Romantic Ideas for Valentines Day

The Other Life

<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/AVvXsEhz2i0cvOVa-QXERwtvP0v2iG9z4VRdIbSc9G_h0Zz26EFMTJTJsLj9wD0GzLKooz5zIG6y8HGq0uHFRqBbjq_1w9_ayM_qN719nay6ZrscCk4BJ5dCNV5VEF2HGri6jVwPh3tMbSAbLgqj/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2i0cvOVa-QXERwtvP0v2iG9z4VRdIbSc9G_h0Zz26EFMTJTJsLj9wD0GzLKooz5zIG6y8HGq0uHFRqBbjq_1w9_ayM_qN719nay6ZrscCk4BJ5dCNV5VEF2HGri6jVwPh3tMbSAbLgqj/s640/021.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>Yesterday by Pure Serendipity I ran into a Dear Old Friend and previous Co-Worker from my Corporate Life, which I now refer to as "The Other Life".  And it certainly seems like a Lifetime ago, to them and to me, since I totally Disconnected from it and went off the Corporate Grid.  It's always Wonderful to Re-connect to the Old Friends from it though, I do miss them even though I don't miss "The Other Life"... it just becomes harder to spend Quality Time Together since "That Life" can totally Consume you.  </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/AVvXsEiF1M2fulrwMQAceuEGVkHgH4v_rKcsJCsxfxOBoweZsGyhO_Rh4Saja8nsWuKuYgF0NdiI7s7Ge3UwrQVwb-gTkNIxB9qoVZmmqxMXgAPRtv68Z93bnQ0bY1yttT9g9UJA7dWYiKDXKaRp/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1M2fulrwMQAceuEGVkHgH4v_rKcsJCsxfxOBoweZsGyhO_Rh4Saja8nsWuKuYgF0NdiI7s7Ge3UwrQVwb-gTkNIxB9qoVZmmqxMXgAPRtv68Z93bnQ0bY1yttT9g9UJA7dWYiKDXKaRp/s640/010.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>So I totally 'Get It' when too much Time goes by before you can spend any Time Together or hear from each other, I have no Delusions about what a Corporate Life takes to Maintain.  It's not that they don't want to, it's often that they just can't with the demands of the Career and the long Hours and Personal Sacrifices it requires.  Sacrifices I decided I was no longer willing to make and was Clearly the Right Choice for me.  They would like to see me come back... for a variety of reasons... but they know I won't, it's not a part of my Life anymore. </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/AVvXsEiQn6w2O7eaGE-D4R-HQeSiAtCaAUGNE0SoEgHeNmNiRcMOZcvOBRYwp72yeyktfHIoIqP2L3EQQEQF5DdDaujvhySqdU6mbWKjRti63wupg2kXkAGxJDPIzbrZjowKgvu0YjDd_ZYRRCdM/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/AVvXsEiQn6w2O7eaGE-D4R-HQeSiAtCaAUGNE0SoEgHeNmNiRcMOZcvOBRYwp72yeyktfHIoIqP2L3EQQEQF5DdDaujvhySqdU6mbWKjRti63wupg2kXkAGxJDPIzbrZjowKgvu0YjDd_ZYRRCdM/s640/011.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>You see, often the demands and the long Hours take a toll on all Relationships, including Family... and it's always Sad when I know that a highly Successful Friend, who is also a Wonderful Person, has Experienced that aspect of it, and it's not just Friends who have fallen away in their Lives... mostly due to "The Other Life".  It can cause significant Personal Sacrifices and Collateral Damage even if the Career is going Stellar and you're a complete Success in the Corporate World.  To Whom Much is Given... Much is Required... so you have to weigh the Costs... and sometimes Re-define Success or what you're Willing to Sacrifice. </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;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTb42ShHdWk9Bt9AnnPt6hIoiXMUmgilq1Vp-RCXvdbkiz_aWwkjaqmeFIWRsxzwocvXfCe7-YPjw-qaKoVbeHDye4967f4opkO29kIxBoI-uraUInyFfEa6WcY9jW-nTEKf92PQ7awV4/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTb42ShHdWk9Bt9AnnPt6hIoiXMUmgilq1Vp-RCXvdbkiz_aWwkjaqmeFIWRsxzwocvXfCe7-YPjw-qaKoVbeHDye4967f4opkO29kIxBoI-uraUInyFfEa6WcY9jW-nTEKf92PQ7awV4/s640/012.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I'm not saying that it's a bad thing to Succeed in a Corporate Life, I Enjoyed the Fruits of that Success and I actually Enjoyed what I did for a Living and was Good at it, attaining every Goal I set for myself.  So there was a Measure of Pride and Accomplishment that fed my Ego and my Bank Account... and Provided quite well for my Family... but I'm not sure it ever really fed my Soul.  And I know that the Personal Sacrifices Entailed were never an easy decision for me, though I was never one to throw my Family under the bus for any Career, they didn't get as much of me as they do now... so the Disconnect from "The Other Life" was long overdue in my opinion and in Retrospect I might have done it much earlier.  I got to the Place where I knew I just didn't want to do it anymore.  I also didn't want to be Defined by what I did for a Living... since a Career to me was always more a means to an end and separate from what fueled my Heart. </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/AVvXsEhZd0W7x5TRuLnpJ5fPEvXpIZ9qeaz9NGNrtETxW3ZWgGg4xvX26E6o8dws7lIi53LhqNqBWgGbIhpJLhVHUwMg3pcKsQ3Vw1cLMSsPaPbhsu60g306QgzmncUpnlkCBuCzARcc1c__QaE2/s1600/308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZd0W7x5TRuLnpJ5fPEvXpIZ9qeaz9NGNrtETxW3ZWgGg4xvX26E6o8dws7lIi53LhqNqBWgGbIhpJLhVHUwMg3pcKsQ3Vw1cLMSsPaPbhsu60g306QgzmncUpnlkCBuCzARcc1c__QaE2/s640/308.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>This hand-sewn Plaque captures the Sentiment best... may the Blessings of each day be the Blessings you Need most.  For me the Blessings Needed most were those Associated with Focus on the Family at the exclusion of Maintaining a Career, whatever that Cost.  And it did come at an Expected Cost... I Forfeited more than one Corporate Career and a Huge chunk of Pension that had been Years in the Making and Attaining of in order to do the Right Thing for us.  So the decision wasn't rash or made lightly and often Friends from "The Other Life" are still Amazed I Walked Away and from so much, taking that Risk, which was mostly Financial and certainly eroded some Measure of Security at a pivotal point at this Advanced Season of Life.</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/AVvXsEiS_aHrYnTuMlq29TTmOxkdtIF7JaMS_H0rMLJtr6XW7SEY6g-h4r71sceuLPUuKCAUqkXEoZmeRKegE8i0Eq82ancV1acU2iB-896Es42jJcBcDSt1gWwHjcAdmLe3XIIe8qjepfTbyee-/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/AVvXsEiS_aHrYnTuMlq29TTmOxkdtIF7JaMS_H0rMLJtr6XW7SEY6g-h4r71sceuLPUuKCAUqkXEoZmeRKegE8i0Eq82ancV1acU2iB-896Es42jJcBcDSt1gWwHjcAdmLe3XIIe8qjepfTbyee-/s640/001.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>After all... we were Raising a Second Family well into our Old Age... and The Man's Health was already on the decline and he'd been Medically Retired at the time I decided to Step Off the Corporate Grid with Early Retirement and into my "New Life"... which the Future of was uncertain on how it might Play Out?!?  