It's a Fall Cloche Par-tay!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Friday!  There are lots of Fall gatherings going on in blogland this week!  I'm joining the fun at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-cloche-party-yip-skip-its-here.html">A Stroll Thru Life</a>, <a href="http://southerninmyheart.blogspot.com/2010/09/inspiration-friday-party-no-4.html">Southern in My Heart</a>, <a href="http://niagaranovice.blogspot.com/2010/09/friday-vignette-fridays_16.html">Color Outside the Lines</a>, <a href="http://www.perfectlyimperfectblog.com/2010/09/style-feature-saturday.html">Style Feature Saturday</a>, <a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2010/09/diy-show-off-fall-festival.html">The DIY Showoff Fall Festival</a>, <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2010/09/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-couture.html">Tatertots and Jello</a>, <a href="http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2010/09/sns-48-brings-you-tablescapes-and.html">Funky Junk Interiors</a>, <a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2010/09/sunday-showcase-party-w-lucky-chic.html">Under the Table and Dreaming</a> and <a href="http://blog.kuzakscloset.com/2010/09/sister-sister-sunday-recipes-borrowed.html">Kozaks' Closet</a> and <a href="http://itssoverycheri.com/2010/09/19/its-so-very-creative-24/">It's So Very Cheri</a>  ... I thought I'd join the fun.  Here are a few of the cloches (and other glass containers) that are scattered throughout our home, showing off the season's colors.  (Feel free to click on the pics to enlarge them).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In our breakfast area, this cloche sits on a red-tiered buffet table from Kirkland's.  The cloche actually belongs on a different, dark brown base, but I though I'd pair it with the white dessert stand instead to allow the pine cone, pear, red pomegranate, leaves and berries to pop against it:  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwc9m_sxiH1MwoIu31GRI0Iv2YFLlJn1KkpoHuRShRY6pUKR-Lt2_Jul4HzoeFkDyUqtQSwvCFQKlXdSnxdc5prLLvpEUTV8jJ_iXI_7jlGB6Q_vVIja3zPcjMcetNrLHGAoWZmrE6yQ/s1600/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwc9m_sxiH1MwoIu31GRI0Iv2YFLlJn1KkpoHuRShRY6pUKR-Lt2_Jul4HzoeFkDyUqtQSwvCFQKlXdSnxdc5prLLvpEUTV8jJ_iXI_7jlGB6Q_vVIja3zPcjMcetNrLHGAoWZmrE6yQ/s400/080.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_plfV7ppEUT5lDTWki_EcP-XvIBzlQfDjiCm-wlakQugOCDL_VImr8JJGWQj2wZqO_LD2jsyvlTlqDVZLqcfH4aApv8LpnEh1wkAKSJCKwPZMck_VHbqpYbbFLeGdRjpVKMZVFUHEw/s1600/081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_plfV7ppEUT5lDTWki_EcP-XvIBzlQfDjiCm-wlakQugOCDL_VImr8JJGWQj2wZqO_LD2jsyvlTlqDVZLqcfH4aApv8LpnEh1wkAKSJCKwPZMck_VHbqpYbbFLeGdRjpVKMZVFUHEw/s400/081.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On the other side of the breakfast table, I placed wine corks, along with a few acorns, in this glass hurricane that is on our wine bar:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1KbaoEY0CrLGPehI4-O4o1sydR3BSVmX1UUMuIaQpg9ApYlMDdFPWzkbN33MKvDSdn7jIJTvKELnFPu3d7c2xQp7kmWO9HnTCYzKlF5F9x0zOwWdEPCf3aoUnh5jzucE17va3gXOBw/s1600/087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1KbaoEY0CrLGPehI4-O4o1sydR3BSVmX1UUMuIaQpg9ApYlMDdFPWzkbN33MKvDSdn7jIJTvKELnFPu3d7c2xQp7kmWO9HnTCYzKlF5F9x0zOwWdEPCf3aoUnh5jzucE17va3gXOBw/s400/087.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hurricane sits on what used to be the base for a glass fruit bowl (that is, until I broke the bowl ... ooooops):</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsB_tkhMg83dLV14xJJE2qhkyZhxJA6FZDB3JvM_VlMY4asrdCTlt44NMgKEscqKxP4LorNMhFiSnwjSloT7RPQPtNzqUFoumiITkTxehCzbkZiDlr524ABg8sCGIWQkAm3N47OVSo0A/s1600/088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsB_tkhMg83dLV14xJJE2qhkyZhxJA6FZDB3JvM_VlMY4asrdCTlt44NMgKEscqKxP4LorNMhFiSnwjSloT7RPQPtNzqUFoumiITkTxehCzbkZiDlr524ABg8sCGIWQkAm3N47OVSo0A/s320/088.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Over in our great room, the coffee table has a simple tray filled with books and this candle holder, which I chose to fill with *rustic* potpourri:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNRYnYz4FPISpieCcWI1N2Z5RPsPSZ6bWpegdRShHvKv5OMZfw1MayjkSYd9h_E-Ov1VK5hybVubSDtw4_aA0gTT-D_ZbMmyBO5eOoLBv630ZnhFC48DZdvhlJm_GQLFxcIx55XTNpg/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNRYnYz4FPISpieCcWI1N2Z5RPsPSZ6bWpegdRShHvKv5OMZfw1MayjkSYd9h_E-Ov1VK5hybVubSDtw4_aA0gTT-D_ZbMmyBO5eOoLBv630ZnhFC48DZdvhlJm_GQLFxcIx55XTNpg/s400/050.