tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45662694150790819712024-02-28T22:52:04.767-08:00It's Just DottieIt's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-39863993503251193252018-02-24T10:57:00.001-08:002018-02-25T16:38:34.344-08:00Sometime<div style="text-align: center;">
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lovely Ranunculus blooming</div>
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My sweet friend had a birthday .</div>
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We decided to celebrate all week !!<br />
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Friday night we filled a picnic basket<br />
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We sat under a clear sky with a very full moon<br />
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were thrilled by the music of Benise's Spanish Guitar .<br />
It was a magical night !<br />
The only thing missing was a falling star .<br />
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I have been thinking about going to France again<br />
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So we went to <a href="http://www.bistrodesamis.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Bistro Les Amis</a> and pretended we were in France !<br />
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Oh My !<br />
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I know it is the first step towards winter</div>
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I really dislike being cold!!!</div>
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a squirrel named Miss Suzy.</div>
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She lived all winter</div>
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My girls and I longed to live with her!</div>
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From Miss Suzy I learned to make my home cozy and wonderful </div>
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filled with winter</div>
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grace!</div>
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with candlelit rooms full of shadows and soft music</div>
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Snuggled deep into the pillows in the quietness around me</div>
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I wish</div>
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to see a falling star tonight</div>
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that my garden would be filled with fireflies<br />
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to dance in the moonlight</div>
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for my hollyhocks to bloom<br />
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that my Thanksgiving Turkey would be perfectly cooked</div>
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my sweet potato pies would taste just like my grandmother's</div>
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that snow would softly fall on Christmas Eve.</div>
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Will my wishes come true?</div>
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some of them will.<br />
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Miss Suzy</div>
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wish for when it's cozy and warm and we are half asleep.</div>
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Dottie<br />
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<br />It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-78020349261745790602016-01-02T10:09:00.000-08:002016-01-02T14:20:25.961-08:00This New Year<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have chosen the word ..delight...as my word for this new year.</div>
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falling<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-11731337076780527052015-12-04T18:08:00.000-08:002015-12-04T20:16:41.513-08:00DECEMBER 4<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have been painting</div>
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study and bathroom</div>
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the</div>
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most delicious colors.</div>
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My garden<br />
so <br />
needs cooler weather to survive<br />
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I have not been patient about<br />
waiting<br />
for its arrival<br />
but<br />
just when I thought<br />
it<br />
was never going to happen <br />
it<br />
blew in on the tail of a cold,wet wind.<br />
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It<br />
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put the paintbrush away<br />
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to finally harvest salad greens....<br />
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I have learned if you wait long enough good things happen.<br />
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Smiles....,Dottie<br />
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you,sweet friends.</div>
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I have missed you.</div>
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pray you were blessed today</div>
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with</div>
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ten thousand good things to eat</div>
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were able to be with your love ones.</div>
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My today </div>
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Smiles<br />
Dottie<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-48741932312987127512014-08-10T19:59:00.002-07:002014-08-10T20:29:42.028-07:00August.....<div style="text-align: center;">
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It is still hot</div>
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I dislike being cold even more!!</div>
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I am going to surround myself with the brightness of August<br />
and<br />
welcome with open arms<br />
its<br />
brightly colored days and soft, still nights<br />
that<br />
are filled with sparkly pleasures...</div>
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Oh August!</div>
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I am so in love</div>
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with you<br />
and<br />
your magical delights.<br />
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summer sundresses<br />
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zinnias<br />
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yummy.golden,crunchy seafood<br />
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cute,cute grandchildren<br />
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sweet summer </div>
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days are passing by so very fast.</div>
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that </div>
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your visit is almost over?</div>
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I love summer</div>
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enjoy</div>
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hours just floating from one side of the pool to the other side</div>
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falling to sleep listening</div>
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a night concert given by ten thousand frogs and crickets.....</div>
