How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.~ Annie Dillard
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Smooth Sailin'
Well, the weatherman was right, temperatures were above 70 every day this week; it's 64 degrees outside my door as I sit and type on this beautiful spring morning! This pic was taken from the canoe launch, out on Dutton Island in the ICW. Looks like a great day for driftin', don'tcha think?!
Spring celebrations
The first official week of spring! Always a good week, in my book!
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etc
1. Last Saturday, we headed south again to visit with the mister's family. His siblings were all in attendance, all THEIR 'significant others', their mother and, of course, the fab four (the nieces & nephews)...not to mention everybody's dogs!! It was a full-blown celebration, with cake and ice cream, games to play, and all sorts of fun to be had!! Why were we celebrating, you might ask? Well....
2. This past Sunday, one of my favorite girls in the WHOLE WORLD turned 7 years old!! Happy Birthday, Savannah!! And, if that wasn't enough cause for celebrating,
3. this Saturday will be the littlest angel's birthday #2 (Happy Birthday, Abby!), and what better reason to let them eat cake?!
4. Oh, plus, when we were out shopping for gifts for the girls, I got myself a cute new purse! I'd look at it every time we went in the store, but if you know me, you know I'm prettycheap thrifty when it comes to spending money on extraneous things, but this purse was on sale for -- get this --$3.99. (?!?!!) And, I gotta say, it's just the perfect size for me...not so tiny I can't fit a book in it, but not so big that I feel like a carpetbagger! Just perfect.
5. And, of course, my traditional every-other-Friday favorite: It's payday!!
May every day be filled with your Favorite things!
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etc1. Last Saturday, we headed south again to visit with the mister's family. His siblings were all in attendance, all THEIR 'significant others', their mother and, of course, the fab four (the nieces & nephews)...not to mention everybody's dogs!! It was a full-blown celebration, with cake and ice cream, games to play, and all sorts of fun to be had!! Why were we celebrating, you might ask? Well....
2. This past Sunday, one of my favorite girls in the WHOLE WORLD turned 7 years old!! Happy Birthday, Savannah!! And, if that wasn't enough cause for celebrating,3. this Saturday will be the littlest angel's birthday #2 (Happy Birthday, Abby!), and what better reason to let them eat cake?!
4. Oh, plus, when we were out shopping for gifts for the girls, I got myself a cute new purse! I'd look at it every time we went in the store, but if you know me, you know I'm pretty
5. And, of course, my traditional every-other-Friday favorite: It's payday!!
And, what about you? What were the highlights of your week? Be sure to head on over to Living to Tell the Story and share your Friday Faves with Susanne and all the other wonderful participants. And, until next time...
Friday, March 19, 2010
Painted Skies
Altho it's only 54-degrees this mornin', I can see the sun a-risin', and the weatherman tells me it should climb to near 70 before the weekend is through! Hope you all have a great one ahead of you...
The year's at the spring, And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven; The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven - All's right with the world!
~ Robert Browning
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Spring's a-springin'
It's been a pretty good week here at the beach, my friends; the weather is warmin' up, festival season is just around the corner, and life is finer than frog hair!
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etc
1. Well, unlike most other folks have been lamenting this week, I always like the time change, when we "spring ahead into the spring". It means the sun is up later into the evening, which means more time for walks with the hounds on the island, it means it's darker a bit later in the mornings -- my favorite, me-time of the day -- and just generally reminds me that the warmer weather is right around the corner, and that is ALWAYS a favorite thing!
2.
This past Tuesday, the mister had a lean consortium to attend, which gave him a short day, and I was graced with his invitation for us to have lunch together! It was a nice little change in the middle of the week (Tuesday is laundry day, too - so any excuse, ya know?!). We had lunch at The Sun Dog Diner, I had an excellent sandwich of turkey, bacon and brie on sourdough bread, some superb coleslaw, and the best french fries at the beach!
3. After lunch, we stopped in at the local UBS (Tappin Book Mine) and I found new-to-me titles by three of my favorite writers (four, technically, if you would count both Preston and Child).
