Trug Love

Hi Everyone 

Happy Friday

{Love}

English  trugs 

I found this large trug in France and 

I use it every day

great for holding fresh picked flowers or vegetables from the garden

It really is the perfect shape

I found the baby trug in Texas 

It is the cutest trug

♥

Wish I had found it when my daughter was little

so we could have used them together

Trugs are originally made in England and

the design is over 200 years old

I know why it has been so popular

for so long

it is  light weight and easy to carry

and cute too





Here are the two trugs

together on my

garden table

and take a look at my sweet peas too

I have been babying my

sweet peas

♥



I can't believe how amazing they smell

and how beautiful they look in the garden

It is so wonderful to get 

 close to nature 

Wonderful to hear the birds singing, the buzz of the bees

and the hummingbirds too

What a Blessing

to feel the sun on my shoulders and to pull out some weeds

good for the soul

~grateful~

Happy Spring

sending some sunshine to and

linking up with

My Romantic Cottage for Show and Tell Friday

Common Ground for Inspiration Friday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday 

No Minimalist Here for Open house party



romantic saying for today

"I wish for nothing beyond her smile,and to walk with her thus,

hand in hand along a sun warmed flower bordered path" 

Andre Gide





♥

Pam

 

Romantic Prairie Style

Hi Everyone

Happy Thursday 

I have been  so frustrated with blogspot

I have not been able to get a thumbnail picture

to show up on other peoples blogroll

I have tried everything but I have not been successful...

I was editing in the old editor and was told to try the new editor so this is a test

keeping my fingers crossed

sorry for my rant I am determined to figure this out

any help would be amazing

♥

Most of you know the amazing 

FiFi

who just came out with her fabulous new book

Romantic Prairie Style

Amazon has a review of the book and it was so unflattering

I am in shock every picture in this book is gorgeous

Please go to Fifi's blog and let her know how much we

{LOVE}

the book and the fabulous pictures too

http://fabulousfifi.typepad.com/chez_fifi/

I have been whitening some vintage lace pieces

The best way I have found is to use Biz granules and hot water

I let it sit in the sun for a day and then hand wash and hang dry

I like it to be as~ white~ as possible

This piece is my favorite

{love}

all the flowery intricate details

What do you use to whiten vintage lace?

romantic saying for today

"But to see her was to Love her,Love but her and Love her forever"

Robert Burns



♥

Pam

Libya War: Funny Late Nite Jokes Roundup

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From Denny: Check out what the comedians lampoon about The Peace President, Obama, going into Libya. Boy, I tell ya, a guy tries to help out some desperate people in a foreign country from getting slaughtered and all he gets is flak from the Republicans and comedians.



Of course, like so many sticky political situations, it's all about The Ego. The mostly male media ratchets up The Ego Meter by declaring Prez Obama is a wimp if he doesn't succeed at deposing Gadafi now that he's declared, "Gadafi must go!" So, suddenly out come The Big Guns: the CIA operatives magicly appear in Libya "advising" the rebel forces. Read that as, "These guys are so clueless the only way to keep them alive is knock some sense into them and show them how to win."



Meanwhile, it's a great opportunity for the paramilitary intelligence community to take apart the military apparatus Gadafi has built up over 40 years. My warning to The New CIA under Panetta: "Be careful what you teach these guys and try not to arm them at all, especially with American technology. We don't need to end up with yet another Afghanistan in a few years, chock full of terrorists and crazies, starting The Idiot Cycle all over again for yet another generation."

Mother's Day Love Poems

 Mother's Day Poems

"I love you,"

said a great mother.

"I love you for what you are

knowing so well what you are.

And I love you more yet, child,

deeper yet than ever, child,

for what you are going to be,

knowing so well you are going far,

knowing your great works are ahead,

ahead and beyond,

yonder and far over yet."



Source : http://www.romancelovepoems.com/mothers_day_poems.htm

The family - Mary Loberg

The family

is like a garden

with joy

for all to share,

With tender, growing blossoms

that thrive on love

and care,

And when

the flowers are gathered

for a very special day,

They make

a bright and beautiful

happiness bouquet.

Vintage shopping Test #3

Hi Everyone



Happy Wednesday



Are you ready to test your

{ vintage}

shopping skills again today?

I found this Victorian glass treasure in

France



♥

It has two separate pieces

A tall cylinder and a 3 cup holder

The 3 cup holder goes onto the cylinder and

spins around

I was told this held

3 popular spices

for the table



What do you think this is?



What were those 3 spices ?





If you guessed salt, pepper and mustard

You are right!!

Its a condiment holder



How did you do?



