tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418129620173953512023-11-15T09:55:38.460-08:00Shabby~Chic Cat's Gardening Close~ups!"Life is like a rose...More exquisite and precious,When shared with others."
~Jane Oechsle LauerCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-62399058943216433272012-03-04T16:43:00.001-08:002012-03-04T16:44:26.640-08:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-40853256757988254972012-03-04T09:35:00.003-08:002012-03-04T09:59:55.764-08:00<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TmAHEaIS36k/T1On4SfSJeI/AAAAAAAADkk/ryZzaNMoWFk/s1600/WHEN%2BACCESS%2BNO%2BIS%2BFIXED.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TmAHEaIS36k/T1On4SfSJeI/AAAAAAAADkk/ryZzaNMoWFk/s400/WHEN%2BACCESS%2BNO%2BIS%2BFIXED.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><div><strong><i><span >Find Beauty in the Ordinary things.. IN EVERYDAY LIFE...</span></i></strong></div> <div><b><i><span > </span></i></b></div> <div><strong><i><span >Gratitude</span></i></strong></div> <div><b><i><span > </span></i></b></div> <div><strong><i><span >Happiness in the lil' things.& lil' moments..</span></i></strong></div> <div><b><i><span > </span></i></b></div> <div><em><b><span >Laugh, Love like there is no tomorrow, follow your dreams...<br />Smile unconditionally!</span></b></em></div></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mpx1DJ1G0no/T1On4jHoIQI/AAAAAAAADks/i61Lz408nGI/s1600/BLUE.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mpx1DJ1G0no/T1On4jHoIQI/AAAAAAAADks/i61Lz408nGI/s400/BLUE.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center; "><span >Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span >everything...</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span >It's because we are dangerously close to wanting</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span >nothing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span >~ Gloria Plath</span></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G_KZOY3TrMY/T1On4t_plhI/AAAAAAAADk8/14R08kxxvB4/s1600/SCREEN%2BSAVER%2BPHOTOS%2BJULY%2B31ST%2B10%25272.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G_KZOY3TrMY/T1On4t_plhI/AAAAAAAADk8/14R08kxxvB4/s400/SCREEN%2BSAVER%2BPHOTOS%2BJULY%2B31ST%2B10%25272.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><div><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span ><i><b>Just wait. Be patient.</b></i></span></span></div><div><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span ><i><b> Everything that makes you ache, </b></i></span></span></div><div><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><span ><i><b>everything that keeps you awake and restless will find their endings....</b></i><br /></span></span></div></div><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_fTPERmfPVg/T1On5A-cbAI/AAAAAAAADlE/ubYiJXW7rYw/s1600/Midwest%2BTeen%2BSex%2BShow.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_fTPERmfPVg/T1On5A-cbAI/AAAAAAAADlE/ubYiJXW7rYw/s400/Midwest%2BTeen%2BSex%2BShow.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-27755274973471109882010-04-02T13:54:00.001-07:002010-04-02T14:05:57.287-07:00~ HaPpY SpRiNg ~ EaStEr BlEsSiNgS!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcMH3L6gI/AAAAAAAADjw/Ag4ngBjjG_Y/s1600/IMG_1637.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcMH3L6gI/AAAAAAAADjw/Ag4ngBjjG_Y/s400/IMG_1637.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#339999;">~Beautiful C<span style="color:#ff6666;">o</span><span style="color:#00cccc;">l</span><span style="color:#6633ff;">o</span><span style="color:#ff9966;">r</span><span style="color:#99ff99;">s </span>...</span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcMooltQI/AAAAAAAADj4/HhHwVpORe54/s1600/IMG_4780.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcMooltQI/AAAAAAAADj4/HhHwVpORe54/s400/IMG_4780.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">~ Old Friends...</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcM92S6yI/AAAAAAAADkA/P2rjLoGm2To/s1600/IMG_3604.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcM92S6yI/AAAAAAAADkA/P2rjLoGm2To/s400/IMG_3604.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">~Gorgeous Blue hued Skies...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcNDFxLGI/AAAAAAAADkI/DgCXbhkPHPE/s1600/March+Las+Day!+10%27.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S7ZcNDFxLGI/AAAAAAAADkI/DgCXbhkPHPE/s400/March+Las+Day!+10%27.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ffff66;">~ Familar Faces!! :)</span><br /></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-78626056013829088652010-03-09T17:52:00.000-08:002010-03-09T18:20:49.555-08:00~ March~Gorgeous Spring Like Days....<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-TR9Dq4I/AAAAAAAADjQ/s20kFYK678A/s400/March+9,2010+feels+like+spring.jpg" /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;">~So HaPpy to not be posting SnOw & IcE...</span></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;">But Sky / Tree Heart's instead :)</span></strong></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-UDus87I/AAAAAAAADjY/ZRK6FIXBCuc/s1600-h/March+2010~View+from+greenhouse+n+pottin+shed1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-UDus87I/AAAAAAAADjY/ZRK6FIXBCuc/s400/March+2010~View+from+greenhouse+n+pottin+shed1.