tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78584081640468062702024-03-18T12:58:28.178-07:00Pollyanna ReinventsPollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864040691269563681noreply@blogger.comBlogger902125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858408164046806270.post-68716104827607032602019-07-03T10:50:00.000-07:002019-07-03T10:50:00.572-07:00I Went to a Garden Party <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So a couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to go to a Garden Party hosted by Joanne, a member of my Art Group. I'm trying to down size my craft selection at the antique mall, so I decided to put together some art kits to share as favors. It was great, it meant emptying out about 8 jars of crafties, like keys, buckles, drink parasols, assorted cardboard letters from games, some majong tiles, and the like.</div>
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Joanne always sets a beautiful table … in fact all the ladies in this group are naturals at entertaining. I loved that she used my favors in the place</div>
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I also loved her patriotic rag swags. In fact I made one for my garden house … I can't wait to be done with it and be ready for a reveal of its make over. It was definitely time.</div>
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Here are Cindy, Jann and Ann …</div>
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and Margo, Kimi, Trina and Joanne … somehow I missed Shirley … but she is in the group shots below.</div>
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How fun is Joanne's sweet child's cupboard … yep, I had to exercise restraint in the coveting department.</div>
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Joanne's yard is so full of whimsical fun, I wish the light would have allowed me to share the fun.</div>
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Here we are; Kimi, Cindy, Jann, Joanne, Ann, Shirley, Trina, Margo and me.</div>
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Its been a cool summer here, and by the end of the evening a few of us where snuggling up.</div>
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After we brought in some of the accoutrements, I decided to take a better shot of Joanne's crafted candlesticks. We all loved them and are now collecting small glass objects … that's right, it never ends.</div>
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Thanks Joanne for the wonderful Mid-Summer's Night Dream of an evening. Everything was perfect!!</div>
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Well, its officially summer, and for me that means patriotic décor. How about you? It also means that our June art group were making red, white and blue wreaths. Kimi set up this space, and gifted us goodies too.</div>
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That's me getting on my patriotic Jam!! I used this old round wire Christmas card stand to build my double sided wreath. You may see my patriotic campaign buttons scattered over the wreath on both sides.</div>
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Shirley is soooo talented. She brought patriotic goodness to share as well. Her work is always stunning, you'll see her finished wreath below.</div>
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We were glad when Connie, Kimi's good friend, dropped by, because we only had 3 of our 10 members at this group meeting … I like to think of the three of us as the hard core crafters. We are the ones who dream about crafting at night.</div>
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Here's our Shirley getting in her patriotic artist garb, she's almost done.</div>
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Here's Kimi peeking through her finished wreath. Be sure to note her adorable patriotic ballerina!</div>
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Here's the other side of my wreath … please note the pipe cleaner Uncle Sams that Shirley made for us.</div>
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Here's Shirley's completed project.</div>
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We had a great time, and got to immerse our selves in creating art, which makes art group a high light of the month for me. Thanks for sharing your vintage goodness girls.</div>
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So back from Finland for 9 months, we had missed doing a tree for The Festival of Trees, a fundraiser for our local Children's Hospital, for two years. It was good to get back in the saddle. </div>
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Here is the entire set up. The skirt of the tree was made from half a dozen dollar store tutus.</div>
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We decided on a Bee tree theme in June. We registered the name, Bee You Tiful with the Festival then. Two months later my son died in an gun accident while camping, and our We Can group chair, Carolyn, kindly agreed to dedicate the tree to him. At that time we added the 'B' s for 'Ben' to the design.</div>
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These are the ornaments our group made in monthly meetings for three months. There were 8 to 12 ladies at the meetings. I finished up the ornaments the weekend before Festival set up, which is always the Monday after Thanksgiving.<br />
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The ornament to the right is my favorite of the group. Ladies spent a lot of time making these hives out of sculpy clay.<br />
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A larger B, and a large Bee top the tree ...</div>
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Along with the tree, we added a small pie safe, rocking chair and table. The contents of the pie safe were donated by various people, some items were donated by members of We Can, some came from a customer at the antique mall where I work, some came out of my stock at the antique mall, still others came from friend of mine, my daughter Becca, a successful realtor in the area, purchased and donated the rug and the Bee Skep in the lower left corner was made by me with my craft group. So much goodness came together to stock the cupboard. </div>
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Here are the We Can ladies who were able to come to the set up day.</div>
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I loved the fun the bee wings, I got at the dollar store at Halloween time, added to the tree. Best bang for our buck.</div>
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This is our dedication to Ben. We miss him so much, but the focus on this tree, where I worked, and sometimes cried over my crafting, really was a healing experience. We have done 18 trees over the years, this is the third one to be dedicated to someone. My first was dedicated to my mother in 1999, then in 2013 we dedicated our tree to a member of We Can, who passed away.</div>
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Thank you for joining us in our journey.</div>
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Welcome says Skinny Jack, as I arrive at Kim's Witch's tea ... I see that 'the witch is in'.</div>
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More porch fun!</div>
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I was a bit early, and had the opportunity to take pictures of the decor before it was all covered with eager witches.</div>
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Isn't this the best, a black and white display themed, Opera! Ooo ... I wonder if the phantom is here?</div>
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If you sit here, you get to sit by a ballerina witch, who may or may not have overdone it on her diet ...</div>
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Kim's been collecting Halloween for more than 30 years, and weeds her collection continually, </div>
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which means, her decor is THE best. This is her dining room.</div>
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Spooky lace over the blinds with a banner, also in the dining room.</div>
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Here's another friendly witch seat mate.</div>
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I could spend hours checking out every detail of this amazing display.</div>
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... and this one too ...</div>
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Kim has the most amazing collection of mushrooms, a favorite of mine as well. They stay out year round, but mix perfectly with every season, here we see a talented witch out gathering magic mushrooms for her brew.</div>
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This full size ballerina witch is Jennine. She used to be a vendor when I used to do fleaology. Such a talented girl!! I hear that she and Denise from Vintage Pelican are going to be sharing a booth at the Provo Vintage Market on Friday Nov 16, 6-9 and Nov 17 9-3 220 W Center Street in Provo. </div>
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More fabulous collectibles.</div>
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Boo!</div>
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And if you're a 'Village Girl' you came to the right place ...</div>
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Here's Kim's holiday tree dressed up to scare you!</div>
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My favorite witch sits high on the stair landing overlooking the festivities. </div>