Financial Analysts would certainly have warned it could be Financial Suicide and since I used to do Financial Counseling for Families in Crisis during one of my Corporate Lives, I recognized the Risks associated with my decision, so it was a big Step of Faith... well, more like a Leap of Faith actually.  So it was something I had to have a Peace about, along with Divine Partnership and Direction in and Godly Intervention to Succeed at.</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/AVvXsEjS4DAeOnxHQEVEKEQz9PWqS2mdVtYc1Y_zbAtcg9XrTUZWAGk-MeWj1SHBDGZ9DLSjG3D7-N4xjhcPBtH5LQ50Eb22dqKrswd1pN5XOKAskhXTxyCYjhxq-ae3lSrCpSXSXI4bXmoqzy-U/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4DAeOnxHQEVEKEQz9PWqS2mdVtYc1Y_zbAtcg9XrTUZWAGk-MeWj1SHBDGZ9DLSjG3D7-N4xjhcPBtH5LQ50Eb22dqKrswd1pN5XOKAskhXTxyCYjhxq-ae3lSrCpSXSXI4bXmoqzy-U/s640/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I Cast the End Results upon the Lord to Sustain us... however He chose to... and I would just Follow in Faith, taking it one Step at a time in the Direction He pointed me in.  It has been an Incredible Journey and He has been Faithful and Strengthened me and my Faith in the Process.  My Friends from "The Other Life" still Marvel in how it has Played Out, for it has been a Good Testimony too... this Test.  And they're very Happy for me, at where I am Now and in what I'm Pursuing as my Passion and what is Feeding my Soul and bringing me Joy and Contentment... even though they know and understand it has been a difficult Journey at times due to our particular Circumstances on a Personal level.  The adaptations have been significant and still must often be re-adjusted and re-evaluated as necessary and I don't have it all Figured Out or know what the Future holds?</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/AVvXsEh2ialu5K2AqjgXFkgSMcs2w3nqNFVWFR6G28-G7C2p5avWD8BKC3EgkosZsUSk1MdgK-svGuZofgla2gmHohut9PK1K8cwdXiewx5Eruw7p0EJthD24KBoui5DlbNd-aZcX-hxkFL9Aggv/s1600/098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ialu5K2AqjgXFkgSMcs2w3nqNFVWFR6G28-G7C2p5avWD8BKC3EgkosZsUSk1MdgK-svGuZofgla2gmHohut9PK1K8cwdXiewx5Eruw7p0EJthD24KBoui5DlbNd-aZcX-hxkFL9Aggv/s640/098.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>But I do know I'll be Okay with whatever it is and Continue to Trust my Lord and Consult Him Daily in what Direction I should go.  I'm having more Fun than I ever thought I could have relinquishing Control, since I AM a Self-Professed Control Freak so that part was not easy.   Stepping Out Blindly In Faith and not knowing where the Journey is actually taking me was very different for me since I'm a long-range Planner usually and so it went against my very Nature.  And at first I Confess it was Scary... REAL Scary and the Fear could paralyze you if you let it.  That Fear of the Unknown and doing New Things that just Follow your Heart but seem a bit reckless and Crazy!  Because you're sorta earning while you're learning and the skill set is not yet Refined and certainly not Perfected... so you're definitely at Entry Level in this Adventure.  It is like walking on water, logically you know you should sink, but in Spirit you know that God can defy all logic and Wordly Standards to His Glory so you have to just Trust Him, be Still and Know He's God!!!</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/AVvXsEiVYRg-6_ShlFzIjO1L5y1rVeC8VoqQG8ciS_kXSD0Iwaa60XmfHwVjqC2G9UB7dyeGmxeXTsuVIy1H7KzC1LC6D1mM-ttqxXPZsova986T3eN4nh5peALMxTXQYDrEEp1L0R_r8cCITyzP/s1600/099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYRg-6_ShlFzIjO1L5y1rVeC8VoqQG8ciS_kXSD0Iwaa60XmfHwVjqC2G9UB7dyeGmxeXTsuVIy1H7KzC1LC6D1mM-ttqxXPZsova986T3eN4nh5peALMxTXQYDrEEp1L0R_r8cCITyzP/s640/099.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 do hold His Hand so freakin' tight at times that it's a good thing He is able to Comfort me to a level I can sometimes Let Go and Let God do His Thing in our Lives without Feeling total Panic and wanting to step back into the boat and off the water I'm walking upon!  I know that I have to keep my Eyes firmly focused upon Him otherwise I do risk sinking if I start looking around me at the Storms of Life swirling the waters and rocking the boat, often violently... or look down at my feet and see that I'm literally walking on water and that's quite a Head Trip!!!</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/AVvXsEgwu1M68c0RqVig3ZsPKUsb-8uJIA1OdDXrqK1pIHV8Fhv09XAyM63Ztr-D21zxnLEPVdSnDzErGfviYXPcA7QNuVbKGFXbyNLjZJoW1xtosb-C0T3TYgidVVnDg901hQabiGbBa_g2zZL8/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwu1M68c0RqVig3ZsPKUsb-8uJIA1OdDXrqK1pIHV8Fhv09XAyM63Ztr-D21zxnLEPVdSnDzErGfviYXPcA7QNuVbKGFXbyNLjZJoW1xtosb-C0T3TYgidVVnDg901hQabiGbBa_g2zZL8/s640/059.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And it certainly Helps to think back at what all of our Ancestors and their Contemporaries overcame and survived.  My Trials and Tribulations pale by comparison and our Blessings are many fold compared to what they must have Endured and Sacrificed to do the Right Thing in their Time to accommodate their Circumstances in a way they too had to find a Peace about.  Though it might have seemed foreign and obviously took major Adaptation and significant Sacrifice.  But I do know the Spirits of those Ancestors are with us also and Rejoice in our Victories and offer Strength and Encouragement in our daily battles.  This Image is from my Friend Hugh's Amazing Collection of Museum Quality Native American pieces of History and is of a Strong, Proud Blackfoot Chief.   His Image reminds me of my own Dad... one of the Strongest, Faithful, Godly and Proudest Men I have ever known, Imparting Great Wisdom and Cultural Pride to his Children in spite of much Adversity and Personal Challenges.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Expanding the Dream, the Territory and the Vision even further... in Faith.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</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;"> </div><br /><br /><br /> </div>

The Other Life

Yesterday by Pure Serendipity I ran into a Dear Old Friend and previous Co-Worker from my Corporate Life, which I now refer to as "...

5:42 AM

Sweet Salvage ~ The Finale' And A Long Farewell!