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">~Inside the Greenhouse~</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">On A beautiful day, lots of sunshine, Warm air,</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">Sun lit bottles, & thoughts of SpRiNg!</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">Awww...the smell of a Warm, Sunny greenhouse</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-UgcmzAI/AAAAAAAADjg/QcQvTsSxcoo/s1600-h/March+2010~View+from+greenhouse+n+pottin+shed.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-UgcmzAI/AAAAAAAADjg/QcQvTsSxcoo/s400/March+2010~View+from+greenhouse+n+pottin+shed.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;">~Can't wait to get My Hands DiRtY!! </span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-VLKyhFI/AAAAAAAADjo/cGaK2lO02gE/s1600-h/Moi,+chris+t+ball+blue+hour+n+fab1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S5b-VLKyhFI/AAAAAAAADjo/cGaK2lO02gE/s400/Moi,+chris+t+ball+blue+hour+n+fab1.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">~Beautiful Sun filled Warm Spring like Days</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">followed by the Beautiful Blue Hour..captured here</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">in two mirrors !</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-50507981328214436092010-02-25T16:41:00.000-08:002010-02-25T17:02:46.742-08:00~February's Winter Ice...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-28219494076741028382010-02-03T19:19:00.000-08:002010-02-03T19:33:18.950-08:00Februarys Garden~Melting Winter Whites<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o_-lAbsKI/AAAAAAAADhk/OmHNljeCNBU/s1600-h/Feb.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o_-lAbsKI/AAAAAAAADhk/OmHNljeCNBU/s400/Feb.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o_-74WAyI/AAAAAAAADhs/d6VnerKp2fE/s1600-h/Feb1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o_-74WAyI/AAAAAAAADhs/d6VnerKp2fE/s400/Feb1.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o__Px65dI/AAAAAAAADh0/-S3yRDZVA9c/s1600-h/Jan.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o__Px65dI/AAAAAAAADh0/-S3yRDZVA9c/s400/Jan.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o__YeS22I/AAAAAAAADh8/5pudl6fQKtk/s1600-h/IMG_3486.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S2o__YeS22I/AAAAAAAADh8/5pudl6fQKtk/s400/IMG_3486.JPG" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-86690816685046294402010-01-11T18:21:00.000-08:002010-01-11T18:36:38.107-08:00~WINTER BEAUTY...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfmx3joNI/AAAAAAAADgk/oBtVZImWLoA/s1600-h/Starred+Photos4.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfmx3joNI/AAAAAAAADgk/oBtVZImWLoA/s400/Starred+Photos4.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">~<strong>Cat's WINTER Garden...<br /><em>garden ornaments, roses incased in ice,<br />visitors to the Winter garden, & the potting shed<br />wearing it's winter blanket</em></strong></span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfnIAB1YI/AAAAAAAADgs/ULFtq3mYZ5U/s1600-h/Snowy+Day+Dec.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfnIAB1YI/AAAAAAAADgs/ULFtq3mYZ5U/s400/Snowy+Day+Dec.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">~"There is nothing in the World more<br />beautiful<br />than the forest clothed in snow...</span><br /></strong></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfndLD-MI/AAAAAAAADg0/FUuSeLlvwCI/s1600-h/March+1st+09+SNOW.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfndLD-MI/AAAAAAAADg0/FUuSeLlvwCI/s400/March+1st+09+SNOW.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">It is the still ecstacy of nature wherein<br />every </span><span style="color:#990000;">spray, every blade of grass...</span></strong></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfnrjoFGI/AAAAAAAADg8/GBwneIdHqmI/s1600-h/Snow+feb.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/S0vfnrjoFGI/AAAAAAAADg8/GBwneIdHqmI/s400/Snow+feb.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Every spire of reed, every intricacy<br />of twig is clad with radiance."<br />~Unknown Author to me</span><br /></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-73228082544148857922009-12-25T20:51:00.000-08:002009-12-25T21:09:07.310-08:00December's Snow Covered Garden~And A Lil' Christmas...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZv_DLAdI/AAAAAAAADgE/vf9LAdd0KMg/s1600-h/Collages2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZv_DLAdI/AAAAAAAADgE/vf9LAdd0KMg/s400/Collages2.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZwJIHJ1I/AAAAAAAADgM/Smfo80Rdhow/s1600-h/Snow+snow+snow+Dec.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZwJIHJ1I/AAAAAAAADgM/Smfo80Rdhow/s400/Snow+snow+snow+Dec.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">CAT'S GARDEN AFTER<br />SNOW STORM DEC.18TH ~OVER 24"</span><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZwR9Nd1I/AAAAAAAADgU/sJ3wyikEUb0/s1600-h/Snowy+Dec1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZwR9Nd1I/AAAAAAAADgU/sJ3wyikEUb0/s400/Snowy+Dec1.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZwyeClJI/AAAAAAAADgc/ZilKYGS147Y/s1600-h/SNOW~Christmas+Deer~Dec2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SzWZwyeClJI/AAAAAAAADgc/ZilKYGS147Y/s400/SNOW~Christmas+Deer~Dec2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">~WISHING EVERYONE A VERY<br />MERRY CHRISTMAS~AND A<br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</span><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-51588513718128710982009-12-04T20:10:00.000-08:002009-12-04T20:27:40.023-08:00Farewell November's Garden...