During my recent visit to the Imperial War Museum...

I saw this wall of drawing done by school children.

As moving and thought provoking as all the planes,

tanks, and assorted war machines are

up close and personal, I have to admit,

I think these crayon scrawlings touched me more.

Children's drawings on the wall of the Imperial War Museum.

From the mouths of babes.

This one made me smile. And gave me a bit of hope:

Everything's better with a bit of sunshine,

some palm trees, and a pretty rainbow!

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I'm enjoying...

All the yummy bread...

and fresh veggies...

and the beautiful views.

Soon I'll be back home with the sunshine, palm trees, my FL family and friends.

I definitely have the best of both worlds, and I'm thankful for it every day.

I Miss the Shops...

I miss the adorable little shops in the UK...

The abundant farmer's markets...

It seems every ethnicity is represented along London's streets...

including my own: Portuguese.

And I miss homemade blackberry jam.

Really looking forward to getting back to England.

But have to admit I'm loving

the beautiful, warm weather

here in Florida in the mean time!

Looking Towards the Future...

and all that 2011 holds for me.

Grassy Key, FL, New Year's 11

For all the tough times 2010 held,

I am so very thankful for all the good.

Here's hoping that this year is filled with

family, friends, fun, food, and most of all:

Love.

Free Christmas Decor

I needed a centerpiece for my kitchen table.

I was lucky enough to be gifted a beautiful

Amaryllis by a beautiful friend.

But she looked lonely out there on that big table all on her own.

(okay, so it's not so big, but it still looked lonely)

So, I remembered I had this lovely blue pot

sitting in my empty pot ghetto.

(Note glass missing from kitchen cupboard with a cactus in it sitting inside the blue pot.)

And also seemed to recall some Paper-whites

popping up in the front garden.

I noticed them for the first time last year

after yanking out all the over grown plumbago.

( It had become infested with skunk vine. Yick.)

A little poking around with my trowel...

a squeeze of bulbs into said little blue pot...

and we have:

Just the centerpiece I was looking for.

Free!

Um...I mean Pretty!

A bit of ribbon from the gift bag my friend

gave me the Amaryllis in was all

that was needed to finish it off.

Hope you're finding creative ways to

decorate for the holidays!

So am I officially Southern now?

I did it!

I finally tried boiled peanuts.

And they are delicious!

If you see this van parked somewhere

off 50 in Central Florida,

pull over! Best part is - he makes it all in equipment

that is over 100 years old.

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Hoping he's there on my way by tomorrow!

Just a Few of the Many, Many Things I am Thankful For!

Mother's Day flowers from my baby.

Visits from nieces and their puppies.

Peaches from my peach tree.

And the peach jam they become...YUM!

I love this time of year, when I am reminded

to stop and take a moment to think about

everything I am so very thankful for.

I can't say it enough: I am a lucky girl!!!

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