Tablescape Thursday ~

Welcome to my Tablescape this week. Visit our hostess Susan at Between Naps on the Porch to see more or to join in.

This is another setting in my living room in Washington. I started with the tablecloth and worked off it to find things around the house for the setting. The tablecloth came from Target clearance or Goodwill, can’t remember which! :0)

The Pewter tankards were purchased in England in 1973. I found the brown and white plates Royal Stafford, Fine Earthenware, est. 1845, Made in England and red napkins at Goodwill. I liked how the colors in the Russian lacquer items fit the scape. The Pewter hurricane lamp was a wedding gift. The napkin rings goblets and cocktail napkins that are in the goblets are target clearance. Red chargers from Sears. The white dinner plates are my everyday Italian Countryside. The tea light holders are Christmas exchange gifts. The red silk heart with tassel is a gift from my friend Beth. The silver is Community Plate, Sheffield England from my SIL’s Great Aunt.

Dear and I are headed up to Seattle for a longer than long Memorial Weekend. Yippee! We’ll see if I have time to check out my stash and come up with more tablescapes while I’m there. I definitely will make a trip to my favorite Goodwill Store!

Have a great Memorial Weekend to all my U.S. friends. Hope Victoria Day Weekend was great for our Canadian friends!

Window Views ~ Seattle

My window views this week are all from the Seattle area. Mary the Professor is the hostess of this weekly meme and anyone can join in so visit the Window Views blog to see more windows or to add your link.

My first two windows are from the University of Washington.

My last one is from the Ste Michelle Winery in Woodinville, Wa.

WFW ~ Romans 2: 3,4

Do you suppose, O man – you who judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself – that you escape the judgement of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? ~ Romans 2: 3,4

For more Word Filled Wednesday please visit Lisa at Extravagant Grace who is helping Amy host this event every other week!

Outdoor Wednesday ~ Laguna Beach

It’s time to join Susan at A Southern Day Dreamer for a look at the outside world around Bloggyland.

Last week I didn’t participate because I was away from my computer at Laguna Beach and then Disneyland. Today I’m sharing some shots I took walking along Heisler Park off Cliff Dr. in beautiful Laguna Beach, California.

The most Pelicans I’ve ever seen flying together in formation!

Enjoy the beautiful world God created for us today and everyday!

3 Hours on the Road for Family Time…Priceless!

My parents with Miss Hope. My brother and our cousin Tanya. Tanya is my mother’s niece.

My mom is one great cook. She made us a Deviled Egg Casserole (yummy), these lovely vegetable and fruit trays and then she surprised us with Vareniki on top of everything else. We were all in culinary heaven! I’m going to get the Deviled Egg Casserole Recipe to share with y’all.

Miss Hope, My Sil Mandy, Raiya a Russian friend of ours and my cousin Tanya. Raiya flew down from Oregon to care for my cousin Tanya who is recuperating from surgery…

I left the house at 9:45 A.M. and got home at 3:30 P.M. All in all the California Freeways were kind to me today :0)

2nd Time Around ~ Three or More!

I’m doing a double header for Tuesday since we’re in Baseball Season. My 2nd Time Around with Diane from A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words and Three or More with Tam at The Gypsy’s Corner comes from one of my favorite things to do…Thrift Store Shop!

I bought these fun Tea Towels for 50 cents each from a Thrift Store in Ventura, California a couple weeks ago, 6 or $3.00!

Click on either name above to see more 2nd Time Around or Three or More!

Here I Go Again…

Hitting the 101 Fwy to I-5 continuing south to Orange County to see my parents and say goodbye to my brother, Mandy and Miss Hope. They fly back to Texas today.

It sure was fun seeing little Miss in action this past week.

Before I head out I wanted to share something we saw on a menu at the Country Cafe in Ventura this past weekend.

Nine Juan Juan! So clever. Dear, of course, ordered it and he thought it was quite tasty.

Can anyone say…heartburn!

Have a great day everyone and think of me as the drive back and forth on the Southern California Freeways!!

 

Blue Monday ~ Disneyland!

Welcome to Blue Monday. Smiling Sally is our hostess for this weekly event so click on over to see more Blue or to join in with your blue.

My Blue photos were all taken at Disneyland Anaheim last Wednesday. There really was a lot of blue around the park.

I really enjoyed seeing this pretty blue.

So anyone out there up for taking my quiz on identifying these photos and where you’ll find them at Disneyland? Just leave your answers in the comments :0)

Happy Blue Monday everyone!

Metamorphosis Monday ~ Window Coverings

 

The Before: The strings in our pull up blinds were giving out and we needed to come up with something to replace them. Off to the Home Depot to see what was available off the rack in the right size. We decided on some wood Faux blinds…

The In Between: Dear was able to install them and shorten them to fit our windows. He’s such a handy guy. We needed to remove 3 slats.

 

The After: We are happy with the result. The drapes we have are darkening drapes so we can block out more of the light when we need to. I like the fact that we can get airflow without pulling the blinds up…

To see more Met Monday visit Susan at Between Naps on the Porch.