4. The last time I went to have my locks chopped, Rachel, my hair-gal, told me my hair was getting kinda dry, so we picked up some Redkin "Blonde Glam" hair conditioner from the salon, (which I never usually *do*, I just buy whatever's at the chain-mart when it's in front of me!) and, not only does it *really* work better than the stuff you get at the supermarket, but it smells delicious!!....
5. And finally, it's the start of the first official Spring weekend, and what's not to luv about that??!
May every day be filled with your Favorite things!
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etc1. Well, unlike most other folks have been lamenting this week, I always like the time change, when we "spring ahead into the spring". It means the sun is up later into the evening, which means more time for walks with the hounds on the island, it means it's darker a bit later in the mornings -- my favorite, me-time of the day -- and just generally reminds me that the warmer weather is right around the corner, and that is ALWAYS a favorite thing!
2.
This past Tuesday, the mister had a lean consortium to attend, which gave him a short day, and I was graced with his invitation for us to have lunch together! It was a nice little change in the middle of the week (Tuesday is laundry day, too - so any excuse, ya know?!). We had lunch at The Sun Dog Diner, I had an excellent sandwich of turkey, bacon and brie on sourdough bread, some superb coleslaw, and the best french fries at the beach!3. After lunch, we stopped in at the local UBS (Tappin Book Mine) and I found new-to-me titles by three of my favorite writers (four, technically, if you would count both Preston and Child).
4. The last time I went to have my locks chopped, Rachel, my hair-gal, told me my hair was getting kinda dry, so we picked up some Redkin "Blonde Glam" hair conditioner from the salon, (which I never usually *do*, I just buy whatever's at the chain-mart when it's in front of me!) and, not only does it *really* work better than the stuff you get at the supermarket, but it smells delicious!!....
5. And finally, it's the start of the first official Spring weekend, and what's not to luv about that??!So, tell us, what were the highlights of your week? Be sure to head on over to Living to Tell the Story and share your Friday Faves with Susanne and all the other wonderful participants. And, until next time...
Friday, March 12, 2010
Clouds Crashing
The weatherman was right, the temperatures have risen - it's 64 degrees right now, outside my back door - but, with the climb in mercury, come some cloud-filled skies, as well. This pic was taken in Jax Beach, during the prelude to some storm in August, 2009 (that's what the file folder says, anyway!) I like the way the clouds seem to mirror the crashing waves, as tho they're crashing over the horizon...
Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Random Favorites
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etcIt's been a pretty relaxed week here at our cottage by the sea...the weather is warming up nicely, albeit a bit soggy,
1. so we went to the garden center this past weekend, and picked up a few starter tomato plants for our little spring garden. If the weather cooperates, the plan is to play in the dirt this weekend!
2. One of my dearest old friend's celebrates her birthday today. While I haven't seen her in ages, and unfortunately have no concrete plans to do so anytime soon I'm afraid, she is still one of those friends with whom the years can pass, but you can still start right where you left off. I think I'll call her this afternoon, crank up the stereo and coerce he into having a birthday drink with me, long-distance! (Happy Birthday, Rita!)
3. A picture & a poem:
picture by Rhonda R. Napoleon; subject a member of the Skyline Forest Faeries & Guardians of Cloudcroft, New Mexico Spring Greeting All faintly through my soul to-day,
As from a bell that far away
Is tinkled by some frolic fay,
Floateth a lovely chiming.
Thou magic bell, to many a fell
And many a winter-saddened dell
Thy tongue a tale of Spring doth tell,
Too passionate-sweet for rhyming.
Chime out, thou little song of Spring,
Float in the blue skies ravishing.
Thy song-of-life a joy doth bring
That's sweet, albeit fleeting.
Float on the Spring-winds e'en to my home:
And when thou to a rose shalt come
That hath begun to show her bloom,
Say, I send her greeting!by Sidney Lanier
4. Well...I don't know about you, but in this house - with two hounds and a manx - we luv Febreze. And, this week, we tried their newest scent "Thai Dragon Fruit"...oh.yeah.