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Her 'higher up' overlooks the fun from the upstairs landing.</div>
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I'm such a fan of 50's graphics, though I AM older than Kim and experienced them as a child.</div>
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More witches arrive, and they must be very wise, because they come bearing gifts, while wearing splendid costumes.</div>
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Whoooo wants to play Halloween tic-tac-toe with me .... Whoooo, Whoooo</div>
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"I would", said the Halloween Cat, "if I weren't in another room."</div>
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We are both fans of Mary Engelbreit's work.</div>
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I love these. I always tell Kim I don't come to her parties for the goodies, I come for the eye candy, I think you can tell why...</div>
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though there is certainly nothing to complain about when it come to the other kind of goodies, here is her delightful spread, including my witch finger bread sticks.</div>
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There are also select treats 'tastefully' displayed, throughout the house.</div>
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I love the inclusion of the star in this fun bit.</div>
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... and isn't this tablecloth to die for?</div>
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Witches checking out the brew!!</div>
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Here's is Kim with her nieces and her red headed daughter.</div>
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This is me with Kim and Jane, another wonderful vendor of vintage delights. (She's xoxohellogirlie on instagram)</div>
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Since all good things must come to an end, I pass this pair on my way back to the real world. Thanks for a wonderful evening Kim. You really are the best. </div>
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What a fun day ... the morning of the day of my witches party, for which I had been decorating for weeks, I got the idea, to put Edgar Alan Poe's face over my husband's in the period portrait I had commissioned when we bought our 125 year old house, 20 years ago. I loved the effect, and one of my party guests even asked if I always had the Poe portrait on display in my library. </div>
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This is the desk in the library, with its decor including a specimen case with 'fairy remains', I'd made the day before. Doesn't it look scholarly?</div>
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Then my helpers began to show up. My grandson Scott dressed as Harry Potter, and worked the library for me. His sister Eva was in charge of the craft in the garden house ... and since it was Eleanor's birthday she was in charge of having fun.</div>
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This kindly witch was in charge of the entry way, she greeted guests and gave them the checklist for activities. She also made sure the small graveyard in the front was full of goody bags for the witches to find when they went 'grave robbing'.</div>
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When it was dark enough Hubs added dry ice to the fountain, which looked pretty cool, because the bubbling brew animated the pumpkins .... oh soooo spooky. He also turned on the projector that projected flying witches against the house.</div>
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With the help of early comers, like Becca, Wendy and even Hubs the table was laid by 7.</div>
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There were Mummy Dogs, Jack-o-lantern oranges, Deviled Eggs, and Tomb Stone and cookie dirt puddings.</div>
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There were also cookies (Thanks Jann), trick-or-treat candy, spooky brownie bites, Witch Finger Bread Sticks, Spider Ice cubes, and a cauldron of Bubbling Brew brought by a neighbor.</div>
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My birthday girl granddaughter asked me if they were real spiders.</div>
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My friend Cheryl brought Candy Witch Fingers, which were yummy, and we floated 'hand ice' with a spider ring in the punch bowl.</div>
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The birthday girl had a friend come to keep her company, since her siblings were hard at their spooky work.</div>
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Here are some of my guests ... my dear friend Robin, who stopped at the grocery store on her way home in her complete costume, and ran into a lady who said "How cool, you're like a real witch out doing her regular grocery shopping ... I wish my kids were here to see you."</div>
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This is Wendy who flew in a bit early and made the deviled eggs for me.</div>
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Here I am with neighbors, and my daughter-in-law in the orange sweater.</div>
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and more of my darling neighbors.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wRgFNcptoePJsDsn0o9B6128DaIsC9SuJYVZtm-ZK0ycv_37pYDfgLrm6eEZKJInvVp4zEwVH1EO6SrAeDc7HFMIHNn3NCEYJtgF_TuVE98fEO1sUDVCIvFeR0jEUWG58wfCiXGZJG8t/s1600/IMG-6389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wRgFNcptoePJsDsn0o9B6128DaIsC9SuJYVZtm-ZK0ycv_37pYDfgLrm6eEZKJInvVp4zEwVH1EO6SrAeDc7HFMIHNn3NCEYJtgF_TuVE98fEO1sUDVCIvFeR0jEUWG58wfCiXGZJG8t/s640/IMG-6389.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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These girls are all related, and its fun to see that they are color coordinated.</div>
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Tara and Andrea</div>
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The details of costumes was so amazing, like this sweet spider pin my friend Lyn is wearing.</div>
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Now that you have met some of my guests, I thought I'd share pictures of the 8 witch activity stations for the evening.<br />
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1. Above and to the left are friends who are sitting in my family room watching 'Young Frankenstien' We chose it because everyone knows the basic story so you could catch a few minutes for a laugh and move on if you wanted to.<br />
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2. This witch watched over the Witches Ball, where witches danced around a steaming cauldron to classic tunes, like the Monster Mash ....</div>
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3. My Granddaughter Eva helped everyone make poison bottles for the spooky craft in my garden house. I love this peek through the window.</div>
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My friend Shirley is in my art group and is one of the most talented people I know. I'm not sure how I missed getting a picture of her bottle, but I did get others.</div>
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Here are friends Andrea, Tara and Kim, hard at work.</div>
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Here is Lillian's bottle.</div>
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... and Carolyn's. They are both in my book club.</div>
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Here are four of the six members of my art group who were able to come, Ann, Jann, Kimmy and Margo.</div>
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4. My Grandson, aka Harry Potter oversaw the Library activities, including getting my guests to reach for a book on the shelves, which action triggered a trick book which moved in and out of the shelf while emitting spooky sounds and admonishing them concerning scary stories. He then read part of The Raven, by Edgar Alan Poe (Who you will recall is overlooking the scene), then he administered a Halloween trivia game, for which they could win a prize.</div>
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5. Then my guests stepped into the room next to the library to have their 'fortunes told' by my friend and walking partner, Ginny.</div>
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Since we are not 'that kind of witches' all of the fortunes were jolly, such as new grand babies, trips, treasures to be found and new friends...</div>
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6. All the witches were reminded to spend some time in the dining room, eating dirt and witches fingers, and the like.</div>
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7. Then it was photo booth time, the witches were invited to use the props on the front porch to take pictures to remember their spooky evening and scary witchy friends.</div>
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8. Last of all the witches were sent to the graveyard out front to do some 'grave robbing'. We had hidden bags of 'Witches Loot', for them to find.</div>
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So that was my 6th witch party. I had done one for each of five years before heading to Finland. This was my first to be held in the evening, as I decided it was time to take advantage of the fact that my house looks haunted. Thanks for coming along to share the fun. I hope your spooking season is your best ever.</div>
