It's a New Year

We took a few days off and left town.

It was good to go but good to come home too.

But I seem to be in a January Slump.

I have "NO" New Years resolutions.

(I just pray daily to be better today than I was yesterday.)

I have "NO" inspiration word for the year!

I have "NO" energy!

I have "NO" desires!

But I do have the most awesome 
"HAND DIPPED,  HOMEMADE CHOCOLATES"
from the best Chocolatier, EVER!!!!!!!!
(Somebody loves me :))
Things might start looking up!!!!

BYU Hockey Team 2010/2011

My nephew Ashton Ripley plays hockey for Brigham Young University.

This is his first year and I'm pretty excited for him.

An Alabama Boy, who's rarely ever seen snow, playing a sport like hockey.

He is the only one in that picture wearing a beard.

His GRANDmother, my MIL, is taking his mother and me

to Utah for our birthday's and to see him play a game.

So if you live in the Provo area come see me on October 22

at the BYU hockey game.

They have a buy one ticket get one ticket coupon on their web site right now.

Print it off and bring another Friend with you.

I think the team could use the support.

Sweet Little House

I took this picture on Mackinac Island, Michigan

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Arts and Crafts

When we were at the timeshare with the kids last week

I noticed that they had a scheduled arts and craft day.

So on Thursday at 2:00 pm, I sent the Sweetheart, aka Pop Pop

off with the girls to do arts and crafts.

For Pop Pop, it wasn't the most pleasant of experiences.

They got there 5 minutes after it started

and didn't get a covered picnic table.

We didn't know it was even going to be out side in the 100 plus Florida Sun

or maybe we would have skipped it all together.

They had all showered and had on clean clothes but NO SUNSCREEN!

Everyone of them came back with bright red faces

and these adorable "Bucket Hats."

Of course, Pop Pop didn't interfer with their creative talents.

They made them all by themselves.

They were very proud and happy girls.

But they were all mad that it was so hot and they had to sit in the sun.

Bucket Hats: $10.00

Spending time with the GRAND~girls: Priceless

Summer Fun

Summer Time Fun

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My View

This is what I have been looking at for the last week.

And they have swam and swam and swam.

Not a bad view of Florida, at all.

But I am glad to be back on the internet.

I've missed yall.

Have a GREAT weekend.

Old Boots

This gate was leading up to an Amish house some where in Ohio. I loved it!

Mid~Week~Blues

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It's Mid~Week~Blues.

These pictures were taken on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

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Saturday~Photo~Hunt

Photo~Hunt

This weeks theme: Sparkle

Daytona Beach, Florida

8:00 A.M. this morning June/5/2010

I'm here to celebrate my 35 year class reunion.

I haven't been to a reunion in 25 years.

Last night was lots of fun.

It's interesting how much people change yet stay the same.

Have a great weekend!!

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One Of Many

Hyw. 131 Michigan

Model: NIKON D90
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 7.1
Focal Length: 62mm
Flash Used: No

After

10 Days!

8 States!

and

3300 Miles!

I'm finally

HOME SWEET HOME!!

Saturday Morning Shopping At The IGA

Somewhere in southern Ohio

I don't even know the town.

Shame on me.

The Other Deer Stories

Here are my other run ins with deer on this trip to Michigan.

We were riding along and I see this house and barn.

Of course I want to stop and take a picture.

No one behind us and no one coming so the Sweetheart.

pulls over to let me get a picture.

The place looks deserted.

No sign of a living soul.

I get out and cross the road.

I see that the gate is locked.


I decide that I want to stand on the corner of the fence to take the picture.
I start walking down to the corner of the
fence line and just happened to look down.




And so glad I did.
I came with in one step
of stepping on this fawn.
So little, I couldn't even believe it.
It was alive and barely moved it's little head.
Of course I take the picture of it and then
backed out so as not to disturb it.

Then I wondered where it's mother was and
why he was he curled up by the fence and so close to the road?

I went to the other end of the fence line and took this
picture which was a much better shot any way, wasn't it?




Then we went on down the road and took the
Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.

If you ever find yourself on the west side of upper
Michigan don't miss it.

Well as we were driving around the one way loop
I see these ears sticking up and looking our way.

I take some pictures
and then she starts to run.

And running along right beside her was her baby.
Very small and to the left.
Can you see it?

I have enjoyed the beauty of this area so much.
I've taken lots of pictures that I will share in time.

Hope you all have a safe and fun holiday weekend.
I'm headed home!
Yay!

Graveyard Dead

I killed my first deer today.

I was driving the Sweetheart's truck.

See the new dent in the center.

He did the damage to the far right.

Look closely at the deer hair still on the front tag.

We are okay.

The truck is okay.

The Deer, not so much.

I hate that it is such a waste of meat.

Had we not been 1300 miles from home

we would have taken it home to our boys.

They are hunters and we do love venison.

This is not all.

I have two more deer stories from this week.

I will post them later.

I've been on the road all day and I am going to bed now.

My Biggest Fear

Watch this snake as she is talking.

And she just keeps talking.

and talking!

And we are just freaking out!!

Not my idea of a great summer job.

Since When?

My parents live about 2 hours south of us in Florida.

When we got about a mile from their house I looked in the back seat and Rea had taken down her hair and hair bow.

I said, "mercy girls, we need to comb your hair before Grandmother and Papa see you like that."

Shelby was quick with a come back, she said,

"well they don't care if we look like hillbillies"

Since when did we ever become "hillbillies"?

We've been in St. Augustine, Florida.

We took the GRAND~girls for their spring break.

Their parents had to work.

But WE didn't.

We had lots of fun with them.

They say the funniest things.

They keep us entertained.

We took them to the Alligator Farm.

When I took this picture Shelby said,

" my mama is going to FREAK when she sees this picture!"

She was a little grossed out but the girls loved it.

Southern Welcome

The Welcoming Pineapple

The pineapple has been a universal symbol of hospitality and welcome for many centuries all over the world.

During the colonial days in in America, a hostess's ability to have a pineapple for an important dining event said as much about her rank as it did about her resourcefulness. So sought after were the prickly fruits that colonial confectioners sometimes rented them to households by the day. Later, the same fruit was sold to other, more affluent clients who actually ate it. As you might imagine, hostesses would have gone to great lengths to conceal the fact that the pineapple that was the visual apogee of their table display and a central topic of their guests' conversation was only rented.

The Pineapple symbolized the utmost in welcome and hospitality to your visitor. Often when the visitor spent the night, he was given the bedroom which had the pineapples carved on the bedposts or headboard--even if the bedroom belonged to the head of the household.

I took these pictures in Charleston, South Carolina. The pineapples are everywhere. I wish I would have taken a lot more pictures of them. Charleston is such a welcoming and charming southern city. One of my favorites.