A Gathering Place

I've worked so long at having a booth and now that I no longer have it I've struggled a bit to really get back into my studio and focus!  I've been so used to being busy, busy, BUSY with f...

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Gosh...I've had a really busy week!  While I'm collecting my thoughts I decided to share with you this wonderful book-page quote from one of my very favorite authors... She's right about ...

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When I attended the Dallas Wholesale Market a few years ago it was plain to see how much Farmhouse Style Decor had taken hold of the decorating world. Except for the extremely high-end showr...

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A little over a year ago I awoke one morning with a weird pain in my left foot.  After walking around for a couple of minutes the pain went away and I didn't have it again until the next mor...

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MANTLE DRESSED FOR FALL AUTUMN It's another HOTTIE today in the beautiful state of Oklahoma! The high temps in middle America never cease to WEAR ME OUT and OVERWHELM ME... Today...

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SWEET TELL CITY ANDOVER CHAIRS My sweet La Chaumière de Briarwood looks best when she is dressed for Autumn...  Just the style of our nearly 50 year old home ushers in a timeless look of...

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GATHERINGS For 27 years we have called our La Chaumière de Briarwood house, home. REAL ESTATE PHOTO - 1992 She was a little over 20 years old back in July of 1992 when miraculousl...

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Today I'm killing myself diligently working in my studio trying to organize my work space.  I must say that it has gotten completely out of control. Seriously. Way too much STUFF and ...

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PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS Along with probably a ga-jillion other people in the world, I LOVE FALL! When September comes I start counting the days until I can officially kick-start the arrival...

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AT MY MOM'S BURIAL - October 2018 The summer before my eighth grade year my father bought me a very small acoustic guitar.  Early on I learned to sing and play and through those notes and...

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It's been a full year today since I posted on my blog...  And yet, here I am again...constantly being pulled back to some of the things I once absolutely adored...   Esther 4:14 Perha...

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Dear Friends... It's been a long, long time since I've written on my old Blog.  This is a longer post and I hope you will read it through to the end...   So much has been going on in my ...

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MY NIECE, BRIDGETTE In the midst of the brokenness brought about by the recent passing of my mother, God has truly been faithful in one amazing, miraculous way. He's restored her family...

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 Yesterday I spent some time working on my Booths here in Oklahoma...I have two and these days they are both looking quite empty.  Since the death of my mother on Christmas Eve I haven't wa...

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My days and nights are running together since the passing of my beautiful Mom last Christmas Eve.  The last several weeks have been difficult. I am sad.  I feel lonely.  The tears won't st...

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Dear Friends... (My thoughts from Facebook) The past couple of weeks have been beyond difficult for me as I breathed in deep and restarted my life without the physical presence of my preciou...

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   My Beautiful Momma (Celebrating Another Grandchild's Wedding) It's been a really long time since I looked at my old blog and even longer since I cared about sharing my thoughts with...

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 It's been two weeks today since we said goodbye to our Miss Mollie Brown.  Honestly...one day has run into another and if I didn't have to get up in the morning, well, I didn't.  I've l...

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 Dear Friends... My husband, Steven and I shared the news earlier today via FB that our little Miss Mollie Brown passed away yesterday afternoon.  I'm beyond torn up over losing my furry...

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~EARLY LAST SPRING~ Yesterday I took my little Miss Mollie, my now 14 and 7 month old Yorkie, to see her doctor as she continue to grow very, very thin.  My Mr. AGP Man and I know we must...

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Our day started off bright and early with two big trucks and a trailer parked outside our home...they hold our new furnace and A/C unit.  After three days of HOT HUMID TEMPS we are ready to ...

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CHAIR TO BE PAINTED Our trusty A/C Unit bit the dust this weekend and even though it's never a good time to shuck out hard-earned money on something so expensive...we knew this day was coming...

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WHAT?  Almost two weeks since I last posted?  I can't believe it...  I've been crazy-busy as usual, but everything is good. Very good. My thoughts today are simple. I'm completely...

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My Mr. AGP Man and I had a wonderful day on Saturday.  Once a month we plan on a major garage sale, thrift store or estate sale jaunt around the Oklahoma City area and Saturday was such a da...

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The heat of the summer sun is blistering our aging deck and it's on days like this that I find myself longing for early spring mornings when I could take a quick, brisk walk around my neighborh...

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