~~~Afternoon Shadows~~~

Good Sunday afternoon! I hope everyone has had a great weekend. Joe and I got home from Fl. on Thurs. afternoon and I have been trying to get "back to normal" ever since You know the drill; unpacking, laundry, groceries, etc. I slipped out to Walmart earlier and when I got home noticed the beautiful shadows in the living room, so thought I would share some pics with you. I have missed blogging! While we were away, we were in "technology prison"!!!! No internet access, no TV, no radio. It was HARD. I wouldn't have even known that Whitney died if my sister hadn't called me. Anyway, back to pretty shadows. These are the pillows I currently have on the living room sectional. You all know I have a "pillow thing" and change them out alot.:):) The elephant you see on the left on the floor is one of 2 that my FIL brought back from Vietnam. I TREASURE them!!!!!!!

 These are in the center of the sofa. The 2 in the back have animals on them and the front one is a touch asian.

 The hibiscus tree in the background lives out on the deck in the summer but I bring it in for the winter and IT BLOOMS!!!!! I have kept it alive for 2 winters now and am thrilled!!! It looked like it had DIED this fall after we brought it in but I cut it back and it is thriving and it bloomed again! As you can see, I collect blue and white porcelains. I LOOOOOVE them!!!!!

 This large jar I found at Cape May , NJ one year and lugged it around all day because I wanted it so badly.

 This is over the oriental screen. We have such high celings in here that I place a tree in the corner (on top of the stereo speaker).

 The hearth.

 I LOVE this guy. Inherited him from my in-laws.

 The coffee table in winter. I like to use things with alot of texture and presence. I love this elephant.

 The tray is a hammered metal and I filled it with different spheres, antlers and some turtle shells.

 This is ONE of the Hummels we brought back from Fl. It won't stay here but I wanted to show you. It is an ashtray and nobody smokes anymore (thank goodness). So, it will be purely decorative. I have alot of Hummels in the curio cabinet so will probably put it in there.

I hope you are all having a great afternoon. We are dogsitting this weekend. Our daughter and SIL had to fly to Texas for a wedding but should be home any minute now. We are making a pork loin for dinner, a recipe Joe came up with. So, I will share that later this week. I am happy to be back!!! XO, Pinky
I will join these parties:

 Kristen's Creations for Share Your Creations Party,

The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home,

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday,

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Motivated Monday at Be Colorful

Making the World Cuter Monday at Making the World Cuter

More the Merrier Monday at DIY Home Sweet Home Project

Savvy Homemade Monday at Home Savvy A to Z

Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Tutorials and Tips Tuesday at Home Stories A to Z

Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

It's A Party on Thursday at A Creative Princess

Show and Share on Thursday at Southern Lovely

Open House Party Thursday at No Minimalist Here

Share Your Creations on Thursday at Kristen's Creations

Hookin’ Up on Thursday with House of Hepworths

Addicts (not so) Anonymous on Friday at Addicted 2 Decorating

Inspiration Friday at At the Picket Fence

Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors

Sunday Showcase Party at Under the Table and Dreaming

~~~A few changes in the living room~~~~

I have changed a few things in the living room to brighten it up for Summer!!!! I have a large collection of blue and white jars and containers so changed the coffee table to blue and white for summer. This is a faux water lily, so since this room looks out to the pond and the water lilies I thought it was apprpriate! It is in a small blue and white bowl and that is on an iron stand.

Can you see the water drops? And this is one of my favorite containers! I have a real ivy in it now.

 Such a pretty design on it.

 In the front of the arrangement is a pottery piece that I got many years ago at a GOOD craft show.

 I added this little frog since we have frogs living in our pond!

 This piece was here all winter, now I changed it to............

 This neat rickshaw type piece. I found this at Home Goods several years ago and just filled it with a green plant.

 Haven't changed out these pilloows....yet:) I do have some pillows with SHELLS that will come in later. When it is REALLY summer!!!!

 I p[lced the bamboo box here in frint of the screen for now.

Thanks for stopping by. I love to read your comments so please let me know you were here. Happy Wed. everyone! XO, Pinky PS, I just thought that I should have showed you ALL of my blue and white pieces. Stay tuned, maybe tomorrow!!!!!