Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Holy Week
photo taken at St. Mary's Catholic Church,
Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg, Texas
Happy Holy Week!
I'll be taking a few days off
to properly give the season its due.
Wishing each and every one of you
a very blessed Easter!
P.S.
If you pray, please pray for rain here in Texas.
We are literally going up in flames down here.
Monday, April 18, 2011
A Fun Day
I have a WONDERFUL day planned,
and I wish you could all come along!
and I wish you could all come along!
After all, I'll be showing this gal around my new hometown!
I'm thinking lunch at a German brew pub,
a trip by our new farmhouse,
a swing by a local herb farm
maybe a trip to Luckenbach,
and for sure a little mischief.
I'm thinking lunch at a German brew pub,
a trip by our new farmhouse,
a swing by a local herb farm
maybe a trip to Luckenbach,
and for sure a little mischief.
The forecast is partly cloudy
with a
greater than 100% chance of FUN!
with a
greater than 100% chance of FUN!
Hope your day is great, too!
Friday, April 15, 2011
It's Time
There were over 800 entries ( WOW! ),
and I want to thank each and every person that
commented, followed, or posted about it...
but the time has come to pick a winner
of my
SPRING ROMANCE GIVEAWAY...
Up for grabs:
The Summer issue of Romantic Country magazine
with my Willow Nest photo feature
and
a personally autographed copy of
signed by Fifi O'Neill herself
so....
I did the random schmandom thing,
and the lucky winner is...
Denise of
Congrats, Denise!
Since I was such a geek and bought out entire newsstands,
I may be doing another magazine related giveaway
in the days ahead, so please check back.
In other news, I finally decided on a camera strap...
It's called the Sofia Olive, and although I purchased it
at a camera shop, you can browse their selection HERE.
I bought it because it looks like my Homestead couch!
Don't you think?
And guess what else?
Look who I get to meet next week?
The gorgeous and talented Suzanne of Privet and Holly!
She and her sweet mom will be making a swing through
Fredericksburg, Texas, so I hope to be able to show them all the sights.
***
I bought it because it looks like my Homestead couch!
Don't you think?
And guess what else?
Look who I get to meet next week?
The gorgeous and talented Suzanne of Privet and Holly!
She and her sweet mom will be making a swing through
Fredericksburg, Texas, so I hope to be able to show them all the sights.
***
Finally, I'm not a numbers watcher at all, but I just noticed that the odometer
just turned over to 2K...
thank you and welcome to all my new followers,
thank you and welcome to all my new followers,
and to my faithful friends from way back, thanks for sticking with me!
I know that these giveaways always create a bump in the numbers,
but I really hope that y'all will stick around for the regular day-to-day
here on this blog.
I count myself as so fortunate to have even one of you
I count myself as so fortunate to have even one of you
deeming me worthy of following, so know that you are very much appreciated!
I hope you all have an amazing weekend!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Imaginarium on Main Street
These days, I am on a mission.
I have always believed that we have a responsibility to support local businesses.
And no, I'm not talking about your local Target or Wal Mart...
I'm talking about locally owned, independent retailers.
As the incredibly worthwhile 3/50 Project puts it,
it's all about saving the brick and mortars our nation is built on.
Which is why, now that I call Fredericksburg, Texas my hometown,
I plan to make it my mission to support, encourage and promote
local businesses I admire.
I can't think of a better place to start than with the store that started it all for me...
Homestead
My love of all things vintage began here
and my beloved couch named Babette
was even born here...
I mean...look at her.
Do her curvy, flirtatious lines not call to mind
an, *ahem*, decadent French courtesan?
But back to the store.
The building itself is huge...
three magical stories of pure vintage bliss resides here
My creative aesthetic was formed
walking the aisles of the hallowed Homestead stores
Things I had seen many times before...I began to see in a new light
I was challenged
to dare
to dream
to imagine
to take chances
to see the beauty
in the unconventionally lovely
the romance
in the cast aside
and the possibilities
in the once forgotten
It all started with this fearless visionary...
{the incomparable Rose Hicks}
and continues with her progeny and their families
{big props to owner/treasure hunter Tim Bolton}
The next time you are in the Texas Hill Country,
heed my advice and make a pilgrimage
to a store which quite simply gets it right every time...
Homestead and Friends
230 East Main Street
Fredericksburg, Texas
And remember the darling little yellow clock I showed you above?
It made the trip home with me!
Thank you Tim Bolton, and the whole crew at Homestead,
for allowing me to roam about clicking away this week...
for allowing me to roam about clicking away this week...
You know that I'll be back in soon!
***
The winner of my
will be announced Friday...
see you then!
linking with Tricia at
and
Debra at
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Portrait of a Week
Happy Tuesday!
My week in a nutshell?
go to work, save lives
help friend learn his new camera
watch Dancing With the Stars
ask husband for foot massage
drop important papers off with accountant
go visit a shop owner about doing a photo shoot
visit sweet friend at Homestead in Fredericksburg
{and hopefully snap a few pics for you Rose Hicks fans}
move stuff over to new house
look for a new camera strap
cart more stuff to new house
write checks and pay bills
watch American Idol
declare Thursday as national "sleep-in-late" day
sleep in late
cart even more stuff to new house
sit and ponder the why's and how's of
how i came to have so much stuff
how i came to have so much stuff
share these pics from my
Romantic Country photo shoot with you
{for the confused, and you know who you are, I was the photographer;this is not my house}
Romantic Country photo shoot with you
{for the confused, and you know who you are, I was the photographer;this is not my house}
oooh and aaah over how lovely
Ludmil and Linda's
Ludmil and Linda's
home, art and creations are in these pics
hope that once we get settled in to the new house,
that our place looks half as lovely
remind y'all to enter my
SPRING ROMANCE GIVEAWAY
by clicking
Remind you that one lucky winner wins a copy
of the Summer issue of Romantic Country
featuring my Willow Nest photo shoot...
and a personally autographed copy of
signed by Fifi O'Neill herself!
{the three pics above taken at MY house!}
Encourages you to not be discouraged that thus far,
there are almost 750 entries...go ahead and try!
It just takes one.
And finally,
there are almost 750 entries...go ahead and try!
It just takes one.
And finally,
invite everyone to link to this wonderful new party,
starting this week...
Tricia at A Rosy Note
invites you to join her at
To quote Tricia:
"The point of the party is to get better at using the camera
that you have and, of course, to have fun.
Just do a quick post focusing on a few of the best photos
you were able to take and if you want to tell us
about anything you did to your photos that's always good too."
that you have and, of course, to have fun.
Just do a quick post focusing on a few of the best photos
you were able to take and if you want to tell us
about anything you did to your photos that's always good too."
I'll be there, hope you will, too!
See you again in a few!
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