Friday Shoot Out: Gardens

Let's get started!

You had better have your hat.

Your gloves.

Garden shoes, (I've since gotten

some rubber water proof shoes)

And bug spray.

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"We use to have a Bat problem

around here until the Mosquitoes

ate them all." (I'll give you

a prize if you tell me what movie

that line came from and who said it?)

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This is my garden and this is cabbage.

This is my first little tomato.

This is the 2nd cucumber.

This is the oldest GRAND~girl and she
picked the first cucumber.



She couldn't wait to tell Pop-Pop.
And then she wouldn't share. She
ate the whole thing right by herself.


I've been admiring these grapes
around the corner on Old Jesup road.


This is the corn right on the other
side of the grapes. I didn't
plant any corn :(

The Beach/Kirkland Garden

They always have such a great garden.

Are these bright orange or what??

All the flowers above were at the

Home Depot store.

Flowers at the drive thru

Chick~Fil~A.

This is my B.I.L., Anthony.

He is a Master Gardener.

His birthday was the May 6th.

All he wanted was a 6 prong pitch

fork. His sweet wife my sister,

Carla got him one and he was thrilled!

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Isn't this just to cool?

This is what I picked out

and the sweetheart bought it.

I just love that it stands up like
this. It makes it so much easier

to just rake or sweep up what

ever you want in the wheel barrow

instead of using the shovel.
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Well that's it for my Friday Shoot Out pictures of gardens and stuff. Hope you enjoy. I promise I'll get around to visiting everyones gardens as soon as I can catch up with myself :)

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We sure would like it if you would join us some time in the Friday Shoot Out! Just let Reggie and Patty know you are joining and then let Gordon know also and he will add you to the blog roll!

TGIF

Friday Shoot Out Photo's will be up late.

Happy Mother's Day Weekend yall.

Things I Miss Thursday

I miss Gomer!

That use to be my favorite show.

I could sit and watch that and get to

laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath.

I remember when the sweetheart

and I were first married he would watch it

with me and never really laugh and I'd be

falling off the couch. He just didn't get it.

I wish there was something on TV these

days that I could watch and laugh that hard.

I miss Gomer Pyle.

Wordless Wednesday

Join Our Gang

Wanna join a gang and run around shooting with us????

Then you're the person we're looking for for "Friday Shoot-Outs"!!

A really simple concept going here..........Every week one of our gang members name is drawn from a hat by Reggie or Patty and they get to pick the weekly photo theme.

(I got to pick this week!! I feel so honored! I picked Gardens and anything and every thing that goes with that.)

No rules, no big critiques......we just want to see your town through your eyes.

We have quite a few countries represented.....Brasil, Japan, the Philippines, Canada, China, Auckland, Australia and loads of states in the U.S.

Our gang does an awesome job every week and it's so much fun to see other people's town through their eyes and lens.

Simply hit Reggie up with a comment and if you wouldn't mind comment to Cool Daddy-O Gordon @ Friday Shoot-Outs From Florida or the lovely GingerV @ flowers and more and they will gladly add you to our growing list. They are too sweet for keeping a running list for us.

Who knows..........you might get a cool gang T-Shirt with gang colors and get to throw gang signs while you're shooting your town up............

What are you waiting for??????? We'll show you ours if you show us yours...................... :)******"We want YOU, we want YOU, we want YOU as a new recruit"******

Tasty Tuesday

Last week the sweet Susan D posted about fresh strawberries.

She posted about this wonderful recipe from Robin's blog.

Nosey person that I am, I had to go check it out.

It sounded like something I needed to try.

So this past weekend when my family was here for a mini reunion I made this cake! You know me I LOVE CAKE!

This was very rich and yummy!

Got some strawberries you want to use up??

Make a cake. Make this cake!

STRAWBERRY CAKE
Preheat oven to 350*
1 package white cake mix

1 package (3 ounces) strawberry

-flavored gelatin powder
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup mashed strawberries

Combine cake mix and gelatin powder in large bowl. Beat in oil, eggs, water, and strawberries. Beat on HI for 30 seconds~then on MED. for 2 minutes.

Pour into 2 9 inch round greased and floured cake pans. (Pat bottom of pans gently on counter-tops to even the batter in the pans!)

Bake 350* oven for app. 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Start checking with toothpick at about 20 minutes!*********
Cool and frost with strawberry icing…

STRAWBERRY ICING
1/2 cup butter
1 pound confectioners sugar
1/4 cup mashed strawberries

Beat butter and confectioners sugar together until smooth. Add strawberries. Spread between cake layers, then frost top and sides! Decorate with extra (washed & dried) strawberries!

This recipe is a KEEPER!

BY: ROBYN http://robinrane.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/stawberry-cakeyumalicious/#comment-2319

1:30 Update From Travis

He is good. They are keeping him sedated and he will be like that for a few days. He has 3 breaks in his pelvis 2 up front and one in the back. The bones are not displaced they will heal if he can stand the pain.