{Love}

vintage treasures

linking up with

Kathleen at Faded Charm for

White Wednesday

and The Beach Cottage for

Good Life Wednesday



romantic saying for today



"Take away Love and Earth becomes a tomb"



Robert Browning



♥

Pam

Japan: TEPCO Chief MIA. Why and Where Is He?

Tokyo, city of 39 million - Image via Wikipedia

From Denny: TEPCO Chief Masataka Shimizu, who has not been seen in public since 16 March, is the subject of speculation. Japanese media is swirling with suicide rumors as an explanation for his absence.



It was March 15 when the Prime Minister Naoto Kan angrily demanded to know from Shimizu and other TEPCO executives, shouting, "What the hell is going on?" PM Kan was furious at how slow Shimizu was at informing him of the crisis at the plant and the seriousness of the situation.

Cottage Filigree

Hi Everyone Happy Tuesday♥{Love}theWhiteFiligree in this doorway

and the white filigree on this mirror

I added a little white filigree to this mirror

and above the stove

This was my Grandmothers mirrorIt was gold and I recently painted it white{Love}the filigree detailI looked up the definition of filigreeit means.... delicate and intricate ornamentationIt is fun to add a little filigree like adding lace to a dressso feminine and romanticanother { cottage } elementlinking up withMy Uncommon Slice of Suburbiafor Tuesdays Treasuresand Kim Klassen forTexture Tuesdayromantic saying for today"My Life has become a sunny dawn because of you" Anonymous♥Pam

Libya: Gadafi Regime Cracking Under Pressure Says Intel

Sec. Gates, left, Sec. Clinton, right - Image by Getty Images via @daylife

From Denny:  The intelligence community is reporting "the morale of Gadhafi forces is on the decline," according to one official. "Do ya think?" Your morale would be on the decline after witnessing coalition bombings taking out whole regiments of troops along with bombing cities. It's a lot different when the horror you once inflicted upon others becomes your own blood and guts horror.



Sounds like America's intelligence community so owes me a paycheck. :) They have finally come to the same conclusion as I have that The Gadafi Crowd can't handle the international heat and fear the massing crowds of Libyans who hate him.

Dennys Global Politics: Peoples Revolution Recaptures Port Cities: Libya Political Cartoons

Image by Defence Images via Flickr

Dennys Global Politics: Peoples Revolution Recaptures Port Cities: Libya Political Cartoons: "Since the U.S. and the minority coalition established the No-Fly Zone over Libya last week, the rebels have fared better. To gain control over the skies, it was necessary to destroy Gadafi compounds, tanks, anti-aircraft batteries, weapons dumps and whole regiments of troops on the move. In short, America, the British and the French decimated most of the Gadafi regime.



At present, the rebels have marched along the coastal cities, taking back ownership after Gadafi drove them out with aerial bombings and tank bombardments. Turn about was fair play and Gadafi's troops got a taste of the horror they inflicted upon others, now visited upon themselves."

Japan: We Are Far Beyond Level 5 Nuclear Threat

Three Mile Island - Image via Wikipedia

From Denny:  Today it was finally acknowledged the radiation is now 10,000,000 times safety levels. Workers trying to cool off reactor number two have been evacuated.



New reports stream in about how TEPCO did not do safety inspections over many years.  Today another blow to their credibility: While planning for a killer tsunami, the company dismissed scientific evidence as well as 3,000 years of geologic history. The science evidence has been available for a decade.



They arbitrarily decided that the Earth simply could not release such fury from the chafing of two coupled tectonic plates building stress and great pressure nor from the ensuing killer tsunami that was registered as high as 33 feet tall, 27 feet in other accessments.  A fault line lies offshore just about 220 miles from the plant. TEPCO engineers again arbitrarily decided a tsunami certainly could be no higher than 18 feet high and would pose no problem.



President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Arjun Makhijani, labels this Japanese nuclear incident the most serious since Chernobyl in 1986. Most notably he discusses (in the second video) how the nuclear threat level long ago surpassed the level five the Japanese claimed last week. He is sounding the alarm. Is anyone listening?



He says the release of radioactive Iodine 131 is 100,000 times more than what happened at Three Mile Island. Drinking water, sea water and food are all contaminated in Japan, with constant new exposure daily.



Cooling the hot fuel rods so they don't release radioactive steam into the air has been hampered by the salt water used in desperation last week. The salt has coated the fuel rods making them hotter and more difficult for the fresh water now being used to make contact with the metal rods. In short, the fresh water cannot easily cool the rods because of the salt coating.



Makhijani says there are seven sources of radiation leakage and these difficulties will not be contained or controlled for some time. The real question is this: Just how much time is left?