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also in the great room, these glass hurricanes are filled with all things Fall and are displayed on the mantle.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOsjhyphenhyphenkApVcArM5QqoCx5Kd-zy_ogcKn44D7y54nEXjmAhewBGu8-OTp3Eq7PxYv3IC-AatLZPteRjMMruQ_SuihkCjsq-XSoKOjvkLf4XtyI_Y8vE_II0AC97KoboLIviL4l_ow9Aw/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlOsjhyphenhyphenkApVcArM5QqoCx5Kd-zy_ogcKn44D7y54nEXjmAhewBGu8-OTp3Eq7PxYv3IC-AatLZPteRjMMruQ_SuihkCjsq-XSoKOjvkLf4XtyI_Y8vE_II0AC97KoboLIviL4l_ow9Aw/s400/029.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On the buffet table, I decided to pair the candle in the glass lantern with just a couple of leaves and pinecone:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcJ3qUz6XkxiSeqGAOLiS2BqXIAKGMfusSr1KoTPv17fCnmL2esILKQRK8WsV8xCE2qb8PJsDC-nDmyxFXaNbWhi9KVFiF3oSZsnCXDoci2f_JRgH3Fb9YXlLRXCnVMpyelMcPMCcvA/s1600/066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcJ3qUz6XkxiSeqGAOLiS2BqXIAKGMfusSr1KoTPv17fCnmL2esILKQRK8WsV8xCE2qb8PJsDC-nDmyxFXaNbWhi9KVFiF3oSZsnCXDoci2f_JRgH3Fb9YXlLRXCnVMpyelMcPMCcvA/s400/066.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E3W9Yx0N9vwoZ2Lx9KJl6cjtEYv9YiY1giU0mCYrrlfQLgxeMQk9aKeyEbtQj7r6fKF8yyzXCqgIzda5vFK3zhZUTdYu9nIbA_7YUrhUUmvAD1wznfk2yzNXSIfZkZa7Fyctmhjqxg/s1600/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E3W9Yx0N9vwoZ2Lx9KJl6cjtEYv9YiY1giU0mCYrrlfQLgxeMQk9aKeyEbtQj7r6fKF8yyzXCqgIzda5vFK3zhZUTdYu9nIbA_7YUrhUUmvAD1wznfk2yzNXSIfZkZa7Fyctmhjqxg/s400/067.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In the sitting room, you'll find this cloche that I placed on a fun and fancy gold cake stand from Home Goods.  I placed folded up book pages, a pinecone, pumpkin, leaves and a little shell (from our nearby beach) inside of it.  I topped it with a raffia bow and called it a day:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0zh1oDSgP5vjFExWY7A_ul4WwvxZnrbB7dbnYaJJB5JXierBw_ZAyn3OJ76CNxDUwCOu53vdYuj8vLawSimjc9g8xCLWxK4xcJYWOt7iehzCiVBrStUEG6lB_1Tn9CbT3ck8QloLIA/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0zh1oDSgP5vjFExWY7A_ul4WwvxZnrbB7dbnYaJJB5JXierBw_ZAyn3OJ76CNxDUwCOu53vdYuj8vLawSimjc9g8xCLWxK4xcJYWOt7iehzCiVBrStUEG6lB_1Tn9CbT3ck8QloLIA/s400/063.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like mixing casual with fancy:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGJKZfrwdB-ed8rsQkHOIgnzRMJnLvOWo0ymD3zGsvm0cMULpEF3_YsFUQEWppIYHprpZGS2uDrxrIr4Y4lLItAzv3lYvTvyaHn_qm0VwTf9PUmQo1_qq8hUKhS0YBUo7UHfgGMQ55w/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGJKZfrwdB-ed8rsQkHOIgnzRMJnLvOWo0ymD3zGsvm0cMULpEF3_YsFUQEWppIYHprpZGS2uDrxrIr4Y4lLItAzv3lYvTvyaHn_qm0VwTf9PUmQo1_qq8hUKhS0YBUo7UHfgGMQ55w/s400/064.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Walking across the way to the dining room, the floral centerpiece is flanked by large hurricanes (Cindy Crawford line at JCPenney's).  Like the hurricane on the coffee table in the great room, I stuck with a more muted, simple filler of acorns and pine cones (found at Pier One and Kohls).  Something is missing though.  Oh, wait, I know(!) ... it's needs some raffia!  Can you tell I'm overdosing on those bows this season?  Pretty soon, I'll be wearing one in my hair!  LOL.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipze_CRwgRYjAaI1raBAMIvEYTTTFqYbCc407QUe8YH-cwQc6SWLwwEKFT3uv_uk9s9q9zNxMr1mrWOn6JD7tlIcqJ1qcfscnL6gz8dut9WMg-25ZUoBCouXaVgpcgo6_W0aCpIYJ_Ow/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Lastly, I filled this votive with a few large pumpkins (from Michaels) and set it beside one of the rocking chairs on the porch as well.  I'd like to raise it up a bit though by sitting it on a few books ... that's *if* I can find them.  Hmmmm ....</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HHmWG9j9_LtlKkdbfusEkXRd7xoXZPWJ2pCfHz4V8nfrbnAx6sTbIr7SPO2dw9BXy7OgumFo86N7D0yuZswJ8o6ZKJAsdbF9NjaSQiFsJL-UrDLeGl27IZYqWNfNtYmFJlKJc92OAg/s1600/078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HHmWG9j9_LtlKkdbfusEkXRd7xoXZPWJ2pCfHz4V8nfrbnAx6sTbIr7SPO2dw9BXy7OgumFo86N7D0yuZswJ8o6ZKJAsdbF9NjaSQiFsJL-UrDLeGl27IZYqWNfNtYmFJlKJc92OAg/s400/078.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, folks, that's all for now.  I'm off to look at everyone else's fun Fall projects!  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; 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It's a Fall Cloche Par-tay!

