We are having a beautiful day today. It’s actually too cool to have our doors open right now! Imagine that!
It has taken me an hour or so to FINALLY get the beautiful image above to show and start writing this blog post. I kept getting a, “You’re not authorized to edit this post,” or similar aggravating messages. Did I tell you I HATE it when websites change all the parameters?
One really NICE thing has happened this morning –
My husband and I got online last night after dinner and ordered some frozen food from Stu’s Clean Cookin’ in Greenwood. This will be our second order.
This morning I got an email from Keith Dake, a co-owner of Stu’s. He asked if he could meet us after 11:15 to pick up our order today, telling us he had our order ready, but that the store would not be open the rest of the week. He offered for us to be able to set the time of pickup.
This is only one of the reasons we will continue as a customer. The food is delicious. The nutrition information is on the website, so you can choose meals that fit your needs. You order when you want, and the food can be picked up the next day after 10am. The store is clean. The people are friendly. We spent about 2 minutes or less picking up our order last time. This is definitely a place that deserves your business.
Have a wonderful day!
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I can’t quit smiling over this. I hope you get a kick out of it, too.
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I’m still smiling from finding this! I LOVE this cat!
It’s gorgeous, sunny, and 64 degrees F. here in Arkansas today.
I’m still patting myself on the head because I was able to figure out why our yard irrigation system was failing to come on. I don’t know what got it ‘wonky,’ but I was giving it a last-ditch-effort, having tried everything I could figure out to do on reprogramming the thing, and it FINALLY came on as it was supposed to. My husband was impressed. I just smiled – as if it were no big thing – but INSIDE I was jumping up and down. :0)
I will try to spend some time working on my garden boxes today.
Enjoy your day.
I took a walk around our yard this morning and felt instantly cheered by signs of spring. We have several Redbud trees in the yard. Each year we try to cut down things around them, giving them the best chance we can of living and giving us a nice display.
This is our tulip tree. We just love it. It only blooms for a little while each spring, and is usually battered by storms – making the pretty blooms fall – but we love it.
I hope these trees lift your spirits as they did mine.
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“An optimist is the human personification of spring.” – Susan J. Bissonette
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“It’s spring fever…. 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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“Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.” — Kahlil Gibran
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Photo via Robert Bennett – LinkedIn
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Professor’s House
I’ve had two sessions up in my art room this afternoon making some new designs in earrings. They are all drying now, but I’ve had a great time getting paint all over me and everything else, experimenting with some new techniques. I hope to show them to you tomorrow.
I’ve also spent some time outside. It has been a gorgeous, sunshine-y day here. It’s still 62 degrees now. I went out to the garden to check my sweet veggies plants.
The weather website for us is predicting 100% chance of rain tomorrow, so these guys will get a nice drink.
I saw yet another sign of spring today –
Our tulip tree is starting to bloom!
This has pretty much been the perfect day. I hope that you have had a wonderful day, too.
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Alex Howitt
Kanno Hisao
Kanno Hisao
Kanno Hisao
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Nihal Buyukeroglu-Love Classical Music
It’s not actually snowing here, but I loved this snowman musician and wanted to share him with you. It is still at freezing here, so I’m waiting a bit to uncover my veggie plants in the garden. The weather has been such I’ll bring the sheets in to dry them before putting them back on the plants before dark tonight.
We got to talk with our son in Thailand this morning via a conference call program where we can actually see his face. I made him smile when I told him what a GOOD man he is. :0)
I’m getting a haircut today. If you’re in the area and are looking for a kind, competent miracle-worker, call Michael Remillard at Tangles. 479-357-9305. 40 Town Square, Greenwood AR 72936. He has taken care of both my husband and me for several years and we truly love him. Today I’m asking him to try to do a ‘shaggy pixie’ or ‘waif’ cut with all different lengths around my face and ears. I’m taking two pics of haircuts I call SASSY….. :0)
UPDATE – Just uncovered the plants – all is fine. Although it is technically above freezing now, it’s C_O_L_D out there! I about froze my parts off. I’m putting the sheets through the dryer so they’ll be ready to spread over the plants again tonight…
I hope you stay warm and dry today.
Life with Dogs and Cats
pelfind.net via Justsomething
Snoopy
Snow Addiction
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Blaze Press
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imgur.com via Justsomething
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Z-Man via Yolanda Vanveen
Karen Anne McGlinchey
You Need More Art in Your Life
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Nikita Veprikov via Maria D’Angelo
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Sand-Re-Scape.com via Yolanda Vanveen
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Heavenly Recipes
I don’t really like cold weather, but I do love making snowmen and playing in the snow. I remember one year when my husband-to-be and I were dating (a hundred years or so ago) we built snow people in my parent’s front yard. A man and a woman. Quite traditional. THEN he really wanted to add anatomically correct – even exaggerated – parts to each one. He was very disappointed when I told him we would NOT do that!
