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Monday, May 11, 2009

Blue Monday May 11

Welcome to Blue Monday, I hope I have enough BLUE here today for BLUE Monday. I had such a nice Mother's day yesterday, but a busy day, and didn't have much to get ready for my BLUE Monday post.

Forgive me if this is cheating, I wanted to show you a picture of the gift I gave my Mother for Mother's day. This is something I purchased when we vacationed in California two years ago. (The tablecloth is blue ...smile) I crochet, but I could never crochet anything like this...the stitches are so tiny. One of the reasons I'm showing you the gift that I gave my Mother yesterday, is that it's a sneaky way to show you one of my vacation photos. I love to look at other people's vacation photos...but I know that not everyone does. I can't remember exactly where it was taken, but I do know it's the beautiful BLUE water of California.



I've lived in Pennsylvania my whole life. Anyone living in this area, or has ever visited my area...knows that the water here is NOT Blue. One of the things I remember most about our vacation in California is the beautiful BLUE water. I took so many vacation picture of just BLUE water scenes I was so fascinated with seeing all that BLUE



Last Blue Monday, I talked about the quilt my daughter made for me...I'm showing just one of the pillows she made to match the quilt. My goal this spring is to get my bedroom painted so I show my quilt on my bed.

15 comments:

  1. Pillow is wonderful and I use to live in California for a few years and miss those blue waters but the water there was so cold... burr!
    Joyce

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  2. Hi Jill, what great pictures. The ocean is beautiful and so is your gift to your mother.

    Barb

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  3. It's blue and shark infested too! Beware of Great Whites!

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  4. What a beautiful pillow and I just love the gift you gave to your mother. Thank you for sharing the beautiful picture of the ocean. I have always wanted to live near water. Happy Blue Monday ♥

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  5. Very pretty blues and the photo of the water is just wonderful. Happy blue Monday

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  6. I have heard the Pacific is very Blue. I had to handtint a photograph for a customer once. And she said, "this water is not like the Atlantic, Gulf or the Carabeian. It is not green or aqua. It is BLUE. Rich blue." Fortunatly, I was able to find some samples and make her very happy with my work.

    Happy Blue Monday!

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  7. Ahhh...so many pretties.

    You are so right, our water is not blue.

    Fun post!

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  8. Very pretty blues. Happy Blue Monday.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

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  9. I love that picture of the ocean.

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  10. Come to South Florida--in Key West the water is brilliant blue on one side of the highway and green on the other! Happy Blue Monday.

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  11. I have lived in California all my life and take that blue water for granted. Thank you for reminding me how lucky we are to have such blue beautiful water.

    The pillow is really pretty, and I love the crocheted coily you gave your mother.

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  12. Love the gift for your mother. The ocean does look beautiful. Some of the bluest, clearest water I've ever seen is in the Virgin Islands!

    Love all your pics today!

    Hugs,
    Stephanie
    Angelic Accents

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  13. The blue ocean was just beautiful and the gift to your mother was awesome! Thank you for sharing it with us!

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  14. I've never been to CA, so I'm very happy for you that you had the chance to go and bring back all these great photos! PA water is a nice shade of mud wouldn't you say? LOL
    Great quilted pillow, I can't wait to see the matching quilt!

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  15. Hey JD Happy Blue Monday.
    yes I realize I am a day behind but we could not get logged on yesterday .I did get to post for blue monday thanks to my hubby bringing home his laptop from work. but he had to return to work. So I am just now making my little blog visits.
    I hope you have many more vacations as lovely as the photo you posted.the gift you gave your Mother was simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
    Have a wonderful week.

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