Friday, February 5, 2010

Pink Saturday Longing for gloves and Corsages…

It’s been a long, cold, wet winter here in Central Texas…and we’re ready for spring and sunshine. Usually we are year around iced tea girls. But this year I have the same bag of ice in the freezer that I bought before Christmas…you think I’m kidding?…It’s been hot tea, hot cider, hot cocoa, more coffee…I’m just so ready for spring that I’m playing make-believe…I’m pretending that it’s almost Easter and I’m picking which gloves I’ll wear this year…

chinese new year tree pink gloves 012  I guess I should pick PINK in honor of the day…they are easy to find stored in their PINK  satin glove keeper…

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Isn’t that just the sweetest lingerie drawer accessory? I was thinking that I wanted to go back in time  and pin on a rosy velvet corsage like this vintage beauty…

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Yep, I was dreaming of slipping into my lovely gloves

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Then I realized that in those Audrey Hepburn days there were no microwave ovens… and then I also recalled that back in the day there were girdles and garter belts…and we never went anywhere without stockings…and we had to sleep in hair rollers because curling irons had yet to be invented…and worst of all there were no blogs…no far-flung friendships via the net…it gets worse: there was no Netflix…NO NETFLIX!!! And so I’ll admire those sweet pink reminders of days gone by while I dream of spring flowers and Easter colors. And I’ll visit Beverly and all the beautiful pink that the day has to offer…http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Isn’t that the best part of Pink Saturday…no matter what the day is like, we always have this beautiful, inspiring retreat waiting for us just a few key strokes away…Thanks, Beverly. And thanks for stopping by.

5 comments:

Nancy said...

Luscious pink gloves. Are you serious? the same bag of ice. Can't wait to see you next week...are you ready to make banners? xoxo

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Love the gloves! So Dainty...
Debbie@Debbie-Dabble

Unknown said...

Love your Pinks. Happy Pink Saturday. Don't forget to visit me. It is your only chance to enter my giveaway.
Nancy

Unknown said...

Happy Pink Saturday, LaVerne! You have such a lovely collection of gloves. Your glove keeper is chariming and the pink gloves are so chic!

My pink post is late today; that dang post scheduler! I'll get it right one day ha!

Hope you can still stop by for a visit!

Have a lovely Pink weekend!
Tina

Gail said...

Aw so true, there is alot to be said for today. I often wonder how they got along with out phones and computers.



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