<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:09:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Steven's Rib</title><description>Simple thoughts about being a wife, a keeper at home, a mother and a friend.</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>148</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-407018295831092111</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T08:16:11.043-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Our Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Autumn</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Seasons</category><title>Touches of Autumn around our home...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG_tmHLDI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/L9XcPpIS8DM/s1600/IMG_0819+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101300671523890" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG_tmHLDI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/L9XcPpIS8DM/s400/IMG_0819+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wanted to show you a few of our Autumn decorations before it is time to put up our Christmas decorations. The above picture is what you see when you first walk into our home. This is in the Sitting Room. There is a post on our craft blog that shows the stitched pictures up close.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYXD1l_nI/AAAAAAAABx8/LEEUsKIY118/s1600-h/IMG_0673+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402868593663016562" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYXD1l_nI/AAAAAAAABx8/LEEUsKIY118/s400/IMG_0673+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is in our Family room. My wonderful husband recently redid our fireplace. He replaced some old, falling apart bricks with beautiful ceramic tile. I think it turned out beautifully.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG0tGCjyI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/4JaWuEr4ZAY/s1600/IMG_0818+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101111558442786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG0tGCjyI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/4JaWuEr4ZAY/s400/IMG_0818+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The mantle.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGzpPZdzI/AAAAAAAABz4/qJwZWJvHFvM/s1600/IMG_0815+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101093344081714" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGzpPZdzI/AAAAAAAABz4/qJwZWJvHFvM/s400/IMG_0815+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our big bookshelf in the family room. (If you click on this picture and look at the picture on the right hand side you can see a funny picture of me with some crazy 80's hair! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG0CxLbtI/AAAAAAAAB0I/OsC8kwyqsRE/s1600/IMG_0817+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101100196654802" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG0CxLbtI/AAAAAAAAB0I/OsC8kwyqsRE/s400/IMG_0817+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGz9lvZII/AAAAAAAAB0A/mb7S5bf0qxU/s1600/IMG_0816+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101098806502530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGz9lvZII/AAAAAAAAB0A/mb7S5bf0qxU/s400/IMG_0816+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGzSSkbqI/AAAAAAAABzw/xevSUUYKUBk/s1600/IMG_0814+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405101087183367842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGzSSkbqI/AAAAAAAABzw/xevSUUYKUBk/s400/IMG_0814+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Family room still. ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLGzSSkbqI/AAAAAAAABzw/xevSUUYKUBk/s1600/IMG_0814+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYW2C4miI/AAAAAAAABx0/BV_bjk8XMpY/s1600-h/IMG_0633+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402868589960665634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYW2C4miI/AAAAAAAABx0/BV_bjk8XMpY/s400/IMG_0633+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is our dining room. Don't you think the folding chairs really set it off! We are going for early &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;American&lt;/span&gt; hillbilly! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYWkSqX6I/AAAAAAAABxs/jozAWQOB2W0/s1600-h/IMG_0629+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402868585195003810" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYWkSqX6I/AAAAAAAABxs/jozAWQOB2W0/s400/IMG_0629+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our hutch all ready for Autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYhpfZ5LI/AAAAAAAAByc/B-4dUrMKq28/s1600-h/IMG_0355+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402868775569188018" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYhpfZ5LI/AAAAAAAAByc/B-4dUrMKq28/s400/IMG_0355+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYXVGuYPI/AAAAAAAAByE/TEWN2tw1EuU/s1600-h/IMG_0311+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402868598298271986" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYXVGuYPI/AAAAAAAAByE/TEWN2tw1EuU/s400/IMG_0311+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYXl1eRmI/AAAAAAAAByM/LsGQU2cbXxg/s1600-h/IMG_0324+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402868602789316194" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SvrYXl1eRmI/AAAAAAAAByM/LsGQU2cbXxg/s400/IMG_0324+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our new Turkey &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Transfer ware&lt;/span&gt; dishes. I love &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Transfer ware&lt;/span&gt; and I have been looking for Turkey &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Transfer ware&lt;/span&gt; for awhile. I was so excited to find them for a great deal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLKX79QLGI/AAAAAAAAB0o/-pJaQbx0bLQ/s1600/PB010018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405105015378422882" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLKX79QLGI/AAAAAAAAB0o/-pJaQbx0bLQ/s400/PB010018.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Autumn banner that hangs in the Dining room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLKXSFWfnI/AAAAAAAAB0g/eJcgjqTg1CY/s1600/P9230025.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405105004138102386" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLKXSFWfnI/AAAAAAAAB0g/eJcgjqTg1CY/s400/P9230025.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My other Autumn banner that hangs in the kitchen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope y'all are having a blessed Autumn. We are preparing to head over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house in a few days. I hope y'all are remembering to find many things in your life to be thankful for!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-407018295831092111?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/11/touches-of-autumn-around-our-home.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SwLG_tmHLDI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/L9XcPpIS8DM/s72-c/IMG_0819+(Large).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-1836080842642821347</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-13T10:04:55.291-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Roses</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>My Garden</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Beatrix Garden</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Arizona</category><title>Roses in November</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a2ZKX9kI/AAAAAAAABzg/amdy84pX7UE/s1600-h/IMG_0734+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645387172476482" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a2ZKX9kI/AAAAAAAABzg/amdy84pX7UE/s400/IMG_0734+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.- Emma Goldman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;One of the beauties of living in Arizona is roses in November. These pictures were taken this morning in my garden. Please ignore the weeds and trimming that needs to be done! ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish that y'all could smell how lovely the roses smell!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a2AMvP4I/AAAAAAAABzY/m5fYBWabLxo/s1600-h/IMG_0735+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645380471504770" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a2AMvP4I/AAAAAAAABzY/m5fYBWabLxo/s400/IMG_0735+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pink Peace&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roses by George Eliot&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You love the roses - so do I. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wish &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The sky would rain down roses, as they rain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From off the shaken bush. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why will it not?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then all the valley would be pink and white&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And soft to tread on. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They would fall as light&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a1xVdfTI/AAAAAAAABzQ/RLwS4ocM3oY/s1600-h/IMG_0731+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645376481557810" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a1xVdfTI/AAAAAAAABzQ/RLwS4ocM3oY/s400/IMG_0731+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moonshine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2aqQXAxAI/AAAAAAAABzI/uZ2R9m1KDY8/s1600-h/IMG_0733+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645178651132930" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2aqQXAxAI/AAAAAAAABzI/uZ2R9m1KDY8/s400/IMG_0733+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queen Elizabeth~ This is my favourite rose bush. I can see it while I am sitting in my Sitting Room sipping my tea.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2aqKKrWpI/AAAAAAAABzA/i_UZstV5-Kw/s1600-h/IMG_0729+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645176988785298" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2aqKKrWpI/AAAAAAAABzA/i_UZstV5-Kw/s400/IMG_0729+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Double Delight~ This is one of the most fragrant roses. It has won the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ARS&lt;/span&gt; award for scent for several years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2aplsByYI/AAAAAAAAByw/4JjIXzeG3pE/s1600-h/IMG_0739+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645167196555650" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2aplsByYI/AAAAAAAAByw/4JjIXzeG3pE/s400/IMG_0739+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mystery rose. The tag said Chicago Peace, but it does not look like the pictures I have seen of a Chicago Peace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2apI1yc2I/AAAAAAAAByo/eoAa9BFPFWM/s1600-h/IMG_0740.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403645159452865378" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2apI1yc2I/AAAAAAAAByo/eoAa9BFPFWM/s400/IMG_0740.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Black Magic &amp;amp; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Sunsprite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2ds_Qa7rI/AAAAAAAABzo/xYPFgw8ohP4/s1600-h/IMG_0730+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403648524134575794" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2ds_Qa7rI/AAAAAAAABzo/xYPFgw8ohP4/s400/IMG_0730+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprise~ Like it's name implies the colors for each rose are a surprise.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-1836080842642821347?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/11/roses-in-november.