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-33824355373984535312014-07-21T15:45:00.001-07:002014-07-23T20:08:36.251-07:00Simply Today<div style="text-align: center;">
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my car has a low tire, the gasoline gauge says empty</div>
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it needs to be inspected.....</div>
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Dottie</div>
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-46776290455247552842014-07-19T13:06:00.000-07:002014-07-20T13:34:19.249-07:00Rainy Days Blues.....<div style="text-align: center;">
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at first I worked in my garden</div>
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twinkling lights, soft music, stacks of treasured books</div>
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old black and white movies......</div>
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Life is what happens to us<br />
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I have been away for a little while<br />
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Easter and Spring have both passed since our last visit.....<br />
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I am so thankful to be able to spent it with you..my sweet friends...<br />
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I have so missed you.<br />
Dottie<br />
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the night of the Full Lunar Eclipse<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-82581315368301567332014-04-14T13:07:00.002-07:002014-04-14T13:31:57.108-07:00Just a Day<div style="text-align: center;">
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a few new dried flowers and herds to my vintage wooden bowl<br />
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at my Queen Elizabeth rose that is blooming<br />
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my day with oatmeal ,strawberries and bananas<br />
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gathered<br />
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Chard from my garden to share with a friend<br />
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Today was just a day like so many other days in my life<br />
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filled<br />
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with the quiet and simple things that make me just Dottie.<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-56167976951976325542014-04-07T14:46:00.003-07:002014-04-07T19:40:55.835-07:00Blessed<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have been living days<br />
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sweet blessings....<br />
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The very best kind of days<br />
I think....<br />
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I spied a tiny ladybug in my salad garden..just one of many...</div>
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blooming sweet violets have graced the herb garden with a little romance....</div>
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I collected forty violets today..and made Candied Violets.....<br />
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Grandmother's gumbo is a very good way to chase away a damp,gray day.<br />
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..First Communion Sunday...</div>
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I told you it has been the very best of weeks<br />
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I am thankful...<br />
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Smiles, Dottie<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-60110957801141348522014-03-28T13:54:00.001-07:002014-03-31T14:09:43.439-07:00Sometime<br />
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today was the day....</div>
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Dottie</div>
It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-10819013955201350022014-03-21T11:09:00.000-07:002014-03-24T06:31:29.428-07:00Moment By Moments<div style="text-align: center;">
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this little bird looks under the weather,too<br />
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mother loved wearing these fun glasses at her 90's birthday party<br />
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Smiles,Dottie<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-82296719315410397242014-03-14T17:00:00.002-07:002014-03-20T07:39:27.865-07:00Simply Happy<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>(well almost)</i></div>
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I will give you a clue as to why this day is so special at my house!</div>
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Patrick Gordon</div>
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my son</div>
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John Patrick....</div>
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This week has been simply happy, nothing planned, <br />
slipping slowly from one day to the other<br />
taking me with it.<br />
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If you came to visit with me<br />
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could not find me<br />
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baking</div>
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I </div>
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don't know if they are lucky</div>
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they are magical ..... they keep disappearing...<br />
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at</div>
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the library looking for a book that would give me an idea</div>
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how<br />
to save my valentine roses and not finding one.<br />
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I should have looked in my bookcases first!<br />
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Can you guess what I made from the rose petals ?<br />
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Happy St. Patrick's Day</div>
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-82197378636899465682014-03-06T12:01:00.000-08:002014-03-06T12:01:38.547-08:00What Day Is It?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It's today," squeaked Piglet.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">My favorite day," said Pooh.” </span><br />
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" It is today and it is my favorite<br />
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Dottie<br />
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It's Just Dottiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917253947293861214noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4566269415079081971.post-4378197258440039142014-02-28T13:53:00.001-08:002014-03-03T15:31:49.499-08:00It's Friday<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's Friday, the last day of February</div>
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who likes to play in the dirt</div>
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This is my favorite<br />
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I pray the sun is shining on your garden today,too.<br />
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Dottie<br />
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