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings !!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know we are in the throws of "all things Fall," however, I just wanted to take a moment to share a little adventure that I went on this summer.  </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Admittedly, I am be-YOND petrified when it comes to flying ... we're talking a paralyzing fear!  I've flown quite a few times in the past, but ever since 9/11 (I worked in Washington, DC at the time, just a few miles from the Pentagon), I've been scared to death at even the *thought* of stepping onto a plane.  Some of our fun friends decided it was time for an "adults only" trip (a/k/a no.kiddos.allowed!).  While I was praying it was to a place close where we could travel to by car, alas, it wasn't!  They decided that Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) was the destination!  I immediately said "you guys have fun" ... however, my husband and determined friends wouldn't accept no for an answer!  They wore me down, and wore me down and wore.me.down, until I relented and agreed to go (of course, not without a prescription for Xanax)!  Even though I felt sick and couldn't sleep for several days before we left (and also sad since I was leaving my son for the first time), I'm sooooo glad that I faced my fear of flying because I had the time of my life!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weeks before we left, my sweet husband asked if I'd renew our wedding vows on our trip since it was around the same time as our 15th wedding anniversary!  I cried ... and, of course, happily agreed to marry him all over again!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Off we went.  Punta Cana is a such a beautiful place!  We were greeted by an airport filled with tropical huts: (click on any picture to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdV4ur7Q0l0DXDA82dTmzUvsPBthYoigJu5tDX_DSMmGFkqeodO28aHwmsgsHEaysdABGCuEEF7qF1JzZ8hZDfW8rD8WctsEvVz_2rGWPADcSIcTeJCuYKmubWMynVRuHmA-rZHuzcA/s1600/IMG_0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdV4ur7Q0l0DXDA82dTmzUvsPBthYoigJu5tDX_DSMmGFkqeodO28aHwmsgsHEaysdABGCuEEF7qF1JzZ8hZDfW8rD8WctsEvVz_2rGWPADcSIcTeJCuYKmubWMynVRuHmA-rZHuzcA/s400/IMG_0006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We immediately warned our shuttle escort, Eduardo, that we were a crazy bunch from South Carolina.  He and his co-workers were amused:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeaa3xPPNDJG32nilz2GXth1ONO1SEoRsaoCPlpWDvozMqKYwCGC6jUdHUkJCoT6Ek15bElRfmXc5nrufZ1YSTJaIijG3rFNSH5aCZgVynygl3kVeYV4FUastx8Zq019J5lVTSKOrNQ/s1600/IMG_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeaa3xPPNDJG32nilz2GXth1ONO1SEoRsaoCPlpWDvozMqKYwCGC6jUdHUkJCoT6Ek15bElRfmXc5nrufZ1YSTJaIijG3rFNSH5aCZgVynygl3kVeYV4FUastx8Zq019J5lVTSKOrNQ/s400/IMG_0008.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The resort where we stayed (Majestic Elegance Club) was beautiful !!  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID_Ultoy5l5k5XZlsDpCD9vzuz_xD6NMPQe67yzrMSUurVVNUkBdMjlR-3jjRsHznCoUaalqzlICp-hPhdE4QKH0ATCFb0yLvB4Qb1Omn4W-nE9EX2N1kWU9SS2HsciRcBZQwkggmfw/s1600/IMG_0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiID_Ultoy5l5k5XZlsDpCD9vzuz_xD6NMPQe67yzrMSUurVVNUkBdMjlR-3jjRsHznCoUaalqzlICp-hPhdE4QKH0ATCFb0yLvB4Qb1Omn4W-nE9EX2N1kWU9SS2HsciRcBZQwkggmfw/s400/IMG_0015.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here we are, shortly after arriving at the resort .. one of the gals in our group embellished and *bedazzled* fun T-shirts for all the ladies to wear, saying "PC or Bust!" LOL</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbdCuznV0UrqW1_geaYenLnjDyH2e2XK12JuhTosUo6DsNIRGkhkRFMbtL2BD01wXbYAaF-PH_BDkYhJ1h8rO34ANowI7p642aKdgxXE93M-oJTadKPkGZ-fanwtgsAy90InC1L4TfA/s1600/IMG_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbdCuznV0UrqW1_geaYenLnjDyH2e2XK12JuhTosUo6DsNIRGkhkRFMbtL2BD01wXbYAaF-PH_BDkYhJ1h8rO34ANowI7p642aKdgxXE93M-oJTadKPkGZ-fanwtgsAy90InC1L4TfA/s400/IMG_0041.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our rooms were beautiful:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpAvDB6d0uUY73BIT5lV4ElZkDeDU5-ikLu0giISmZo2cnIimHkpwK9vLzKqjfWVKuKEYRhQjjiupllA6b0TvTxaBfwvxzYmInpoK9RPGy8leHB7sSRg9UzU7h7dUtUkaDfbXsy-PVw/s1600/IMG_0210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpAvDB6d0uUY73BIT5lV4ElZkDeDU5-ikLu0giISmZo2cnIimHkpwK9vLzKqjfWVKuKEYRhQjjiupllA6b0TvTxaBfwvxzYmInpoK9RPGy8leHB7sSRg9UzU7h7dUtUkaDfbXsy-PVw/s400/IMG_0210.