...another white collection...

...on a recent little get-a-way...

...I found a box of a dozen balls of vintage crochet thread...

...I just love the wonderful soft tones...

...of course individual spools of a fuzzy thread...

...all tied together with a vintage taupe ribbon...

...had to be added to my collection...

...then I found this delightful little book...

...dated 1906...

...the year of my father's birth...

...luckily everything fit into a very large glass vase...

...in this day and age...

...are there any famous orations any more...

...included in this book is one that was given honoring the life of Queen Victoria...

...delivered about two weeks after her death...

...the editor's name is quite familiar...

...and he has quite an interesting history...

...I love the images through the glass vase...

...I love the geometry of the winding thread...

...so...

...a collage was created...

...to represent the soft tones and detail...

...of my new white collection...

...I just had to post it on Flickr...

“Think left and think right and think low and think high.

 Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try”

 – Dr. Seuss

...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

...playing school...

...as a child I used to love to play school...

...and then for many years it was my career...

...I truly loved teaching...

...now when September comes...

...I still think about school...

...but I'm so happy that I am now able to pursue other things...

...this image was processed with PicMonkey...

...usually I work in Photoshop Elements...

...sometimes I set up a photo shoot...

...and never 'play' with any of the photos....

...these are some muslin pears that I made years ago...

...they are painted white with little sticks for stems...

...and a little white leaf...

...they have been photographed more than anything else in my home...

...always such good models...

...easy to pose...

...always ready...

...I love the simplicity...

...and the vintage tones...

...I named this one 'back to school'...

...how lucky am I to be able to enjoy my photographic journey...

"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well.  What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.

~George Edward Woodberry