<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/AVvXsEgzQ1wfqzhlmvPnjKEXPJuUdmlu0jGJzAsuMgGk6xzPAwtHLMmGInTxDwnLf6lelA_MNAi5GmuMuTzUs1x3F0NBrm1OVKvIHgHroXbOkDQpCXLmRqFtVBe4KWXHVtvg3-c7U_5065XRxced/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQ1wfqzhlmvPnjKEXPJuUdmlu0jGJzAsuMgGk6xzPAwtHLMmGInTxDwnLf6lelA_MNAi5GmuMuTzUs1x3F0NBrm1OVKvIHgHroXbOkDQpCXLmRqFtVBe4KWXHVtvg3-c7U_5065XRxced/s640/042.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>Yes, it's that time once again to say Farewell to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sweet.Salvage"><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">SWEET SALVAGE</span></strong></a> Event until Next Month, August 15-18, when the Theme will be 'Second Time Around' for the Second Anniversary of the Shop!  Wow, has it already been Two Years?!?  How Time flies when we're having Fun!  And how Perfectly Timed that Next Month's Event will fall during the Week of my Birthday!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2OR3X_YfeAu5u5ugkianawxuOKXYHoUYvVpTKknx4b5WzuBlV43DGEYwGQA7ki3C0ECct9AUuWlAkpyC7sAdgvDx9FlTNp2PPaevvQkNyHHU4Heqp6xZyIIFDmoVZ2rhaE0bU2bLw_Fb/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/AVvXsEjH2OR3X_YfeAu5u5ugkianawxuOKXYHoUYvVpTKknx4b5WzuBlV43DGEYwGQA7ki3C0ECct9AUuWlAkpyC7sAdgvDx9FlTNp2PPaevvQkNyHHU4Heqp6xZyIIFDmoVZ2rhaE0bU2bLw_Fb/s640/085.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>And there are sure to be Treasures I find that aren't even on The List, you know how it is... sometimes you don't even know what you're looking for 'til you SEE it!   And if you don't see something in this Post that makes you Swoon, I'm checking your Pulse, Seriously.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDjKJdhsTL6UIbHvv50UgWS_KINM3ksQMlj9HF51UM8ISlw9hwiNSOWYZKsQukMtmurb4EeBggVq1zBQkbur4hqwXC8JPFlQT7O2LSBKM2Z0nr-evH65Ns8rFOun8rEd1Ty2OAdwJWDRV/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDjKJdhsTL6UIbHvv50UgWS_KINM3ksQMlj9HF51UM8ISlw9hwiNSOWYZKsQukMtmurb4EeBggVq1zBQkbur4hqwXC8JPFlQT7O2LSBKM2Z0nr-evH65Ns8rFOun8rEd1Ty2OAdwJWDRV/s640/057.JPG" width="588" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>A good portion of the Thrill Of The Hunt is not knowing what to Expect or what you'll actually Find!?!  I'm not much of a 'List' Person or Structured 'Picker' actually, I prefer Spontaneous Encounters with Serendipity when I'm Treasure Hunting, Junquing and Scavenging.</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/AVvXsEg02xjWyzCx13ytOF3c_zR52h8UNQ4lqFvQj3lhI1R7H5HNeNyjxVfK2x8TZcn4wF8tr-LRzuLbfcyrl5MpE0_qIJyLq15JzSmr2ap7ZYxjtDbjZLoO_ObNhRA4FA5A4r0Ji6XFhoULSSpN/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02xjWyzCx13ytOF3c_zR52h8UNQ4lqFvQj3lhI1R7H5HNeNyjxVfK2x8TZcn4wF8tr-LRzuLbfcyrl5MpE0_qIJyLq15JzSmr2ap7ZYxjtDbjZLoO_ObNhRA4FA5A4r0Ji6XFhoULSSpN/s640/059.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 just being Inspired and Visually Delighted is Priceless and worth the Trip!</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/AVvXsEjXkuhmguv4yM-QBBKRevGFkA3dP3CRmy_lPAgTqogfn5uNRX3fNFPDE-LGa-FySjs3OXQcmTSIud7z2i4iDWh4BfZ6L3DRLBEnZJbc9CdMNiWOBCLW7gxk-Cx-3wyrGpAZd8Cb0MpSpDPl/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkuhmguv4yM-QBBKRevGFkA3dP3CRmy_lPAgTqogfn5uNRX3fNFPDE-LGa-FySjs3OXQcmTSIud7z2i4iDWh4BfZ6L3DRLBEnZJbc9CdMNiWOBCLW7gxk-Cx-3wyrGpAZd8Cb0MpSpDPl/s640/060.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>These particular Southwestern Style Inspired Vignettes were Visually very Stimulating and I just Loved them... the Wardrobe and Accessories were definitely Wearable Art and very Gypsy Cowgirl, so I could see myself wearing any or ALL of it.  *Winks*  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyIo_ja3bdenkPs3ux7OjOn9-28jQwcto2NyR1_cqSl-r5BzompYGvSjZcg-y7SWS4vfMTOsdNJjGlrNZ12exUC2eBD8CILa4CAXU1UMWA2zh7qUcxZ1qpSbVOpLNCspe6CBqilz5litx/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/AVvXsEhcyIo_ja3bdenkPs3ux7OjOn9-28jQwcto2NyR1_cqSl-r5BzompYGvSjZcg-y7SWS4vfMTOsdNJjGlrNZ12exUC2eBD8CILa4CAXU1UMWA2zh7qUcxZ1qpSbVOpLNCspe6CBqilz5litx/s640/061.JPG" width="569" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>After all, who doesn't Love wearing a Good Pair of Vintage Cowboy or Cowgirl Boots, they go with everything... and more importantly, they are the perfect Arizona Desert Attire in fact.</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/AVvXsEil_mT-448lfh3d94xC8UyvGgLogwfTotdhjxcJ166DidutnDykGcfDm8zn6KBbNsHybhyphenhyphenCU_e4hDUIC8UEJmS5SKg6z3KaTuQk-1vccBoNqecPgKAR33Ke9XiHgzfQCuxrsm72KYyZWLAk/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/AVvXsEil_mT-448lfh3d94xC8UyvGgLogwfTotdhjxcJ166DidutnDykGcfDm8zn6KBbNsHybhyphenhyphenCU_e4hDUIC8UEJmS5SKg6z3KaTuQk-1vccBoNqecPgKAR33Ke9XiHgzfQCuxrsm72KYyZWLAk/s640/040.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And the Vignette Inspired by the Movie 'Fried Green Tomatoes' made me want to pull up a seat and order something delish... in fact, those Vintage Counter Stools would match my Vintage Lucy Chairs!  If only I had a way to safely anchor them for The G-Kid Force, I might have considered them as the mismatched seating at my Retro Diner Table!!!  But I did Visit with the Lady that ended up purchasing a pair of them and thoroughly Enjoyed hearing about the Project she had for Decorating with them... her Home sounded Awesome!!!</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/AVvXsEg6W5xW9-uv-Z_Q1e28TlKQFELD1WPy4IjTzSM079D21Qf070J9FTreZCQYueCByH5g_SuTcErM4n3CQkjGfdM0_6zAteteo8cHvET8uhiLnennqRkTGjhUtDhMCQ4EOrLxRXlxlOLbN4fx/s1600/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6W5xW9-uv-Z_Q1e28TlKQFELD1WPy4IjTzSM079D21Qf070J9FTreZCQYueCByH5g_SuTcErM4n3CQkjGfdM0_6zAteteo8cHvET8uhiLnennqRkTGjhUtDhMCQ4EOrLxRXlxlOLbN4fx/s640/056.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Okay, what shall we order?  How about a Retro Style Sundae or Malt?  I'm always Down for that!  *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/AVvXsEhvXfUOErBiLOR6Yr7RziR_XeIAdr_8xK5_yjCs-V7qaoYoG1Wbbmh6Pxc1y9lHkgYt8JP3UlLDpAOmZ-20_vzX6kXXjqXwSagWy1lvoLAhdBwQjgUHhyphenhyphenVp9s3L-kKH4dN3kB3WmmueIUh-/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXfUOErBiLOR6Yr7RziR_XeIAdr_8xK5_yjCs-V7qaoYoG1Wbbmh6Pxc1y9lHkgYt8JP3UlLDpAOmZ-20_vzX6kXXjqXwSagWy1lvoLAhdBwQjgUHhyphenhyphenVp9s3L-kKH4dN3kB3WmmueIUh-/s640/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>There's something about Dining at a Cafe or Retro Diner that just can't be beat... I always Love the Atmosphere and Home Cooked Classic Meals, Beverages and Desserts they Serve.</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/AVvXsEgw0LEraSRWdVS12I46V-FCPwN7haXzQ_YnLl_UEchrwVpINCMOzfcxifN0l-7DGz2z2l5Vrl5r8R8Ymvh14-6HN1M0wH-OmkQaZrjRTgJ_Vy7Ks7raCTNgoBq4U5p7hRbmtZMK7HAUmcFA/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/AVvXsEgw0LEraSRWdVS12I46V-FCPwN7haXzQ_YnLl_UEchrwVpINCMOzfcxifN0l-7DGz2z2l5Vrl5r8R8Ymvh14-6HN1M0wH-OmkQaZrjRTgJ_Vy7Ks7raCTNgoBq4U5p7hRbmtZMK7HAUmcFA/s640/058.