Mosaic Monday

Just a few of my fall photos made into a mosaic. Hope you all have a wonderful week and enjoy the beautiful fall weather. Please join me as I visit the Little Red House for more mosaic's.

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Show and Tell Friday

I have blogged about this shoe before, but I will again for Show and Tell. When I was young, I had a sister 4 years younger than I. When Mom and Dad would dress up to go out on Saturday night, Mom would come out in her pretty dress and a pair of red shoes. We would sit and stare at her and after they would leave - FIGHT over who got to wear the red shoes some day. I was sure that I would get to wear them FIRST, because I was the oldest. However, my sisters feet grew faster than mine and so I was terrified that she would get to wear them first. This became an ongoing joke, and when grown we still would tease each other about them. I was SO excited when my sister's feet were too big for the shoes! Not that either of us ever wore them, by the time our feet were big enough - they were out of style. We grew up, got married and moved away from home and forgot about the shoes. One day I got a package in the mail, and in it was the RIGHT red shoe with a silk flower arrangement in it. Mom had sent me the right shoe - because I am right handed, and my sister the left shoes - because she is left handed. I treasure that shoe to this day, and it's sitting on the dresser in my bedroom as I write this. That's my show and tell. Thanks for stopping by to visit, and please leave a comment if you have time. Go over to http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ for Show and Tell Friday.

Tablescape Thursday and the winner of the giveaway!!!!

Far from being my last, I have another tablescape from Nell Hill's. I wish I were going to be in KC this weekend, they are having a tablescape extravaganza at Briarcliff/Nell Hills. It's a little pricey, but I'm sure it would be worth it!

This tablescape used natural branches and stems, cut from trees with fall leaves on them, as well as some artificial ones sold at Nell Hill's. They are placed in HUGE grecian pitchers, I think you can see the handles on the lower photos. Each setting was mismatched silver trays, set on top of a velvet bordered placemat in dark green.

There are large velvet leaves in the middle of the table, and the sliver of silver you see in the top right hand, is actually the tail of a silver pheasant. The square plates are offset for emphasis, and the delft blue plate thrown in for a little surprise. The cloche's were all the same height and added a lot to the feel.

I just loved this setting, although it kind of breaks several of our "rules" that we grew up with - the height of the centerpiece is DEFINITELY too tall to see anyone other than your direct neighbor to the right/left. Mismatch was the name of the game on this table, and some people are still in the matchy/matchy phase! This tablescape is actually at Garrity's NOT Nell Hill's, but it's still Nell Hill's - all the way!

I had 97 followers on October 31, 2009 - with 12 of them who got extra chances. That makes for 109 in the drawing. I had the kids chose a number between 0-110 and they chose 68! So looking at my followers list - that means Blondie at "Blondie's Journal" won the drawing! Wohoo! If I can get an address - then I'll be able to put this signed book in the mail this weekend, otherwise - I'll have to wait. Congratulations to Blondie, I wish I could have met you in Chicago when I was there! and thanks so much to all of you for your comments, kindness, and most of all - FOLLOWING me! The giveaway has been so much fun, I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have! As late as I am posting today, I'm sure you've already been to Susan's at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/, but if not - be sure and check out the other tablescapes.

Mosaic Monday!!!

This house sits on the north side of highway 36, in Phillips County, Kansas. In its time, it was a very beautiful, stately home sitting on a high hill. The owners refused to let anyone renovate it, so now it sits in severe disrepair. When you look around the rooms were quite large for the day (1800's) and had high ceilings. There are many details that were added, that are for looks only, and I will show more of those next week. The house is made of native limestone. I am going to do a post also of the limestone "harvesting" that was done in the early 1900's, later on.

Thanks for stoppy by, I'll be announcing the winner of my giveaway - hopefully today. I'm still babysitting in KC with G-kids, and am quite busy! The other mosaics can be see at the below address:

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Pink Saturday - a little late!!!

I know I'm running late. We are in KC baby

sitting 3/6 of our grands this week. The pink for today is Emma's costume of a butterfly AND Greta has pink in her leggings too - she's a candy corn! The boys are POWER RANGERS!!!! So, that's why I'm late, but better late than NEVER!! Have a great PS, and go see the rest at the below address:

http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Outdoor Wednesday - Atchison, Kansas Friendship Forest

We're taking a tour of the International Forest of Friendship, in Atchison, Kansas. There was a bench just waiting for me to have my pix taken! As stated on the sign, the forest was started by the "99's", a group of women pilots that Amelia Ehrhart started, and continues to this day.

The gates were closed, but there is a road, so you can drive through the forest, or a you can abandon the car and take a walk on a nice day. And, we were lucky that it was truly a beautiful weekend, weather wise and OTHER wise!

The forest has a tree from every state, as well as a number of foreign countries. It's kind of amazing to see the tree from Israel, or the one from Eqypt. They look a lot like our trees, but there's a difference. A sidewalk takes you to through the forest, and it takes about an hour. If you don't read the signs, it probably would only take 15 minutes. But, you know me! I had to know as much as I could!

The above tree is the product of a seed that was taken aboard Apollo 14, in 1971. The seed traveled to the moon, then was brought back to earth and planted. So, in essence, this tree has been to the moon AND back! This tree has the plaque under it, to let you know you've got the right one!

The above memorial is at the foot of the moon tree.

Atchison is also the home of Mary Garrity, owner of Nell Hill's. She is one of the reasons we made the trip and are glad we did. There is much to see and do there, and we tried to take it ALL in, in 3 days!

Be sure and join me as a follower to be able to take advantage of my give away. There's only a few days left! I will be putting this book in the mail to one of my lucky followers on NOVEMBER 7th! Check out my sidebar for more information. I'm going to go visit the other Outdoor Wednesday posts at the below address:http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/, be sure and come along!

Mosaic Monday

I have really enjoyed making mosaic's- so much that I make them ahead of time. The one below was made with different photos from different times. The large color photo was taken earlier this spring. During the summer, the top of it was blown off, and there are no longer blades on it. Kinda sad, cause it was SO pretty the way it was.

The small photo is of a stone house 2 miles from our house that is very well known on Highway 36. On an average of 3 times a week, someone is stopped along the highway taking a photo of it. I'll have more photos next week in another mosaic of the house.

Don't forget to check out my giveaway on my sidebar. If you are Nell Hill's lover, you will be VERY interested!

Thanks for hosting Mosaic Monday, Little Red House. Please join me as I go see what other mosaic's there are this week.

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