Blogging Break

I'm taking a little break from blogging and hope to return late October or early November when I will be having a giveaway!

I've enjoyed participating in a few Tablescape Thursdays hosted by Susan @Between Naps On The Porch, and I had a great time too at the Rooster Party hosted by Barb @ Bella Vista, as well as Rhondi's Welcome To Fall Party @ Rose Colored Glasses, and I've also enjoyed visiting the blogs of so many friendly, creative, generous people!

You've all given me so many wonderful ideas and I thank you all!

Before I take my break I'd like to show you these once poor, sad looking roses I picked up at the grocery store. I was looking for a bouquet of Fall flowers for my dining table, but I saw these pathetic looking roses, wilting, and I felt sorry for them, and something told me to pick them up and take them home. I wish I had thought to take pictures of how bad they looked! They were so sickly looking that I didn't bother to put them on the dining table at all, I just cut them down very short , more to prop them up because they just kept bending and drooping, and I stuck them in a vase on my kitchen window sill. One of the stems was broken so I put that one in it's own separate little vase, and I sort of forgot about them.

Well, two days later this is what greeted me as I went to my kitchen sink:





And five days later they are still going strong!







And here's the little broken one, it never really opened, but it's still standing proud!






I'm going to try and participate in Carol's "The Little Black Dress" Party over at
Charli and Me on October 22 (let's hope Blogger cooperates this time and publishes my scheduled post!). It sounds like lots of fun and if you'd like to participate too you can find the details here.


See you all when I return!