What's cookin' Valentine?

I'd like to get "pickled" with you!

                                                Don't forget to say I love you, as I just did.
                                                             Happy Valentine's Day

I lost someone last year. A wonderful friend to me for 30 years. I can't imagine what my life will be like without her in it. I think to myself she is gone now and how sad that makes me...

                 then I wake up in the morning and gaze at the beautiful seascape in my bedroom

she's there

I see how lovely my Christmas tree looks this year

with the handcrafted ornaments she made

I step out into my front hall and see the milk can she painted at my request,
the only one of it's kind, as she said "never again!"

and into my art studio

I see her face in 3 of my best friends

and I see the living legacy of 4 beautiful grandchildren

my last little birthday remembrance from her

Rosamond, her kitty, named after one of her favorite authors
and now a member of my household

She enjoyed playing with her family

She loved going places

She was the most wonderful grandmother

not only was she a gifted artist, but a talented seamstress as well

and a beauty in every way

Margaret Strange Gullion
1930-2011

a truly loving soul