I've been tagged........

I was tagged by Miss Lola at http://ansewon.blogspot.com/. I am so excited.....I like being included in these fun things........thank you Lola.

Well the tag is that I am suppose to share 7 things about myself that you wouldn't know about me........shoot, I think I have shared just about everything about myself by now, but here is goes

1. When I was a little girl, I had an imaginary friend. Evelyn was her name.

2. I want to ride in a helicopter before I leave this earth.

3. I would like to ride in a hot air balloon.

4. I love to read.....mysteries, everyday romance, some autobiographies.

5. I can't decide what I want to be when I grow up. (do I have to grow up?)

6. Fall is now my favorite season, with spring following close behind.

7. I wish that my cousin lived closer, so we could have more time to get to know each other.

Now I am suppose to tag some people........hmmmm, well let's see I really don't know that many people in blog land.......so I will just pick some of the blogs that I love to read and tag them.......that should be ok.....yes?

1. Diane at http://dianobe.blogspot.com/

2. Jan at http://coffeyhousecollection.blogspot.com/

3. Sandy http://just-a-little-bit-shabby.blogspot.com/

Jan I have knows for quite awhile, the other two ladies are new to my life and I hope that they don't mind that I tag them.........yikes, sure don't want to scare off anyone new in my life.....tee hee. I need to figure out how to post the give-away on the side of the blog with pictures.........I am sure there is a way, but you know me and the computer.........major surgery without anesthetic would be easier than me trying to figure out how to do something on my own.......sigh.......hey what do you think of the Halloween pictures that I have been putting on the top of the blog? I hope to continue sharing a new one each day.......have a good day and try to giggle, if not a giggle, then share a smile with someone new.........

Halloween Give-Away

Well I DID take the pictures finally.........I have no idea what is taking place in my life that I can't stop and take a few photos...........but lately I just don't seem to do it.........what can I say.

So here are the items for the October 6th give-away.......remember, just post a comment, if you post one a day, you get more entries.......if you post the give-away on your blog and let me know, that's another entry.......if you tell a friend and they mention that you sent them, that's another entry...........look how easy you can enter...........I mean, this is down right easey peasey............

Well enough jabber jaw..........

The witch's shoe is a little candle holder.....for like a tea light, and the rest are little ornaments that you could stick here and there........here is another view........shoot, I took these pictures finally, I'm going to share them!!!!!
This is fun, the give-aways.........so I hope that you enjoy entering too.......try to share a smile with someone new today.........

winna winna chicken dinna

graphic by Mary Engelbreight

And the winner is: Diane (obe), I will email you as soon as I finish this so you can send me your address. Congratulations. I hope you enjoy the items.

Can you imagine, I have been so totally involved in my everyday life that I never even looked or did any type of hoopla for my 2ooth post.........which was what the give-away was all about.........sigh........go figure.......and if you can figure, please oh please, write to me and explain what is going on........thank you in advance.

Which leads me up to the new give-away.......which I haven't taken pictures of yet..........again, I have no idea where the time goes.......I know I keep busy, but seem to get less and less accomplished. Since this involves all Halloween goodies, it is going to be a fast give away........so starting today and until October 6th at midnight........each comment is an entry........if you post the give-away on your blog, that is another entry, and if someone mentions that you told them about the give-away, that's another extra entry..........so lots and lots of ways to enter and win........

I love Halloween, not the scary, I almost piddle my panties type of Halloween, but the fun type of Halloween. We have the inside of the house pretty much decorated, so I will share some of that this week...........and I think next week we will do what little we put up outside. This year I am going to have Ironman and Indiana Jones trick-or-treating........good guys for sure. I don't remember my mother decorating big for this holiday.......is it a real holiday?.......of course in my childhood, our decorations were much different. We had pumpkins and cardboard pictures that you could scotch tape on the windows, that sort of thing............I thought they were cool. Hmmm, I am drifting back into another whole topic again........sigh.

Good luck everyone and I will take the pictures today and post them tomorrow............

Fall and food.....

