnH6kk/s1600/086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPi9ZIiBKFyITjxzNXUjBwFD9vJKKndnHQK7ust51UJybZVf26vWjSDUSbR2WhTLItS9tzcGGJF08VEdQSJox22PuWrBILnzGZrofNT8ky1VcdT0DVOn7cFjyunlouQ6_ng__XKnH6kk/s640/086.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I Love the Sepia Bottlebrush Trees best.</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/AVvXsEjW2hYTPTeDIcKKQtMeK2wMNfswIEU2womupQhPCGkBVUkgJKrH5TVo1ON8VmztWQbtItnTycQGdjPv0yHcP6yq22gKYFN2ix8UxJNcTbko7h0R2C_CvTMbKkGcktmgxf8AG_OHzbyybT8/s1600/087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2hYTPTeDIcKKQtMeK2wMNfswIEU2womupQhPCGkBVUkgJKrH5TVo1ON8VmztWQbtItnTycQGdjPv0yHcP6yq22gKYFN2ix8UxJNcTbko7h0R2C_CvTMbKkGcktmgxf8AG_OHzbyybT8/s640/087.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>But, if like Tricia you're more of a Pastels Gal... well, she had a Forrest of those too for you!</em></div><div align="center"> </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/AVvXsEjSeYeAT4YedFiaYgzPRFYxGuHlX4b408rX44xSHT2AGw0JJyFfquTwIRaXsmnVik1E6nVlkSkTQ44STT99mXr_9dxDezHs4bD6I8vqJ6IQ724pJ0RLlC_Rf1nPooo539DezsbJq0ZJL1w/s1600/085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSeYeAT4YedFiaYgzPRFYxGuHlX4b408rX44xSHT2AGw0JJyFfquTwIRaXsmnVik1E6nVlkSkTQ44STT99mXr_9dxDezHs4bD6I8vqJ6IQ724pJ0RLlC_Rf1nPooo539DezsbJq0ZJL1w/s640/085.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>But you know that I'm all about the Sepia lately... even straying from my predominant Jewel Tones towards a more predominantly Sepia Palette.   The Family find it to be as Soothing to them as it is to me, so tho' I won't banish all Jewel Tones since I HAVE to have some Color... a lot more Sepia will be Coloring our World now.</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/AVvXsEg4N2KNabCR91Mk4rLwJeI3LUxgzHFo2lrX309yj0oT4WIUdmKmVofWwDPy4eJBxgZ1HYWDJcydjg7PF281CU9Q7oAwPtBZT7MvXN-zbOjoQ9Av1qUnnj28W5XGDbf3pTyf0aLxtFfD1o8/s1600/101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4N2KNabCR91Mk4rLwJeI3LUxgzHFo2lrX309yj0oT4WIUdmKmVofWwDPy4eJBxgZ1HYWDJcydjg7PF281CU9Q7oAwPtBZT7MvXN-zbOjoQ9Av1qUnnj28W5XGDbf3pTyf0aLxtFfD1o8/s640/101.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It's such an Organic Hue that it really speaks to me of Nature and of Aging Gracefully.   Anything Aged to a Sepia Hue is just Perfect to me.</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/AVvXsEgROKROlUKAdkI2PQWEUh1mS4MPu1HWaoTP1VOsWpWG5AoM4xFDVkWspvlx_Tr3zvOU359ZC4TKEJlbVHW1ipxkTyGWb7pXI8Ubtvm9tbY__UPxSyqCj4AQkVRbZMt4c3Bcj12CTB0Kwpo/s1600/100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROKROlUKAdkI2PQWEUh1mS4MPu1HWaoTP1VOsWpWG5AoM4xFDVkWspvlx_Tr3zvOU359ZC4TKEJlbVHW1ipxkTyGWb7pXI8Ubtvm9tbY__UPxSyqCj4AQkVRbZMt4c3Bcj12CTB0Kwpo/s640/100.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And for those of us that Rust is a Beautiful Thing and a Beautiful Patina... well, it goes so well with Sepia Tones doesn't it?  *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/AVvXsEgJFKzTL9VtStvvW9OsAzs1P314xsvJ379GvDlzDptAWMHBMhKJBJYBRm9neUbEylCG-51KHbHRb9wHx3hPPAE16rwjUC9cLFBIBXIuRd2Mb7Lq1WCj-PphVXmO1T2t3uDaGPCa7ztQBZ8/s1600/111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFKzTL9VtStvvW9OsAzs1P314xsvJ379GvDlzDptAWMHBMhKJBJYBRm9neUbEylCG-51KHbHRb9wHx3hPPAE16rwjUC9cLFBIBXIuRd2Mb7Lq1WCj-PphVXmO1T2t3uDaGPCa7ztQBZ8/s640/111.JPG" width="570" /></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>Tonight being Christmas Eve, I must tell you that our Christmas Eve Day Rolled out rather Stressfully... so I was glad to come Home to my Sepia Haven Tonight.  