THIS IS HALLOWEEN - ( AND XIMENA'S HOUSE COLORS)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />END OF SUMMER - ALREADY?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD28RgJhzMYaKz0OgjiDrteenVMTiLPnOENdvkvx-duwIU2F-JyuWX9VRM0aa0mV4iVf5uMWFHvNbtr37ZJQYYiyKuYYLhyYOfh1rA5fH7d437u9sXfp-OMLdk-I3Dq3taQCiIAbGwl1g/s1600/il_340x270.611759312_nm7u.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD28RgJhzMYaKz0OgjiDrteenVMTiLPnOENdvkvx-duwIU2F-JyuWX9VRM0aa0mV4iVf5uMWFHvNbtr37ZJQYYiyKuYYLhyYOfh1rA5fH7d437u9sXfp-OMLdk-I3Dq3taQCiIAbGwl1g/s1600/il_340x270.611759312_nm7u.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Mr B and I were talking about our Summer.  Actually he said "What Summer?" - and it's true<br /><br />it has completely escaped us this year...<br /><br />It started with the slab leaks (2 of them)<br /><br />waaaaay back in November of 2013. <br /><br />With the flooring already torn up, the second one did little damage<br /><br />more inconvenience than anything<br /><br />but it delayed us so completely that the architect had to make revisions to the plans...<br /><br />new laws...<br /><br />and now the contractor is delayed because he had to take another job in the interim...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogcp8WW-nrOcuBXlEiDd77_NVdDDtWPN96Rwu53XcTv4pLbOxpoMGsTGZXgBvxlhdee-4YJV9o8tqefTJVmndKS_uY9kuBmdRf-FUzLiB3Qbouq3kQTcvDdbJKO-oMFUP-eVLLEm6IMc/s1600/jackolanterns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogcp8WW-nrOcuBXlEiDd77_NVdDDtWPN96Rwu53XcTv4pLbOxpoMGsTGZXgBvxlhdee-4YJV9o8tqefTJVmndKS_uY9kuBmdRf-FUzLiB3Qbouq3kQTcvDdbJKO-oMFUP-eVLLEm6IMc/s1600/jackolanterns.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Then in June in the middle of doing a wedding for the most darling couple (can't wait to see the photos)<br /><br />I ended up in the hospital with blood clot<br /><br />kinda scary...<br /><br />Mr. B. won't let me out of his sight - (like if he can see me, then nothing bad can happen...<i>adorable</i>)<br /><br />but in all seriousness recovery is taking a lot longer than I ever realized...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3duSU9CwC9I543zGPMR_AtYe-FjD_lJgY5JvIrJISTheT7Ly0JsqPrcFPmTJcyzLwNZMozwrpWe3Cjhi_DywYyBolvaVH_7_ZH__sTCwkFb0JBHtRMNRcaIEmbfm7Uep0uzNEr2Zi5c/s1600/c0c301ff34cc92ebea262c37da3ba5f2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3duSU9CwC9I543zGPMR_AtYe-FjD_lJgY5JvIrJISTheT7Ly0JsqPrcFPmTJcyzLwNZMozwrpWe3Cjhi_DywYyBolvaVH_7_ZH__sTCwkFb0JBHtRMNRcaIEmbfm7Uep0uzNEr2Zi5c/s1600/c0c301ff34cc92ebea262c37da3ba5f2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then my dear, sweet, 97 year old mother passed away<br /><br />and the funeral will officially end our Summer.<br /><br /><br /><br />If I can quote Mr. B again, "I don't ever want to repeat this Summer!"<br /><br />Ever.<br /><br />Yeah. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37ApXAZ9V2ppXUB6IhNlgsyWPkf630Gt7ecqyaWoMLC9EpfuKqmFHyLM9Y9yITBYR62zxJ-V3HKp9eHDwZ2Czg-HSRFys5555Olsv_YhO1AITXfQPrkWWgUyZnkPDCpmOJUvoOGn3bSM/s1600/gourd-goblins-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37ApXAZ9V2ppXUB6IhNlgsyWPkf630Gt7ecqyaWoMLC9EpfuKqmFHyLM9Y9yITBYR62zxJ-V3HKp9eHDwZ2Czg-HSRFys5555Olsv_YhO1AITXfQPrkWWgUyZnkPDCpmOJUvoOGn3bSM/s1600/gourd-goblins-x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />On a good note...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />My son graduated college, AND started a new fabulous job in the Bay area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />So proud of him!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I needed a distraction, so I</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />hobbled through Rogers Gardens Halloween display.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTf5xVSwdMvmftu4Zr03D4VhT0wlN2FjjFIO7p19E3aacxoOh3jjb03-kzrOMPsH9T7v-x0j5zjWx3EeuYiRAQhnUvBa_l4-rycZed1pq5RISahFRY1if41WrpbdvyXNSoqDylQ0NmQY/s1600/rg+halloween.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTf5xVSwdMvmftu4Zr03D4VhT0wlN2FjjFIO7p19E3aacxoOh3jjb03-kzrOMPsH9T7v-x0j5zjWx3EeuYiRAQhnUvBa_l4-rycZed1pq5RISahFRY1if41WrpbdvyXNSoqDylQ0NmQY/s1600/rg+halloween.bmp" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />RG can pick up my spirits any time of the year, </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />but seeing their Halloween display is one of my favorites.