Love Tree

St. Augustine Love Tree

An oak tree that is totally wrapped around a palm tree,

now if that's not love I don't know what is.

It is believe that if a couple KISSES under the tree their LOVE last forever.

Wordless Wednesday

Taken 3/30/10 St. Augustine, Fl.

Me, the Dancer

That's me on the far right with my foot out and my hands on my hips.

I took my dancing very seriously.

Look at that face!

Also in this picture from left to right, standing my cousin Becky Turner, my sister Carla in the yellow and black striped bee costume, Then Iris Valentine in the middle with the pretty white hat on, I'm proud of her for wearing the whole outfit. Next is Cindy Crabtree a Friend from church and then the serious me on the end.

Sitting: We are not sure who that girl is but how come she has flowers and the rest of us don't?? I think her parents loved her more than ours did :(

And very last, the littlest one is my adorable sister Lola Jill. Isn't she precious.

My cousin Iris, shared these pictures with me on facebook a few weeks ago. Nice squat, Iris.

She couldn't remember but she thought it was me that was holding that roll of toilet paper aka muff. So she had to dig the photo out and see for herself and funny thing was it was her holding the TP.

Fun good times!

My New Buddy, Jack

Little boys, oh, how I love them.

This is big brother Jack.

We took an instant liking to each other.

I loved hearing him calling me by name.

Gigi is easy to say.

Drew

My new little blue eyed friend.

Jack's baby brother.

TriColored Heron

Tricolored Heron, St. Augustine, Fl. 3/30/10 Note the blue bill, it's mating season.

I almost missed this beautiful bird, I was looking in the other direction and just happened to turn around.

Tricolored Herons are medium sized wading birds with slate blue feathers on most of their body except for a white chest and belly, and rust-colored neck with white stripe. They have long, yellowish colored legs and a long pointed yellow bill which turns blue during breeding season. Also known as the Louisiana Heron, they can be found in marshes, swamps, bayous, mudflats, lagoons and coastal ponds from Florida up the Atlantic coast to Maine, around the Gulf Coast to New Mexico and ranging south to northern South America and the West Indies.

The Tricolored Heron is an extremely slender bird, and moves gracefully about as it searches for fish, insects and frogs. Despite their relatively small size, they often forage in deep water with their legs completely underwater, giving the appearance that the bird is swimming.

Prayer

Home Grown

Perfect day for planting!

Thankful for sons who help their parents.

Tomatoes

yellow crook neck squash

zucchini

broccoli

cabbage

cucumbers

okra

That's all I have so far, I'm sure I'll throw something else in there before it's over with, yum!

Rescued

I love it and it is so comfortable!

These are the pillows from the other couch.

I'm over the black and white ones and

I'm going to make some new ones.

I think a new couch deserves new pillows.

What color would you use?

A Conch Shell

We were over on Jekyll Island taking pictures of Jordan's cousins that where here for spring break. They were looking for seashells and came across this conch shell. When Jordan picked it up it had the conch in it. Yuck, I've never seen one that had a live animal in it.

But just in case you do, here is a recipe for conch fritters.

We didn't eat it.

Conch Fritters

Fritters:
1 quart oil for frying
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
ground cayenne pepper to taste
seasoned salt to taste
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup chopped conch meat
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped

Dipping Sauce:
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 tablespoon hot sauce
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1.Heat the oil in a large pot or deep fryer to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).
2.In a bowl, mix the flour, egg, and milk. Season with cayenne pepper, seasoned salt, salt, and pepper. Mix in the conch meat, onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic.
3.Drop the batter by rounded tablespoons into the hot oil, and fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
4.In a bowl, mix the ketchup, lime juice, mayonnaise, hot sauce, salt, and pepper. Serve dipping sauce on the side with the fritters.
Footnotes

Conch can be replaced with any seafood. We tried last week 'Calamari Fritters," following the same recipe but replacing conch with chopped calamari... it turned out awesome! We cannot wait to try it with shrimp or crab meat. Read about CONCH in our handy encyclopedia! We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount may vary depending on cook time and temperature, ingredient density, and the specific type of oil used.

Recipe courtesy of Allrecipes

Squamous and Shingles

Please use sunscreen!

I had a squamous cell carcinoma removed last Thursday using Mohs surgery. They were able to get clear margins the first try. I then went to the plastic surgeon to have her close it up. It started out as about half the size of a pencil eraser and then when they removed it and sent it off the spot healed nicely and it was the size of a pencil eraser. Now it's about a inch and a half long. I was surprised. This is the first time I've seen it since last week. She used inside stitches that will dissolve. I think it looks great and with a little makeup I'll be able to cover it nicely. I asked the Dr. to take a picture of it before she covered it back up for a few more days and this is what I got.

It almost looks like I am dead or asleep, eewwe.

The Sweetheart has shingles and I have never seen something look so bad and give so much pain. Blisters have finally popped and starting to dry up. I feel so bad for him.

You can thank me for not taking pictures to show you proof, it's bad.

So, how's your week going?

Pirate Ship

Fun pirate ship, St. Augustine, Fl. 3/31/10

They found my couch!

It is one hour away in Jacksonville at the warehouse.

My boys will pick it up today or tomorrow.

Picture proof coming soon!

I was excited

to find that on returning home from spring break this weekend

my Wisteria vine had bloomed!

I had just looked at it the week before and thinking to myself that it

looked dead and wondering if it would bloom this year.

It is in full bloom.

It's bloomed every year of the 32 years I've lived here.

I've always loved it.

When I took pictures of it yesterday it was

covered with bumblebees and smelled so good.

Happy Monday.

Happy Easter Morn