5. And, I would be remiss if I didn't mention (as usual) payday for the mister today! I'm not sure why that's always a fave, as much of it goes out as fast as it comes in, but it's nice to see that little jump in the 'ol checking account, no matter how fleeting it may be! ;)
What were the highlights of your week? Be sure to head on over to Living to Tell the Story and share your Friday Faves with Susanne and all the other wonderful participants. And, until next time...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
March in the Garden
Well, it's been a long, cold winter, even here in Florida, and I gotta tell ya, our little patch is certainly showing tales! But, this weekend passed, the mister got me out to the garden center, and we picked up a few starter tomato plants (eight, actually, two each: Roma grape, Bradley, Bonnie originals, and Big Beef), a small pack of zucchini squash and a pack of Brussel sprouts....(other veggies to start: beans, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, potatoes) Boy! the cold spell really raised the price of the veggie plants, let me tell ya! It's still not *quiet* warm enough to plant these outside yet, but we're thinkin' that's the plan for the upcoming weekend. First, we have to clean these pots out, the leftovers from last year's plants...
Plus, now is the time to prune all the cold-weather damage on some of the shrubs and plantings throughout the yard. It's best to wait until the first signs of new growth appear, so they don't take so long to recover. (Ya know, none of my azalea bushes bloomed this year...isn't it about that time?!) But, it IS starting to (FINALLY!!) look like spring is springing, my friends, and that means, soon, my jasmine will be blooming, the birds and the squirrels will be rustling throught the trees, and the sun will be upon us!! Don'tcha just LUV the anticipation of spring??!
Friday, March 05, 2010
Red Skies in Morning
Well, I'm still thinkin' it's not warm enough for my liking, altho the weatherman tells me this upcoming week will be more spring-like it it's temperatures. This is a sunrise pic, taken from my front porch...I just luv the color of the sky!
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It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!~ Mark Twain
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Week in Review
Here we are, with another weekend upon us (yeah!) and time once again for
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etc
1. the fab four; This past weekend I got to spend Saturday with my favorite little people, and I had a blast! We ran around (you'd think I was still a kid myself), played freeze-tag, I got lots of hugs and kisses, and I luved every minute of it..
2.flexibility; And, I found that - at almost 43 years of age! - I can STILL do a cartwheel (one handed, no less), a back walk-over, a handstand AND a split! Plus, I could even walk the next day without (too much) difficulty! That, my friends, is a favorite thing!!
3. beautiful blooms; Even though it's still too cold for my liking, I do have an Amaryllis in bloom, which makes me think (hope!) that spring is just around the corner.
4. birdies; and on that same note, I've noticed several birds chirping and flittering around the yard, and that always brings a smile to my face.
5. Dutton Island Preserve; As I've mentioned before, we have a wonderful nature preserve just at the end of our street. It's a favorite place to walk the hounds, take pics, and just be outside in all of nature's glory!
May every day be filled with your Favorite things!
a place to come on Friday's and think back over your week and just post about 5 favorite things from your week. It can be anything that tickled your fancy over the week. Favorite quotes, posts, happenings, scriptures, recipes, pictures, etc., etc1. the fab four; This past weekend I got to spend Saturday with my favorite little people, and I had a blast! We ran around (you'd think I was still a kid myself), played freeze-tag, I got lots of hugs and kisses, and I luved every minute of it..
2.flexibility; And, I found that - at almost 43 years of age! - I can STILL do a cartwheel (one handed, no less), a back walk-over, a handstand AND a split! Plus, I could even walk the next day without (too much) difficulty! That, my friends, is a favorite thing!!
3. beautiful blooms; Even though it's still too cold for my liking, I do have an Amaryllis in bloom, which makes me think (hope!) that spring is just around the corner.4. birdies; and on that same note, I've noticed several birds chirping and flittering around the yard, and that always brings a smile to my face.
5. Dutton Island Preserve; As I've mentioned before, we have a wonderful nature preserve just at the end of our street. It's a favorite place to walk the hounds, take pics, and just be outside in all of nature's glory! And, what about you? What were the highlights of your week? Be sure to head on over to Living to Tell the Story and share your Friday Faves with Susanne and all the other wonderful participants. And, until next time...
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