A cup of Crayola Crayons...

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A cup of Crayola Crayons... This time of year, I buy a pack of Crayola Crayons. Not to use. For the smell! For the aroma! Which says "Autumn" to me.

I bet many remember being a kid and getting a new pack of Crayola Crayons, when it was time to start school again. All the brand new school supplies. They looked so perfect, the first day. They even smelled perfect. And actually, every time I got a new pack of Crayola Crayons, there was that delicious opening-for-the-first-time smell. :-)

I was a kid who loved to draw and copy and keep all sorts of decorating things for the different Seasons. I had a special box for keeping all these cherished pieces of paper. I think it was an old Whitman's Sampler candy box.


Some people may remember those... The box came with a diagram, inside the top cover, showing where each type of candy was placed in the box. No need to "push" on them, to "see" what was inside. ,-) I guess they are still being made, today.

I spent many a happy hour at the dining room table, copying wonderful illustrations of Holiday themes, which I'd managed to collect over time. From things teachers gave us in school and various places. I guarded them 'with my life.' :-)))) Maybe this fascination was a basis for my later love of noting the Changing of The Seasons...

I certainly still love to see how people decorate seasonally, in blogs in "My Pretty Blog Land." And to see how it's done in beautiful magazines. Like my old and new 'Victoria's'......


And so Dear Reader, I guess this is the extent of my rambling for today. I hope you'll want to stop by again some time. And visit a bit, in a quiet place, which I hope this is...

And I will repeat once more {but won't keep repeating} that I'm still sorry that I have to try out these changes, for myself... That I'm not finding time to visit with all, whom I formerly visited with. And make the usual comments. And because of all these things, I've turned off Comments here.

I hope you'll not be irked with me, for having had to do this.

I wish for myself, what I wish for everyone in Blog Land... A personally happy way of going about this amazing thing called blogging or on-line-journaling. And thus giving ourselves lots of 'Smiles,' and not making any more 'Sighs.' Life gives us all, plenty of 'Sighs.' We don't need to add to them. :-)

Gentle hugs,
Miss Mari-Nanci

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Of this and that, on the Full Moon...

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Am I the last to notice that this lovely spread in {July/Aug.} 'Victoria' magazine {Pg.74-77}, was done by Corey Amaro? The whole article! Text and photography!

See? Says so, right at the bottom of the first page of the article.

Isn't that wonderful? I'd ask, Isn't that amazing? But, it would be silly to ask if it's amazing. Anyone who has been reading her blog {Tongue in Cheek}, knows her beautiful photography and her beautiful way with words. So her ability to pull off a whole article, isn't really a surprise.

But it's still pretty special for me. Because I never read a magazine, where I can say that I know the author. Sure, it's Net-know her. But when we read a person's blog for a long time, and email with the person, I think we can pretty well say that we 'know' them. :-)

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Lookie! Two red tomatoes! Well, nearly red. :-) If we're lucky and the sun burns through the clouds today, bet we will have two red tomatoes by dinner time!

The three plants are heavy with green tomatoes. He has to keep tying them up to supports, as you can see in the picture. And I was thinking we were going to have to settle for trying 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' In fact, I was really looking forward to trying 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' Never had them. {Are 'Fried Green Tomatoes' a Southern dish?}

Actually, there are so many tomatoes, that I doubt all will ripen before they have to be picked. So I think we can still have some 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' this year.
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Tonight is the Full Sturgeon Moon. So called because some Native American tribes knew that the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this full moon. Others called it the Green Corn Moon or the Grain Moon.

If you really hurry and book a flight, you could attend the Full Moon Festival in Athens tonight. Every August, on the eve of the full moon, several archeological sites in Greece stay open late for a full moon festival. You could have the opportunity to visit the Acropolis and the Parthenon under the light of the moon, while being serenaded by various classical musicians and opera singers.

Or, you could just pour a glass of wine {or whatever your beverage of choice is} and sit in a comfy chair and watch/wait for the rising of the Full Moon, over your own back yard. I think this last, will be my choice tonight. :-)

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Trust me... It is back!!!

Tell me, have you seen things like this, in your magazines, in a while?


Ladies have asked me to report on the new Victoria. So I will. Trust me. It is back. And you will be thrilled to pieces. :-)

Some women still say that they remember how the old Victoria strayed from its original form, which it did. But... you must not have noticed later issues of the old Victoria. It had tried to come back to its roots. I was happily surprised and began to get it again. When it left, it had tried to return to our beloved version.

I actually thought that all we 'old readers,' who had longed so for the day when some publisher would offer to republish Victoria... I thought all would pre-subscibe. So as to give this publisher/editor the help, to be able to show their pre-order lists to potential advertisers and say; "See all the people you will be able to reach, if you advertise with {new} Victoria."

After all, everything comes down to profit, able to be made. Few magazines can continue, without advertisers. {And btw, even the adds are beeeeeeeutiful in the new Victoria!}

I copy some of the words of the Editor-in-Chief; "As a young wife and mother, I discovered another dream when Victoria came into my life. I held my breath as I opened the cover. Every page enriched my soul, inspired my thought, and took me on a visual vacation. I was captivated."

"When she went away, I mourned, reread issue after issue, and dreamed of her return."

"Now you hold in your hands a dream...the return of Victoria, your Victoria, our Victoria! ... So special, she takes your breath away as you turn page after page revealing photos that take you to places of tranquility and loveliness."

Doesn't that give you 'goose bumps'? It does me, each time I read those words.

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