ho ho ho.....

merry christmas blogettes....

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure to keep

that 

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly.......susan

christmas ...day twentytwo

'morning blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure

to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly......susan

christmas....day twentyone

'afternoon blogettes...

getting down to the wire..

as always...

thanks for taking

the 

journey with me...

be sure

to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly.......susan

christmas....day twenty

'afternoon blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking 

the journey

with me...

be sure to keep

that 

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly......susan

christmas....day nineteen

'evening blogettes...

didn't forget you...

another one of 

*those*

days....

as always...

thanks for taking 

the journey

with me...

be sure 

to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas.....day eighteen

'afternoon blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking

the

journey with me...

be sure

to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly.........susan

christmas...day seventeen

'evening blogettes...

it was a *day*...

here you go...

as always...

thanks for taking

the 

journey with me...

be sure

to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly........susan

christmas....day sixteen

'afternoon blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking 

the

journey with me...

be sure to keep

that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas...day fifteen

'afternoon blogettes....

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure to

keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today

and 

always...

be well....

warmly.......susan

christmas...day fourteen

'morning blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking 

the

journey with me...

be sure

to keep

that love and

sunshine

in your hearts

today and always..

be well...

warmly........susan

christmas ....day thirteen

'afternoon blogettes...

as always...

thanks for 

taking the journey

with me...

be sure to keep

that love

and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly.........susan

christmas....day twelve

'evening blogettes...

from my most favorite

store ever...

taken for granite

in stony creek ct...

breathtaking!...

if you are nearby 

and 

can get there...

hurry!!!

everything ..

and i do mean

everything...

there is 

magnificent...

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure to

keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today

and 

always...

be well....

warmly.........susan

christmas...day eleven

'evening blogettes...

i didn't forget..

just

had

one of those days...

as always...

thanks for taking
the
journey with me...

be sure to keep
that love and sunshine
in your
hearts
today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas.....day ten

'morning blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking
the
journey with me...

be sure to keep
that love and sunshine
in your
hearts
today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas....day nine

'afternoon blogettes...

sorry i am a bit late...

homemade chicken

soup

to the sick grandson...

came home to a sick

pup pup...

hopefully ..they

are both

on the mend..

here's my pic for today...

as always...

thanks for taking
the
journey with me...

be sure to keep
that love and sunshine
in your
hearts
today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas...day eight...and the snow!

'morning blogettes...

never had a chance

yesterday to

show you our

first snow fall

of

the season..

but here are

the pics

today...

as always...

thanks for taking
the
journey with me...

be sure to keep
that love and sunshine
in your
hearts
today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas.....day seven

'afternoon blogettes...

we had our first

snowfall

of the season

today...

will try to get some

of those

pics

posted later on..

as always...

thanks for taking
the
journey with me...

be sure to keep
that love and sunshine
in your
hearts
today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas......day six

'afternoon blogettes...

as always...
thanks for taking
the
journey with me...
be sure to keep
that love and sunshine
in your
hearts
today and always...
be well....
warmly........susan

christmas.....day five....

'morning blogettes....

as always...

thanks for taking

the 

journey with me...

be sure to keep

that love and sunshine

in your 

hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas.....day four....

'morning blogettes...

as always...

thanks for taking

the 

journey with me...

be sure to keep

that love and sunshine

in your 

hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

christmas day three...

'afternoon blogettes..

a promise is a promise...

as always...

thanks for taking the journey

with me...

be sure to keep

that love 

and 

sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well......

warmly.......susan

oh it's a holiday....

'afternoon blogettes...

here are a few of my

favorite girls that

reside here w/us

at 

9 rowland...

kind of gussied up

for the season...

i aspire to be just like them!...

as always...

thanks for taking the

journey with me...

be sure to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly.......susan

i know ...i know...

'afternoon blogettes...

i know..i know...

i promised i would

post more often

and 

that hasn't happened....

life in the fast lane

and

a bad back again

here at

9 rowland....

has kept me from

doing just that...

but today and hopefully

everyday....

from now until christmas...

i will post a pic of

my 

christmas decorations

for you

to share w/me...

fair?

 as always...

thanks for taking

the journey w/me...

be sure to keep that love 

and

sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly........susan

purty.....

'morning blogettes...

bright and sunshiney

here at 9 rowland today...

we are purty lucky to

have this kind of weather

on november 12th here

in new england...

speaking of purty...

isn't it grand?

got it at

taken for granite

in stony creek

a few weeks

back...

off and running this

morning 

but so 

thankful

that you are taking

this journey with me..

be sure to keep that

love and sunshine 

in your hearts

today and always...

be well....

warmly.......susan

do you........?

'morning blogettes...

wondering...

do you.....

??????

i do...but..

sometimes it is harder

than others...no?

however...i am

going to continue

to do my best

to...

nice day here at 9 rowland

for almost the middle

of november...

as always...thanks

for taking the journey

with me...

do keep that love

and sunshine in

your hearts today

and

always...

be well....

warmly........susan

some days are just like that....

'morning blogettes...

bright and sunshiney

here at 9 rowland today...

chilly but nice...

it is one of *those*

days...

however...

 i am bobbing and

weaving 

and i will definitely

keep that love and

sunshine in my

heart today

and always...

hope you do the same...

thanks as always

for taking the

journey with

me...

good bad or indifferent...

be well....

warmly.......susan

i'm really trying...

