OUR LITTLEST ANGEL

The holidays mean so much to so many, but this picture of our grand daughter steals my heart. We were in the process of  trimming  the tree, when we had a sleep over and some extra help.
Our littlest angel, what a doll baby and doing such a great job too.

Just look at that face, yep, she's an angel!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

Getting the table dressed and ready for one of my favorite holidays. I would like to take this time to wish all of you and your families a wonderful, safe and Happy Thanksgiving Holiday!

Many years ago my mother in law gave this Pilgrim set to me and I love to put it out each year. They fill the house with so many wonderful and loving memories of family and being together.

Each doll was made by hand and each one is hand painted and sculpted.

All the clothes are sewn by hand as well.

I cherish the memory of things past down from the heart.

From my family to yours, my wish is may you have peace, plenty of food and warm this holiday season.

PINK SATURDAY HAPPINESS

This week I have been very busy working in my studio, so once again my pinkie shares are going to be my work. I hope you don't tire of seeing the things I create. My garden is not producing anything exciting and so these will have to do.
A strawberry cake with two petite fours.....yep, they are fake, but don't they look good enough to eat?

Just look at that yummy top. Handmade paper roses, pansies, faux pearls and some rhinestones too.

Three sweet mini snowpeople in a vintage jello mold. These can also be used as ornaments, as they have ribbon hangers. Perfect teachers or hostess gift.

A trio of very sweet pink gingerbread ornies. These are large and measure approx. 6" in length.

So cute and look good enough to eat, sugared with german glass glitter too! Yummy Yum Yum.....

When I was a child, one of my favorite stories was "The Three Little Kittens" so of course a set of mini mittens reminds me of that story.....only I didn't loss any mittens....HA!

These too, are sugared and just as cute as can be.

Last but certainly not least is another beautiful stocking. I am happy to say that most have sold, but this beautiful lady is available.

All this and more can be found on my website, Someplace In Thyme.
I would love to take a moment to tell all of you how much I appreciate your comments and your blogger friendships. This time of year seems to be a perfect time for reflection on our lives and how we affect those in our lives. You have all blessed me beyond belief and I appreciate you more than you could know. My wish is that each and everyone of you have a safe, loving and wonderful Thanksgiving. Be warm and be happy and most of all, HAPPY PINK SATURDAY!!!
Thank you Beverly from How Sweet The Sound for all you do to make this possible. I appreciate you so much and all your hard work. You can find all the participants for this week's Pink Saturday on Beverly's blog, so please go over and offer your lovely comments to as many posts as possible.

A GIVE THANKS PARTY

I am  honored to be participating in Lynn from The Vintage Nest's "GIVE THANKS PARTY."
Please join me and others here to give our thanks for all that we hold dear.
I am thankful that I was born into a family that loved and supported one another, lived by example and respect for all life. I come from a family of military. Grandfather, father, father in law, brother in law, nephew and husband, all served our great country. I am grateful to all that serve to keep us safe and most of all free. I am proud to be an American.
I am humbled by my husband of 38 wonderful years. That someone would and could love me so dearly, share a life together and raise two perfect children.
I am grateful for family, and feel so very blessed to have our children, their spouses and our grandchildren close by. My heart is full with the love of my mother and mother in law.
I am blessed by my friends, both far and near. I never take for granted, my loyal customers and my blogging buddies. They bless me everyday.
On a lighter note, I have been quoted as saying, "I am grateful to be able to get out of bed on my own, breath on my own and know my name!!"
This is a season of reflection, of thinking about all the people we hold dear to our hearts, both living and past. I hope that you too, will stop and take notice of all that you have been given, all that you hold dear.
Please visit Lynn's blog for more inspirational stories, and lets give thanks, this day.
THANK YOU Lynn for bringing us altogether to share from our hearts.

WELCOME TO PINK SATURDAY

It's unbelievable to me what is growing in my garden now. Who would think you would have roses and other blooms in November?