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SxngnsR8AtI/AAAAAAAADfk/2Iy-NNZjrqE/s1600-h/Fall+pics+4+fifi.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SxngnsR8AtI/AAAAAAAADfk/2Iy-NNZjrqE/s400/Fall+pics+4+fifi.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SxngnymqqWI/AAAAAAAADfs/znJ5FRBmNGE/s1600-h/Orange+%26+yellow+~color+of+the+day.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SxngnymqqWI/AAAAAAAADfs/znJ5FRBmNGE/s400/Orange+%26+yellow+~color+of+the+day.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SxngoNsZssI/AAAAAAAADf0/Hv2yiGywx88/s1600-h/MOONFLOWERMORNINGGLORIESAUGUST2108.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SxngoNsZssI/AAAAAAAADf0/Hv2yiGywx88/s400/MOONFLOWERMORNINGGLORIESAUGUST2108.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sxngog8CZNI/AAAAAAAADf8/kkIlTvt-fvo/s1600-h/Fall+pics+4+fifi1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sxngog8CZNI/AAAAAAAADf8/kkIlTvt-fvo/s400/Fall+pics+4+fifi1.jpg" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-29829266352805252202009-11-02T18:15:00.000-08:002009-11-02T18:36:49.376-08:00~Favorite Colors...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WS-V0O8I/AAAAAAAADek/snF9glZBI_c/s1600-h/Gunnar+Halloween+n+fall+Oct1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WS-V0O8I/AAAAAAAADek/snF9glZBI_c/s400/Gunnar+Halloween+n+fall+Oct1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff9900;">~I Love All The Colors of Fall...</span><br /></em></strong></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WS9AfKVI/AAAAAAAADes/Or04cHWyfJw/s1600-h/Gunnar+Halloween+n+fall+Oct2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WS9AfKVI/AAAAAAAADes/Or04cHWyfJw/s400/Gunnar+Halloween+n+fall+Oct2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#999900;"><strong><em>~But I still...</em></strong></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WTBbaDbI/AAAAAAAADe0/XBgZSCoaBQk/s1600-h/OctoBer+09.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WTBbaDbI/AAAAAAAADe0/XBgZSCoaBQk/s400/OctoBer+09.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Fancy<span style="color:#cc33cc;"> Most of All</span>...</strong></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WTSAm7fI/AAAAAAAADe8/u20z9YpbXe0/s1600-h/White+Pumpkins+Blue+China.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Su-WTSAm7fI/AAAAAAAADe8/u20z9YpbXe0/s400/White+Pumpkins+Blue+China.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">~My Two Favorite Colors...<br />Blue~n~White!!<br />~~*~**~~*~**~*~~</span><br /></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-37447785109369052242009-10-16T16:51:00.000-07:002009-10-16T17:20:33.521-07:00~Autumn Colors in the Garden...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLJ9QpIFI/AAAAAAAADeE/qH0ERFUk2tg/s1600-h/Oct2.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLJ9QpIFI/AAAAAAAADeE/qH0ERFUk2tg/s400/Oct2.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">~Hope these vibrant Autumn colors make<br />up for the time I've been away...sorry so<br />long since my last post!</span> </strong><strong><br /></div></strong><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLKXHeaQI/AAAAAAAADeM/tuWVkPrBqG0/s1600-h/Metallic+Green+bee+%26+beautiful+blue+borage.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLKXHeaQI/AAAAAAAADeM/tuWVkPrBqG0/s400/Metallic+Green+bee+%26+beautiful+blue+borage.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff9900;"><strong>~Bittersweet October</strong></span> </span><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Shocking Golds </span><span style="color:#ffff00;">&</span><span style="color:#ff6600;"> Brilliant Oranges</span></em></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">have crept in my otherwise pastel garden!</span></em></strong><br /></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLKwK1fNI/AAAAAAAADeU/27KJ5NkiAiI/s1600-h/Autumn+in+the+garden,+turkeys+pecking+window.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLKwK1fNI/AAAAAAAADeU/27KJ5NkiAiI/s400/Autumn+in+the+garden,+turkeys+pecking+window.jpg" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">~Tears, idle tears,<br />I know not what they mean</span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Tears from the depth of some </span></strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>divine despair<br />rise in the heart, and gather in the eyes<br />In looking on the happy Autumn fields<br />and thinking of the days that are no more.<br />~Alfred, Lord Tennyson</strong></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLLBDOA3I/AAAAAAAADec/7FZtQqwz_ns/s1600-h/Oct1.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/StkLLBDOA3I/AAAAAAAADec/7FZtQqwz_ns/s400/Oct1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><strong>~HAPPY AUTUMN~</strong></span><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-71506889740644597372009-08-23T09:37:00.000-07:002009-08-23T09:56:41.093-07:00An August Sunday in the Garden...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz1l35L_I/AAAAAAAADZk/gKlq9ZIHwq4/s1600-h/JULY+29,09%27+AFTER+A+RAIN.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz1l35L_I/AAAAAAAADZk/gKlq9ZIHwq4/s400/JULY+29,09%27+AFTER+A+RAIN.