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Summer Means Lots of “Blue Skies, Sunny Days”

A picture perfect blue sky along with a sunny day is the kind of summer day I had during this photo shoot with Millie. It was a pleasure being outside and taking these pictures of her. I thought she looked lovely outdoors.

Millie finally got her very own light as a feather mohair/silk embroidered sweater. It is embroidered with sunny yellow roses and blue colonial knot sprays of flowers.

Millie is wearing her new wig that I ordered just for this ensemble. It is a mohair bob from Kemper. You can see it here. I needed to play hair dresser and trim it a bit because it was way long. Trimming the wig was actually quite easy to do.

Using the pool as a back drop added the most gorgeous turquoise color behind Millie. Secretly, I think she wished she could take a dip in the cool water.

Millie has a golden yellow blossom for you that she picked from the garden while we were outside. Isn’t she a sweetheart?

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Happy Fourth of July

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Wishing all of my readers in the U.S.A. a Happy Fourth of July. We still have the fireworks to view when it gets dark, but July 4th, 2015 is just about over. There are swarms of mosquitoes outsides, so we will stay in our cozy car (like a drive-in movie) and watch them that way. No one feels like showering off the bug repellant late at night.

We live in a small town that still has an old-fashioned parade down the main street. It is very quaint and reminiscent of days gone by. This year I took lots of photos to share with you, so you can see what it is like in our town.

Everyone wears red, white, and blue today.

This man took a picture of me taking a picture. How funny!

There’s our favorite DQ in the background! No, we didn’t get any today. I barely had breakfast before we headed out the door.

I took this photo into a darkened store front and it captured what was behind me.

These two Yorkies were beyond cute and did really well considering the noise. We left our two dogs at home. They don’t appreciate the noise at all.

We see this tractor snake every year. It circles around and around the street.

Hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday. We are off to find a spot for the fireworks.

“Strawberry Picking”

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Strawberry picking is so much fun even though it is a lot of work filling those baskets to the top. But maybe that’s because too many strawberries get eaten before making it into the baskets.

I haven’t been strawberry (or blueberry, or raspberry, or apple) picking for years and years and years. It was always something that I enjoyed doing when my daughter was young. For sure, it is an educational experience for the little ones. They get to see how the berry needs to be a blossom first, and then with the help of bees, will start to become a strawberry. They see the color changes it goes through before it is ready to be picked and eaten. And, if they eat one before it is ripe, they can taste the changes too. So very interesting…

Here in northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin the strawberries aren’t ready for picking . They are just about ready, but not quite yet. Maybe we’ll get out to pick a few this year. This is where we go to pick our strawberries.

I got a bit nostalgic while creating this outfit for Talyssa, so I retreated to our photo albums to find when we last went strawberry picking; it was 2003! My daughter was dressed in her strawberry top and pink shorts from Gymboree. I don’t remember being so “event coordinated,” if you know what I mean. Oh, and I had on a top that perfectly matched her shorts. Sheesh! At least my husband wasn’t wearing pink.

This brand-spanking-new strawberry print (I couldn’t wait to use it!) came in pink gingham and aqua gingham too. The sunny yellow gingham appealed to me the most, so I chose the yellow.

It was fun creating the little accessories to go with this set. The little strawberry is a mini stuffy with beads and a crocheted top. Talyssa can hold the berry by the loop. The crocheted basket will hold the strawberry too. I had the strawberry charm in my bead drawer waiting for the perfect fabric. Those little aqua bead blossoms matched the blossoms on the fabric oh, so nicely.