Our school secretary liked to cut out,
paint, and decorate different wooden
pieces to give away as gifts. She would
invite several teachers to her house to
work on seasonal decorations, and we
would have so much fun while working
on our masterpieces. She would call it
"our get-togethers" and I would call it our
"therapy". During one of our creative sessions, I made these RED pieces of watermelon complete with an "ant" that enjoyed his/her sampling of the delicious fruit!

When I was teaching school, all the teachers received "apples" with our names on them to hang outside our classroom doors. I proudly display my "apple" in my "Foo, foo, whimsical country room" (my husband calls it that) alongside the watermelon decoration that I made. I taught school for 31 years and I retired 5 years ago.

I saw RED.......Thursday

This is a framed picture of my Mom and Dad taken before their 50th Wedding Anniversary. My mother is almost 94 years old now and she lives with us. My father passed away 9 years ago. He served in WWII, hence the patriotic picture frame.

This red lampshade is in our great room and it compliments
a chair and the pillows that are on our couches. I think that
I bought it at Ross or TJ Maxx about 4 years ago at a rather inexpensive price.

Here is my Red Wednesday picture for the "I saw RED" challenge on Sara's blog at Sadie Olive. I'm having so much fun doing this, I can't believe it! I've NEVER done anything like this before and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The picture I'm including for today is a vintage pair of Little Red Riding Hood (love their sweet and delicate faces) salt and pepper shakers that my mother had when I was a child. She saved them and now I have them on display (safely behind a glass panel) in my kitchen. She also had a cookie jar to match the shakers, but she doesn't remember what happened to it! As I've stated before, I'm not crazy about the color RED, but this challenge has given me a chance to really see and appreciate the various colors around me. Thanks, Sara, for the challenge~~~hence, nudging me to stop and take in the colorful beauty I usually take for granted every day.

RUBY TUESDAY
Necessity is the Mother of Invention....And I'm Very Needy!
Thank you Sprint~~~~
Thank you Nicole by O P I for Stolen Kisses and I'm Not Really a Waitress~~~~

This is the first official day of Sara's RED challenge and I must say that I've come across several things around my house that are red. I'm not overly fond of the color RED, and I really don't have a whole lot that is RED, but what I do have has special meaning to me. The cute vintage teenage girls and record player were put on several birthday cakes as I was growing up. My mom rarely threw anything away, so I came across these darling pieces to include in my challenge. The "Happy Birthday" bag is a current item and I thought that I would include it because of its RED color. The following picture and post were included Sunday night when I first read about the challenge.

This is my first post for the "I saw RED" challenge on Sara's blog Sadie Olive. This is an adorable picture of my 15 month old grandson, Brandt, eating RED watermelon in a RED shirt.