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Don't expect to see stuff lined up on shelves like Target or Michaels -</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />at Rogers Gardens, Halloween retail is theater.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />[I took way too many photographs...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />so, I'm breaking them up into two posts ]</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><b>PART I</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><b><br /></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />There is always a theme - this year it is "Hauntingly Beautiful"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzW_oPZSkM37lOe_pvbQ8NWT6-NLAQG35Vn0OuBVJB9pAb_jBq7_YweaNxvTjYED-k2wkXR0wIpNGDd01GU6qQq2yxBPwHdwRgs6h7pBGwc3ynNyfE_MVT1QQLo0fpRxqYlVF4YdsV10/s1600/photo+1+(7).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzW_oPZSkM37lOe_pvbQ8NWT6-NLAQG35Vn0OuBVJB9pAb_jBq7_YweaNxvTjYED-k2wkXR0wIpNGDd01GU6qQq2yxBPwHdwRgs6h7pBGwc3ynNyfE_MVT1QQLo0fpRxqYlVF4YdsV10/s1600/photo+1+(7).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />It was full of gold damask draperies and accents</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />and lots of skulls... so fun! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IwT42rec6hmCFArxtjNn0vGIze-w8MC6J4Clv6ZYFmUaBbp1IgK8Bb4AGxZ69j_niK2Y42Zgqx_f4FuVb1aO5xQCnU5FCuNpG6Q5GAwksQyoZb5iBNCQiUIGYguBc7gCA8OzHTrkb_w/s1600/photo+1+(17).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IwT42rec6hmCFArxtjNn0vGIze-w8MC6J4Clv6ZYFmUaBbp1IgK8Bb4AGxZ69j_niK2Y42Zgqx_f4FuVb1aO5xQCnU5FCuNpG6Q5GAwksQyoZb5iBNCQiUIGYguBc7gCA8OzHTrkb_w/s1600/photo+1+(17).JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> the chandeliers and spot lighting set everything aglow</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3zA-LzpcYjD_17eq-EfS6yjCr0YITuS37AxQul-JQ2gaJcK9fZbWef6gub853lHA7A5Qcu9i8l5nMH3ELo3x-A5ojQ2TsPFX8RITdj0OZitMNsZgEjWaF_hLWSCWG-fh66QuGXyahRo/s1600/photo+1+(19).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3zA-LzpcYjD_17eq-EfS6yjCr0YITuS37AxQul-JQ2gaJcK9fZbWef6gub853lHA7A5Qcu9i8l5nMH3ELo3x-A5ojQ2TsPFX8RITdj0OZitMNsZgEjWaF_hLWSCWG-fh66QuGXyahRo/s1600/photo+1+(19).JPG" width="442" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />( I love skellies and skulls at Halloween!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAKzfO_A83fPq8scdcC3GV4KYwpFWao2_yCogYARU6SZgsCLAep8vykGZFeFYh_v9ov4tykD04OrtZiGVKJzH8Xw5dFvkpQrI9bQH7NiRT6ZcLABAN8prA9dtfg2FIsCP9jm5iKlfLUY/s1600/photo+2+(9).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAKzfO_A83fPq8scdcC3GV4KYwpFWao2_yCogYARU6SZgsCLAep8vykGZFeFYh_v9ov4tykD04OrtZiGVKJzH8Xw5dFvkpQrI9bQH7NiRT6ZcLABAN8prA9dtfg2FIsCP9jm5iKlfLUY/s1600/photo+2+(9).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />It's impossible to see everything in one trip.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh46CajknBvjb0Noncks05sR_w0os0zyDDC2q-5TJZInX4i4amFubRFQlAfqNgvJemhPXkkB2K4wQb2BvtpPWMFFLGSG0isuFsliGw7EonJ9s5lBML7bC6XbxAyUsFF2XN-tbXRrI2Xw/s1600/photo+5+(19).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh46CajknBvjb0Noncks05sR_w0os0zyDDC2q-5TJZInX4i4amFubRFQlAfqNgvJemhPXkkB2K4wQb2BvtpPWMFFLGSG0isuFsliGw7EonJ9s5lBML7bC6XbxAyUsFF2XN-tbXRrI2Xw/s1600/photo+5+(19).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />My dress form, Matilda, needs some of these...</div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Super cute paper medallions.  Matilda would love them!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ65yzZSPeDTpikjUedqo2fk_KOyRbX1gROlGBIu5MWW8NjvUlaujynIfmRZIwQeXoByopzsRUfhEDaN5j-IyBB_dtSAKAoTZdq6sW8lHynYPjgg67qtSqA_q7i7EwPEg4LrIvZuF5t1M/s1600/photo+2+(14).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ65yzZSPeDTpikjUedqo2fk_KOyRbX1gROlGBIu5MWW8NjvUlaujynIfmRZIwQeXoByopzsRUfhEDaN5j-IyBB_dtSAKAoTZdq6sW8lHynYPjgg67qtSqA_q7i7EwPEg4LrIvZuF5t1M/s1600/photo+2+(14).JPG" width="464" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHm-AdV5oMZxpKKcSLIQVVsoz1sYbda3MkWzQ6xZAGpLYdrlHQ0mB8ROGxRZVjRWDuGtNSVCIIZjzElFP47_2vyWx71c9KZHly4ewhQXz0B8RA0tIEocwX55t16UIu0WU853eb-vYXHUA/s1600/photo+2+(20).