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">~Rain covered mornin glories~<br /></span></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6633ff;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,<br />Places to play in, where nature may heal<br />And give strength to body and soul."<br />~John Muir</span> </span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#6633ff;"><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">My Garden is just that place for me!</span><br /></div></span></em></strong><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz15FUE6I/AAAAAAAADZs/4x72MDqR-9M/s1600-h/monarch,+n+red+red+rose.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz15FUE6I/AAAAAAAADZs/4x72MDqR-9M/s400/monarch,+n+red+red+rose.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">~A lone Monarch on Verbena<br />but my first such visitor this yr.</span></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz2TQaM8I/AAAAAAAADZ0/h-7rIcQg6s4/s1600-h/monarch,+n+red+red+rose1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz2TQaM8I/AAAAAAAADZ0/h-7rIcQg6s4/s400/monarch,+n+red+red+rose1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">~Dianthus starting to bloom again...</span></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz2yqlQxI/AAAAAAAADZ8/MjgJVeHb3S8/s1600-h/monarch,+n+red+red+rose2.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SpFz2yqlQxI/AAAAAAAADZ8/MjgJVeHb3S8/s400/monarch,+n+red+red+rose2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#333399;">~A Beautiful August sunday in the Garden~<br /></span><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~Those who contemplate the beauty<br />of the earth find reserves of strength<br />that will endure as long as life last.<br />~Rachel Carson</span><br />~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#333399;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hope everyone enjoyed a beautiful weekend<br />and a beautiful Sunday...<br />Hope you all have such a place to play in, where nature<br />may heal and give strength to body and soul</span>!!<br /></span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com79tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-48785638448085980182009-08-09T19:55:00.000-07:002009-08-09T20:14:57.611-07:00~August in the Garden~<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-PcWzs3LI/AAAAAAAADZE/-8JqVN6BSoU/s1600-h/wednsdays+Roses.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-PcWzs3LI/AAAAAAAADZE/-8JqVN6BSoU/s400/wednsdays+Roses.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~"Fairest of the months!<br />Ripe Summer's queen<br />The hey-day of the year<br />With robes that gleam with sunny sheen<br />Sweet August doth appear."<br />R. Combe Miller</span><br /></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-PcimULtI/AAAAAAAADZM/pG4WBp-LztE/s1600-h/July+09+HYDRANGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS.3.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-PcimULtI/AAAAAAAADZM/pG4WBp-LztE/s400/July+09+HYDRANGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS.3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><span style="color:#ffcc33;">Echinacea (cone flower)</span></span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc33;">Coconut </span><span style="color:#33cc00;">Lime</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ffffff;">White Swan</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">Kims knee high Pink</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffcc00;">~Under the Summer sun..<br /></span><span style="color:#009900;">Cat's Garden in August</span></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-Pci7ndUI/AAAAAAAADZU/jrlHFwyhsx8/s1600-h/July%27s+flowers+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-Pci7ndUI/AAAAAAAADZU/jrlHFwyhsx8/s400/July%27s+flowers+09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ffff99;">~Sunflowers~ </span><span style="color:#ffff66;">Lemon Chiffon,</span></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-Pc-XUJWI/AAAAAAAADZc/2aBsZrptXBc/s1600-h/lots+of+hoppers2.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sn-Pc-XUJWI/AAAAAAAADZc/2aBsZrptXBc/s400/lots+of+hoppers2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;">~Many visitors in the Garden in August...</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;">All Welcome!!</span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></span></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-63793124661001593272009-07-22T12:06:00.000-07:002009-07-22T12:38:11.045-07:00~July Favorites...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SmdmsRaYCGI/AAAAAAAADYk/ytKeHesNeNw/s1600-h/July+09+HYDRANGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS.2.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SmdmsRaYCGI/AAAAAAAADYk/ytKeHesNeNw/s400/July+09+HYDRANGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sunflowers <span style="color:#ffff33;">& </span><span style="color:#9999ff;">Echinops (Globe thistle)</span></span></span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;">~"Tis my faith that every flower<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#9999ff;">enjoy's the air it breaths!