Enjoy with me, the spring wildflowers on the Prairie.
Meggie Mac
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
The Sandwich Clue for Thursday Show and Tell
As with so many pieces I have collected over the years, I must work at finding a good story to tell you.
Although I've had this beautiful hand-painted tray for many years, it wasn't until last week that I tried to find some answers on it's origin.
The whiteware, stamped "UNO Favorite Bavaria", was produced by the well known C. Hutschenreuther Company in Germany.
It took several days before I found the most interesting story about the red stamp Sandwich.
A mother, already well-known for her portrait paintings, and her two daughters, produced hand-painted china in the early 1900's, using the imported whiteware.
Because of a long illness her son suffered, Mrs. M.H. Sandwich and her children, left
their native Georgia to a dryer climate in Texas.
It's in Corsicana, Texas, where Mrs. Sandwich imported crates of Bavarian China, to be hand-decorated, using her memories and love of her native South.
It is said, that during those years, thousands of pieces were produced.
A family cottage industry ....and I have one small piece of it.
Meggie Mac
Monday, April 20, 2015
Peaceful Setting for Monday's Country Backroads
A footbridge....
and, a slow moving stream.
It's the beginning of another week.
Time to explore the other side of the bridge...
Meggie Mac
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Down in the Valley with InSPIREd Sunday
The Old Country Church
lyrics by JD Sumner
" Oh I'd like to go back
To that old country church
To hear the songs of praise
How the people would sing
It would make the rafters ring
At that old, that old country church"
Meggie Mac
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone on Friday Fences
How about a fence photo from November 2013, when my daughter and I went to Scotland....
Here we are waiting for the boat to arrive, that will take us to Urquhart Castle.
The Jacobite Warrior
I was hoping the motion on the water would not spoil the day.
The thought of arriving at Urquhart Castle, via boat, was more than I could imagine.
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Pinch me....I'm sailing across the legendary Loch Ness, looking for the mystical monster.
Much to our surprise, a rainbow appeared over the water.
Stepping out of your comfort zone is where the magic begins....
Meggie Mac
Linking today with The Run Around Ranch
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Elegance in Bloom...
Do you not agree there is an elegance about the Calla Lily? I often see them in brides bouquets.
It's how one might describe the "little black dress" or a beautiful china cup and saucer.
And like so many other tuberous plants, it faithfully blooms each year, with little to no help from me...
Meggie Mac
Sunday, April 12, 2015
A Reminder of Easter for InSPIREd Sunday
While driving through a small Texas town last week end, I spotted the flower covered cross.
I'm sorry to say the doors were locked.
Even from the outside, one can see how beautiful the windows are.
It wasn't until I edited the photos, did I see the bird at the right of the steeple.
The church is a relatively new structure, dating 1950.
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Casting Crowns
"Come to the Well"
Meggie Mac
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