A Christmas Wish
Thank you for taking time to visit all year through and, too, for leaving your beautiful footprints to let me know that you were here! I love to visit you all and am grateful to be able to share what we love! Be safe and cozy! XO
Blessings,
Linda
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A favourite Santa-in-a-frame sits on a small table in the kitchen...Click the photo to take you to a Christmas past kitchen tour!
Christmas Wreaths for the Cure!
When you purchase a wreath locally from The Wreath Maker this season, a percentage of your purchase will be donated to Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation-Atlantic Region! Be sure to mention Pink Days In Bloom!
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Beautiful Antique Teapot
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Beautiful Garden Quote!
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Doesn't it look beautiful on the tree branch?!
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Our neighbour Lorraine's cat "Jakey" "The smallest feline is a masterpiece." - Leonardo da Vinci
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At last, the flowers need watering...
Beautiful Quote!
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. - H. Heine
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A french bucket of silkin blooms in my kitchen...can you tell the difference?!
Garden reflections...
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“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.” Dale Carnegie
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“I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.” -- T. S. Eliot
“Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone.” --Anonymous
Beautiful Sailing Music – Christopher Cross, Click to listen…
"You can't change the wind, you can however adjust your sails." Author Unknown
Beautiful Backdoor View!
What a glorious sight from the back door of Grandpa's century-old house...“It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” Dale Carnegie
Tranquility close to my Grandpa's doorstep...“You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat.” Charles Bower
A most blessed Christmas to you, Linda. Hope your day is fabulous!
Christmas greetings!
Love ,
Carolyn
Merry Christmas!
Dear Linda,
Just popping over to wish you and your husband a Happy, Healthy and Sparkling New Year! Sending you much love from Rotterdam and good luck with the fund raising next year! Hope it will just as successful as the past year!
Madelief x