Some changes are so lovely...

.......some are just aggravations...

Stood entranced

by the call of a Bob White this morning.  What a treat!  And I just heard my first Red-Winged Blackbird of the Season.  Delightful treasures...

Happy Easter

Hummingbird Moth

Happy Easter from our house to yours!

It's April...no joke :)

I saw my first lightning bug of the season on Friday (March 30).  I feel like that is just way too early for them to be out.  Spring is in full swing here at Ships Landing.  The magic and mystery of nature unfurling in every direction that my gaze lands has me so caught up in the wonder and beauty of it all that I can hardly tear myself away to do anything but revel in it.

Happy Spring, Happy Vernal Equinox

Just a couple of my oh so gorgeous Birthday Cards

A storm was brewing---there's one on the horizon this evening too

Happy dancing---I'm working on a quilt for Moi

It's Spring Yipppeeeee Let's have another dip -- Splish Splash she was having a bath

She had a marvelous time with the temps in the low 80s and the sun shining

Happy happy Spring, my Zebra Swallowtail celestial being

One of my Rosemary bushes (both of them bloomed all Winter)

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Love is in the air...The Tree Swallows are dancing from sunup to sundown

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Paddy's Day and may the Irish Eyes Smile Lovingly on You

I think this is a Spirea (Bridal Wreath?) and it is sooooo lovely and has the most marvelous perfume

Little Mrs. Tree Swallow (at dusk) checking us out

The Ides of March...Already??

How can it already be March 1?  In like a Lion/Out like a Lamb...It's amazing that the Lilacs are already leafing out, the Daffodils are in bloom, the Tree Swallows came home this morning and were checking out the condo rentals for the Spring.  I feel like I'm caught up in a time warp of some sort.  One of my Rosemarys is full of blossoms (and has been all Winter!).  The Spirea is blooming/leafing.  The ground is so soaked that water stands in pools.  The weather is so strange, the winds are blowing in weird currents, storms are brewing, portents and harbingers----of change(?)  Will we have snow in May?

Microwave Rice with Lavendar and Mint Heating Pads

My Orange House blocks for February

I was about to toss this FAVORITE pair of socks out because the elastic is shot, but then I had a brilliant idea---make them into microwave rice packs.  I made them this morning and I'm thrilled with them (and no, it DOESN'T take much to thrill me LOL).


I was beginning to wonder if I would get my house blocks made before February became a dim memory.  :)  The picture is awful---the lighting in our house leaves a lot to be desired, and it's almost 8:30 p.m.  Irregardless, the houses for February ARE Orange and they are DONE DONE DONE yippee :} and there are two of them.   :D

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Dance At Ships Landing

 

I won the most WONDERFUL give-away from Julie at JulieKQuilts.  You are waaaay too generous, girlfriend.  :)  I don't have a clue what I will use these in yet, but I'm drooling all over them as I pull books and patterns, searching for just the perfect pattern.  Thank you sooo very much, Julie, for your generous gift.  It warms the cockles of my heart.  :D

All Day

to 'build' one house---will construct the second one tomorrow :)
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extraORDINARY Joys

Shadows and

Sunshine on Carolina Wren

Ahhhh Big Brother makes an excellent pillow and body-warmer