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sv2a2ZKX9kI/AAAAAAAABzg/amdy84pX7UE/s72-c/IMG_0734+(Large).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-4534454359818321602</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-10T12:02:45.402-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Friendship</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Gifts</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Thankful</category><title>Sweet Gifts</title><description>The Lord has given me so many sweet blessings and one of them is the gift of friendship. Recently my sweet friend &lt;a href="http://southernrosecottage.blogspot.com/"&gt;Paula&lt;/a&gt; sent me the most wonderful package! She has been redoing her home (check it out, it is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sooo&lt;/span&gt; beautiful!!) and knowing my love for pink and that I was redoing my kitchen with more pink she graciously passed some of her pink lovelies on to me. Elissa and I felt like it was Christmas!! ;o) Here are quite a few pictures of the lovelies. In the next few days I will post how I have used them in my home. Thanks again sweet friend!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8iCwH-KI/AAAAAAAABvQ/gRfJgPR0C_E/s1600-h/IMG_0525+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556521047914658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8iCwH-KI/AAAAAAAABvQ/gRfJgPR0C_E/s400/IMG_0525+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a group picture of everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9ObLhp9I/AAAAAAAABxU/SHxzWjw-g4Y/s1600-h/IMG_0544+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557283519539154" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9ObLhp9I/AAAAAAAABxU/SHxzWjw-g4Y/s400/IMG_0544+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tags and cards. Paula has a gift for packaging!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9OOI3JjI/AAAAAAAABxM/Ct3qycYGZFk/s1600-h/IMG_0543+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557280018703922" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9OOI3JjI/AAAAAAAABxM/Ct3qycYGZFk/s400/IMG_0543+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9Nqvyz_I/AAAAAAAABxE/cQWC_fCsRik/s1600-h/IMG_0541+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557270518321138" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9Nqvyz_I/AAAAAAAABxE/cQWC_fCsRik/s400/IMG_0541+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9NfkRliI/AAAAAAAABw8/-JjZ6BHu-2k/s1600-h/IMG_0537+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557267517216290" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9NfkRliI/AAAAAAAABw8/-JjZ6BHu-2k/s400/IMG_0537+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9NK7J5eI/AAAAAAAABw0/F3v9bdHtFpY/s1600-h/IMG_0536+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557261976036834" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9NK7J5eI/AAAAAAAABw0/F3v9bdHtFpY/s400/IMG_0536+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm84kqYN0I/AAAAAAAABws/tLn2zEKP47A/s1600-h/IMG_0535+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556908107740994" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm84kqYN0I/AAAAAAAABws/tLn2zEKP47A/s400/IMG_0535+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm84WyYh7I/AAAAAAAABwk/Lb-K6TwMNWk/s1600-h/IMG_0534+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556904383219634" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm84WyYh7I/AAAAAAAABwk/Lb-K6TwMNWk/s400/IMG_0534+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A beautiful tatted hankie. I love hankies!! I think Tatting is so beautiful. I would love to learn some day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm84OSCpGI/AAAAAAAABwc/I0WIb-LyB3Y/s1600-h/IMG_0533+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556902100083810" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm84OSCpGI/AAAAAAAABwc/I0WIb-LyB3Y/s400/IMG_0533+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm834aFfkI/AAAAAAAABwU/JG_9y4ilR98/s1600-h/IMG_0532+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556896228245058" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm834aFfkI/AAAAAAAABwU/JG_9y4ilR98/s400/IMG_0532+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm83g2_M1I/AAAAAAAABwM/zHPM3CjPvAg/s1600-h/IMG_0531+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556889907016530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm83g2_M1I/AAAAAAAABwM/zHPM3CjPvAg/s400/IMG_0531+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8jnHbAoI/AAAAAAAABwA/I5GgN-QWGvE/s1600-h/IMG_0530+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556547989176962" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8jnHbAoI/AAAAAAAABwA/I5GgN-QWGvE/s400/IMG_0530+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8jD9HFnI/AAAAAAAABv0/FrWnw06mU8s/s1600-h/IMG_0529+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556538550687346" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8jD9HFnI/AAAAAAAABv0/FrWnw06mU8s/s400/IMG_0529+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9XgYGO-I/AAAAAAAABxc/jSqSokR8PoI/s1600-h/IMG_0554+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557439533267938" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9XgYGO-I/AAAAAAAABxc/jSqSokR8PoI/s400/IMG_0554+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A beautiful tatted hankie for Elissa!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9X2nl7fI/AAAAAAAABxk/81zchtbOHvM/s1600-h/IMG_0546+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402557445503839730" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm9X2nl7fI/AAAAAAAABxk/81zchtbOHvM/s400/IMG_0546+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am hoping you all are having a lovely Autumn day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-4534454359818321602?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/11/sweet-gifts.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Svm8iCwH-KI/AAAAAAAABvQ/gRfJgPR0C_E/s72-c/IMG_0525+(Large).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-619176297969838228</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-01T20:49:07.138-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Fun</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Autumn</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Arizona</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Our Family Adventures</category><title>The Delights of Autumn</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2bYWBOkI/AAAAAAAABuo/R87DUldMUJw/s1600-h/IMG_0149+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842741982018114" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2bYWBOkI/AAAAAAAABuo/R87DUldMUJw/s400/IMG_0149+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Momma &amp;amp; Seth at Apple Annie's pumpkin patch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Autumn holds many delights for me and one of them is taking my children to the pumpkin patch and to the apple orchards. Today we headed an hour south to Wilcox. It is a big farming &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;community&lt;/span&gt;. We went and picked up some things at the organic orchard and then headed to play at the other orchards. We all had so much fun! Seth did not like stepping in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;mushy&lt;/span&gt; apples on the ground. It was a very gross feeling! ;o) The smell left a lot to be desired too! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2a_YrAgI/AAAAAAAABug/ZFKUukFAxEI/s1600-h/IMG_0145+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842735282258434" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2a_YrAgI/AAAAAAAABug/ZFKUukFAxEI/s400/IMG_0145+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They had a beautiful sunflower patch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2C3kZS7I/AAAAAAAABuY/MsKt8BqPSeE/s1600-h/IMG_0121+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842320867085234" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2C3kZS7I/AAAAAAAABuY/MsKt8BqPSeE/s400/IMG_0121+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elissa squatting down so I could get a picture of her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2CfJRnsI/AAAAAAAABuQ/FRQs9nSUOA8/s1600-h/IMG_0119+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842314310885058" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2CfJRnsI/AAAAAAAABuQ/FRQs9nSUOA8/s400/IMG_0119+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to post this picture so everyone can see exactly how gray my hair is getting! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2CHIK86I/AAAAAAAABuI/xegjprAQVTs/s1600-h/IMG_0116+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842307863802786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2CHIK86I/AAAAAAAABuI/xegjprAQVTs/s400/IMG_0116+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seth helping momma pick apples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2Bi4uIjI/AAAAAAAABuA/ng8sPIvycp8/s1600-h/IMG_0125+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842298135323186" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2Bi4uIjI/AAAAAAAABuA/ng8sPIvycp8/s400/IMG_0125+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seth trying to reach the apples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2BGFqP-I/AAAAAAAABt4/2BF80A61jUs/s1600-h/IMG_0131+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387842290404966370" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2BGFqP-I/AAAAAAAABt4/2BF80A61jUs/s400/IMG_0131+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope you are enjoying the delights of Autumn!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-619176297969838228?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/10/delights-of-autumn.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsV2bYWBOkI/AAAAAAAABuo/R87DUldMUJw/s72-c/IMG_0149+(Large).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-4490109618649652288</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-28T20:45:48.106-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>From the Kitchen</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Autumn</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>An Autumn Give-away</title><description>&lt;a href="http://proverbs31maiden.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386729983365122930" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsGCYTdsi3I/AAAAAAAABtY/3yRQKDtFMuU/s400/give_away_button.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good evening! I just wanted to let y'all know that Elissa is having a small giveaway at her blog. So head on over there and comment to enter. ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-4490109618649652288?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/09/autumn-give-away.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SsGCYTdsi3I/AAAAAAAABtY/3yRQKDtFMuU/s72-c/give_away_button.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-1021458024088260257</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-27T16:04:36.960-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>From the Kitchen</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Celebrations</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Tea Time</category><title>A farewell to Summer tea</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sNJdwUdI/AAAAAAAABtQ/gyi3t3zkUnU/s1600-h/IMG_2561+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283389981577682" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sNJdwUdI/AAAAAAAABtQ/gyi3t3zkUnU/s400/IMG_2561+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elissa and I had been planning a summer tea all summer, but with being sick and having no energy it kept being put off. Elissa thought she could handle most of the preparations so she began preparing. She did a marvelous job! She made the seashell candies in the centerpiece. The "sand" is a mixture of brown sugar and white sugar. She made the sugar cookies and decorated them all by herself. She tried a few new techniques she had been reading about in the book Cookie craft. I think they turned out fabulously! I made the cloth napkins and Steve tied the string around them. So it was a cooperative effort! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We decided since most people consider Labor Day weekend to be the last weekend of the summer, we would have a farewell to summer tea.&lt;br /&gt;We had a small menu. We always (!) go overboard and have a ton of leftovers so we just made a few things and did small batches of each. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our menu consisted of:&lt;br /&gt;Chicken salad sandwiches on croissants&lt;br /&gt;Mushroom turnovers&lt;br /&gt;Cream scones&lt;br /&gt;Sugar cookies&lt;br /&gt;Earl Gray Tea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are already planning our Autumn tea! ;o) We are taking reservations if anyone wants to come have tea! ;o) Here are few pictures from our tea. They are all &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;clickable&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;As a side note, I have also updated our &lt;a href="http://www.delightfulhands.blogspot.com/"&gt;craft blog &lt;/a&gt;with two posts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sMrsIbPI/AAAAAAAABtI/7VoM-UF-xwI/s1600-h/IMG_2548+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283381988814066" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sMrsIbPI/AAAAAAAABtI/7VoM-UF-xwI/s400/IMG_2548+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve tied the knots on our napkins. I think he did a lovely job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sMGHnO7I/AAAAAAAABtA/yaziNUvkC80/s1600-h/IMG_2547+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283371903531954" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sMGHnO7I/AAAAAAAABtA/yaziNUvkC80/s400/IMG_2547+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sL1SSwyI/AAAAAAAABs4/IjdCJT-9v5Q/s1600-h/IMG_2535+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283367384924962" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sL1SSwyI/AAAAAAAABs4/IjdCJT-9v5Q/s400/IMG_2535+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sugar cookies that Elissa made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sLeaDOBI/AAAAAAAABsw/gtVvE_ZHpts/s1600-h/IMG_2531+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283361243445266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sLeaDOBI/AAAAAAAABsw/gtVvE_ZHpts/s400/IMG_2531+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r8nlqm7I/AAAAAAAABso/DQQadHA-eTo/s1600-h/IMG_2526+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283106010045362" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r8nlqm7I/AAAAAAAABso/DQQadHA-eTo/s400/IMG_2526+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r8IUlwlI/AAAAAAAABsg/leWzzATnMr4/s1600-h/IMG_2447+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283097616925266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r8IUlwlI/AAAAAAAABsg/leWzzATnMr4/s400/IMG_2447+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the seashells that Elissa made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r7_Xj3lI/AAAAAAAABsY/mjc-N8CLKHk/s1600-h/IMG_2568.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283095213465170" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r7_Xj3lI/AAAAAAAABsY/mjc-N8CLKHk/s400/IMG_2568.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoying our tea. Steve ate one of the candy seashells from the centerpiece. I told him "You might be a redneck if you eat part of the centerpiece!" ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r7OUFdUI/AAAAAAAABsQ/VNs3wjmOqKE/s1600-h/IMG_2541+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283082045551938" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r7OUFdUI/AAAAAAAABsQ/VNs3wjmOqKE/s400/IMG_2541+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lovely centerpiece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r6uELA-I/AAAAAAAABsI/FAnYBAwdRFQ/s1600-h/IMG_2556+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386283073388872674" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_r6uELA-I/AAAAAAAABsI/FAnYBAwdRFQ/s400/IMG_2556+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our lovely table.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-1021458024088260257?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/09/farewell-to-summer-tea.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sr_sNJdwUdI/AAAAAAAABtQ/gyi3t3zkUnU/s72-c/IMG_2561+(Large).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-7521066656934631033</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-22T14:59:24.633-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Autumn</category><title>Happy Autumn!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SrlGomzomhI/AAAAAAAABq4/4LWSk-7oCPY/s1600-h/IMG_2878+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384412492923968018" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SrlGomzomhI/AAAAAAAABq4/4LWSk-7oCPY/s400/IMG_2878+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Happy fall y'all! ;o) (you must read that with an Oklahoma twang to it! ) Today is the first day of Autumn and it is my very favorite season. I love the cooler weather, the yummy food, the changing leaves, the colors, pumpkins, apples, the different birds that are visiting our feeders. Well just about everything about this season! ;o) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Since today is Hobbit day and the first day of Autumn we had a special breakfast. Elissa made old-fashioned drop doughnuts, scrambled eggs, apple slices and a pot of Cranberry Autumn tea.  Yum! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are trying to finish decorating for Autumn and we have been planting flowers. My friend &lt;a href="http://mezzellfamily.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jody&lt;/a&gt; brought over some yummy fall cookies, some pumpkin roll and an adorable pumpkin that has birds on it!  What a lovely day. I am going to stuff a chicken with mushrooms, onion and garlic and roast it and we will have potatoes and apple crisp for dinner. I hope you are all having a lovely day! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Happy birthday to my sweet friend &lt;a href="http://southernrosecottage.blogspot.com/"&gt;Paula&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-7521066656934631033?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-autumn.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SrlGomzomhI/AAAAAAAABq4/4LWSk-7oCPY/s72-c/IMG_2878+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>32</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-4802923270159571460</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-01T11:45:52.673-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Autumn</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Birds</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Updates</category><title>Where I have been.....</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sp1pPG8gIEI/AAAAAAAABqw/iDMjvfCF-nI/s1600-h/Crissal+Thrasher+(Medium).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376569238433570882" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sp1pPG8gIEI/AAAAAAAABqw/iDMjvfCF-nI/s400/Crissal+Thrasher+(Medium).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Crissal&lt;/span&gt; Thrasher seen in our backyard Saturday morning. (photo credit to Steve)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hey y'all! Happy September! September is one of my favorite months of the year!! I love Autumn, falling leaves, cooler weather (well everywhere else but here), pumpkins, apples, cider, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;ok&lt;/span&gt; I think you get the picture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sorry I have been absent for so long. I have been ill. I am extremely anemic and it has been causing havoc on my life! Any energy that I have had has been used for my family. They are also testing me for several other things. I know that I owe several of you emails and some of you Hollyhock seeds. I am working on getting that done. Thanks for understanding. I am going to try to start blogging again. I updated delightful hands earlier. I have been cross-stitching &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;alot&lt;/span&gt; since I have been sick and so I have a lot to post over there. Check back soon. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please pray for me, I have some major character flaws and one of them is I have no patience! ;o) I want to be well NOW. But, God is faithful and completely trustworthy and it is so comforting to know that He is sovereign and that He is using all of this for my good and His glory!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;See you soon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-4802923270159571460?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-i-have-been.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sp1pPG8gIEI/AAAAAAAABqw/iDMjvfCF-nI/s72-c/Crissal+Thrasher+(Medium).jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-4263176684582064137</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-15T13:50:25.562-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Celebrations</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Daughters</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>Happy Birthday Elissa!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--1PAT4I/AAAAAAAABp8/FzdKqHC3fz8/s1600-h/IMG_1985+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358789855780294530" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--1PAT4I/AAAAAAAABp8/FzdKqHC3fz8/s400/IMG_1985+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is our darling girl's 17&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; birthday! We are so thankful to the Lord for his blessing of such a daughter. I know her brothers are also very thankful for such a sister! Elissa is the sunshine in our home. We pray that Elissa will continue to walk closely with the Lord each day and continue to strive to be a Proverbs 31 woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have had a blessed day so far. We surprised her this morning with the fact that her Daddy had the day off. I think that was her favorite gift! ;o) So far we have had a tea breakfast, opened gifts and lunch, we are off to watch one of the movies that she received this morning and then we are going to play games. Then her favorite dinner and cheesecake for dessert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--b1B7WI/AAAAAAAABp0/XMu2BqTwJkg/s1600-h/IMG_1980+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358789848960462178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--b1B7WI/AAAAAAAABp0/XMu2BqTwJkg/s400/IMG_1980+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breakfast with Daddy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--MOg2SI/AAAAAAAABps/QcgcDe2Bboo/s1600-h/IMG_1986+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358789844772378914" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--MOg2SI/AAAAAAAABps/QcgcDe2Bboo/s400/IMG_1986+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elissa and Seth. Seth told her she looked like a princess. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4-9jEUiKI/AAAAAAAABpk/30tetzbBNmo/s1600-h/IMG_1990+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358789833723775138" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4-9jEUiKI/AAAAAAAABpk/30tetzbBNmo/s400/IMG_1990+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this look on her face! I think she was excited to get the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Il&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Divo&lt;/span&gt; Cd!