We'd spent all Morning and Afternoon at the VA Hospital with The Man... and then at the ER with Princess T later this Afternoon and into the Evening.  *Whew!*</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/AVvXsEiTFTJlCgtgh-4M8p7QRKoaJkVocSEpAR6AJb2y3-ve1ci80ooNFd0jgseOalVQ8-2duVIs-Xu2oZdTCZH7GqrSBRq0rIHFeqeDcUh_M3EuRZnFztRDlwkzN4kWjNIFwh3_9BM5P4_JRQE/s1600/114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFTJlCgtgh-4M8p7QRKoaJkVocSEpAR6AJb2y3-ve1ci80ooNFd0jgseOalVQ8-2duVIs-Xu2oZdTCZH7GqrSBRq0rIHFeqeDcUh_M3EuRZnFztRDlwkzN4kWjNIFwh3_9BM5P4_JRQE/s640/114.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Inbetween Hospital Appointments and Medical Crisis we allowed the G-Kid Force to open their Christmas Gifts early since Prince R will be spending Christmas Day with his Dad's side of the Family.   So it's been a pretty stressful and exhausting day for Yours Truly.  Thankfully both The Man and Princess T are now Stabilized and able to be Home for the rest of the Holidays.  *Whew!*  But they've had a tough time of it Healthwise in recent days and I was Concerned that we'd spend another Christmas Day in a Hospital instead of at Home.  </em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0HEf9Z6JfN9eToUyY1zwFlahyVDOEIj16sOpqIq-dVYKp4Pm3A0aw2qDRX1EcdXt6k9g_0-0fwjfwb2UQu5F70vpSsO2xdvinTPcmr1sLC8W_GWFN_7PWtx0C6MhqwekFP81CPxjFcs/s1600/117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD0HEf9Z6JfN9eToUyY1zwFlahyVDOEIj16sOpqIq-dVYKp4Pm3A0aw2qDRX1EcdXt6k9g_0-0fwjfwb2UQu5F70vpSsO2xdvinTPcmr1sLC8W_GWFN_7PWtx0C6MhqwekFP81CPxjFcs/s640/117.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 always have this Vision of what I Hope the Holidays will be like... you know... NORMAL... and then Life Happens!  *Le Sigh*</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/AVvXsEgQcpMTCVmhVhR-GhmgVRDafWBKCBr3NkrIDVOTIFmPzYydNtmrNzjsuk3pg6P4nH5mgWMGmQHiie88NpWtSl5dc8MDGJzqCRsNZzW84lBx9FK_Th-fFGueEwZ2_RpdQon2301U3kSuBIU/s1600/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcpMTCVmhVhR-GhmgVRDafWBKCBr3NkrIDVOTIFmPzYydNtmrNzjsuk3pg6P4nH5mgWMGmQHiie88NpWtSl5dc8MDGJzqCRsNZzW84lBx9FK_Th-fFGueEwZ2_RpdQon2301U3kSuBIU/s640/092.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And it's difficult to watch Loved Ones suffering with Health Issues and Feeling so Powerless to 'fix' it.   Or Dealing with The System as it stands and the hoops one has to keep jumping thru... quite exhausting on top of stressful.  The wee Princess is quite the Trooper, but with two large Shots given in each thigh Tonight, she couldn't even walk out of the ER and Tomorrow will likely be a very painful Christmas for her.  My Comforting will be Feeble at alleviating her actual Pain... and for me that in itself is excruciatingly Painful for me too!   I'd rather bear the Physical Pain myself for her!</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/AVvXsEhq68KZ6kr9eshaqm5rU2HF9PDNnQCXNoHAJ7yVCfkT5tWJDEg78Xwg_5KqApy8wJin9ho9xn8JNRLPMXEZp3ibM7QITM3KcGXXdQ26j_v_Y7M9Gh2fxOgxZ-96ULgrZp9pAPYoj7LoU3Q/s1600/110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq68KZ6kr9eshaqm5rU2HF9PDNnQCXNoHAJ7yVCfkT5tWJDEg78Xwg_5KqApy8wJin9ho9xn8JNRLPMXEZp3ibM7QITM3KcGXXdQ26j_v_Y7M9Gh2fxOgxZ-96ULgrZp9pAPYoj7LoU3Q/s640/110.