Simply thankful ~

It's been one of those days that seem to slip away from you...

do you have those?

You look up at the time and can't believe how fast it's flown by

and you didn't accomplish near what you had in mind.

But it seems that at this time of my life I finally realize,

that it's OK to have days like that.

I'm just thankful to have the day, period.

Our lives can get so wrapped up in trying to get so many things done,

that we simply forget to enjoy the fact

that we have the gift of another day...

A day to enjoy our blessings,

love our family

and simply to be thankful.

A few repeat image gifts for you my sweet, sweet friends:

The best part of the day?

Loving on our grandbabies, watching Clara play and

hearing Murray's hearty belly laughs!!!

Wishing you a beautiful Wednesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Just a few bits to make you smile ~

I love going through my old photos...

I don't know if you really love getting repeats but

I never tire of these wonderful old photographs...

vintage graphics from ephemera...

or photos of something beautiful ~


(Remember to click a couple of times
on the ones you want to save!)

Sweet baby girl:

A scan of a sweet notepad that had a lot of damage

and I fixed up a little for you in Photoshop...

Look at this little boy's haircut!!! Precious!

A most wonderful, wonderful quote:

One of my favorite photos I've taken...

I love these beautiful old treasures ~

A wonderful book to get you in a holiday mood!!!

I'm thinking I need to go pull it out right now...I took a few pics

of the inspiration inside ~

 I so love this artist's work so much...

I just love beautiful things.

They inspire creativity and

always, always make me smile!

Wishing you a wonderful Thursday precious friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Under the bed...

Have you ever had a yard sale?

UGH.

They are A LOT of work...

and yes, you have more money than you started with

but you earn every stinkin' penny!

We're going to have one Saturday morning.

And we just decided this...I've got three days

to get it together ~

we've needed to do this for weeks

but it just seems that lately

every weekend we've been busy.

Of course, Saturday it's going to be the hottest day

in Georgia so far this year.

Yay.

I told hubby I'd be waving at him through the window :)

The pics below (for you) totally depict how I feel....

To save the LARGEST size of my images:

Right click on the image.

Left click "OPEN LINK IN NEW WINDOW"

Then....Left click the image AGAIN.....
you will now have the FULL SIZED IMAGE.

Now you can right click it to "save image as"
and save it to your own computer.

Flat smile :) fake but trying:

Wish me luck...

Have a wonderful day dear friends ~

If you need me, I'll be under the bed.

hugs and love,

Dawn

Sometimes....the perfect title just doesn't come to me :)

I always have the best of intentions to create something

so wonderful on the weekend to show you on Monday....
but truth be known,

our weekends are typically
spent with our sweet families.

We did have a great weekend.

Noah spent time with his best buddies and even got to swim (so he's happy!)

and Dennis and I spent a little alone time together.

Sunday was wonderful as Brent, Emily and Clara visited,

Chase was here, Noah was back home and

David cooked a feast on the grill!!!

We were only missing our Brad....

I did scan in a few gifts for you though ~
I found this amazing little writing pad at the antique store
the other day....don't you love the graphics?

Look at this little boy...isn't he precious?

I hope your weekend was so good....

it's terribly hot here in Georgia but I have to admit

my dear friend is now our air conditioner!!!!

Wishing you an amazing week ahead and wonderful Monday,

hugs and love,

Dawn

What I love....

My goodness. There's so much that I love.

Of course the Lord above.

My precious family I've been blessed with.

And the fact that I live in America....

and there's so much more too!

But on a much smaller scale ~

my tastes and and what I love to look for while junkin'?

Well, you know I love old photographs.

I'm always searching for wonderful photos I can share with you!

Here's a precious little girl ~

I found this gorgeous card I had to share with you too ~

And you have got to look at this wonderful addition to our home ~
we rescued "Bucky" from Antique Griffin yesterday
(the antique mall we have space in!)
and immediately I had to hang him over the fireplace!!!!
No....I could never kill this beautiful animal but
I have to pay homage to it's life and
I love that we've rescued him
from the antique mall
so he can be in our home ~

Wishing you a most wonderful Monday dear friends,
hugs and love,
Dawn