CLARITY

to be outside looking in

and

witness those you love

gain clarity

is

....

cool, neat, fun, wonderful, spectacular, refreshing, uplifting, jazzy, super duper, crazy good

and

I might add

....

quite

illuminating

THREE DAYS WITH HEAVEN

Do you recall a post I shared last summer about my dear friend who lost her son in law

he was also our daughter's business counterpart in a wind energy company for 2 years

and his wife her dear friend.  Our granddaughters play together too.

Below I have a remarkable link that gives a light of hope within tragedy

her words are like honey to the soul

and the photos so personal and sweet

I wonder how they will affect you?  There is one in particular that I cannot grasp..

please let me know how it makes you feel?

Written by Holly's sister Kim 

for those of you who have lost someone dear I pray that it will give you some sense of peace 

and perhaps even joy

Justin York Gifford

1971-2013

Three Days With Heaven

YOU TUBE MEMORIAL

SING NO SAD SONGS FOR ME

TRADITION

Miss Betty Beatrice Calvert

Polk Street Methodist Church

December 2007

can you see her tiny little cameo?

her mother was wearing one just like it only larger...to be saved for another day just like this

 in about 25 years?

Polk Street Methodist Church

January  2011

Miss Perrilyn Hazel Davis

Polk Street Methodist Church

December 2013

same day, same time, same church, same dress, same folks

new baby

this has to make you chuckle

sweet cousins

sweet spirit in a sweet place

yeah....sweet

VINTAGE PERFUME BOTTLES

What a sucker I am for old bottles

I love the way age and time affects glass

sometimes giving it the slightest glisten

or actually turning it colors

I'm especially fond of old perfume bottles

last weekend Mr. PV and I went to an estate auction in Dalhart

and there were several there

estate auctions or garage sales are the best place to find them

sometimes they can be quite pricey in an antique store

I had this old apothecary jar that I filled

with tiny old perfume bottles

a few were neat enough to not go into that jar

the two large bottles are from Pottery Barn I think

the small one...estate auction

I wear Paris

because it smells like soap

and I love the bottles

maybe someday my perfume bottles will be loved by someone who loves old bottles

can you see the tiny Paris perfume bottle that I put a cross on?

they look so pretty together..arranged by color

you can find them everywhere at 822

old cosmetic jars are lovely too

the blue collection

continues to grow

my dear mother wore Chanel..their tiny crystal bottles are so pretty

I could look at them all day

I bought this atomizer from my dear friend's granddaughter's garage sale

she was letting her have a little sale on the porch...

you know what they say

one man's trash is another man's treasure

it belonged to her mother...I've asked her numerous times if she'd like it back

are those sweet little jewels just not the best???

vintage and slightly tarnished silver trays make a lovely place to combine them

so romantic and nostalgic

I wonder what people will like at my estate sale?

WINTER BLOOMS

I actually really do like the winter

but it helps to have life and prettiness

 makes it nice to be indoors while the snow flies

I always bring in my plants from the yard to give them a try through the winter

for Christmas this year my sister filled this with bird ornaments which I put on my tree

then I got some other old jars and made terrariums for my kitchen window

don't you love these tiny little plants?

they are their own small rain forest

tuck away something sweet like this little bird

or a cute little rabbit

the myrtles are hanging in there...they like the porch better

poinsettia on the stairs that I rescued it from the grocery store...3 years ago!

it has really grown but never turned red again

palms always give a grand happy lift to any area

I love orchids

usually I just buy them in full bloom, but this one actually is blooming again

for a very informative post on orchids please visit my friend

HEATHER

are you happy yet?

my all time favorite is the 

Hyacinth!

I don't always have luck forcing these bulbs

this year I added a wee bit of Epsom Salt to the water

and that seemed to work

~sigh~

makes a person feel like spring is just a blossom away

and oh the fragrance!

Linking to Revisionary Life

HIDDEN TREASURE

**all photos via story

Untouched Paris Apartment Discovered after 70 years. Includes Painting worth $3.4M

the above were the headlines...can you even begin to imagine?

do you ever watch the Antique Roadshow?  We watch it every Monday night during NFL commercials and last night a person brought a dusty old oil on canvas that had been at the top of her bookshelf for over 20 years...worth....

$300,000.00

Sanford Robinson Gifford

three.hundred.thousand.dollars

what would you do???

I can look in this Paris apartment and find all kinds of treasures!

I am especially drawn to this emu...although it could be a young ostrich chick

it's hard to tell as it looks a bit dusty..the more I look the more I lean toward ostrich

caught forever as a 3-6 month old

where is that painting???

could this be it?

I wonder if this was her apartment?

I'm guessing this apartment is full..

FULL

of things that would interest me for a very long time!

LINK TO STORY

do you have a hidden treasure???