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>She and The Man are Tough as Old Boots... and I know they'll bear it all with Dignity and Grace... but as for me I do often Feel quite Inadequate in my Role of Caring for them all when everyone has so many Medical Issues and Disabilities that make Life more Challenging.</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/AVvXsEhqXb64TdueyUqeMNquG28dRUeNHO2wbVaCu0IOMe9HZpndVIRI1aqoDerbR_dcBQ_C4XhR48ISl_tXFsuRqUKWrgihx7s5i_Q8eyde8cWh9AlElr7tTI2jSJhuRpHZL4ZBKmpf-B4Os9U/s1600/108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXb64TdueyUqeMNquG28dRUeNHO2wbVaCu0IOMe9HZpndVIRI1aqoDerbR_dcBQ_C4XhR48ISl_tXFsuRqUKWrgihx7s5i_Q8eyde8cWh9AlElr7tTI2jSJhuRpHZL4ZBKmpf-B4Os9U/s640/108.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So tho' it might seem Superficial... the Escape to Beauty and what Feeds my Soul is vital for my own Health and Well Being, so that I can keep going without breaking down.</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/AVvXsEilgEHEt5EnKTbnPBpfrM8TriKJVYvS7ZSNSzt7Qz0yuaWcbIl18P1p-VUDQ45JeHrsijIEJ2yTBTLSDY_s2Z707faa0Td6PWFeSr5kjFq51X_-apgmiz_I7xdPj9MN1ZRAD_4cpTAx06g/s1600/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgEHEt5EnKTbnPBpfrM8TriKJVYvS7ZSNSzt7Qz0yuaWcbIl18P1p-VUDQ45JeHrsijIEJ2yTBTLSDY_s2Z707faa0Td6PWFeSr5kjFq51X_-apgmiz_I7xdPj9MN1ZRAD_4cpTAx06g/s640/093.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This all is like a Good Medicine to me... and way Cheaper than Therapy!  *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/AVvXsEiR5VNF7GqDuRRGRiv8yZ8XAJ79WdQdvVm4zscZaxz_1mInRFXZhv15E6QEMN5NrURe-ec7TnPVVqQBYlE7-PHpBMy6RIU2OukB3JgIYc-LNYIa2jjQRSVvuOZyHfGpHbUldbDKEJO9WEQ/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5VNF7GqDuRRGRiv8yZ8XAJ79WdQdvVm4zscZaxz_1mInRFXZhv15E6QEMN5NrURe-ec7TnPVVqQBYlE7-PHpBMy6RIU2OukB3JgIYc-LNYIa2jjQRSVvuOZyHfGpHbUldbDKEJO9WEQ/s640/105.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I'm Optomistic though that 2014 will be a better Year for us than 2013 was.</em></div><div align="center"> </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/AVvXsEhyMY9uiHKXVOgKfrcy8m-0tUgVBRp_xuWZEZhhOCMnqLuSO0pJfvG4e-a4xYMBTePK0ahAOIatf0YOcBSrRbrmpImDpD0EM0RWdaKMa28R_D2Gon5Yimw9_xniZ-ABU0aN07L4nae5N3I/s1600/104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMY9uiHKXVOgKfrcy8m-0tUgVBRp_xuWZEZhhOCMnqLuSO0pJfvG4e-a4xYMBTePK0ahAOIatf0YOcBSrRbrmpImDpD0EM0RWdaKMa28R_D2Gon5Yimw9_xniZ-ABU0aN07L4nae5N3I/s640/104.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I have numerous Plans and Goals set in place to Attain during the New Year... some Lofty... and some quite Modest.</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/AVvXsEiti57wdSP_rKF3S1MRBu1f2w0m7sqUompMpj69b7-eFJDWrNWZeuZxEuYo4pHRw8ui7PxXqvDSGU9Y5G_FW-G2obrTX9eXCb2w5RCm3YJqHG1ib5PW8RWaAg2vbY2dPKJMqYuCRw_fPBU/s1600/103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiti57wdSP_rKF3S1MRBu1f2w0m7sqUompMpj69b7-eFJDWrNWZeuZxEuYo4pHRw8ui7PxXqvDSGU9Y5G_FW-G2obrTX9eXCb2w5RCm3YJqHG1ib5PW8RWaAg2vbY2dPKJMqYuCRw_fPBU/s640/103.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 though we'll return to the Shops my Friend Shelly owns soon... Tomorrow being Christmas... I'm Devoting my Christmas Post to Family and Celebrating some of our Loved Ones that I have recent Images of to Share... and those Images of their Beautiful Faces and Sweet Spirits are what makes Life worth Living... and make all the Sacrifices so Worth it!