A Sucker For The Close-Up!

<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/AVvXsEgPF6qbM86FMksch_ZylZXzK1fcPZVFSBbI4vKIpcedRVb75e1jp1PhzGco_sM1fSuhigeLJGyECgo2oUjppscYSzAkLzGmNaaqBbkWgZOMGTQwozd6k-nJmTIE2sIeBla5E9zFeVc8TuC-/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPF6qbM86FMksch_ZylZXzK1fcPZVFSBbI4vKIpcedRVb75e1jp1PhzGco_sM1fSuhigeLJGyECgo2oUjppscYSzAkLzGmNaaqBbkWgZOMGTQwozd6k-nJmTIE2sIeBla5E9zFeVc8TuC-/s640/011.JPG" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>When it comes to Images I'm an absolute Sucker for the Close-Up!  </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/AVvXsEi2T6ByXJsB6B-1ZyQLXU7TOztVvk3hC2Rg0PFj_NXE7L0gHqhYp2BktnE7gjpA6Ae2CCr9m_PC-owTrdf6sBg24BJs0vG9dXYumxOGuG6ezPg0VqmkcYusD0zEt9Mn2s2VYlIwFQrDISJs/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T6ByXJsB6B-1ZyQLXU7TOztVvk3hC2Rg0PFj_NXE7L0gHqhYp2BktnE7gjpA6Ae2CCr9m_PC-owTrdf6sBg24BJs0vG9dXYumxOGuG6ezPg0VqmkcYusD0zEt9Mn2s2VYlIwFQrDISJs/s640/045.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 have to admit that the Magazines, Books, Publications and Blogs that Appeal to me most are those that have lots of Beautiful Close-Up Photography in them.</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/AVvXsEjW_2P00UmTvXO4mlp6XCyedjjEPfJiI3Eq3-aQZb3XZlpsXKsEzhKYIcE8_gg1bSpBkKhopAbuZ2xHPXjFCtJB4TmCws3gyfhiB0yMcj8QM8rnq9RjRigjnaBYyUlQ_SJdeVwgIFwXo6KF/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_2P00UmTvXO4mlp6XCyedjjEPfJiI3Eq3-aQZb3XZlpsXKsEzhKYIcE8_gg1bSpBkKhopAbuZ2xHPXjFCtJB4TmCws3gyfhiB0yMcj8QM8rnq9RjRigjnaBYyUlQ_SJdeVwgIFwXo6KF/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And even my Favorite Images Captured through the Eye of my own lens are almost always the inevitable Close-Ups I concentrate on most and seem to have much better results of than the Panoramic Images I've Photographed and attempted to Capture the Beauty of.</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/AVvXsEifAZbYoZBcTNaQ0gWcmhVwQKlxCmkG-dItKGRd63IZUndeWWxdjLOAA4XxunTI0yxDznheJTfnhTyZUjGxxpts9Yl-_E5DCVXshAWHDbJMmoTKqAV-VXeT_X2TdCQI1W6xSqw-z0Dqbapj/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifAZbYoZBcTNaQ0gWcmhVwQKlxCmkG-dItKGRd63IZUndeWWxdjLOAA4XxunTI0yxDznheJTfnhTyZUjGxxpts9Yl-_E5DCVXshAWHDbJMmoTKqAV-VXeT_X2TdCQI1W6xSqw-z0Dqbapj/s640/028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It's not that the 'Big Picture' isn't Beautiful or doesn't often take my breath away in Real Life... but when it comes to Photography... the Closer the better I've found... both in Capturing the Essence of something or someone... and the greater Appeal it has for me Visually.</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/AVvXsEg5kYqk8pBp0B9JCx2rIbgAdBCs194Dm1c_Calt6H8BI0wOz9si8wDB4GSkZhz0ste2uaqCOaBG5dMvfigjOcFdgjRMOG0S7_y8_1XNjWTuN1dI8fUt1xjqMM6MPAjwTekLPrJ239l5ZYFH/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kYqk8pBp0B9JCx2rIbgAdBCs194Dm1c_Calt6H8BI0wOz9si8wDB4GSkZhz0ste2uaqCOaBG5dMvfigjOcFdgjRMOG0S7_y8_1XNjWTuN1dI8fUt1xjqMM6MPAjwTekLPrJ239l5ZYFH/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Perhaps for me it could be because it's all about the Details to me... and it just happens to be more Awe Inspiring to me to get up close and really Examine and Scrutinize the Intricacies of the Object and it's Visual.</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/AVvXsEhAasuc_R56HlzJk0RO6SeuVrUC32k9GPCfniXjGpiaU9aQVD-uGl2vT33yGen2b1VdJucskV81W-2R9OpH9GTIEzovYs4H4Nv4Ljmo4c42I8ejHRaIvdlUoPJ6HYxjN4HuQ6VLLl6YjSrU/s1600/097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAasuc_R56HlzJk0RO6SeuVrUC32k9GPCfniXjGpiaU9aQVD-uGl2vT33yGen2b1VdJucskV81W-2R9OpH9GTIEzovYs4H4Nv4Ljmo4c42I8ejHRaIvdlUoPJ6HYxjN4HuQ6VLLl6YjSrU/s640/097.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And you can concentrate more on all that is right with a Scene, at the exclusion of what might not be so Photo Worthy around it, when you take the Close-Up.  My Home for example, looks presentable in Close-Ups, because I'm only Photographing a small area.  *Winks*  The Panoramic would not be so good, especially since more of it isn't presentable and I'd need a Team of Merry Maids to get it Photo Op Worthy!  *Le Sigh*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJG8MM4TRM_FbgHcB5G2x9GWygJ7jIRk6wiTDZYYv4YkTxcVIHSnEglgi7JD5bFKLrSDJ2XW56KKbrUsbVOwvM2krVsM8V6kTbneqyxhMcJUmecNNMX_2lPxwLjRUEbiN6q0iTEJFPSI7l/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/AVvXsEjJG8MM4TRM_FbgHcB5G2x9GWygJ7jIRk6wiTDZYYv4YkTxcVIHSnEglgi7JD5bFKLrSDJ2XW56KKbrUsbVOwvM2krVsM8V6kTbneqyxhMcJUmecNNMX_2lPxwLjRUEbiN6q0iTEJFPSI7l/s640/031.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Besides, more is left up the Imagination in a Close-Up, you can Imagine what else there might be that remains unseen?  