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This is Ivy's Porch in Scott's Valley CA. It was a nice little surprise that my hubby darling love of my life treated me to. When I flew out to join him in CA for a business trip that he was on, I knew that our little mini vacation would have us visiting San Francisco and then on to Yosemite but I never dreamed that he would take the magazine that I brought to read on the plane ride, Romantic Homes, and map out a day of visiting as many Romantic shops that our days would allow.
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Now they say, whoever they are, that the perfect vacation a couple can have is when you allow each person to do what they really want. I knew that he wanted to go to Yosemite and I wanted to see the Painted Ladies in San Francisco so this side trip was a beautiful gift to me.
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So do you want to see Romantic Shop # 1?
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And as you can see even the table says we are in for some "White." Perfect for a White Wednesday posting, don't you think?
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White eye candy here and
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White eye candy there.
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How about a little slice of White?
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And if you can't get enough White inside then lets go outside,
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around White fountains and through white arbors until a little White cherub blesses you.
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with an exlposion of beautiful pink roses climbing up White trellises.
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Leaving you with one perfectly, White, beautiful quote.
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I do thank God for this wonderful trip and most importantly for a wonderful hubby that shows me he loves me in so many colorful ways.