<br /></span><span style="color:#ffff66;">~William Woodsworth, 1798</span></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SmdmstC8qNI/AAAAAAAADYs/mAjAVQxT7lc/s1600-h/lots+of+hoppers1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SmdmstC8qNI/AAAAAAAADYs/mAjAVQxT7lc/s400/lots+of+hoppers1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">~Bachelor buttons, Fever few</span></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#3333ff;">~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~</span><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">~Flowers really do intoxicate me!<br />~Vita Sackville -West<br />(ME TOO!) :)</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Smdms-7tYzI/AAAAAAAADY0/tgcrgoF1Zkk/s1600-h/July+09+HYDRANGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS.1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Smdms-7tYzI/AAAAAAAADY0/tgcrgoF1Zkk/s400/July+09+HYDRANGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS.1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="color:#99ff99;">~Lime light Hydrangeas </span><span style="color:#66cccc;">& </span><span style="color:#9999ff;">Blue endless Summer Hydrangeas</span></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~</span></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#99ff99;">~"Flowers... are a proud assertion that<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#9999ff;">a ray of beauty out values all<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#99ff99;">the utilities of the world."<br /></span><span style="color:#9999ff;">~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844</span></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SmdmtMdmBvI/AAAAAAAADY8/FK_xM0BXEtA/s1600-h/late+July+07%271.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SmdmtMdmBvI/AAAAAAAADY8/FK_xM0BXEtA/s400/late+July+07%271.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">Roses~Flower carpet, miniture, David Austin ~</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">English rose~(Heritage)</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~Today ~July 22, is the day 2 yr.s ago<br />I started my blog!<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;">Thanks to all my visitors & followers</span></span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> for making it<br />a wonderful 2 years! :)</span></span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-29738164061491687572009-07-08T22:16:00.000-07:002009-07-08T22:29:19.763-07:00~Food For The Soul...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWAKt7RSQI/AAAAAAAADYE/DAgUCtaloI8/s1600-h/June+3rd+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWAKt7RSQI/AAAAAAAADYE/DAgUCtaloI8/s400/June+3rd+09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">~A garden is food for the soul<br />A simple pleasure to behold...</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWALBpHkEI/AAAAAAAADYM/Ved2FlKHIZM/s1600-h/A+Sunday+shower+june+08.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWALBpHkEI/AAAAAAAADYM/Ved2FlKHIZM/s400/A+Sunday+shower+june+08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff99ff;">~A place to dream of things to come<br />to listen to nature & life's hum...</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWALX-JDNI/AAAAAAAADYU/b5cpzhsFFBg/s1600-h/JULY+09+HYDRNGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWALX-JDNI/AAAAAAAADYU/b5cpzhsFFBg/s400/JULY+09+HYDRNGEAS,+HOLLYHOCKS1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffff33;">~It's beauty last throughout our days<br />And gives us peace in many ways<br />Ever changing with every light<br />It shows its strength with such delight</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWALnTIkiI/AAAAAAAADYc/QLlgQy8euus/s1600-h/JULY+3RD+20082.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SlWALnTIkiI/AAAAAAAADYc/QLlgQy8euus/s400/JULY+3RD+20082.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">~ A garden is food for the soul<br />A simple pleasure to behold.<br />~Author Unknown</span></em></strong></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-42443500309733277552009-06-30T21:30:00.000-07:002009-06-30T21:49:51.562-07:00My Garden is full of 'Avalanche's'...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-Eg4zAI/AAAAAAAADXg/VDcBUPeXr14/s1600-h/June+19th+09+astillbe,avalanche+lilies,heritage+rose,.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-Eg4zAI/AAAAAAAADXg/VDcBUPeXr14/s400/June+19th+09+astillbe,avalanche+lilies,heritage+rose,.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">~Astillbe~(Avalanche)<br />A gorgeous white~loved by bees & butterflies!<br /></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-XE6wcI/AAAAAAAADXo/vc1iDDSYgTo/s1600-h/Summer+pics+%2704.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-XE6wcI/AAAAAAAADXo/vc1iDDSYgTo/s400/Summer+pics+%2704.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#66cccc;">~Pixie lilies~ (Avalanche)<br />Bought yrs ago...because I love white flowers,<br />& My cat's<br />name is Avalanche!</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-kLooNI/AAAAAAAADXw/1f1SChmR8qY/s1600-h/Avalanche+%26+easter+decor.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-kLooNI/AAAAAAAADXw/1f1SChmR8qY/s400/Avalanche+%26+easter+decor.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000099;">~Favorite Garden ornament!<br />~~.~~.~~.~~.~~.~~.~~.~~.~~.~~<br />"A garden without cats...<br />can scarcely deserve to be<br />called a garden at all."