Alex Howitt
One of my favorite things is to look on the net to find snow people I haven’t seen before and share them. I’m so happy to live on the same planet as people who not only think outside the box, but burn the box! There is so much humor and creativity out there.
Alex Howitt
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Aurelia Pinzari
I love the look of winter. The cold, the snow, the gorgeous scenery covered in white. The reality of it, trying to get down my 650+ foot driveway and NOT end up in the field across the road from the bottom of the driveway, and making my way in hilly, curvy roads into town and back again, forces me to enjoy winter vicariously.
“First Snow” – Nino Chakvetadze via Penny Yaffe Krakow
I haved loved Nino Chakvetadze’s paintings for years. She puts so much heart into her work.
Javad Soleimanpour via Ferit Temur via Penny Yaffe Krakow
simply stunning.
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This was taken at the same time I took the photos of my daffodils blooming, even though it wasn’t the middle of February.
I took this photo this morning. It’s 29 degrees out there and look at this!
I was out walking Molly when I saw this, and I have to tell you, my heart simply filled with joy and hope. Cheesy, maybe, but absolutely true.
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” – Robin Williams
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Our weather has been really strange this winter. We’ll have a cold snap, then spring-like weather, then cold again – then a pretty snow, then thunderstorms. It’s no wonder my daffodils are confused.
“Friendship is a shiny thing, a steady beam of light
A lantern on a lonely street, a song far in the night
A smile, a touch of a loving hand, a quiet moment on a hill
And, oh, what a happy little child bringing home a daffodil” (Unknown)
“A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” ~ William Wordsworth
“For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.” – William Wordsworth
“A house with daffodils in it is a house lit up,
whether or no the sun be shining outside.” ~ A.A. Milne
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On the eve of possible rain/sleet/snow here, I thought I would share a nice reminder of spring –
Beautiful Objects Around Us via Martha Kirkendall-Ghearing
Beautiful World
Beautiful World
Soul Alchemy
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First real taste of winter here overnight and this morning. I had to be really careful taking one of our dogs out this morning. The lip and steps of the front porch, plus the concrete pad down below were pretty icy. I had to be really careful not to fall on my head. It’s 33 degrees F. now, and we’re to have a high of 37. The precipitation has changed from freezing rain/sleet to just really cold rain now, so hopefully the ice will melt. I’m a bit worried about the re-freeze tonight, but will wait and see.
Center of the American Experiment
Happily, we have all we need and don’t have to get out, except for taking dogs out.
I hope that YOUR weather is either good, or you can get somewhere warm and dry OUT of it.
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Floristic Planet
Color on the Metolius River-Extreme Oregon via Yolanda Vanveen
Slice of Life
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design-dautore.com-Autumn Vibes-Sarah Patrick via Yolanda Vanveen
I’m about to go outside for the 3rd session of the day of trying to get flower planters cleaned out before our weather goes to pot tomorrow. I have finished finished 7 brick planters today. I have three more, plus 2 pots in the front yard. If I can finish ths, I’ll be happy with my efforts today.
My husband got me a nice roll-around, sit-down thingie that saves my back, so I think I have one more session in me before I’ll run out of both time and energy. 
This is the closest I could find to show you my wonderful gardening seat. Mine is red and has a small basket on one end, plus a rope and handle that allow you to pull it like the proverbial ‘little red wagon.” The seat turns, so it gives flexibility in how it is used. I love it.
While I was pruning and clearing out one of the planters, the wind picked up and all of a sudden it was raining leaves. The SOUND the leaves made was wonderful! I don’t think I’ve ever been in quite that position before, but it was a very special thing. My sweet elderly Molly (she is almost 15) was enjoying the sunshine and stayed right with me, keeping me company.
I just had lunch (it’s almost 4pm) and am finishing a cup of coffee. I’ll go see how much more I can clear before the day is gone.
Hope you’re enjoying your day, too!
Aussie Life-kookaburras
“Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
That’s not a monkey, that’s me. Ha. Ha.”
I love this photo. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually SEEN a kookaburra, much less a glorious whole ROW of them. I always think of the song we sang as children. (I’ve taken some liberties with the words in the lyrics above. WE sang it the way I’ve printed it, which skips two verses and moves the very last line to the first verse.)
