DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Early Summer Beverage Center and More, 2026

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....

I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....

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In my last post, I shared how I decorated my Kitchen Hutch and the area around it in a Hen, Roos and Bee theme for Early Summer....

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

I want to Thank to Melynda , over at Scratch Made Food ! & DYI Homemade Household, for choosing my Blog Post, Back Yard Garden Update, as one of her features for last week's Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot Link Party!!

Thanks so much, Melynda!!

I also want to Thank Andrea, over at a Morning Cup of Joe, for choosing my Blog Post, Back Yard Blooms Update, as of of her features from last week's A Morning Cup of Joe Link Party!!

Thanks again, Andrea!!

Please stop by and link up to these wonderful parties!!

And now for a few Personal Notes...

For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....

On THURSDAYS, I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...

I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....

On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...

Well, what have I been up to or gone to for the past week since it is Saturday again??/

Wednesday was my monthly Young at Heart Senior Social Club meeting....

We served red and white pizza for the local pizzeria, Grotto, which delivered it...

Cupcakes, brownies that a member made and grapes....

Our speaker for this month's meeting was member Bob, who did a presentation on Personal Safety Awareness...

Bob holds numerous certifications in Security, fire arms and worked for a local prison and probation office....

One important thing he stressed was to always be aware of your surroundings and the people who are in those surroundings....

One other thing I accomplished this week before the 90 degree heat with oppressive humidity hit NEPA, is that I FINALLY packed away all of Christmas in my upstairs Sitting Room...

It has been decorated for Christmas since October 2023....

After my husband became ill and passed away, I just could not get to the upstairs in 2024 and last year, it got hot so fast that I did not feel like going up in the attic to haul the tubs down....

I have some tweaking to do but it is now changed over to the Garden theme decor that I normally have in it....

A few sneak peeks....

You have no idea what a sense of accomplishment this is that I finally got this done...

Now what did I do with the 6 ft. Flocked Tree that I had in this room?????

Stay tuned....

Today, I am continuing with the tour of my Kitchen decorated for early Summer in a Hen, Roos and Bee theme.....

I will pick up where I left off in my last post.....

Above the stove....

I bought this metal Kitchen sign in Dollar General a few years back...

The small counter area between the stove and the sink....

A Hens and Roos acrylic board...

We took out the window when we made the patio into another room, the Den....

I still treat it like a window though...

I hung a red and white checked valance I made from a tablecloth....

On each side, hanging on the cabinets....

A sign I made by gluing 2 signs together....

The tea cup chandy that I made....

Birdhouses hanging on the valances.....

2 Hen ornaments hanging from the chandy....

On the window sill....

The left side.....

I bought the "stores" in Michael's many years ago.....

Another sign......

I bought the red towels online in Boscov's a few years back....

I left out the orange and white checked Kitchen mat after Easter....

In the corner.....

The canisters came from Michael's many years ago...

The wire tea cup.....

I added more eggs to this wreath.....

My Beverage Center....

Not decorated for any Holiday....

A bottle cap coffee sign that I bought on Amazon....

The vintage coffee mug, tin Tea canister and Lipton's Tea tin were my late neighbor Elly's.....

More vintage pieces.....

I still do drink Hot Cocoa at times in the Summer.....

I used a Dollar Tree Bee place mat on top of a red and white checked one.....

Bee bowls hold my coffee creamers....

A mug with my first name initial holds my sweeteners.....

A Dollar Tree vinyl place mat on the fridge....

Instant coffee in the glass container.....

I used the mugs my son Jim and DIL Danielle gifted us from Disney World.....

Another gifted mug and a bee mug from Dollar Tree.....

And this is where I am going to leave off for today.....

I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY for my next post....

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

And try to find JOY in every single day!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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