<br />~Beverly Nicoles</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-1hDtTI/AAAAAAAADX4/aWAPQ_DwsIU/s1600-h/JUNE+4+09+ROSES+%26+RAIN+LILIES1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Skrp-1hDtTI/AAAAAAAADX4/aWAPQ_DwsIU/s400/JUNE+4+09+ROSES+%26+RAIN+LILIES1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffffcc;">~So as you can see...<br />Lots of little Avalnaches in my garden!</span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-20147751197865767922009-06-11T15:11:00.000-07:002009-06-11T15:25:50.135-07:00~Glorious June~And The Roses Awaken...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEa0cEsTI/AAAAAAAADXA/S6FyyF8wjnQ/s1600-h/late+July+07%27.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEa0cEsTI/AAAAAAAADXA/S6FyyF8wjnQ/s400/late+July+07%27.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff9966;">~When the world wearies, and society<br />fails to satisfy,<br />there is always the garden.</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEax62DhI/AAAAAAAADXI/CMk-gF5tODE/s1600-h/May+31st+0.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEax62DhI/AAAAAAAADXI/CMk-gF5tODE/s400/May+31st+0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc33cc;">~Dianthus~</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEbH7qWnI/AAAAAAAADXQ/N4nMNYLtTV0/s1600-h/Fox,+Turtle,+iris%27,+May+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEbH7qWnI/AAAAAAAADXQ/N4nMNYLtTV0/s400/Fox,+Turtle,+iris%27,+May+09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc33;">~You can bury a lot of troubles<br />by digging in the dirt!</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEbRUuQfI/AAAAAAAADXY/R8XUzHh8124/s1600-h/JUNE+4+09+ROSES+%26+RAIN+LILIES.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SjGEbRUuQfI/AAAAAAAADXY/R8XUzHh8124/s400/JUNE+4+09+ROSES+%26+RAIN+LILIES.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">~More than<br />anything,<br />I must<br />have flowers,<br />always...,<br />always!<br />~Claude Monet </span></em></strong></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-8107310016209957232009-05-12T17:05:00.000-07:002009-05-12T17:17:27.629-07:00"May~In The Garden"<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlcN-d3I/AAAAAAAADWg/hHttKHiITP0/s1600-h/May+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlcN-d3I/AAAAAAAADWg/hHttKHiITP0/s400/May+09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;">~Iris' & Daisy's dancing in the rain...</span></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlYdy-cI/AAAAAAAADWo/ftlXz5w1pds/s1600-h/May+091.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlYdy-cI/AAAAAAAADWo/ftlXz5w1pds/s400/May+091.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlQJwG2I/AAAAAAAADWw/zqpGdzCRS0Q/s1600-h/twenty+second+day+of+April+2008.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlQJwG2I/AAAAAAAADWw/zqpGdzCRS0Q/s400/twenty+second+day+of+April+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlnqldHI/AAAAAAAADW4/kR6-WPOuxfE/s1600-h/IMG_4677.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SgoRlnqldHI/AAAAAAAADW4/kR6-WPOuxfE/s400/IMG_4677.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">~Hope all of you Mom's Had a Beautiful<br />Mother's Day!! :)</span></em></strong></div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-50208324065455643162009-04-23T16:58:00.000-07:002009-04-23T17:17:31.881-07:00~Lilacs, Fox, & Bleeding Heart's...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGB8jSvI/AAAAAAAADWA/J8ifJKwTxxI/s1600-h/IMG_4411.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGB8jSvI/AAAAAAAADWA/J8ifJKwTxxI/s400/IMG_4411.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#993399;">~Lilac's</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGXRjTyI/AAAAAAAADWI/7qaIWQDNGQo/s1600-h/Lilacs+April+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGXRjTyI/AAAAAAAADWI/7qaIWQDNGQo/s400/Lilacs+April+09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#663366;">~Lilac's all over the house...mmmm<br />perfuming every room...<br /></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGahPr_I/AAAAAAAADWQ/NtEl4pt_XV0/s1600-h/Lilacs+April+091.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGahPr_I/AAAAAAAADWQ/NtEl4pt_XV0/s400/Lilacs+April+091.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6633ff;">~Lilacs & Old </span><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blue Bottles...</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGtdBySI/AAAAAAAADWY/UH5nNgXqtYw/s1600-h/Lilacs+%26+Tulips.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SfEEGtdBySI/AAAAAAAADWY/UH5nNgXqtYw/s400/Lilacs+%26+Tulips.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff99ff;">~Bleeding Heart's & Curious Visitor ~<br />A beautiful Red Fox</span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-79862163130606541642009-04-18T09:47:00.000-07:002009-04-18T10:23:35.281-07:00'Spring' ~In The Pink....<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHJ6YnSXI/AAAAAAAADVg/krzNqFPbRzM/s1600-h/Viburnium+April+093.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHJ6YnSXI/AAAAAAAADVg/krzNqFPbRzM/s400/Viburnium+April+093.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHKCwd2BI/AAAAAAAADVo/Plzg7Gpmhmw/s1600-h/Viburnium+April+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHKCwd2BI/AAAAAAAADVo/Plzg7Gpmhmw/s400/Viburnium+April+09.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHKb8uSrI/AAAAAAAADVw/euOErWrclWE/s1600-h/Viburnium+April+091.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHKb8uSrI/AAAAAAAADVw/euOErWrclWE/s400/Viburnium+April+091.