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4-9IPfFTI/AAAAAAAABpc/huqET02ylPU/s1600-h/IMG_1992+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358789826522846514" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4-9IPfFTI/AAAAAAAABpc/huqET02ylPU/s400/IMG_1992+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elissa with her gifts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We love you Lizard and we hope that your day is special and blessed!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Daddy, Momma, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Bubba&lt;/span&gt; and Seth&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-4263176684582064137?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-birthday-elissa.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sl4--1PAT4I/AAAAAAAABp8/FzdKqHC3fz8/s72-c/IMG_1985+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-2504576168520393678</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-25T12:17:24.452-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Nature Study</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Training Daughters</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Birds</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Sons</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Home Education</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Seasons</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Poetry</category><title>Birds &amp; Bird Study</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1wnfoscI/AAAAAAAABn0/J3lvbsz8EWo/s1600-h/IMG_1591+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351320629086302658" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1wnfoscI/AAAAAAAABn0/J3lvbsz8EWo/s400/IMG_1591+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is our "feeding station". We have 6 feeders in this tree. I think you can see them all except a suet basket that blends in with the leaves. It is a little bit to the left and above the cement post on the left side of the tree. We offer the birds Niger seed, Finch mix, wild bird seed, Black Oil Sunflower seeds and three different kinds of suet blocks. We also have a Hummingbird Feeder and two bird baths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qzJAZMI/AAAAAAAABo0/LMI3_RzRemw/s1600-h/IMG_0002+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351321628645024962" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qzJAZMI/AAAAAAAABo0/LMI3_RzRemw/s400/IMG_0002+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1wnfoscI/AAAAAAAABn0/J3lvbsz8EWo/s1600-h/IMG_1591+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is our Black-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;throated&lt;/span&gt; Humming bird. We named him &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Fitzwilliam&lt;/span&gt; Darcy and his mate is Lizzie. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5lYAzmhI/AAAAAAAABpU/EVdVW1zqhbs/s1600-h/IMG_1479+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351324833998412306" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5lYAzmhI/AAAAAAAABpU/EVdVW1zqhbs/s400/IMG_1479+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is their nest. It is in our feeder tree. Which is a male Mulberry tree. We found it last Friday evening. The eggs had already hatched. Hummingbirds use spiderwebs to build their nests and then they decorate it with feathers, moss, leaves, lichen, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJg7n6iI/AAAAAAAABnk/7deUI-1cT7k/s1600-h/IMG_0699+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351316658774862370" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJg7n6iI/AAAAAAAABnk/7deUI-1cT7k/s400/IMG_0699+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a view out of our family room window. Two House Finches are waiting out the rain. The tree that you see is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;actually&lt;/span&gt; in our neighbors yard. This is the tree that we saw the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Peregrine&lt;/span&gt; Falcon in. He would hunt Dove from this tree. He needs to come back and thin out our Doves. ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qzJAZMI/AAAAAAAABo0/LMI3_RzRemw/s1600-h/IMG_0002+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJbeYhpI/AAAAAAAABnc/PVEekgG5Yu4/s1600-h/goldfinch+(Medium).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351316657310041746" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 358px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJbeYhpI/AAAAAAAABnc/PVEekgG5Yu4/s400/goldfinch+(Medium).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lesser Goldfinch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJUSVZ1I/AAAAAAAABnU/e_h74nnwJ7A/s1600-h/finch+(purple+or+caisens)+(Medium).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351316655380457298" style="WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJUSVZ1I/AAAAAAAABnU/e_h74nnwJ7A/s400/finch+(purple+or+caisens)+(Medium).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Cassin's&lt;/span&gt; Finch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJDYoPKI/AAAAAAAABnM/_KCwVzsHpsg/s1600-h/birds+(Medium).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351316650843454626" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyJDYoPKI/AAAAAAAABnM/_KCwVzsHpsg/s400/birds+(Medium).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finch Feeder. This feeder is usually covered in Finches fighting over the spots. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyI6kMRLI/AAAAAAAABnE/OQ-4dX2yi8Q/s1600-h/painted+redstart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351316648476034226" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 348px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkOyI6kMRLI/AAAAAAAABnE/OQ-4dX2yi8Q/s400/painted+redstart.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Painted &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Redstart&lt;/span&gt; ~ Sorry this is a blurry picture. We are still learning how to photograph birds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5lMoe1RI/AAAAAAAABpM/Mpsl9yjKyGQ/s1600-h/IMG_1478+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351324830943597842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5lMoe1RI/AAAAAAAABpM/Mpsl9yjKyGQ/s400/IMG_1478+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a baby &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Gambel's&lt;/span&gt; Quail. We found him in our yard Friday evening. Our neighbor's cat was just about to have a snack! &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;urgh&lt;/span&gt;! We named him Henry. Unfortunately Henry passed away. :o(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5lLLuBFI/AAAAAAAABpE/iLNBg3UpO9M/s1600-h/IMG_1481+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351324830554522706" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5lLLuBFI/AAAAAAAABpE/iLNBg3UpO9M/s400/IMG_1481+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seth LOVED Henry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qjQHHlI/AAAAAAAABos/XgwgB5S5_b4/s1600-h/IMG_1607+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351321624379858514" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qjQHHlI/AAAAAAAABos/XgwgB5S5_b4/s400/IMG_1607+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are our bird books. We enjoy reading and learning about birds. God's world is so amazing and fascinating. He is such a loving Father to bless us with such a wonderful creation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5k7QtzoI/AAAAAAAABo8/TMELA19wfr8/s1600-h/IMG_1462+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351324826280513154" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO5k7QtzoI/AAAAAAAABo8/TMELA19wfr8/s400/IMG_1462+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Seth painting a picture of a Cactus Wren for his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Lapbook&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We decided it would be a good time for Elissa to have some &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;practical&lt;/span&gt; training in teaching little ones, so that she will have some experience when Lord willing she will have a family of her own to teach. So Elissa has been doing a Bird study with Seth. She is also doing a more advanced one of her own. She is doing a fabulous job of preparing and planning their studies. She has come up with some great activities. Seth is loving doing his study with Sissy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1w3Yxd1I/AAAAAAAABn8/9nQwU9W0Ik8/s1600-h/IMG_1595+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351320633352484690" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1w3Yxd1I/AAAAAAAABn8/9nQwU9W0Ik8/s400/IMG_1595+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is some of the books that they are using.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1xGddtZI/AAAAAAAABoE/c5-CrYsYqZI/s1600-h/IMG_1597+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351320637398693266" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1xGddtZI/AAAAAAAABoE/c5-CrYsYqZI/s400/IMG_1597+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seth's &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Lapbook&lt;/span&gt;. I love the picture of the bird he drew. It looks like a combination F-16 and bird! ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1xft_nFI/AAAAAAAABoM/7z-Aa9h1it0/s1600-h/IMG_1598+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351320644178910290" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1xft_nFI/AAAAAAAABoM/7z-Aa9h1it0/s400/IMG_1598+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The inside of his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Lapbook&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qXzl5qI/AAAAAAAABok/_2W1ePTfJww/s1600-h/IMG_1603+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351321621307451042" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qXzl5qI/AAAAAAAABok/_2W1ePTfJww/s400/IMG_1603+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qLeROXI/AAAAAAAABoc/c5JHUfFvj6I/s1600-h/IMG_1600+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351321617996790130" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qLeROXI/AAAAAAAABoc/c5JHUfFvj6I/s400/IMG_1600+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qKB3TrI/AAAAAAAABoU/nsJnbGiIo9s/s1600-h/IMG_1599+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351321617609215666" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO2qKB3TrI/AAAAAAAABoU/nsJnbGiIo9s/s400/IMG_1599+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are using the &lt;a href="http://www.notebookingpages.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;cPath=72&amp;amp;products_id=228"&gt;Bird notebook pages&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;notebookingpages&lt;/span&gt;.com. We are also using the Handbook of Nature Study by Anna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Comstock&lt;/span&gt;. Another great resource is the blog: &lt;a href="http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Handbook of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Naturestudy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are really enjoying our study of birds. They are so fascinating. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Humming Bird&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by Harry &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Hibbard&lt;/span&gt; Kemp&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The sunlight speaks, and its voice is a bird:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It glimmers half-guessed, half-seen, half-heard,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Above the flowerbed, over the lawn-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A flashing dip, and it is gone,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And all it lends to the eye is this-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A sunbeam giving the air a kiss. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-2504576168520393678?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/06/birds-bird-study.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SkO1wnfoscI/AAAAAAAABn0/J3lvbsz8EWo/s72-c/IMG_1591+(Large).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-3542892165534930683</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-21T07:25:55.658-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Celebrations</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>Happy Father's Day Steve!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-cac1ec2fe6eb5228" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAHZQAKfu6jF-JfdYz_38VlhhyIHNleypKXRntbFEyNUqAkSkzNn7ye_ZORexafkfm-8voYLPwRsymgmoBDN8Klze2Av77ey6Hr3B5OcBZvZhTDdZc0Y6rTJWDGDLEtp1RpuXeJVXUHAf8JsWg2IqHtpUG1GppgE6QBRUygsffUhSnHskoSHvT5riVI25oYZWNeEUkF8IjjpOMgoa32fJiQywk9PRar0RxDDzvjjpQZjL%26sigh%3DTkO-utK_nbSknM5ROytqGL9LPN8%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&amp;amp;nogvlm=1&amp;amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dcac1ec2fe6eb5228%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DjcyFZZgpBR9i0pFXOulIV8yeZV0&amp;amp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAHZQAKfu6jF-JfdYz_38VlhhyIHNleypKXRntbFEyNUqAkSkzNn7ye_ZORexafkfm-8voYLPwRsymgmoBDN8Klze2Av77ey6Hr3B5OcBZvZhTDdZc0Y6rTJWDGDLEtp1RpuXeJVXUHAf8JsWg2IqHtpUG1GppgE6QBRUygsffUhSnHskoSHvT5riVI25oYZWNeEUkF8IjjpOMgoa32fJiQywk9PRar0RxDDzvjjpQZjL%26sigh%3DTkO-utK_nbSknM5ROytqGL9LPN8%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&amp;amp;nogvlm=1&amp;amp;thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dcac1ec2fe6eb5228%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DjcyFZZgpBR9i0pFXOulIV8yeZV0&amp;amp;messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Steve I hope you have a lovely day! I am so glad that you are the father of our children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elissa did a lovely job making this video. I cried the whole way through! Thanks Lizard!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-3542892165534930683?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure type='video/mp4' url='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=cac1ec2fe6eb5228&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-fathers-day-steve.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-3225480644677566072</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-15T15:02:42.665-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Nature Study</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Arizona</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Birds</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Updates</category><title>I am alive &amp; Bird watching</title><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sja_OFLGCvI/AAAAAAAABm8/DxXPht0NKak/s1600-h/IMG_1237+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347671856176827122" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sja_OFLGCvI/AAAAAAAABm8/DxXPht0NKak/s400/IMG_1237+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the picture to see the Lesser Goldfinch on our Thistle Feeder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now wasn't that a clever title! ;o) I am sorry that I dropped off of the face of the earth. We got a nasty cold right after mother's day and when I was sick and coughing my lungs up, I pinched a nerve in my neck. I had a headache that was a killer for 2 1/2 weeks. It finally went away about 10 days ago, so I have been trying to catch up on everything since then. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our family has always loved bird watching. We have seen some very neat birds over the years. Especially when we were stationed in the country of Panama. (We saw wild &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Toucans&lt;/span&gt; quite often). We have recently got back into bird watching. We started out with one feeder and just like potato chips, you can't have just one! ;o) So now we have 5 feeders, with plans to add a few more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have seen a lot of neat birds in our yard lately. I plan on sharing pictures in the next post, but I need my handy tech support to help me crop the pictures! ;o) I will leave you with a short list of a few of the birds we have seen lately. Some of these have been on our family adventures.&lt;br /&gt;I am going to try to be better at posting! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(unless I specify, we have seen both male and female)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lesser Goldfinch&lt;br /&gt;Northern Cardinal&lt;br /&gt;Mountain Chickadee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Ladder backed&lt;/span&gt; Woodpecker&lt;br /&gt;Daddy &amp;amp; Mommy  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Gambel's&lt;/span&gt; Quail with their brand new 11 (!) babies&lt;br /&gt;Summer Tanager (Male)&lt;br /&gt;Peregrine Falcon&lt;br /&gt;Juniper Titmouse&lt;br /&gt;Cactus Wren&lt;br /&gt;Curve-billed Thrasher&lt;br /&gt;Black &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Throated&lt;/span&gt; Sparrow&lt;br /&gt;Chipping Sparrow&lt;br /&gt;Bullock's Oriole&lt;br /&gt;House Finch&lt;br /&gt;Yellow variant House finch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Cassin's&lt;/span&gt; Finch&lt;br /&gt;Painted &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Redstart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Western Tanager (Male)&lt;br /&gt;Black-chinned Hummingbird&lt;br /&gt;Not to mention a bazillion Doves!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, Heather&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-3225480644677566072?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-alive-bird-watching.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sja_OFLGCvI/AAAAAAAABm8/DxXPht0NKak/s72-c/IMG_1237+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-7576941579460545162</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-14T16:04:49.628-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Giveaways</category><title>And the winners are....</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgyhiCStvpI/AAAAAAAABm0/XfnDvml4U5U/s1600-h/IMG_0607+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335817264630185618" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgyhiCStvpI/AAAAAAAABm0/XfnDvml4U5U/s400/IMG_0607+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I changed the rules! ;o) But it is for the better. I didn't have anyone sign up that was already a subscriber so I decided to give it as a second prize and well you can't have 1st and 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; without a third! ;o) So this is how it will work. The first prize winner can pick their choice of pincushion and pouch and then the second prize winner will get whichever one is left and the third prize winner will get the lone pincushion. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgyhiB1S2SI/AAAAAAAABms/nqSBQ01l5f0/s1600-h/IMG_0297+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335817264506788130" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgyhiB1S2SI/AAAAAAAABms/nqSBQ01l5f0/s400/IMG_0297+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Pincushion and pouch #1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgyhh6f4csI/AAAAAAAABmk/_msoJvgiiMY/s1600-h/IMG_0608+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335817262537929410" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgyhh6f4csI/AAAAAAAABmk/_msoJvgiiMY/s400/IMG_0608+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pincushion and pouch #2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgyhh08FX1I/AAAAAAAABmc/ugQEPxBnsJY/s1600-h/IMG_0610+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335817261045604178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgyhh08FX1I/AAAAAAAABmc/ugQEPxBnsJY/s400/IMG_0610+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lone pincushion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first place winner goes to Sheri.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The second place winner goes to Susan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The third place goes to Amanda.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Congratulations ladies! Sheri if you would let me know which set you would like and Susan and Amanda, if you could send me your address, I will get everyone their prizes. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-7576941579460545162?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-winners-are.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgyhiCStvpI/AAAAAAAABm0/XfnDvml4U5U/s72-c/IMG_0607+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-312118599956699694</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-11T16:50:46.908-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Our Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><title>New additions to my craft room</title><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi21Lyk1HI/AAAAAAAABmU/AiDdFrqDSyA/s1600-h/IMG_0278+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20_qeuBI/AAAAAAAABmM/IGfxR14QUlE/s1600-h/shelf+cropped.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334714780179413010" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 385px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20_qeuBI/AAAAAAAABmM/IGfxR14QUlE/s400/shelf+cropped.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; Here are a few of my mother's day gifts that I am using to  decorate my craft room. A few weeks ago I was searching on &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Etsy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for Pincushions and found a &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5875856"&gt;wonderful shop&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5875856"&gt;Lonna&lt;/a&gt; makes the cutest items and her work and packaging are so beautiful. My family graciously bought me several items from her shop for Mother's day. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been wanting a shelf for a while and Steve built me one on Saturday. I painted it and he hung it for me yesterday. I love it!! I am a very spoiled momma! ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20pOtYsI/AAAAAAAABmE/UOudKDZXg54/s1600-h/IMG_0524+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334714774157353666" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20pOtYsI/AAAAAAAABmE/UOudKDZXg54/s400/IMG_0524+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;PJ&lt;/span&gt; bought me the birds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20hYt7jI/AAAAAAAABl8/tiQua9G3jXQ/s1600-h/IMG_0519+(Large).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334714772051848754" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20hYt7jI/AAAAAAAABl8/tiQua9G3jXQ/s400/IMG_0519+(Large).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dress form pincushion and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Petit&lt;/span&gt; four pincushion are from Steve.  The pink doily is one that I made recently. The little dish that is sitting on the doily has buttons in it. Some of them are vintage mother of pearl buttons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20SRTzlI/AAAAAAAABl0/8iwUI49qvQU/s1600-h/IMG_0526+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334714767994244690" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20SRTzlI/AAAAAAAABl0/8iwUI49qvQU/s400/IMG_0526+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-312118599956699694?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-additions-to-my-craft-room.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgi20_qeuBI/AAAAAAAABmM/IGfxR14QUlE/s72-c/shelf+cropped.