Tuesday Tidbits #332 July Joys

Nancy

11 months ago

JOYS of Many Kinds!

Sunsets

Flower Therapy

***EnJOYing my Mom’s Double Lily blooming after 55+ years.***

Backyard Oasis Moments

Our beautiful back patio waterfall!
This waterfall holds such a Joyful memory for us. It was a lovely gift from my mother-in-law to my dad.
Can you believe this waterfall might be around 65 years old? It’s truly a treasure! ***The rock was engraved by sweet man. Our patio is definitely our quiet place.***

***My Potting Bench! Overflowing Joy! It is special because sweet man made it for me.***

***Cutting bouquets from our gardens.*** ***Simple pleasures, simple JOYS!***

Nostalgic Memories

***Watching neighborhood fireworks from the boat brought back nostalgic JOY. When I was a teen, we would gather our friends and go out on a boat to do the same thing!***

Garden Tour

Wine Time With Friends While Using My Collections!

Nothing beats a fun get-together with your girlfriends to escape the heat and enJoy some AC! Just grab some wine, fresh fruit, cheese, and crackers, and you’re all set for a fabulous time!

I decided to use one of my vintage McCoy vases for my centerpiece. I enJoy collecting McCoy pottery pieces but I am partial to green shades of McCoy.

***I added garden ferns, astilbe, and ground cover*** ***greens.***

***This is the mark that can be found under McCoy pieces. This pottery was made in Roseville, Ohio from 1910- 1990. It is highly collectible.***

I added two of my vintage McCoy planters to the table.

Why not add more green to the table. Each place setting features a lovely vintage footed forest green burple bowl from Anchor Hocking. It’s a charming addition that adds a touch of warmth to the table!

***Perfect to hold a bowl full of cherries!***

I chose this goblet glass for our Chardonnay and a cordial glass for our late harvest Cherry wine. A late harvest wine is very close to an ice wine. Both are sweet and perfect for sipping along with a dessert. It’s why we have the small cordial glass.

Our area here in the Great Lakes Wine Region produces some great wines. This area is also known for Ice Wines and late harvest wines. Ice wines are made from the grapes that freeze on the vine. Late harvest wines are just that. The grapes are picked late in the season especially because they get sweeter the longer they are left on the vine.

***Johnson Estate is a winery in New York close to the Pennsylvania border.***

I’m glad to use these special goblets for the wine. A friend gave them to me because she couldn’t use them and insisted that I have them. It truly brings me so much JOY to have them on this table.

***Heisey Pied Piper Etching is on the glassware. I believe this glassware is from 1922-1942.***

***I purchased this melted wine bottle with a painted grape vine at an Ohio Winery years ago. I will use it for crackers.***

I am grateful to be able to enJoy a day with my friends!

Thank You

Thank you for joining me for another edition of Tuesday Tidbits. While I’ve shared my personal joys with you, I recognize that many people are facing overwhelming challenges and do not have much to celebrate. My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones and their homes in the devastating flooding that has struck the Kerrville area of Texas. It’s an unimaginable tragedy that weighs heavily on our hearts. Let us come together in prayer for those enduring such profound loss and hardship. We pray for comfort and support.

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