I’m happy to report that my husband is doing fine now after his stroke in July. The sudden anger outbursts – apparently a common side effect of strokes – are MUCH fewer now. Though he glosses over the details of how to handle the fact he’s on blood thinners, I’M learning to pay closer attention and make sure things turn out the way they should. He has a dental appointment tomorrow. To give you an example of how he is ‘back,’ he took the Vette to the car wash this morning to clean it up so he can drive it to the dentist’s appointment tomorrow. (He and the dentist talk motorcycles, cars, guns, and such each time he goes.)
I’m also happy to tell you I broke new ground on my scales this morning! The scales actually SMIRKED at me, as we got into fresh, new, lower territory as I grinned back. I HOPE this continues, as I still have a lot of lard I’d like to shed. Though it is much harder to lose the lard the older you get, I’m proving to myself that it IS possible.
A man contacted me yesterday, discussing buying 5 of my new Unicorn Spit plaques. He’s talking to friends today and is supposed to get back to me tomorrow. He understands that these are one of a kind and that I cannot do exactly the same thing twice. Fingers – and all other appendages – are crossed. I’m working on flat wooden Christmas ornaments again today, seeing how they will turn out with this same wonderful paint.
The weather is beautiful, with a high in the low 60’s today! Gorgeous fall weather. I’ll try to get outside this afternoon and get a good amount of clean up of our planters done.
I hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying this gorgeous Sunday – AND that you remembered to set your clocks back last night.
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Kudos to Mother Nature for finally arriving – fashionably late – to West Central Arkansas. It’s 53 degrees F. as I type and the sun is shining. AHHHHH!
When things finally cool down, my energy returns – long dormant in the heat and humidity – slapping a huge smile on my face as I decide what I’m going to try to do with my day.
I hope the weather where you are is to your liking, and that you have all kinds of possibilities to consider.
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“1st Day of Autumn” – Netherlands – photographer Sassy Chris1 via Mara Spirig – LinkedIn
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One of my favorite photographers is Paul Militaru. He has captured some beautiful images of fall, which is happening in his country, Romania, much faster than it is here in Arkansas. They give me hope for cooler weather, glorious colors, and more time outside.
“Acorns Touched by the Autumn Wing” – Paul Militaru
“Colors Characteristic of Autumn” – Paul Militaru
“Dry Leaves” – Paul Militaru
“Fall” – Paul Militaru
We made this mailbox decoration years ago. We haven’t put it up this year and have others scheduled, but this is the way I’ve been feeling lately. The heat indices are between 105 and 110+ degrees each afternoon. You walk outside and it feels as though Mother Nature is slapping you in the face and sucking the breath from your body.
Needless to say, we are thankful for good air conditioning in our house and vehicles, and thankful that we can choose when we go out to do the yard work, working in short sessions, with lots of resting and water in-between.
My husband and I are reasonably active – for folks our age – but this weather really shows up how different things were for us 50 years ago… We happily go about our days, feeling pretty good and doing a good amount of work, blissfully ignoring the passage of the years. THEN – we try to do something outside, coming in wringing wet and panting after only a short time, taking longer and longer to recover with each session, reality rearing its ugly head.
I plan to tackle my to-do list today with ONE thing from the INSIDE list – vacuuming the first floor – and ONE thing from my OUTSIDE list – weed whacking. Anything more will be gravy.
I hope that the weather where YOU are is pleasant.
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Slice of Life via Marianna Bellantoni
Esma CETIN – LinkedIn
“Petunias and Dahlia” – Paul Militaru Photography
Lin Ching Che via Elena (Livia) D. – LinkedIn
Lin Fengmian-via Elena-via Rachel Perman – LinkedIn
Lovka Mechkarova Via Tetiana Shevchuk – Linkedin
“Magnolia 1” – Paul Militaru Photography
“Why Not Always Pink?” – Paul Militaru Photography
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We had strong storms last night with lots of lightning and thunder. Quite impressive. I was relieved to see that we had no discernible damage this morning. It’s raining now, but a quiet, soaky rain that will benefit everything – though my husband is grumbling because he can see the grass growing and he JUST mowed…
I’ve switched to INSIDE stuff today – regular household chores, but I’m going to make some breakfast and then do a session of yoga this morning so I can add another gold star to my calendar. :0)
I hope that the weather is nice where you are and that you’re enjoying your day, too.
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Since 2 of our 8-foot brick planters in the front collapsed and have to be rebuilt, we’re very short on sprouts and blooms this spring. The exception to this, though, is a lovely display of bloom from the redbud trees that Mother Nature dotted around. We love each of them and cut away things around them that might encroach, encouraging them to be healthy and happy.
The tree in the first picture faces the south of our property where we can pretend we own all we can see. :0) This one is facing in the opposite direction.
Another one on the south.
And a close up of some of the blooms.
I go outside and walk around every day just to enjoy these!
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