'afternoon blogettes...

i'm really trying to

keep up with my blog...

seems like there are always

a million and one things

that occupy my mind these

days...

but here i am to tell

you that there was sleet 

and

snow 

here at 9 rowland today...

finally the weathermen and

their doppler radar

were right..

but...

geez.....

did it have to be with 

sleet and snow???????

just want to remind you

again...

to keep that...

and sunshine in your

hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly.........susan

i didn't forget you all...

'evening blogettes...

a day of changing curtains

and bedspreads left

me with little time 

to *chat*...

love it when everything

is wrapped in warmth

so we can be cozy

thru the winter months...

but i didn't want you to

think i forgot about 

you all...

this view will be changing

soon....

it will the christmas season

before we know it...

can't wait...

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

be sure to keep that

love and sunshine

in your hearts...

be well...

warmly.......susan

trying to get motivated today...

'morning blogettes...

after a somewhat restless

night...i am having some trouble

getting motivated on this

rainy friday here at

9 rowland...

thinking maybe this

will help...

isn't it grand?

a 30" crown topped

carousel memento/card/photo

holder....

from the beautiful life...

can't wait to get it all gussied

up.....first need mr b to help

me affix the crown top

properly...i'm not real

good at all that and it isn't

fastened good in the pics...

well..as always...

thanks for taking the 

journey with me...

be sure to keep that love

and sunshine

in your hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly........susan

ain't it the truth.....?

'morning blogettes...

here's a little quote from

my *mother's calendar*

given to me by my son..
david....

for mother's day

1994....

reputation is what men
and women think of us...character is
what GOD and angels
KNOW us -

thomas paine...

ain't it the truth...?

speaking of mother and

children..

here's a nifty difty

copper crown my

daughter...dana...

aka windshine
on etsy....

made for my birthday 

this year....

while you are at etsy...
why don't you take a moment
to check out my
shop too...
it's fun..
 fannie rose vintage...


as always...

thanks for taking the

journey with me...

be sure to keep that

love and sunshine in

your hearts today

and

always...

be well...

warmly........susan

my bloghsop...

'morning blogettes...

a few months back...

i

told you all i was opening

a blogshop...

it is still in the works...

will keep you updated

to the progress i make...

here is something i will

be sure to list in

the new blogshop...

a hunkachunka'

handmade

vintage sterling

and 

turquoise bracelet...

ain't it something?..

health and life kind of have

gotten in the way 

but

i am up and running

and 

planning on staying that way

forever now..

thanks for taking 

the 

journey with me...

be sure to keep that

love and sunshine 

in your hearts today

and always...

be well...

warmly........susan

there's frost on the pumpkins....

'morning blogettes...

sunny and brisk morning

here at 9 rowland...

frost on the pumpkins 

for sure...

hope you are keeping

toasty warm in your

neck of the woods...

as always...thanks for

taking the journey with me..

make sure to keep that

love and sunshine in your

hearts today and always...

be well...

warmly.........susan

boo! ....from our goblins....

'morning blogettes...

family IS life....

here's a cute little pic

of our goblins all duded

up for last night's 

festivities...

i am soooo fortunate

to have them in my life...

hope your halloween was all you

wanted it to be...

as always...

thanks for taking

the journey

with me...

keep that love

and sunshine

in your 

hearts

today and always...

be well...

warmly........susan

it's been a while...

'morning blogettes...

i didn't forget about you all...

lots of little pesty illnesses 

this past summer and early fall

at 9 rowland...

but

i am counting

my blessings..

and hoping you are too...

as always...

thanks for taking the journey

with me...

keep that love and sunshine in 

your hearts 

today and always...

be well.....

warmly...

susan

some news...

'morning blogettes...

i am excited to tell you that i

just created a blogshop yesterday

and hope to get some

of my *stuff* up there soon...

have been a bit under the

weather this past month

or so ...

this is just the right

pick me up i need...

keep an eye out...

and keep that love

and sunshine in your

hearts today and always...

be well..

warmly.......susan

missing you all..

'morning blogettes...

missed being here...
coupled with the
illustrious kidney stones
and my tummy woes..
came along a wrenched
back which has left me
almost totally incapcitated...
can't take so much as a tylenol
without triggering something else..
so a little homeopathic *stuff*...
some tiger balm.....chiropractic
visits which include acupuncture..
my first ever massage...has been
my routine these past few weeks..

but i have been thinking of you
and thought i would stop by and
say hi...

think of me and send good healthy
wishes my way..if you would...

thanks for taking the journey with me..

keep a smile in your hearts..

be well...

warmly.........susan

getting older does have its perks.....

make sure to keep that

smile in your hearts today...

thanks for taking the 

journey

with me...

be well...

warmly..........susan

lucky find.......

'morning blogettes...

in between taking care of

my physical ailments which

are *way* too many these days

for my liking...

i took myself off *hunting*..and

came up with this lucky find...

isn't it a beauty?

signed crown 

semi-vitreous

colonial...

now..

where to put it

and 

what...if anything..

to put in it...

keep that smile in your

hearts...

thanks for taking the journey

with me..

be well...

warmly........susan