(cheery little pansy)

I adore pansies.
How about you?
Anyone remember the article in Victoria magazine...years ago...with all the wonderful pansy paintings?

(ch-check)

The wiring is going into the dawdi haus this week!

The hubs finished the trellis clothesline.
It has 4 lines!
F-O-U-R of 'em!
w00t!
We "borrowed" the idea from Deb over at Homespun Living, recycling lattice from our son's castaways.
White paint on the frame will be added next summer.
More plants will join the lonely red clematis...when I get round to it.

We also added some swings for our littles.
:)

(52Q~week 27)

The 52Q prompt for the week:
What have you found or discovered lately?

Last week, my Little E was poking through the recesses of my work space and discovered a little box waaaaaay in the back. Inside were these little Vera the Mouse stickers, some sequins, itty-bitty-m-o-p-buttons, beads, and tiny silk flowers. You should have seen her face! We ended up making a necklace from a red heart bead and some ribbon.

Later on that day, I was digging in my sewing cabinet and discovered a bag of lace bits and trims that Vicki had sent me awhile back.
Talk about Christmas in July!
For me, anyway...
:)

So... when I saw the prompt for the week, I knew what had to be included.

***
Are you having a good week so far?
Hope so.

(early morning light)

The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.
~Monica Baldwin~

(celebrating)

(happy 4th!)

Enjoy a safe weekend!

52Q~week 26

It's the halfway point of the 52Q challenge!!!

I did two this week.
I started the doodle one first, then had another idea.
Sooo...
The prompt for the week:
- on my walls I would write -

I have blogged about this before, but I really do have a favorite quote -
Truth matters.
- painted on a wall in the upstairs hallway.

How about you?
Any thoughts on what you would write on your walls?

(cherry pickin')

The local orchard opened for pickin' this morning.
Our almost-5yo-granddaughter was here overnight, so it was perfect timing for her to come along.
What an adventure it was!

It was just toooo exciting to have all those cherries right on her level!
She enjoyed filling her bucket...and eating "about 65 cherries".

So she said.

She went from tree to tree...looking for just-the-right-darker-shade-cherries.
"They taste the best, you know."

There was a rather large Amish lady standing on a bucket near us.
In her typical junior reporter voice, she loudly remarked, "Mimi! Look at the Amish lady over there! She is verrry sturdy!"

Sturdy.

Don't you just love kids?

Oh...and one must be properly dressed to go to the orchard!
But you knew that.
That stunning bracelet is from her other grandma.
:)

After leaving the orchard, Pop-pop took us to Dunkin' D*nuts.
She was thrilled to choose the double chocolate one...and a chocolate milk.
Hey!
That's the fun of being a grandparent.
Load 'em up with chocolate!
We won't mention it to her parents.
Deal?

(bloomin')

*for Bloomin' Tuesday...and for this last day of June*

And let them pass, as they will too soon,
With the bean flowers' boon,
And the blackbird's tune,
And May, and June!

~Robert Browning~

(psalm)

The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

~Psalm 28:7~