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As was the view:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fivWvi-mbts1SEPGuMboTufGUjJcUIlwlllTNOT9F-U8mvHoSwSr3ckf7HQ3JFr7UKbzGNWpod8iUGjviIwIs_AB06a8ubkmGMowJrAKd-GYuc7V2CJED6F0zZCkRGW1F8_HVdJeiQ/s1600/IMG_0026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fivWvi-mbts1SEPGuMboTufGUjJcUIlwlllTNOT9F-U8mvHoSwSr3ckf7HQ3JFr7UKbzGNWpod8iUGjviIwIs_AB06a8ubkmGMowJrAKd-GYuc7V2CJED6F0zZCkRGW1F8_HVdJeiQ/s400/IMG_0026.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The food?  Well, let's just say it was "okay."  For example, this tiny, itty bitty thing is what they consider a chicken wing.  Ummmm ... needless to say, I pretty much stuck to bread our entire trip.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggktnqPvAJUvHruXnt19FHMCEh3m-UjZW9WZoTqfVQ3_Y2WlZY-3rR0FSUpIAiutVqnW37n4kz_QUgHKV7sZ8zwUhRNosSQ6V-MUfH9dDlY-24wZMsc1rBkceoobk0vqT-Y9ZtqNc2uA/s1600/IMG_0050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggktnqPvAJUvHruXnt19FHMCEh3m-UjZW9WZoTqfVQ3_Y2WlZY-3rR0FSUpIAiutVqnW37n4kz_QUgHKV7sZ8zwUhRNosSQ6V-MUfH9dDlY-24wZMsc1rBkceoobk0vqT-Y9ZtqNc2uA/s400/IMG_0050.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">There were gorgeous pools everywhere! Of course, we usually found ourselves at the one with the swim up bar.  Here are the fellas with their "Bubba" mugs that kept their drinks nice and cold:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbpHJUDszjzBEH7b8s7jojUPINhk-qrej3RylFTyd52eBjBcp5KMTrZm-Q4uVKDgkmKX9UCXOSMBRhAc5mLRtzjmiI5xdnP0vz8nnMrya7cZgNMlJrW8HLYPpCu2AkeFIBMLuMlpmSA/s1600/IMG_0055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbpHJUDszjzBEH7b8s7jojUPINhk-qrej3RylFTyd52eBjBcp5KMTrZm-Q4uVKDgkmKX9UCXOSMBRhAc5mLRtzjmiI5xdnP0vz8nnMrya7cZgNMlJrW8HLYPpCu2AkeFIBMLuMlpmSA/s400/IMG_0055.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">We loved getting dressed up to go out at night and often split up tables between guys and girls.  This way, the guys could talk all things sports *yawn,* while us gals could talk shopping and all things fun!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf0n_ZQERMjhVYcpUfTDea3lIH8IIyo6k-pys7aeGSVPgUZNcDJpM50tXvwKdRi4S5N6tf_YBFFk9w4HnIFtXxoNGFIrSDCPc_yEbhky7k81B6Yr2YlloNd1eGLa362SNh53sgDBTmw/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf0n_ZQERMjhVYcpUfTDea3lIH8IIyo6k-pys7aeGSVPgUZNcDJpM50tXvwKdRi4S5N6tf_YBFFk9w4HnIFtXxoNGFIrSDCPc_yEbhky7k81B6Yr2YlloNd1eGLa362SNh53sgDBTmw/s400/IMG_0046.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The day of our renewal was gorgeous !!  It took place at 5:00 p.m., on the beach at our resort.  Another couple in our gang also renewed their vows (and, ironically, their anniversary date is the same day as ours)!  What a special day it was. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our great friend and neighbor, Tony, "officiated" for us since it wasn't a legal ceremony.  (Look.at.that.ocean!)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP06JlQJKLrmlzsNsy1Df6xD_2-SHTxSyWBWmalV4WCW4Jx4lloc-_mlIqvJzfR__6AGEQPD0L1ZgbZfHGqxr5td6brouhLxd409cdCALmTbzJEwFWhdN3KTBFqTuB_BmjCY1VuviNmQ/s1600/FlorIMG_9393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP06JlQJKLrmlzsNsy1Df6xD_2-SHTxSyWBWmalV4WCW4Jx4lloc-_mlIqvJzfR__6AGEQPD0L1ZgbZfHGqxr5td6brouhLxd409cdCALmTbzJEwFWhdN3KTBFqTuB_BmjCY1VuviNmQ/s400/FlorIMG_9393.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My honey reading his sweet vows:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzds8w3f-EgbMoZQAVlj2WO3Zs8BHPlB0dzPEXiu4bTYnJGlddANoqBfpsWjsL8P67C46-cdA-kZj3ANBq-lNo55LSwLYKp63O1vNlcen74izvmKt8zbtBUXbtuEr81ClUD-Y0qx77Kg/s1600/FlorIMG_9463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzds8w3f-EgbMoZQAVlj2WO3Zs8BHPlB0dzPEXiu4bTYnJGlddANoqBfpsWjsL8P67C46-cdA-kZj3ANBq-lNo55LSwLYKp63O1vNlcen74izvmKt8zbtBUXbtuEr81ClUD-Y0qx77Kg/s400/FlorIMG_9463.jpg" width="267" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... placing a beautiful anniversary "bling" on my right hand:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLjRdoyWvA3cWenIE0JImEghTbE9fUUUjz_rd2GkczpWXxJosPsmRZrwojjItwHVFx9i_kdwje9UFJ5Tqo5A9IaR0iHwOLZhJV-q1raRdwEkfDu4McEc9REOMBeFT2PkcORexmjq_BQ/s1600/FlorIMG_9492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="265" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLjRdoyWvA3cWenIE0JImEghTbE9fUUUjz_rd2GkczpWXxJosPsmRZrwojjItwHVFx9i_kdwje9UFJ5Tqo5A9IaR0iHwOLZhJV-q1raRdwEkfDu4McEc9REOMBeFT2PkcORexmjq_BQ/s400/FlorIMG_9492.