Living in the desert takes some getting used to, and after 7 years, we still don't "get it." Fall color doesn't hit until December and by then, it doesn't matter much. Fall is long over and we are into winter......strange.

Now that the summer heat is gone, we are left with day time temps in the 70's while the nights are in the 40's, so the garden has come back to life.

Roses are blooming again and there is lots of life to be seen.

Please don't get me wrong, my garden doesn't look anywhere near as nice as it does in spring, but while some places are having snow, I will take this!! HA!

Even my bougainvillea are blooming this time of year, although I think they love the heat and show it with blooms all year long.

How about a little bit of Texas sage.....smells good too.

I wish you were here to enjoy this with me, you could sit here in this lovely rocker.

Isn't this pillow just beautiful. I bought this on ebay a few years back from a very talented seller that sadly is no longer selling. I miss her.......even tho I create pillows for the cottage industry, I love to purchase from others in the same venue...

My hibiscus say thank you for visiting this week and leaving such nice comments. I want to thank Beverly from How Sweet The Sound for once again bringing us all together for a little pinkie fun. You can find the list of pink participants on Beverly's blog. I hope you enjoyed your tour of my little part of the world and now I am off to visit as many wonderful blogging buddies as I can.

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY

THANK YOU to all our service men and women for keeping America safe.
Thank you to my father for dedicating his life to our country and serving in two wars.
Thank you to my father in law for dedicating his life to our country and serving in three wars.
Thank you to my brother in law for his service and for serving in one war.
Thank you to my beloved husband for his 30 years of service in the Air Force.
With out our brave men and women who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, we would not be free.
GOD BLESS THEM AND GOD BLESS AMERICA, HOME OF THE BRAVE!

WANNA GOOD LAUGH!!! WATCH THIS....

http://biggeekdad.com/2010/06/old-rock-stars/

PINK SATURDAY

A very good friend of mine just sent me a link to fight breast cancer. I had another post to share with you today, but this was just to good to pass up. Please take a minute and watch this video.
About 136 former cheerleaders got together to do a dance routine to benefit "Susan G. Komen for the Cure" (Breast Cancer). Each time someone views the video, United Healthcare will make a $.10 donation to the Komen organization. Their goal is to get a million hits, which will lead to $100K raised. (Hope this is true).

http://www.komenphiladelphia.org/Video

Happy Pink Saturday to all my pinkie friends and to my friends that I have yet to meet. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend.
Thank you Ms. Beverly for bringing us all together for another wonderful weekend. I know you work very hard to make this possible and I appreciate it. You can find the list of pinkie partcipants on Beverly's blog at How Sweet The Sound.

HAPPY PINK SATURDAY

Another week has come and gone and we are now back together for some more pink fun. This week I am showing you another one of my sweet tassels. This one is made with a cupcake on the top. Lots of goodies including sparkles too.
Happy Pink Saturday to everyone and have a safe Halloween as well. Remember to get those mamos girlfriends.
Thank you to Beverly from How Sweet The Sound for once again bringing us all together. Be sure to visit the list of participants to see what lovely things are being shared this week.

ANYONE FOR A CAT NAP??

I just couldn't resist invading Linus' space as he lay ever so peacefully trying to sleep. Wonder what he is dreaming about!!??

GOT YA!!! Sorry, I couldn't help myself........go back to sleep.....

Pink Saturday~Lets Have Some Fun

This week has been a very busy one for me. Altho I stated a few weeks back that I no longer wanted to showcase my work on this blog, but instead to leave it on Someplace In Thyme2, I find that my world right now is dominated by rich, dark colors, and sadly no pastels.

These stockings are all a special order from a customer and therefore they are already sold. I still have two more to make. These seemed like the perfect fit for Pink Saturday, so I hope you enjoy what I am showing you this week.

