poppies

I didn't realize this before but many people associate poppies with Veterans Day. So enjoy some pictures of poppies found via google images. The painting is by Robert Vonnoh (1858-1933)

happy veterans day

I copied my sister's post from last year because she is a wonderful writer and this post always bring tears to my eyes. Thank you to my wonderful Grandpa and all the others who have served our country. I love you Grandpa!

"My Grandpa Godfrey served in World War II. It is amazing to hear his stories of sacrifice. When the soldiers would eat their meals,he said that women and children would beg outside of the gate for any extra scraps of food or to offer their services. My Grandpa and a couple of other soldiers paid a woman to wash and iron their clothes. He said that woman was so grateful for the very little money they gave him so that she could feed her children.
When soldiers were sent home at the end of the war they were given a sum of money for their service. My grandpa said that everyone wanted to buy cars and he was no different. He had walked all through Europe and was excited to spend his money to buy a car so he wouldn't have to walk anymore. When he returned from the war, his Dad encouraged him to spend his money on buying some farm land rather than a car. He bought and worked the land. Soldiers were also given, if they wanted it, a half of a barracks. My Grandpa drove on the weekends to the barracks and took out every nail, removed the boards and even the plumbing and drove it back to his farm land in Clarkston where he built a small house on the corner of his land. Because of his hard work and sacrifice, my Grandpa has never had a loan for any house or car in all of his life.
On this Veteran's Day, I am so grateful for my Grandpa - for his love, sacrifice and work ethic."

jim shore

I am pretty sure I have said this before but I love Jim Shore. His Thanksgiving pieces are awesome. You can see these here.

“My work is not a single statement, but a lot of elements mixed together. I use colors that I love – colonial, antiques, jewel tones and some unusual colors that I loved at the moment. Put together it’s a pleasure to look at. It doesn’t really matter what item it’s on. It’s just fun to look at—American Folk-Art.”

gourds and pumpkins

Finding decorating ideas for Thanksgiving is hard. I liked these ideas on how to use gourds and pumpkins. I found these ideas here and here.

dear tiffany

Dear Tiffany,

I saw some more fun hats somewhere online today and I had an epiphany. Please let me come visit you, we can go to one of these

and wear this or this

or this or this,

and I am pretty sure I could love this

but we should probably try to avoid these. It could be perfectly fabulous and if we are lucky maybe some of the other girls will come. Please say yes (no pressure!)

Love,

Cara

P.S. Camille, I am perfectly aware that you are laughing at me right now.

I was perusing House Beautiful online today, I love that magazine. Here are some of my favorite rooms that I saw. Which do you like best?

featured

One of my posts was featured on Tip Junkie, I hadn't heard of this site before but when I saw a lot of hits coming from this site I went and checked it out. There are a lot of fun ideas there!

greece

My sister liked the travel post from last week so I thought I would do another. Greece, is there any one who doesn't want to go there? If I were to go there, or rather when I go there, some highlights would include these places.

The Parthenon

Mykonos

Santorini

Crete (my second grade teacher was from Crete)



Gyro's are one of my favorite foods. If you aren't going to make it to Greece you can always try Toronto, they have the largest Greek population outside of Greece. The gyros in Toronto's Greek town were to die for!