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">... and sealing it with a smooch:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXhp3mYQp1_x0SGaVbT8K8J2-uyK1jUhAy8JdcvR-CTLXARqRaFIuy8M8ojDRY17sjYVVXpa2TP4MGkz4pl0YaY8EBovHwmq4wQ8tfM0V4UsDzkKxTFFJzhZHD2_m1BnX3-pEHk5NQA/s1600/FlorIMG_9512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXhp3mYQp1_x0SGaVbT8K8J2-uyK1jUhAy8JdcvR-CTLXARqRaFIuy8M8ojDRY17sjYVVXpa2TP4MGkz4pl0YaY8EBovHwmq4wQ8tfM0V4UsDzkKxTFFJzhZHD2_m1BnX3-pEHk5NQA/s400/FlorIMG_9512.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love how John's shirt seems to match the ocean in this shot:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpa0AoWYT2d8N9k9VLHxwDhVC-fgmXt44W3zMRmqcoP1E9rdERohZnWfaCWTURpzUJzWDvAA-VtfFkjmWvnqFlZUq8_U-n5QzT9KRRkm0RfiQubw4KTkFg7v98LBAQil7DHvsK6Buvg/s1600/FlorIMG_9556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpa0AoWYT2d8N9k9VLHxwDhVC-fgmXt44W3zMRmqcoP1E9rdERohZnWfaCWTURpzUJzWDvAA-VtfFkjmWvnqFlZUq8_U-n5QzT9KRRkm0RfiQubw4KTkFg7v98LBAQil7DHvsK6Buvg/s400/FlorIMG_9556.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The palm trees were gorgeous:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3wzZjzPyURF6TWtxisFTeIG5cS3CqVFzPzOfKmFDNtyb0cl5gTobOqqKE_KhR-4V8m2xsOoJmi7WjDBJqNudjZZDyep17TCY4EWdvWrGI7yNcwFksYTbrQOA9eFqX2GVHy8KXbgdJg/s1600/FlorIMG_9608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3wzZjzPyURF6TWtxisFTeIG5cS3CqVFzPzOfKmFDNtyb0cl5gTobOqqKE_KhR-4V8m2xsOoJmi7WjDBJqNudjZZDyep17TCY4EWdvWrGI7yNcwFksYTbrQOA9eFqX2GVHy8KXbgdJg/s400/FlorIMG_9608.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is one of my faves ... the infamous jumping pic!  What fun!</span></div>  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2LbcWWJpiBpZlMYoAOCplNGB8agdKUOaeZrhHvaSBARFEU4nMgTJ7pnRWWByIUEWlaCrkkRRL6pFSX_x9hMKQeSqRwDOMrgd94aWsomG3OgxA_znfEjsDOHLHyTkrXyxzDu35v4-rw/s1600/FlorIMG_9521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2LbcWWJpiBpZlMYoAOCplNGB8agdKUOaeZrhHvaSBARFEU4nMgTJ7pnRWWByIUEWlaCrkkRRL6pFSX_x9hMKQeSqRwDOMrgd94aWsomG3OgxA_znfEjsDOHLHyTkrXyxzDu35v4-rw/s400/FlorIMG_9521.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the ceremony, we all went to dinner to celebrate, but not before stopping by the beautiful gazebo to see if my husband could still get down on one knee.  Yay, he could:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2T1S0fGqERCW-_jMAUbprvNZ0WRtwijuZ2BSWnguBvO_fFm46mAf2zWWTh5UvdDpyJSvHq5S1O2keEm-fCl7yHFgtyjnULblpLKud1TMu5iDAhvIlPzHblZlCFgzYKtBnohrvTzrxyw/s1600/IMG_0123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2T1S0fGqERCW-_jMAUbprvNZ0WRtwijuZ2BSWnguBvO_fFm46mAf2zWWTh5UvdDpyJSvHq5S1O2keEm-fCl7yHFgtyjnULblpLKud1TMu5iDAhvIlPzHblZlCFgzYKtBnohrvTzrxyw/s400/IMG_0123.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, of course, I simply *had* to convince the girls to take a funny "goddess-pose" picture:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhOzYgQUCLPYNuZs88nhE_1xGkMZIAmoA0XfzttRhrqWBa08JYTmClMFA7nLMS8lf4lS_1OHIIbcBJXKozdoEFp5ppTqcy5-ghGbbd3ascxkv5yyKPDe6Kfo6rUUTbCnwRZRWR15gMQ/s1600/IMG_0111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhOzYgQUCLPYNuZs88nhE_1xGkMZIAmoA0XfzttRhrqWBa08JYTmClMFA7nLMS8lf4lS_1OHIIbcBJXKozdoEFp5ppTqcy5-ghGbbd3ascxkv5yyKPDe6Kfo6rUUTbCnwRZRWR15gMQ/s400/IMG_0111.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trip flew by too fast ... MUCH too fast!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Again, I'm so thankful to my family and friends for encouraging me to face my fear of flying.  If I hadn't, I wouldn't have been able to take such a beautiful walk with my honey after renewing our vows ... the beginning of our next chapter together:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynDBOiNvVJEqGwg08qATjWjcFoXPBZCbmT294RSxTdAjA5OMHc1G2ytJZglXR64qS8NaoMhHAOVdsCuUJDEXd_Vx_ih1gbw6de-qrFzbMQ3Xn0AfuNjBNWvWyP5YZxzkPqwUecGPc9w/s1600/FlorIMG_9560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynDBOiNvVJEqGwg08qATjWjcFoXPBZCbmT294RSxTdAjA5OMHc1G2ytJZglXR64qS8NaoMhHAOVdsCuUJDEXd_Vx_ih1gbw6de-qrFzbMQ3Xn0AfuNjBNWvWyP5YZxzkPqwUecGPc9w/s400/FlorIMG_9560.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming ... so, as you're decorating your beautiful home for Fall, I'm curious to know what fear have you faced lately?</span><br />I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.chattingatthesky.com/2010/09/13/a-tuesday-in-september/">Tuesday Morning's Chatting at the Sky</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by,</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/376/0E491C7006B710EF338F39A43573A7FD.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></span>

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Greetings !! I know we are in the throws of "all things Fall," however, I just wanted to take a moment to share a little adventure...

