tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82779466745922710692024-03-14T00:52:34.591-04:00 My Blue CottageLottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-30597303236834811382020-12-22T21:30:00.138-05:002020-12-22T23:13:40.835-05:00Merry Christmas to all!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__042KgvRG8/X-KxcXqrt-I/AAAAAAAADDU/LcMS9xYV5tkR7gNG3FqSONkGZbbj9HGXgCPcBGAsYHg/s800/DSCF2744-TWINKLE.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__042KgvRG8/X-KxcXqrt-I/AAAAAAAADDU/LcMS9xYV5tkR7gNG3FqSONkGZbbj9HGXgCPcBGAsYHg/w300-h400/DSCF2744-TWINKLE.gif" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Welcome back friends! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We want to wish all a Merry Christmas and a healthy</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> New Year! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was our Christmas tree 15 years ago. We wanted to share it with you one last time. We sold our beloved blue cottage and moved to our 1907 house in Alabama. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have enjoyed your friendship and our time together, but I need to create a new portal (blog) to share our life. If you want to continue to follow us, click <a href="http://here.">here.</a> I will be slowly removing things from this</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">blog as the blue cottage belongs to another family now and has a new story. Best of luck to them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Farewell,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Lottie </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><p></p>Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-64561205468400085772018-07-27T01:11:00.002-04:002018-07-27T01:33:08.515-04:00Walking at the Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is
earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have to walk with hiking poles when I walk distances
now. I am trying to manage Parkinson's Disease. I am 63 years old.
Sometimes when I am walking on the track, I get into a rhythm with my
feet and my poles and I concentrate on the clacking and stepping sounds
while I enjoy the beautiful blue of the water and catch as many
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may think it would be dull to sit here with the quiet and peacefulness, but plenty of excitement finds us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> DH walks our dog, Sardis, and there are encounters with every walker and their dog, or dogs. A walker with her little white poodle passed us and the dogs had to kiss Eskimo style. So cute! Its funny how so many people passing by want to pet our big yellow dog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I was walking last weekend, a loud male voice behind me broke my rhythm with, "On the right side!" I quickly moved over to the left. Behind me was a fancy road bicycle with a young man with long skinny arms and legs and a pointed helmet that reminded me of a giant praying mantis. He rode pass us quickly. I was a little taken aback because I was clearly in the wrong. I just kept walking with my hiking poles, and my sweet husband, and our sweet dog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DH also took his bike with him to ride across the top of the dam last
weekend, and the track was really quiet warm. There are no trees by the track so he was riding along in the sun. But the track was level
and it made it easy to bike the three miles across the dam and back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a beautiful time! Next time we are going to pack a picnic lunch! <b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Have a great day today!</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span><b><i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hurray for the endorphins!</span></span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-4974109851063257172018-05-31T01:43:00.002-04:002018-05-31T01:43:45.133-04:00Raining and Day Lilies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I'm back. Missed everyone. Can't believe in a few days we will all be enjoying June!<br />
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These beautiful day lilies are blooming today in my side garden. There was a little sun this morning, but then this evening we received a heavy downpour. I love these day lilies! They always make me so happy!<br />
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I started my morning with a trip across town to have my yearly mammogram. <br />
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Then, DH drove me back across town to my chair supported yoga class at the senior center. I was trying to be good to myself today. This class has really grown from 5 to 12 people. Great! <br />
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On the way home, we stopped in to a thrift store I had never been in before. Only about half the merchandise had a price on it and the half that did were too high. I know a few thrift stores where everything is marked with a price and some of the items are treasures. I'll stick to visiting those few in the future.<br />
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DH ate a quick lunch at home and left for his Wednesday afternoon bowling with friends. I layed down on the couch to shut my eyes a few minutes. I feel asleep and don't remember anything until DH came in the back door about 5 pm. He had bowled til 3 pm and the next 2 hrs. he had worked in our back yard. <br />
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We finished the evening watching the rain out the bay windows in the den. We almost couldn't see the house behind us. 6 out of 7 days ahead call for rain. <br />
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rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Lottie</span></i></b>Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-35998169844020014362016-10-01T12:18:00.002-04:002017-12-11T12:31:13.767-05:00 October Bulb Planting Time <br />
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Welcome October! I should have a picture of a pumpkin or a Jack-o-Lantern on this post, but I'm thinking about pansies today. The temps this morning were cold out on the deck and I mentally replaced every pot of geraniums with a pot of pansies. The picture above was from a few years ago. I need to get started with my pansy replacing.<br />
