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I have also been painting some cards and would like to share one with you all.
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I passed by a little antique shop in my neighborhood that always puts on a good window show to celebrate certain holidays. The following picture shows just a few of the many bunnies that were in the frame. I tried to get some other photos, but reflections on the glass obscured the cuteness of the little decorations.
I also wanted to show you all the entrance way to my very favorite flower shop. Just walking past the open doorway of this tiny shop will give anyone a wonderful gift of floral scents as well as a fine view of the visual treats for sale. The folks who work there are very pleasant and quite talented at creating unusual arrangements. It is hard to resist a purchase!
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ReplyDeleteApart from several tornadoes we have had some very sunny weather and expect it to be in the 80s for the next two days. My daughter in Nashville, which is not really that far away, says it has been raining almost nonstop for two weeks. Big cities like New York and Paris have such lovely flower shops – here in the Atlanta suburb to look at flowers we have to look in people’s yards. Last time we were in NYC (last October) I stopped at so many flowers shops to take pictures. There was one on Broadway and, can’t remember, maybe W 75 Street or thereabout, had so many sunflowers it was warming up the whole sidewalk. Have a nice Easter Frances and thank you for coming to my blog, I appreciate it.
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