Nasty Blue tarp makes for an excellent backdrop

Wow. My husband can tackle any project. In addition to his full time traveling job, he tackles the whole Southeast… he can lay tile, build anything (he built my art desk for me because we couldn’t find one to suit my needs) & yesterday I heard him jump onto the deck, from God knows where,…

Yea, right Mom

Nala on the leash! She is really looking at Hobbes the cat, who is sauntering by.

Birmingham is YELLOW

Yesterday it wasn’t yellow. Today is yellow. Hobbes is rolling in it. I took several so you can see how he turns himself yellow. If you look on the left side of the picture, near his whiskers you can see little dots flying about. I will pay for these pictures, tonight it will feel like…

fast falling focus…

I love the water in this vase, it looked like a chunk of ice in the very late afternoon sunlight.

Hobbes

Gosh, he one good lookin’ Humane Society cat!

ladies & gentleman may I present…Princess Ivy

Today reached 80 degrees. My daughter covered Ivy in this furry blanket. I could barely get her to open her eyes. Ivy is fat, she has a black/brown coat, but she seeks heat. She sleeps in sun spots throughout the day. In the winter she would sleep on the vents, she got dandruff from dry…

dusty ladybug

Amazing allergies this year, can you see the pollen? I want a million ladybugs to eat the evil vegetarian bugs. Funny that I want meat eaters on my veggies & flowers and my vegetarian bugs consumed. Funny how nature works out. Wow. So if you are a vegetarian (we are 85% there) & you find…

Blueberry Bee

Got a better one of this bee today. He is making us yummy blueberries! Every year we get hundreds, the minute they are blue-someone comes & eats them all. This year we finally bought a net & my husband is going to make some cool contraption to keep Bambi & thumper off my blueberries &…

My son is gifting this to his teacher

My son was working his butt off for me. I paid him & he used the money he earned, plus a little more, because he wanted this bracelet for his teacher. He is so excited to give it to her. He has said a few times that he hopes he doesn’t have a substitute tomorrow….