I AM ONE LUCKY WOMAN

 I am so fortunate to have some very good friends here in blogland. I was blessed when Angie Stevens started blogging. You may know her as Lil Raggedy Angie. She has gone above and beyond the boundaries of friendship many times. This week, I received the above wine rack. Angie had read on my blog that I got a red glass rolling pin for my birthday and was looking for a way to display it. I had the wine rack in the background, but didn't feel it would get the right attention because of the fancy work. Well, Angie belongs to several groups on Facebook and she found this one; had it shipped directly to me! What an excellent surprise! I used it to display 2 pottery pins, 2 aluminum pins, 1 marble pin. 2 jadeite pins and my new ruby-colored one. These are unique for me and I just love them all. Thank you, Angie, for being such a considerate and generous soul. It is beautiful and perfect for me. I love it!

 Another sweet and considerate friend is Amy from Bumble Bee Cottage Lane. She has a journal on her header and I had asked her how she made that. She said she it was easy; maybe she had more. All I needed was a brief tutorial, but she sent me one of her delightful journals. It looks really great on the trunk we use as a coffee table. Thank you, Amy.  Maybe, just maybe, someday, I'll get around to trying to do this myself. Maybe......

And yesterday, I got this stack of goodies with a really nice note from OLM's Marie. She said she hoped these things could inspire me! I think this darling character from Illinois knows that I am addicted to stitching, prim and sewing and that there will definitely be something Easter coming up soon!  I love the combination of colors and patterns. Thank you, Marie. You are a sweetie. I thought for sure I was going to get to meet Marie last fall, but my brother's difficulties kept me from many of my personal plans. Maybe this next 'warm' season.......  Maybe....
I have received many gifts from fellow bloggers over the nearly 5 years I've been blogging. Some were giveaway wins, some swaps and some were RAKs. I have appreciated each and every one. If I have ever missed posting about a gift that one of my fellow bloggers sent me, I apologize from the depths of my heart. I know that everyone wants recognition and deserves to be thanked appropriately and publicly, so I want to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity. I love walking through my home and seeing all the perfect little touches of friendship scattered throughout. Life is good but life with friends? Priceless!