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHKbAR_KI/AAAAAAAADV4/TaxSHr5Y3JQ/s1600-h/Viburnium+April+092.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeoHKbAR_KI/AAAAAAAADV4/TaxSHr5Y3JQ/s400/Viburnium+April+092.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-36269189052419345262009-04-11T20:47:00.000-07:002009-04-11T21:04:21.354-07:00~Happy Easter!!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoQhT6hvI/AAAAAAAADVA/JVVmYyCaGoc/s1600-h/CAUGHT+AGAIN!.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoQhT6hvI/AAAAAAAADVA/JVVmYyCaGoc/s400/CAUGHT+AGAIN!.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoQ6fEc4I/AAAAAAAADVI/yGwW8niswjA/s1600-h/IMG_3680.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoQ6fEc4I/AAAAAAAADVI/yGwW8niswjA/s400/IMG_3680.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoQ1bo54I/AAAAAAAADVQ/Dqq3Af_nT7g/s1600-h/Lady+Cardinal+March+31,09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoQ1bo54I/AAAAAAAADVQ/Dqq3Af_nT7g/s400/Lady+Cardinal+March+31,09.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoRJtjV2I/AAAAAAAADVY/6mlUNEvYra8/s1600-h/Apr+3rd+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SeFoRJtjV2I/AAAAAAAADVY/6mlUNEvYra8/s400/Apr+3rd+09.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-20609190414082233172009-04-03T12:32:00.000-07:002009-04-03T12:49:31.629-07:00~A Flower's Appeal...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWH3aHrI/AAAAAAAADUg/vydTNQD8D8c/s1600-h/IMG_3906.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWH3aHrI/AAAAAAAADUg/vydTNQD8D8c/s400/IMG_3906.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">~I don't know what it is about these tiny flower's<br />that is so captivating & appealing to me...</span></em></strong><br /></span></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWb8GEUI/AAAAAAAADUo/7f8MjQJ9OUc/s1600-h/IMG_3736.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWb8GEUI/AAAAAAAADUo/7f8MjQJ9OUc/s400/IMG_3736.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff33;">...~"Neither the flower nor it's<br />influence can be explained."<br />~Colette</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWVC4kEI/AAAAAAAADUw/H_KXzEdJP1Q/s1600-h/From+The+Garden+March+29+095.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWVC4kEI/AAAAAAAADUw/H_KXzEdJP1Q/s400/From+The+Garden+March+29+095.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#66cccc;">~I hope you aren't growing tired of Daffodils,<br />& muscari...</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWsLZpaI/AAAAAAAADU4/jTKaLHfPKiU/s1600-h/Lady+Cardinal+March+31,09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SdZnWsLZpaI/AAAAAAAADU4/jTKaLHfPKiU/s400/Lady+Cardinal+March+31,09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6666cc;">~A flower's appeal is in it's contradictions~<br />So delicate in form, yet strong in fragrance,<br />So small in size, yet big in beauty, So short<br />in life, yet long on effect."<br />~Adabella Radiei</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#6666cc;">...So maybe that's what it is:)</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#6666cc;">Wishing everyone a Beautiful weekend!!</span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-81797618063203088742009-03-29T13:39:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:20:13.800-07:00~From The Garden...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_guR8UezI/AAAAAAAADT8/ZCjUUTiRHkE/s1600-h/From+The+Garden+March+29+091.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_guR8UezI/AAAAAAAADT8/ZCjUUTiRHkE/s400/From+The+Garden+March+29+091.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">~From the Garden today...</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">A basket full of beauties!</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_gupScgKI/AAAAAAAADUE/GOEZuXEHMlA/s1600-h/From+The+Garden+March+29+093.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_gupScgKI/AAAAAAAADUE/GOEZuXEHMlA/s400/From+The+Garden+March+29+093.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Striped Squill & Blue Muscari are Spring fav's!</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Couldn't resist pairing them with some other favorites~</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Old blue marbles & broken pieces of plates...</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#ffff33;">Reflecting in an old mirror, </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">& on a pretty blue & white plate.</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_gun9H7vI/AAAAAAAADUM/gmAs9IOpy2I/s1600-h/From+The+Garden+March+29+092.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_gun9H7vI/AAAAAAAADUM/gmAs9IOpy2I/s400/From+The+Garden+March+29+092.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">~SPRING in Verses,</span></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"><strong><em>Verses in SPRING.</em></strong></span></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#3366ff;">~Violet Gartenlicht</span></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_gulsMMzI/AAAAAAAADUU/WERKWF-PnK0/s1600-h/From+The+Garden+March+29+09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/Sc_gulsMMzI/AAAAAAAADUU/WERKWF-PnK0/s400/From+The+Garden+March+29+09.