And leave you Hungering for MORE Visuals of the Scene, the Vignette, the Room, the Show, the People... or whatever other Subject Matter you got a Glimpse of... enough to whet your Appetite.</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/AVvXsEipWW2bqg-cvk-g82aNQP4tRebZIO5BNhefiLi40ELZbISJ3mTxYUQwOqBf9Up6MpEK8gAjE19h9tizRJUX1bJV9TpjeuXEj0-4Bs6AS5bu3VAWAtpl9o6b43yawQja9dcfWD8eVMYElVbU/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/AVvXsEipWW2bqg-cvk-g82aNQP4tRebZIO5BNhefiLi40ELZbISJ3mTxYUQwOqBf9Up6MpEK8gAjE19h9tizRJUX1bJV9TpjeuXEj0-4Bs6AS5bu3VAWAtpl9o6b43yawQja9dcfWD8eVMYElVbU/s640/063.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>If you Felt as though you already saw it ALL, would you be as Eager to come back I Wonder?  Would you be as Intrigued?  I guess for me the Answers to those Questions would probably be 'No'.  And even when I see a Fabulous Panoramic Image... I want to Zoom In on the DETAILS... the Glorious Details and Scrutinize it Closer, like I certainly would in Person.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoM8dRbGJRXr0OKfRF9NMPTpBTa51XyIXMmXMBFmqjdo-CSSyAKo4XCQ4odgtr-Sb-dohytZfFORiyre4aIiE2a8p03Cjvg3g2jj5GvWceDW5QtK9dLWqTw6-yn0Yu_ragGconvp7AC3l/s1600/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoM8dRbGJRXr0OKfRF9NMPTpBTa51XyIXMmXMBFmqjdo-CSSyAKo4XCQ4odgtr-Sb-dohytZfFORiyre4aIiE2a8p03Cjvg3g2jj5GvWceDW5QtK9dLWqTw6-yn0Yu_ragGconvp7AC3l/s640/045.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I would not, for example, be Content to see an Image of something like this Wonderful Old Hatbox sitting on a Shelf in a Panoramic Vignette without also getting a Close-Up of the Details of the Lovely Faded Floral Print.   I'd NEED to get a Closer look you see!  *LOL*</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/AVvXsEi9YovR7obUxgQ0FJfeK9BNr_xJye60qWlXiLnSkxi0x02XtO1Udk-BO6vf9gqbRNitP0HiH0urd37fpRMyozlpIz2yzkmKIanT-zCu3LmJHwE12hRfi98zVkSgEdwbFAA7LjQWNqosQzZZ/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YovR7obUxgQ0FJfeK9BNr_xJye60qWlXiLnSkxi0x02XtO1Udk-BO6vf9gqbRNitP0HiH0urd37fpRMyozlpIz2yzkmKIanT-zCu3LmJHwE12hRfi98zVkSgEdwbFAA7LjQWNqosQzZZ/s640/065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Don't Expect me to look at a Gorgeously Ornate piece of Bohemian Bling from across the Room!  Bring that over here so I can get a better look and fully Appreciate the Artistry and every minute Detail of the Construction!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEgYvFZySEKyYijmbkkItetFjuuMJhMmh7CuWoJkEoUY_t0kCkq5hzrL0-DaxSJ5wJxlMnij8yQu5U16ei9T1HbAzEW2n7XgMKd6o3K67xnfl8Ot330iDOodPhxTy4FMzlIdmx_dgZ-ZWE4-/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvFZySEKyYijmbkkItetFjuuMJhMmh7CuWoJkEoUY_t0kCkq5hzrL0-DaxSJ5wJxlMnij8yQu5U16ei9T1HbAzEW2n7XgMKd6o3K67xnfl8Ot330iDOodPhxTy4FMzlIdmx_dgZ-ZWE4-/s640/084.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>In fact, Expect me to get fully Lost in the Details... because I WILL Lose Myself there and Enjoy every Second of it!</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/AVvXsEhkuyZAkAxtCfl5TEXV_AvXXQFz4n5GumShO5pmiBd8kW4Mn27shv-wsocVs1KRLVQVCxUa9bx7hqG2iRipRj3wyIZ0wumBf4WLpOwLr7nHuF130gEwW4dQsx4KSTC0sHTJlauxhU0Q98OP/s1600/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkuyZAkAxtCfl5TEXV_AvXXQFz4n5GumShO5pmiBd8kW4Mn27shv-wsocVs1KRLVQVCxUa9bx7hqG2iRipRj3wyIZ0wumBf4WLpOwLr7nHuF130gEwW4dQsx4KSTC0sHTJlauxhU0Q98OP/s640/068.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I'm much more Inclined to Fall in Love with something if I've been able to Soak in the Close-Up of it.</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/AVvXsEh1OSUxaJRYYqKhz5U-0FUry0v_BBl6mrFYJZokDtqQglU4yUh-RU9ZWZCaQEc5dUejYdHciAyloU51X48ZMsoHhKE9RT9RJFxNmVaYrOliLaAJ92jcDY0o3nk8D3NVUVsEh_PDIaum2LA8/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OSUxaJRYYqKhz5U-0FUry0v_BBl6mrFYJZokDtqQglU4yUh-RU9ZWZCaQEc5dUejYdHciAyloU51X48ZMsoHhKE9RT9RJFxNmVaYrOliLaAJ92jcDY0o3nk8D3NVUVsEh_PDIaum2LA8/s640/067.JPG" width="540" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Which is why I haven't been able to bring myself to load and look at these Images taken this Winter of the Gorgeous Bohemian Bling my Friend Carol had just gotten in at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sfrm=1#!/thecottagegarden?fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">COTTAGE GARDENS</span></strong></a> because after seeing it all... I HAD WANTED IT ALL!!!  *LOL*   And so I had to let sufficient Time pass so that I could remove myself from Temptation to overspend!   Sorry Carol... you know how I am about the Becky Edwards Creations particularly!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEgwO_5p3WtiU8xOQ1uG61CysG5LajlKH7PIrZ41T8srwCBSy-Y8mCqlQcankYeBSD2VQXI2OSAiyS1En28fkQfzyogMQMnyohZbW1l1GOQvn-GcGxLUbORDy89F-iwgsCiVYYpGbEZotJRs/s1600/075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwO_5p3WtiU8xOQ1uG61CysG5LajlKH7PIrZ41T8srwCBSy-Y8mCqlQcankYeBSD2VQXI2OSAiyS1En28fkQfzyogMQMnyohZbW1l1GOQvn-GcGxLUbORDy89F-iwgsCiVYYpGbEZotJRs/s640/075.