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! :)

Happy Thoughts

Happiness depends upon the quality of our thoughts....

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances..... ....Martha Washington

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open..........John Barrymore

When life gives you lemons....make lemonade....



Independence is Happiness.....
....Susan B. Anthony

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.......Abraham Lincoln

Some days it is easier to have happy thoughts than others.....



Happy Days are Here Again!
Hope your week is full of happiness and good thoughts!

100th post Give Back

It is amazing to me that I have reached 100 posts already....having only started 52Flea on February 15th ....this means that within 80 days I posted 100 times.....hmm...I guess I have a lot of stuff to share....



Well, I see that the blogging thing to do is to have a give-away to celebrate your 100th post....so to that end...I have decided to have a "create your own give-away". I am just getting to know you all and since I have artist friends, antique and vintage loving friends, junking friends, decorating and designing friends, jewelry making friends, etc., and since everyone has different interests......



I thought it might be fun for you to specify a category of goodies from which you would like me to select your prize! Goodness me, I have plenty of stuff to choose from.....so if you are interested in receiving a treasure from one of the categories listed below.....all you have to do to enter this give away is to tell me you "want in" and leave your name in the comment section (please make sure you leave me an email address or contact information if you do not keep a blog). I will pick one name out of a hat next Monday night, May 11th......if your name is picked.....just let me know which category of prize you would like me to pluck your treasure from! Does that sound too complicated?



Here are the categories: Nostalgia, Wireware, Tinware, Enamelware, Ephemera, Kitchenware, Vintage Sewing, Vintage Millinery, China, ......oh for goodness sake....tell me what you like and I will try to find something amongst my treasures that tickles your fancy!



This blogging experience has been so much fun and an outlet for my creative interests....I think of this as really more of a "give-back" than a "give-away". I thank you all for being so friendly...so willing to share and for being so kind to me....



If this sounds intriguing to you and you would like two chances to win.......mention this little give-away (or give-back) on your blog and then let me know....I will add your name twice to the hat!



Thank you everyone for all your support and encouragement!
I'm having so much fun!