VINTAGE MIRROR

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S MIRROR

When my Paternal Grandmother died.  My father inherited this mirror.

I always admired it when I was a child.  After my father passed away in November 2001.  My mother gave me the MIRROR. 

The MIRROR is a Victorian cast metal mirror with two candle holders.

My father was born in 1917 and the MIRROR  was in the family since the 1890's

I  love the detail on the MIRROR and it is just a treasure to me.

Today I am joining Cindy @ My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

and

Laurie @ Bargain Hunting with Laurie

for A Few of my Favorite Things Saturday

Thank you for joining me @ My Cozy Corner

Please leave a comment and become a follower

xoxo

Betty

THANK YOU

First, I would like to thank all my followers. I am proud that you like my blog enough to follow my activities each day.  When I retired from working many years.  I decided to enjoy one day at a time.  On  February 1, 2009 my husband had five way bypass surgery.  From that day until today. I have woke up each morning and have not planned the events of the day.  I do the next right thing and trust that everyday is my best day.  During the last eighteen months I have been amazed at the wonderful life that I have been blessed with.  My husband is recovering, and I am discovering.  2010 has been an awesome year so far.  I call this year the year of fun.

Fun enjoying myself

Fun enjoying my family and friends

Fun traveling

Fun celebrating a milestone in my marriage.

Fun blogging

January 1, 2010 I started to blog.  I receive so much enjoyment out of creating posts, designing my blog, and the most important part is sharing with my followers the wonderful life I have today.  I am not rich and I am not poor.  I have a value of the dollar and try to express myself in a kind and loving way.  Thank you for joining me on a journey of self expression through words and photographs.

Always,
Betty  

Some Like it Hot

While I was away seeing the sights of the world.  My garden was growing and growing. The weeds are knee deep, but I wanted to show some of the wonderful plants that love the heat of Upper Sacramento Valley.  The summers are dry and hot.  An Average of  high 90's most of July and August. So I have been waiting all Summer long to show you what makes my garden look colorful even in the heat.

'Bat-faced Cuphea' and 'Black-eyed Susans'

'Bat-faced Cuphea' is an outstanding selection for pots, planters, and flower beds.  It is tolerant of full sun and drought with no major pest or disease problems.

Each flower bears a striking and pleasant, resemblance to the face of a bat.

Can you see the little bat face?  The little red ears and white nose. 

'Black-eyed Susan' a long-blooming perennial.  They like full sun and are resistant to insects and disease.

'Zinnia Envy'  I love a green zinnia.

  

'Lantana'

When the roses are resting and the sunflowers are not in bloom yet.  I have a great flowering edge for the garden.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit because I love sharing my garden with you.

I am joining Susan over @ A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday 

Please jump back and catch more of the beautiful outdoors.

Thank you again for visiting and please leave a comment and become a follower

xoxo

Betty

Venice

During my vacation I took photographs to share with everyone.  I thought the perfect way to show photos of each port of call would be to create a mosaic.  SO!!!!!!

Please enjoy Venice, Italy Monday July 26, 2010.

Venice is a wonderful place to visit.  St. Mark's Square is amazing.   The heart and soul of Venice, with palatial arcades and charming cafes.  The Byzantine facade of St Mark's Cathedral was originally constructed in the 9th century and   the gondoliers are standing around waiting for their next customer. There are many churchs in Venice. Visiting the inside of exquisite Doges' Palace, the former residence of the dukes of Venice and the seat of the Venetian government for 800 years was fabulous. Climbing the Golden Staircase to marvel at the paintings of Tintoretto and Veronese and crossing over the Bridge of Sighs to reach the prison and view the cells was like stepping back in time.  As the story is told.  The prisoners would walk through the passages to their cells and would see the beautiful sight of the island of  S. Giorgio and freedom for the last time.

Hope you enjoyed a snippet of the sights in Venice. 

I am joining Mary at Little Red House  for Mosaic Monday.  Please hop back and see more mosaics. 

Thank you again for visiting My Cozy Corner

Please leave a comment and become a follower

xoxo
Betty

200 Lavender Sachets

What a week.  Home from a trip of a life time on Sunday. And on Monday I started making 200 lavender sachets for a convention I am attending tomorrow at 8:00a.m.  I was so grateful that I had my two granddaughters to help me. They are eight and ten.  My daughter just started a new job on Monday and needed some instant child care assistance for one week before school starts.  YES Grandma said OK. LOL.

Here they are hard at work.......

 

Beth is eight and can iron, thread the sewing machine and thread the bobbin.

Lexi is ten.  She sewed 200 hearts.  What a girl.

Stuffing!!

Stuffing!!

More Stuffing!!!!

All Done and it's Friday

Bless the sweet girls for helping Grandma the last week of summer.

 Hip Hip Hooray

Three Cheers for the girls

Thank you so much for joining me at My Cozy Corner

I am joining Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

PLEASE link back and enjoy more handmade crafts.

Please leave a comment and become a follower

xoxo

Betty

An Amazing Cruise-Mediterranean Romance

Wow!!!!  I'm back from the most amazing trip.  I am a California girl.  Born and raised in San Jose, California.  I have traveled some over the past 15 years, but this trip to Europe was a trip of a life time.  Sharing experiences of a trip with family and friends is the most rewarding part of traveling.  I returned to California at 11:35p.m. Saturday night after a flight of 19 hours and 55 minutes.  Leaving Barcelona at 12:00nn on Saturday and flying around the globe was an experience beyond my wildest dreams. The countries I visited were filled with history, art and architecture.

Please join me on a visual journey.

'Venice, Italy'

'Dubrovnik, Croatia'

'Corfu, Greece'

'Cephalonia, Greece'

'Santorini, Greece'

'Taormina, Italy'

'Pompeii, Italy'

'Rome, Italy'

'Pisa, Italy'

'Barcelona, Spain'

I hope you have enjoyed your journey.  And I relive my travels again in my imagination with every photograph.

Thank you for visiting me a My Cozy Corner. 

 I am joining Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday.

Please link back to Susan's place for more Outdoors.

Thanks again for visiting.  Please leave a comment and become a follower.

xoxo

Betty

ITALY

I want to thank my followers for helping me celebrate my 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. Now, I'm a little humming bird flying off to smell and taste the wonders of the Eastern Mediterranean's golden Greek islands and then explore the wonderful cities of Catania, Sicily, Naples, Rome, Pisa and Barcelona. 

I will return with new stories and photos.  What a joy it is to share with family and friends my journey thru life.
xoxo
Betty