IL Divo in Concert

Hello to all my sweet friends,
This week will not be participating in Pink Saturday since I have been so busy and no time to get my pinks together. Instead will post this concert that my daughter Julie and I went to.
It was in down town Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater to see IL Divo. Don't know if you have heard of them, they have been on TV many times and travel doing concerts all over the world also have several albums recorded.
The concert was amazing.


My pictures were terrible, had it not been for Julie we would have no pictures at all.

It's difficult taking pictures during a concert cause you don't want to miss anything.

These are four men, each from a different country, all with fabulous voices and were
discovered by Simon Cowell.

This is Carlos, he is from Spain and he was our favorite.

We had a fantastic time, the Nokia Theater and LA Live are amazing, it's like Las Vegas there at night. People everywhere, restaurants and so much to see. My daughter tries to take me to one or two concerts every summer. Last year we went to the Hollywood Bowl a couple of times. That certainly was fun, she took delicious food and wine, I will not soon forget this one.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and talk to all of you soon. Enjoy Pink Saturday.

Pink Gerber Daisies

Hi dear pink friends,
Pink Saturday is here again and hope all of you have been well and enjoying summer. Here it's been pretty hot, above 90 everyday.
My granddaughter Kelly was over to visit and brought me these beautiful Gerber Daisies. Well I just had to share them with all of you today. I love the color.
Gerbera is important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip).


I had them in the dining room but now they are here in our bedroom.
Ornamental plants from the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was named in honour of the German botanist and naturalist Traugott Gerber.

I don't have Gerber Daisies in my garden but looking forward to having them next summer. Thank you Beverly for hosting our Pink Saturday that we all love so much. Link on my side bar so you can see many other beautiful pinks.
Remember: In the garden we don't count the hours! How true, I forget everything when I am in my garden.

I know some of you enjoy seeing pictures my husband Rick takes from his wheel chair, so if you missed the last post it;s the one right below this one. Thanks for looking.

From Rick's Wheel Chair

Hello dear friends,
Well Rick and his camera were at it again. We went to the historic landmark San Gabriel Mission and took a walking tour, of course he was in his wheel chair.This mission was founded in 1771 and was designed by Father Antonio Cruzado of Spain. Rick was able to take a few pictures and that made him very happy, so here they are hope you enjoy them.
Here we have Jesus at the mission cemetery.


A sweet angel not far from Jesus.

This is inside the old church.

Our Mother Mary holding her Son. This is so beautiful.

Outside on the grounds we came across this lovely Virgin of Guadalupe.

This was the 4th mission built of 21 that we have here in California.

Father Serra the founder of the missions.

A small angel, these two were small and low on the ground, easy for him to photograph.

Jesus, no words needed.

Gorgeous angel, this one was my favorite.

The famous Mission Bells. They were very important and rang everyday to call the residents to work and to eat.

Oh what a wonderful day we had, we forgot the sunscreen and he burned his arms, but he was alright, actually he didn't even mind it because he had a great day.
He hopes you enjoyed this special day at the San Gabriel Mission. The grounds are so beautiful and so many grape vines, oh my goodness, they are everywhere.
Hope this week is a blessed one for all of you.

Vintage Pink Rose Plates

Hello to all my sweet pink friends, Did we all survive the parties for Beverly? Did we eat enough cake or what, wow I was really stuffed, bet you all were also.
Went to GW this week and found these darling small vintage cake plates, speaking of cake. It's a set of six plates. They have a lovely pink rose then some morning glories another small pink rose on the opposite side.

Made in U.S.A. by Knowles China Co.

Aren't they sweet? All have gilding trim.

I was so happy and excited when I found them, that's all I bought that day.

Will have to get a cake or make one to enjoy my new plates. Think will wait a week or so. Hope all of you have been enjoying a lovely week, here it's been in the 80's quite pleasant but know that other parts of the country have been very hot. Hope you visit all the other pink posts, just click on the button to your right for Pink Saturday.
Blessings to all...

Happy Birthday Beverly

Hello to my Pink Friends and a "Big Happy Birthday to our dear friend Beverly" I had trouble linking up since last night but happy to finally be here.
Ok, let's get the party going. We have two tables ready for the party, this first one is Pink, of course, the second one is Yellow further down since these are the favorite colors of our Birthday girl Beverly.
May this angel always be at your side.

Isn't this table pretty?

A pink rose for you today.

Here is our yellow table all ready for the party.

We are having delicious cupcakes.

Sweet yellow flowers from my garden.

Of course we will also have this delightful cake, hope we have enough for all of us.
Tea will be ready soon, so let's all gather around and sing to Beverly.

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Beverly, Happy Birthday to you" ... thank you for Pink Saturday. Enjoy your special day.
Photos courtesy of Pinterest.

More Half Face Dolls

Hello Dear Friends, Hope all of you are enjoying a perfect summer.
On my last post I showed a half face doll, well some of you had never heard of them, so I decided to show you a few more. Actually they are lapel pins half dolls.
This first one I have had since the 50's and think it's my favorite. I still wear it sometimes and always get compliments. Love the little fox.

I purchased this beauty in a vintage shop. They had such pretty little faces.


I had a small piece of this leopard fabric, don't need much for them, so decided to decorate her in it. I am pleased with the results.

This is the one I showed in my last post. Here is a closer look at her. They are still made but they look nothing like these, the faces are smaller and not very pretty.

I will be joining Ivy and Elephants, What's it Wednesday, link on my side bar.
Well this gives you a little look at yesterdays half face dolls lapel pins. Have a wonderful rest of this beautiful week.
Something to think about: Today being the 25th, only 5 months left till Christmas.

Half Face Doll

Hi Pink Friends,
This week my pink post is even smaller than last week. I have been painting our bedroom all week, will probably finish it tomorrow Sunday, wow! what a job. I painted it about 5 years ago but let's face it I'm 5 years older now.

You probably have seen these little half face dolls, well cleaning I found a couple of them and decided to make this one up. I made her a pink velvet hat and matching scarf with rhinestones, had some pretty red hair so gave it to her. She matched this bathroom pretty good so she lives here now.



Another view.

I am a bit tired tonight, I cannot use a roller to paint, have tried but just cannot use it, therefore, the brush is all I use. Going up and down the ladder has been good exercise for me, so far my legs are not sore. Happy Pink Saturday to everyone and thank you to Beverly for allowing all of us to show our Pinks every week.

Lil' Pink for Today

Hi to all my pink friends,
A very small Pink Saturday post today because I have been so busy getting ready for a boutique tomorrow, it's Christmas in July. Finally all ready to go in the morning. However, did manage to get a little post.

I bought this box in a thrift shop for $2. and decorated it to save small treasures. Along with it have added my pink crochet thread and my pink scissors and tape measure, which you might of seen on another post and a wood spool of thread which I made into a cute little girl to hold ribbon.

Another view.



I hand painted this little poodle on a small pillow for my etsy shop.

Well that's it my friends, off I go to finish getting ready for the weekend, it's a two day show. Enjoy your week, stay happy and healthy.
Join me and other pretty pinks at Pink Saturday, link on side bar.

My New Swan

Hi to all My Pink Friends, Today I have to share my new swan. Think I am on a roll with GW, can you believe I bought this swan for $5.95? It wasn't priced so asked the gentleman that was arranging things if he could get it priced, he gladly went to the back and came with this price on the swan. I thanked him and this gorgeous swan came home with me and now sits on our bed.
But first I wanted to share with you a couple of bottles that I decorated with lace and some bling.



Isn't he beautiful? I need a name for him, any suggestions?

I placed him here next to my pink candelabra.



Thank you Beverly for again sponsoring this wonderful Pink Saturday that we all enjoy so much. I'll leave you with this verse.
"May love and laughter linger long in hearts gathered here"