Heard this song on the radio last night. It has been a while since I have heard it - but it always puts me in a laid-back, mellow mood... It's just something about the sound of her voice and the whole feel of the song.

just a couple images that bring me the same feeling as the song...

mist coming through the trees...

the blue in this image is just wonderful...

~*~*~I should have an update on Monday about how my weekend goes with the booth & the fair & the storms headed this way to put a damper on the activities.......

Easter

The evening before Easter was our usual ritual of coloring the Easter eggs. I am still sporting multi-colored fingers from the dyes and paints used to create our unique pieces of egg art. We had the usual colors and kits to make our designs with. We had the dye, the paint, and the "puff-paint" (which ended up a little un-puffy by the time the eggs were done). We usually don't color too many eggs because I am the only one who ends up eating them. After the first initial "meal" of colorful, hard-boiled eggs, they tend to sit around until I force myself to finish them. (well - not really forcing me) My son will eat a few - but I think that the novelty wears off for him after the first 2 or three eggs.

Here are pictures of some of our wonderful masterpieces!

I love the face one!

Easter morning wasn't quite the outside activity type of day that "should" be typical of the morning. I woke up and my son was already up (of course!). He stated the day before that he no longer believed in the Easter Bunny, but that didn't mean that he was no longer to get a basket FROM the Easter Bunny. Of course - he still got his basket from the "Easter Bunny".

He also still wants to participate in an egg hunt. This, unfortunately, had to be moved inside because of the weather.

It was dark outside at noon as it was at 7:00 that morning. We were under a tornado watch, with close to zero visibility due to the heavy rain, and reported hail (which we personally never saw). Fortunately though, it all cleared out of there a little after noon.

It turned out to be a beautiful day in the end.

Happy Easter!

I saw this and just loved it!!!

Vintage postcards for Easter...

I love all the colors in these! I wish I could get eggs to look like that!!

Just gorgeous details!

Your Easter candy staples!

But definitely can't forget these either!

Hope everyone has a HOPPY EASTER!!!

Golden Rule 2

The Golden Rule

A woman came by my store today to make a copy of a picture she had framed on her wall for many years. She insisted that I read it and keep a copy for myself. I am by no means very religious, but I was reading it and loved the way that all these different beliefs had one GOLDEN RULE in common.

This isn't the exact thing she has framed, but this gives you the general feel of it. I believe that if eveyone, no matter what their beliefs, lived by this one "rule" - there would be more tolerance of everyone's differences.

What I am wanting today...

a couple of bowls of hot & sour soup...

a nice fluffy pillow and bed...

many boxes of these...
warm cuddly blankets...

and maybe a nice hot cup of tea with lemon...

I am definitely feeling under the weather today. I would love to be at home cuddled up in bed right now... Maybe I can talk myself into feeling a little better while I wait out the rest of the day....

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nope - not working... I guess I will just have to wait until I get home.

I know I made my man miserable last night. I was tossing and turning and kicking and basically throwing a fit because I was miserable. I wasn't trying to make him miserable too, though. He went and slept on the couch for a few hours (poor baby) and finally came back to bed in the middle of the night. I hope I get better soon so the rest of my family doesn't have to suffer with me being a grump. I try not to be, but sometimes, it just can't be helped. So - to my baby and my munchkin - I apologize. I hope to be better as quickly as possible... I don't like this either!

Mother Nature

I don't know about anyone else, but I am definitely ready for this weather to quit playing games with us. We have had some beautiful, warm weather lately, with just a little rain (which we sorely needed) and Mother Nature has decided to play a trick on us one last time. Hopefully this is the last time. We have been having temperatures in the 80's for the past couple of weeks. Last night, though, the temperature dropped into the 30's. I woke up to a frost covered lawn and a sore throat.

I am ready for the summer!

I want to be able to spend time at the beach or the river or in the woods without worrying about what the next days weather is going to be like.

I know that the summers here are sweltering, but if I didn't like it - I wouldn't choose to live here! I like the warmer weather!

Spring is a beautiful season - but around here is doesn't last very long. I am somewhat grateful for this fact because when the trees start budding out and the pollen fills the air, my hayfever runs rampant.

Once the blooms have all run their course and the weather starts to get some heat to it, then it is my time to shine!

No more worrying about when the next cold front is going to hit us.

No more hating the rain - I love warm summer rain showers!

No more jackets!

Just plenty of time to enjoy the heat and the longer days!

~~~waiting for summer~~~

Fire bugs!

This has to be one of my families favorite past-times.







One of our favorite things is to gather around a fire. To me, there is something calm and relaxing about this. Sitting back and watching the different colors coming from the fire. Feeling the warmth emanating from the center. Hearing the crackle, hiss, and pops coming from the wood.




This is an all-year long favorite of ours. when it's cool outside, it helps to warm us. When it is hot outside, it serves as visual entertainment. I guess we have a little bit of a fire-bug in our veins. It's even fun to gather the wood to start the fire pile. The reward definitely compensates for any amount of labor done to create the perfect bonfire!