What is it about fall that makes many of us just start thinking.......food........good stick-to-the-rib comfort food. Pot roast, stew, potato soup, well any homemade soup....., roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, squash, chili and I am sure the minute I stop typing I will think of a bajillion more wonderful things that I love to eat, but only seem to eat in the fall/winter. Now see I was trying to stick to good healthy dinner type foods...........but my goodness, would I be "moi" if I didn't add desserts? Nope.....just wouldn't be me with out sweets. I love almost all things apple.......pie, cobbler, crisp, cake.......you name it and I will be trying my best to act lady like, but elbowing others out of the way to get in line. This recipe was shared yesterday from the same lady that shared the wonderful decorating sites......let's see if I can copy and paste it..........nope, so now I will have to type it...........sigh............

Fresh Apple Cake

Ingredients

1 cup canola oil

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

2 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

4 cups peeled and chopped Granny Smith apples

FROSTING

1 (8ox) cream cheese - room temp

1 stick butter - softened

4 1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 cup toasted pecans

Combine oil and sugar together in a bowl;beat in eggs. Sift all dry ingredients together and then add to egg mixture. Fold in vanilla and apples. Pour into a greased 9 x 11 pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hour; set aside to cool

For the frosting, combine cream cheese and butter in a large bowl using mixer. Gradually add the powdered sugar; beat until smooth and then add vanilla. Frost the cooled cake and then sprinkle pecans over the top. Makes 12 to 15 servings.

Won't be making it this week-end, as we will be having a special birthday cake for my daughter's birthday. It's coming from some special bakery, so my mouth is waiting in anticipation. Maybe I will make this cake the following week-end.........if you make it first, share how wonderful it tastes........I just KNOW it is going to be moist and yum dilly ious.

Open houses and internet sites

I love open houses............haven't been to one in ages and ages, but I do like going. I like riding around new and different neighborhoods looking at landscaping too.......and color combinations used on homes...........hmmm, making me sound like a real nosey rosey, huh? I don't know, since I will probably never own my own home and will never have the chance to decorate and pick out colors, it's my way of living out a fantasy........fantasies aren't bad. Along with the actual live visiting, I love to look and gander at on line sites too......in fact, that is how I do most of my visiting homes now.......decorating sites and sometimes I just plug into a real estate site and wander.........there use to be one that had actual tours.....360 degree tours, but I lost that one when I lost all of the other info on my computer......hmmm, will have to search for that..........any way I belong to a nice email group that the list leader is the best........not only the best as in person best, but also the best in finding the neatest sites for decorating..........here is one that she shared today.........if you have time, click on the short cut and wander........it's fun.

http://www.myhomeideas.com/myhome/photos/0,30587,1019037_806231,00.html

Hope your day has some sunshine, and of course share a smile...............hey don't forget the give-away that ends on the 27th and then right away after that, I am going to do a Halloween give-away.......these are fun.

New bracelet

I promised myself that this would not become a blog just about my jewelry pieces.....and I think I am doing pretty good at keeping that promise. I do like sharing what I create tho' and hope that you enjoy my designs. Everything is for sale.......I just don't advertise very well for myself......now if were to call me up and ask me to promote your designs, enterprises and or business......watch out.........I would be on a roll...........but to do that for my own work......nope, I just get all tongue tied and shy...............hmmm, oh the bracelet......here it is

Not a good picture at all..........lets see if one of the others is better......

Not much.........I think I better be saving up my dollars (remember when the phrase use to be 'saving up my pennies'........oh and now the penny is getting a face lift too) and invest in one of those photo programs that you install on your computer.........you know, the kind that does that air brush-fade out- dreamy type of photo stuff............sigh.....oh man, another thing for me to learn and you KNOW that I will spend waaaaaaay to many hours fooling around with it..........oh well, it's better than other habits that I could take up..........tee hee.

Two little old ladies

Two Little Old Ladies

Two little old ladies were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall where a flower show was in progress. The thin one leaned over and Said, 'Life is so boring. We never have any fun any more.For
$10, I'd take my clothes off and streak through that stupid flower show!'

'You're on!' said the other old lady, holding up a $10 bill.

The first little old lady slowly fumbled her way out of her clothes and, completely naked, streaked (as fast as an old lady can) through the front door of the flower show.

Waiting outside, her friend soon heard a huge commotion inside the hall, followed by loud applause and shrill whistling.

The smiling and naked Old lady came through the exit door surrounded by a cheering crowd. 'What happened?' asked her waiting friend. 'I won 1st prize as Best Dried Arrangement. '

Someone sent this to me.........I giggled and giggled.........hope you enjoy it too..........

drifting.........