Cottage Design

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday



This is one of my favorite

vintage white baskets



♥

It gets double beauty treatment

sitting in front of the

mirror

♥



How was your weekend?

It was a busy weekend for our family filled with baseball games

{in the rain}

and

a trip to the new farmers market in Del Mar

right by our house

in Flower Hill Mall



It was so fun and

my new favorite place to buy fresh

organic

fruits and vegetables

and chocolate covered strawberry's too

The night blooming jasmine

smells so beautiful

and the

vintage white basket

gives this dining room a very

~cottage~

look

Even though it was raining off and on all weekend

I had so much fun running around in my wellies and using my umbrella

{Love}

the saying

Spring Showers bring May flowers

Now for what you all have been waiting for the

winner

of my very first



~Giveaway~



The lucky random number winner of the French Shopping board and the

One year subscription to

Romantic Homes Magazine

is

Sandi

at A Cottage Muse



Thank You to all of you who participated





I am linking up with

The House in the Roses

for

Show off your Cottage Monday



My thumbnail picture is not showing up on the blogroll

anyone know why?

help......





romantic saying for today



"What I do and What I dream

include thee as the wine must taste of its own grapes"



Elizabeth Barret Browning



♥

Pam

Japan: Probable Breach, Time to Kill The Reactors, Cartoons

A pellet of Plutonium, glowing under its own light  Image via Wikipedia

* original post on http://thesocialpoets.blogspot.com,  http://madhealth.net stole my content and redirected search engine traffic away to their site

From Denny: As engineers scramble to discover the details of what is happening inside the most dangerous reactor, number three, the one containing plutonium, the politicians scramble their message and the truth of information.



This week the Japanese decided to change the standard of what the plant workers are exposed to when they discovered it was 250 times the acknowledged international standard. Leave it to the dogma crowd to downplay the severity of this situation by declaring "new standards" of radiation levels so that the plant workers are only exposed to 2.5 times their new standard.



Just what do the Japanese hope to achieve here? Is the Big Business owner positioning itself for later lawsuits? Sure looks like it. How depraved of an indifference to the sanctity and respect for human life in the pursuit of money.



At present, about 160,000 have evacuated the nation, most of them are Japanese. Those folks may be called The Remnants in the future. In fact, they may end up the only future for the Japanese culture down the road if the world does not strong arm Japan to kill these reactors now.



Radiation levels are said to be now at an alarming 10,000 times the norm just in this one reactor. Uh, people, how accurate are these figures when Japan has repeatedly lied about them? When two of the workers stepped into that caustic radioactive water it literally burned right through their boots and seared their skin like they were human barbecue, sending them to the hospital.



Radiation is found now in the drinking water and the sea water at alarming levels.  Mollifying the public with lies about how the levels have gone down is deceptive at best and killing people slowly at worst.  This is so wrong.



And does it really matter what are the radiation levels or what the cause is or what may be wrong? For two weeks the world has been sitting on the edge of our seats worrying about the nightmare scenario for this country. It's time to kill all those reactors and screw the Big Business investments and profits. Which is more important: the health and future of a people or the Big Business profit?



MOX Plutonium from this reactor three is two million times more deadly than normal enriched uranium. What's the half-life of plutonium-239 in MOX? Try 24,000 years. But it's only a little smoke cloud here and there the reactor has released say the "experts." What harm can that do? It can contaminate the soil for tens of thousands of years.



It's time to make a choice. Time is running out on this reactor and the others in the complex. This is like a slow burn volcano about to blow. Why are people so slow to take this situation more seriously? I've had a bad vibe about this nuclear situation since it started.  As the days wear on that nagging bad feeling is growing stronger and the alarm bells in my head are clanging louder. Evacuate. Evacuate. Evacuate off the island we once knew as Japan.



Update - 26 March 2011: Now officials are admitting the radiation levels at the reactors is not 10,000 times the safety level but now 10,000,000 times the standard. The sea water they claimed was only 100 times the safety level is now clocked at 10,000 times the safety standard.



The past two weeks I've spent a lot of time praying for the people caught up in this nuclear mess in Japan.  Pray with me that more will decide to leave the country and quickly.  The situation is far more serious than officials wish to tell.  Millions of people will die soon from this plutonium nuclear explosion. The rush is on to evacuate a few hundred thousand if we can.  Already two weeks of time have been squandered for evacuation. If you know anyone in Japan, call, email them to get out and get out now.  If you know charities, call them to start accepting refugees throughout the world.  This country is in serious peril.

Dennys: News Politics Comedy Science Arts & Food: Post Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 24 March 2011

Dennys: News Politics Comedy Science Arts & Food: Post Roundup at Dennys Blogs - 24 March 2011: "Check out news, politics, great food, funny political humor, sassy opinion, astronomy and science, great quotes, awesome photography, poetry and spiritual thoughts.



