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love thursday: spreading the love
I usually share one, two, maybe three photos of love on Thursdays, but this week, I want to share 20 gorgeous hearts that I found on Flickr for 20 times the love:
1. August 6th 2008 – Leave a Little Room In Your Heart, 2. Heart, 3. String of hearts, 4. Latte HeArt, 5. Heart-shaped clouds, 6. A green heart for you !! have a sweet and nice weekend., 7. heart-on-a-stick, 8. Peanut Butter Cup Heart, 9. hearts, 10. Heart potato, 11. Strawberry Heart, 12. under my umbrella, 13. Have a Heart…, 14. Sam’s back heart, 15. My Gypsy Heart, 16. Eat your heart out, 17. Nature’s Heart., 18. heart & moon Taipei 101 (ii), 19. M&M Heart, 20. Tangled Heart <3
Why not spread the love and visit some of these fab photographers?
Me, I’m partial to that peanut butter cup. YUMMY LOVE!
What’s your favorite heart?
Here’s wishing you a love-filled Love Thursday!
love thursday: hearts in the hex
I’ve mentioned before that my mom is Pennsylvania Dutch, which means that she is a descendant of Germans (Deutsch) who settled in Pennsylvania centuries ago. Some people confuse the Pennsylvania Dutch with the Amish, which is understandable as many Amish are also Pennsylvania Dutch–however, most Pennsylvania Dutch are and were Protestant in one form or another, usually Lutheran or Reformed.
My mom’s Pennsylvania Dutch heritage comes through in some of her fabulous recipes from sauerkraut to breaded veal cutlets, but from an artistic standpoint, the Pennsylvania Dutch are widely known for their folk art design, especially as it appears in “hex signs“ like the one on the left, which my mom sent me for my house in Italy.
One of the things I love best about Pennsylvania Dutch art is the use of symbolism–especially the heart, which of course represents love. The “double distlefink” (two birds) offers a double dose of good fortune, the tulip represents faith, and the red rosette protects from harm.
Quite ironically, my Italian grandmother always had a tea towel hanging from the oven door that was Pennsylvania Dutch in design. As far as I know, my mother hadn’t given it to her. When my grandmother asked me what I wanted of hers once she was gone, one of the few things I asked for was that towel. To me, it was the centerpiece of her kitchen–our family’s room of love.
And yes, it’s in Italy with me, and that’s it up there on the right: lovingly used and therefore faded, but anchored by hearts in each corner.
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
love thursday: a mouse in my cappuccino
A little while ago, Cherrye of My Bella Vita wrote a Love Thursday post with Mickey Mouse love. Little did I know I’d soon have some of my own to share via a package from la Mamma.
I’ve never been to Disney World or Disneyland; heck, I actually avoid going into Disney stores to be honest with you. But there are some Disney things I do love, and one of those happens to be something that’s been around for as long as I can remember:
Faithful readers, this is my actual plastic plate and cup combo that I absolutely *loved* when I was just a wee espresso bean and not yet allowed to play with ceramic dishes. I had kind of forgotten all about it, but thank goodness moms do no such thing.
So thank you, Mom, for bringing a little childhood mouse love back into my life. I haven’t used the plate yet, but you can bet your ears that I’ve been using the cup.
Whodathot cappuccino would taste even sweeter with a mouse?
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for the O Foods round-up!
Love Thursday: Love is in the Air
Everywhere you look around…
especially up.
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
love thursday:
dammi un bacio
“Dammi un bacio” means “Give me a kiss” in Italian, and here’s how you ask:
If that doesn’t work, cuddles are good too:
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
P.S. I’m updating this post to add information about Puppy Mill Awareness Day (September 20), which I just read about over at Callista’s Ramblings. Find out what you can do to stop the abuses and horrors that happen at puppy mills all over the world at Puppy Mill Awareness Day and get these people out of business once and for all.
There are plenty of adorable puppies and dogs at reputable animal shelters just waiting to be loved, so please try there first if you are ready for a new member of the family. If you’re in Italy, sadly, you probably don’t have to look farther than the side of the road (which is how a pregnant Stella (on the left in the photos) came into our lives).
Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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