Blooming Peas!

I checked yesterday and still had no blooms on the peas.......today we found a few blooms!  And not only on the peas, but the cucumber plant.  The pepper plants have had blooms on them.  I did add some feed yesterday, so we will see what happens!  We are getting a bit of rain this evening, so I am hoping we have showers here while Mark and I take a lighthouse trip tomorrow through Wednesday.  We are going to visit all 7 NC lighthouses.

Here are some plant pictures I took today:

We should have peas out the wazoo!

A beautiful, little pea blossom

What a beautiful yellow blossom on the cucumber plant!

A pretty blossom on the pepper plant.

I probably won't post anything until after our lighthouse trip!  Have a great week!

Back to Florida

Kim left for Florida around 11 a.m. this morning.  She will probably be home between 9 and 10 p.m. this evening.....any time now.

Today, after she left, I got busy changing the beds and washing the sheets and towels and the rest of the laundry.  It will be done by the time I go to bed.

I sat on the porch after Kim left and got some good pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Ruby throat hummingbird.  She made more stops than he did in the time I sat watching.

And that was pretty much what I did today!  I did one scrapbook page for a challenge at O'Scraps.  I also fixed a real supper tonight instead of just heating up leftovers!

Mark worked in the woods all day.  Next week his job is shut down for the week because of business being slow, so he took a week of vacation.  We are thinking of riding the bike and visiting the 7 lighthouses along the coast of North Carolina.  We don't have the plans finalized yet, however.

Thanks for stopping by!

Years Gone By

I did this page for the June Artsy/Mixed Media Challenge #2 at O'Scraps.  Find out more about it here:  https://oscraps.com/community/threads/june-challenge-2-artsy-mixedmedia.33731/

 

The Hummers Are Back!

Mark saw the hummers earlier in the week.  Yesterday I finally made some sugar water for them and hung it last night.  Tonight the hummers came!  There were at least 3 different ones!  By the time I got my camera set up it was getting pretty dark outside.  The pictures I got are of a male and female ruby throat. 

I also saw Mr. and Mrs. House finch at the feeder today.  I haven't seen them much lately.

Today Kim and I picked Mark up for lunch.  Ilene and Carolyn met us at Momma Mia in Wallburg.  After we ate, Kim and I took Mark back to work, stopped by the house to put our leftovers in the fridge, and then we went to Carolyn's house to play Rummikub.  We were there until just after 5 p.m.  Mark was working in the woods when we got home, so Kim and I heated up our leftovers.  Mark ate when he came back into the house.

And that was our day.  Tomorrow Kim is leaving for home.  It seems like she just got here!  How times flies when you are having fun!

A Wonderful Father

My dad was such a wonderful father, as was mom a wonderful mother.  I had a great childhood.  I knew I was loved; there never was any doubt of that.

As I remember dad this month, I thank God for putting me in a family He had chosen before the foundation of the world to be His children.

I did this  page for the June Heritage Challenge #3 https://oscraps.com/community/threads/june-challenge-3-heritage.33781/

Smile All-in-One by Natali Design https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Smile-all-in-one.html

Font is Freestyle Script

Sister Time

My sister from Florida is spending the week with me.  She leaves after work on Thursday and drives as long as she can before stopping for a few hours of sleep.  Then she continues the trip.  She arrived around 9:45 a.m. on Friday.  That gives us a whole week together.  And since she is here, I try to arrange my kids and their families to come for the weekend.  Since it is a holiday weekend it gives everyone an extra day, which is nice.

Yesterday she and I worked on a Thomas Kincaid jigsaw puzzle.  Today we played Rummi Kub and Kings in the Corner.  After Mark finished working in the woods after work he played some Rummi Kub with us.

Tomorrow we will go and visit Ilene and probably play some more Rummi Kub.

The weather has been beautiful this week!  Lower temperatures and low humidity!

Here are a few pictures from today and then a few more from last weekend's family gathering.  There are also some bird pictures I took over the weekend.  And there is a layout I created for a challenge at O'Scraps at the very end.

Rummi Kub

Enjoying the temps outside

 

Terry, Kim, Jeanne, me, Jessica, Michael, Raven, Jennifer

Jeanne, my forever mother-in-law

Ryan and Chance

Abby and Araya

Sally, Araya, Hank

Beautiful Jones family

Hilary and Billary at church

Chillaxing in Ryan's room

Beautiful Jessica, my first born.