Isn't that stained glass window beautiful.........it's a Dover e card..........

I am drifting today........I still need to make my bed........get dressed.......and decide which direction I should invest my energy to...........cleaning out my bedroom..........at least one pile.......and yes I have piles......not not neat little bunches of magazines that I have collected.......but un-lady like messy piles. We are starting to de-clutter and thin out.........and I have to admit that I do need to do this also..............but oh I know I shall be racked with guilt if I throw away something.........."what if" in a few months I could have used this piece of material???? SO I probably won't venture down that avenue today.

I would like to work on my jewelry......

I should take pictures of some of the wonderful Halloween goodies that we put up yesterday.....it's kinda soon, huh, but I wasn't in charge.....and sadly, we have more Halloween items than just plain fall things..........oh, but come November, we do have the neatest cornucopia to put out and (please don't think I am bragging now) the calmest table runner that I created and sent to my daughter one year for her birthday............

Hmmmmmm, I best decide where I am going, what trail to blaze........hmmmm, thinking that by the time I shower and dress and make the bed, that my daughter will want to go to the Forum to Bath and Body (I don't know the name.......where they sell all that wonderful smelling soap and body lotion) and we are going to look for more items to put out...........I know, I was told to thin out.......and yet we are adding to the Halloween goodies..........I don't ask any more.........

an email story..........

Introducing Snickers, the yellow Lab and Violet, the chow/shepherd mix. These two ladies are the canines of this household........and I am fond of both of them. Snickers is starting to show her age, while Violet (for some reason or another I keep forgetting her name and calling her Isabella every now and then.......go figure!) is still in her puppy frenzy.........of course this is all leading up to a story that I received in an email this morning.......have read it before, but just thought it was to good not to share............

A Dog's Purpose (from a 6-year old).

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolf hound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa , and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home. As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience. The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away. The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker's Death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, 'I know why.' Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation. He said, 'People are born so that they can learn how to live a good Life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?' The Six-year-old continued, 'Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long.'

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like: When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy...

Take naps.

Stretch before rising.

Run, romp, and play daily.

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

Be loyal.

Never pretend to be something you're not.

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY!

Hope you are having a good day......I know I shared a few smiles today....with perfect strangers and with a few people that I know casually......life is good.

A quote

The wiser the soul, the greater the simplicity.

I have such a long way to go to gain simplicity. I worry, I fret, I stew, I can take a small blemish and by the time I am done picking at it........well that area of the body may need to have a total re-make!!! I don't know why I am that way..........I am. I am trying to improve in this area.......but it is coming hard to me and so slow.

I use to think I had wisdom, but in the last few years, well........I am beginning to see that I have barely touched the tip of the ant hill, never mind the mountain.........this is quite deep, huh? Hmmm, think I better sign off and find something positive to concentrate on.........hope your day brings you a smile.

Look what I bought

OK, guess everyone knows that I REALLY like this old photo of moi........no, I don't remember that particular day (see I haven't gotten that far into Alzheimer....remember my youth better than the present.....close, but not quite), but somehow I do remember the warmth of my parent's love, the feeling of security of my home..........I don't know.........I just like it. So I have seen so many jewelery designers with the custom pendent type necklace.........so I finally gave in (it wasn't to big of a struggle....well, guess it kinda was, since I have waited almost two years to give in.........sigh, again, I drift off into my own conversation) SO, where was I..........yes, I finally gave in and somewhere in BlogLand, I found this wonderful young (I think she is young.......shoot maybe she is older than me.......nawwwww, I am picturing her a young thing in her 20's) designer and went for it..........look:

I love it.....in fact I have it on right now. Here is her blog spot.........oh and she is a sweet young thing........her picture is right there on the blog........http://valuedembellishments08.blogspot.com/

Ok that's it for today............hope you have a good day.......a super wonderful day.......a day with a pretty butterfly, or just that one sparkle of sunshine that hits something shiny and catches your eye............

It's a quote day

When we are no longer able to change a situation — we are challenged to change ourselves.
— Victor E. Frankl

Today I am determined to walk away from the computer and do some jewelry work in earnest.......also my daughter requested ear rings for her birthday gift.......and since her b-day is coming up at the end of the month.......hmmmm, thinking I don't want to wait until the last minute.