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Serious, Serious Lust can be going on when it comes to me and the Bohemian Bling Creations of Favorite Artists!  *Smiles*  And so Capturing the Close-Up is the next best thing to being able to Buy something I've fallen in Lust with!  *Ha ha ha*   You can't have it... but you can drool over it later, again and again, if you have a really good Close-Up of it!  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"></div><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbIiLfjy-dKgiJEmGb3MFntuH0ZhyWKF7zASHdx_zkP3-SCsWDZg4dgcpRrqkCGn3EIP5bx0IzFPS1CmY1oo4acE1jN4UDrtkAXlONMIKwwn7W6hb9X3XMyIKfXNzi8HC6axa1mR3bq9l/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbIiLfjy-dKgiJEmGb3MFntuH0ZhyWKF7zASHdx_zkP3-SCsWDZg4dgcpRrqkCGn3EIP5bx0IzFPS1CmY1oo4acE1jN4UDrtkAXlONMIKwwn7W6hb9X3XMyIKfXNzi8HC6axa1mR3bq9l/s640/073.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Because after all... if we've SEEN something or someone we Love, was Memorable or we thought was exceedingly Beautiful and Inspiring, we don't just want to Attempt to Remember what it or they looked like as Time goes by... or Forget what it or they looked like... we want to Immortalize it some kind of way... the Close-Up does that very well.</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/AVvXsEifNAEAeMxmksG6SA6Mm33hgLNGoJhjUGyGQs8UUJ9JM2hSMeUGiWYhHwJj-6bh5bqc8gOcuHWm372zOt7WH2pbH_anurY5h0qC9-iJTVQNkSmo4cND5CC88AowNY86b01Gi9XkiS11kMab/s1600/119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNAEAeMxmksG6SA6Mm33hgLNGoJhjUGyGQs8UUJ9JM2hSMeUGiWYhHwJj-6bh5bqc8gOcuHWm372zOt7WH2pbH_anurY5h0qC9-iJTVQNkSmo4cND5CC88AowNY86b01Gi9XkiS11kMab/s640/119.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Lately Yul has seemed very Intent on being Immortalized in Film, every time he sees me with the Camera he's Striking a Pose!  He's almost as much a Hambone as Princess T!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEgO2ywdi0Msurg_oqe09HRCoWPDyKpSRVHtjV2mipCW0NWTEiQ1Uyn1OZMAgxbxQT-N6S2-TMCe3W4CvP_Hy8_-oM54Wbxh1veGpax_h1uwbqY2ni1Ios_D9LRRzf8Rxc-viNnHSjkAeIzU/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2ywdi0Msurg_oqe09HRCoWPDyKpSRVHtjV2mipCW0NWTEiQ1Uyn1OZMAgxbxQT-N6S2-TMCe3W4CvP_Hy8_-oM54Wbxh1veGpax_h1uwbqY2ni1Ios_D9LRRzf8Rxc-viNnHSjkAeIzU/s640/047.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And after all, it is through those Immortalized Close-Ups that we can often Recall some of the Precious Beginnings.  Especially of those who joined the Family.   When I see big, fat, Healthy Bohemian Cat Boy Rusty now, it would be too easy otherwise to Forget the Frail Waif of an Orphaned Feral Kitten he came to us as.  He was an Adorable Hot Mess to be sure, like an Oliver Twist... and it was perhaps that Vulnerability and Fragility that Endeared us to him all the more. Urged us to take him in when the G-Son Begged and Pleaded to make things Right for the Wee Waif even tho' the last thing I Wanted at the time was another Cat... especially one that I wasn't sure would make it or not?</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElBGdHOXckI1YhJx920CZYKfh-0Uob8ypbuCWQNiOu1gX8hCaSwQnFsgg00gLNGRusLwDOfyZKczYwB3jtd-D42TYBzUlqpMXLY1Q069h5n-5-P1Z5Hav0GGCGf09q-JMJ9lS5Dqm-4fv/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElBGdHOXckI1YhJx920CZYKfh-0Uob8ypbuCWQNiOu1gX8hCaSwQnFsgg00gLNGRusLwDOfyZKczYwB3jtd-D42TYBzUlqpMXLY1Q069h5n-5-P1Z5Hav0GGCGf09q-JMJ9lS5Dqm-4fv/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And of coarse the Close-Ups of those we Love are ALWAYS Favored because it's like they're right up Close to us within the Frame of that Image... as they were... then...</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/AVvXsEgQ0TB3Ngz8uob55QOMUVVPDT5J6Cecqr7vkqQVtxI5JpPJs9XiXA90h6zNb8Jwd877aCkmnQ22rwK7Qw-oVGVHAvPR79ndo3THgYU9bTQDGMm0TPY5j5RK_NLX26ZRzs_e5hLqjqu5CGT1/s1600/1665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0TB3Ngz8uob55QOMUVVPDT5J6Cecqr7vkqQVtxI5JpPJs9XiXA90h6zNb8Jwd877aCkmnQ22rwK7Qw-oVGVHAvPR79ndo3THgYU9bTQDGMm0TPY5j5RK_NLX26ZRzs_e5hLqjqu5CGT1/s640/1665.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And though some are still with us... growing and changing over Time... others Sadly are not... and it is thru our Close-Ups that we can Fondly Remember them... especially during the Times of Intense 'Missing' and Wishing they were still here on this side of Time and Eternity.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqYxbeSNVcZgRPSHerUVZKlj8Of2WQde6sB06m9y4j3btVS3mpiQ2jSuS-yrycGH1QeiUi3Pyj7VBDBlorimJ-WCLkySHTxqJ0RwcSnL74Luin3NdJTD3wA79LrkIMK6ECXVMcA9D_cSq/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/AVvXsEipqYxbeSNVcZgRPSHerUVZKlj8Of2WQde6sB06m9y4j3btVS3mpiQ2jSuS-yrycGH1QeiUi3Pyj7VBDBlorimJ-WCLkySHTxqJ0RwcSnL74Luin3NdJTD3wA79LrkIMK6ECXVMcA9D_cSq/s640/015.