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Fall is in the Air !!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Fall Y'all ... my oh-so-favorite time of the year is here !!  I'm a tride and true *Fall-aholic* and have been having fun placing festive touches around the house.  My poor husband *isn't* so fond because, unfortunately, he knows that this means countless trips to the attic to bring yet a-NOTHER box of goodies down for me to go through !!  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've recently made a few changes in the kitchen, so I thought I'd share them with you, along with the Fall atmosphere in there now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This summer, we painted the vaulted wall, along with the rest of the kitchen, SW "Ivoire."  We love it !!  It truly makes the kitchen look bigger, brighter and cleaner.  </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgrfkPsswosV5hS4FVQ-kLGZiF7jnCmrFBhChwVOvJMhTmfwB4i1p4kk0eA-HMQeO0Eo4q4tY9STweJot29P70Bq13tn4ibGfXg_mYBXQfcYuepNc3hROlwmTFI6Lc37JywM-SD2_-g/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgrfkPsswosV5hS4FVQ-kLGZiF7jnCmrFBhChwVOvJMhTmfwB4i1p4kk0eA-HMQeO0Eo4q4tY9STweJot29P70Bq13tn4ibGfXg_mYBXQfcYuepNc3hROlwmTFI6Lc37JywM-SD2_-g/s400/054.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what it used to look like:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWTiGRNb4LybgaKAgQesKTLflY6KGQOKbW2ugp6WaMitAJmkQ1uN792RoxyO0dJzc3aP5yG1k1J5iZScpEABtxsiw3wzrzcUczY2uW5L-T8MHPGgSASQu6OtvrREv4a4rP35Ms9ytnQ/s1600/kitchenafter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWTiGRNb4LybgaKAgQesKTLflY6KGQOKbW2ugp6WaMitAJmkQ1uN792RoxyO0dJzc3aP5yG1k1J5iZScpEABtxsiw3wzrzcUczY2uW5L-T8MHPGgSASQu6OtvrREv4a4rP35Ms9ytnQ/s400/kitchenafter.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the difference!  I've really been enjoying this softer color palette ... keeping the red in as simple accents, not focal points.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_VFwFtXJ2GuBGS4UVMNuXxOR6Y69o3LsdCY-vAT4pu2IPx2ns5_MHSTva2dpxid-ne39irzhRn9V8ekz4n8rUWtKxnG8Cd4RakGQaV0yp882mEGJr9JARh27SGWgXHrpBWAe5dImvg/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_VFwFtXJ2GuBGS4UVMNuXxOR6Y69o3LsdCY-vAT4pu2IPx2ns5_MHSTva2dpxid-ne39irzhRn9V8ekz4n8rUWtKxnG8Cd4RakGQaV0yp882mEGJr9JARh27SGWgXHrpBWAe5dImvg/s400/005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went to Hobby Lobby for the first time evah this past weekend!  Let me just say that I'm glad that it's an hour and 1/2 away or else I'd be there every.single.day.  If you have one close by (and have never been) run, don't walk, to this awesome store that is filled with everything you can imagine ... and then some!  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The garland on top of my soffit came from there ... love the muted tones in it.  I mixed a few white pumpkins in, as well, for contrast.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNwNW8pBH0acgPhrtGv2Bq7Nlo6H2Hiv6TUsNRRF4wOdBwk4Nf4DPN0nIiQ1hhr9hArzEFcUqfqcsncqwVAqYdBhyPlPnc4tm-gIiVNcjwPdbEzAov2JNmIdEGRAzda3RLB-iewsJ3w/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNwNW8pBH0acgPhrtGv2Bq7Nlo6H2Hiv6TUsNRRF4wOdBwk4Nf4DPN0nIiQ1hhr9hArzEFcUqfqcsncqwVAqYdBhyPlPnc4tm-gIiVNcjwPdbEzAov2JNmIdEGRAzda3RLB-iewsJ3w/s320/007.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back down to the counters ... </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZhxCtx18VtGoA46mR3_Q8TavP3GotzC8iO-cz1LHhAVSOUrP08yBUvgnw4S4OAf7Mta4pcxhcM41FsBiZEdo9UsEcdyIkeK3p5NF-VzWkpNOjtmrl9gl1J49sGNc0jJ7oSjkIdBZ3Q/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZhxCtx18VtGoA46mR3_Q8TavP3GotzC8iO-cz1LHhAVSOUrP08yBUvgnw4S4OAf7Mta4pcxhcM41FsBiZEdo9UsEcdyIkeK3p5NF-VzWkpNOjtmrl9gl1J49sGNc0jJ7oSjkIdBZ3Q/s320/031.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this beautiful platter on sale at Pier One! I love their new Fall dinnerware line, and would've grabbed up the dinner plates to match, but, alas, they only had square plates and not round. Boo!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DprJLBKOc38bmp4COnKm6QwApmV1pS7V0NXUCOC5ksxPFg0W9sfUWBNiH_3F9KsshebCKun42nO7wB1HsNm7vJbbFnP3P3s4IymKGx4LPr7QKU2dAfnoQ7ELJS28VO6D-_VQ2zad-Q/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DprJLBKOc38bmp4COnKm6QwApmV1pS7V0NXUCOC5ksxPFg0W9sfUWBNiH_3F9KsshebCKun42nO7wB1HsNm7vJbbFnP3P3s4IymKGx4LPr7QKU2dAfnoQ7ELJS28VO6D-_VQ2zad-Q/s320/003.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A simple raffia bow and leaf dress up this pitcher, which is doubling as my utensil holder:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJATQf5xGhe_wsK8NnEoFbGTOZt54mKty8k78Ap39CGFXUMqtsk5_6ENCfcRER4P0Jxi7ijNYCoQ75xO2DE4F0CnDc8yJ30HU4EtLeffY4MCZTTfAKFzXRG0rRBB-fc8rZsGKiKY5kKg/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJATQf5xGhe_wsK8NnEoFbGTOZt54mKty8k78Ap39CGFXUMqtsk5_6ENCfcRER4P0Jxi7ijNYCoQ75xO2DE4F0CnDc8yJ30HU4EtLeffY4MCZTTfAKFzXRG0rRBB-fc8rZsGKiKY5kKg/s400/030.