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I want to thank all of you who have sent such wonderful thoughts and wishes my way this week. It cheered me just to hear from you. I photographed the beautiful roses I received on Mother's Day, and I wanted to share them with you.
Thank you for being the roses in my garden.
Until next time,
Yes, I finally was able to sit up and work on my painting. Yippee! Okay, that wasn't very dignified, but I am so glad to be painting again. I finished a painting for my art journal.
Contentment is simple - paint and brushes :) I'm a happy camper again! It's amazing how an illness can put everything into perspective. I hope you are all having a wonderful Mother's Day. I came downstairs this morning to a beautiful bouquet of roses. I hope the ones you love have made you feel special today. Know in your heart that you are...I appreciate each and every one of you who come here to share a little bit of life with me.
God bless you!
Until next time,
Happy Pink Saturday! Today marks my one hundredth post at Comfort Cottage. In addition, I hit the big 5-0 this week. My sweet hubby treated me to dinner and a wonderful box of chocolates (Chocolate covers a mulitude of ills!). I'm trying to remember not to complain about turning 50...many have never had the privilege.
Now, I must say that it has been a bit of a rough week. Last Saturday, I took you on a virtual tour of Longwood Gardens. On the following Tuesday it became apparent that I would be paying a high price for those photographs. Chester County happens to be notorious for Lyme Disease, and by Tuesday of this week, I found out why. I had no idea how sick you could become if infected. Needless to say, antibioitics will be my life for the next month!
SO, WHERE'S THE PINK?
I saved these photos of the quilt hanging in the reception area at Longwood. The quilt was much larger, but this is the pink part.
I love the birds!
Here is a final flower from my ill-fated Longwood tour :)
Many thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday. If you would like to visit all of the participants, click on the Pink Saturday icon in my right sidebar.
I have not been able to do much blog-hopping, due to being sick, but I promise to introduce a new blog next week. Also, a special announcement:
DUE TO SHIPPING COSTS, GIVEAWAY WILL ONLY BE OPEN TO CONTINENTAL US RESIDENTS! Thank you for understanding.
God bless you until next time,
It may be gloomy here in Pennsylvania today, but I have a few cheery photos for you. I had hoped to have more paintings to share with you, but this has not been the best of weeks so far. Remember the photos of beautiful Longwood Gardens? I seem to have paid a heavy price for them. I was diagnosed with a whopping case of lyme disease yesterday! My photographic career seems to have hit a snag :) Talk about being flattened! Hopefully, I'll feel well enough to sit up in the studio soon.
For the next month, this is my life:
Oh well, enough of this gloom and doom. I have a few photos from my last visit to the Country Store that I haven't shown you yet. Their display window was so pretty that day.
Aren't those little birds adorable?
There were some beautiful quilts displayed across the street.
Inside, I saw a lovely applique quilt.
We have a different kind of traffic here.
That's all I have for now. I'm looking forward to having a new painting soon. In the meantime, take care in the garden...you never know what's lurking there :)
Until next time,
My lilac bush is blooming gloriously. Every year I've forgotten to photograph it, so I made up for it this year.
I love the way the petals are surrounded in white.
I am continually amazed and awed at the intricacy and beauty of creation. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed sharing it with you.
Until next time,
