Sparkles from My Jewelry Box

 

I have zero sparkles that have any monetary worth,

They are not even worth the word, Bling

And certainly not worth much of anything. 

they have been in the box, for 65 years,

I have to tell you, if I stare at them, they can bring tears.

The only thing new is the pin from TOPS,

I earned it from most lost lbs in a year, which earns it a home in the box.

The yellowed pearls belong to my Dads Mother,

the lighter pearls came from my own mother.

The purple stone, with gold trim belong to my Aunt Helen, Daddys only sister who was my 2nd mother. We lived behind their house for the first 10 years of my life, in their remodeled chicken coop.

They don't really Sparkle, but they do Spark Memories when I take a look.

They are not gold or silver, or pearls from the sea,

they are treasures of memories, and only for me.

None but the TOPS pin have been worn since  I retired from the work place in 2006.

Joining FFF, final Friday Feature with Yam

POO (perfectly ordinary objects)

 

January of this year, I bought 8 oz. unbreakable plastic glasses and showed them to you in one of my Sparkles posts. This week I ordered the 12 oz and took these photos to use for show and tell. 

Good news: I have new glasses

Bad News: I have to de-clutter the kitchen cabinets to fit them in

Good News: Thrift store will be happy and photos of the de-clutter will give me another boring post about POO (perfectly ordinary objects)

Ann posted her drawing of this bunny and duck and Voila!

Rabbits travel by hare-planes.

A crate of ducks is a box of quackers!

Ducks wake up at the quack of dawn.

My Coffee Cup Sparkles

 

 I stand at my nook each morning and do my balance exercises instead of at the kitchen sink, because it sparkles and shines and I can watch myself in the mirror and it makes me happy.

 I sit my 1st cup of coffee there and by the time I am done with exercises, the cup is empty and I am able to walk without hobbling and mostly without pain.

As I took a sip I sat the cup down and for the first time ever noticed

sparkles in my coffee cup..

I am thankful for Coffee when I wake up

For the eyes and desire to see sparkles when they come

and especially thankful that last week, I went to a thrift shop to find something they did not have but I found a like new, black pair of Sketchers Go walk, exactly like the ones I wear to walk Beau, for SIX Dollars.

Thankful Friday at Brians Home Furever  https://brianshomeblog.com

Candle Holder and Salt-Pepper Shaker Sparkles

 

If this looks like a flood of photos,that's because it is.

 I can't paint all the time, I spent half an hour playing with my phone and my mothers candle holders. It's amazing to me how a simple set of Salt-Pepper Shakers can sparkle. I love my fairly lights.

Sparkles, Sparkles and Sparkles

 

Define Sparkles...

Physical Effect: To shine brightly with small, quick flashes of light, like sunlight on water or the reflection of a diamond.

Personality: A person who "sparkles" is described as lively, intelligent, and witty.

January 19, I put away all Christmas, but left the tree because its cold and I like sparkles because this is my Florida fireplace. 

January Sparkles, from My Nook,  it is now Feb and the tree is still there.

Before I got old and memory impaired, the house was full of candles, and I collected from thrift stores candle holders, the long ones , not the fat ones.. 

I have not used these in about 10 years.

It Feb. and I am Sitting on my sofa, and this is what I see. 

The tree is still up, but I did remove the glass balls, now its just a sparkle tree.

But wait, there are more, to be continued

Wanna see some sparkles f rom the past

 

What is this, where is this, does it sparkle? I turned the COMMENTS OFF, so 

CLICK HERE NOW if you want to see what this is, and tell me if it does sparkle and find out where it is. Please leave your comments there in  2017.

Making My Own Sparkles, Party glasses II Thankful Thursday

 

Sparkles: shine brightly with flashes of light

glitter, glisten, glimmer, 

Twinkle, Shine, Glow

I am thankful for Sparkles, that glimmer, glitter, sparkle, glow, shine and twinkle and thankful for the cell that can capture it to show to all of you and also thankful you are here now visiting our blog..

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BREAKING NEWS, our Thankful Thursday has an update, Bob did really well with  walking with his walker, it was like he was a different man. 

He walked 3 times longer with the home health PT than he has in a year, he stood at the sink from wheel chair,  and did all his balance/strength building exercises. For the first time in 9 months.

He ate lunch by with assistance, walking with a walker to the breakfast bar and we ate there, for the first time in a year.

PT said he might with a another week of PT  be able to transfer from chair to car to chair and we will not need to pay a driver. 

We are thankful for all your prayers and support and we are thankful today that God is answering new ones daily. Possibly this means there is hope to in a few weeks get rid of the bedside commode.

Thank you to our heavenly Father and to all of you for your support and love.

Thankful Thursday at Brians Home Furever  https://brianshomeblog.com/

New Years Eve, 2025

 

I wish you Sparkles in 2026.

I wish you a New Year  full  of Sparkling Things and Dreams,

A new year that nothing is ever as bad as it seems.

I wish you to make this year your year to sparkle and shine

Do what makes your heart sing, and your eyes sparkle, and your heart soar!

I found Sparkles on the shelf in my nook

I found sparkles in my kitchen

I found sparkles in a clock in the eye doctors office.

I found sparkles in sparks in the fire when I burned pine cones in Bob's melting pot

I found sparkles in the bubbles in a drainage ditch in the city park

I found sparkles in the coiled fairy lights when I plugged them in to check if they still light up and sparkle, remember, the darkest nights produce the brightest stars

I painted Sparkles using procreate

I even found sparkles on Beaus Old blog, from 2022 and 2024 

Beau makes my eyes sparkle with Joy, he is the sparkle of my heart