Imagine That

Can we come in now, Mom? Beautiful wildflowers Healthiest tomato plants at Ships Landing---growing out of the compost bin First home-grown tomato of the season It has been hotter than blazes here---yesterday was supposed to be a high of 88 deg. It hit 96 and felt like 113. First time I've ever seen that for this area. Hibernation is underway, so I did a bit of sewing. Imagine that!! :)

My Friend's Sister

I just spent the afternoon with my friend, Flannie, and her sister. This was the first time I had met Norma. What a delightful woman! I felt an immediate bond with her---and unlike her sister, my dear friend Flannie, Norma has started quilting within the last three years!!! What fun, to actually have another 'quilter' in the house. They called this a.m. I was in the midst of hauling loads of old hay from the barn on my 'haulin' ass buggy :D' to cover an area that I want to plant lavendar in. Hot, sweatie (and it was only 8:30 a.m. for goodness sake!), filthy, and they want to know can they come pick me up and go to lunch in RogVegas. Absolutely!! Just give me enough time to grab a shower! Not to worry, it would be 12:00 or 12:30 before they got to my house. Okay, great...I can finish the hay-haulin and get my sticks (read with a hopeful voice 'trees') watered. Lunch at O'Henry's was scrumptious!! We were all three in the mood for a cheeseburger and fries, and oh my, was it good....and so were the fried dill pickles and fried mac'n'cheese. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was a 'low-calorie', good-for-you kinda lunch. :D We were strolling leisurely back to the truck, laughing like the crazies that we are, and here comes Hannah Rose and Maggie Mae in their gold Caddy! And Hannah Rose was sportin' lavendar bangs!!!!! :D What a hoot!!!! She is definitely 'stylin' now, girlfriends!! :D It was wonderful to see them both! Now that Hannah has officially retired from teaching, we will definitely be seeing more of each other, right, Hannah? :) What a sweet, soft-spoken delightful woman Norma is!!! She is one of those souls that I feel like I've known all of my life. We could have spent days, weeks.......talking fabric, quilt patterns, how to crochet rag rugs, etc. I actually felt kind of bad for Flannie cause Norma and I got so caught up (lost would be more accurate!) in my 'quilt stewdio' that she ended up on the porch by herself with coffee and the pups. ;) And of course, they both HAD to see the Flowbee (my hair cutting device that attaches to the vacuum cleaner :D, for those of you unfamiliar with the Flowbee). The afternoon literally flew by. It was such a sweet simple pleasure. A spontaneous afternoon delight :) The only 'bad' thing was that I missed a call from MY sister, Nita. I'll call you tomorrow, Nita! :)

Worn to a Frazzle

My nephew, Shannon, and his two daughters, McKinley and Madison My new Club Car with McKinley and Madison waiting for a ride (Bayley says 'me too') :) Me, McKinley and Madison riding by to say Hi to Dewey and Badger under the apple tree Those two girls and those two pups had a blast My Columbines are gorgeous this year, as well as the azalea :) I have played harder the last week than I have in ages!!! My new buggy is wearing me out---I am using it from morning til dark---and I LOVE IT!!! :) It is the best gift I have ever gotten!

Ahhh, Springtime!

Just Beautiful

Happy Easter

Skipping Right Into

Summer! It's 90 degs here right now. What happened to that beautiful season we used to call Spring? :) Oh, I am so glad, tho, to see the sun shine and feel the warmth!! Just a gorgeous day here at Ships Landing.

Downy or Female Hairy?

What a BEAUTIFUL Morning

even though it's only 25 deg. :) The birds are loving the early morning sunshine. So am I. I feel like I haven't seen a sunrise in forever! Yesterday was the first morning I watched the sun top the ridge in months. I accomplished absolutely NOTHING yesterday because I ran in and out all day just to feel the sunlight on my face. :) I took Bayley and Marlee for their first walk together since the beginning of December. Homer Kitty even tagged along for the walk (and spent the night out...still isn't home--I do hope he's okay). It was so much fun. Only a short one. I didn't want to overdo it with Bayley. He is doing so well--knock on wood--and the forecast promised another beautiful day for today, so I wanted to be able to let them outside to play a bit today too. :) They are so much fun to be with now that Bayley is just about recovered from his leg surgery. This has been a LONG, COLD, HARD Winter here at Ships Landing, and we are ALL ready for sunshine and budding nature. :)

Last Day of February 2010

So, I just had my 54th birthday, and my friend asked me what I would like to accomplish in this new year. I'm sure I gave her an answer without putting much thought, at the time, into it. Having had the question to haunt the nether regions of my feeble little brain, and finding myself focusing on it more and more, I decided to put into words what jumps to the forefront of my mind.......To live even more in the moment, to pull each moment on like a snuggly sweater and revel in just that moment, one by one, as each of them fly so quickly past that I feel like this must be like what it would be to hang-glide. To breathe in tension, frustration, negativity, transform it, and exhale more light, peace and harmony. To learn more~~about me and what is important to me~~ to walk more gently, treading more lightly, leaving smaller and smaller 'footprints'~~learning how to harvest and treasure more the things in life that delight me~~family, friends, pets, birds, critters from the woods; to plant and grow more, and destroy less

Dewey-Darlin' Shipley

March 1996 - February 23, 2010

Can Spring Be Far Behind?

Yesterday was such a beautiful warm day that I had to just go outside with the camera and capture a picture of my little Chickadee who is venturing closer and closer to the house feeder. The Bluebirds finally returned from their Bermuda vacation...no, they don't normally wander quite so far on their Winter vacation but this January and February have been so cold they just locked up the condos and flew. :)