Collecting and Selling

Hello, my name is Laura.

 I'm better at collecting than I am at selling.

 I often have seller's remorse.

...that's all I can share today.

:)  

Found Bits And Pieces

 I picked up a few bits at a sale here in Dad's retirement village.

A pair of sweet French clay santons.

A lovely blue and white transferware dish...minus its cover.

I plan to fill it with succulents or perhaps a few herbs

 and keep it in my blue and white kitchen.

A few yards of creamy white crochet trim.

You can never have too much of that! (:

Or too many of these...

...mother of pearl buttons.

Delicious...like candy!

A child's faux cameo ring...

...something so sweet about it.

And a lovely Limoges bone dish.

That's all for Show and Tell today!

I've been picking up odds and ends as I find them and will be cleaning them up

 and getting them ready for a photo shoot or my little booth of treasures soon. 

Hope you have had a great weekend!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

:)

Flying The Coop

This week I will be flying to Florida to keep my Dad

 company as he drives north for the summer.

I'm looking forward to our time together...

quiet time and time to talk.

 Sister Lynn and I found this old chocolate tin at the flea market.

The sweet faded poem on the cover brought tears to our eyes

 and $2 out of my pocket.


Mother
Every Age and every tongue
Of Mother love has fondly sung
And from my heart I want to add
A glowing tribute just as glad
For never could love more wonderful be
Than you, dear Mother, have given to me.


                                 Mary Grey Robinson

Remember this beautiful linen heart that

 Mira of Belle Blanc gave me last March?

(She picked my cup in her favorite cup contest...lucky me!)

I just love it...

The poem which she printed on the fabric...

 I Carry Your Heart With Me by EE Cummings

 holds special meaning.

It probably is meaningful in some way to everyone.

We are planning a memorial service for Mom on June 11th to be held in the Adirondacks

 so that her family and friends in the north have an opportunity to celebrate her life.

We helped Kate move this weekend 

and it was fun to spend time with her and her friends.

Hope the long weekend was full of fun

 and special memories for you too!

:)
Hey! This post is mostly white...
I'm linking up to Kathleen at Faded Charm 
for White Wednesday...check it out to see the other participants!

Buckets Full

After a cloudy and damp morning....the sun came out!
And with the sun came a strong breeze that blew the last of the clouds away.





The wind blew and pink petals floated through the air...



Thousands of soft pink petals...
...everywhere.

Buckets full.





















I am loving having the time to appreciate the beauty around me...
...the time to notice the little things...

...the time to be quiet
...the time to listen to my heart.

I am thinking of my sweet sister and all the other working Moms tonight...
...it won't always be as hard as it is now...
...children will grow and make their own way...

Someday, you will have time too.

Take a deep breath.
...and thank you for all that you are and all that you do.

Hope the week is going well for everyone...
Good night! :)