As most of you know, I am a floral designer and have said many times that I love to work in chaos! HA! Well, I took a big step of faith and am going to show you just what I mean. After creating three stockings, this is what my work table looks like. YIKES!! :)

I know, it's sad, but it's all me. You can see my little space for doing some actual work. My mother has no idea how I can do anything with all the mess around me, but it works. After I finish up the next two stockings, I will fold and put everything away, clean and be ready for the next round. Even the mess fits the theme of today......lots of pinks there!!!
Thank you Ms. Beverly from How Sweet The Sound for once again bringing us all together and making it looks so effortless. Be sure to check out all the pinkie participants this week HERE. And don't forget to get those mamos girlfriends.

PINK SATURDAY

                                           
It's that time of the week when once again all the pinkies in blogland get together to talk....."pink". This week I am celebrating pie from The Village Inn. For those of you that have a Village Inn near you, you already know that not only do they serve wonderful and delicious food, but they have the best pie ever.
In recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Village Inn has come out with this incredible pie......chocolate and pink!!!! Perfect.
Make sure all of you take advantage of not only the pie, but the mamos too!!! Better yet, get your mamo, and then follow up with a yummy piece of pie afterwards.........make your appointments ladies....
Thank you Beverly for all you do for us. We appreciate you more than you know. You can find Ms. Beverly at How Sweet The Sound and also all this weeks participants. Go have a visit and Happy Pink Saturday.

FALL DECORATING IN THE DESERT

This is the view of my front door. I bought this beautiful wreath at Home Goods last year. I am in love with the variety of pumpkins and the colors.

Such a pretty wreath, I would love to keep it up all year long, but I guess my neighbors may not like that. I had my Easter wreath up all summer due to my accident. Everyone must have thought I had lost my mind. Can you just imagine an egg wreath in July when it's over 105 degrees outside. HA! Oh well, at least I gave everyone something to talk about!

Of course you have to have some pumpkins at the door too. These are being watched over by a sweet bear with a welcome sign. He is there all year long with a smile on his face. He must love what he does.

Oh course, you have to have someone watch over the pumpkins and keep them from the crows, right?

Somehow this guy looks too cute to be taking my pumpkins, or maybe he is welcomeing  his friends to help themselves........hummmm

Colorful mums are aways a welcome sight and the colors are perfect.

Fall leaves wrapped around a porch railing.

Another wreath graces my gate to the entrance of my front porch.

More pumpkins, but also some pods, cones and berries.

Don't you just love this time of year? I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of my desert colors and will come back later for some of my Halloween decorations.

Lets Party With The Animals!!!

This past Sat. was our grand daughter Jenna's second birthday. Her parents, (our son Tim and our daughter in law Amber) thought it would be a great birthday celebration to have a petting zoo in their yard....they were right! It was a blast for young and old, oops, did I say old? HA!

As you can see, one of the animals was a pony and Jenna loved him. Lets go for a ride party girl.

Big sister's Allies turn. Could Allie be any cuter? Why do they have to grow up so fast?

Allie will be five in Dec. It seems as though we just welcomed this little one into our lives yesterday.

Cousin Kyler takes a turn. That's our daughter Kirstin. Kyler is a twin. How did we become so blessed?

Brother Jack isn't too sure about this pony, but in the end, I think he loved it.

I was impressed with the way the petting zoo was organized. I thought the animals would just be running free, but the person in charge told me you would never catch them to leave at the end of the day. Gesh, I never thought of that!!!!
They brought: a cow (you can see the grey animal in the above picture....it's a small cow) two goats, two chickens, two rabbits, two pot bellied pigs and the pony.
Notice Jenna's shirt? It says Birthday Girl.

One of the pigs and two chickens.

What a perfect cheesy smile....

OK, admit it, you can't beat this face!!!

Jack loving it all.

I think the expression on Kyler's face says it all....well, almost. Turns out there was a BIGGER surprise in the waiting. Do you see it? It took me a long time.....

Do you see what's on the back of Jenna's shirt??? YIPPEE, what a perfect end to a perfect day. It was all magical and we can't wait to see what the future holds for us all.