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I was Lusting after this Awesome Log Cabin Bread Industrial Cart... my Friend Ron said it's only the second one he'd ever seen and what a Great Item to Source for the Event and the Theme he and Cynthia were Inspired by and so Skillfully Created!!!</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/AVvXsEjMbLK-uqamH0uJiUGRRbr071oiibAZaPSTN1_kwWBSLGMT2D5MloDjatrzSRiwcnSiewfqL_afRXuGuZbnUvhFQvqF2uYUoKzVp6aSzKIGc8D3GH3xYLbhrvA-mSBdtPLvuVZ47gn3TfpH/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbLK-uqamH0uJiUGRRbr071oiibAZaPSTN1_kwWBSLGMT2D5MloDjatrzSRiwcnSiewfqL_afRXuGuZbnUvhFQvqF2uYUoKzVp6aSzKIGc8D3GH3xYLbhrvA-mSBdtPLvuVZ47gn3TfpH/s640/047.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And speaking of my Friend Ron, there he is!!!  We were both Admiring that Table and Chairs Set... perfect for a French Country Kitchen!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTivwfRrP1Q5DL5WCxpcmHP1uIJzDiD31pinsLb7VjzU5_5PWnD4EDEs-rLmwo8fM4s3olvvwXaUaCFc-yV7fO19SZHW1vz_2LxyOc_GvVDNHAoXd-Pzo_HYuCT6NyEuW2pXOl7PviiGhk/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTivwfRrP1Q5DL5WCxpcmHP1uIJzDiD31pinsLb7VjzU5_5PWnD4EDEs-rLmwo8fM4s3olvvwXaUaCFc-yV7fO19SZHW1vz_2LxyOc_GvVDNHAoXd-Pzo_HYuCT6NyEuW2pXOl7PviiGhk/s640/035.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em>I was also Loving this Vintage Industrial or Commercial Grade Bakery Table with the Zinc Top... it had a nice Blend of Style and Function for either the Kitchen, Workshop or Studio.  And those tall Fruit Baskets underneath were catching my Eye as well!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-O8HfYlLDQtcNx_fR51iGVTjDxEYwSZMIjzvRzGfjrLM5a2ksR6K3T9d1SDsg_mCuJTiqUacIk_n1gTwSX6plpjUMemBxOJAfcTk4iUda8J_J_y5wKLzNBYJ7Kozg7K77PLH2AO-E04L/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/AVvXsEiU-O8HfYlLDQtcNx_fR51iGVTjDxEYwSZMIjzvRzGfjrLM5a2ksR6K3T9d1SDsg_mCuJTiqUacIk_n1gTwSX6plpjUMemBxOJAfcTk4iUda8J_J_y5wKLzNBYJ7Kozg7K77PLH2AO-E04L/s640/054.JPG" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>In fact, if you were Styling for a Workshop, Dream Kitchen or Studio Space you would have found some beyond Amazing Furnishings at this Event!  I think they must have knocked off a Commercial Bakery or something to 'Score' such a bounty of Commercial/Industrial Style pieces?!?  *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/AVvXsEi2cVIZdx46gT5b3QE4OEsbd5o-1VKHeRjScrmPu7On_8xicnXAlX9jve9BjIvePsB1mCrCjCTBEFzTzwHyYDxyp4PINmg9vddYe7TtE3V6voxjtRNsHbeK-9FBj3az901d0Vi1KpTQdCa_/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/AVvXsEi2cVIZdx46gT5b3QE4OEsbd5o-1VKHeRjScrmPu7On_8xicnXAlX9jve9BjIvePsB1mCrCjCTBEFzTzwHyYDxyp4PINmg9vddYe7TtE3V6voxjtRNsHbeK-9FBj3az901d0Vi1KpTQdCa_/s640/116.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Just Kidding... after all, who knocks off Commercial Bakeries!?!  *Smiles*  But I bet they would have the Perfect Inventory to Style a Functional Space Beautifully... so perhaps an Auction for a defunct Commercial Bakery would be Divine to stumble upon someday dontcha think?!?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3X4lBBmskKUKCz4l0BeRRAo1A2tqQZs26YTmamic87eAmLeXaiMJqGRSa70fDqHHsdA4lCEMG_X9o7XX7rIgjRuXXpA50O-f2ODAYuWw6v496yAH8obMnOOVReEAxkF19pCDJqRYyWXf/s1600/115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3X4lBBmskKUKCz4l0BeRRAo1A2tqQZs26YTmamic87eAmLeXaiMJqGRSa70fDqHHsdA4lCEMG_X9o7XX7rIgjRuXXpA50O-f2ODAYuWw6v496yAH8obMnOOVReEAxkF19pCDJqRYyWXf/s640/115.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 rarely Bake, I found that Commercial Vintage Graniteware Bundt Pan Trio to be worthy of Display in any Country Kitchen!</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/AVvXsEg-vyKt9ZEh01PYi3vWXOCOxMAWChcyk9MNITzlI7ZfAEBkbdgs8HFuc0Dgof-oc1A1-pkdf_CaObk4qH2Ch5IV3C-fGRxF3TzsXWXQUr1r1N9pgtdNAO7P8KMRWdWKc30OJITHKpYd5vC1/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/AVvXsEg-vyKt9ZEh01PYi3vWXOCOxMAWChcyk9MNITzlI7ZfAEBkbdgs8HFuc0Dgof-oc1A1-pkdf_CaObk4qH2Ch5IV3C-fGRxF3TzsXWXQUr1r1N9pgtdNAO7P8KMRWdWKc30OJITHKpYd5vC1/s640/114.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 the Old Milk Bottles Delivered in these Carrying Containers reminds me of how we used to get our Milk Delivered Daily to our Doorstep while Living in Europe.  I always preferred the Gold Top Bottles which had a thick layer of Cream risen to the Top of the Bottles!  *Yum!*  Of coarse Mom always Hated that us Kids would try to skim off all the Cream like Cream Bandits!  *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/AVvXsEjiNW5egpMQvZ2O0vgdcvBW_v-NyQzwCX61BsUcLO7FOH4YJukefa_QbMKDF73glRaXh_ChzzVcn7weOri6MlplyySDDn7E9qrkZrMvbC5i3K51NEMvbjPOa05VHp9nkappdg01Uvn2lRuA/s1600/112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNW5egpMQvZ2O0vgdcvBW_v-NyQzwCX61BsUcLO7FOH4YJukefa_QbMKDF73glRaXh_ChzzVcn7weOri6MlplyySDDn7E9qrkZrMvbC5i3K51NEMvbjPOa05VHp9nkappdg01Uvn2lRuA/s640/112.JPG" width="460" /></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>What Fond Memories do you have of Country Kitchens, Farms, Produce Stands or Home Product Deliveries for the Kitchen from your Past?</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/AVvXsEgA1j_xBbVVGiOgixR0jrcjHQUqz6V_6gU0slUC3qymZyNGbRCDstu-u9mOigrB6YBQPnhH-dQTzZCojEthnZoe8i4STYyTKHZ3IYST0bdbjpyhe5vb6uyLHSsvAIYVyaA_8E9Kx_1-ATDh/s1600/113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1j_xBbVVGiOgixR0jrcjHQUqz6V_6gU0slUC3qymZyNGbRCDstu-u9mOigrB6YBQPnhH-dQTzZCojEthnZoe8i4STYyTKHZ3IYST0bdbjpyhe5vb6uyLHSsvAIYVyaA_8E9Kx_1-ATDh/s640/113.JPG" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Sometimes I Think I am drawn to Collect certain Items just because of the Nostalgia Factor they hold for me Personally.</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/AVvXsEj76H6xvVA64LElyndszEUw4PUwcP4xZ58vCW74Yf9i1F8kHayaJs-8-oU61-DuDuU8n-lx9WYPXM957gpGZQxkPF1IXR_80VbiOw8SIajLyDs5UkG5zg9JLMIrY4hQQsJajirU2Ix9osT2/s1600/109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76H6xvVA64LElyndszEUw4PUwcP4xZ58vCW74Yf9i1F8kHayaJs-8-oU61-DuDuU8n-lx9WYPXM957gpGZQxkPF1IXR_80VbiOw8SIajLyDs5UkG5zg9JLMIrY4hQQsJajirU2Ix9osT2/s640/109.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>Or perhaps in the Pursuit of a Dream Vision I've had stuck in my Head a long Time and want to Replicate one 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/AVvXsEgoMkXPGXgU_KN78toGQn0zR8lixO4FPmZs24FHgdzlCnYEKpxJZ-jY8bEZ9eDCP3mcS6m7q0vzoNMIT0UxTzDS7rhMkXf14NwbDyejZYsfTFtypmEEIIm9U9RNNzUGroFCqyOeu0eWC-Hu/s1600/145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMkXPGXgU_KN78toGQn0zR8lixO4FPmZs24FHgdzlCnYEKpxJZ-jY8bEZ9eDCP3mcS6m7q0vzoNMIT0UxTzDS7rhMkXf14NwbDyejZYsfTFtypmEEIIm9U9RNNzUGroFCqyOeu0eWC-Hu/s640/145.