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This year for the first time since I became a mother I will be away from home....! My sons will be able to golf to their hearts content on Sunday, without pause or worry about making it in time for brunch, lunch or whatever my husband and the two of them deemed worthy as a fitting tribute or celebration to recognize the day....silly really, I think! I adore my two sons, and enjoy their company and attention when ever I can...it is really gratifying as a mother, to see them as adults now, handsome, productive and engaged in so many ways.. healthy and happy. Really all I need to make my day! Every day.... My boys are both very dark haired and with dark eyes....their part Italian heritage...They would absolutely kill me if I posted any pictures here, now or when they were younger...seems like such a short time ago....so as a tribute to mothers this Sunday, I thought I would post pictures of our children....the innocent beauty of childhood.           ...

Итааааккк!! Конкурс окончен. Работы все выставлены. Пришло время объявить победителя:) Альбом со всеми работами живет тут:  http://vk.com/beautiful__things?z=album-38934166_1710.. Я никак не ожидала ТАКОГО количества работ! Прежде всего, хочу поблагодарить всех, кто попробовал свои силы и принял участие в конкурсе!! Всех, кто поборол свой страх, смущение и, почему то, заниженную самооценку. Девочки, вы все молодцы! Вот, честно-честно:)  Лучшую работу выбирала я. Много споров было на эту тему, но вы все сами решили:) Выбирала дооооолго:) Конечно, без консультации близких и коллег не обошлось:) Так что решение было немного коллективным:) Единогласно решили, что первое место занял зайчишка № 120!!! Автор - Елена Карасева. Второе место - мамочка от Дедуховой Светланы (№86). И третье место поделили между собой Радужный зайчик № 39 Екатерины Васильевой и теплые пасхальные малыши Ирины Устич (№92). Место поделили, приз каждая получит полный:)) Выбирать было ооочень сложно! Очень мног...

Много писать не буду, тут все видно:) Замечательная Татьяна (и я сейчас не про себя;)) сотворила мне эту чудо-сумку! Все мое: размер! (Данька туда спокойно влезет), цвет, горошковые трусики и торчащие усики, уиииии:))) Танюша, спасибо большое!:)))

I remember reading something once about Jacqueline Kennedy, that one of her goals of motherhood was to bring culture and beauty into her children's lives...this stuck with me for some reason. I have two sons, grown young men, who no doubt have views of their own about culture, oblivious to the beauty that I see....   Recently, I sent this photo to my youngest son...from Pinterest..he has been thinking about getting a dog...he is so busy, working with his brother running a business, playing hockey, and finding time to play the dating game...I hoped that subtley , I could show him the beauty of a relationship between a pet and his master...even though we had several pets while they were growing up, inevitably the brunt of pet care fell upon my husband or myself....the beauty of this photo touched me...happily it did the same for him....   Simple, extraordinary beauty is all around us. I am fortunate to be surrounded by the beauty of Nature every day, it has inspired me ...

My eye is always drawn to small details, touches that capture the special quality of an object, insignificant perhaps in the grand scheme of things, but none the less apparent to me...this is especially true in the garden.... The tiny green flower heads from a deciduous shrub have blown into a small bird bath and added a little touch of detail to an outdoor vignette...In direct competition with full blown white peonies in a vintage silver jug..... Weathered and aged garden ornaments softened by late afternoon light add detail to an entrance way...     Adding a corona trellis to a planter with fledgling annuals in early Spring adds detail to a garden urn..... Although the stone steps are holding there own in this corner of the garden, this rather formal garden accent adds detail to the soft ivy border..... I love the small wisps of tiny fern fronds which add detail to the base of this rusted and weathered planter... Adding accent planters to each side of the...