</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/AVvXsEgzWECjjhwB_qQ1zF839TBMT_btfpFZTpJTvHplmy26AMpkSi_yvLV40kSGRlln-ZAEzN_xP0HT4D14qpnV34BYOcls21mp20eJspkWh6JewAYwRkYNEzFlkmW95EdM_sTo1DxGtRrvWEY/s1600/124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWECjjhwB_qQ1zF839TBMT_btfpFZTpJTvHplmy26AMpkSi_yvLV40kSGRlln-ZAEzN_xP0HT4D14qpnV34BYOcls21mp20eJspkWh6JewAYwRkYNEzFlkmW95EdM_sTo1DxGtRrvWEY/s640/124.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>Merry Christmas from the Arizona Desert... 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The Gift ~ Rust & Roses ~ Sirens & Saints

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History Preserved... Are You A Keeper Of The Past?

<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/AVvXsEgBarS4lhQjjdy0ku4B_gGB525JQ2CqmilkGPPcIEJkfGrUeZLARC7ZYuEP7e0XmJWJIR7HsteBPQbyms4AQlEkCy71bLXXb0jaPxAHSkFZnsJL9orBm9dxlHns6WSGF15o5PXVl0v-EtOs/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBarS4lhQjjdy0ku4B_gGB525JQ2CqmilkGPPcIEJkfGrUeZLARC7ZYuEP7e0XmJWJIR7HsteBPQbyms4AQlEkCy71bLXXb0jaPxAHSkFZnsJL9orBm9dxlHns6WSGF15o5PXVl0v-EtOs/s640/061.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>I've always Enjoyed being a Keeper Of The Past, but I must admit that I probably never amassed any significantly Historic and meticulously Curated Treasures like my Friend Hugh has.  His Museum Quality Collections just blow me away, I haven't even seen many Museums Exhibiting the range that he has!!!  Especially his Museum Quality Collections of Old Photographs, Tintypes and Daguerreotypes... the Fabulous Native American Tribals from the 1800's being my Personal Favorites.  I'd Love to have the means to own some of these!</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/AVvXsEhQZhQhxkgLCiLTrtE5CqXuXg26nzcHwjKsaoBBT3NXbSlRin9EKQd6pXZgcBGrc1TqvhA24MBvhSA0DlPXC_fnUNKOocpmoJomyRq0VknSWpIAu9MybNwMP4sfSMq-g6kgXBceog4IDKAX/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/AVvXsEhQZhQhxkgLCiLTrtE5CqXuXg26nzcHwjKsaoBBT3NXbSlRin9EKQd6pXZgcBGrc1TqvhA24MBvhSA0DlPXC_fnUNKOocpmoJomyRq0VknSWpIAu9MybNwMP4sfSMq-g6kgXBceog4IDKAX/s640/062.JPG" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The range and varieties of his Collections are vast though, anything Significant he's probably got an Impressive Collection of... and just about all of it is the REALLY Good Stuff that will make those who have a Love of Old and Preservation of History salivate and want to spend hours soaking it all in!!! </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pQCLxaNiNmHguaxa-kyQNvrTCit5iet77pNDu2i_eDdZ50KU2X-IVwIIyMX_g5iMyZmHGJsHcmuetzIRb6N_IpMSVrfEbf75FJXZOA2PG9gCM6NPh1tA3QNf4IvEBUS-FQS0LZpc7NzA/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pQCLxaNiNmHguaxa-kyQNvrTCit5iet77pNDu2i_eDdZ50KU2X-IVwIIyMX_g5iMyZmHGJsHcmuetzIRb6N_IpMSVrfEbf75FJXZOA2PG9gCM6NPh1tA3QNf4IvEBUS-FQS0LZpc7NzA/s640/059.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 his Knowledge about his pieces is as vast as his Collections!  I've Learned and been Mentored about so much since he is very Generous about Sharing and passing along his Wisdom to anyone Interested.  