Holiday

[mousiegirl]

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@lucymo wrote:

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@lucymo wrote:

@mousiegirlHere is a picture of the Home Interiors Rooster.  He's about 17-18" tall.  He stays out all year somewhere.

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@lucymo  Wow, a big fellow, and beautiful.  You are safe, lol, blue doesn't fit in around here.  I love his posture and beak open, as it should be since roosters use their voices 24/7, at least in this area.

Thank you for posting the picture.

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@mousiegirlI don't use blue either but since he has other colors I don't mind.  I've had him for years.

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@lucymo  I do like the teal color, I just don't care for blue other than sky, water, and eyes, I am weird, lol.

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@mousiegirl  I love the turquoise color too, aqua and teal.  This isn't as bright as it appears in the picture but still blue.  I just don't like blue even in fashion other than navy or royal blue.  I am weird too so we were sisters in another life.  lol

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@lucymo  Turquoise is my birthstone.  Do you remember when aqua was the color rage way back when?  My Mother actually painted her klitchen this color with a chocolate brown wallpaper in the dining area with kitchen motif on it.  I don't remember I I picked the color or the wallpaper, but I picked somethinhg, a little designer from the get-go, lol.

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@mousiegirl  I sure do remember when turquoise was so popular.  We were living in SC and we bought the plastic lace doilies we cut out the round center, tucked in the foil pot pie pans then crocheted the circle back on with Turquiose crochet thread. Crocheted a second lace doily on the back and attached a piece of plastic cherries or grapes and they were wall hangings.  Usually in a two's or three's. Aren't you glad you mentioned turquoise?  lol

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@lucymo  LOL!!!  Can you image a kitchen painted this color, a small kitchen at that, lol, but we liked it then.  It was still painted that color when my Mother passed, so DH painted the entire interior, new carpeting, etc. in order to sell it.

[lucymo]

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@GCR18 wrote:

Lucy, when I was putting it up, I thought there's no room for the Valerie lit pinecones.  The only lit thing on the mantle is the three CI pumpkins.  The gray ones on the end are from pier 1 and are my favorite when lit.  I need to put batteries in them.  The rest of the pumpkins are unlit.  I am going to swap out the garland.  I have a very thin one from pier 1 with just leaves and a thin one from big lots.  I have pumpkins on the other mantle along with the owls.

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@GCR18  I think it looks good.  I don't have a mantle since we moved to this house and I really miss that.  Do you have two mantles?  Do you have the set of three owls from Valerie?

[lucymo]

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@lucymo wrote:

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@lucymo wrote:

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@lucymo wrote:

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@lucymo wrote:

@mousiegirlHere is a picture of the Home Interiors Rooster.  He's about 17-18" tall.  He stays out all year somewhere.

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@lucymo  Wow, a big fellow, and beautiful.  You are safe, lol, blue doesn't fit in around here.  I love his posture and beak open, as it should be since roosters use their voices 24/7, at least in this area.

Thank you for posting the picture.

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@mousiegirlI don't use blue either but since he has other colors I don't mind.  I've had him for years.

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@lucymo  I do like the teal color, I just don't care for blue other than sky, water, and eyes, I am weird, lol.

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@mousiegirl  I love the turquoise color too, aqua and teal.  This isn't as bright as it appears in the picture but still blue.  I just don't like blue even in fashion other than navy or royal blue.  I am weird too so we were sisters in another life.  lol

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@lucymo  Turquoise is my birthstone.  Do you remember when aqua was the color rage way back when?  My Mother actually painted her klitchen this color with a chocolate brown wallpaper in the dining area with kitchen motif on it.  I don't remember I I picked the color or the wallpaper, but I picked somethinhg, a little designer from the get-go, lol.

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@mousiegirl  I sure do remember when turquoise was so popular.  We were living in SC and we bought the plastic lace doilies we cut out the round center, tucked in the foil pot pie pans then crocheted the circle back on with Turquiose crochet thread. Crocheted a second lace doily on the back and attached a piece of plastic cherries or grapes and they were wall hangings.  Usually in a two's or three's. Aren't you glad you mentioned turquoise?  lol

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@lucymo  LOL!!!  Can you image a kitchen painted this color, a small kitchen at that, lol, but we liked it then.  It was still painted that color when my Mother passed, so DH painted the entire interior, new carpeting, etc. in order to sell it.

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@mousiegirl  I saw a lot of kitchens painted turquoise in those days.  I thought it was pretty but it would drive me crazy now.  I like neutral walls now.

[Spurt]

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@lucymo wrote:

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@Spurt wrote:

@lucymo

Everything looks very nice!  

BTW I think I have that same turkey.......what's that saying....great minds...  

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@Spurt  Hi Spurt, and thanks.  Of course it's the 'great minds' thing with us. lol

The turkey doesn't show color well due to glitter and the flash.  But it was too dark without the flash.  Valerie had this two or three years ago, right?  I like it in person, very nice coloring.

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@lucymo

Yep thats when I got the turkey, very nicely painted....but I havent put him out yet...Ill wait a bit on him and the Jim Shore Thanksgiving basket..

I took my pix with my phone and it doesnt take very good photos. One came out too dark it was a luminary and pumpkins and squirrels with some pumpkin lights I got at targt real cute....Ill hae to mess with that photo later.......but I didnt feel like messing with my camera and then downloading to a pc and doing all that mess........too tired tonight! 

[Spurt]

@GCR18

Your mantle looks great.....very nice....I dont think it looks crowded at all!

[GCR18]

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@Spurt wrote:

@GCR18

Your mantle looks great.....very nice....I dont think it looks crowded at all!

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I guess it's because usually I fit more on there.  The garland takes half the space.  We'll see, maybe I'll leave it as is.  

[GCR18]

@lucymo oh, sorry.  I thought I posted the other one.  I have a two sided fireplace.  One side in the living room and the other in the kitchen.  I'll try to get a picture from the kitchen side tomorrow in the day light.  Yes, I have the same set of 3 Valerie owls that you do in brown.

[lucymo]

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@GCR18 wrote:

@lucymo oh, sorry.  I thought I posted the other one.  I have a two sided fireplace.  One side in the living room and the other in the kitchen.  I'll try to get a picture from the kitchen side tomorrow in the day light.  Yes, I have the same set of 3 Valerie owls that you do in brown.

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@GCR18  Oh, now I understand, two sided fireplace.  I sure miss my mantle to decorate but it's been ten years and I've survived. 

[lucymo]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@lucymo wrote:

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@Spurt wrote:

@lucymo

Everything looks very nice!  

BTW I think I have that same turkey.......what's that saying....great minds...  

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@Spurt  Hi Spurt, and thanks.  Of course it's the 'great minds' thing with us. lol

The turkey doesn't show color well due to glitter and the flash.  But it was too dark without the flash.  Valerie had this two or three years ago, right?  I like it in person, very nice coloring.

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@lucymo

Yep thats when I got the turkey, very nicely painted....but I havent put him out yet...Ill wait a bit on him and the Jim Shore Thanksgiving basket..

I took my pix with my phone and it doesnt take very good photos. One came out too dark it was a luminary and pumpkins and squirrels with some pumpkin lights I got at targt real cute....Ill hae to mess with that photo later.......but I didnt feel like messing with my camera and then downloading to a pc and doing all that mess........too tired tonight! 

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@Spurt  I'm going to look at the pictures here in a minute.  I'm in a fog this morning trying to figure out what I need to do today.  I guess I'll make a priority list. 

[firewife]

@lucymo, i think next week i will post some pics. ty.