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Friday, July 6, 2012

Three Generations Of Women's Hands

This post is my 1200th post. I can't believe I've blabbered that much.
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A friend told me recently that I had beautiful hands and another friend with us agreed with her. I was stunned. I have 70 yr. old hands with brown spots. These hands had been beautiful once. Sometimes when I look at them and see the wrinkles and brown spots of age, I wonder with a start: whose hands are these? A stranger's, certainly an old woman's. Not mine, not Connie's.

But then I see my daughter's and granddaughter's and great granddaughter's tiny little hands and I see mine 30 years ago. Yes, thy have the same structure, the same coloring, except mine are now spotted with age. We use our hands in the same manner and that pleases me. Yes, our hands do look alike. Three and now four generations of hands. All of us women in the family are expressive with our hands. We all keep the nails close-cut because we're all on computers all the time, but all of us have long slender fingers. Mine aren't as slender as theirs are now but they were several years ago.

I'm just thrilled to see my progeny before I die. Many don't, but I love seeing how much we are all alike and the ways we're different. Same temperament for the most part. I wonder how we'll all fit together in the eternity. I'm only speaking of the girls now. My boys are just about all mellow, sweet and kind. We women have more spark to us. ;-) We're all definitely the alpha dogs in the family.
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Let’s start off with some beautiful pillows. Of course, this whole room looks gorgeous though.


Same here. Just a beautiful vignette in someone’s beautiful hobby room.


Rustic meets romantic shabby. Yep, love this room!


This looks like a shop somewhere and I wish I knew where that somewhere was. ;-)


Adorable! And I’m making a set of those COOK letters and giving them away. It’ll be a couple of weeks, but I’m doing it.


Another absolutely stunning lamp I thought you’d love to see.


A bedroom I could live in, you betcha!


Simple stone cottage in the UK.


And another cottage with bright yellow shutters and red flowers surrounding it.


Looks like the owner took a fireplace and incorporated it into a headboard for a beautiful shabby look.


I still have a Pyrex bowl like the yellow one on the bottom. My mother gave it to me over 50 years ago and it was old when she gave it to me. I use it all the time. I’ll never part with it.


These are my kind of colors, especially that pink on the stucco.


A sweet entry for you. I can’t quite get the floor though. Looks like brickwork and some stone showing through where the door swings.


Somewhere in the Mediterranean. I’m guessing Greece.


Even city apartment dwellers long for gardens and a place to sit outside and eat. This has got to be one of the smallest I’ve ever seen though.


Pretty display in a kitchen.


I love the blue cabinets but the tiles would drive me nuts with my OCD. ☺


Cute display of purple flowers.
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21 comments:

  1. Beautiful post! Congratulations on so many posts - 1200!!!
    My hands are 71, but still, thankfully, working away :)
    I have that same large yellow Pyrex bowl, plus the red & blue from the set. It was my mother's set. Sadly, we broke the green one when we were kids. Trying to think how old those must be, probably at least 60 yrs old, maybe older. My own set, a wedding gift, is 50 yrs. old this year - sadly, I broke one of them just this year.

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  2. Oh my, I love everything in this post!! It so beautiful. I have that exact yellow Pyrex bowl that belonged to my grandmother. I cherish it so much. Thanks for sharing this awesome post. :)
    Have a great weekend.

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  3. Beautiful settings throughout your post. I have 60 year old hands and it always shocks me, when I look at them, that I see my mother's hands! Never thought my hands looked like hers until the last few years. I found your link at How Sweet's pink party, thanks for sharing with us. Hugs ~ Mary

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  4. Loved your post, Connie...You've still got over 30 more years to go, at least, so take care of those hands!

    Oh, I like all your photos. Especially those pastel dishes and that gorgeous romantic soothing bedroom.

    Blessings for a Happy Pink Saturday,
    Marianne

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  5. Loved your post, Connie...You've still got over 30 more years to go, at least, so take care of those hands!

    Oh, I like all your photos. Especially those pastel dishes and that gorgeous romantic soothing bedroom.

    Blessings for a Happy Pink Saturday,
    Marianne

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  6. Connie, congratulatons on a huge number of posts...I ahve enjoyed every one that I have read.

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  7. Beautiful, beautiful post. I just love everything you shared. Congratulations on 1,200 posts!! I can't even imagine. lol That's so awesome. Happy Pink Saturday!

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  8. Yes, I could definitely there, in any one of those rooms. Gorgeous! Happy Pink Saturday, Connie!

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  9. Pretty pinks! Happy pink saturday and have a GREAT week end!
    (Check out my pinks! NIC)

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  10. Beautiful images! Happy Pink Saturday!

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  11. How wonderful it must be to see that many generations of hands and so similar! In our family it is head shape that seems to carry over. Most noticed when a baby is born we say the baby has our family's head. so Funny. I like seeing same hands more! Lovely pink bedroom I could live there too.

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  12. Congratulations on your 1,200 posts Connie. I'm a fairly new reader but I have enjoyed every post I ever read and your photos are out of this world. Your photos always make me happy and they always inspire me.

    I love those purple flowers. That bedroom you could live in is very unique because of the patterns in the fabric. Check and floral is not often seen together. I also love the shelves filled with pastel dishes and also that shabby chic store all done up in white. The work room with all the colourful pastel boxes, jars and threads is exquisite. I would be in heaven working in a room like that one.

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  13. Wow that is a lot of posts!! I haven't even made it to 200 yet! Congrats on 1200!!! Love all the images and photos you have shared...just beautiful!
    Miss Bloomers

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  14. Lovely post Connie - all the beautiful photos are so inspirational on so many levels. Thanks for sharing these with us. Happy Pink Saturday to you, Dru

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  15. Hey sweet Pea! Love the pretty pics you shared with us today. I still have the whole set of my moms pyrex bowls. Love them. I know what you mean about the hands. We just to what we can to take care of them. Take care and stay cool!

    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  16. Hi Connie! This is a beautiful post. I wouldn't mind living in that cute cottage with the flower-filled window boxes! Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs, Terri

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  17. Hi Connie...I loved every photo...I want to live in one of those stone cottages with the window boxes!
    Happy Pink Saturday! xo Tami

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  18. My hands are like my daddy's not soft or feminine at all, my mom and my 3 sisters have the pretty hands :)
    I love the photos you chose for today, makes me want to pack my suitcase and hit the road! HPS!

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  19. Lovely pics. Thanks for sharing. Don't you just love that door with the 3 glass sections?
    ~ ~Ahrisha~ ~

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  20. Happy Pink Saturday,Connie. You have a beautiful post! Love your photo's.
    Blessings,
    Lisa

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  21. Hi Connie! Lovely images and congrats on your 1200th post. Thanks for linking to the Open House Party.

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