I often feel as though those who have taken the time to have such Wisdom should be Interviewed extensively so that it can all be Preserved along with the Historical Treasures they have spent their entire Lives being Passionate about.  But I often Wonder, how small a percentage of the Population would even Care or express any Interest in such History?</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRsB5Dju3WsO3JfZHkSQlnBbNUmt77Gz-Fj3Kn5YFuY0fAbelflL5cr6FHoJ1hz134T2PmgLFcfJEyYtDWWUJRd5gn2sRdTn94LfJgXG6DbHkA0deRJkeqHGHnbsbi65DL-sWH1tAmZLF/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRsB5Dju3WsO3JfZHkSQlnBbNUmt77Gz-Fj3Kn5YFuY0fAbelflL5cr6FHoJ1hz134T2PmgLFcfJEyYtDWWUJRd5gn2sRdTn94LfJgXG6DbHkA0deRJkeqHGHnbsbi65DL-sWH1tAmZLF/s640/063.JPG" width="586" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It seems to me that each successive Generation seems to Care less and less about Preserving what Was because they're so intent on the Next New Thing coming out... quickly discarding what just came out before it.  This has become a very Disposable and Insatiable Generation and I often Wonder if they will some day Regret not Preserving or Caring about at least some of what their History will some day be?</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/AVvXsEgqsSrkCelRoHJhXu7pWp-sL_uo2wca5zjYMdUsB_XhBIFlZ6hd0G1D-d23Nf0unV9WAGYNRGvWfyYjeFdtJNZMn8As4tqgjs3N1A66kIm1Nh_aWdgk4ePi8W3JFC4eDazs2Ir4vFbBEjrg/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsSrkCelRoHJhXu7pWp-sL_uo2wca5zjYMdUsB_XhBIFlZ6hd0G1D-d23Nf0unV9WAGYNRGvWfyYjeFdtJNZMn8As4tqgjs3N1A66kIm1Nh_aWdgk4ePi8W3JFC4eDazs2Ir4vFbBEjrg/s640/058.JPG" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even with all of the Amazing Technology constantly Evolving and making things better, easier and more Convenient... I see very little of it actually being Utilized for Preservation Purposes.  Digital Cameras and Electronic Devices that have Cameras as part of the 'Package' have made Photography so Inexpensive and able to be Edited Superbly by virtually anyone... yet I rarely see anyone Creating a Hard Copy anymore for an Album.  Or even keeping their Archives Online for very long before Deleting them to make room for MORE and exclusively RIGHT NOW!    Most seem to tire of things so quickly and are On To The Next and will never look back fondly at what Was that could have a Memory or Sentiment attached to it some day.</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/AVvXsEjwd99EF3mH-DOsiI0H4lkiBqicEZZsyRBrzrveSsXSBVs0wz4OElosSuxJmrQ6eKxPtHeqt4JvRI-XZA1suPnKy8YJGarJk3ZiiVnm2eBNmp4Kb7nmo0DlNALEnwC3xvN5deU4NSz08ALJ/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwd99EF3mH-DOsiI0H4lkiBqicEZZsyRBrzrveSsXSBVs0wz4OElosSuxJmrQ6eKxPtHeqt4JvRI-XZA1suPnKy8YJGarJk3ZiiVnm2eBNmp4Kb7nmo0DlNALEnwC3xvN5deU4NSz08ALJ/s640/055.JPG" width="576" /></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 because it has become so Prevalent, so Common... I have even found myself falling into the habit occassionally!  *Gasp!*  Yes, there have been times I've forgotten to make hard copies of some of my Favorite Images to put into our Photo Album Library that someone could peruse without sitting in front of a Computer.   I've found myself toying with the Idea of Deleting Archived Blog Posts and Photo Folders Online to 'make room' for MORE!   