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I read a blog post last month where the blogger suggested buying a 100 blue hyacinth bulbs to plant now for the delicious smell when they come up in the spring. DH and I bought 2 bags (20 in all bulbs) of blue hyacinth bulbs from Lowe's. Now we have to find the time to plant them. I'm really excited about next spring. We have over 100, maybe 200, golden daffodils planted in front of the house. They just get better and better each year.<br />
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LottieLottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-73199233574333058262016-07-24T19:20:00.002-04:002016-07-24T19:32:58.962-04:00July Glory - Tiger LilyIn July we have the most beautiful sights from our Tiger Lilies! Friendly butterflies come to visit.<br />
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DH bought the first Tiger Lily for me years ago. They have multiplied each year and only lasted a couple of weeks this year because of our 100+ temperatures! They don't require any care at all. Only concern is that they are supposed to be toxic to cats, but my cats just eat cat food and never bother them. <br />
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So beautiful! All year I look forward to their blooms which are in full glory around July 4th!<br />
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<a href="http://mybluecottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/in-garden-happy-day.html" target="_blank">More beautiful July flowers click here</a><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b>Lottie </b></i></span>Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-81507589521542568802016-05-27T23:10:00.006-04:002016-05-27T23:10:52.805-04:00DYI Curtains for side lights <span style="font-size: large;">Our 1907 house in Alabama has beautiful lead glass side lights in the front door! We've left them without curtains because the light is gorgeous in the morning coming through the beveled lead glass.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But someone ringing the doorbell can see right in when I come down the hall in my pajamas. So we set about making curtains for the side windows. $5 for two little white rods for the top, $5 for a sheer panel, and $5 for fabric glue. We cut the single sheer in half, cut the length and used fabric glue to hem it. Done!</span><br />
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Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-26831965299170096512016-05-24T23:05:00.000-04:002016-05-24T23:05:39.184-04:00LAZY LADYRetirement is a funny situation to be in. It is like you are enjoying life on the one hand and feeling guilty for being so happy on the other. I used to write long lists of what I had to do each day and never stopped working until the list was all checked off. That made for some late nights. But this year, my third year of retirement, I've stopped making lists. And I'm amazed at how happy I have become. <br />
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I let a lot of things go now. My dear husband will tell you I stopped cooking and buying groceries and planning menus. I stopped when I had health issues but things are getting better. My one regret in life is that I stressed out over everything in life ...everything... and didn't enjoy life more when I was younger.<br />
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The only problem is that now dear husband is stressing out over the cooking and grocery buying, let alone the planning for meals! Poor man! He has other things to do on his to-do lists since he is retired.<br />
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I spend a lot of time relaxing in the shade on the deck dear husband built for us. I love the geraniums he planted! Most of all, I love the swing he put together for me for Mother's Day! That is where I read! And there goes those lists again...lists of books to read!<br />
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I'm spending HOURS each day in this swing reading biographies of famous people I was curious about when I was younger but never had the time to read just for pleasure. Currently from the library, I'm reading <i>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow My Life: Sophia Loren.</i> I've just finished <i>Miles Gone By : William F. Buckley, Jr.</i> and<i> Leonard: My Fifty-year Friendship with a Remarkable Man</i> by William Shatner. I have <i>Bring On The Empty Horses: David Niven </i>waiting on my desk to start.<br />
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Although I am enjoying all this down time and my health issues are improving, I feel rather like a "lazy lady". I feel like I should be making those lists again and being more active. Maybe ease back into it! Maybe take dear husband out to lunch when he takes me back to the library to return all those biographies! <br />
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Have a wonderful day!<br />
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Spring is coming and going so quickly! I took a walk around the block this morning and noticed all the buds and blooms have already opened. It has all happened so quickly! These beautiful pansies have wilted in today's heat. I have to remind myself to enjoy life by the minute.<br />
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A flowering quince is only blooming for a week! I'll have to be sure to notice it every day. Treasure today!<br />
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A sleeping cat in the sun! What treasures life is made of! Treasure every day!<br />
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Spring is wonderful, but the mornings are still a little chilly! Hard to cook breakfast in a cold kitchen, I do miss the fire in the wood stove these mornings!<br />
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Treasure today,<br />
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Hope you are having a great June! I'm off for a walk!<br />
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This squirrel was enjoying a snack below the birdfeeder. He seemed to be trying to get my attention! When I looked up at the birdfeeder above him, I saw the strangest looking bird! Ha!</div>
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Thank you for visiting me today! DH is in and out. The cold doesn't seem to bother him. He just wraps up and drinks more hot coffee! Hope you are warm and enjoying the world out your window!</div>
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Every February when the buttercups in my yard begin to bloom, my heart just overflows with happiness! Here is a favorite poem written in 1876 by <a href="http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/poe/discont.htm" target="_blank">Sarah Orne Jewett.</a></div>
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Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-59728238857254284862015-02-04T16:00:00.002-05:002020-10-28T01:21:07.711-04:00Paying it back to Elizabeth catLast week I stayed close to home (except for two trips to the store) to take care of my ... cat ... Elizabeth. We raised Elizabeth from a kitten and for eight years she would stay close to us when anyone in the family was sick. We let her out one night and she came back with her back legs hurt. I won't describe any more ... just to state that after a week of carrying her food to her and $220 veterinary services, she is doing well.<br />
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<br /><div>Update: We lost Elizabeth the first week of October, 2020.. She was 15 years old. She couldn't drink water or eat. Sometimes she couldn't walk. Yet, she slept on my bed with me at night and in my lap during the day. I always loved her and I believe she loved me. Good=by Elizabeth.</div>Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-42816797550737688282015-01-09T16:26:00.000-05:002015-01-10T12:28:44.376-05:00January Walks<br />
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<i> I miss my January walks.</i></div>
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<i> I miss the clouds and the rain and the cold wind as it grabs my face. </i></div>
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<i> I miss the sound of my own footsteps.</i></div>
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Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-89289332663614542792014-12-27T14:52:00.002-05:002014-12-27T14:53:48.973-05:00A Little Christmas Laughter <b>Christmas is such an emotional time. It can be overwhelming! You know what I mean.</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Well, the Sunday before Christmas, Denver Downs Farm sponsors a two lap Christmas parade. People who want to be in the parade line up at the railroad tracks at the crossroads at Denver, SC, at 2 pm and the parade starts at 3 pm. It is all just plain silly and so much fun! Come along and share a little Christmas laughter.</span></b><br />
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<i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"We're all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can."</b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine."</b></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane."</i></b></span></span></div>
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Goodness, Christmas lasts a long time. My son is driving in today (Dec 27) and we start Christmas all over again! There will be much laughter!<br />
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I hope you have a great year ahead in 2015. Let me share one more thought with you, my dear bloggy friends!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">"The more you expect from life, the more your expectations will be fulfilled. By laughing, you do not use up your laughter, but increase your store of it. The more you love, the more you will be loved. The more you give, the more you will receive. Life proves that truth every hour, every day. And life continues to surprise."</span></b></i></span><br />
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Love,<br />
Lottie<br />
<br />Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-66717585839139680602014-12-24T20:22:00.000-05:002014-12-24T23:14:47.038-05:00Merry Christmas to You! <span style="color: red;"><b>Blessings for the New Year! Here are a few pictures around our blue cottage. Come along for the tour:-)</b></span><br />
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And all the time sweet Sardis is waiting at the door to walk with me. I have to rest a while and get off my foot. I'm afraid winter will get here before I am well enough to take long walks again. Wait on me, dear November. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b>BIG PROJECT! </b></i></span> For the last few weeks we have been tearing down a shed and adding two utility buildings. It has been a total reorganization out in the back yard. I have loads of pictures, not pretty, but much about the transformation. I'll post about the big project after my computer is fixed.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b>FOUND A GREAT BLOG</b></i></span> about home restoration called <a href="http://manhattan-nest.com/?s=door" target="_blank">Manhattan Nest.</a> I enjoyed the writing and projects so much that I spent "hours" reading about projects!</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><i><b>LIFE'S LESSON </b></i></span>- I have a wonderful neighbor who is 94 years old and one of the most positive people I know! She is going in the hospital on Tuesday for a serious operation. So what does she do before she goes in the hospital? Why, go to the mountains to see waterfalls! </div>
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Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-26595336803692088862014-09-07T01:03:00.000-04:002014-09-09T16:50:21.926-04:00Adding a Little RedI'm always inspired when I read your blogs! I was reading Brenda's blog, <a href="http://www.cozylittlehouse.com/2014/08/changing-up-living-room-bit.html" target="_blank">Cozy Little House</a>, and I am always inspired by her use of <b><span style="color: red;">the color red</span></b> and her decorating skill in general. Her home looks <b><span style="color: red;">happy! </span></b><br />
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And there it is! <b><span style="color: red;"> Just a little red made all the difference! </span></b> Now what else can I change out?<br />
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<br />Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-38972259096899331502014-08-04T20:50:00.000-04:002014-08-05T14:24:59.367-04:00Anniversary Blueberries<div style="text-align: center;">
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Yes, August 4, 2014 is a special day! DH and I are celebrating our 41st wedding anniversary today! We are celebrating with 6 gallons of blueberries that DH picked, washed, and put up in freezer bags. </div>
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So all through the winter when we take out a freezer bag of blueberries marked <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b>8/4/14</b></i></span></span>, they will be our anniversary blueberries!</div>
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Last year was the big anniversary with the second honeymoon and the wonderful dinners and flowers. This year was the treasured day running errands, quiet KFC dinner in the kitchen together, and the washing and packing of blueberries. I wish when we were young we had some idea life would be so good! </div>
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Note: Do not watch the movie <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomena_%28film%29" target="_blank">Philomena</a> unless you are prepared <u><i>to cry for hours!</i></u> Otherwise, it is a wonderful story! </div>
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Lottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242170607880601770noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277946674592271069.post-71885341566153815152014-07-27T19:37:00.002-04:002014-07-29T09:15:14.522-04:00Insurance for Happiness
I have insurance for happiness. I have a library of good books to read
and a DVR full of old movies to watch. I have two cats to pet and feed
and lots of family to talk to on the telephone. I have a slew of
women friends to exercise with and a yard full of flowers and plants to
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the den without me asking him. Even so, I have to be honest, my best insurance for happiness is my dog, Sardis!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>men desert you, </i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>sunlight turn to fog;</i></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>but you're never friendless ever, </i></span></span></b><br />
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That's what I used to say all the time when my sons were 10 and 12 years old. It seemed they were interested in everything! And of course I saved what ever they put together or created or found. I put it all in a display case as if our home was a museum! That was 20 years ago!<br />
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I took a minute to remember watching them spend hours bent over a table gluing or holding their little hands together making a little pot on their dad's lap at his potter's wheel.</div>
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Both sons have moved across country and I have been adjusting to their absence each day. What has helped most has been your wonderful comments! Thank
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Oh my goodness! I can't even <u>dust</u> without getting emotional! I usually love dusting, but today I'm having a hard time. Does that ever happen to you?</div>
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Love,</div>
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Hello bloggy friends! I think July is just beautiful!<br />
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I wanted to share a picture of a red bistro set we bought for the side porch. I love the red! And it is so July! DH and I take our breakfast out in the morning to start our day together. And on the few days that it rains, I love to sit out and watch the rain!<br />
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Every time I walk up the porch, it makes me smile. My neighbor, who is 94, told me that if you buy something that makes you happy, then you spent your money well! With all due respect to my hardworking, creative bloggy friends, this bistro set is not vintage. I didn't buy it at a yard sale, nor did I paint it myself. In fact, I bought it brand new at Wal-mart at regular price! And I love it! But I was a little apprehensive about sharing it on the blog because it wasn't vintage. DH had to put it all together so maybe that counts as DIY!<br />
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I have to get over this guilty feeling from buying something new! Maybe I need to go shopping and try to cure myself! LOL!<br />
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Love,<br />
Lottie<br />
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I can't believe it has been two months since I've written to my bloggy friends! I've been struggling with carpel tunnel syndrome for awhile now and trying to mend a broken heart at the same time.<br />
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You see, both my grown sons, 30 and 32, have moved across country from me and their dad. One was offered an incredible new job and the other was offered a promotion. I didn't expect both to move away within the same month of June. But it is all good and an indication that the economy is doing better. My heart is still breaking. Dan, my oldest, hugged me before he walked out the door and said, "Mom, a man has to follow opportunity!" He is right.<br />
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I was in a state of shock for awhile and my sister-in-law told me to "snap out of it!" So I went to Lowe's and bought a Moss Rose, or Portulaca Rose as we used to call them. It brings joy to my heart. When I was a child in hot, hot Texas, my mom had strawberry pots filled with Portulaca Rose and that was about all! The flowers were so beautiful! Thinking of them brings back happy memories of sitting in the sunshine as a child. </div>
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Prescription for a broken heart = remember something that made you happy and try to find it again!<br />
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Miss Natalie couldn't understand why I was taking pictures on the deck and not taking pictures of her! Here she is!<br />
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Have a wonderful day! I've missed you! Feels so good to be writing to you again!<br />
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To see other beautiful Portulaca Rose. visit Poppy at <a href="http://poppyview.blogspot.com/2014/07/flower-power.html?showComment=1404397819409" target="_blank">Poppy View.</a><br />
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