I think Thad and Ryan are the only ones with open eyes in this shot from church

Tufted titmouse

Nut hatch

Hairy woodpecker, different from the Downy woodpecker who's beak is much shorter.

Nut hatch

Little chickadee

Mr. Cardinal

Red-headed woodpecker

Chickadee trying out the fruit

chickadee

Robin red breast

Mr. House finch

Mr. Cardinal

chipmunk looking for bird seeds that have fallen to the ground

Little chipmunk filling his cheeks

Big Photo June Challenge #1 https://oscraps.com/community/threads/june-challenge-1-big-photo.33782/

 

May Fab Friday Color Play Products

Lavandula Paper Pack by Maya de Groot https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Lavandula.html

Life is Rosy Mini Kit by Idgie's Heartsong https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Life-is-Rosy-A-Color-Play-Mini-Kit-by-Idgie-s-Heartsong.html

Magnificent Mini Kit by AFT https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Magnificent-Mini-Kit.html

Magnificent Watercolor Embellishments by AFT https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Magnificent-Watercolor-Embellishments.html

Font is Freestyle Script

 

The background paper is from the Lavandula paper pack.

I used the overlay blend on the rose stamp then duplicated the layer and grouped with the journal card, each from Life is Rosy.

I used a watercolor element from the Magnificent kit as a photo clipping mask, duplicated so the photo would not be so transparent.

I recolored the word art from the Magnificent kit.

The flower in the journaling cluster is from Magnificent Watercolor Embellishments.

The border paper, ribbon and thread is from Life is Rosy, as is the knotted ribbon and thread in the journaling cluster.

How do you like those sweet faces?  Makes me smile!

Have a great day tomorrow!

Memorial Day Weekend With Family

My sister, Kim, arrived from Florida around 9:45 a.m. on Friday.  Michael and his family arrived late afternoon, as did Tim's mom and sister, Jeanne, and Jessica and her family arrived early evening.  We had supper at the fire pits, hot dogs, chips, and s'mores.

4-wheeler fun

After everyone left, Kim and I started working on desserts for Saturday.

On Saturday everyone went to Elisabeth and Brad's home for the day.  Lots of fun, food and family time!

Taco bar, YUM!

It was cloudy and rainy most of the day.

The Family Photo

Time for some games.....Gestures!

When everyone got tired of playing, Araya decided to entertain us!

Even Hank got into the act!

Ryan and Chance head to the woods on the 4-wheeler.

Fun on the trampoline.

It was pretty chilly and rainy, but the kids didn't care!  Brad got 6mil plastic for making a slip and slide.  The kids had a blast!

Just add water and dish detergent for a slippery slide!

Well, all that was necessary after the fun was over was rinsing the soap off!

Just a little photoshopping fun!

Even Brad tried it out!

When the soap was all gone, the oil was brought out!

The skies began to clear somewhat later in the afternoon

I took pulled beef BBQ, Manwich sloppy joes, the leftover hotdogs and chips, and fruit salad for supper.  No one was overly hungry.  After supper we played some Phase 10 until time to leave.  I was glad to hear everyone would be joining Mark and I for church on Sunday!

Michael, Jessica and Kara left for home before church began.  But we packed a couple of pews with the rest of the family!

Everyone gave Gram hugs before she and Jennifer headed home after the morning service.

After church, those of us who were left went back to Liz and Brad's to clean up the leftovers for lunch.  Then Jessica and family left for home.

What a great weekend!  It would have been perfect if Nathanael and his family could have come, too!  I'm so thankful for the family God gave to me!  Thank You, LORD!

Extra selfies with some of the family.  I didn't get most of my boys, however!

Hubby

My son, Michael

My daughter-in-love, Jessica

My daughter, Elisabeth

Granddaughter, Kara

Daughter, Jessica

Forever sister-in-love, Jennifer

My beautiful daughters

Granddaughter, Hannah

Granddaughter, Araya

Granddaughter, Abby

Remember or veterans and those who lost their lives for our freedom on Monday!

America, the Beautiful!

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!