My Favorite Things

Come and join in the fun for My Favorite Things hosted by 320 Sycamore. You'll be delighted I'm sure.
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Where do I begin? I have so much that are my favorites so let's just take a journey through my house and see.

Perfume or oil fragrances I'm never without. I love smelling good and I do because I've had dozens of people stop and ask me what is the fragrance I'm wearing at any given time. So here are a couple of my favorite scents. If I like them I don't care what they cost. It's my one indulgence!

Plumeria,Michael Kors, Samsara, Beyond Paradise, Fracas, Night Magic, Red Door, Lolita Lempicka, Burberry, Poison, Shalimar and Tatiana are my most frequent ones used. Fracas is one my mother gave me about 40 years ago. It's an oil and I've used it sparingly through the years. It should now last me for the rest of my life! I have looked and looked for more but nowhere have I found it. It's french so maybe someplace in France might still have it.

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Dishes. I have some favorite plates I bought several years. They are stunningly gorgeous and hard to photograph because of the real gold on them.
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Crystal stemware. These are just 2 of my collection of stemware. We don't drink alcohol but I love to put juices or soft drinks in them, makes it seem very elegant. These are extremely delicate and fragile. I have so many goblets that I'll never use them all at once. They aren't dirty, just the sun glinting off them.
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I love to read just about anything but this is my favorite book of all times. It changed my life. I've bought several and given them to friends. I don't think the book touched their lives as much as it touched mine. I'll be grateful forever for what this woman taught me in this book. I enjoy the mundane things of life much more and truly try to live like she suggests.
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An artist I discovered through the pages of Victoria magazine was Susan Rios. She's my favorite of all times. I feel her paintings more than any other I've seen. Words cannot even come close to conveying how much I adore her paintings and I have several of them.

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Apple Mac Computer. Love Bunny has doubts about what I'd get out of the house first if there were a fire: him or my Mac. I don't know either. My Apple Cinema Display is 21" and fantastic.

Max, my computer. He just sits there looking all innocent like he's doing nothing, but I know Max; he's working very hard! Trust me, he's NOT innocent; he knows all my secrets. *Wink*
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Lamps are another thing I love to redo and frequently, when I'm feeling the need for a change somewhere, the lamps get it. This consternates Love Bunny to no end! This was a yard sale find for about a dollar. It's heavy wood but I painted it pink, added some decals and refurbished a lampshade.
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I saw a painting by a woman who was in my eBay group and just fell in love with it. Again, it spoke to my heart. I told her and she gifted me with this one. I adore Holly for this gift that has so touched me. She probably doesn't know it hangs behind my family room sofa in a place of honor so I can view it from my chair across from it.
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Many, many years ago this was given to me as a Christmas gift with evergreens and red carnations. It was the most beautiful bouquet and since we lived in the SF Bay area I love the whimsical victorian vase. I presently keep faux roses in it.
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