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Last Saturday was an amazing day ... because I got to go and look at some amazing quilts with my friend Lavern who met me at the Home Tour Breakfast with quilts that was part of the Payson Quilt Guild's fun activities for 2018</div>
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My favorite quilt at the home tour was this fabulous red and white quilt. I love red work, and the color scheme is right up my alley.</div>
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This quilt is beautiful, and the lady coming up the stairs is a distant relative. What a fun surprise.</div>
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How sweet is this Christmas quilt.</div>
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Besides the beautiful quilts found all over the house, there was a nice breakfast too.</div>
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Most of the quilts were brought in by guild members, but this one is a family heirloom, of the home owner. I love crazy quilts.</div>
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I know its not a quilt, but isn't it fabulous?</div>
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Then it was time to head up to the historic Peteetneet school, that is the home to the quilting week. This time to pick up fabrics for great prices, as guild members donate fabrics for a fund raiser for the guild. I found some amazing trims. Then it was time to check out the quilts in the exhibit in the museum rooms of Peteetneet.</div>
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I've never seen a quilt like this, but I thought it was charming, If I could crochet ...</div>
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Here's a close up</div>
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A peek in the case full of treasures.</div>
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This is definitely my favorite quilt of the day ... I've never seen an appliqued quilt on black. How stunning is that.</div>
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Here's another quilt with a twist. Note the grandmother's flower garden flowers as hollyhocks.</div>
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I thought the fabric ribbons were a wonderfully clever touch.</div>
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I always like a log cabin quilt.</div>
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I'm not sure what this pattern is called, but I like it a lot, especially the color choices.</div>
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Last of all, but definitely not least, is the biggest quilt I have ever seen. It is 10 feet tall. I love sampler quilts, but didn't have time to see if there were duplicates,k No mater how you look at it, its impressive.</div>
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Thanks for coming along and reviewing the great quilts at the Payson Quilt show. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Thanks for coming along.</div>
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What a wonderful day, its time to party again with my Art Group. We have such wonderful hostesses found among our numbers. This time it is Joanne who has invited us to her Travel theme dinner party.</div>
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Each place is set with a 'State Tray' as a charger for each place setting, then a state dinner plate, and two more state plates for a bread and butter and dessert. In the place 'card' setting is a post card from a state of significance to the guest, sunglasses, and a galvanized first initial. The napkin is in a 'tire' napkin ring with a state handkerchief .</div>
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The center piece is globes, maps, old tickets and travel postcards.</div>
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The whole room had travel touches ...</div>
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Ann and Jann were directly across from me.</div>
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Here am I with my seat mates, Trina and Margo.</div>
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Here's the lot of us. Actually we had two who canceled, and were much missed.</div>
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Then we celebrated Trina's birthday.</div>
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The candle flare was so fun to watch, and to take pictures of, evidently.</div>
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This is Jann and Kim, Kim was busy that week, making us all witch boxes.</div>
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Each box had a personalized detail.</div>
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Shirley loves all thing Switz and got a Heidi Witch, how fun.</div>
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Joanne was the perfect hostess and deserved lots of sweet hostess gifts. This is my favorite, because its a crow, and Joanne loves it, despite the fact that she is not a fan of Halloween, and insists that it does not look like a Halloween decoration. We love you Joanne!! Thanks for a fabulous evening.</div>
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I have had this sweet tea set for sale at the antique mall where I sell, for five years .... so when my daughter in Texas asked me to keep my eye out for a tea set that she could use to have tea parties with her daughter, I decided it was time for this lovely set to find a home.</div>
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But before packing it up to take to Texas on our upcoming trip, I decided to use it. I was to host my book club, and since the book we were going to discuss was The Chilbury Ladies Choir, the story of a group of English ladies during WWII, a Tea party seemed perfect.</div>
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I knew from past experience that faux clotted cream was a must. (I whip a pint of cream without sugar, then I fold in an 8 oz softened cream cheese .... yum, its a lot like the real thing I have enjoyed on trips to England)</div>
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All that was needed to make it perfect was the book club ladies ... and the discussion of a book that we had all enjoyed. Talley Ho ... (err... wait, I think that's what the English say when they commence, oops!) I guess I should say Cheerio!</div>
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Here we are, back at Chawton Cottage. My husband built it 6 years ago, and we have loved it, but it is time for a new paint job, so hopefully I'll be sharing that with you in the next month or so.</div>
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Ever since my art group did their bee skeps, I have been in love with bees, and decided to change the decor of my cottage from 'authors and literature', to all things bees. My heart skipped a beat when I found this vintage book so titled at Treasures.</div>
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I moved my white pot collection to the mantel, because my husband thought that my wire plants shelves were not sturdy enough. The 'Bee.o.logy' sign used to say flea.o.logy ... but since the city will no longer let us hold the flea market, reinventing the sign, seemed like a good idea. The beehive is compliments of Graphics Fairy.</div>
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I found this cute 'bee' plate at my favorite thrift.</div>
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I also found the pot on the upper far left, when I did an antiques garage sale, with my friend Nikki, and she brought it to sell. Yeah Nikki.</div>
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Here's the Queen Bee banner I made with my craft group a while ago.</div>
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This is the sweet plate that my sister Joyce found for me, when we had just built the cottage. How perfect is that.</div>
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Last of all are two shots into the cottage from its shabby door. With the influx of Bees, I imagine it will become less and less white. I hope you enjoyed your tour.</div>
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Welcome to our garden tour and progressive afternoon tea. Here Kimi greets us for a tour of her newly outfitted Garden Shed.</div>
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Ann and Jann admire the details.</div>
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We start the mid-afternoon with the culinary delight of a Bee Bundt.</div>
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A chorus of frogs serenade us.</div>
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As we sample delights.</div>
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Here we are, Cindy, Margie, Connie, Kimi, Joanne, Ann and Jan,</div>
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And from the other end of the table we see, Joanne, Ann, Jann, Margo, Shirley, Cindy, and Margie.</div>
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Then it was off to Jann's house...</div>
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Here is her Garden House.</div>
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Here we are inside her garden house.</div>
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Looking through the screened window, it was fun to see Margie and Ann chatting in the garden outside.</div>
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It was fun to visit while we snacked on Jalapeno/blackberry jam and cream cheese on crackers. Yum.</div>