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHm-AdV5oMZxpKKcSLIQVVsoz1sYbda3MkWzQ6xZAGpLYdrlHQ0mB8ROGxRZVjRWDuGtNSVCIIZjzElFP47_2vyWx71c9KZHly4ewhQXz0B8RA0tIEocwX55t16UIu0WU853eb-vYXHUA/s1600/photo+2+(20).JPG" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />The wall of transforming photographs - where they go from normal to creepy - was pretty cool  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />especially if you walk from left to right in front of them and watch them all turn into monsters...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SIAHqJL2ARBxXwuxwKApcGh_Lhlv2cRNi5zZQ7D0e_vlC_-IwaFsXhPbNvXVGzLYS6yNIDx9uDWDVxIP3P2jP5_qMRLTn_kPfCRAk3NtPJQBzFTbq8cYTo5voARsxo954FHShhEFj1o/s1600/photo+1+(15).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SIAHqJL2ARBxXwuxwKApcGh_Lhlv2cRNi5zZQ7D0e_vlC_-IwaFsXhPbNvXVGzLYS6yNIDx9uDWDVxIP3P2jP5_qMRLTn_kPfCRAk3NtPJQBzFTbq8cYTo5voARsxo954FHShhEFj1o/s1600/photo+1+(15).JPG" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />the whole wall of them....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />(wanted to take the clock home, but didn't think I could sneak it out in my purse..)</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jcf-Rht1eFEkik0AOl2lUtC5RoZ_kVbvx76FCtjQ6eMrkJODWZ_i5Vfmeqv7Zojf3V480QrIXkrt2GobZcl7jWKD4ElPtdaprXpO804bcU6ECO3sThJ7bFYQVpIsTF0TDhzYvyIgVHA/s1600/photo+1+(16).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jcf-Rht1eFEkik0AOl2lUtC5RoZ_kVbvx76FCtjQ6eMrkJODWZ_i5Vfmeqv7Zojf3V480QrIXkrt2GobZcl7jWKD4ElPtdaprXpO804bcU6ECO3sThJ7bFYQVpIsTF0TDhzYvyIgVHA/s1600/photo+1+(16).JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />These would look adorable on the front porch, lighted at night. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Folk artist Vergie Lightfoot, creates these cute creepy pumpkins with the realistic eyes....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBjJnG5j41MRvhKn0l2m3KQFw_4imaXccuw4CWLjQZYG2e-R3ooKML_yLezInnIflI-21Tga8kFOa96pMuYCT9Bem4uCtEMu-iIqNow-ag5u5LsE6MxTswWhklxS9mvlRfVGexcOrTjY/s1600/photo+2+(18).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBjJnG5j41MRvhKn0l2m3KQFw_4imaXccuw4CWLjQZYG2e-R3ooKML_yLezInnIflI-21Tga8kFOa96pMuYCT9Bem4uCtEMu-iIqNow-ag5u5LsE6MxTswWhklxS9mvlRfVGexcOrTjY/s1600/photo+2+(18).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> but at this boutique, it was the skellies and skulls that ruled</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e3IbcausxkrIb_YlwH5FCn6EIvG3SZNd9rIf7z_Vk1hHuhkptHQfYS0N18UX51k6UA1GUUMQuzLHtZVCWyVe3lDK8_UUKpJT62qQCMVz5ZYYDY3smWt3JHsdRuSJN53sQSMY5Z85P8E/s1600/photo+1+(12).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e3IbcausxkrIb_YlwH5FCn6EIvG3SZNd9rIf7z_Vk1hHuhkptHQfYS0N18UX51k6UA1GUUMQuzLHtZVCWyVe3lDK8_UUKpJT62qQCMVz5ZYYDY3smWt3JHsdRuSJN53sQSMY5Z85P8E/s1600/photo+1+(12).JPG" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />softly lit by dozens of chandeliers</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1O4dzwoFExi9N7TyNOFrQ_91MUaXHyWAbnuAYBHlYq-91zyFQcXNJpHQhlpur1EmIeYuS0t0Es-dVVY89EoijyC3soxQkEAG-6vMfWmVyA2Y6kNRT9RdNp6LgKYEJ_LMCGic4ML_eMg/s1600/photo+3+(13).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1O4dzwoFExi9N7TyNOFrQ_91MUaXHyWAbnuAYBHlYq-91zyFQcXNJpHQhlpur1EmIeYuS0t0Es-dVVY89EoijyC3soxQkEAG-6vMfWmVyA2Y6kNRT9RdNp6LgKYEJ_LMCGic4ML_eMg/s1600/photo+3+(13).JPG" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />glittering pumpkins, crystal cobwebs, and even sparkling rats...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5FOXc9dvJV26nRDPVOEw90PiGGkC2sdc8gWFYnh2A2BuKaZtkoosrsishS1lSn1hNcBrnrixh0IsMd6dgNF_cvkyD_yq4t7k44NazksvCg82ZRBEqEu1oNl3NDR9IYPDXm4HNG_Rgzk/s1600/photo+3+(12).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5FOXc9dvJV26nRDPVOEw90PiGGkC2sdc8gWFYnh2A2BuKaZtkoosrsishS1lSn1hNcBrnrixh0IsMd6dgNF_cvkyD_yq4t7k44NazksvCg82ZRBEqEu1oNl3NDR9IYPDXm4HNG_Rgzk/s1600/photo+3+(12).JPG" width="452" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Gotta get me some of those glasses!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Halloween will be chaos at my house this year.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Inside will be a construction zone.</div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />so the plan is to just decorate the front door, patio and walkway.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I have 3 new skellies still tucked in their boxes that I'd love to use somewhere</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />plus the cutie I found at RG...