Or make the Assumption that probably nobody goes back and reads or looks at the Archived Posts anyway, so is it even still relevant except to me?</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/AVvXsEjz-cFcTpKcstM5Gg8J9HgBUxqe4oqGE0KzpY0JoAnUYhnqanXhEZR5sUrRCBdzGruP9YgbSPwfQf1jPdBHCWwEVRwE-uuz8GBM9aw6v8cxMVRWKzUQPIi_DUUSWErK9e-iTSEETRHGXqes/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/AVvXsEjz-cFcTpKcstM5Gg8J9HgBUxqe4oqGE0KzpY0JoAnUYhnqanXhEZR5sUrRCBdzGruP9YgbSPwfQf1jPdBHCWwEVRwE-uuz8GBM9aw6v8cxMVRWKzUQPIi_DUUSWErK9e-iTSEETRHGXqes/s640/054.JPG" width="566" /></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've had to remind myself to resist that Temptation because I know I would have some Regrets, and I'm one to prefer Living without Regrets. Knowing that once something is Lost or Obliterated and not Preserved, it is very likely Lost Forever and cannot be Retreived or adequately Replicated.  And I'm not Implying to keep every stupid little thing and go overboard with the Process of Preservation, but I am saying that some things are certainly Worth Preserving and for a variety of valid reasons both Personally and perhaps even Historically for the benefit of Mankind.</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/AVvXsEgcxbW6zyKfL2gS5Eq1zXyi1I619dOUiNP-EA_AhvhkEPgNbXeyr4yh_gJbEkkRIXoQtMWyJvCM94rfmV9Oow3QTSQjC1OyKPlDqhsuquX39Iq1A6I19oqiEqNYn799OQ41ZGIKkF5D5Q4r/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/AVvXsEgcxbW6zyKfL2gS5Eq1zXyi1I619dOUiNP-EA_AhvhkEPgNbXeyr4yh_gJbEkkRIXoQtMWyJvCM94rfmV9Oow3QTSQjC1OyKPlDqhsuquX39Iq1A6I19oqiEqNYn799OQ41ZGIKkF5D5Q4r/s640/053.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>Or perhaps because of their Beauty, Content and Workmanship... since Mass Production is also quickly replacing doing anything by Hand or being OOAK and Unique. Even the Written Word is becoming a thing of the Past!   Some Young People cannot even read or write Cursive anymore, or don't read actual Books, I was Shocked!!!  But maybe I shouldn't be... More Money can be made mass producing anything than having an Artist or Writer Create each piece laboriously.</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/AVvXsEgj42HgIV6t_k-RFtUXjtqg9T_WxC7eQMzEBrP2sNbrBSdCQGxv_SkT3hRnKRPdAa8D-ONOeBYUQf1LvWCNe-DWBhzy_c1uskxbUE0bWgZWoWml_EP7cpAfCQbusJh5Wox8IYpaw16unVit/s1600/th.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj42HgIV6t_k-RFtUXjtqg9T_WxC7eQMzEBrP2sNbrBSdCQGxv_SkT3hRnKRPdAa8D-ONOeBYUQf1LvWCNe-DWBhzy_c1uskxbUE0bWgZWoWml_EP7cpAfCQbusJh5Wox8IYpaw16unVit/s640/th.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> Source:</em> <em>Bing.com</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> Perhaps that is why I'm also drawn so strongly to Upcycling and Repurposing those Hand-Made Treasures and giving them New Life.  To perhaps be Preserved in some form and Appreciated for the Labor of Love that they were, being Created by Hand and having a real person Invest their Precious Time, Talents and Treasures to bring them to Life originally.</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/AVvXsEiXhWhChLSj7KDyYzPd6SLyh2WaWA_-gkZJreI9iCxSj8rghUB4vSIDWC-u09r0TbK0EfUCkG-pNgiOGx8zZb8PRflNra_t-x45oKNwjnjhkjm-Dx2_Z3-kb-TcgOB5otgjcQMoTXgqbN06/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhWhChLSj7KDyYzPd6SLyh2WaWA_-gkZJreI9iCxSj8rghUB4vSIDWC-u09r0TbK0EfUCkG-pNgiOGx8zZb8PRflNra_t-x45oKNwjnjhkjm-Dx2_Z3-kb-TcgOB5otgjcQMoTXgqbN06/s640/052.