Lesson Learned

Looking at all those beautiful young faces this evening as they accepted their diplomas and congratulated each other on their high school graduation...



I started thinking how sometimes life really is like a bowl of cherries...
...these enthusiastic graduates are looking ahead to a future bright and sweet with possibility...





...and then sometimes life gives you a lemon...



...a problem or situation that you don't feel prepared to handle...
...sometimes you get the bitter with the sweet...



And so it is with every family...
I am feeling grateful tonight for time this summer and hope to be able to make some lemonade out of those lemons...
I will be heading to the lake tomorrow to spend some quiet and quality time with my Mom and Dad.
Time is a gift!

Have a great weekend! :)

Write The Story

... write the story.

Tomorrow I'll tell you mine.

:)

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Hope that you are having a good weekend with family and friends...



Remembering those who lost their lives for their country...



...spending a little time at yard sales and the flea market...



... a little time outdoors in the garden...



...some time just relaxing ...



...and, of course... eating good summer foods!

:)

Cherries On Top of the Mountains

We bought the most delicious cherries at the market....



Inspiration! I will bake a cherry pie....



Out came all my vintage baking utensils....



Out came my camera....















Out came my husband....saying "those cherries are too good to put in a pie!"















The men are off to hike one of the high peaks....



The girls will stay back today....eat cherries, chat and sit in the sun.....
To bake or not to bake? That is the question of the day!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho....It's Off to Work I Go!

This afternoon, while I was home on my lunch hour... my Mom in law brought over these beautiful red cherries .....



Not long ago......I found this French red and white monogrammed tape on Ebay......I went for it because the initials were HO......



......and I already had this European grain sack monogrammed HI........



Put them together and......HI HO, HI HO......it's off to work I go......



Just like the seven dwarfs in Snow White.......
Lunch hours are just too short.....only 60 minutes!



Those bright red cherries inspired me to run about on my lunch hour and pull out a few props to pair them with......






A little girl's sweet vintage dress....



A lively cherry print apron from Anthropologie..........





Cherry Anyone?
Hi Ho, Hi Ho......it's back to work I go!