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-3000233847926379970</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-10T13:25:52.323-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Celebrations</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Fun</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>Happy Mother's Day!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HcvNyFI/AAAAAAAABlc/5UroRUHZ728/s1600-h/IMG_0473+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334291785244854354" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HcvNyFI/AAAAAAAABlc/5UroRUHZ728/s400/IMG_0473+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What could be sweeter to a Momma, than to have all of her children home for Mother's Day?! My darling beloved flew our oldest son home for the weekend. We are having a wonderful time (except for when I was getting massacred at Settlers of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Catan&lt;/span&gt; last night at 1 in the morning!) ;o). My loving family made me a lovely tea breakfast and showered me with wonderful gifts! I am so thankful that God has allowed me to be a Momma!I pray that y'all are having a very blessed Mother's day. May we always remember what precious treasures the Lord has entrusted into our care!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2aaCyb5I/AAAAAAAABls/AhGtXLjNpUA/s1600-h/IMG_0458+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334292110939156370" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2aaCyb5I/AAAAAAAABls/AhGtXLjNpUA/s400/IMG_0458+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lovely table set by my darling girl!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2acGW19I/AAAAAAAABlk/-A6BPlO3OQ0/s1600-h/IMG_0459+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334292111490996178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2acGW19I/AAAAAAAABlk/-A6BPlO3OQ0/s400/IMG_0459+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HLzuH6I/AAAAAAAABlU/SL7ETISZu1g/s1600-h/IMG_0482+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334291780700348322" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HLzuH6I/AAAAAAAABlU/SL7ETISZu1g/s400/IMG_0482+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How they really are! ;o)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HCburtI/AAAAAAAABlM/QsRI84pejOM/s1600-h/IMG_0487+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334291778183802578" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HCburtI/AAAAAAAABlM/QsRI84pejOM/s400/IMG_0487+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;PJ&lt;/span&gt;, Seth and Elissa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2G4K6ciI/AAAAAAAABlE/dyYI4O0DZd8/s1600-h/IMG_0502+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334291775428915746" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2G4K6ciI/AAAAAAAABlE/dyYI4O0DZd8/s400/IMG_0502+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2GuIcdaI/AAAAAAAABk8/ieBIjnBBb-A/s1600-h/IMG_0505+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334291772734207394" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2GuIcdaI/AAAAAAAABk8/ieBIjnBBb-A/s400/IMG_0505+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My darling Beloved and my precious treasures!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Happy Mother's Day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-3000233847926379970?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Sgc2HcvNyFI/AAAAAAAABlc/5UroRUHZ728/s72-c/IMG_0473+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-1204502460847407801</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-05T19:10:07.397-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Giveaways</category><title>Exciting News and a giveaway!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDvpZjZHZI/AAAAAAAABks/zj5gESeBwxQ/s1600-h/IMG_0296+(Medium)+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332525453319675282" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDvpZjZHZI/AAAAAAAABks/zj5gESeBwxQ/s400/IMG_0296+(Medium)+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi ladies!!&lt;br /&gt;I have some exciting news to share. I had the opportunity to write a tutorial on one of my craft projects for &lt;a href="http://www.joyoushome.com/index.php?page=seasons-magazine"&gt;Seasons at Home Magazine&lt;/a&gt;. One of the perks was a free magazine, so since I already have a subscription, I thought I would have a giveaway, so you can share in my excitement. ;o) I thought I would add a few things to the giveaway. I made a pouch and matching pincushion and there is a spring hand towel. I will also be making a second pouch and pincushion in different fabric for a second prize (for those who are already subscribers.). Just comment on this post and let me know if you are already a subscriber. I will close the giveaway on Thursday the 14&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are already a subscriber. My article is on pages 19-20.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Heather&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-1204502460847407801?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/05/exciting-news-and-giveaway.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDvpZjZHZI/AAAAAAAABks/zj5gESeBwxQ/s72-c/IMG_0296+(Medium)+(2).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>22</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-7767684025436220272</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-05T18:58:20.336-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Our Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Keeper of the Home</category><title>Bookshelves</title><description>On one of my yahoo groups we were talking about organizing books. I shared how I organize our books and I offered to share pictures. So here goes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmXsKNBI/AAAAAAAABkk/nOHWAreBzsk/s1600-h/IMG_0233+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332522102745084946" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmXsKNBI/AAAAAAAABkk/nOHWAreBzsk/s400/IMG_0233+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shelf holds &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;alot&lt;/span&gt; of our school stuff. There is dictionaries, poetry books, all of our history in chronological order, some mom type homeschooling books, our daily school books ( that is the 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; shelf on the right), science, nature study and geography.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmafPj0I/AAAAAAAABkc/_2pv5Oxp5fE/s1600-h/IMG_0231+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332522103496216386" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmafPj0I/AAAAAAAABkc/_2pv5Oxp5fE/s400/IMG_0231+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shelf holds our fiction books in alphabetical order, some movies, some notebooks of the children and some audio books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmHNhNzI/AAAAAAAABkU/_poAlC0XaLU/s1600-h/IMG_0232+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332522098321602354" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmHNhNzI/AAAAAAAABkU/_poAlC0XaLU/s400/IMG_0232+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shelf holds some commentaries, our Great books collection, theology, christian living, creation/evolution, gardening, self-reliant living books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmHpk0wI/AAAAAAAABkM/cvVqi6_BmLU/s1600-h/IMG_0230+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332522098439279362" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmHpk0wI/AAAAAAAABkM/cvVqi6_BmLU/s400/IMG_0230+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shelf holds &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;alot&lt;/span&gt; of my books, parenting, marriage, courtship, biographies, home decorating, seasonal, natural medicine, and scrapbooks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDslwLLHEI/AAAAAAAABkE/x0eBULSOoZQ/s1600-h/IMG_0234+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332522092137749570" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDslwLLHEI/AAAAAAAABkE/x0eBULSOoZQ/s400/IMG_0234+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This shelf is in our craft room/office and it holds all of our craft related books. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The children have their own shelves and their is a stack of books underneath and on top of my bedside table and my cookbooks are in the kitchen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Heather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-7767684025436220272?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/05/bookshelves.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SgDsmXsKNBI/AAAAAAAABkk/nOHWAreBzsk/s72-c/IMG_0233+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-2316354301749602909</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-26T13:27:54.421-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Updates</category><title>Delightful hands</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfTDn2sG49I/AAAAAAAABjk/IHPi2HREzWc/s1600-h/tailor+of+G.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329099348548969426" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfTDn2sG49I/AAAAAAAABjk/IHPi2HREzWc/s400/tailor+of+G.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just wanted y'all to know that I have updated our&lt;a href="http://www.delightfulhands.blogspot.com/"&gt; craft &lt;/a&gt;blog recently. I have to take a couple more pictures and I will add another post. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Happy Crafting!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-2316354301749602909?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/04/delightful-hands.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfTDn2sG49I/AAAAAAAABjk/IHPi2HREzWc/s72-c/tailor+of+G.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-8828436555847909973</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-23T12:17:55.014-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Tea Time</category><title>Thursday Tea Time ~Breakfast Tea</title><description>&lt;a href="http://emsbingy.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327961870677624562" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5F7aQxvI/AAAAAAAABiM/Y7g2SGtbwgA/s400/ThursdayTeaTime_copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My new friend &lt;a href="http://emsbingy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt; has started hosting Thursday Tea Time, so I decided to join her this week. Head on over to her &lt;a href="http://emsbingy.