Wordless Wednesday: Sniffles

Sorry, y'all, what can I say? It's Wordless Wednesday, so I won't say much...

It's that time of year when it seems like at least one person in our household is sick at any given time...& it's been me more than anybody this year. =(

Between sinus infections & tummy bugs...

(& fall festivals & trick-or-treating)

...I haven't been giving the old blog the attention it deserves.

Looking back, I actually struggled to get going with blogging regularly back when I first started this blog, which was during these crazy months last year. It was at the beginning of this year, & in the springtime, that I really picked up speed & became able to devote the kind of attention to blogging that I aim for.

So thank you for bearing with me while I attempt to balance the many commitments&tasks I've put on my increasingly over-packed schedule. I appreciate you bloggers&readers! =)

(via: Victoria's Vintage)

Wordless Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

(Well, I have to put a few words here to explain my absence, don't I? Sorry, loves, but with all that had been going on, I had a mountain of cleaning, emails, laundry, snail mail, to-do lists, etc. that needed my attention before my beloved blog did. & I am just getting the hang of this whole nursery school thing - whoa, I have to bring in fruit trays for parties, & keep a cubby stocked, & sign field trip permission slips...who knew?! ;) & that's just part of having a child in the class. Remember that yours truly signed on to be a room mom? Yes, that adds even more to that list! Anyway, I am beginning to feel back on schedule, or at least back in control of my daily routine & planner. So here's to more frequent, happy posting - including an award post & some new plans in the works! - in the upcoming month of October...it's one of my favorite months!)

(Where has September gone so quickly?!)

(PS. Pretty Little Bare Feet is A-okay! The heart murmur that was detected is an innocent one, with nothing showing on an ultrasound to indicate any distress. In fact, the pediatric cardiologist predicts she'll probably "outgrow" it. Thank you for your kind prayers&thoughts!)

Wordless Wednesday: White Party!

A couple of my favorite blogs have recently posted for the White Party! going on over at Desperately Seeking Seersucker. Being the follower of all things preppy&pretty that I am, I absolutely cannot believe that I have been blogging for...

(How long now? Ooo, almost a year! Let's have an anniversary celebration on September 2nd, shall we?! Oh, my train of thought derailed...)

Oh! I couldn't believe that I hadn't been following Desperately Seeking Seersucker! What a fantastic blog!

(& I do love that header. ;))

So in the interest of fanfaring the impending end of summer with a parade of gorgeous white images, I share this particular Wordless Wednesday in the White Party! tradition.

(via: Anna with Love)

(Megan Mullally's Master Bedroom)

(via: Torie Jayne)

(via: Southern Hospitality)

(via: Fashion Zen)

(via: Architect Your Home)

(Link up to the White Party! here.)

Wordless Wednesday: Fairy Tale Weddings

(via: Once Wed)

(via: Jessica Claire)

(Jacqueline Lee Bouvier & President John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

(via: Project Wedding)

(Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Vastergotland; & Olof Daniel Westling)

(via: the Preppy Princess)

(via: the Finer Things)

(via: Couture Parties)

(via: Yildirim Danisman)

(via: Fairytale Wedding Venues)

Wordless Wednesday: Honoring Bumpkin

It has been a truly sad week for many of my blogfriends, as we learned the shocking news that the

beautiful,

inspirational,

& kind

(via: Bumpkin on a Swing)

Lisa

(via: Bumpkin on a Swing)

aka Bumpkin on a Swing,

lost her sudden unexpected battle with ovarian cancer. If you were not a follower of her blog, please go familiarize yourself with this fantastic

blogger,

friend,

partner,

person,

Southern belle...

someone who is really, truly going to be missed by many.

I was consumed earlier in the week with Pretty Little Bare Feet's beginning school, so I was mostly just shocked to learn the news, as I read posts&updates about Lisa on my iPhone, in between all of my goings-on.

I wasn't sure how to feel - other than sad&shocked, obviously.

I wasn't sure

how to respond,

if I should respond,

when to respond.

In the last couple weeks, of course I'd noticed

absences on my favorite blogs,

guest posts,

messages&notes of concern...

& now it was all coming together in such heartbreaking detail.

But I didn't want to impose on anybody,

as I sometimes still feel like a relative newcomer to these blogging circles,

& I had only begun my own friendship with Lisa back in June.

Still, she wrote me some of the sweetest emails. We had found each other through Trish, & we had been looking forward to getting to know each other more. Lisa had become a loyal, welcome follower of my blog...& I was always touched by her blog posts, as well. Especially her outlook on the senseless oil tragedy in the gulf...Lisa was both honestly realistic, & still unfailingly optimistic.

Today, I am inspired by my beautiful friends Julie&Trish, to contribute my own little humble, quiet tribute...

This, my first ever Wordless Wednesday, is for you, Lisa...

(via: There Are Universes Beneath Your Skin)

(via: A Day in the Country)

(via: Hamilton Archives)

(via: the Hymn for the Cigarettes)

(via: Angela.)

(via: Martha Stewart)

(via: MadeByGirl)

& though it's always hard to say goodbye...

(Lisa's swing via)

Swing in Heavenly Peace...

12/29/69 - 08/08/10