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And of coarse the Close-Up is always the Best way to Share a Visual of what Found Treasures we've recently 'Scored'... like these Beautiful Wooden Ukranian Style Decorated Eggs... which also made a Lovely Lead Image to begin the Post with.  And it's always those Lead Images in the Thumbnails of the Blogs that Draw us In Closer too isn't it and make us HAVE to stop by and SEE MORE!?!!?</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/AVvXsEhD2u_OzfBzVvFHrGeafu6i0YjQkQS8uzcxv535yXLDRY5H1r29qGnCa1jZJE9jJUJ7MCXeE1UyUXBLVwJQNPaVlts7izzY8yPFXF3tEpSmlfLt4OoY6njA53s2DyPQCTTjQp4Wy5NQfgKK/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2u_OzfBzVvFHrGeafu6i0YjQkQS8uzcxv535yXLDRY5H1r29qGnCa1jZJE9jJUJ7MCXeE1UyUXBLVwJQNPaVlts7izzY8yPFXF3tEpSmlfLt4OoY6njA53s2DyPQCTTjQp4Wy5NQfgKK/s640/013.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Because the Close-Up can Capture ALL the Delightful Details of an Art Form like this.  As well as Intrigue us about what the Back End Story might be that will Accompany it?! </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TauqpipFrrkxJHgesGe-fFgaUAWmw_RbqSlV9q759sXwyv5TG3_VKbCJjg6ozJHJh1077l6grpOanVLJerP63423mcF9NZykYKD6wbaHTRlt1dmNdj4AAWTJJVXCmut-BMqAgTlimWdN/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/AVvXsEi6TauqpipFrrkxJHgesGe-fFgaUAWmw_RbqSlV9q759sXwyv5TG3_VKbCJjg6ozJHJh1077l6grpOanVLJerP63423mcF9NZykYKD6wbaHTRlt1dmNdj4AAWTJJVXCmut-BMqAgTlimWdN/s640/014.JPG" width="528" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Though certainly Great Images PLUS a Great Topic is even Better for those of us who aren't of the ilk of few Words in our Posts and Love a Good Story told by Others too!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Say Hello To My Little Friends...

<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/AVvXsEgLpZikwggvs-zZBdhzyFQomJKVGtBHqRXiMwXadeAHd58bnLnCG67otK91NIIDqWKzQx8W9diMyutP-j1vvgFX2osJ5y19hPGcYa_nIgOKSnoCOMnt-ur4ryOrVqZ6yFvOUXQ7aSQuHMDn/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLpZikwggvs-zZBdhzyFQomJKVGtBHqRXiMwXadeAHd58bnLnCG67otK91NIIDqWKzQx8W9diMyutP-j1vvgFX2osJ5y19hPGcYa_nIgOKSnoCOMnt-ur4ryOrVqZ6yFvOUXQ7aSQuHMDn/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Even though I had to Work the Morning of the 4th of July the entire day went Wonderfully!  We were so busy it was better than a Workout at the Gym, I don't think I've broken that much of a Sweat using the Treadmill at the Gym in fact!  *LOL*  My Sales on the first day of the 4th of July Event exceeded my Expectations and the New Showroom was very well Received.  So if the next three days of the Event go as well... can you say 'Cha-Ching'!?!  *Winks*  And of coarse I did some Shopping once I got off my Shift... 15% Off is very Enticing after all to add to one's own Collections!  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4GnNekzs39KI2wxojtqC1SGbXOboAJ94VSexBDGY8dcYE5ajbm4mJ0QjVsqiioaxwPtP9abC77O8OYbd2F8jZWrxQh63ztzKyF5cT8QgZCeGrSbQjs8lrDyq0xLHrwW0hNJd3RzUUrp8/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/AVvXsEjP4GnNekzs39KI2wxojtqC1SGbXOboAJ94VSexBDGY8dcYE5ajbm4mJ0QjVsqiioaxwPtP9abC77O8OYbd2F8jZWrxQh63ztzKyF5cT8QgZCeGrSbQjs8lrDyq0xLHrwW0hNJd3RzUUrp8/s640/003.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Though I haven't unwrapped and Photographed any of it yet, there was a New Dealer that had what seemed like an entire Mad Scientist Laboratorie of Vintage Beakers and Vintage Pharmacy Apothecary Jars at Killer prices, even before the Discount... so I practically cleaned out his Case!  *Smiles*  I'll be one of that Guy's Best Customers if he keeps Sourcing that type of Inventory!!!  If that's what he's got in his Case, I can only Imagine what his Home might hold?!?  Don't you often Wonder what your Favorite Dealer's Homes and Studios might look like and hold?</em></div><div align="center"><em></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/AVvXsEjyYz0xHnuigRedkk3MhXLbwrfvyZXFSwNb0hLh_VjwKiINq9VZUI6CrfKPd57-behBbILffIHwoPF4ATW9XEuVYJxTUCjN0ibWMHZ-CCVzlzPo_Jg9QIgk_Pm05Olf5OxbuKTEsVAIkVZ8/s1600/137300273235746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYz0xHnuigRedkk3MhXLbwrfvyZXFSwNb0hLh_VjwKiINq9VZUI6CrfKPd57-behBbILffIHwoPF4ATW9XEuVYJxTUCjN0ibWMHZ-CCVzlzPo_Jg9QIgk_Pm05Olf5OxbuKTEsVAIkVZ8/s640/137300273235746.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>And of coarse I hit my Friends Myko and Brett's New Showroom to 'Score' that Baby Javelina Skully, one of the Adorable 1909 Antique Postcards with Kittens, and a Sea Fan.