I am glad that I chose that particular quote........I have a hard time with change.....well those around me think I do at least. I think of all of the changes that have taken place in my life and I don't think I need to bow my head to low. I do find that I have a hard time understanding some things.........like (you knew that was coming, huh?)

1. Children that can act anyway "they" want......ok, I know, half of the parents in this country at least are afraid of "guiding" their children, because of some social service showing up at the door to 'investigate'. See, here again, I am sitting on the fence....I know we need these organizations, because I hate the thoughts of a child being hurt or mistreated..............yet, where do we draw the line between helping and becoming little dictators?

2. Parents that allow their children to speak rudely..........not only to them -the parents- but to others as well. I know, I know...........children have a right to their thoughts..............but maybe until they can afford to support these thoughts, they should remain silent...........sorry, I agree with Bill Cosby, he told his children " This is my house, and I have invited you to live here........but if you don't obey the rules, we can find other accommodations for you" That isn't an exact quote.......a general idea..........but I like it.

3 Why the news, both written and televised, focus on the negative. Oh, I know that I am not alone on this one, but I had to put it down. I think that we should require that in each newspaper in each section, some type of positive article be written.........same with news cast..........it doesn't have to be a heart wrenching, tissue grabbing type of thing..........maybe something humorous........informative in a off-beat type of way.........shoot, let's brain storm on this and see what we can come up with.

Man, I have got to stop typing.......first I need to call an internet friend to ask her some questions, I need to start laundry, I need to get to work on some ear rings and mostly, I promised myself that I wouldn't get on the soap box and start that whinging and preaching thing again........tee hee..........

Have a good day.........oh, did you see where I was having a give-away? Hope you sign up............

Give Away........

In preparing for my 200th post on my blog, I am going to do my first give-away. I ponder and worry to much about what to give-away, how to get people to enter, ya-da, ya-da, ya-da........see you don't have to worry, it's my personal mission to worry for you.........

Starting today and until midnight of the 27th, that is a Saturday.......if you comment on the blog, your name will be entered. If you comment each and everyday.....well you will have that many entries.........now if you post this give-away and a link on your blog(and let me know)........another entry........if you just want to share the information with your gal pals, they enter and mention that you sent them..........another entry. I have lots and lots of scratch paper, so please don't worry about me chopping down any trees to write the names down..........now to the good part: Ta Da!!!!!! Here is a picture of the give-away

I will share each item individually...........

A pretty pink case with make-up brushes and it has the tiniest little mirror too.........

Cherry blossom bath wash........think I have a pink thing going on here........and pink isn't my favorite color.........so don't know how this happened.........sigh

I really like these, bright and cheery note cards........you know me and writing little notes to people.......see, you wouldn't have to stay up all night thinking of what to write on these.....just a few lines and wha-la, you've made someones day.

Last but not least, a girly girl angel with sequins and pearls.......some little rosebuds and filler flowers..........

Guess that covers it.........hope there is something that you would like to win. Have a wonderful day, call someone and share a laugh or tell them how much you love them.........

This week's jewelry

I don't know why I feel that I should start out each blog entrance with a picture, but I do.....sometimes they match, sometimes they are things that I just pull out of the air......

Here are some of the, nope not some, all of the creations that I created this week......see I made something from the beads that I purchased........and look at the big silver findings.......I liked these so much that I went back and bought more of them............

Here is a close up..............

Here are two bracelets.....bought a little packet of what is called "soup mix" and created these two and still have quite a few beads left over.......oh the bead caps weren't in there or the findings......just the beads.........

This one I put waaaay to much time into........I am just not that fast with the wire thing.......

Now this last one, well I know that most people are going to look at it and say......"ok, glad she is so excited about it.",,,,,but I did it all.....curled, bent, joined, and created the clasp......the only thing that I used from a store were the jump rings.......now I like working with metal like this. I wish I could afford to use sterling silver, but for now, especially since I am still practising, I will stay with copper. This one, I am not going to age, going to let it age, patina, naturally.........

The End...........have a good day.........oooooo I am going to be taking pictures of my first give away, hopefully tomorrow........and will share them.........to celebrate my 200th post.........

another share...........

