Gold friends. Silver friends. Make room for both.
A Golden Lesson about Friendship: how a life-long friend made my day, with just a photo and one sentence. It feels good to be known.
Tag Archives: beauty
Pretty Place Chapel (A peaceful place for December)
As the year wraps up, why not add a peaceful view to your computer desktop this month? Read the story behind the featured calendar image called “Pretty Place Chapel. And download your free December calendar compliments of Greenville artist, Marie Scott.
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A peaceful, plan-free place. Calendar #60.
Export to PDF | Export to DOC I like TO plan. In most areas of my life, I like things to be figured out well ahead of time. Then I like to stick with that plan. Carpool plans. High School plans. Retirement plans. ‘What to order at the restaurant two days from now’ plans. ‘What to do with the […]
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Labor Day 2009: Sandy Sheets for a Greater Good—
Export to PDF | Export to DOCI do not like sand in my bed. I do like crisp clean sheets, multiple throw pillows, and a dust ruffle. All of these items must perfectly coordinate with both with the comforter, and (obviously) with each other. To make my world complete there should also be an afghan that offers not only […]
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Jumping off the Hamster Wheel
Export to PDF | Export to DOCSnapshots from my reentry into sanity, as three years of retail frenzy comes to an end… Today is Day 25 since we closed up my store. What seemed like a straightforward idea, has actually turned out to be much cloudier than I would ever have imagined. I don’t think I realized how wound up I […]
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The Sunflower Story: Our Final Chapter
Export to PDF | Export to DOC Sunflower is now packed up and moved out. While the memories are still fresh in my mind, I wanted to document the final days of our time in this special space we called “Sunflower.” Although the final chapter at this location has ended… We have many NEW stories to begin! Thank you Sunflower friends, for […]
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Thank you, Sunflower Friends (12 months of memories)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCLooking back on the fullest year of my life. Many, MANY thanks are in order. Many, MANY people have become good friends of Sunflower! The primary people I would like to thank are the members of The Sunflower Team since the opening of our store in July 2014. Kyle Without Kyle’s hard work, […]
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The first day of the rest of my life! [ August 2015 Calendar ]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCWe closed my Sunflower shop last night. For the last time. July was a bitter-sweeet month. One dream ended, so a new dream could be born. I am happy. But very, very tired. Next week I will post photos. Today is Saturday. The first Saturday since July, 2014 that I […]
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Our Grocery Store Beautification Project (The making of Sunflower – part 2)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCA photo diary: How “Sunflower” was born last summer… My husband Tim and I love to take old places and make them new. We normally do this to neglected houses, but last year we did it to an old grocery store. It took a couple months, and added more than […]
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The Home Stretch. (Why wasn’t I home sleeping?)
Export to PDF | Export to DOCThe Home Stretch. Definition: “The last part of a long or difficult activity.” We are starting to wrap up our final days at The Sunflower Gift Shop this week. It has been “a long and difficult activity” to say the least. But we wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. As this […]