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Like, I don't even drink much Wine, but I've always thought a Vineyard and a Wine Cellar are just Dreamy... and how Cool would it be to have a little Vineyard and Wine Cellar at Home?  I know my Parents planted a lot of Grapes to shade a Dog Run when they bred Collies and we Loved to Play in there under the massive Grape Arbors, it was like a Long Secret Garden Cave of sorts with a variety of different Grapes to Savor just hanging there for the Pickin'.</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/AVvXsEjL85HXEceL6GtEazkazXnhrJ2Mi_q06k7j7yEiemrzwwl6PqcOHgcgTjS8hFYN3YD4yM1LcRkC93SZHV3zhOx8HK71F8wqNlKt25Zqok1GJKoBfGSJrGiGGkCY6pdlBavljkdz0Kthqw_4/s1600/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL85HXEceL6GtEazkazXnhrJ2Mi_q06k7j7yEiemrzwwl6PqcOHgcgTjS8hFYN3YD4yM1LcRkC93SZHV3zhOx8HK71F8wqNlKt25Zqok1GJKoBfGSJrGiGGkCY6pdlBavljkdz0Kthqw_4/s640/073.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And naturally I had to go back and take some second looks at my Fav pieces of Bohemian Bling.</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/AVvXsEhkBqAOYscSHbdR8kjnWUXBndbb65QT2Sp-iJjfs8kvs1V4Fhl5j11bWViHynG7SifyGewwSOtUeFIPg42RWDWTuSycQTnm3na-HUt_xulbrWhDlmXOJuZfZo72stDXPFq_qVreW8ynsXzf/s1600/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBqAOYscSHbdR8kjnWUXBndbb65QT2Sp-iJjfs8kvs1V4Fhl5j11bWViHynG7SifyGewwSOtUeFIPg42RWDWTuSycQTnm3na-HUt_xulbrWhDlmXOJuZfZo72stDXPFq_qVreW8ynsXzf/s640/080.JPG" width="518" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Some things are just worth Re-Visiting and for me it's almost always da Bling!  *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/AVvXsEgjbb6gn2jCqjYdAlcOPZRfT_YciJm9c2qGvVGb77cm0K765IEQUxDw_p2Y-B9VweY8UvrgQAXb2SqfX80Ks16zYuUOPiaoyVX7N-b1ONKH-SclL1JXW-h_cQ-8mED3w9BBqt-rl0OkN7aX/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbb6gn2jCqjYdAlcOPZRfT_YciJm9c2qGvVGb77cm0K765IEQUxDw_p2Y-B9VweY8UvrgQAXb2SqfX80Ks16zYuUOPiaoyVX7N-b1ONKH-SclL1JXW-h_cQ-8mED3w9BBqt-rl0OkN7aX/s640/078.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Now Traditional Jewelry Stores just don't do it for me... but OOAK Upcycled Creations or Vintage Bling... that's another Story!!!</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/AVvXsEg38kk8Trf6CO6dbeoMDmF9k1P6BGn3B13RWTht0LpeyUHD66EmB4jbEEGnRT_-ZqFKhvtmRob2UO4VSQNbYcSOlh2-NUCNnQwD7ghKjBoHmicFyvHWDxy3eWyZ3R-DKtu2wsa2i0dkr5-0/s1600/172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38kk8Trf6CO6dbeoMDmF9k1P6BGn3B13RWTht0LpeyUHD66EmB4jbEEGnRT_-ZqFKhvtmRob2UO4VSQNbYcSOlh2-NUCNnQwD7ghKjBoHmicFyvHWDxy3eWyZ3R-DKtu2wsa2i0dkr5-0/s640/172.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>There were SOOOOO many pieces this Event that I would have liked to add to my Collection!  Especially the Religious Inspired pieces like the one with the Cross.</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/AVvXsEjlGjCU0VHatjdNr3iaF35xabdxdFV2E6xdra6Rdk9KBAe5VU3R7TfZQ0ae8HhfogGnlBogbzKNPtFmrwrNVOLZSVvBvUHMmE3VBTyk9tuT7RnVsrZaIYNrlcfSNiduFp-fdoqQsmuZP8-d/s1600/195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBeXSPXGYm0Im-fRYK9fx-QCwRTq9H7j4hX3RoPmGNLjrFT5_MQiZLFYcbN2m_e7xDw4Jy68YW6Rs0u3vnbdySaCBzGa5Sl0DLRIpw7UptZB1dHKYhy9-OSRSHYdDe83waKjs0Agdz9J2/s640/194.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And the Fab Altered Art Bottles too... I Collect those too by the way... *LOL*  And one day I Hope to take a Class to learn how to Create some and use up all the Old Bottles The Man and I have Collected in the Desert over the past couple of Decades.</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/AVvXsEhGceBaA31G7KDM2lYpuoJ2XygrJk825PMHqaXp0k56o5ogXirvcYyrxtfezki4EPLrubcAtBlFQtR-815QxY8tJI-_XySN3sArsiN7FsuDcQS5ikDPRPYuSTfjWB-YKNTWvoBkTiwx5ZEO/s1600/176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGceBaA31G7KDM2lYpuoJ2XygrJk825PMHqaXp0k56o5ogXirvcYyrxtfezki4EPLrubcAtBlFQtR-815QxY8tJI-_XySN3sArsiN7FsuDcQS5ikDPRPYuSTfjWB-YKNTWvoBkTiwx5ZEO/s640/176.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 liked the backdrop of Silk Kimonas hanging behind the Jewelry Displays... Nice Touch!!!</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/AVvXsEjPf7NJ1ITgTPxrcdXBPa41sc2q6ADHHknMId_UjoqfXc0mO_WUwXvZc8bmGv27D0rPiGa3N7-49XNhjYUReZhfblwFtV7WsCvMuowmQuDj6Ya8bVjxkIenubdg_2xHdNI4Jkj8Vwnkykmq/s1600/179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf7NJ1ITgTPxrcdXBPa41sc2q6ADHHknMId_UjoqfXc0mO_WUwXvZc8bmGv27D0rPiGa3N7-49XNhjYUReZhfblwFtV7WsCvMuowmQuDj6Ya8bVjxkIenubdg_2xHdNI4Jkj8Vwnkykmq/s640/179.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And this Vintage Garment District Caged Dress Form is DIVINE and would go very well with my Trio of similar Forms at Home!    There's always room for one more you know!  *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/AVvXsEgzzNNkwhunnAqmPfQ3EkYLYKFKHuCrCU7YfBDloFI1rkGQyG8h7tXG0qcvbSWUNRnem4mat_wMyg3nnW-PtlayFjyE-u_P7vNN3Bs4n27jenpS7MryTH0MtMpP9Ij6lVyLrQ_DPxXJQ9yi/s1600/168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzNNkwhunnAqmPfQ3EkYLYKFKHuCrCU7YfBDloFI1rkGQyG8h7tXG0qcvbSWUNRnem4mat_wMyg3nnW-PtlayFjyE-u_P7vNN3Bs4n27jenpS7MryTH0MtMpP9Ij6lVyLrQ_DPxXJQ9yi/s640/168.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I Loved the Form made into a Vase filled with Peacock Feathers... I am Certain I'm gonna <strike>stea</strike>l... ummm, I mean borrow, that Idea!  *She 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/AVvXsEigjqm2zfz-AvrvSD4qe61cQ-QaGR4NvQshaDq4KKz-4pKfIyDVLQAJuo5qo6KgMfy04_evPubahdQ0IRuNjUYlKDtF20CvkUhb_H-UXmR7RVejs64oX9OuQn6Iuvbgl1N7syN7FJqFb797/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjqm2zfz-AvrvSD4qe61cQ-QaGR4NvQshaDq4KKz-4pKfIyDVLQAJuo5qo6KgMfy04_evPubahdQ0IRuNjUYlKDtF20CvkUhb_H-UXmR7RVejs64oX9OuQn6Iuvbgl1N7syN7FJqFb797/s640/025.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>Ephemera and Old Doorknobs... two of my Favorite Things!!!</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/AVvXsEh6PMp1nC6971M5-is2d2bgEKVe2KepZ6FVaO8rEd0xDZzuihHU-YNzA9BaE9gf-PyO9KvQ-SQZzbTRmdUze_J_Z99XmbVlvp4XT1mVBETJDdALhFq1pqYy_Cv_tYIZ93gt-PZqLDE-h83Z/s1600/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PMp1nC6971M5-is2d2bgEKVe2KepZ6FVaO8rEd0xDZzuihHU-YNzA9BaE9gf-PyO9KvQ-SQZzbTRmdUze_J_Z99XmbVlvp4XT1mVBETJDdALhFq1pqYy_Cv_tYIZ93gt-PZqLDE-h83Z/s640/093.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And if I didn't already own more Desk Lamps than a Sane Person should have, I would have bought this one... isn't the Form and Shade of it Gorgeous?!?  Luckily it SOLD so that I didn't have to Cave in and bring it Home to the Desk Lamp Hoard!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center" 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/AVvXsEh4aWymQJjMm6Jb6LyQwjn0iX-Xwo_muAvjPGbKtzAz7uf4J5YRdXXNKXCTtuGPIScmGny6XMPAIID6d5wnDn9ucCEUsiBrVKZlBBlQXDQroQRjdupzmrdpzlzvr4ZK63r0V7pGS0hLQWuC/s1600/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aWymQJjMm6Jb6LyQwjn0iX-Xwo_muAvjPGbKtzAz7uf4J5YRdXXNKXCTtuGPIScmGny6XMPAIID6d5wnDn9ucCEUsiBrVKZlBBlQXDQroQRjdupzmrdpzlzvr4ZK63r0V7pGS0hLQWuC/s640/092.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>But it would have looked mighty Fine sitting here beside the Computer as I Blogged away the Nights... just sayin'...</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/AVvXsEiQl0KxuCd2_2ad1gljkBODp274D0BOeCXYOF8Cz6PXDgzi0Nh33b_FYrPNmd7x2K7r6KUIUZOCNe1oM3jf_-Kx9j-AGH6D5AQ_wUC08NlTP9yFtdnMcXskaDeaFWrDs1XLip-_yA__Rm9j/s1600/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQl0KxuCd2_2ad1gljkBODp274D0BOeCXYOF8Cz6PXDgzi0Nh33b_FYrPNmd7x2K7r6KUIUZOCNe1oM3jf_-Kx9j-AGH6D5AQ_wUC08NlTP9yFtdnMcXskaDeaFWrDs1XLip-_yA__Rm9j/s640/093.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>After the Crowds had thinned on my return Visit I was able to get a few Panoramic Shots for you...  this one is of my Friends Myko and Brett's Space...</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DFuD7VwEgQCDGvg1doYF4rMehmwRxVZWsK-0ykilzhuSN7zp7abJ7rc39OSkvppLrX93Q9iBRuKrqkg3nS9bD7nb3bWXj7fanjK_ZAwttX9tyNrYRdeJpKhEQN_0H46cHAtJQvIgAc6s/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/AVvXsEh9DFuD7VwEgQCDGvg1doYF4rMehmwRxVZWsK-0ykilzhuSN7zp7abJ7rc39OSkvppLrX93Q9iBRuKrqkg3nS9bD7nb3bWXj7fanjK_ZAwttX9tyNrYRdeJpKhEQN_0H46cHAtJQvIgAc6s/s640/090.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>All the Twinking Chandies suspended and the Tree Branches hanging above everything was Pure Enchantment and I'm sure Brett must have felled all the Trees in his Neighborhood to Create this Wonderful 'Secret Garden' Effect?!?  *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/AVvXsEg93WCSnFTabmLXrg-Xl2EKaq-rfsNRLK7qdxE1rqqnK_xrF5RqtRje_6mDOTGTbt9efNW4exalgc5sLatlp0ZhsJ6dYxarh1bm0VPUC0-UcruyNmMBbukJks6SoBw_nJtsckNOHD5R4MnY/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93WCSnFTabmLXrg-Xl2EKaq-rfsNRLK7qdxE1rqqnK_xrF5RqtRje_6mDOTGTbt9efNW4exalgc5sLatlp0ZhsJ6dYxarh1bm0VPUC0-UcruyNmMBbukJks6SoBw_nJtsckNOHD5R4MnY/s640/029.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 really liked the Wooden Crate with the Number Plaque on it... different...</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/AVvXsEh1cdz3zmaap5nYu_7dplN4qp0SGP9VxLeD8Tw_NA9I1GyhFm2Z4AA3cxhXdIn1tYFtIFSA0qqsVRWI8kR4nMpL2BktavErF69qQ8C-Ijwpy9HWhmTdZfEWQyqrRo76QsFwJA5Mvc1aW9HB/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cdz3zmaap5nYu_7dplN4qp0SGP9VxLeD8Tw_NA9I1GyhFm2Z4AA3cxhXdIn1tYFtIFSA0qqsVRWI8kR4nMpL2BktavErF69qQ8C-Ijwpy9HWhmTdZfEWQyqrRo76QsFwJA5Mvc1aW9HB/s640/028.JPG" width="470" /></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 there were still some Vintage Luggage Towers left... in fact, The Sweet Team were replenishing Inventory all Weekend long so each day was filled with New Treasures and re-foofed Vignettes.</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/AVvXsEgtsvuUYVeyz7rrQ6FBgQtoj9u3gECggFQJh7G68rcVQexLjmmtfXu3mXN-FNzxJARS4X_BQyT6fI_QjxpHbR1hlH5g30aZtkS-vNDpJqUbkuTTRhcc87WbGbZmjMT-ZKoLJRhjTU5VAts8/s1600/086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsvuUYVeyz7rrQ6FBgQtoj9u3gECggFQJh7G68rcVQexLjmmtfXu3mXN-FNzxJARS4X_BQyT6fI_QjxpHbR1hlH5g30aZtkS-vNDpJqUbkuTTRhcc87WbGbZmjMT-ZKoLJRhjTU5VAts8/s640/086.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div align="center"><em>It's like a Beehive of Activity in fact as the Stylists continuously Re-Style the Entire Event as we're carrying our Treasures out the Doors!   They do it so seamlessly it's as if like Magic that the Spaces are Transformed again and again!!!</em></div><div align="center"><em></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/AVvXsEhnInqadq5BQ2_9qSAkGPTNTUp9xZeKHabYsUOZN_kDqnX191HhZosG757SoenEUN04MADuWa_S7CV-N3wP-rRFcK0S7dr4eUaIvUJYOxvFAv83bQv1UzdFiRWyE4MJenAMEbEvICNUPj-o/s1600/084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnInqadq5BQ2_9qSAkGPTNTUp9xZeKHabYsUOZN_kDqnX191HhZosG757SoenEUN04MADuWa_S7CV-N3wP-rRFcK0S7dr4eUaIvUJYOxvFAv83bQv1UzdFiRWyE4MJenAMEbEvICNUPj-o/s640/084.JPG" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I'm always taking Notes in my Head of how it's done so that when I'm Attempting to Transform my Showrooms as Customers buy my Inventory and it has to be replenished, it doesn't look like a Ransacked Mess while I'm doing it!  *Smiles*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkABoQtv8DO8qkrdqjNK-1EwMAc997XNtZ9jYRVzkGQwIa_JrOfXVpWEeZKdn24dP4crPCSY3heDQR6RoY0h0tOVS6m1QNdjW8gDpa3vgEFmr9fTpqNPzJuqu2R8aN_crl4Hdd08evjBa/s1600/083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkABoQtv8DO8qkrdqjNK-1EwMAc997XNtZ9jYRVzkGQwIa_JrOfXVpWEeZKdn24dP4crPCSY3heDQR6RoY0h0tOVS6m1QNdjW8gDpa3vgEFmr9fTpqNPzJuqu2R8aN_crl4Hdd08evjBa/s640/083.JPG" width="536" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Somehow, in spite of the Heavy Traffic and how much goes out the Doors so quickly, The Sweet Team keep it well stocked and Styled Beautifully, nothing ever looks untidy or barren, it really is a Talent to Accomplish that during Popular Sales and Events and in the midst of a throng of Shoppers!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtAlKuEoZuU6jMRB9plKGb0nVtFhLhY4lI8mcHwTjtPH5SThaCyc2ZvYALl0UOhVLJLNT1GiS8RK-v1QqCitVpnCE01lFXEGNncIvUjFad5fKV3uG8vkf0G167QLy7Yja3mSkqL4LYtaG/s640/042.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>But as you know I did take Home one of the Mannequin Forms from my Friend Nancy's Space... Steam Punk always has some Unique Inventory.</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/AVvXsEiK6RE1KyG9wN8ytxuChqFOOXCSfT5khPOhOdfvjsWp4Qt9cbIYNSGY-ztikvqphsfreCFPEiOP0GYM94u0RROXoWl_tkgTGdXEpsNBub0GWGaoNSXWG5FsbjNV6JovbIfg3eXf9n5NKuTy/s1600/180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6RE1KyG9wN8ytxuChqFOOXCSfT5khPOhOdfvjsWp4Qt9cbIYNSGY-ztikvqphsfreCFPEiOP0GYM94u0RROXoWl_tkgTGdXEpsNBub0GWGaoNSXWG5FsbjNV6JovbIfg3eXf9n5NKuTy/s640/180.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>Yes... this Image Appealed to me for a Variety of Reasons.  *Winks*  Wine, Ostrich and Peacock Feathers, Gilded Ornate Frames and Sconces... oh my!!!</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/AVvXsEhdI0S3s1KhTBK_wCKfqwn8NRS_byY8VDHOrjb8d946mkY4EM4yykGeX8uBxWfhSKR6SH9TqF9GnWYe60CnvXjUdTAhiIDl2TDYxjyz6xraR9vGONPHD0B4StKX0wbW1Phc9VysDUl7wAMx/s1600/202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdI0S3s1KhTBK_wCKfqwn8NRS_byY8VDHOrjb8d946mkY4EM4yykGeX8uBxWfhSKR6SH9TqF9GnWYe60CnvXjUdTAhiIDl2TDYxjyz6xraR9vGONPHD0B4StKX0wbW1Phc9VysDUl7wAMx/s640/202.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>There was a Section Inspired by the Movie 'Practical Magic', which I never saw and so I can't tell you much about other than everyone says it was a Great Movie and so I don't know why I've never taken the Time to see it?!?   Are there Apparently Great Movies like that which you NEED to get around to Seeing because everyone else on the Planet already has?!?</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/AVvXsEgZCxaJ4AaxtsYTHZgkmWPGdSKFBK7bbXgV19povimk7v7_Eh2eollFogxGAadkUQlz4dmVk3ThJK3VxYBgeTdBqf1FrNM3v3G_Ag3LNh_fDXXAZK_PAPekCQrcDaYMdUG9fkSDNk_mvRF6/s1600/201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCxaJ4AaxtsYTHZgkmWPGdSKFBK7bbXgV19povimk7v7_Eh2eollFogxGAadkUQlz4dmVk3ThJK3VxYBgeTdBqf1FrNM3v3G_Ag3LNh_fDXXAZK_PAPekCQrcDaYMdUG9fkSDNk_mvRF6/s640/201.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>I can't even tell you WHY I haven't seen this Movie... I keep Intending to you see!</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/AVvXsEhGGueslZYnaPXRI6Bw2gA4kLhqhfSDjsDdiLKbAMq3pZQPeMx6JVuvkHt646peDAMOrec7kOGaBOo7jaP7nRc_50Gfvq4WL6zEnWsdYmKj5fc3OLD_u4DQHXAlGothroDrj79j4dOpNTuN/s1600/199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGueslZYnaPXRI6Bw2gA4kLhqhfSDjsDdiLKbAMq3pZQPeMx6JVuvkHt646peDAMOrec7kOGaBOo7jaP7nRc_50Gfvq4WL6zEnWsdYmKj5fc3OLD_u4DQHXAlGothroDrj79j4dOpNTuN/s640/199.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>Of coarse there is a virtual Laundry List of things I keep Intending to do and see, how about you?</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/AVvXsEgSnBQM80Cpt8K3bJlaLlejK8nVlffd5vVhZSkqy5wm5E1KWyIStKgT_4WgCOk-JNXeENWqjX5RSmmMrsmdLEP10mjtc7daMYiKiJ6fTm-30GEZLPhv1hgikqpTmZxNWhSXZ5nea-1Fz3V0/s1600/193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnBQM80Cpt8K3bJlaLlejK8nVlffd5vVhZSkqy5wm5E1KWyIStKgT_4WgCOk-JNXeENWqjX5RSmmMrsmdLEP10mjtc7daMYiKiJ6fTm-30GEZLPhv1hgikqpTmZxNWhSXZ5nea-1Fz3V0/s640/193.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>Like I Intended not to make this an Epic Post that would Visually Overdose you and cramp my hands or take half the Afternoon to Create... but I didn't realize how many Awesome Images were still left to Share!!!  *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/AVvXsEjLfiHueYblPGZJvmhgFldjIm1SIIVirbjwZVJ_cHDkEMPHjdPB8qATR9CaA4onaQbwinYuAODOT6i1b4MWy1W7jmEpBMLQG6ddWDREQIMZnsaPJVz5pWI5mC6LZCWuphMed_B1eC4Ht8LL/s1600/205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfiHueYblPGZJvmhgFldjIm1SIIVirbjwZVJ_cHDkEMPHjdPB8qATR9CaA4onaQbwinYuAODOT6i1b4MWy1W7jmEpBMLQG6ddWDREQIMZnsaPJVz5pWI5mC6LZCWuphMed_B1eC4Ht8LL/s640/205.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>But that's why I Love Blogging actually, I can be as Excessive as I wanna be here and it Costs me Nothing but some Time that I really look Forward to spending in the Land Of Blog!</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/AVvXsEjYg1-AE751Mq_JGe5qbmcj9uZsU4mS5GDs77fISUWgZePp7DdZ-d7UhqC-DyS5SwJAtJFFgsTN9sF5LGUyWqdBfmVGTRIcd_tr5ckh_xDUsZusuT6PZLO9bsbGPD1iiZo9sqKXEfT46RIJ/s1600/171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYg1-AE751Mq_JGe5qbmcj9uZsU4mS5GDs77fISUWgZePp7DdZ-d7UhqC-DyS5SwJAtJFFgsTN9sF5LGUyWqdBfmVGTRIcd_tr5ckh_xDUsZusuT6PZLO9bsbGPD1iiZo9sqKXEfT46RIJ/s640/171.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And though Blog Masters and Blog Jedis Warned never to Go Long in a Post because Bloggers don't like it... I found that not to be a Carved In Stone Rule or Absolute Truth because some of us do Enjoy and Frequently Visit and Support the Blogs that Go Long in Visuals and/or Stories.  I know I do... both in the Creating of my own Blog and those that are some of my Favs.</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/AVvXsEhDavnmtNZXlZIq-KF7PD409-MAOj1Vcft2N92ToudVUIESUhvJiL8uGFm7BOEHWsdqQOeVZvDCJRSsgdhZ-MeM-POugS-4gwtVnexj7DETR3SdKQHNXBDXkm_sRSL-fpcWyiQCeOhyphenhypheniKSf/s1600/192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDavnmtNZXlZIq-KF7PD409-MAOj1Vcft2N92ToudVUIESUhvJiL8uGFm7BOEHWsdqQOeVZvDCJRSsgdhZ-MeM-POugS-4gwtVnexj7DETR3SdKQHNXBDXkm_sRSL-fpcWyiQCeOhyphenhypheniKSf/s640/192.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 can Admire those that are Brief and may carry only a Single Image or Short Profound Verse too... but that's just not Me and I wanted to keep Authentic to Self here as well as in Real Life.</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/AVvXsEiz4bu98QC2wjlHRGWaRKivhoYpI92IrvZEsG-jI3ovGEWkQNi8_77inPukvZIhwTLCJOdfDvGLIytUgLtigWWjjfXXF305fYtFwEjTapK3dyIrWHa0GWuWuWkTn6pWDDKXvnxQUezPtCUo/s1600/224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4bu98QC2wjlHRGWaRKivhoYpI92IrvZEsG-jI3ovGEWkQNi8_77inPukvZIhwTLCJOdfDvGLIytUgLtigWWjjfXXF305fYtFwEjTapK3dyIrWHa0GWuWuWkTn6pWDDKXvnxQUezPtCUo/s640/224.JPG" width="554" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I am quite an Excessive Person and go Full Tilt in most things... so Blogging certainly wasn't gonna be an Exception to my Rule... or a New Version of Me!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvbME2o4PSnYJT_BCMJC4GVZ8i6ItDHveNTVnG53ohWTwyModp2GAYzOaKxgGgJlILSqPfXXMP3DpmezRZoxk6D6072OQArjj6iJGX-7m2EIhCMpckKvBpTTkfS9t9mCWQnQadfwIk9Zl/s1600/214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvbME2o4PSnYJT_BCMJC4GVZ8i6ItDHveNTVnG53ohWTwyModp2GAYzOaKxgGgJlILSqPfXXMP3DpmezRZoxk6D6072OQArjj6iJGX-7m2EIhCMpckKvBpTTkfS9t9mCWQnQadfwIk9Zl/s640/214.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 every once in a while a Post just takes on a Life of it's own and it's not Done 'til it's Done Sharing whatever there is to Share... like Today's Post... which Obviously still had a LOT to Share!  *Smiles*  And you're probably Comatose right about now, if you're still conscious and got thru this then you Truly are a Marathon Blogger too!  *Winks*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoU0CcX8kHNGiXfVAkA2bhWTDzJqNjVP3bfP0rkZZT4Zwu18HDQXCrmw4MlLFt5HNFhbAfzWdjWYhyphenhyphenpzLd85rf43QsU80ZXBjWP1Hdc5SM9SAvlmdp1P4Xgot2MtHUkardNX15fj1TCxW/s1600/117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoU0CcX8kHNGiXfVAkA2bhWTDzJqNjVP3bfP0rkZZT4Zwu18HDQXCrmw4MlLFt5HNFhbAfzWdjWYhyphenhyphenpzLd85rf43QsU80ZXBjWP1Hdc5SM9SAvlmdp1P4Xgot2MtHUkardNX15fj1TCxW/s640/117.