(show you my treasure in the next post)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />stay tuned for more photos....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I still want to find a little 2-3 foot articulated skeleton so I can make this wreath...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I think I need it for my door..</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1UUJl7tuI6bhiCjokRg7QgGc9Z6yzL_EFdmd2_EtJVaDFYygNcF4iBa8QZ4Eu1FmohnnV4S89Dw6WJ0GnSooc4OSLqH1qjx6hXC0rBsPz2Ya4MWlCrJQqBSuaUAHwlJYCnXB1fT2nvQ/s1600/276a6b7184ca137fdfbe287701cb006c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1UUJl7tuI6bhiCjokRg7QgGc9Z6yzL_EFdmd2_EtJVaDFYygNcF4iBa8QZ4Eu1FmohnnV4S89Dw6WJ0GnSooc4OSLqH1qjx6hXC0rBsPz2Ya4MWlCrJQqBSuaUAHwlJYCnXB1fT2nvQ/s1600/276a6b7184ca137fdfbe287701cb006c.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />or maybe just a skull and a few bones will do?</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaF5kkmqiBkURJBjy2DvpMe_cHJq6pDKoumlmFs8S4C9JSMqr9yWmqBRTNI02CFGoiB9QWyChY4mbAHIwxTGhWnwK_k4a7pLGUqCGOD07OH9jAmKfdWDaP7DmrFkMooqHktiKOTTvXRc/s1600/9c3c9c44de995d90f350c9454db52676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOaF5kkmqiBkURJBjy2DvpMe_cHJq6pDKoumlmFs8S4C9JSMqr9yWmqBRTNI02CFGoiB9QWyChY4mbAHIwxTGhWnwK_k4a7pLGUqCGOD07OH9jAmKfdWDaP7DmrFkMooqHktiKOTTvXRc/s1600/9c3c9c44de995d90f350c9454db52676.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />*******************************************************</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br />QUESTION FROM A READER:<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br /><div style="font-family: Calibri, 'Segoe UI', Meiryo, 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'Khmer UI', 'Nirmala UI', Tunga, 'Lao UI', Ebrima, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.719999313354492px;"><br /><blockquote><br /><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /><div><br />Would you be able to help me by giving me ideas of colors to paint the exterior of my house? I am a single mom and I started  to save money to paint it. When I bought it in 2011 I knew it would need to be painted  soon. </div><br /></div><br /></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6FLB6U6TbkPb4G9HG3Af5QQoHNeWPNjkabYtcWoZkFEcszIkhCBiHg_gN8jzXCy8kdXndm5NH37nhz_sA9XNLT1JnwFvYD_hB8CFRAggPm457FQ6mZsJ8a5IPFWxv1HnDuwUqDNXOoQ/s1600/ximena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: 22.719999313354492px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6FLB6U6TbkPb4G9HG3Af5QQoHNeWPNjkabYtcWoZkFEcszIkhCBiHg_gN8jzXCy8kdXndm5NH37nhz_sA9XNLT1JnwFvYD_hB8CFRAggPm457FQ6mZsJ8a5IPFWxv1HnDuwUqDNXOoQ/s1600/ximena.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibClMcKu1-rJ9MTJT8uBMJbAQEDoFCt7Jrx4W_4TR4Iri1JQuB10ykObjaWx-M5vOFKvd0H0W2lmEU0C0IY39EE6a67LI6ey7AotyfisBtsOug_6LcSoDm6plrBmO5ndn3RLS-EXEZsyI/s1600/ximena1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibClMcKu1-rJ9MTJT8uBMJbAQEDoFCt7Jrx4W_4TR4Iri1JQuB10ykObjaWx-M5vOFKvd0H0W2lmEU0C0IY39EE6a67LI6ey7AotyfisBtsOug_6LcSoDm6plrBmO5ndn3RLS-EXEZsyI/s1600/ximena1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><blockquote><br /><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /><div><br />Thank you very much.</div><br /><div><br />Ximena Fernandez</div><br /><div><br />Bend, Oregon</div><br /></div><br /></blockquote><br /><br /><br />Ximena,<br /><br />I think we need to make a good contrast color statement on this home, because the beige isn't doing a thing for it, right now.  Its a little to 'fleshy' looking.  I'd go with a grayed down color - or a gray - and provide plenty of contrast with fresh white trim which will brighten and lift your home - especially around the windows - reflecting a little more light inside.  Oregon - famous for its overcast and rainy days - needs a little more contrast in color to keep from looking bland.   Bring in a black or near black color for accents if you have them - and add a bold bright door.  Who can have the blues with a bright colored door?   Here are some color suggestions:  (I generally recommend Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams - but if you can't find them in your location most hardware stores can color match them.