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The culmination of our garden tour was at Joanne's house. We were welcomed by the sight of this over flowing pool fountain .... oh so delightful.</div>
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Joanne's free standing covered patio is decorated in a charming shabby style ...</div>
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The handkerchief pennants are perfectly happy. I also loved the fresh flowers woven into the chandelier.</div>
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We started with this refreshing watermelon, cucumber and feta salad, dressed with a honey-lemon sauce. We also enjoy our own seasoned olive oil in which to dip crusty Ciabatta bread.</div>
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The pesto and Parmesan crusted salmon was beyond any salmon I have ever enjoyed.</div>
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Here are most of us, ready for our delicious strawberry trifle.</div>
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After dinner, we relaxed and chatted, waiting for the darkness to become complete so that we could fully enjoy the magic of the fairyland of twinkling lights. Here we see Cindy, displaying the delights of the amazing hammock. </div>
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I loved the charmed lights hanging from the old growth apple trees, with just a peak of Joanne's sweet playhouse behind.</div>
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Thanks to all of the ladies in our art group. They are all so talented, and their artistic sensibilities seems to heighten their awareness of beauty. It was a lovely, lovely day. One to be long remembered by the friends who enjoyed each other and the beauty of magnificent gardens and garden structures.</div>
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This is a picture of my son Ben and his beautiful wife Hannah. These family pictures were taken the end of July, fortunately. Because in mid-August Ben lost his life in an accident.</div>
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Ben has always been a lot of fun. Sort of the family clown ... can you tell.</div>
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In the upper, age order picture, Ben decided he needed a lift from his siblings. In the picture below, taken at the cemetery, after almost a week of celebrating his life, his wife takes his spot in the middle. She wants to remain a member of our family, which is just what we want. We know how much our son Ben adored her, and she has truly become a member of our family over the last five years. We are so grateful for her.</div>
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Through this time of love, pain, joy and sorrow, we have, as a family, been upheld by each other, and by our many friends and extended family. We love Ben and expect to see him again, with the same sociality we have enjoyed with him here. This knowledge has been a great comfort. </div>
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We have received, flowers, cards, goodies, art projects, framed thoughts, catered meals for us all, framed pictures, inspirational art, books, cards, jewelry, meals, thoughtful letters, texts, emails and hundreds of kind thoughts on our Face Book and Intstagram pages. We have been in the prayers of hundreds, perhaps thousands, and have felt the power of those prayers. We have in short, been comforted by the Lord through the ministrations of good people.</div>
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This is Shirley, Jann, Joanne, Cindy, Margo, Ann, Margie and Kimi. They are most of the members of my Art Group (We're just missing Trina) We got together on Monday for our end of summer garden tour (I'll be sharing that in another post). When we got to Jann's house I was admiring and snapping shots of this charming Pixie Garden, when Kimi came up behind me, and said, "Its for you, we all got together last week and made it for you, in lieu of flowers." What dear friends, they had each brought items to contribute. I was simply overwhelmed by their generosity. How comforting it is to know how much good is in this world.</div>
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Here is Ben's memorial garden as it sits on one of two catalpa stumps by each side of my front gate. Its a fitting place, as it was Ben, after learning to cut down trees during a year of wild land fire fighting, that cut down the aged trees. The catalpas were over a hundred years old and more than half of their branches were dead. When we asked him to help us cut them down, he came almost immediately. </div>
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I'd been thinking all summer that we needed to put another container garden on the other stump. There is a fairy garden on the stump to the right. What a lovely reminder of my wonderful son. Thank you girls.</div>
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Well, here we are back in our small guestroom. It was originally a conservatory, and has two walls full of windows. It was the only room in the house which was furnished with a hard wood floor, in case water was spilled in the care of the plants it would not warp as readily as the softer native wood floors that were laid through out the rest of the house, in 1894 when the house was built. The room is only 8 by 10, but I have redecorated it several times in the 20 years we've had the house.</div>
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The last time the room was redone, you can see the blog post <a href="http://pollyanna-reinvents.blogspot.com/2016/02/celebrating-our-new-master-suite.html">here</a> it was in black and white. While visiting our daughter in Texas in May, I found the sweet Edwardian dress in an antique store there. It is on the right above,</div>
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I also found this sweet 1930's embroidered bedspread at the same shop. I thought the colors would look great with the pastels of the stained glass windows.</div>
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I also had these two sweet Edwardian era dresses tucked away and decided to redo the room.</div>
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The desk we're using as a night stand here, belonged to my husbands Grand Father, and the white dress hanging behind it is the blessing dress that all my daughters wore.</div>
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The wedding dress, from the late 1800s, had been for sale at the shop for several years, so I decided to bring her home, and display her next to my bride and groom collection.</div>
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The personality of the room is entirely different. When my 6 year old granddaughter came to visit last month, she loved the 'wedding room'. I know how she feels, I am loving it, as well.</div>
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Well, here we are back from our mission to Finland with a new mission in mind, namely getting to know our grandchildren better.<br />
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I'd heard a few mentions of cousin camps being held by grandparents and decided to try out the idea.<br />
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We started by ordering cousin camp shirts, including a couple in larger sizes to fit grandpa and grandma.<br />
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Next we went to Trader Joe's and chose one of their fun 'grocery bags' to be a keep sake bag for each of the kids. The first craft we did was making name tags for each of their bags. They were able to save their crafts, prizes, and even fun rocks they found and wanted to save.<br />
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We spent a couple of weeks sprucing up the yard, which it needed, including putting up this sweet picket fence.</div>
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We divided camp into three themed days. Day one the theme was animals, with the big activities being fishing and horse back riding.</div>
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Day two was all about Pioneers, the activities were a hike in the morning and a living pioneer museum in the afternoon.</div>
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Our final day was circus day, where we put together carnival games, circus food, and costumes for the finale activity, a circus parade, and finally a carnival with games and food to share with the extended family when the parents came to pick up their kids.</div>
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Then we loaded up the nine munchkins in our twelve seater van (a must for an antique dealer) and headed up Payson Canyon, just to the east of our little town.<br />
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We'll have two more passengers at next year's cousin camp, so we plan to rent a 15 seater van. (we only invited those from 4 to 12)<br />
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My son-in-law, Sam used to live in Payson, and loves Payson Lakes for fishing. He knows all the tricks. Here he is getting a fish pole ready for one of the kids.</div>
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It wasn't long until they were hauling them in. Eleanor was pretty excited to have the first catch.<br />
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Since we only take home what we will eat, we threw a lot of them back. The kids were always unhappy when we threw back 'their' fish. I told them we would only take home what they would eat, which came in handy later when it was time to eat them.<br />
