My Cozy Corner: Anniversary Tablescapes and Celebrations

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Valentine Cookies and a Story

Hello everyone,

This Sunday is Valentine's Day and
It's a very special day for me.

Sweetheart and I were engaged on Valentine's Day in

1960. To see my engagement ring Go Here. I scanned

the photo from our Wedding photo album. In those days

Wedding photos were taken in Black and White. Our

photos have turned a little yellow over the years, but our

love is just as fresh as it was 56 years ago.

To celebrate our special day, we have
dinner at home and when we were younger

we would put on our favorite dance music and

dance in our kitchen later in the evening.

A box of chocolates and flowers are my gifts

I usually don't give sweetheart a gift...

because he has ME.

~LOL~

During Christmas I was making Lemon Bars and I had a little
shortbread dough leftover... I put the dough in the freezer until
last week when I baked a few heart shaped cookies with a hole
in the center to put a straw through.

I made the frosting thick as syrup and poured it over the cookies.
Let the cookies sit on a rack for six hours or overnight.

Confectioners sugar and milk

with a VERY SMALL AMOUNT of

red food coloring.

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Sweethearts (also known as conversation hearts)
are small heart-shaped sugar candies sold around
Valentine's Day. Each heart is printed with a message such
as "Be Mine", "Kiss Me", "Call Me", "Let's Get Busy",
and "Miss You". Sweethearts are made by the
New England Confectionery Company, or Necco.
A similar type of candy is sold in the UK under the name
Love Hearts. Necco manufactures
nearly 2 billion Sweethearts per year.^[1] source

Milk and Cookies

A mosaic to Pin

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day

Joyously,

Betty

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday
Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog

No Place Like Home at Rose Chintz Cottage

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life

Tuesday Cuppa Tea at Antiques and Teacups

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

The Essence of Home for Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Trip to the Coast

Hello everyone,

I'm back home from a getaway to the coast of Northern California. Sweetheart and I were married in the middle of summer and to celebrate our anniversary this year we wanted to find a cool and quaint place to visit. I think we found the perfect spot. The fabulous mansion above is The Carson House built in 1884-1885 To have a tour of the inside Go Here
Day 1

We drove around old town and over to Woodley Island Marina to have lunch and look at the fishing boats in the harbor. I absolutely love Light Houses and to photograph them is amazing. This is Table Bluff Light House . It's the same Light House in the bottom photo. After dinner we walked down to the dock in Old Town and saw the Light House from the other side of the bay. The sun was setting and the boat's reflection was glistening on the water. It was so beautiful to see.

And the sunset was fantastic...

Day 2

We were up early and drove about 15 miles to a beautiful 18 hole gold course. We had a nice breakfast at the course and Sweetheart hit a bucket of golf balls before we started our day. I don't golf but I'm a great ball watcher or spotter and I love riding in the golf cart.

The golf course was beautiful and I did catch some ducks in the pond relaxing as the golf balls would sail across the sky to the other side.

After our golf game we took a ride to Camel Back Rock

The sign tells the story How Camel Rock got its hump! LOL

Stopped to visit The Trinidad Head Light Built in 1871

A very interesting story about the Light House Go Here

Also a memorial for those lost at sea.

Day 3

We had some free time on Friday the day of our anniversary. The Avenue of the Giants in a 31 mile drive thru the most beautiful old growth Redwood Forest in California. I couldn't take photos as beautiful as the two I found on the website. Go Here

After our beautiful ride gazing at the Redwoods, we headed north to have our Anniversary Dinner. I was so excited to celebrate 55 years with the love of my life and also to have dinner with my sister-in-law (my flower girl in my wedding...she was 7 years old) and my brother-in-law. We had a fabulous dinner overlooking Moonstone Beach.

The sun was glowing as it set in the west.

And the glow was also in my heart to be healthy and happy on this glorious day.

A Mosaic to pin

I'm so delighted you came to visit today
Joyously,
Betty
Linking to:

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sharing My 54th Wedding Anniversary

Hello everyone,

Today, July 17th 2014 I'm sharing my 54th Wedding Anniversary with you.

My Sweetheart was 18 years old and I was 19 years old. We were married on Sunday at two o'clock in the afternoon in Santa Clara, California.

Today, Sweetheart played golf and I took these photos to share with you and place on my pinterest memory board.

Tonight we went to the Outback restaurant for dinner.

~KISS~

(Keep it simple Sweetie)

Yesterday I bought two cupcakes for dessert tonight.

Tiramisu

The beautiful bouquet is from my garden.

"Secret"

Check out 53rd, 52nd, 51st, 50th.
One more year of bliss!

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner

Joyously,

Betty

I'm sharing @ the following parties.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Visiting a Lavender Farm and More!

Hello Everyone,

Lavender fever has hit Blog Land this past week. I have enjoyed the beautiful posts about the amazing Lavender plant, and I've had a love affair with lavender for many years. This year I was blessed to visit another beautiful Lavender farm to celebrate a very special day. On July 17, 2013, my Sweetheart and I celebrated our 53rd Wedding Anniversary. We stayed home as usual and enjoyed our traditional Steak and Lobster dinner. Being married for a long...time and being retired. I love to spend together, and save the gifts for another occasion. So I planned a road trip for the next day to a beautiful spot in Northern California, called Mt Shasta Lavender Farms.

Sweetheart and I left our house in the late morning and drove to the Mt Shasta Lavender Farms, located twenty minutes north of Mt Shasta City, California, on a 3500 ft. sunny slope, growing lavender for oil, ornamentation, and culinary use.

A beautiful view of the Lavender field, the majestic view of Mt Shasta and a beautiful french provence fountain was the setting to give our day a wonderful beginning.

The most stunning, unadulterated view of Mt Shasta was a sight to see.

I wore my boots and took off into the lavender fields. I walked the 90 ft. diameter Lavender Labyrinth and viewed the beautiful valley below.

I meandered in the fields inhaling the clipped lavender sprigs of the 20-acre farm and enjoyed the magnificent views.

The young ladies were working in the fields using a small sickle to harvest the lavender.

The small sickle needs sharping for easy clean cutting. I don't think I'm going to be using a sickle real soon.

A beautiful terrace to drink lavender lemonade and enjoy more beautiful views.

Check out the fabulous Lavender Shop and the beautiful blue doors.

So French Provence!

Please come inside and look around. Beautiful bunches of Lavender.
You pick Lavender $4/100 stems.

sachets

This lavender is sold to use for crafts.

A beautiful bouquet of Lavender.

A basket of sachets and the quintessential lavender wand.

This is a beautiful way to use lavender. I'm sure I will be making these darling coat hanger covers soon.

Special lavender is harvested for culinary use.

The Mt Shasta Lavender Farms is in the high desert and the temp was around 95 degrees in the afternoon. After walking and shopping Sweetheart and I went up to the tables under the trees and had our picnic lunch of: Salami slices, cheese, crackers, potato chips, ice cold watermelon and ice cold water from the ice chest.

I asked the owners permission to photograph their beautiful property.
I had a fabulous day...
I wanted to share my love of lavender.
I usually have a lavender post once a year. If you are new here or would like to look again at these old posts. Click Here for Purple-Reign July 2012