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Southern Living cookbook is ready to be used ... okay, well, *maybe!*</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriUOD3UuD642kHjrVLXB1DvKlNltwC-bLI6ZuGBkl2Q_EkgOTrCYSTEsjnTnWZKG0Fey2ggELurNzuW-9I990LVmuC0nZD7n8VXF979pFVZ-LMaASIdK-dTmvav44dVPqXh_RgEnv5Q/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjriUOD3UuD642kHjrVLXB1DvKlNltwC-bLI6ZuGBkl2Q_EkgOTrCYSTEsjnTnWZKG0Fey2ggELurNzuW-9I990LVmuC0nZD7n8VXF979pFVZ-LMaASIdK-dTmvav44dVPqXh_RgEnv5Q/s400/001.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, the other side of the kitchen ... of course, I jumped on the bandwagon and simply *had* to number the canisters!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZN7sgU_Ljcwuji98LZDzd2TNyfsgGS3j2cq1C4uee0TTRqqrw8ozFhHDKMifrlBDgvpOBqsqVzzQJKe2DzhgbXStXvLNpL7qBRLxN6lNUq9uR51A9-qS8YwexSV5OaVaJF1RJKeF7Q/s1600/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZN7sgU_Ljcwuji98LZDzd2TNyfsgGS3j2cq1C4uee0TTRqqrw8ozFhHDKMifrlBDgvpOBqsqVzzQJKe2DzhgbXStXvLNpL7qBRLxN6lNUq9uR51A9-qS8YwexSV5OaVaJF1RJKeF7Q/s400/034.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cloche is harboring pumpkins while Rooster, Jr. stands guard:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLqnSAWvNY64cKdTEZ4abFYeW4dCIzmh4cEvMxJQ1UYiaSXTN4G_w793O9baV9VRG8gp0h0CiK0hrgD038x_bd4iB7IR27Qk0jUhm5cejsPMmjrQarET3q0TWIHWBdW4NRD1M-D-S6w/s1600/117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLqnSAWvNY64cKdTEZ4abFYeW4dCIzmh4cEvMxJQ1UYiaSXTN4G_w793O9baV9VRG8gp0h0CiK0hrgD038x_bd4iB7IR27Qk0jUhm5cejsPMmjrQarET3q0TWIHWBdW4NRD1M-D-S6w/s400/117.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I LOVE the festive cards that I ordered from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CariKraft">CariKraft</a> ... you should pay her Etsy store a visit!  I've scattered these all around the house ... so simple, yet so stinkin' festive!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym3_qzGPtEjShVkRxp4QTUbuGIXMc5aVKxttlJ-LbF-J-H3-p7SwAvCcEaKEzzlGJ8HXFsbZvlpmVyIR0KyaymM59yLpt_4EyJOFCFIzL5gvpzjllX0DHID2MZC_8Pbezc84gTw3JiA/s1600/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym3_qzGPtEjShVkRxp4QTUbuGIXMc5aVKxttlJ-LbF-J-H3-p7SwAvCcEaKEzzlGJ8HXFsbZvlpmVyIR0KyaymM59yLpt_4EyJOFCFIzL5gvpzjllX0DHID2MZC_8Pbezc84gTw3JiA/s400/038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look, she even sent me a card with my name on it, too ... yippeeee !!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqv_cvreQkSdSw2eNAw7vpJgN3dtG2imapf0qsqMq1G1u8B5D1Qx5ZJhGzIQlsrcKHPZlocKgBFJWP5h7Iz4niFIRRF5uBHmaXugeniXLUW8IuEyXbT50gozTntWbPGg6Ff9g6K4uSg/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqv_cvreQkSdSw2eNAw7vpJgN3dtG2imapf0qsqMq1G1u8B5D1Qx5ZJhGzIQlsrcKHPZlocKgBFJWP5h7Iz4niFIRRF5uBHmaXugeniXLUW8IuEyXbT50gozTntWbPGg6Ff9g6K4uSg/s400/055.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's our little coffee/tea area.  My husband would like to be buried with his Keurig coffee maker!  LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PaMOuj4H9IE4GvFdRmHcgaz2f1OfrceG9PfK7KzCTMWDAgT2eZ0i5uxhNW0bTHhXfR-jPkhlDlxMaTh5BYdCKWdmn69yvkAytw4r33RGtulfWD_9pC0gs17ltVf365UhdDMGD_eaJQ/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PaMOuj4H9IE4GvFdRmHcgaz2f1OfrceG9PfK7KzCTMWDAgT2eZ0i5uxhNW0bTHhXfR-jPkhlDlxMaTh5BYdCKWdmn69yvkAytw4r33RGtulfWD_9pC0gs17ltVf365UhdDMGD_eaJQ/s400/015.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vRoewzvG7KU8lWwzdeKggHXvI3_BQReaYiY1B0S6duIYj7-to0aJUh1KLBpGLsivywSlagzniznt9dfNI0Ao8fcBluTXiiiEk4H5ir89xlRAj3l_yop4_I2di1RPoqE8T9s-mfNxWA/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vRoewzvG7KU8lWwzdeKggHXvI3_BQReaYiY1B0S6duIYj7-to0aJUh1KLBpGLsivywSlagzniznt9dfNI0Ao8fcBluTXiiiEk4H5ir89xlRAj3l_yop4_I2di1RPoqE8T9s-mfNxWA/s400/018.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My double stacked iron bowls display all kinds of seasonal goodies ... guords, acorns, leaves, pumpkins and more raffia:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlN9hqAKJtvxfKVznD0qNhy1Qi9_dQN7pO5Lucgjd-axMmUNiDYBWyqbpXb5Oc1vWH2bRwMxHj_MTScnly4V5PdCWqBTWeTkXmU0HmVFK27U_og_i1_mTtMVdIECYkAeoBB0cdOwryA/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlN9hqAKJtvxfKVznD0qNhy1Qi9_dQN7pO5Lucgjd-axMmUNiDYBWyqbpXb5Oc1vWH2bRwMxHj_MTScnly4V5PdCWqBTWeTkXmU0HmVFK27U_og_i1_mTtMVdIECYkAeoBB0cdOwryA/s400/011.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, look, there's another CariKraft card peeking through ... did I already mention I love them?!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASBDpMae3y1RGc6VAyNup3IJQCVNqBMqFfXcITe83ATWUM7eYLgk7bEGrW-H5ggdobls2pav9MswoCBmHh6VrQ6tDy5C0-sBYtFLxwpyjANQhlLixGYL94RA8Gx9IlA4IEG-qVGmR7A/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASBDpMae3y1RGc6VAyNup3IJQCVNqBMqFfXcITe83ATWUM7eYLgk7bEGrW-H5ggdobls2pav9MswoCBmHh6VrQ6tDy5C0-sBYtFLxwpyjANQhlLixGYL94RA8Gx9IlA4IEG-qVGmR7A/s400/014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Lastly, we recently removed the Black Galaxy granite countertop from our island.  