Things That Make Me Smile

Flowers,

flowers,

and more flowers blooming in my garden,

the one bit of greenspace we saw from beneath our Chicago condo balcony,

concerts on the square in Madison, WI. every Wednesday evening during the summer,

and fresh cantaloupe juice, especially when enjoyed with good friends at vegetarian restaurants.

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14 comments on “Things That Make Me Smile”

Louise Gale

July 22, 2010 - 12:46 pm

Gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous. Especially like the fresh cantaloupe juice photo on the lovely matching table cloth. Maybe one of the colors ill be challenging in August. 😉 Have a fabulous weekend xx
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PaperPumpkin

July 22, 2010 - 12:47 pm

Beautiful! Flowers sure do make me smile, too. This icy drink looks so good right now. I have never heard of fresh cantalope juice…yumm.
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Juliette Crane

July 22, 2010 - 2:01 pm

That was the first I'd heard of cantaloupe juice too and it was so perfect for summer! And a beautiful color!
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Susan

July 22, 2010 - 3:21 pm

Gorgeous lilies!
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Beth Nadler

July 22, 2010 - 3:34 pm

I love your little purple feet and that cantaloupe juice looks yummy!
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Juliette Crane

July 22, 2010 - 4:42 pm

so cute you noticed my purple feet, beth. fuzzy purple slippers that had to go a few years ago 🙂
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Amelia

July 22, 2010 - 5:05 pm

oh so many people in the blog world are off having such fun! looks wonderful and such beautiful colours 🙂

Amelia.x
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chrissy

July 22, 2010 - 5:12 pm

i too, have to admit that i have never heard of cantaloupe juice {that.s also a hard word to spell}..
but as i ate really cold cantaloupe for breakfast this morning…i thought, i wonder what else you can do with a cantaloupe?
now i know!
great photos.
c
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Mrs. Spotts

July 22, 2010 - 6:04 pm

Those are some gorgeous flowers! I am now in the mood for some cantaloupe! Cold as Chrissy mentioned…

xxoo
Lorrie
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Rina

July 22, 2010 - 7:21 pm

Love the pics especially those GORGEOUS flowers!!!
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Michele Fauss

July 22, 2010 - 8:35 pm

beautiful pictures! And that juice looks so tasty!
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Dianne

July 23, 2010 - 1:46 am

Cantaloupe juice? That sounds sooooo yummy! Beautiful flowers… I bet the red ones in the top photo are great for attracting hummingbirds!
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jacqueline

July 23, 2010 - 5:40 am

Really gorgeous photos sweet Juliette! I love flowers and i love the color pink! Thanks for making me smile! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!
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gustavo alonso piñeiro

July 23, 2010 - 8:49 pm

beautiful flowers that cat jackets. A green greeting
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