Lola sent this to me quite awhile ago.......found it in my long-a-go emails........hey do you guys delete right away, or do you save like me? I am a hopeless saver........goodness, what if I needed what I just threw out? The world needs pack rats and purists.........sadly I live with two purists.........and we only have so much weight that can be moved.........sigh..........oh well ,that is a few months away, the cleaning out........so until then........here is what I wanted to share with you:

It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!God's Pharmacy!

Amazing!A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.Kidney

Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocados, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

A working companion,Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Did you learn anything new? Love the avocado thing........since my youngest child is 31, think of all of the avocados I should eat to lose the baby weight.........see that is positive thinking.

I found it

Before my computer was cleaned and pressed a few months ago I had this wonderful poem on it.......well it was somewhere that got deleted and obliterated from my being...........I have begged, whined, asked, begged some more and then my dear cousin, who truly does not like the internet or computer that much said to me over the phone....."Guess I could try Googling it for you.".......well hello Mary Ellen......sometimes that light bulb just needs that little extra turn to make it work..........here is it...........hope you like it as much as I do.........it has been around for quite awhile, but still there is so much truth in it.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...Enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...something perfect to wear if the employer,or the date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...a youth she's content to leave behind....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE …eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...a feeling of control over her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...how to fall in love without losing herself…

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...how to quit a job,break up with a lover,and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...that she can't change the length of her calves,the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...that her childhood may not have been perfect, but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...how to live alone, even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW…whom she can trust, whom she can't,and why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...where to go...be it to her best friend's kitchen table...or a charming inn in the woods...when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...what she can and can't accomplish in a day...a month...and a year...

I hope you enjoyed this.......trust me I have this saved now.............

Is it the color yellow?

This is the wonderful little (well I guess it really isn't little) that I fell in love with in Vermont.......I fell in love with so many houses back east that I thought I better actually share the picture, to refresh your memory.............not to say that any of you share my rather upsetting problem of "I don't remember that".

So I have been 'meaning' to share another sweet cottage, but haven't gotten around to taking the snapshots........so yesterday after dropping off a certain little companion at pre-school, I just tootled down to it and snapped away. San Antonio, Schertz, and most of the surrounding areas here have the cutest little homes........they are just bungalows........sadly I have yet to be inside any of them, so I have no idea if claustrophobia would set it, but in my mind I can picture myself living in one of them............so here are pictures of this particular house...........sadly, it isn't a home any more.........some type of business purchased it and fixed it up..........but it still is inviting.
This particular home/business is located right across the street from the church that I attend.....

I thought who ever did the re-vamping, was very considerate to put the rocking chairs on the porch.........of course we are still having 90 and higher temps, so I wouldn't be using them right away.........

The porch wraps around the house, well three quarters of it.............can you see the screen door on the side of the house........another thing that I love, screen doors...

So, I am wondering if it is the color yellow that draws me to these wonderful houses? Naw, it's the house. Someday I will be able to go inside one of these small abodes and see how small they are inside........thinking no king or queen size bed........so aren't I lucky that I just have a double

Have a good day, share a smile.........

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz......

I gave in and took some sleep aids and man did I sleep.........from7:30 until 6 a.m..........good solid sleep.........I am in hopes that this has put me back on the sleep track......

Thought I would share something else we have here at the house.......starts out like this

and then looks like this..............

here is a glimpse of the whole tree........we have two, one of each side of the entrance to the front of the house..........this one looks a little sad, as it was moved a few weeks ago; it was bending over and needed to be replanted lower into the soil and given some support..........in a few weeks, there will be no yellow leaves............

Now here comes the, hmmmm, not really ucky..........but well we have acquired some friends along with these hibiscus........

I call them slugs...........I am sure that there is some scientific name for them, but as a kid I called them slugs and so that is what I am calling them now.........they look like a cross between a leach and a snail with out a body........today was the first time Andrew saw one move.......and they can go pretty darn fast too........by the time I stepped off of the little cement porch, this crawling creature had moved half way down the step..........
I seem to be the only one concerned about these creatures harming the plants.........so I guess they will stay.............someone said pour salt around the ground.........but wouldn't that hurt the plants and shrubs? Oh well, that is today's sharing.......have a good rest of the day.....share a smile and if you get a chance to giggle, don't pass it up...............