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Grandpa also set up some of the kids with their own poles to hold.</div>
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Nenna is one of two four year olds who came to camp, and caught the biggest fish of all. She was so excited.<br />
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We stayed until each of the kids had caught a fish.<br />
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Then we headed home for lunch, which included dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets, and a taste of the trout they'd caught. There were also tatertots and foods we associate with animals. The kids who guessed the right animal for each food got a small prize.<br />
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Bananas - Monkeys<br />
Apples - Horse<br />
Cheese - Mouse<br />
Crackers- Parrot<br />
Honey - Bear<br />
Carrots - Rabbit<br />
Fish - Bears<br />
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After lunch we went outside for activities. I loved how companionable these two cousins seem, one lives in Texas and the other in Utah. This was my main goal of cousin camp, was the cousins bonding to one another. </div>
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Outside we played animal games, like the farmer in the dell. Then since we were spot watering on the lawn, the kids got the idea that running through the sprinkler would be fun.</div>
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Here's the oldest of the cousins at cousin camp. She's eleven and the next oldest are seven turning 8. She ended up being our camp councilor and having her help was huge. I've already hired her older brother to be an additional camp councilor next year.<br />
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I have a daughter who has a horse, and she was willing to let all 9 of the kids come and take a turn around the arena of the barn where she boards her horse. It was't much but the kids loved it and and brought along apples,cut in chunks, to feed to the other horse in the barn. </div>
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Back at the house we watched Bambi before crawling into the boy tent or the girl tent.</div>
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Our craft for the day was making a chain of all the animals we'd seen, sung about (They loved singing in the car, especially "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee.") animals mentioned in the games we played and the animals we saw on our two treks out. We saw a bald eagle, deer, horses, cows, calves, dogs, cats and lots of other birds, as well as an unconfirmed fox sighting.</div>
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On Wednesday morning, after eating a delicious Mountain Man Breakfast and scones that Grandpa made, we made whole wheat bread and shook cream to make home made butter. Of course that was a hit.</div>
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We followed up with our craft for the day that was learning to sew and sewing ribbon for ties on half dish towels to make aprons. I had planned to have the boys hem their raw edge on their kerchiefs, as you can see, that idea bombed, though 5 of the 6 girls actually sewed on their aprons.</div>
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Here we are all set up to hike to the Grotto, as small alcove in Payson Canyon with a very well maintained trail, and a lovely waterfall into a shady area to splash and have fun. At about a half a mile its the perfect length for kids.</div>
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But still sometimes you just need to rest.<br />
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Here we are on a log bridge, a few of which criss-cross the stream we hiked beside.</div>
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Back at the house we played pioneer games, like red rover and hide and seek. Of course hide and seek was the favorite. I guess the game hasn't lasted hundreds of years by accident.<br />
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In the afternoon we headed to Provo, about ten miles north of Payson, where we enjoyed the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, living Pioneer village.<br />
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Above you see the girls watching a lady doing fancy work. There was also a weaver, and a spinner, who showed items made from the spun thread.<br />
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To the left a couple of the girls enjoy the slates in the school.<br />
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The kids loved the school. We had our own personal tour guide and she was amazing.<br />
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Afterward school, there were fun pioneer games to be tried.<br />
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The children also played an 'I spy' game through out the village, circling items as they saw them, then receiving a striped candy stick as a prize.</div>
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How perfect is this activity, getting to dress up and and pose on a wagon. As you can see some liked it better than others. How pleased does our William look to the left?<br />
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Back home, we had chicken and dumplings for our pioneer dinner. Surprisingly they liked it. Then, we had to cook something over the fire, right? We'll smores may not be authentic to the period, but the kids loved them.</div>
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Then Friday was all work, work, work, work. But I thought I'd show you the result of the work first. Here are 7 of the kids, all ready for their parade. Two of the kids were picked up at 3:00 to head home, but they helped us get ready, all the same.</div>
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During breakfast we talked about all the kinds of circus workers there are. Such as cleaners, builders, decorators, food makers, clean up people and performers. When asked, they all wanted to be performers, then we agreed that without the other workers there would be no circus. Thus we paired up in sweeping teams to sweep up the patio area, and a bit of the driveway we needed for the bowling game, there were even prizes for the most dirt and leaves in their garbage bags. Eva, said "Grandma, you even make the work part, fun!" That made my day.</div>
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Next we made decorations and the items we needed for the carnival games, like covering cans to stack to be knocked over with a thrown ball. The older kids filled almost 200 water balloons. We also used a hula hoop to make a ring of fire for the performers to jump through, tying on red and orange yarn so that when the whoop is spun it looks like fire. </div>
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This is the practice parade with the whole crew. The practice parade was initiated to include the two children who had to leave at 3:00, since they had both been excitedly talking about their role in the parade, before I got a call from my daughter, saying they had had something come up and needed to leave early for home.</div>
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Here they are all ready to go.</div>
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Our greatest showman's Dad had to try on the hat. He's kind of fun like that.<br />
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We had a couple of kids in charge of each concession, but the youngest one in each team drifted off.<br />
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Here Eleanor keeps watch as her Aunt Darby pitches at the cans we covered as part of our craft activity.<br />
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Uncle Trevor gets ready to throw, while holding his nephew Mac.</div>
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Pretty Good shot, don't you think? I hear Titan was pretty exacting in passing out the prizes.</div>
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Eva takes charge of the back up balloon toss, which some how didn't use up all the balloons, and she was forced to improvise.<br />
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As did the adults, evidently, as my oldest son Trevor takes the junk food to a new level with his edible corn dog-donut mushroom.</div>
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It was exhausting, but the grand kids loved it and are still telling their parents their about their favorite parts.</div>
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After our last art group, Kimi invited me to check out her latest decor. Kim is wonderful at focusing on the season, or holiday in her decor. I'm like a kid in a candy store. I thought you might enjoy seeing happy red, white and blue to help you get in the mood for the Fourth of July this week.</div>
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I adore this table. Kimi has it out all year, but it is the star of the show in the summer. How cute is the folded paper hat?!</div>
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I am utterly charmed by this Betsy Ross beauty in a shadow box. Have you ever seen anything more fun?</div>
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Kimi mixes in circus fun with her red, white and blue. This poster is enormous!</div>
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She's amazing at putting together ordinary objects in a way that they add up to patriotic fun!</div>
