Scavenger Hunt Sunday - The August 26, 2012 Edition

Good morning, lovelies.  Are we ready to begin our challenge for the week?  It has been a good week here, lots of things to do and more to come.  But first let's get busy with this week's hunt.  The list for this week is:

• School  (a Mother's relief)
• Rule of Thirds  (does this have anything to do with math?  I was terrible at math!!)
• Side Profile  (got it)
• Small  (how small?)
• Motion  (you're not talking motion sickness, I hope)

I gotta admit I pulled this from my archives.  This grade school is one of the oldest schools in our fair city,   Naper School, named after the founder of our city, Joe Naper.

Rule of Thirds....this shortly became the rule of nothing because I ate it!!

Side Profile....the sweetie that I did a photo shoot with on Friday.

Small...one of the smallest birds that visits the birdfeeder.

This little cutie patootie just stood and watched the "motion" of the water.  I loved the fact that her shirt and the color of the pool matched.

So that's it for another fun week.  Hope you found joy this week.  Hop on over to Ashley's blog and find more treasures.
Until next time......

Day 5 - Pieces of Me

Ok, I know I am late in posting this...but I really do have a good excuse.  Yesterday I was busy all day, from morn til night.  I'll tell you about my day later but first let me finish my week of "Pieces of Me - Scavenger Hunt" for Beyond Layers.  Today or I should say, yesterday, our prompts were View from our Window and Favorite Drink.

I love this view...this is my living room that looks out over the front yard and across the street to a wide-open field.  It's always a pleasant sight until the boys across the street park their trucks right in front of my pretty view.  There are 4 drivers in their house and 5 trucks.  They are one truck lovin' family.

And the 2nd prompt is favorite drink....well this was way too hard for me to pick just one.  And it all depends on the time of day.

And I have to add this sweet, sweet image.  I did another photo shoot yesterday for a good friend's granddaughter....here is a little preview of Dad and Daughter in a sweet (very quick kiss) .....

Oh we had a good time...hope you ended your week on a high note.

"I'm a big believer in just saying yes if someone asks you if you can do something."  ~  Piper Perabo

Until next time....

Day 4 - Pieces of Me

Ahh..day 4 of the Beyond Layer's Pieces of Me Prompts is already almost over.  I've been gone all day so this is the first chance I have had to post. Today's prompts are (1) what I am currently reading  and (2) a light fixture....

I seem to be reading a multitude of things right now.  I have started 4 books and need to start a 5th & 6th for book clubs in September and October.  It's not that I don't like the books I have started, I am like the kid in the "proverbial" candy store when it comes to books.  There are just so many, it is hard to choose which one to read so I try and read multiple books and then end up having a hard time finishing them.  Pretty dumb huh?? Right now my started ones are:

1. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister - a sweet lovely little book about a cooking school and those that attend.  
2. The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy - Our bookclub book for August.  Didn't finish it, but still reading.  Interesting story that takes place on the isle of Guernsey during the war.  Beautifully written.
3. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkenss - this received so much press and the author has just released the sequel that I thought I would see what all the hype is about.  Well written story of a modern day witch in Oxford, England along with her vampire, soon to be love.  
4. Sister by Rosamund Lupton another English setting with a twin sister that has been murdered and the remaining twin desperate to find how and why.

And the two I need to get started are:

1. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

Looking forward to reading both of those.  Any good books you are reading??

And the 2nd prompt is "a light fixture".  Well, I have to post this.  It is my 3rd and final bathroom re-do. I bought this little chandelier at the flea market a couple of months ago in anticipation of putting it in my new re-done bathroom.  

The color of the paint looks different in these two pics....I am sure it was the lighting.  But it is a lavender purple.  I love it.  Will show more pics later.  

I am now officially tired and need to go to bed...tomorrow is another busy day.  Be sure and hop over to my collaborative blog on Friday (Focusing on Life) to ride along with me as I go on another adventure.  

"Unlock your natural desires by doing what you enjoy."  ~  Hans Selye

Until next time....