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Missing my Mama.........

Missing my Mama.........

My #1 cheerleader....my friend....growing up the house sometimes wasn't big enough for the two of us, but Mama had everything to do with nurturing my love for all things creative.  She hated to sew (too tedious for her) but she saw that I did.  Mama would buy pattern, fabric, and all the notions for me to make whatever I wanted.....often surprised me on Fridays with a new project that she had slipped into my bedroom and left at the foot of the bed. Loved her family.....was a wife, mother, and homemaker for most of her life.  As a young girl...

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Every day is Mother's Day at Simple Pleasures

Every day is Mother's Day at Simple Pleasures

Simple & classic...25 years a top seller!  

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Classic......timeless......always in style

Classic......timeless......always in style

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The message of poetry...............

The message of poetry...............

  Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year.   Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; And make us happy in the happy bees, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.   And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees is heard,The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, And off a blossom in mid air stands still.   For this...

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The beauty of springtime.............

The beauty of springtime.............

A lovely time of renewal and hope is upon us.....new growth.....warm sunshine.....soft breezes.  Energy is in the air as the birds are singing, squirrels are unearthing treasures, and baby rabbits are scurrying here and there.  This is the entertainment I am blessed to enjoy today.  It's a perfect time to think of the fresh, bright colors that spring brings to us.  

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