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdMtf5zt5oIMT2K8l8AUhyIkcuKC9kpROQgA8Jnrw5jOmMQ_elhGeTZdkzkKWMBzn3vfACXHkGpocFXAhH8rDiX8aEPKLyIGpqcBtZCxHCYFGh7GF-MXw6zqnT4iUiw4AZyg420Nk2Gs/s1600/7f01a0726d2100880f4b81492f5c46be.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdMtf5zt5oIMT2K8l8AUhyIkcuKC9kpROQgA8Jnrw5jOmMQ_elhGeTZdkzkKWMBzn3vfACXHkGpocFXAhH8rDiX8aEPKLyIGpqcBtZCxHCYFGh7GF-MXw6zqnT4iUiw4AZyg420Nk2Gs/s1600/7f01a0726d2100880f4b81492f5c46be.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Try: Benjamin Moore Smoke Embers</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbjaYGRL246CBlNXTQNoEiJ4ZTLMz4fYxLUxjK7RZv-dRQpcMJfWBZ4IPJB7TzYbLvZozBGloHag5OVpSNJ77CuZ7pcvZDIKwASirYwz-cvc2s-fioFAPxb3k2snRWwpW-gHv6Q9XMI4/s1600/11f48f7fbfd1.jpg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbjaYGRL246CBlNXTQNoEiJ4ZTLMz4fYxLUxjK7RZv-dRQpcMJfWBZ4IPJB7TzYbLvZozBGloHag5OVpSNJ77CuZ7pcvZDIKwASirYwz-cvc2s-fioFAPxb3k2snRWwpW-gHv6Q9XMI4/s1600/11f48f7fbfd1.jpg.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Try: Benjamin Moore - Amherst Gray</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NIK_YvSPPSDywQRXn3PyORn_XKd-XQrOZyasGYzh9ClGgiz6iwe-O2dBAp84L2V9UBWt2yWIvE01DAIJX5jRWmthQzhm_Jdwp3XY76S-YRIcFdHAA2osPnFNB2Rb6v__0S-nyzkBYuc/s1600/e94e79359fc5b4da87ae15ec79bbee04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NIK_YvSPPSDywQRXn3PyORn_XKd-XQrOZyasGYzh9ClGgiz6iwe-O2dBAp84L2V9UBWt2yWIvE01DAIJX5jRWmthQzhm_Jdwp3XY76S-YRIcFdHAA2osPnFNB2Rb6v__0S-nyzkBYuc/s1600/e94e79359fc5b4da87ae15ec79bbee04.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN-nSOhqQi2LT6a1_9FafscpVVUQGIts6m-1hWysv0Dbx3wzOr2fDYZ_Xyi9CEMp2ToEEKbMYLCl46UrGLxety5uPg18Q8SyCykTArX3_82lme0OOPNQ4aKpCl_QOhTdhh2XhITtwyks/s1600/nineandsixteen+bs+com2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBN-nSOhqQi2LT6a1_9FafscpVVUQGIts6m-1hWysv0Dbx3wzOr2fDYZ_Xyi9CEMp2ToEEKbMYLCl46UrGLxety5uPg18Q8SyCykTArX3_82lme0OOPNQ4aKpCl_QOhTdhh2XhITtwyks/s1600/nineandsixteen+bs+com2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Try: Benjamin Moore, Chelsea Gray</div><br /><br /><br />In the beige tones - make sure there is a healthy helping of gray so that it doesn't turn fleshy looking, and maintains that calm, soothing, sophistication. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjtnbIoISykMbBkD2mXBpqKx_UqF6XyhuaCi7hgVwIDpNjFxGuY4I_GrhN1Zp6MaKf1CQeBlHePMuylifJprHm1cDNVUJ9nkgzoKMYO3prjEasYCuODbR3oU7ll_ai8OwRsqCff5dgzE/s1600/benjamin-moore-hampshire-gray-exterior-paint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjtnbIoISykMbBkD2mXBpqKx_UqF6XyhuaCi7hgVwIDpNjFxGuY4I_GrhN1Zp6MaKf1CQeBlHePMuylifJprHm1cDNVUJ9nkgzoKMYO3prjEasYCuODbR3oU7ll_ai8OwRsqCff5dgzE/s1600/benjamin-moore-hampshire-gray-exterior-paint.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Try:  Benjamin Moore, Hampshire Gray</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />(an olive green/gray)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9sGYtgLl_jPcExjfhKXD7P-6cdePDIwsd6bYuDe_Us-7t3lDgSzr3lHD0gwRizn7K68O81kJxkZzeZgix07ddgp72VV4KC57Nt0LWnhsYIHIy3ICEG-k6tJ_mhP1PDDANG2TqW47Z9w/s1600/bennington+gray+hale+navy++luckylakehouse+com.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9sGYtgLl_jPcExjfhKXD7P-6cdePDIwsd6bYuDe_Us-7t3lDgSzr3lHD0gwRizn7K68O81kJxkZzeZgix07ddgp72VV4KC57Nt0LWnhsYIHIy3ICEG-k6tJ_mhP1PDDANG2TqW47Z9w/s1600/bennington+gray+hale+navy++luckylakehouse+com.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benjamin Moore, Bennington Gray<br /><br />with Benjamin Moore, Hale Navy shutters.</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq_gL6EeRri8GoSS9FDP1STahBtpDMiIxrh5LNk41jsYu2ilP87FNTx2t-ACNrpi0aBMWZwQfkwCwh8OOwUaa_GVWCWi5SZaGrp7Idf-qlKejkcRGKOKCgaheFbKq9jSZriHL2AXgBK8/s1600/bm+copley+gray,+seapearl+trim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq_gL6EeRri8GoSS9FDP1STahBtpDMiIxrh5LNk41jsYu2ilP87FNTx2t-ACNrpi0aBMWZwQfkwCwh8OOwUaa_GVWCWi5SZaGrp7Idf-qlKejkcRGKOKCgaheFbKq9jSZriHL2AXgBK8/s1600/bm+copley+gray,+seapearl+trim.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benjamin Moore, Copley Gray with<br /><br />Benjamin Moore, Sea Pearl trim</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9ZxthstfiG0yyp-ASJHUSXU8a1k2tUCOcHFGeP5M2PGEa8Ycipc57JgnwX33FAU2qU2nY8OzTDbKMITUQKBXBpJIbTJNND9EG69j_Nec3EsPrXhXmJWf-T-dxZWuZcf_NBoVqyg3aaQ/s1600/bm+midnight+oil+sw+dover+white++colourific+bs+com.