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;">~The miniture daffodils are my fav's</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;">The double on left is called Earlicheer, &</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;">The single at top is called Avalanche~(Like my Cat)<span style="color:#66cccc;">:)</span></span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff66;">It is a Heirloom & was once called Seven Sisters.</span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-59750656523650099752009-03-24T15:53:00.000-07:002009-03-24T16:16:44.407-07:00~Stirring of Life....<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnJpQOkDI/AAAAAAAADTc/G-9T_P4uOSc/s1600-h/IMG_3604.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnJpQOkDI/AAAAAAAADTc/G-9T_P4uOSc/s400/IMG_3604.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">~It was one of those March days when the sun</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">shines hot, and the wind blows cold...</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">~Charles Dickens</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnJ-f8S7I/AAAAAAAADTk/CylgLCJ33IM/s1600-h/forsythias+3~23~09.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnJ-f8S7I/AAAAAAAADTk/CylgLCJ33IM/s400/forsythias+3~23~09.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;">~Avalanche enjoying the scents, sounds,</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;">& sights of Spring!</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnKIWqukI/AAAAAAAADTs/qXSonhMUTow/s1600-h/St+patricks+day+o91.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnKIWqukI/AAAAAAAADTs/qXSonhMUTow/s400/St+patricks+day+o91.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#663300;">~What are you looking at...? :)</span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnKGCAq1I/AAAAAAAADT0/EcjM5jpl2VA/s1600-h/St+patricks+day+o93.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/SclnKGCAq1I/AAAAAAAADT0/EcjM5jpl2VA/s400/St+patricks+day+o93.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6633ff;">~A stirring of Life....</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#663333;">Awake thou Wintery earth~</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#663333;">Fling off thy sadness!</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#663333;">Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#663333;">Your ancient gladness!</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="color:#663333;">~Thomas Blackburn</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6633ff;"></span></em></strong></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741812962017395351.post-23074359897355357472009-03-18T14:53:00.000-07:002009-03-20T21:46:19.231-07:00~Another Gorgeous 'Spring' Like Day!<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgBjShlI/AAAAAAAADS8/MdEO0w_JCnA/s1600-h/IMG_3100.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgBjShlI/AAAAAAAADS8/MdEO0w_JCnA/s400/IMG_3100.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#3366ff;">~Beautiful <span style="color:#3333ff;">BLUE</span> skies....</span></em></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;"><strong>~"Daffodils that come before the Swallow dares,</strong></span></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;">And takes the winds of March</span></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;">With beauty."</span></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;">~William Shakespeare</span></strong></div><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;"></span></strong> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgFWEF3I/AAAAAAAADTE/ru9ATxdwzwg/s1600-h/IMG_3105.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgFWEF3I/AAAAAAAADTE/ru9ATxdwzwg/s400/IMG_3105.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">~Lots of </span><span style="color:#3333ff;">Blue </span><span style="color:#3366ff;">& </span><span style="color:#ffff00;">Yellow....</span></span></em></strong></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgZrftUI/AAAAAAAADTM/KibqPx6O-nQ/s1600-h/IMG_3097.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgZrftUI/AAAAAAAADTM/KibqPx6O-nQ/s400/IMG_3097.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-size:130%;">~<strong><em>Insects buzzing around in the sun...</em></strong></span></span></div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgpXX-zI/AAAAAAAADTU/yUlnrERe5Kg/s1600-h/St+patricks+day+o9.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jx3vByF3E6Y/ScFvgpXX-zI/AAAAAAAADTU/yUlnrERe5Kg/s400/St+patricks+day+o9.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em><span style="color:#66ff99;">~And a lone </span>Lady Bug~<br /><br /></em></strong></span><span style="color:#33ff33;"><strong><em>~A Gorgeous day~in the mid 70's, a very<br />mild breeze, the grass is getting greener,<br />The bees are awake, the birds are chirping...<br />Awwww....<br /></em></strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong><em>Looks, smells, & feels like~ <span style="font-size:180%;">S<span style="color:#663333;">*P</span><span style="color:#ff9966;">*R</span><span style="color:#ffff66;">*I</span><span style="color:#33ffff;">*N</span><span style="color:#99ff99;">*G</span></span></em></strong><strong><em>!! :<span style="color:#ff6666;">D</span></em></strong></span><strong><em><br /></em></strong></span></div><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14980240879371944143noreply@blogger.com18