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Here's a bit more circus color.</div>
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A bit of patriotic.</div>
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Seasonal add ons.</div>
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Mixing and matching red and blue transferware will always get my attention and approval. How sweet is the patriotic primitive doll in the antique sterilizer?</div>
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Crowning the mirror!</div>
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What fun it is to tour Kimi's house during any season. I hope you have enjoyed the fun!</div>
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I had a wonderful surprise last week. My friend Jenn had a vintage sale, and everyone knows that Jenn has the best stuff.... but the loveliest part is that she invited me, while I was there, to sneak into the back yard and see the charming she-shed or garden house.</div>
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Jenn and I used to have a Vintage Flea Market together called Flea-o-logy, along with another talented antiquer, Cathie. We went to Farm Chicks together once. Later Jenn took us, and our friend Wendy to a California flea market. Jenn always found the best stuff.</div>
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She loves vintage original florals, old cupboards and ironstone too. And there they all are in her expansive garden house. (Her's is double the size of mine)</div>
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Stepping back you can see more of her collection of paintings.</div>
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Taking a picture in another direction shows even more.</div>
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The collection is charming.<br />
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She also loves the lovely art pottery flower pots from the thirties through the fifties. I've collected them for years, but have only kept the white ones in my garden house, which has been mostly white. I am now adding some color, so I might started adding the colored pots too. Don't you love them?</div>
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Like most of us, Jenn has long been a fan of mannequins. I thought the piano keyboard was a great addition to the vignette shown in one corner of her garden house.<br />
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I saved this wonderful prefinished look upholstered couch for last. Isn't it wonderfully charming? I love the repurposed wood floor as well. Her husband is a star. He is amazing, and the best part is that he will build one for you, if you live somewhere around Utah County. If you'd like to contact him, you can connect with her at her<a href="http://www.3dottersvintage.com/"> 3 dotters business page</a>.</div>
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Here's a peak at the front porch of the garden house.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed your tour.<br />
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I'll be share this post of Mrs Olson's <a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2018/06/share-you-cup-296.html">Share Your Cup</a></div>
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Here we are at our craft group. I thought I'd share our patriotic project.</div>
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Kim always sets up a fun table for our crafting pleasure. Jann has got the jump on the rest of us.</div>
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Here is everyone who attended with their projects. Starting on the left are Joanne,We are mostly cleaned up ... There are ten of us in this group, but a turn out of 7 is typical, as we are all busy girls. </div>
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Here is the parade of the finished projects. Our friend Shirley made us all pin wheel kits. I think Margo's turned out adorable. I love how she added the scrabble tiles, which was one of my contributions.</div>
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This is Ann's creation. I love her fancy starred paper straws she used for her pinwheels.</div>
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Jann made hers into a tribute to the seamstress, Betsy Ross.</div>
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Jann brought back Blue Bell ice cream containers from Texas! Isn't Joanne's amazing. I love the bow from a flag idea.</div>
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Someone else brought the tinsel sprigs. Shirley always does amazing things. Don't you love it?</div>
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Don't you just LOVE Kim's picket fence? What could be more American than that?</div>
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The last one is mine ... Kim provided the flag lady graphic and the star on the base, Jann the container, and the sparkler box addition, Shirley shared the pinwheels kits and the sparkly sprigs. I don't recall who shared the milk caps and sparkly filler, but thank you friend. I love the ideas and materials we all share.</div>
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Here's the whole group! I hope your Fourth of July is fun, memorable and colorful too.</div>
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I'm sharing this post on Jann's <a href="http://jannolson.blogspot.com/">Share Your Cup Thursday.</a></div>
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Meet my friend Kim, and several other ladies from my art group. Kim is second from the left. Sometime while I was living in Finland, the site of our group get-togethers moved from Jann's house to Kim's. Kim moved into a new home while I was gone, and it had a double garage size cabinet showroom, as the previous owner was a cabinet maker. Kim made it into her crafting studio.</div>
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She also loves bees ... as show by this strand of bee lights on a mantel. I think it must be her spirit 'animal' since she's always as busy as one.</div>
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Kim loves a touch of whimsical in all her decorating, which is why she is so much fun to be around. Don't you love this rag doll riding a rabbit?<br />
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Mushrooms, and the like, also find their way into fun niches.</div>
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Her guest rooms are so inviting.</div>
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Isn't the scalloped book case, just the sweetest? I love it.</div>
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A whimsical treasury ...</div>
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Who wouldn't love a screened memo board with lots of artsy treasures, some of them made by Kim herself, but many are made by other artists. Kim is a great supporter of women artists.</div>
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As one walks about this house there are a myriad of treasures to be discovered, and to find delight in.</div>
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I adore this red coo coo clock... of course she had me at red with this one.<br />
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This is the folding counter in her laundry room ... how cute is the buffalo plaid skirt? I would never mind doing laundry in a room like this.</div>
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This sweet vignette is on the landing of a stair case.</div>
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Everyone knows how I love a fairy garden, and this one is the best because its built in her grandfather's wheel barrow.</div>
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Last of all I'd like to share this adorable project that my art group did while I was gone. I did love following them on Instagram and FB to see what they were making. I, of course, to tryed to be jealous, as they are all so talented.<br />
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Yes, Kim is our Queen Bee, there are several very talented artists in this group and it is wonderful to be a part of it. A special thank you to Kim for her willingness to share her creative space and talents (and usually some supplies too) with us all.</div>
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We'll be garden touring at each other's home next month ... I can't wait.<br />
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I'll be linking to Share Your Cup, my favorite linky party<a href="https://jannolson.blogspot.com/2018/06/share-your-cup-294.html"> here</a>.</div>
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This is my daughter Britt who will be 43 this year. She just graduated from college with a dual major in French and English. </div>
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She is also the most supportive PTA parent I have ever met. She was in charge of Teacher Appreciation week. This cute bulletin board was created by another PTA parent. I love it.</div>
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The day after Britt graduated she went to work putting together said teacher appreciation week. Since her Dad and I had stayed on, after the rest of the family headed home, we helped her as much as we could. Here she is using plastic table clothes from the dollar store to create a circus tent feel in the teachers lounge.<br />
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This is the photo booth she created so the teachers could create memories of the fun week.</div>