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9ZxthstfiG0yyp-ASJHUSXU8a1k2tUCOcHFGeP5M2PGEa8Ycipc57JgnwX33FAU2qU2nY8OzTDbKMITUQKBXBpJIbTJNND9EG69j_Nec3EsPrXhXmJWf-T-dxZWuZcf_NBoVqyg3aaQ/s1600/bm+midnight+oil+sw+dover+white++colourific+bs+com.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benjamin Moore, Midnight Oil with<br /><br />Sherwin Williams, Dover White trim.</td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Now pick a door color.  One that will be cheerful even on a Pacific Northwest gray day!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiXeYjLLQIgQb1lmd_qEamIWbEF0w701X5tagE0lPD6FT__aCb5FsPlY0mTy8EaPP89vuzhO6KI3GOQBUBuJaMa1JvlapT8pRf5vmW0mPRgeZxgu8H6SUssLL2HPMYmoKMRhMCUt0sp0/s1600/blog+hgtv+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiXeYjLLQIgQb1lmd_qEamIWbEF0w701X5tagE0lPD6FT__aCb5FsPlY0mTy8EaPP89vuzhO6KI3GOQBUBuJaMa1JvlapT8pRf5vmW0mPRgeZxgu8H6SUssLL2HPMYmoKMRhMCUt0sp0/s1600/blog+hgtv+com.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rvSDsr1NMzOvmESmobFQOt8NB-t9fiFHLCSx1sNumYnft0c-ixsqgCMil4b4M-XqZpJ38rVD59Py0C6M2oZV6it2S0ejtZkFbQoGSg1N1Z8_v0_2ta9fUVtWnpXjrNiA5ey62GAeQR8/s1600/chiclittlehouse+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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PEACH AND GRAY PALETTE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><br />About 17 years ago my father passed away.  He's the handsome guy on the left in this late 40's photograph.<br /><br />That's a real dimple in his chin, and the hat tipped a little rakishly over his eyes was a signature style, too.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJqcH1NwdyGAr35eCq0Zo4eFDO4xSiLDzQY8FsQn0ncXp4M1x6sIa3uIpAF66iYJRdhjTr1k0ehh-M_QhSZ-D5z5xg7ehyphenhyphenKnPGPcjhSzuhC4mYD4gx2u9UAHMnAQw4HOX82eBRGmt4hs/s1600/mom+and+dad+early+marriage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJqcH1NwdyGAr35eCq0Zo4eFDO4xSiLDzQY8FsQn0ncXp4M1x6sIa3uIpAF66iYJRdhjTr1k0ehh-M_QhSZ-D5z5xg7ehyphenhyphenKnPGPcjhSzuhC4mYD4gx2u9UAHMnAQw4HOX82eBRGmt4hs/s1600/mom+and+dad+early+marriage.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />That beautiful woman on the right is my sweet mother, Afton.  She was devoted to him for over 60 years.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />We lost her yesterday.</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Afton was nearly 98 years old and mother to 9.  </div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Mom and Dad were married in the depression era, she just shy of her 17th birthday and he a robust 22 year old.  They married young in those days...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />They also sewed clothing, made quilts, canned fruit, baked bread, ironed clothing, milked cows, gathered eggs and shot the occasional pheasant out the back door for dinner.  The depression and a large family made her thrifty and clever.   She had a great capacity to love, a thirst for knowledge, an appreciation of beauty and a talent for needlework and homemaking.  She gave home perms to her girls, and sewed all their clothing.  She became so good at it that she won ribbons at the county fair for her skills. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbsXvb0aT5LYmKhrCTPw4GaIPQVQOaQP0n1_Ptj7nBJqxHtldajToAOqiEDbHSTaj4DkAiT2hwMl7utUu6duSaYv3bG9iIIAUYtccNm8-ZmwAC2esMiFRkOh3GEMSjcizrvrMZkhtAC4/s1600/1238154_10202540362423882_252732598_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbsXvb0aT5LYmKhrCTPw4GaIPQVQOaQP0n1_Ptj7nBJqxHtldajToAOqiEDbHSTaj4DkAiT2hwMl7utUu6duSaYv3bG9iIIAUYtccNm8-ZmwAC2esMiFRkOh3GEMSjcizrvrMZkhtAC4/s1600/1238154_10202540362423882_252732598_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />I look at my stainless steel appliances, my gas dryer, store bought clothing and zippy little car that takes me wherever I need to go and wonder how she did it all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />When I was a teenager, she added 'teacher' to the mix .  She taught English and Social Studies at a school in Pesega, Western Samoa; just one of the many countries in which we lived.  She loved the South Pacific. She could sit all day and watch and listen to the ocean. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> She loved to travel.  I was astonished to discover she climbed the Eiffel Tower at age 91.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />    In her last years she had begun to depart from us.  Her memory retreated to the past and we weren't always recognized.  