...shades of old white...

...I adore everything about old paper...

...the color...

...the smell...

...the texture...

...the edges...

...the fonts...

...recently, I found these papers in an antique shop...

...what a find...

...there were two bundles like this...

...both came home with me...

...I also adore everything about vintage sheet music...

...this shadow box once was a kitchen drawer...

...a garage sale find many years ago for only fifty cents...

...it got quite a make-over...

...and those beautiful music notes grace the back and sides...

...I could share an abundance of photos of my sweet white pitchers...

...but instead will end with another couple of my favorite things...

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

Henry David Thoreau

...just can't get enough of my little white pumpkins...

...this morning was glorious...

...so after breakfast on my screened in porch...

...I grabbed one of my sweet little white pumpkins...

...and proceeded to let it pose all around the back yard...

...it was such fun play...

...I just couldn't stop snapping photos...

...this little guy was such a cooperative model...

...always looking adorable...

...have I mentioned how much I adore little white pumpkins...

...and their shadows...

...as I write this post...

...Alex the kitty is in this very spot...

...he looks just as comfortable on the chaise lounge as the little pumpkin...

...in one of the many lanterns hanging in my apricot tree...

...looking perfect in the little window box...

...or on top of another bird house...

...perfectly balanced on the watering can handle...

...and perfectly shaped for the heart that hangs on my fence...

...sitting on top of some of my Red Wing collection...

..posing with some dusty Ball jars that have votives inside...

...and then finally joining many other little pumpkins...

...in an ironstone soup toureen...

...it has been quite a busy day of play...

...'Abundance' is the title of this little work of art...

"Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

...sunflower love...

...wow...so much enjoyment from just five gorgeous sunflowers...

...a bouquet purchased at Trader Joe's...

...the best bargain in the store...

“The sunflower is mine, in a way.” 

~ Vincent van Gogh