Love you,

Trav

Josh Update

MIRACLES ABOUND!!!

(email from Jordan)

The report on Josh as he was being escorted to the helicopter pad last night (9:20ish) was a fractured pelvis, multiple cracked ribs, punctured lung and lacerated liver. The ER doc said to us, "he's not stable, but he's not serious. He's guarded."

Josh was on highway 17 near Two Way Fish Camp when he got a call for a hit and run. He did a u-turn and was t-boned by a semi truck on his side. He had his chief's son Dillan with him (will be fine; maybe even got released last night?!) The fact that he survived is a miracle!

Here's where the good news comes in- by the time he arrived and went into surgery, his liver had stopped bleeding and his lung was working on its own. It also looks as if his pelvis will self-heal... still waiting for more on that.They went ahead and put him on a ventilator to help his body rest. They did find that he has broken his left foot (he had been trapped in the car and had to be cut out).

My dad convinced me to stay in Brunswick last night so I could sleep. Travis and I will head up there in just a few.

So, he's sleeping right now and we are awaiting the the report from the orthopaedic surgeon.
Thank you! thank you! thank you! for your thoughts and prayers! God hears and answers our prayers! We don't know how long at this point he's going to be at Memorial in Savannah. But, he's alive and he's stable. I will keep everyone posted! Please pray for a complete and speedy recovery!
Love, Jordan

This is the update from the post below. Thanks again everyone for your thoughts and prayers! Gigi

Prayers Please

If any one visits this blog tonight

could you please say some prayers

for Officer Josh Bain Jr.

He is the only brother of my sweet

daughter in law, Jordan.

He was responding to

at hit and run this afternoon

and was T-Boned by a Semi-truck.

They cut him out of his car

and he was responsive and talking.

But once at the hospital he

had some internal injuries

and as I type this they are air flight-ing

him to Savannah Ga. where a trauma

team waits to operate as soon as he

lands. One thing I know is he

has a punctured lung and a cut

on his liver and broken pelvis.

So please say some prayers

for him and his family.

Thank you dear bloggin friends.

You are a world of strength.

May 4th

Google Image

My Mayo de Cinco'ed alright!

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I am sinking...



And it's MONDAY!

The day after the fun and very busy "WICKED" weekend! I've got the GRAND~girls today after school and a sister to get to the airport by 1:00pm.

By the looks of the southern weather and the time she flies out she maybe sitting in an airport a lot today.

She is going back to Utah after a week here in Ga. and Fl.

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So HaPpY MonDAy

see ya on the flip side!

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Oh and yesterday was my 500th post!! I need to have a fun contest or something? I'll be thinking about it okay?
Cheers!

Sunday Stills

Sunday Stills: Flowers and Plants

Sunday Stills is a place to hone your photography skills. Each Week Ed issues a new “Challenge” that gives us the opportunity to pick up what ever kind of camera we own and try and meet it. Sometimes we’ll look forward to it because it might seem fun and easy and sometimes we might have to rack our brain to get the appropriate shot to meet the assignment requirements. The purpose is to get out there and use our cameras.

Any one can join in, the more the merrier. After you’ve put up your Sunday Stills post on your blog send us the link to the post and we’ll put them up here so everyone can go visit your blog, check out your pictures and comment. Ed’s website can be found here and his blog is here.

Photo~Hunter

This weeks theme: Walking

Next weeks theme: In Memory

Click here to join free of charge!

Friday Shoot Out

Friday Shoot Out

Reggie says: Please join us for Friday Shoot-Outs...any and everyone is welcome and encouraged to join our gang and throw a few gang signs with us. We want to see your town. The only thing we're waiting for here in our home~towns is you........

Also if you don't mind please let GingerV and Gordon know because they are always so kind as to keep running lists for the gang.

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This weeks subject picked by the lovely Jen was: Architecture in your town. The pretty, the old, the new, the crumbling, the wood, the brick, the renovated, the sadly falling........ Great choice Jen.

Old Glynn County Courthouse

Brunswick, Georgia, USA

The columns and doors are huge.

Side view of the front.

Side window and light.

Around to the back.

Across the courtyard,

under the shade trees

You will find the

New Glynn County Courthouse.

(This is where you go for Jury Duty)

And we're done!

Back to the truck to go home.

GRAND~Girls wanted to wait on

the ice cream truck

back in the hood.

Another Day,

Another adventure.

Over in Darien the old ice house.

This is the front on the street side.

Lower half in color.

Side view of the ice house.

Back of ice house facing the river.

Close up of old window.

I do believe this is my favorite.

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I got the pleasure of

picking next weeks topic!!

So next Friday May 8th, will be Gardens!

Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden, Butterfly Garden, Botanical Garden, Zen Garden, hey even the Olive Garden!

Your own, your mama's, your neighbors, the city's.

Garden supplies, Garden tools, Garden ornaments, Garden furniture.

Please join us next Friday with your pictures!

Remember "No Rules" your own interpretation!

Have fun gardening!

Excited!!

This Saturday!

Can't wait!