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>In this Age of Fast Convenience Foods and Disposable Dinnerware I'm the one that likes to sometimes still make something from scratch and serve it up on something Beautiful and Special.  Even if it isn't a completely Preserved Set of Fine China... but instead could be a mismatched ensemble of Orphaned pieces I've Rescued and find Appealing being melded together as a 'Set' of sorts.  Or were the 'Insignificant' and 'Cheap' pieces of their day that few of that Generation Valued like we might now. </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/AVvXsEgZKGduPWWqCclHu6yGUf1n_QzFcLIOmzOg237-Th3BcBXAVwdbCK5goSrq1tfAHyVJv3G2QltxH41lFh7xEZ5aMMyNXybHC_rFkB_qM5fR95Z932VsjYzk7TO1i0eLlp-N2H_JXpAWvwwR/s1600/279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKGduPWWqCclHu6yGUf1n_QzFcLIOmzOg237-Th3BcBXAVwdbCK5goSrq1tfAHyVJv3G2QltxH41lFh7xEZ5aMMyNXybHC_rFkB_qM5fR95Z932VsjYzk7TO1i0eLlp-N2H_JXpAWvwwR/s640/279.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> Mom always lamented that few had their 'Best China' to Present an Offering to Guests upon or for Special Occassions anymore and make the Gift Of Hospitality and Celebrations all the more Special and Extraordinary rather than Ordinary and Mundane, as well as making the Guest Feel Special and Honored.  Not that you had to own something necessarily Expensive or you had to be Bourgeois, Mom was never Bougie, but in her Day and Culture, Serving your Guests anything but your Best would be considered Insulting, Improper and downright Rude.  There was a Formality, Tradition and Ritual attached to the Serving and Hosting, even if there was Informality and total Comfort in the actual Relationship.</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/AVvXsEhhs1kBOWCW0bqAHLO-G5Q8L_bsnRM54vMK5ITBEfAo9jRkZIY4ZMm5TumYSrdWLQc-9jT8Ggx9y7gRIBkialgjQSmLfw5Av2ns_4iu795UA7SXRc5_fUwxgNKkuxVJzXPIyXsoT992a60t/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs1kBOWCW0bqAHLO-G5Q8L_bsnRM54vMK5ITBEfAo9jRkZIY4ZMm5TumYSrdWLQc-9jT8Ggx9y7gRIBkialgjQSmLfw5Av2ns_4iu795UA7SXRc5_fUwxgNKkuxVJzXPIyXsoT992a60t/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> I remember the look on her face the first time she was a Guest somewhere and the Hostess Served her something on a paper plate with the drink in a Dixie Cup!  *LOL*  She was Gracious and Polite about it, but I knew that Culturally for her it was an uncomfortable Moment and a Shock, until she got used to the fact that it's not meant to be what she Assumed, it's just the way it often now is.  But I better know better when she came to our Home for Tea or I Invited her to Dinner!  *Winks*  And when you went to Mom's, she always made you Feel like Royalty as her Guest, whether you were a Stranger, Family or Friend, <strong><u>everyone</u></strong> was treated to the Utmost in the Gift Of Hospitality done 'Old School Style' and so it made even the most Simple of Offerings and Gatherings like an Event!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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History Preserved... Are You A Keeper Of The Past?

    I've always Enjoyed being a Keeper Of The Past, but I must admit that I probably never amassed any significantly Historic and meticu...

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