We wanted something larger and opted for a very reasonably priced piece of maple butcher block.  Here's what it used to look like:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQ22u3WjikHOvZISFhMRc7v_u8cL6Hg-CNbmEr9o3hadCiKJSWy8dLq72FE0ETV18NM5sZnAzYGr5MsY5-IMJnxhXveztGISoK0mw-KRQBHx6sjH2XshISLLRAJd9G1mZpAJD-yiaNA/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQ22u3WjikHOvZISFhMRc7v_u8cL6Hg-CNbmEr9o3hadCiKJSWy8dLq72FE0ETV18NM5sZnAzYGr5MsY5-IMJnxhXveztGISoK0mw-KRQBHx6sjH2XshISLLRAJd9G1mZpAJD-yiaNA/s400/023.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And here it is now!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN54fnmE2gdBqKd2gmEkivUQgIWkIjgfndSVCGXmsBLC1SVpV5ibw9zKfkpZJT-RrUYfck8yVtajTxbJg4pJUBPweA3C422Lz5OCb_RK35n2nMBB1QnXrFzbhoPyByDxazaIKSU3wMQ/s1600/115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN54fnmE2gdBqKd2gmEkivUQgIWkIjgfndSVCGXmsBLC1SVpV5ibw9zKfkpZJT-RrUYfck8yVtajTxbJg4pJUBPweA3C422Lz5OCb_RK35n2nMBB1QnXrFzbhoPyByDxazaIKSU3wMQ/s400/115.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're really enjoying this larger workspace (especially my 4 year old who loves to do activities and eat here). I'm also loving the farmhouse feel it brings to this space now (especially this time of year)!</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Rooster sits on a bronze tray from Target, flanked by wheat, guords, corn, pumpkins and leaves.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z5sWDc0hnHRztRKdPzU3YZxP1EyhejsPaLQkPaJqkgbZ5c3nV5bI9115u5zaL5-Cj9MuRcXzdl5EgWYx6otK27ycGGBd8ApcorXVeT6yz5-T8CgkhuikInfCxrblVKWZrNh00ZW2vA/s1600/112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z5sWDc0hnHRztRKdPzU3YZxP1EyhejsPaLQkPaJqkgbZ5c3nV5bI9115u5zaL5-Cj9MuRcXzdl5EgWYx6otK27ycGGBd8ApcorXVeT6yz5-T8CgkhuikInfCxrblVKWZrNh00ZW2vA/s400/112.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may have spotted the new rug in front of the island ... I found this little beauty at HomeGoods for a great(!) price.  Love all the soft colors in the palette:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsv5yAW_Q5mCSDpA3uhA2_4VNYvYgbZm-3aHVZgeqo5jNp3XPEMiiDEcvJ4Yi56A8o7bpaRGFu-9cNQYw4MKUWgsX-5PcfNSFhYAG4EFXYLlKIGfs3OfEui_J0h5kJl01TOCYjfdbfzA/s1600/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsv5yAW_Q5mCSDpA3uhA2_4VNYvYgbZm-3aHVZgeqo5jNp3XPEMiiDEcvJ4Yi56A8o7bpaRGFu-9cNQYw4MKUWgsX-5PcfNSFhYAG4EFXYLlKIGfs3OfEui_J0h5kJl01TOCYjfdbfzA/s320/046.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Well, I've kept you long enough.  Come back soon, and I'll show you around the breakfast area, where quite a few changes have taken place as well.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm linking up to:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-to-87th-metamorphosis-monday.html">BTNOTP for Metamorphosis Monday</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.blogspot.com/2010/09/making-world-cuter-monday-sept-13.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making the World Cuter Monday</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://craftskeepmesane.blogspot.com/2010/09/motivate-me-monday-35.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Motivate Me Monday at Keeping it Simple</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://itssoverycheri.com/2010/09/12/its-so-very-creative-23/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's So Very Creative at It's So Very Cheri</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sillylittlesparrow.com/2010/09/toot-without-me-im-too-tired.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Silly Little Sparrow for Toot Your Horn Tuesday</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thegypsyscorner.com/2010/09/94th-three-or-more-tuesday.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Gypsy's Corner for Three or More Tuesday</span></a>''<br /><br /><a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/2010/09/30th-table-top-tuesday.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Stroll Through Life for Tabletop Tuesday</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/2010/09/bedroom-and-bath-room-makeover-for.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DebbieDoos Before and After Party</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2010/09/refreshing-paint.html">The Shabby Chic Cottage for Transformation Thursday</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.domestically-speaking.com/2010/09/countdown-to-fall-party-corn-husk.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Domestically Speaking for the Fall Party</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by,</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/376/0E491C7006B710EF338F39A43573A7FD.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a>

Fall is in the Air !!

Happy Fall Y'all ... my oh-so-favorite time of the year is here !!  I'm a tride and true *Fall-aholic* and have been having fun plac...

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