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to see how you can participate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taking tea is one of my favorite things to do. I drink at least one cup of tea a day. My very favorite is &lt;a href="http://www.harney.com/parisblend.html"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Harney&lt;/span&gt; and Sons Paris Tea&lt;/a&gt;. This morning I decided to make a breakfast tea for my children. We had a pot of Paris tea and Blueberry Cream Scones with lemon curd and fresh whipped cream. I will share the recipe for the Blueberry Cream Scones at the end of my post. I hope that you will take the time to slow down and enjoy a lovely cup of tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GFMddxI/AAAAAAAABic/l96VRt8LsrE/s1600-h/IMG_0100+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327961873304090386" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GFMddxI/AAAAAAAABic/l96VRt8LsrE/s400/IMG_0100+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My silver tray with a doily that I recently crocheted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GPS6TII/AAAAAAAABiU/UaysQR_BsPA/s1600-h/IMG_0099+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327961876015500418" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GPS6TII/AAAAAAAABiU/UaysQR_BsPA/s400/IMG_0099+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GdtuHoI/AAAAAAAABis/OdXWMdxtjSQ/s1600-h/IMG_0103+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GdtuHoI/AAAAAAAABis/OdXWMdxtjSQ/s1600-h/IMG_0103+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327961879886044802" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GdtuHoI/AAAAAAAABis/OdXWMdxtjSQ/s400/IMG_0103+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seth &amp;amp; Elissa getting ready to enjoy a breakfast tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GZ48JVI/AAAAAAAABik/dynlmqfZeyI/s1600-h/IMG_0102+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327961878859359570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5GZ48JVI/AAAAAAAABik/dynlmqfZeyI/s400/IMG_0102+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blueberry Cream Scones:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 cups flour (I used unbleached)&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoons baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1/8 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;6 Tablespoons cold butter&lt;br /&gt;1 large egg, beaten&lt;br /&gt;1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (I used a little more)&lt;br /&gt;1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries ( I used frozen)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heavy whipping cream and sugar to brush on top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mix together in a large bowl the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Add the beaten egg, cream and vanilla. Combine until just mixed. Fold in the blueberries. The batter will turn slightly purple. Do not over mix. Knead by hand on floured surface for a minute or two and then pat it into a 6-8 inch circle on a parchment lined baking sheet. (I double my baking sheet, so that the bottom does not burn). Cut into wedges. Brush the top with heavy whipping cream and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.&lt;br /&gt;Serve with lemon curd and fresh whipped cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, Heather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-8828436555847909973?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/04/thursday-tea-time-breakfast-tea.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SfC5F7aQxvI/AAAAAAAABiM/Y7g2SGtbwgA/s72-c/ThursdayTeaTime_copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>12</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-3995110030198793434</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-22T13:05:35.699-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Daughters</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Keeper of the Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Giveaways</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Training Daughters</category><title>With Eagerness &amp; Delight Challenge</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.proverbs31maiden.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327582699109951810" style="width: 163px; height: 214px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Se9gPPP3KUI/AAAAAAAABiE/zaLAogv9IYc/s400/challenge+button.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi Ladies! I hope you are all enjoying a fine spring day! Ours has turned into more of a summer day! It is supposed to be 94 degrees today! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to share a lovely challenge that my darling daughter is having on her blog. It is for unmarried daughters who are training to be keepers at home. She is having challenges and then a give away. I am sure that your daughters would be blessed by these challenges. Head on over to &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.proverbs31maiden.blogspot.com/"&gt;her blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, Heather&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-3995110030198793434?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/04/with-eagerness-delight-challenge.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Se9gPPP3KUI/AAAAAAAABiE/zaLAogv9IYc/s72-c/challenge+button.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-5640074134186488127</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-12T09:02:18.178-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>He is risen!!!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SeILdv1RDVI/AAAAAAAABh8/NKdnUrDZLQw/s1600-h/golgotha.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323830315189341522" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SeILdv1RDVI/AAAAAAAABh8/NKdnUrDZLQw/s400/golgotha.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A picture of Golgotha&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. " Mark 16:6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing , taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Philippians 2:5~11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He is risen indeed!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-5640074134186488127?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/04/he-is-risen.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SeILdv1RDVI/AAAAAAAABh8/NKdnUrDZLQw/s72-c/golgotha.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-7513245354637707242</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-27T06:40:45.692-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Books</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Updates</category><title>Feast or Famine!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SczR4eZCC5I/AAAAAAAABhc/xcuzqcF8M0o/s1600-h/IMG_9048+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317856028178647954" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SczR4eZCC5I/AAAAAAAABhc/xcuzqcF8M0o/s400/IMG_9048+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve always says that my blog updates are either feast or famine and he is right! I figured it was time to fill you in on what has been going on around here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have been busy finishing some of our home improvement projects. I finally finished Seth's room, well except for some touch up painting. We are trying to finish our main bathroom makeover. That has really kept us busy for the last while. Hopefully the bathroom will be finished soon and I can move on to painting the Living room and hallway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson with our home school group a few weeks ago. It was Seth's first time to go to a zoo. He loved it!!! The above picture is of him feeding the giraffe. He thought that was very neat. He said it tickled his hand. ;o) It was a great zoo. It wasn't very big, but you could really get up close to the animals. Seth ran a million miles that day and on the way home he actually fell asleep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been re-reading all of Jane Austen's novels lately. I have finished Emma, Pride &amp;amp; Prejudice, Persuasion and I am about half way through Mansfield Park. I love her novels!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been very remiss in not posting the awards I received from my friend &lt;a href="http://rykenclan.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sheri&lt;/a&gt; and from sweet &lt;a href="http://www.insertfootinopenmouth.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jessica&lt;/a&gt;! I am so sorry!!! Please forgive me!! I appreciate them very much! I will try to make my next post about them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted you to know that we have updated our &lt;a href="http://www.delightfulhands.blogspot.com/"&gt;craft blog&lt;/a&gt; and our &lt;a href="http://foodforherhousehold.blogspot.com/"&gt;recipe blog&lt;/a&gt;. Be sure to head over there to see what else we have been up to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well the sun is rising, the birds are singing and some weeds are calling my name! I hope you have a blessed weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, Heather&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-7513245354637707242?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/03/feast-or-famine.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/SczR4eZCC5I/AAAAAAAABhc/xcuzqcF8M0o/s72-c/IMG_9048+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-3551128236316229739</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-25T09:52:15.874-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>From the Kitchen</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Family Fun</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Tea Time</category><title>A family tea party</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpfns-D5SI/AAAAAAAABfk/ajrnKGJSpro/s1600-h/IMG_9276+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317167445755290914" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpfns-D5SI/AAAAAAAABfk/ajrnKGJSpro/s400/IMG_9276+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Sunday past, we had a family tea party. It was very delightful! Elissa and I had been planning it for awhile. You can see some of our efforts in the picture above. We had many lovely delicacies to eat and some delightful conversations. I thought I would share a few pictures with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLtL7xlI/AAAAAAAABfc/L47Mip8FF24/s1600-h/IMG_9309+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166964777141842" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLtL7xlI/AAAAAAAABfc/L47Mip8FF24/s400/IMG_9309+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We enjoyed Lady Gray Tea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpebU4_FrI/AAAAAAAABes/Bk698R33LIo/s1600-h/IMG_9347+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166133621495474" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpebU4_FrI/AAAAAAAABes/Bk698R33LIo/s400/IMG_9347+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The table set with all of the yummies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLRALLGI/AAAAAAAABfU/jEdA8jLHdsE/s1600-h/IMG_9329+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166957211626594" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLRALLGI/AAAAAAAABfU/jEdA8jLHdsE/s400/IMG_9329+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lemon tartlets and blueberry turnovers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLAch_9I/AAAAAAAABfM/1HZzrewcfCg/s1600-h/IMG_9332+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166952767160274" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLAch_9I/AAAAAAAABfM/1HZzrewcfCg/s400/IMG_9332+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spinach dip and home made wheat thins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLK0fUjI/AAAAAAAABfE/lM4otfto0vs/s1600-h/IMG_9335+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166955552002610" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfLK0fUjI/AAAAAAAABfE/lM4otfto0vs/s400/IMG_9335+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mushroom turnovers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfKyua3TI/AAAAAAAABe8/QszyjMsj_yw/s1600-h/IMG_9339+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166949084093746" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpfKyua3TI/AAAAAAAABe8/QszyjMsj_yw/s400/IMG_9339+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chicken Salad Sandwiches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpeb5fCtfI/AAAAAAAABe0/us3nt0ZzJlk/s1600-h/IMG_9343+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166143444792818" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpeb5fCtfI/AAAAAAAABe0/us3nt0ZzJlk/s400/IMG_9343+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpebQSt4RI/AAAAAAAABek/lL2DXvcLQgc/s1600-h/IMG_9351+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166132387242258" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpebQSt4RI/AAAAAAAABek/lL2DXvcLQgc/s400/IMG_9351+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and my gentlemen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpebBaLnAI/AAAAAAAABec/Tyokqos6Hkc/s1600-h/IMG_9359+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166128392018946" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScpebBaLnAI/AAAAAAAABec/Tyokqos6Hkc/s400/IMG_9359+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpea0fHNyI/AAAAAAAABeU/-Paf-Xl-J8w/s1600-h/IMG_9358+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317166124923041570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpea0fHNyI/AAAAAAAABeU/-Paf-Xl-J8w/s400/IMG_9358+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me and my sweet helper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be adding some of our recipes to our recipe blog soon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-3551128236316229739?