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>Sorry... you don't Win a Prize or anything... but you did Cross the Finish Line and I'll give you a Standing Ovation for Hanging in there 'til this Concluded and the Long, Drawn Out Farewell was Complete!</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/AVvXsEhOGiYeTmbFtlutJpsSrSqOsk77YDcoCa7KWqPoB_Dks7bjpstCKmF5v_jTucs5XR_JrsKPolKhPNvVh6FyuR_R1_DblI8c6_9BVD-yKB_boanB95ifW2ukQhO5NXf2Fdx5yARrmqFSB7iM/s1600/213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGiYeTmbFtlutJpsSrSqOsk77YDcoCa7KWqPoB_Dks7bjpstCKmF5v_jTucs5XR_JrsKPolKhPNvVh6FyuR_R1_DblI8c6_9BVD-yKB_boanB95ifW2ukQhO5NXf2Fdx5yARrmqFSB7iM/s640/213.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 REALLY wanted to sprawl out on that Amazing Sofa... since a Girl's Day Out can really drain a Gal... especially when it's swelteringly Hot and Humid... and you really don't wanna head back Outside into the Natural Sauna that awaits you...</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/AVvXsEgsvjwR3mBCSSfS-2zaD5fBnZV4oMsNEAl42YnRWwTVmsWysnrwY-ziLmfJfuFlS09dfBB9FJe_nPXObDqdUHl7eLXTdbLbTndKMxfzb0bVMdJdLfdohSes5yqWENKhYZ7DiuveSlAInZk_/s1600/191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvjwR3mBCSSfS-2zaD5fBnZV4oMsNEAl42YnRWwTVmsWysnrwY-ziLmfJfuFlS09dfBB9FJe_nPXObDqdUHl7eLXTdbLbTndKMxfzb0bVMdJdLfdohSes5yqWENKhYZ7DiuveSlAInZk_/s640/191.JPG" width="520" /></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>Where it's so Hot that any Bling you're wearing will practically heat up to a level it could Brand you!  And that's no Exaggeration, ask any Desert Dweller why they wear sparser Jewelry in the Arizona Summertime!?!</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/AVvXsEgW9ZNmdgQbtDQF17szNFZqJuAkU049wJ68p1Ch7C103eR3ew-BACRyaxls2tPM2RlV9w5q8O7djFHhGxqLrXi1RDEc6-m_XOzGamZXVDUmcaIxftQBDqyahj-JA_cCw_b0dF6819v38bXO/s1600/219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9ZNmdgQbtDQF17szNFZqJuAkU049wJ68p1Ch7C103eR3ew-BACRyaxls2tPM2RlV9w5q8O7djFHhGxqLrXi1RDEc6-m_XOzGamZXVDUmcaIxftQBDqyahj-JA_cCw_b0dF6819v38bXO/s640/219.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 if you Collect Vintage Fans you probably have them Re-Wired and actually USE them around here!  ALL of them... in every room!  *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/AVvXsEgZ8UImk-D9wnK7agu0qzvn2x7UpvB3iVy00ZjNI8NNkl7iFoTSbnF3zsSowVdD54a9sF-iZnYcKKy1-_6kPm7FrwryIjK8m8859N4ss7oSf91yevSABiwkXJDANcNSOfW2g8DyvsaBSg_0/s1600/218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8UImk-D9wnK7agu0qzvn2x7UpvB3iVy00ZjNI8NNkl7iFoTSbnF3zsSowVdD54a9sF-iZnYcKKy1-_6kPm7FrwryIjK8m8859N4ss7oSf91yevSABiwkXJDANcNSOfW2g8DyvsaBSg_0/s640/218.JPG" width="546" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>But I wouldn't want to Live anywhere else... the Desert has grown on me over the Years and now it's 'Home'.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlsdmt_hyphenhyphenzXhPh875D3azZo5mkpglFzJ8iZqfyd8QCQ4SZU06sAAvBDZvH3r-uBTYqeAPyaPanLa2OkwTdAzfEqIdILt9rolQJv-tb74oTGupNWITDMSX2yrXy53VihyphenhyphenCu79y6dB0J-mf/s1600/220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlsdmt_hyphenhyphenzXhPh875D3azZo5mkpglFzJ8iZqfyd8QCQ4SZU06sAAvBDZvH3r-uBTYqeAPyaPanLa2OkwTdAzfEqIdILt9rolQJv-tb74oTGupNWITDMSX2yrXy53VihyphenhyphenCu79y6dB0J-mf/s640/220.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 we have some of the most Amazing Shopping here for those kinds of things I Love... and our Prices are some of the best in the Country I'm told!</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/AVvXsEg0lCYTnsiXYMcnCOnSv6XvUBlRisN_cLGK7GteRVmPTOTVghSomAUwBAFveC8dkuQZnonifL28BdaQZDPMjuS0rhyphenhyphenOMP5O5RB_Wp-KmUXe6WX5HoNtTJhpxNpOtUa-sziDGN-cecLs9iSj/s1600/229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lCYTnsiXYMcnCOnSv6XvUBlRisN_cLGK7GteRVmPTOTVghSomAUwBAFveC8dkuQZnonifL28BdaQZDPMjuS0rhyphenhyphenOMP5O5RB_Wp-KmUXe6WX5HoNtTJhpxNpOtUa-sziDGN-cecLs9iSj/s640/229.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So your next Vacation you might want to brave the Heat and come for a Visit... and Experience it all for yourselves firsthand!?</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/AVvXsEgXxaP3_WGbniRazMb_DFXbf2-sZ50PidWssVHLcn2oDRZhIqUl82hXLuG4UUkcaqaxj7g5nFfT9NY-AYeb_XrXzQcepaMmOsnA4QDPrvtxRFhRduWIH1YXunnbvpOkF1djM6X8ebUz5rIq/s1600/146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxaP3_WGbniRazMb_DFXbf2-sZ50PidWssVHLcn2oDRZhIqUl82hXLuG4UUkcaqaxj7g5nFfT9NY-AYeb_XrXzQcepaMmOsnA4QDPrvtxRFhRduWIH1YXunnbvpOkF1djM6X8ebUz5rIq/s640/146.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 add our neck of the woods to your 'Bucket List'... and visit such places as <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sweet.Salvage"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">SWEET SALVAGE</span></strong></a> while you're here!</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/AVvXsEjwwnkpbx6L2T5JcjEHdtuBFNrz5QS4acXPGRQ94gP5I03QL8puRr17Gs1xrXAxzbXjzVlD2UYqrqC35mX9iMOjoAM1BVhgomoSd2Robt9KGcOXglWIXE-9_u6NSzE6WwZ5GnUd3WN-FSWE/s1600/235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwnkpbx6L2T5JcjEHdtuBFNrz5QS4acXPGRQ94gP5I03QL8puRr17Gs1xrXAxzbXjzVlD2UYqrqC35mX9iMOjoAM1BVhgomoSd2Robt9KGcOXglWIXE-9_u6NSzE6WwZ5GnUd3WN-FSWE/s640/235.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 we can stop out Front before the Event begins at my Friend Carissa's Hot Dog Stand<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MamasDogsLLC"><strong><span style="color: red;"> MAMA'S DOGS</span></strong></a>... she makes the most AHMAZING Home-Made Cookies and she's such a Sweetie!!!</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/AVvXsEhO5GG-U_wIu9Lu7_62tr-N3tnqLqUvYgnsxHvWPDApnJkuHs-mT4WZkqjysF-2VeGo-1XialO9JL5Hchsl-u0doNMkBrnCWGX0UGnfvHb4LAQoKOVXThNMR1g7rJOS_QkTx56jPayZpsfG/s1600/236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5GG-U_wIu9Lu7_62tr-N3tnqLqUvYgnsxHvWPDApnJkuHs-mT4WZkqjysF-2VeGo-1XialO9JL5Hchsl-u0doNMkBrnCWGX0UGnfvHb4LAQoKOVXThNMR1g7rJOS_QkTx56jPayZpsfG/s640/236.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And I don't know how she stays looking so Fresh, Cheerful and Gorgeous whilst standing Outside cookin' Hotdogs all day in this sweltering Heat and Humidity during the Monsoon Season, but she does!!!  Showing that it CAN BE DONE!!!  So... we'll be waiting for ya whenever you can make it out to Sunny Arizona... </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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