This Bud's For You!

I think I like rosebuds better than the open rose. I don't know why.

So here are a few shots of rosebuds from my backyard.

What a beauty to behold!

Looking Under Skirts?

Have you ever "looked under skirts" of flowers? My husband planted these zinnias a couple of months ago, I guess, and we've enjoyed all these wonderful colors! I love zinnias but these did not grow as I'm accustomed to seeing zinnias grow. He planted the seeds in a big round rather shallow pot and when they grew, they "weeped" over like a fern. Unusual but rather pretty. Above is a yellow one.

And here is a pretty orange one. Has anyone else seen zinnias weep instead of standing tall?

Still Counting!

Here are some wooden spools that I found at my mother's house. I was really amazed at how many I found. I knew she had some but thought just a few. There are around 45!! (I seem to be counting things lately - Barbies last night and wooden spools today! ha!)

Last night as my husband and I were watching a movie, I took the thread off all 45 spools! Then right before I went to bed, I googled wooden spool crafts and found all kinds of things you can do with them, some I would do and some I wouldn't dare.

But I think they look pretty just sitting in this old bowl of my mother's on her old tea cart. What do you think? Any ideas?

Twuly, Twuly, Twuly Outwageous

Here she is - Barbie!! This morning I got up and went in the attic of our garage to get some empty boxes to use to pack things for the LAST DAY at my mother's house. As I was looking around, I saw this box labeled on top - BARBIES. I was in a hurry and didn't have time to check and see if there really were Barbie dolls in there and decided I would check when I got home.

When I got home tonight, I went upstairs in the garage and brought that box down. In the box were 22 Barbies, 2 Barbie little sisters, 5 Kens, and four dolls called Jem dolls.

Both of my girls just absolutely loved playing with Barbies but my oldest daughter especially loved those Jem dolls. One was blonde, one had purple hair, one had hot pink hair, and one had bright blue hair. They were in a band and the one song I remember was a song that said they were truly, truly, truly outrageous. Erin substituted a W sound for all R sounds at that age so she would sing that song as twuly outwageous and it was SO cute!

Now that I'm through at my mother's, I'm wanting to go through boxes up in our garage and see what I can find.

Pictured above is the only Barbie that was completely dressed right down to her little white high heel shoes.

Here's a close-up of the Barbie above. I wanted you to see that she has on heart earrings!

Rock n Roll!!!!!

Oh, Paw Paw, I want to be a rock star!!!! What a little groupie!

Our Mushroom Garden

I think this is the biggest mushroom garden we've ever had! I love it and just had to photograph it. My sister was visiting while this little garden popped up and her photos are much better than mine, I think. I hope she posts them on FB.

Just playing around with color on this one. It looks like sunshine bathing them in light. I tried to make a psychedelic look but just couldn't get it. Fun!

Feeling Like Cinderella!

I feel like Cinderella trying to get this post in before the clock strikes midnight but I don't think I made it! ha!

I love this photo. We spent this past weekend in Nashville. Erin really does a great job at finding us girls something different and fun to do every time. This is just one of the fun things we saw and did this trip. We went to a park called Dragon Park (I think she said that's just what the locals call it - I don't know the "official" name). But it had a huge dragon made completely from mosaics and it was beautiful to look at and photograph. I just love all the color.

They also had slides, a big sandbox way up high (I was just told about that. I didn't actually see this.), a seesaw that looked like a ladybug but I didn't photograph it. It was a nice day weather wise to do this.

Afterwards we went to a popsicle place that was fantastic. I had a cantaloupe popsicle that tasted just like fresh canteloupe. There's more to post about this trip to Nashville which I will do tomorrow.

But I don't think I made it under midnight so two posts may show the same date. Oh well. . .