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/03/family-tea-party.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/Scpfns-D5SI/AAAAAAAABfk/ajrnKGJSpro/s72-c/IMG_9276+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-6052193783925820582</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-21T09:46:41.858-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>My Garden</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>The Loveliness of Home</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Beatrix Garden</category><title>Welcome Spring</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUL4lzSAOI/AAAAAAAABcY/3RP3kIfvCrU/s1600-h/IMG_9252+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315668002028519650" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUL4lzSAOI/AAAAAAAABcY/3RP3kIfvCrU/s400/IMG_9252+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have had several people ask about how my garden is doing, so I thought I would share a few pictures. Although yesterday was the first official day of  Spring, we have had spring like weather here in our part of Arizona for quite some time. My garden has exploded in the last couple of weeks. All but a couple of flowers have come back from last year, even though some of them are not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;perennials&lt;/span&gt;. I still need to weed my rose garden (can we say jungle!) and Elissa's garden needs weeding too, so I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;won't&lt;/span&gt; be showing pictures of those yet. ;o) We have added Jeremy Fischer to our garden. He is over in Elissa's garden. We need to get him some friends besides the neighbors cats. ;o) I hope that y'all are enjoying spring like weather wherever you live. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZX3zLaI/AAAAAAAABc4/-Bx02S6vjvE/s1600-h/IMG_9295+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676261806452130" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZX3zLaI/AAAAAAAABc4/-Bx02S6vjvE/s400/IMG_9295+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTY6PKhII/AAAAAAAABcg/iiWTkEaiMqY/s1600-h/IMG_9291+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676253851387010" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTY6PKhII/AAAAAAAABcg/iiWTkEaiMqY/s400/IMG_9291+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZdIL7sI/AAAAAAAABcw/r042enwap9g/s1600-h/IMG_9294+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676263217360578" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZdIL7sI/AAAAAAAABcw/r042enwap9g/s400/IMG_9294+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT9W30ipI/AAAAAAAABdI/IH2vloC7TCM/s1600-h/IMG_9298+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676880013396626" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT9W30ipI/AAAAAAAABdI/IH2vloC7TCM/s400/IMG_9298+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVAZIqLfI/AAAAAAAABeI/pnzMHhVPS7w/s1600-h/IMG_9250+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315678031672126962" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVAZIqLfI/AAAAAAAABeI/pnzMHhVPS7w/s400/IMG_9250+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Cockrobin&lt;/span&gt; was taken a couple of weeks ago, you can not even see him anymore. The Hollyhocks have covered him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVAbwEArI/AAAAAAAABeA/pVlwX7O2yuA/s1600-h/IMG_8741+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315678032374268594" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVAbwEArI/AAAAAAAABeA/pVlwX7O2yuA/s400/IMG_8741+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVAcMLRUI/AAAAAAAABd4/fSHbjXadRKQ/s1600-h/IMG_8738+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315678032492184898" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVAcMLRUI/AAAAAAAABd4/fSHbjXadRKQ/s400/IMG_8738+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT-KEeCiI/AAAAAAAABdo/hdwaKOURWlI/s1600-h/IMG_9303+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676893756656162" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT-KEeCiI/AAAAAAAABdo/hdwaKOURWlI/s400/IMG_9303+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This bee loves to visit our garden. I was taking pictures of him and he started to fly toward me and I jumped and took the following picture at the same time. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVALu83YI/AAAAAAAABdw/MYThlGs7bUM/s1600-h/IMG_9304+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315678028074638722" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUVALu83YI/AAAAAAAABdw/MYThlGs7bUM/s400/IMG_9304+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT97-_bjI/AAAAAAAABdg/TXwz-FVnX10/s1600-h/IMG_9301+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676889975582258" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT97-_bjI/AAAAAAAABdg/TXwz-FVnX10/s400/IMG_9301+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is Jeremy Fischer. He seems to like his new home, although he is lonely. We are on the lookout for Peter Rabbit to join him. ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT91CbMZI/AAAAAAAABdY/ORV93HUKKio/s1600-h/IMG_9300+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676888110936466" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT91CbMZI/AAAAAAAABdY/ORV93HUKKio/s400/IMG_9300+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT9kvCRLI/AAAAAAAABdQ/yYwLPEhQeBQ/s1600-h/IMG_9299+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676883734643890" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUT9kvCRLI/AAAAAAAABdQ/yYwLPEhQeBQ/s400/IMG_9299+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZs283uI/AAAAAAAABdA/61tTzXi76dA/s1600-h/IMG_9297+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676267440037602" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZs283uI/AAAAAAAABdA/61tTzXi76dA/s400/IMG_9297+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My parsley plant has exploded. You can see one of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Puddleduck&lt;/span&gt; babies to the left of the plant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZH2-lII/AAAAAAAABco/V4iSYySwu8U/s1600-h/IMG_9293+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315676257508037762" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUTZH2-lII/AAAAAAAABco/V4iSYySwu8U/s400/IMG_9293+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Spring!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love, Heather&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-6052193783925820582?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome-spring.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScUL4lzSAOI/AAAAAAAABcY/3RP3kIfvCrU/s72-c/IMG_9252+(Medium).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17283387.post-5399915626229143439</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-20T20:25:08.975-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Beatrix Potter</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Tea Time</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Christmas</category><title>Show &amp; Tell ~ Beatrix Potter Tea Cups</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRcQbYBmqI/AAAAAAAABcQ/0hR4DV48iEw/s1600-h/showandtellxl5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315474897500215970" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRcQbYBmqI/AAAAAAAABcQ/0hR4DV48iEw/s400/showandtellxl5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first time to be able to participate in my friend &lt;a href="http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kelli's show and tell&lt;/a&gt;. I LOVED show and tell when I was a little girl! It is so fun to be able to do this as a big girl! ;o)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mom knows how much I love all things Beatrix Potter and near Christmas time she found 5 Beatrix Potter tea cups at Tuesday Morning. These were her gift to me. I was so thrilled! The extra one is a second Jemima &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Puddleduck&lt;/span&gt;. I have really enjoyed using them. In fact this morning I had a cup of tea in my Peter Rabbit cup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for looking!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNy4GHRPI/AAAAAAAABbg/QmFnqMcfFso/s1600-h/IMG_8393+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315458996650853618" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNy4GHRPI/AAAAAAAABbg/QmFnqMcfFso/s400/IMG_8393+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My tea cups with my mini Brown Betty Tea Pot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRbn--i6_I/AAAAAAAABcI/pVKoLtxbBEA/s1600-h/IMG_8392+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315474202682387442" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRbn--i6_I/AAAAAAAABcI/pVKoLtxbBEA/s400/IMG_8392+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benjamin Bunny cup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzpYR6CI/AAAAAAAABcA/UCX15b6Cr7g/s1600-h/IMG_8390+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459009880385570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzpYR6CI/AAAAAAAABcA/UCX15b6Cr7g/s400/IMG_8390+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Rabbit cup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzqxNHVI/AAAAAAAABb4/3aF2oi4nhfc/s1600-h/IMG_8388+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459010253364562" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzqxNHVI/AAAAAAAABb4/3aF2oi4nhfc/s400/IMG_8388+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jemima &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Puddleduck&lt;/span&gt; cup&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzCo8PUI/AAAAAAAABbo/-nvVKzvFZmE/s1600-h/IMG_8382+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315458999481285954" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzCo8PUI/AAAAAAAABbo/-nvVKzvFZmE/s400/IMG_8382+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Tiggywinkle&lt;/span&gt; cup &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzpVpuMI/AAAAAAAABbw/OjT57mCrTyA/s1600-h/IMG_8385+(Medium).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459009869363394" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRNzpVpuMI/AAAAAAAABbw/OjT57mCrTyA/s400/IMG_8385+(Medium).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The inside of my Mrs. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Tiggywinkle&lt;/span&gt; cup. All of the cups have the character on the inside. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;~Heather&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17283387-5399915626229143439?l=stevensrib.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://stevensrib.blogspot.com/2009/03/show-tell-beatrix-potter-tea-cups.html</link><author>delightfulhands@gmail.com (Heather)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MHwSdIxpxGg/ScRcQbYBmqI/AAAAAAAABcQ/0hR4DV48iEw/s72-c/showandtellxl5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item></channel></rss>