Sweet Afton, we will miss you, but are so happy you can be reunited with Daddy, and brother Boyd who left us 7 years ago.  You live on forever in memory.  I love you Mom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6z-20hAKPRpxxNQ45QWvl6ews8TwA2jWO77TDYBzc1h-JzXZ1_HgjBXMLOIyYfxnNhSodeIUWRpJRyNuME2Cb1NGR6c7Bqti4LiEf1_hPbkaM9zv7fZoqON7zVj355WVjwBgymvDT30/s1600/10590601_10203587230114920_1506051949921777370_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6z-20hAKPRpxxNQ45QWvl6ews8TwA2jWO77TDYBzc1h-JzXZ1_HgjBXMLOIyYfxnNhSodeIUWRpJRyNuME2Cb1NGR6c7Bqti4LiEf1_hPbkaM9zv7fZoqON7zVj355WVjwBgymvDT30/s1600/10590601_10203587230114920_1506051949921777370_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Sincere, heartfelt thanks to all of my wonderful friends, readers and family who have reached out with love, hugs, prayers and kindness.  I am touched beyond words.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br />QUESTION FROM A READER:<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br />Hi Claudine -</div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br />My husband and I are in the process of a closing on our very first home.  The main level of the home is a peachy cream color and the basement is a mint green.  At this time, we can only spare enough cash to paint one level and I chose the basement b/c it's just so horrible.  I feel like I can live with the peachiness of the main level, but I'm having the hardest time deciding on a furniture color/color scheme to match the walls. My dream would be to start over and paint the entire house in a silvery grey with some darker grey rooms/accent walls splashed in, but we can't afford that right now. </div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br />I have attached a couple pictures of the living room and adjoining breakfast area/kitchen to get your thoughts.  The pictures are from the listing so none of the furniture/décor will remain....thank goodness! :)  I was considering a heather grey or very light taupe color living room set, but I just don't know that it would work...maybe with an area rug with a splash of peach? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEc4Eu6lelxO5tDhUT6ZuY63syir45aahxlEnv5pIdtphDY7EkePp3k56l-dvDh2FRRgDWSHMp_8dTcXzRO-Kox32C7X07QNJtoDWsXjPjWWVWGpITfYvnHlv73qPsEnOuVLah80fjmQI/s1600/PEACH+breakfast+area.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br />Thank you.</div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px;"><br />Julie<br /><br /><br /><br />Hi Julie,<br /><br />You said your dream would be to repaint in a silvery gray palette, and I would definitely work towards that goal as you add rugs and furnishings to this area.   Try not to get stuck in the peach zone.  These rooms above are far too warm - the walls are warm, the rug is warm, the fabrics are warm the woods are warm. Results are an overheated color scheme.  Peach tones will work nicely with a medium to dark gray sofa, and you can pretty much ignore the whole peach color scheme, as it will become a neutral and a background as you add more of your gray tones and your accent colors.  When you can eventually repaint with the colors you prefer, you won't have to redecorate again.  Find a rug that has colors you love but that will also look nice with the wall color - Here's an example of what I'm trying to explain...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScJo0CwYqWRDHHYbUXrHjcy5N_eUOG2Vt9Ci4XrcA0FZ3IjnpoKm4eFM91Azjop8MjZpDw4_jeitkCFiX7EE57sNYIqNtmE9P1LMBUdxiZ7J6QdizSf8wkEaCnMlU7Cug8axi6TNHo9Q/s1600/edgecomb-gray-guest-room++housetweaking+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScJo0CwYqWRDHHYbUXrHjcy5N_eUOG2Vt9Ci4XrcA0FZ3IjnpoKm4eFM91Azjop8MjZpDw4_jeitkCFiX7EE57sNYIqNtmE9P1LMBUdxiZ7J6QdizSf8wkEaCnMlU7Cug8axi6TNHo9Q/s1600/edgecomb-gray-guest-room++housetweaking+com.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housetweaking.com/">House Tweaking</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScJo0CwYqWRDHHYbUXrHjcy5N_eUOG2Vt9Ci4XrcA0FZ3IjnpoKm4eFM91Azjop8MjZpDw4_jeitkCFiX7EE57sNYIqNtmE9P1LMBUdxiZ7J6QdizSf8wkEaCnMlU7Cug8axi6TNHo9Q/s1600/edgecomb-gray-guest-room++housetweaking+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Grays are a natural with peach and coral tones...  The cool grays look great against the warm peach and coral tones.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzet-EJyN3uIvqt_z-wPiErrfBS8ECCFelmhWr3tKgEs7pJvnct_xcAqTW8x6pjJY5WnPbmlgN8WlM3Eb4DfdiUxeShgpRVDkWrn9Aafw_a-218iIdF7k-Kn_TMlCf2Vw1BM_ZikkvQY/s1600/becolorful+tp+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzet-EJyN3uIvqt_z-wPiErrfBS8ECCFelmhWr3tKgEs7pJvnct_xcAqTW8x6pjJY5WnPbmlgN8WlM3Eb4DfdiUxeShgpRVDkWrn9Aafw_a-218iIdF7k-Kn_TMlCf2Vw1BM_ZikkvQY/s1600/becolorful+tp+com.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.becolorful.typepad.com/">Be Colorful</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> You can even accent with deeper coral.  It looks amazing with gray.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bmR3b1E4c7AHoI1uBQ6dC2ulDVvE3grPOavtocFEtZoM0KL25s5dhpMFOu29QqJ3XnFrNOo2atwq1SxCQUUSrNen8mGFM5PRJSir4lSJ-jhdAio96WXoO71F8TgDEcqNoE9EJTTOjfY/s1600/d8bd8c6105a7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bmR3b1E4c7AHoI1uBQ6dC2ulDVvE3grPOavtocFEtZoM0KL25s5dhpMFOu29QqJ3XnFrNOo2atwq1SxCQUUSrNen8mGFM5PRJSir4lSJ-jhdAio96WXoO71F8TgDEcqNoE9EJTTOjfY/s1600/d8bd8c6105a7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Find a rug you love that will look nice with the wall color,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> and the color you want to live with in the future...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIz-nknhxLZOTzsg8QbK_tVvV5iiW89fRvytnFHaibTDo5cjkOEEUXQTqgzIT8L0RrjVwUST5kIIcE6Lb1GKYqwDWKA6nuAZuh0tGejaiOIg4nUSZ5rjETC2ZsbvtBZdGadb1PAyAcgY/s1600/becolorful+tp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIz-nknhxLZOTzsg8QbK_tVvV5iiW89fRvytnFHaibTDo5cjkOEEUXQTqgzIT8L0RrjVwUST5kIIcE6Lb1GKYqwDWKA6nuAZuh0tGejaiOIg4nUSZ5rjETC2ZsbvtBZdGadb1PAyAcgY/s1600/becolorful+tp1.jpg" width="312" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.becolorful.typepad.com/">Be Colorful</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> Gray and peach really play nicely together...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmGrFl5NiqXL_bQifg6GE4NoB9SZVZkTZZbR6Jl2JaSIR4qfg4AmrhmVhsMuWy2jEeeqFIiy1ydIDmnI2QOs-22tXNIjKXXcib_odCR15qdszwA2d0CZ1OWgbVhyphenhyphena-nsNsI5SKPtlCN4/s1600/interior-homedecor+bs+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmGrFl5NiqXL_bQifg6GE4NoB9SZVZkTZZbR6Jl2JaSIR4qfg4AmrhmVhsMuWy2jEeeqFIiy1ydIDmnI2QOs-22tXNIjKXXcib_odCR15qdszwA2d0CZ1OWgbVhyphenhyphena-nsNsI5SKPtlCN4/s1600/interior-homedecor+bs+com.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.interior-homedecor.blogspot.com/">Interior Home Decor</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> Peach and coral are making a huge comeback right now - mainly because grays go so well with them and it doesn't have to look like the 90's anymore...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qwuycXDxmuu0V8lsMZ7Xfyjxb9eIB5p02I_sqNMOy3_SFAAeFq4vtfaN3-zIgexhDKORRP16qhyFeqjUWYO5GTaimBW2QuW2AJIyvx250LTmefKa63DvZsiMqvoCxr8rS0EN1F_Rc7M/s1600/nieseology+bs+com.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="572" /></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nieseology.blogspot.com/">Nieseology</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> Coral and peach are always flattering to a woman's skin tones....</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />something else to consider...</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGlCOUA5uOoS182q-myLYGc3bVTjCQy1eNMM-EUqnEyL-QVoRtIgTXlejtq-g1l5yJDcz_m_mZIsglWYet5vmmrIleHyIMRx2a_FgsrMgHByQzCie7xfSpcip-bs6fbs4yvE2nBdNrW4/s1600/sallyjenseninteriors+com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGlCOUA5uOoS182q-myLYGc3bVTjCQy1eNMM-EUqnEyL-QVoRtIgTXlejtq-g1l5yJDcz_m_mZIsglWYet5vmmrIleHyIMRx2a_FgsrMgHByQzCie7xfSpcip-bs6fbs4yvE2nBdNrW4/s1600/sallyjenseninteriors+com.jpg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sallyjenseninteriors.com/">Sally Jensen</a></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />So, you might fall in love with an 'updated' peach and gray color scheme.  I kind of love this combination!  Add some dark woods, painted finishes and deeper shades of peach (coral and russet) to the gray and you have a completely updated look.  </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />Good Luck!</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /></div><br />

PEACH AND GRAY PALETTE

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