Only Once a Year!

Yesterday was a partly sunny/partly cloudy day - depending on how you look at it! But I took the opportunity to photograph our Lady Banks climbing rose. It is just gorgeous and bursting with beautiful yellow (Paige's favorite color!) blooms. The only downside to this rose is that it only blooms once at the beginning of Spring and that's it:(

Here is a close up of how the bloom looks.

And another. I have decided to cut some and make a beautiful bouquet to bring inside to brighten up our world in here, especially since it will only bloom this one time. Happy Spring to everyone!

No Problem!

The Instrument!!

The Evidence!!

Paige cut her hair today! While I was getting paper for her to cut (I was on drugs and slow - antihistamines! ha!) and she was sitting at the bar with her kiddy scissors waiting, I heard her exclaim, "I cut my hair, BearBear!"

And here it is! She cut it almost down to the scalp right in the front but, thank goodness, it was long but not very wide! I told her mother she would have a new hairstyle for Easter and that she was being paid back for cutting one of our cat's whiskers down to a nub with her kindergarten scissors when she was a little one! ha!

All children cut their own hair at one time or another, don't they?!?

I had NO PROBLEM finding a subject to post today!

Sunday

Today being Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest so I went to church, left halfway thru and got to my mother's in time to watch her TV church with her, we ate together, visited and I came home and spent the rest of the day just looking around and playing on the computer. I feel like I'm coming down with either sinus problems or a cold. Hope it's gone tomorrow. No energy.

Playing in Puddles!

About mid-morning today, I headed outside in my pjs and waterproof shoes and a rain jacket to play in the puddles with my camera!

All this reminded me of when I was a kid and took the time to really look at things like this. Remember seeing reflections of different things in rain puddles or seeing a rainbow in oil on concrete?

The two photos above are reflections of trees in a big puddle on our sidewalk (yes, we do have a sidewalk even though we live in the country! ha!).

I kept splashing around looking for something different and found this reflection of a tire on my husband's tractor reflected in a puddle on the concrete in our carport.

As I walked up to our mailbox, I saw these two cows trying to cross in the flooded waters across the road from our house. They were trying to get to dry land where all the other cows were. It sounded as if the other cows were calling them to come over to dry land!

Also, as I was walking to the mailbox, I came across this cute little fellow, a nice surprise!

I know turtles are supposed to be slow but he was moving pretty fast. Only once did he stand still for my camera. He was going as fast as he could to get away from me. I just love his colors and had to get a photo of him. I wonder where he went and where he is now.

I had a great morning playing in the rain and hope you enjoy my photos!

My Daddy's Birthday

Today is my daddy's birthday. If he were still here, he would be 90 years old today! Just wanted to remember him here:)

Dummies

Why is learning this new technology so difficult for me?!? I cannot tell you how many "Dummie" books I have or have had in the past (or the VISUAL books!). My present challenge is iTunes for some reason. We just have a little iPod shuffle and that's all I want is a little music to listen to while I clean house, ride my bike, things like that but it takes me FOREVER to change my music on it. I can't remember how I did it the last time and I stay on the site for hours sometimes trying to figure this out! It's driving me crazy! I know it should be simple, right?

I really think I am more "right-brained" than "left-brained". But I keep plugging along:) Oh, and by the way, I just completely FORGOT to post yesterday. Just completely slipped my mind!

Spring Has Sprung For Me!

I love this magazine! It will get you in the Spring mood! Taxes are done, files purged, been cleaning house, got some sewing done today (will post later on here), even baked cookies today. If you see this magazine in the racks, take a look. Good recipes, great ideas for a lot of things and very inspiring! I love it!