Sometimes, I think if I didn't do posts roundup on all these crazy blogs I would never realize just how much I've been writing or on what subjects as the writing moves so quickly. The news is running at a rapid rate these days with all the revolutions in the Middle East and destructive world weather.



Fortunately, we have the comedians and the chefs to perk up our spirits and tantalize our taste buds so we don't get overwhelmed with too much negativity in the news and our politics..."

Collecting White Ironstone

Hi EveryoneHappy WeekendWhat do You collect?I was recently asked why I collect White Ironstone

I have been passionately collecting it for three decadesWhen I find a new piece I still get that little thrill of the hunt{Love} its timeless charm{Love} that each piece has its own creamy white shade{Love} the history and the durability

Vintage White Ironstone is soversatile it goes with every decorit holds its value from year to year and never goes out of style♥Yesterday was a fun dayI had special guests at the houseit was wonderful to dressthehomeup with some beautiful flowers

This is my favorite vintage white ironstone pitcherlooking beautiful withroses and hydrangeas

Lovethe look ofvintage white ironstone in my kitchen

Roses were at the door greeting the guests hanging in a old jar

Roses in a white enamelware pitcherThis week was special for Rachel Ashwell toothe grand opening of herBed and Breakfast

It is so adorable and I am sure rosesand maybe a few pieces ofvintage white ironstonewere there to greet the lucky peoplewho were there for the grand opening..check out her blog for more pretty pictureshttp://racelashwellshabbychic.blogspot.com/{don't forget to enter my giveaway}linking up withFrench Country CottageforFeathered Nest Friday& Inspiration FridayAt the picket fence& Inspiration Friday atCommon Ground& Show and tell Fridayat My Romantic HomeHow sweet the sound forPink SaturdayFunky Junkromantic saying for today"Love is like pi~natural,irrational and very important "Lisa Huffman♥Pam

Dennys Funny Quotes: 2 Funny Freud Cartoons From Raymond Betancourt

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Dennys Funny Quotes: 2 Funny Freud Cartoons From Raymond Betancourt: "Check out the funny mind of cartoonist Raymond Betancourt and how he contemplates Freud, sure to give you a laugh. His blog is Twisted or you can view his latest cartoons and drawings at flickr."

Obama: End Libya War Now and 14 Political Cartoons

Inauguration Day Image via Wikipedia

From Denny:  While America's war hawks and profiteers are thrilled to have spent $1 billion this week bombing Libya, it's time to complete The Hand Over to anyone else but us.  Americans did not expect to be the country spending 95 percent of the money in this police action and we are not happy about it. American taxpayers are fed up with footing the bill for everything all the time and for far too long. We spend decades in idiot unnecessary expensive wars started by previous presidents, then start "police actions" in a current administration.



It's admirable President Obama chose to help the Libyan people who are revolting against their dictator but it's now time for America to pull back, sit down and allow some other country to be the star of the international show. I vote for France.  Who cares if France wants to headquarter from Paris instead of New York?  Who cares if it's NATO or France doing the duty?  Why must American military commanders always dictate the terms?  We no longer must commit 95 percent of the money, the troops or the weapons.  The coalition partners all have robust and well equipped modern military.  There is no need for this "show boating."

Kitchen Marble

Hi EveryoneHappy WednesdayWhen we bought this houseI wanted to put inmarble counter topsBut the budget was limited so I went with simple white tile instead now I am grateful{ Love }the tile and I get the best of both worlds withmarble pieces like this lovely lazy susan and mortar and pestle{which always reminds me of Julia Child}

This large lazy susan sits in the middle of the counteralways looking prettyI use it everyday

♥

White and Greymarble or Carrera marblehas an old world timeless charmVintage Marble pieces in the kitchenare my new favorite treasureI am linking up withFaded Charmfor White Wednesday andThe Beach Cottage for Good Life Wednesday and Savy Southern style for Wow us Wednesdays~don't forget to sign up for my giveaway~romantic saying for today"Love is like dew that falls on both Nettles and Lillie's"Swedish Proverb♥Pam

56 Political Fitness Comedy American Style Cartoons

From Denny:  With all the emotional saturation of the tragic news coming out of Japan we all need a comedy break. I've been collecting this silly political humor for a couple of weeks and it looks like now is the time for its debut when we all could use a stress reliever.



Hey, my eyes are so bleary from sifting through the news to find the truth these past few weeks from reporting on Egypt and then Japan, well, my cartoons count might be off. Feel free to throw virtual spitballs my way to voice your opinion. :)





American Politics: