Hmmm, this one isn't very artsy fartsy, is it? Well, maybe I can try to exhort enough energy to play with it and see what I can come up with............A sure sign of spring in Texas is this sight............
It's the Texas Mountain Laurel.......oh trust me everyone, they are to die for. Beautiful and luscious clumps of purple splendor.......and the smell..........close your eyes and think back to when you were a little kid.........the smell of Grape Nehi soda pop............(now if you don't like that smell or the flavor, right away you will have a problem with this tree).........here is a picture of the blooms close up
Ok, the end for that little bit of information............on to my next comment..........and I sure hope I don't offend anyone.........Why oh why, is it (and YES I know the answer before anyone thinks I am totally losing my mind) that public rest rooms insist on loading the tp dispensers with this paper thin product, that some snake oil salesman convinced them was toilet paper? I know, it isn't suppose to clog the toilet (or as I call in commode). Well I hate to blast you, but if the condition calls for it and sometimes no matter how hard you don't want it to, it does...........you have to use more than three sheets of this see through wonder. Ok, so it isn't going to bring around world peace, it isn't going to solve poverty or wipe out cancer..............but I am thinking it might make some of us happier and not feeling so guilty if we have to use more than we usually do. I know that cost has to be cheaper.......it has to be.........because if it isn't, then I am really going to be upset. Enough.....I shall proceed to my next sharing.
Has anyone heard of Clara Cannucciari? Well I hadn't, until I was reading the new articles on my home page. This woman is 93 and is sharing her depression recipes. http://depressioncooking.blogspot.com/ I hope this links you to her blog........and she is on u-tube too. I am enthralled with her. I want to find her home and spend a week-end with her. She shares stories about growing up in the depression as my mother did with me..........I have tried sharing them with my children, but they don't seem to be as interested in the history of the family as I was and am. Any ways, back to Clara Cannucciari..........her recipes seems worth trying and maybe I will sneak a few in on this family. Now be forewarned........heavy on the potatoes and pasta, so we aren't talking diet friendly.........but they seem tasty and filling and not that costly...........so maybe one or two nights a week you could sneak them in..........if you have a minute just go to her blog, better yet, look for her on u-tube.......I want to watch all of her u-tube shows
Hmmm, seems there was another thing I was going to ramble on about......but darn if I can remember what it was..........I have got to shake this blah, blue, pull me down and throw me about feeling that I have had.........it sure isn't for lack of sunshine, we have had a whole week of sun and warmth...........heaven.
Oh I finished two new necklaces........I will have to download them and share them with you...........
Smile.......just a wee one will do.
NO kissy face, huggy bear stuff.......just running, laughing, drinking, big group (guess there must have been about 12-14 of us) and of course I was just ga-ga and awe struck, like some little town spinster who went to the big city for the first time...................it probably was my only encounter with a movie star........ooooo, I saw Pat Boone driving out of his driveway and he looked REALLY mad, ugly mad and needless to say, he didn't wave to us........tee hee. 
Traditional colors of purple, green and gold.........I LOVE the feathers.
Some type of reference to Mr. Mucus. My companion has adhered not feeling well to these rather nasty, yet colorful characters. He will share with you, how his head/stomach/stubbed toe/ bitten tongue/hang nail........all have "gween moo-cus". He seems to be totally enamored with these nasty looking creatures.
At the moment he is fighting taking a nap, but I am sure if I keep my strength up, he will drift off soon. I have explained that sleep helps the body move the "gween moo-cus" people out of our bodies. This helps............I hope so, as I do not like to see any of my family ill.
See, this one looks like the water is actually hitting the lens of the camera.........cool, huh?
This one almost look professional........well if you use your imagination and are really kind..........tee hee.
OOOO, this almost looks like a stained glass window........I want to play with this one some more.............have no idea how to do it, but would like to play around with adding colors to it......we'll see.
I like how this one turned out..........the little wisps of grass and then the small dainty pink flower popping it's self through all of the green.
To me, this purple flower makes the sand under it have a purplish cast to it........can you see it? Look closer, can you? Hmmmm, maybe it's just me. 0000100000000110220002255545
Isn't this cool? Oh I think I am just some sort of professional photographer...I like the shape of the roof and all of the little twist and turns.......here is another photo.....
I only have a trial edition of Corel Photo Paint shop.......so I want to try playing around with some of these photos before it expires...........if they come out, shoot, even if they don't, I will share what I do with them. Don't hold your breath........the ways things are going today, it isn't going to happen and when it does, well, remember I am just a beginner......no, think I am lower than a beginner...........but I sure have fun playing around with the photos.
Sadly, my friend's grandmother passed away..............now this part of the story is a little foggy, I am not sure if there was a formal funeral/mass or the farewell and tribute took place in the mountains...........but this is where I know the rest of the story clearly.
Everyone, young, old, teen-agers, men, women, relatives and non all headed up to the mountains..........we are talking everyone. When they arrived at the pre-determined destination, everyone............yes men too, took off their shoes and socks and painted their toes bright red!
Oh for me, that is the best Valentines Day story that I can think of. Oh I know, getting engaged or getting married on this day is mushy and special too.............but this type of love and respect.......whoa, it says it all to me................
and bless their hearts, they have a nice table and chairs you can sit and look at the different magazines and books...........oh man, I headed for that table and just sat...........Andrew was so good, he sat down too and waited for me to compose myself. I found the magazine, actually ended up purchasing one, it isn't the most recent, but thinking it was the summer issue. The store isn't large, but it is filled with wonderful items............half of which I have no idea how to use. I have no idea what ink goes with what type of outcome........how to make vellum stick to something else......but I did find that they have a beginners class and I might just invest in that for the month of March if they have the class again........February is this Saturday and I am booked already........'member the chocolate festival at the Botanical Gardens........I'm booked, I am cracking up here...........like I need a social calendar..........if I had one, I would have to write in the trips to school and pre-school to make it look active!!!!! Oh they have a nice blog too.......let me see if I can put the short-cut in:
