Shennanigans...is THAT how you spell it?

Just looking through a few pictures of my daughter that make me smile...

Yea, everybody needs to try the clothespin-on-the nose, right?

I mean, it's so attractive and all.



Then there's "lounging at walmart" - after scouting the perfect Halloween hat... 



Finally, a real picture of a real girl - MY real girl!  Hah! 

I KNEW she was in there somewhere.  Whew!  
  ~ The End ~

The Finger...

So, May 3rd was uneventful til I got this burr up my backside after just finishing mowing, that I was going to walk the dog!

Thing is, I   N- E- V- E- R walk the dog...

...so why was I compelled to do that exactly??? AND... if I were to do that, I would let him run off all his energy first, then think about putting a leash on him and walking civil-like, right?

Well, he was so excited that he just pulled so hard, I got "Whip-Leash"! Broke left ring finger. It was awful. I KNEW it was broken, the minute it happend. Couldn't let go. Thankfully, I immediately took off my ring - finger swelled up somethin awful.  My very dear friend Donna came right over, took me to the ER.


Long story short, God had in mind that I needed to pay attention to my blood pressure -so it took that to get me to the hospital.

BP was through the roof, 288/155, and of course I was bawling cause I'd lost my job, no money, you know. How the heck was I gonna pay for this??????? Anyway, they wouldn't do surgery for another 2 weeks til it was more under control, because of anesthetic. So cast on hand, then surgery, that went well, finally.

Here we are, June 4th - next week the pins come out. Yay!

Progress to follow...

Evening Walk

A quick walk this evening revealed new growth - be it weeds, flowers, trees. Everything was so "greened up".

You never know what you will see, or whom. A neighbor passing by watched as I aimed my camera. I wanted to shout "say cheese", as he passed by, but refrained :)

  Then, there's one favorite: my "Sleeping Giant". He is always there, through season changes, never wavering. Take a close look...

 

The Old Simco

 

My old friend - the Simco Saddle. My favorite ride, the most comfortable for trail. And with the endurance stirrups, well, you could ride a long while. But, with the horses finding a new home, there won't be much use for it, so time to sell it.

Doesn't do me much good sitting around.

It needs a good spring cleaning, like always. Just dust, even though its been covered up. I'll get out the Leather Mate, give it a once over. Then it will shine once again, be as beautiful, as it is comfortable.

Maybe so long, my old friend. I'll miss that smell, and that ride, when the time comes.

The Kitty Pounce

During a very brief ray of sunshine, the cats found time to pounce one another. Then the clouds came back and they didn't "feel like pouncing" any more.

Felt like a Monday all over again.

Cracks, Crevices & Daffodils

This morning, the greenery was coming out all over the place. 

My favorite little fern is only about 3 inches, growing out of the rocks at the steps just off the driveway.

All winter long, through snow and ice, it was always there to greet us.

Those little things..

Today, we took a little drive. The opportunity to capture the little tree and the lovely shed presented itself...and I took it!

First Day of Spring Greenery

Walking around this morning, looking for new growth peeking out from winter.

It's the little things...

Look all around - it's the little things that capture my eye. The everyday things that nobody may pay attention to. 

One of my favorite things to do is go on a "photo walk" and capture what the day is like, things we see everyday that change; greenery, animals, familiar surroundings, birds, seasons.

This winter seemed long and arduous. The winter that stayed. The snow that stayed.

There are a couple of things I'll be capturing soon that I've looked at all winter, but never stopped to take a picture of:  the perfect little blue spruce on the way to school, the cool little tool shed with old tools, barbed-wire fencing wound in a little circle, rakes, hoes, and one of those rusted stars, all hung on the outside.

I love that little shed.

These are some of the "little things" I enjoy looking at every day on my way to take my daughter to school.