</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/AVvXsEgEvQgUv3xqUHD5M4lNsfUZ2T8iRiAlXHFqwrWVS9wcVdPiEU34j9zrZgWLrerb68Lb6ENgu28HAiGx60lGmL9xeISzyup5ahHBM1X-UN5YkzqsHFu1Eiuufr_NRGn4lFGmpIbWqtzeOL4x/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvQgUv3xqUHD5M4lNsfUZ2T8iRiAlXHFqwrWVS9wcVdPiEU34j9zrZgWLrerb68Lb6ENgu28HAiGx60lGmL9xeISzyup5ahHBM1X-UN5YkzqsHFu1Eiuufr_NRGn4lFGmpIbWqtzeOL4x/s640/010.JPG" width="542" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>The Javelina Skully had been wanting to come Home with me ever since I saw it in Myko's Lovely Cloche Display.  And I was Delighted that she Offered the Option of pieces of the Display as Separates or in it's Entirety. Because though I would have Loved to have bought the Whole Display, it was easier on the Budget to buy just a couple of pieces separately and Create my own Cloche Display... especially since I'd bought half a Laboratorie already!  *LOL* </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/AVvXsEizh2okwqLKKCNISsuN84tFVpMzo5WOc2EAMD5l08SYW_SNe3u7WNVBbnATkQDGzixxincjwXcgPLpHp9QSqif-KNSTcZ2Hwzb1wtrEhQ_2TvjxUI4wg7r93dEWAKrSKeUdFM2K1vDcF4M5/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizh2okwqLKKCNISsuN84tFVpMzo5WOc2EAMD5l08SYW_SNe3u7WNVBbnATkQDGzixxincjwXcgPLpHp9QSqif-KNSTcZ2Hwzb1wtrEhQ_2TvjxUI4wg7r93dEWAKrSKeUdFM2K1vDcF4M5/s640/011.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I was a bit Grieved though that during the Madness of the Opening Day of the Sale that someone had broken one of the wee Skully's Teeth... so it will need some Dawn The Dentist Restoration Work.  *Smiles*  I was Relieved that though the Sea Fan is Fragile too, it suffered no damage.  *Whew*</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/AVvXsEgVCAmjdx4q1eSmHkqo9vzZUJ-67IYSqu033060_zu4YMGpcqKPtFa8goWapzqgTBECIie8SvMv0BlWEwfPI3xW45zeD7UcTd1-g-FkHo2Yd_9N89BYS2iCN7_e16P5SDFqm-pZyFW-6Urs/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/AVvXsEgVCAmjdx4q1eSmHkqo9vzZUJ-67IYSqu033060_zu4YMGpcqKPtFa8goWapzqgTBECIie8SvMv0BlWEwfPI3xW45zeD7UcTd1-g-FkHo2Yd_9N89BYS2iCN7_e16P5SDFqm-pZyFW-6Urs/s640/001.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So here's a peek at the Vignette I came up with once I got Home.  Actually I had a Big Surprise waiting for me when I got Home from Work... The Son and his Girlfriend had decided to give The Man and I a Respite and Break for the 4th of July and take the G-Kid Force to her House for a couple of days and to see the Fireworks in the East Valley!!!   So that will be a Special Treat for them and meant that The Man and I could have a 4th of July Date Night!!!  *Can I get a Whoop-Whoop!?*</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/AVvXsEgXxfIa7b_W-ukWyRIlJ6KuvgGp_TbDLWtv3qVMeKLbhCibMKH-83wIB4bie-l12-AaCn3j7nUR-TRuIsy54RnST-wgIMmf6VZqPYxU5RJlE_4nY_dYKE3yQH8cznYgy1XS1wCmTrrN-qxs/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxfIa7b_W-ukWyRIlJ6KuvgGp_TbDLWtv3qVMeKLbhCibMKH-83wIB4bie-l12-AaCn3j7nUR-TRuIsy54RnST-wgIMmf6VZqPYxU5RJlE_4nY_dYKE3yQH8cznYgy1XS1wCmTrrN-qxs/s640/009.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So after my Shopping Spree we went out to Dinner at one of our Fav Mexican Restaurants... and then Harkin's Theaters were Generously Offering Free Passes to Veterans on the 4th of July to see "WHITEHOUSE DOWN"... which was very good by the way... and definitely the type of flick The Man Enjoys, plenty of Action... and since he Worked at the White House while he was in the Marine Corps. he likes to check these Hollywood plots and things for Accuracy!  *LOL*  They should Hire him as a Consultant in fact!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pdJgtkPbr41c3-3Q0eyrtcWMKmcqq60xhJq06LmrAN2VbwLsmDBv9v__ytaAXJy4BBDBUj7Yv7qgjJwpLo0KsbnaWIB60h1DqCqPGj3QGVUMv7QR2fDl-J066z_miH7z7v6IQAXxkjfe/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And after I got Home from the Fireworks of coarse I had to Play with Styling and Photographing my New Vignettes!  You know how it is when you get New Stuff... you've got to Play with your Found Treasures like a Kid with a New Toy!  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGwaql1-nLxLXOWQwPaWoUD9vwX1GQlK8084A9iZpLoqZcqnGqBghYWR_NBP2VXO1cgtujE82nRfLsnVqM6d9k72kREi7fXF8KEN8EfTFiiQJmgIMJNEUiVrtjOgi72-jLw4kp23iiGJu/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGwaql1-nLxLXOWQwPaWoUD9vwX1GQlK8084A9iZpLoqZcqnGqBghYWR_NBP2VXO1cgtujE82nRfLsnVqM6d9k72kREi7fXF8KEN8EfTFiiQJmgIMJNEUiVrtjOgi72-jLw4kp23iiGJu/s640/013.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sure, I shouldda been Pricing Inventory to bring in Friday Morning to replace and replenish the Showrooms for all that I'd Sold... but it was more Fun to Play and just Relax... since the House was QUIET!!!  Do you know how RARE the Sound of Silence is around Bohemian Valhalla?!?  To Play uninterrupted with my Stuff and Blog without an Audience looking over my shoulder?!?  *Winks*  Yeah, Color me Happy!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /> </div>

Say Hello To My Little Friends...

    Even though I had to Work the Morning of the 4th of July the entire day went Wonderfully!  We were so busy it was better than a Workout ...

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Happy 4th Of July! And Come To Our SALE Celebration Of It!

<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/AVvXsEihLYehNFRLdES7fD1jSSLlavy7qx6lhwy8zkVWzvaPJ675OoZ_SayjMroASOLECsf37bXXFSKfiLsIgKT-0RDsuBousIFIChlP_fpojlqdDKUJxefEhUelFciDN2Nq2082FtUtEeZOvIrp/s960/1044414_598306620214321_1423970765_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLYehNFRLdES7fD1jSSLlavy7qx6lhwy8zkVWzvaPJ675OoZ_SayjMroASOLECsf37bXXFSKfiLsIgKT-0RDsuBousIFIChlP_fpojlqdDKUJxefEhUelFciDN2Nq2082FtUtEeZOvIrp/s640/1044414_598306620214321_1423970765_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodyearbrassarmadillo?fref=ts#!/photo.php?fbid=598306620214321&set=a.316134388431547.75416.292661147445538&type=1&theater"><strong><span style="color: red;">BRASS ARMADILLO WEST</span></strong></a> Facebook Page</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisy_OBYmB2swxMoHiBIl25SR8RWBQGgU73DY8yqTny8RGBHxycu6fBjV93K1vAdlDicDDVkX1gDtlTzBtaLJAZLijb2HaqcPICw5E5GgygCIV9bIaBN8CEvegEoTH-a4RDyhOHVI2g2V9u/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisy_OBYmB2swxMoHiBIl25SR8RWBQGgU73DY8yqTny8RGBHxycu6fBjV93K1vAdlDicDDVkX1gDtlTzBtaLJAZLijb2HaqcPICw5E5GgygCIV9bIaBN8CEvegEoTH-a4RDyhOHVI2g2V9u/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I was able to Photograph part of the Process as The Vision was coming to Life!  Though it all happened so Quickly that it was difficult to recognize and capture a 'Before' and 'After', since in the blink of an Eye it was Magically Transformed... David Copperfield couldn't have performed a better feat of Pure Magic!!!</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/AVvXsEih9JDZXOfyVlML1FoilXwYDP75rEl9zTXwypTF1SDNZlrIkHyGL9MUWS8GSoycWxJkW6Zrwpjcx3yrx6bvGKrfu7NVSeRxqR-n_1Vc_R8tqF57jfU_UR9cY1uShHvvIJycGVX8HXE0IkHF/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9JDZXOfyVlML1FoilXwYDP75rEl9zTXwypTF1SDNZlrIkHyGL9MUWS8GSoycWxJkW6Zrwpjcx3yrx6bvGKrfu7NVSeRxqR-n_1Vc_R8tqF57jfU_UR9cY1uShHvvIJycGVX8HXE0IkHF/s640/025.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 along with the Patriotic Theme just in time for the 4th of July... were the various Vignettes which Showcase the Range of Myko's Styling Genius!!!  From the Organic and Delightful Sepia Hues that I Love...</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/AVvXsEiYin6W2UZZjvK_Z6Bh334NFtut99eSd8YRqvZJQSNwyi7KCDxn60XcMm79jsYdTe6gIcisiaJr2J9RC7nmkAKQ7FhPA-ChhyphenhyphenpIZLF0FqsHvZ7-XYTXde1Fa8Fl-pC8sZnBogST_jkS2-cN/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYin6W2UZZjvK_Z6Bh334NFtut99eSd8YRqvZJQSNwyi7KCDxn60XcMm79jsYdTe6gIcisiaJr2J9RC7nmkAKQ7FhPA-ChhyphenhyphenpIZLF0FqsHvZ7-XYTXde1Fa8Fl-pC8sZnBogST_jkS2-cN/s640/029.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>To the Dark and Interesting Cabinet Of Curiosities Styling that I'm absolutely Passionate about and is definitely my Preferred Personal Vibe in Decorating and Collecting.</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/AVvXsEjfYgeLSBJ_grf-ZwXjLIevkHBVYKtfzA1aovS8dOLM0tvFfb6hVCHkAt2zOmn_dZD5pzc0cV0x2jXjvtZoTF11knVqT1f2fo2NG7QxfETNjXI7bsPhiEIJufNW8JjNWQYeeZNldMCRmwki/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYgeLSBJ_grf-ZwXjLIevkHBVYKtfzA1aovS8dOLM0tvFfb6hVCHkAt2zOmn_dZD5pzc0cV0x2jXjvtZoTF11knVqT1f2fo2NG7QxfETNjXI7bsPhiEIJufNW8JjNWQYeeZNldMCRmwki/s640/030.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>Ah yes, these Dark Vignettes draw me in like a Moth to a Flame!!!</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/AVvXsEgiuaB5G1CJzMvhEeRHWXEtT655gWnyFkT3OXEdY6DtywT6aeBHRAWCmnlIum1bOM79-0zYZK2P-Sxa_T5V7Kj0QZo4RwIdD1SUCnmo6MNY8mhJi7VIHNN4ws-Xj0a9m92jxroF4pqDhTcR/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuaB5G1CJzMvhEeRHWXEtT655gWnyFkT3OXEdY6DtywT6aeBHRAWCmnlIum1bOM79-0zYZK2P-Sxa_T5V7Kj0QZo4RwIdD1SUCnmo6MNY8mhJi7VIHNN4ws-Xj0a9m92jxroF4pqDhTcR/s640/031.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>Not only for the Great Inventory it all holds, but also to Soak in the Inspiration and Atmosphere it Evokes.</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/AVvXsEi0RXPxf_rb_EQEhgn25wSb4zj18kVkkvaYLiVtA5e_D9NY3d-y0bonOJkfkdeGRnnRKT5ZZH7tCqnftw646NpGQoIr49Uym1cpAQU2MgVk5rBSIC9q9U7xzxXb5EAych5Ol4s4C2fZkPt2/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RXPxf_rb_EQEhgn25wSb4zj18kVkkvaYLiVtA5e_D9NY3d-y0bonOJkfkdeGRnnRKT5ZZH7tCqnftw646NpGQoIr49Uym1cpAQU2MgVk5rBSIC9q9U7xzxXb5EAych5Ol4s4C2fZkPt2/s640/028.