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These are the props for the photo booth.</div>
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On Monday she put together an Italian Soda bar. On Tuesday she did a nacho bar, including a chocolate fountain running nacho sauce. One day there were breakfast sandwiches, etc. </div>
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I thought I'd share a couple of the teachers' doors in the Greatest Teachers on Earth tradition, in keeping with the 'Greatest Showman/Circus' type theme.<br />
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She did a great job and got lots of compliments. We were proud of her.<br />
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Not long after we got our call to come to Finland to serve a senior mission for our church, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or The Mormons) we found out that we would be here for Finland's Centennial year. We were so excited. There have been many experiences we've had, because they were available to celebrate the Centennial. We toured the President's House last summer, its every bit as grand as the White House. There were bigger and better fireworks this year as well. We even got to sauna in the world's largest wood burning sauna. (It seats 200, but our group had just 100. The fire for the sauna has to burn for two days before the day of the event to insure its hot enough!)</div>
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Then the long awaited event happened!! On December 6th, Finland celebrated its 100th birthday. I bought a commercial mud cake (Yummy) and added powdered sugar for snow, and a snowman I made just for the cake.</div>
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I decorated the table, and hung a banner of Finnish flags.</div>
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I even embellished a paper star with blue and white felt balls and blue and white strips. Mr. P said it now looks like a pinata ... hmmmm.</div>
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Then I bought all the traditional Finnish foods we've been enjoying, like this Makkara (Finnish Sausage) ... I took a picture of the package so you can see the 100 in the upper left hand corner of the blue and white packaging ... many things has been labeled like that this year.<br />
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I asked Missionary friends that I work with to bring other Finnish favorites ...<br />
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Then we gathered for dinner ... those who had blue clothing wore it!</div>
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Here we go, started at the boiled potatoes, then Makkara,we go clockwise. Under the sausage is a cold beat salad, quite like potato salad, but pink, next is a carrot and rice casserole. There are the quintessential cucumber slices and meat balls, then a piece of salmon (and it's lemon) and last of all is a riisipiirakka (traditional rice pie) which is served with egg butter. (A hard boiled egg, chopped with a tablespoon of firm butter will be enough for two pies). Yep! All Yummy!<br />
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For dessert we had the mud pie with a lot of whipping cream, and these pastry stars, which are traditional for Christmas. </div>
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Here are the office people, ourselves, Sister Airto, the Londons, Sister Potter and Sister Romberg.</div>
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After dinner, a few of us headed out to the cemetery, where it is always traditional to place candles on the graves of loved ones and fallen soldiers.<br />
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This is an area of the cemetery that is dedicated to soldiers. The large cross is a general area where candles, flowers and wreaths are left to honor all of the war dead. It is beautiful and peaceful, and a good place to pay homage to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, so that this small (numbers wise, just 6 million people) country, who has stood up to its monstrously powerful eastern neighbor, can be free.</div>
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After we got to Finland, I read up on the Winter War, at the beginning of WWII when Russia invaded Finland. There were more Russian Soldiers involved in the invasion, than there were Finnish citizens at the time. Finland stood up to Russia, and many conclude that Finland won the first part of the war. When Russia regrouped later, and fought smarter, Finland, with dignity came to the table to negotiate, and though they lost about 1/5th of their landmass, and had to agree to pay Russia's war costs (really Russia?) they maintained their autonomy as a country. They also actually paid off their war debt to Russia (it took until the end of the 1950's) and were the ONLY country involved in WWII who did so.</div>
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Can you tell that I have come to love and respect these people? They even have a word that describes what it takes to be a Finn. The word is sisu. It means have the guts to do what has to be done, no matter how hard, and to do it without whining. </div>
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Here we are again, blogging from Finland. This past week we traveled north from Helsinki as far as the Arctic Circle. We were visiting the apartments of younger missionaries, to make sure that they have everything they need and to do small repairs.<br />
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The country side her is beautiful, like one enormous National Park. <br />
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Traveling was wonderful ... on the way down from Rovaneimi to Kajanni we saw well over a hundred reindeer. We've not sure what brought so many out of the woods to the road side to eat, but we were so glad they did. We came upon on herd of about 6 on the road, and had to slowly weave between them.<br />
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In Kajaani (pronounced Kah-yahn-ee)we found that our hotel (always booked by the best available price on line)happened to be in this historic mansion, the Karolineburg. The largest home ever built in Kajaani. It was built in 1836, by an older man for his new twenty something bride, Karoline.</div>
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The rooms are furnished mostly with nicely done reproduction furniture, and it is comfortable and beautiful.<br />
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This beautiful, antique Swedish Mora Clock was my personal favorite in the amazing manse.<br />
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This spiral stair case led up to our room ... and I thought this happy vine laden plant was astonishing. But then I am finding that the Finnish people love plants and their homes are filled with them.</div>
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This interesting sculpture of a headless turkey wins the prize for the absolutely most perplexing piece on site.<br />
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The next morning breakfast was all laid out. The main floor of the Inn is made up entirely of dining rooms. They can seat 100 people. What an amazing place to host a wedding party.<br />
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The estate includes more rooms in this second house, as well as old barns and sheds, which are used for storage. They are all stand in a large square, and the entire effect is charming. I see these old wood houses through out the country, and once in a while I get to enter one. There was an ice cream parlor, a thrift store and another that was an antique shop, but I was thrilled to get to spend the night inside one. All of these 1800's wooden structures are protected by antiquity laws. I have great respect for a country that so honors its own heritage. They are amazing.</div>
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This property goes down to the Kajaani river, in which a castle was built on an island starting in 1604. The ruins of the castle are still there, in fact the bridge from one side of the town to the other runs right across the ruins. The castle held two records for European castles in its day. It was the smallest stone castle in Europe and the furthest north. </div>
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What an amazing property. We hope to get chance to go back for another stay before we head home next spring.</div>
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So did you think I had fallen off the planet? Sometimes. the world I live in now is so different, I sort of wonder. My husband and I are serving a mission for our church in Finland. We've been here almost a year and we are loving it. So what does one do while serving a mission in Finland you ask? There are many different assignments possible for missionaries, but for us, as senior missionaries serving for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are part of a support system for the younger missionaries serving here.</div>
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So why the pictures of food? One of our assignments is to cook for missionaries who come to the Mission Home for conferences. I've never been an enthusiastic cook, so this has been kind of a new world for me. I have learned a lot, and will probably be a better cook when I get home next spring.</div>
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Above is a favorite for the misionaries, taco salad.</div>
