America

Blessed Memorial Day to all!

"And the men, who fell on the plains
And lived, through hardship and pain
America, America" ~ Waylon Jennings "America"

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Under the Lilacs

The lilacs of May are all but gone, just their lingering scent remains and the hint of a good summer read coming on...

 Louisa May Alcott's 1878 novel Under the Lilacs.

Who needs 50 Shades of Gray when you've got all this purple...

"The elm-tree avenue was all overgrown, the great gate was never unlocked, and the old house had been shut up for several years. Yet voices were heard about the place, the lilacs nodded over the high wall as if they said, 'We could tell fine secrets if we chose,'  and the mullein outside the gate made haste to reach the keyhole, that it might peep in and see what was going on."

"How long she played Miss Celia never minded ; but, when she stole out to see if Ben had gone, she found that other friends, even kinder than herself, had taken the boy into their gentle keeping. The wind had sung a lullaby among the rustling lilacs, the moon's mild face looked through the leafy arch to kiss the heavy eyelids, and faithful Sancho still kept guard beside his little master, who, with his head pillowed on his arm, lay fast asleep, dreaming, happily, that 'Daddy had come home again' "

"Presently, Ben brought such lively accounts of the green nooks where jacks-in-the-pulpit preached their little sermons ; brooks, beside which grew blue violets and lovely ferns ; rocks, round which danced the columbines like rosy elves, or the trees where birds built, squirrels chattered, and woodchucks burrowed, that Thorny was seized with a desire to go and see these beauties for himself. So Jack was saddled, and went plodding, scrambling, and wandering into all manner of pleasant places, always bringing home a stronger, browner rider than he carried away.


This delighted Miss Celia ; and she gladly saw them ramble oif together, leaving her time to stitch happily at certain dainty bits of sewing, write voluminous letters, or dream over others quite as long, swinging in the hammock under the lilacs."

"The closed gate where the lonely little wanderer once lay was always to stand open now, and the path where children played before was free to all comers, for a hospitable welcome henceforth awaited rich and poor, young and old, sad and gay, Under the Lilacs."

Excerpts from Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott

Pin Me, Sightly Winners!!

The boards created for this contest were so appreciated! You've all given my little shop a lot of exposure and I REALLY appreciate it! On to the winners....

First place prize, a $100 Sightly shop credit goes to:
Rhonda Mahan from Third Blessing
Going Sightly Herbal In The Kitchen

Second place prize, a $75 Sightly shop credit goes to:
Erin Moss from MoonBird Decor
Mid Century Sightly Style

Third place prize, a $25 Sightly shop credit goes to:
Erin Moss from MoonBird Decor
The Girl Who Chased the Sightly Moon
Again, Thank you all so much!!!

Van Gogh

R.I.P. Van Gogh May 2012