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>Not many do it any better than Myko does and yet she's very Humble about her Talent and Natural Gift for it!  I am a Student Hoping to Learn from one of the Masters at the Craft and Art of Display!  Like Luke Skywalker and Yoda!   Though Myko is way Cuter than Yoda and I'm not nearly as Youthful as Luke in the Series!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05FN3YMOnj9WEddWHdNUMW6G5Bz7hXFZcspzupmkliHyp5Vy_pB1q3ClI49_jxQmbbSSI2TteV_mBLQrKpvZJnK07kIvWsxY1X6lsVC5P3hQ3kwiY_MyY79XBj9t9C_mXHjkVll-lm8Nr/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05FN3YMOnj9WEddWHdNUMW6G5Bz7hXFZcspzupmkliHyp5Vy_pB1q3ClI49_jxQmbbSSI2TteV_mBLQrKpvZJnK07kIvWsxY1X6lsVC5P3hQ3kwiY_MyY79XBj9t9C_mXHjkVll-lm8Nr/s640/027.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 of coarse there is the Classic <a href="https://www.facebook.com/liam.protheroe.7/posts/546276588763073#!/AquaMarinaAntiques?fref=ts"><strong><span style="color: #45818e;">AQUAMARINA ANTIQUES</span></strong></a> Palette of Sweet and Beautiful Pastels... it is such a Visual Delight to Behold that even if you lean more towards the Dark and Exotic like me, you could become a Convert of the Pastel Palette when it's done so Well!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjJWYZ8rydAIYq1YnNkl486wb9nRtAJ-7b_4hzvE3foxw96a4IAaGHqJc9c39zN7U87murITdripyyzppwykA986hHWkm780KHVXPfcZmYtKQTnn_4TkvC4yX6nkRfNf-V1LKdj_j-Uf8/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/AVvXsEjWjJWYZ8rydAIYq1YnNkl486wb9nRtAJ-7b_4hzvE3foxw96a4IAaGHqJc9c39zN7U87murITdripyyzppwykA986hHWkm780KHVXPfcZmYtKQTnn_4TkvC4yX6nkRfNf-V1LKdj_j-Uf8/s640/038.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>I have absolutely nothing this Gorgeous Shabby Aqua and White Cabinet would go with at Bohemian Valhalla and yet I'd still be Tempted to buy it because it's so Beautiful... and Priced at such a Bargain, that I fell in Lust with it anyway!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCdLt-2fwcl_H0V_3RLJH-t6OU8C8TCdpoNG9RRA3nAaOKesShMw78ys0TMlmjPLoJSZXIAmWnw1qa871XkXVVFjjRYOkt_zNVTZ_mPm36rw1tNP80pfv8aMBurqUfcJ7xq0O7mZxJwRx/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCdLt-2fwcl_H0V_3RLJH-t6OU8C8TCdpoNG9RRA3nAaOKesShMw78ys0TMlmjPLoJSZXIAmWnw1qa871XkXVVFjjRYOkt_zNVTZ_mPm36rw1tNP80pfv8aMBurqUfcJ7xq0O7mZxJwRx/s640/032.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 think all of us Gals have some Romance in us and the Girly-Girl Fantasyscapes we could get Lost in... and that's what so many of these Lovely Vignettes do for me... Transport me to the Girly-Girl Romantic Side of my Personality!</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/AVvXsEiEthDW-AG5qnaPNzh7S-yJ8_cZkbAcmNJuRpBaRmpPx7Y__vNfaNXwSj9a4vqhXT2PV51neywjIcYTQfq4U_7sPPMZpRk_6-VES1BRL_q6pGmRggUUTNT_Wx9N1uaHWF1D0B1MRx6CXihq/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEthDW-AG5qnaPNzh7S-yJ8_cZkbAcmNJuRpBaRmpPx7Y__vNfaNXwSj9a4vqhXT2PV51neywjIcYTQfq4U_7sPPMZpRk_6-VES1BRL_q6pGmRggUUTNT_Wx9N1uaHWF1D0B1MRx6CXihq/s640/033.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>It's like an Estrogen Treasure Trove of Found Treasures you want to immerse yourself into and Explore Wonderful piece by piece!</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/AVvXsEh0Ox0xHXncA6uWPkiLpGdMsy7BQr0gCN2UnYax8SyjxKc0fzyiYzd_T7UkEnbzC9hqlFOvxgeOHALsQEzcQKjJHHc1YqxmiX0jjDgorXxIZmwakZE1hNtxdnf-aNI-iSWdBwKEQfi_yw-E/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/AVvXsEh0Ox0xHXncA6uWPkiLpGdMsy7BQr0gCN2UnYax8SyjxKc0fzyiYzd_T7UkEnbzC9hqlFOvxgeOHALsQEzcQKjJHHc1YqxmiX0jjDgorXxIZmwakZE1hNtxdnf-aNI-iSWdBwKEQfi_yw-E/s640/037.JPG" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And even many of the Mantiques and Vintage Industrial Treasures that Brett has Sourced are way Cool and in some of the most Lucious Hues you never Imagined such things even came in!!!  Like this Vintage Industrial Tool Cabinet in Robin's Egg Blue!!!  Yes... I would definitely allow Mantiques like this to cross the threshhold into Bohemian Valhalla because it wouldn't be total Man Cave intrusion!  *Winks*</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/AVvXsEhfanCvzQXKRVfpU56SYd84uitDyOqHxxI5PhQ0o62TM2RmKnwJtazEZUtNiVBoXHAzERWP4t0p6OGW8yrEWX98X_qE6Vbj02ULLA0tKQ0gAeDDJC0IAX53bIYfA4IFrecSLLPgRBIUKvvl/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfanCvzQXKRVfpU56SYd84uitDyOqHxxI5PhQ0o62TM2RmKnwJtazEZUtNiVBoXHAzERWP4t0p6OGW8yrEWX98X_qE6Vbj02ULLA0tKQ0gAeDDJC0IAX53bIYfA4IFrecSLLPgRBIUKvvl/s640/034.