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This missionary is ready to chow down. Did you notice his napkin and silverware in his breast pocket? Nice touch!</div>
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Its amazing how long it takes to assemble 30 dinner salads... the best part is counting the ingredients so you come out even at the end. Who knew I'd use my math skills this way.</div>
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Sandwiches, Rice Crispy Treats, chips, carrot sticks and pears with Lingonberry Jam! Lingonberries are related to cranberries, and are very Finnish. I've learned to like it on chicken sandwiches. Kind of like the designer sandwiches you get at Bakery Sandwich shops at home around Thanksgiving time.</div>
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My daughter in Texas even made me an apron. (She also made a Christmas Stocking out of her Dad's old ties for Christmas)</div>
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<br />Pollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864040691269563681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858408164046806270.post-34843878566986753562016-12-24T00:17:00.001-08:002016-12-24T00:41:28.608-08:00 Senate Square Christmas Market. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4PcG3ej33zicyiglvF6ia3z5wSYRRzj80YrN5wDSeJPj6-tdW74Rz9OWNAyCol2fxJHFB7Y-kT-cmdFoovzuwjxtPbr7N4pxZsHnqNNPnu2CrPe5RL1lTLdIPpeQSYudQup7Aak4kHZ-/s640/blogger-image-1537684168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4PcG3ej33zicyiglvF6ia3z5wSYRRzj80YrN5wDSeJPj6-tdW74Rz9OWNAyCol2fxJHFB7Y-kT-cmdFoovzuwjxtPbr7N4pxZsHnqNNPnu2CrPe5RL1lTLdIPpeQSYudQup7Aak4kHZ-/s640/blogger-image-1537684168.jpg" id="id_c57_ffc6_4f5e_a5d2" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div>When we arrived here a lot of people told us the Christmas Markets were a must. This picture is taken from the top of a huge set of stairs in front of a church. This is Senate square.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0uoNiTNhyphenhyphen1_G7GT0iF4FKRApdjJ4Nvvr_uczP12Lng1hCNcmtremKffdk_iVdTi_HfySedKcNSQmDh-LZxNJZ9JvX9fXi9wvjyQzpiO0ROmqsXort2RzgqunM0HcO8QZ349IjYG0Yu2z/s640/blogger-image-1104031015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0uoNiTNhyphenhyphen1_G7GT0iF4FKRApdjJ4Nvvr_uczP12Lng1hCNcmtremKffdk_iVdTi_HfySedKcNSQmDh-LZxNJZ9JvX9fXi9wvjyQzpiO0ROmqsXort2RzgqunM0HcO8QZ349IjYG0Yu2z/s640/blogger-image-1104031015.jpg" id="id_a703_8464_99f8_a6af" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div><div>The booths are all in these small buildings, brought in for the temporary markets. There are other markets that are less well housed and are open all year, with more participating in better weather. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlFuX4f7wzkdWOm-LjfUhpag59J_B5rbZABUomUnqL_uvTVTrumm2Uc5hyjAA1NYsPGSuruAKH8GARhPJ5Dt4O8BMzxWCH57Jua_xkxcQGJakL6_ijKFJcVY8QHODWoeBMUOql8T16HUl/s640/blogger-image--79844376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlFuX4f7wzkdWOm-LjfUhpag59J_B5rbZABUomUnqL_uvTVTrumm2Uc5hyjAA1NYsPGSuruAKH8GARhPJ5Dt4O8BMzxWCH57Jua_xkxcQGJakL6_ijKFJcVY8QHODWoeBMUOql8T16HUl/s640/blogger-image--79844376.jpg" id="id_2a9e_f1c_3dce_6bf4" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some people make crafts all year for their booths. Others are filled with commercial products. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLfFRWR_wPlCg7ynbg-TTVlaUETwKVnhNffkJ33BkqGSck2kkFnPrjFI2DUfV3wJBhLHr06K7scPSsbMJu5Jzs7Bl8d-Lhuf3iAjW9oAzuW1Dr40tddL0YuzdEtWNPXAKPR9vx8IONn8I/s640/blogger-image-470842163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLfFRWR_wPlCg7ynbg-TTVlaUETwKVnhNffkJ33BkqGSck2kkFnPrjFI2DUfV3wJBhLHr06K7scPSsbMJu5Jzs7Bl8d-Lhuf3iAjW9oAzuW1Dr40tddL0YuzdEtWNPXAKPR9vx8IONn8I/s640/blogger-image-470842163.jpg" id="id_bd1d_e92f_5fca_a4c1" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div>The old fashioned Merrygoround was a hit. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsu7de0GuVlApByoczy-SveXFlu4J1xNEzveD7McyT91Xf4WsgSaCoxuWQWVoNwHjzQYjKpQOwCBrl6fExP3G85_TfdhUCuOEoRMJ3-4Pbvg3fcOjw-lCR47o2-51OvHfHi78sLp3pTLm/s640/blogger-image--1838315369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsu7de0GuVlApByoczy-SveXFlu4J1xNEzveD7McyT91Xf4WsgSaCoxuWQWVoNwHjzQYjKpQOwCBrl6fExP3G85_TfdhUCuOEoRMJ3-4Pbvg3fcOjw-lCR47o2-51OvHfHi78sLp3pTLm/s640/blogger-image--1838315369.jpg" id="id_98d2_8f40_1ef4_a9e1" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div>The knit hats with yarn or fur poms are very popular here. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96cBiOIrwRS4CcWsHztO2t-dYh14rfjQRfCt_l29Pb-cNz0UYW5STPKSkpBLNQsV8OkfbzH69F-6aJz-H3VT2WmG8qbBvuRsXl2QHhHwjOgzKoGWvclcrz6eCsbkR_ka9xbERCwTGkR4V/s640/blogger-image-95079940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96cBiOIrwRS4CcWsHztO2t-dYh14rfjQRfCt_l29Pb-cNz0UYW5STPKSkpBLNQsV8OkfbzH69F-6aJz-H3VT2WmG8qbBvuRsXl2QHhHwjOgzKoGWvclcrz6eCsbkR_ka9xbERCwTGkR4V/s640/blogger-image-95079940.jpg" id="id_1ed7_59ed_1719_f088" style="width: 360px; height: auto;"></a></div>This is a statue of Alexander the Second, often called the good czar because he allowed the them self rule during his reign, is a permanent feature of the square. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6c-pP56SQjjSIGRi5JxdgnzMGbHYOnCCZhvGzS8ABhjyTwb0dnj_AVfDvYdgUcnrZZ2jeZjJL6GD8NCQuanPzL0vDsmlQEEdmamDS-v-oYc1FwidkkY6cHD3_MSYc11Pf3AyM43e8M8u/s640/blogger-image--1076785725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6c-pP56SQjjSIGRi5JxdgnzMGbHYOnCCZhvGzS8ABhjyTwb0dnj_AVfDvYdgUcnrZZ2jeZjJL6GD8NCQuanPzL0vDsmlQEEdmamDS-v-oYc1FwidkkY6cHD3_MSYc11Pf3AyM43e8M8u/s640/blogger-image--1076785725.jpg" id="id_942d_805c_554f_10ed" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div>Here he is shown with other market features. It was fun to see a hay wagon ride being pulled through the streets too. </div><div><br></div><div>It was a great outing. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze_pjoa45-m6_Ijz5RSqXexossRcpd9IX5I8dH6SsHnCUco414outaOJHo_55Fw3jDAoC2VdtfI-Sn3DVjfDjkYq9UCgMKgxdaaBYTvWie_-47_aknBmYtlKOfuHSq1IsV8Q0nN1KwXB4/s640/blogger-image-1760723686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze_pjoa45-m6_Ijz5RSqXexossRcpd9IX5I8dH6SsHnCUco414outaOJHo_55Fw3jDAoC2VdtfI-Sn3DVjfDjkYq9UCgMKgxdaaBYTvWie_-47_aknBmYtlKOfuHSq1IsV8Q0nN1KwXB4/s640/blogger-image-1760723686.jpg" id="id_f2dc_ccaa_92f3_fcb7" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div></div>Pollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864040691269563681noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858408164046806270.post-15618847995255312402016-12-10T00:00:00.001-08:002016-12-10T00:29:31.863-08:00Copper KettlesOld copper kettles are plentiful here. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIL7-lC4GlNlVtvpHnexVQl-SeF6P43DfWLbNdPhDTKynQOelWSErUiaasFzuh2JB66aKEkT2IhZH1WOk9mD9szUN00DnpEUNZbBXE5kyqY9SVPDZF33wRH9VijNTdg4VxGRhee6PGvUq/s640/blogger-image-868467405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIL7-lC4GlNlVtvpHnexVQl-SeF6P43DfWLbNdPhDTKynQOelWSErUiaasFzuh2JB66aKEkT2IhZH1WOk9mD9szUN00DnpEUNZbBXE5kyqY9SVPDZF33wRH9VijNTdg4VxGRhee6PGvUq/s640/blogger-image-868467405.jpg"></a></div>I love the ones with the caps on the end of the spout. <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXzsVIqhr3lTfAeYKvYJvtCvfLQsYR6D68eHdJAtfkCIzXqIz3sBQOiLcS9w-jTHuE6S78AT6AItEJLuGza_nlgCFRYTL5XSdfuy_KdamoMibE1bt7JLK6XsexYNAV1vG5XVR-RCOafCG/s640/blogger-image-1745456894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXzsVIqhr3lTfAeYKvYJvtCvfLQsYR6D68eHdJAtfkCIzXqIz3sBQOiLcS9w-jTHuE6S78AT6AItEJLuGza_nlgCFRYTL5XSdfuy_KdamoMibE1bt7JLK6XsexYNAV1vG5XVR-RCOafCG/s640/blogger-image-1745456894.jpg"></a></div>I've picked up a few to take the raw Danish modern look off in our apartment. They so speak of heritage. I thought the IKEA birds were a good compliment. Did you notice this one lacks a spout? 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I'd love a lie down! </div>Pollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864040691269563681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858408164046806270.post-89863888927300973282016-11-26T01:28:00.001-08:002017-11-18T02:28:21.748-08:00 The Scandi-Farmhouse Begins <br />
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I got to go to an antique store here in Finland last week.<br />
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Definitely a junk store ...<br />
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Floor to ceiling ... my favorite ...<br />
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Filled with favorites like statuary ...<br />
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Yard art ...<br />
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Teapots...<br />
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Original art ... note the Finnish flag?<br />
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Here it is again.<br />
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Loved the water color.<br />
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This old bible from the mid 1800s<br />
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was just 12 Euros ... I'd have bought it had it been Finnish, but alas it was Swedish.<br />
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This English hutch called to me. I love leaded diamond pane glass ...<br />
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How great is this carving? <br />
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In the end this copper kettle went home with me ... yep doing a bit of Scandi-Farmhouse!! ❤️❤️❤️</div>
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