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But back to the Girly-Girl Treasure Trove, which I had Trouble breaking away from... since it reeled me in hook, line and sinker!!!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTgZy5jW5mTx6qGJngwECh2L4wqqeWNGE-A9D_VvjWQ5f1K_4hEwecaj0HMgZD4PAMhnNmdFaCLjLa4CjFjSymEiS6XT7uGkpVxvPXiuTYwhQePpfQJ7-ahGX3jMlMJNJ2A48tkIcdc1d/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTgZy5jW5mTx6qGJngwECh2L4wqqeWNGE-A9D_VvjWQ5f1K_4hEwecaj0HMgZD4PAMhnNmdFaCLjLa4CjFjSymEiS6XT7uGkpVxvPXiuTYwhQePpfQJ7-ahGX3jMlMJNJ2A48tkIcdc1d/s640/035.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 you'll be Hooked too when you stop by for a Visit... and you'll want to come back regularly to see what New Vintage Found Treasures have been Sourced and Added!?!</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/AVvXsEgm2IYG8OrP6drDHNysrA8MPTbTIbBrXQsqhOWLupDfA6twcTTyY5YNpOSjL1BEpXyDCBqV-fi5jw1uMWlimV5B-jj9ShHYY7oH0Lg0BVlZwHiWC6Urc7PnsjsDd3djWl80B3jW6g75m1r6/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm2IYG8OrP6drDHNysrA8MPTbTIbBrXQsqhOWLupDfA6twcTTyY5YNpOSjL1BEpXyDCBqV-fi5jw1uMWlimV5B-jj9ShHYY7oH0Lg0BVlZwHiWC6Urc7PnsjsDd3djWl80B3jW6g75m1r6/s640/036.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'm quite Certain you've already probably spied SOMETHING that you don't think you can Live without?  </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/AVvXsEgGuQfT-GUdWyW_MNr_WLRxY97n-xS4xCKt7tnEs_6eYlyveMHQkqCM7uSSsO0_DLboLgbU-_3Zey8KH4xLf9q6yBak567PDX9KydGpiRhgI8MeQegEswzAKo7UnTXpJH1E8I9oNJfMAwMF/s880/600202_485080118246434_970767771_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuQfT-GUdWyW_MNr_WLRxY97n-xS4xCKt7tnEs_6eYlyveMHQkqCM7uSSsO0_DLboLgbU-_3Zey8KH4xLf9q6yBak567PDX9KydGpiRhgI8MeQegEswzAKo7UnTXpJH1E8I9oNJfMAwMF/s640/600202_485080118246434_970767771_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And Remember... this 4th of July through Sunday the Mall is having 15% off EVERYTHING, so it's the Perfect Time {and Excuse... Winks} for an Indulgence!!!</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/AVvXsEi-rrczWN7L7_GRAyCOyYwIG96oR7zUuhf6gPXCB0XdpRtlnsQ7HvnCOgJ01cJgaS0mtA9XYA3FwSAgQCrTnas7pR7nQ9jaKyDv2q_JN8v2I0HxpSVdkec5mwOEC_3m2lwF61YcGs6FX3We/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/AVvXsEi-rrczWN7L7_GRAyCOyYwIG96oR7zUuhf6gPXCB0XdpRtlnsQ7HvnCOgJ01cJgaS0mtA9XYA3FwSAgQCrTnas7pR7nQ9jaKyDv2q_JN8v2I0HxpSVdkec5mwOEC_3m2lwF61YcGs6FX3We/s640/039.JPG" width="616" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And to do your part for the Stimulation of the U.S. Economy and Supporting the Entrepreneurial Spirit, you Patriotic Soul you!!!  *Wink Wink*  Consider it your Patriotic Duty in fact!  *LOL*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NACZi7KvJRZ4cnPvA3bg-44t0ikTcCbN5-4WqIu7EPnvEQk7B7JKajQoBnKFHlwMYjrdpy41kB65WDSJLIfbcYmPMcEIObdtq8_GQeLIEPAqG4CsXOGV7dbbRmYuovv6XnqipSflmblE/s720/1000702_485079981579781_834741502_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NACZi7KvJRZ4cnPvA3bg-44t0ikTcCbN5-4WqIu7EPnvEQk7B7JKajQoBnKFHlwMYjrdpy41kB65WDSJLIfbcYmPMcEIObdtq8_GQeLIEPAqG4CsXOGV7dbbRmYuovv6XnqipSflmblE/s640/1000702_485079981579781_834741502_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Well, THAT Excuse Works for ME anyway!  *Smiles*  And you can bet, that after I get off my Shift at 1:00 pm I'll be heading right for their Newly Expanded Showroom to try to snag at least one Treasure I've got my eyeballs on!  Well... if YOU haven't beaten me to it now that is, since you'll have a Four Hour head start since I can't Shop while I'm Working... *LOL*   And we'll be Serving up Apple Pie on the 4th... and throughout the Sale there will be Food and Free Gift Card Drawings!</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/AVvXsEgB57-fxtOeQ3EzLbtcLmmhw8HxVecAxhCiLC1iLc0wt72xreRvlDz0jeLlxoe_7ZXDtUL2c7SEuSzChUMoYwIJZbljj9zsi8z3tN39HcbgEGyudxo44CFPXqW66pFl7QL14NZrSZGkZk_3/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB57-fxtOeQ3EzLbtcLmmhw8HxVecAxhCiLC1iLc0wt72xreRvlDz0jeLlxoe_7ZXDtUL2c7SEuSzChUMoYwIJZbljj9zsi8z3tN39HcbgEGyudxo44CFPXqW66pFl7QL14NZrSZGkZk_3/s640/040.JPG" width="590" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div></div>

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