A New Meme and Texture Tuesday...

As I stand and look out the window, the snow is falling heavily, clinging to the cars, the bushes, trees and grass.  Covering everything within it's reach giving it a softness, a whiteness, and a purity....at least until the snowplows hit the roads and Toby frolics in the yard.  

Stopped by the grocery store yesterday to pick up needed supplies before this latest snow storm landed...and one thing that was on my "need" list was more flowers (along with milk, eggs & TP, I can get along without the milk and the eggs, but definitely not the TP).  And I wasn't disappointed, there were loads of beautiful bouquets bursting with spring color.  Purples, reds, yellows, pinks, whites, any color that hit your fancy.  I could have taken them all....but fortunately, my better sense took over and I only came home with 3...one purple, one red & one yellow.  

I think this flower is "stock"....but not totally positive.  But whatever it is, I love the multi-petaled flower heads. Added Kim Klassen's texture "Sybil".  

  

And more tulips...this time in red.

And how could I resist these sweet miniature daffodils.....

Something else I picked up at the grocery store was this double chocolate muffin....I just couldn't resist, but I only bought one, I could have picked up a 4 pack, but I resisted.  And you wonder why my weight is an issue.....duh!!  And that is the last of the orange tulips.

My sweet blogging friend, Nancy, over at A Rural Journal has started a new meme today entitled "Tuesday Muse", the only requirement being to link an image with texture....any texture.  No problemo for this lady...I do love textures, I really do.

And also linking to Kim Klassen for her weekly Texture Tuesday....how handy both are on Tuesday.

Thanks to all for your sweet comments you left on yesterday's post about Brie....it truly brightened her day.

"Accept everyone, including yourself, without judgement.  We are all doing the best we can.  If we knew how to do or be any better, we would.

And PS....I stopped reading "The Sacred Scripture" by Sebastian Berry....too depressing for this time of year.  Maybe later.

Until next time.....

Happy Birthday, Brie!!

 Today my youngest granddaughter turns 20....granddaughter 20!!!, where or where does the time go?  I am sure we all ask that same question as we see our children, then our grandchildren grow before our very eyes, as we stay the same (ha, who am I kidding).  Brie is currently a sophomore in college in Iowa, studying to work with large animals (aka zoo keeper).  She has always loved animals, any size, shape or color.  Working at PAWS as a teenager, she would have brought home every animal that came thru those doors home with her possibly turning their home into a mini zoo if her Mother & Dad hadn't said "no more".  Altho now I wonder about her Mother....they now have 1 dog (extremely large Huskie), 4 cats, and now 3 birds.  Hmm, wonder from where Brie gets her love of animals???  Lisa blames it on the "empty nest" syndrome.  So, Happy Birthday Brie....I hope your day is filled with good times and good things. (and an A on your last exam) Love and hugs from your Nana!!

And because I am still lovin' my orange tulips, here are a few more pics.  Just grin & bear it...OK??

Have you had enough??  There may be more later....I just love these tulips.

And just because....here is a cutie that I captured standing at my living room window as she unknowingly had her photo snapped while playing in the snow.  Pretty sad that I have to stand at my front window to capture photos of little ones...but as you can see my little ones have all grown up. Now it's time for great-grandchildren.  I so hope they come before this Nana gets too old to enjoy them.

And one more for Tricia's Weekly Barn Charm.  Captured this one on my last outing in the country. Another red barn with snow....!!  Love it.

"Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble; it is a "steering wheel" that directs us in the right path throughout life."

Linking to...Macro Monday's

Until next time....

Reading Anything?

Are you reading anything at the moment, anything you would recommend to us who love a good book?

This past month I read two books, "The Kitchen House".  Another of the many, many stories of the lives of American slaves.  This ofcourse, takes place in the South, on a big plantation with many slaves, mostly well treated.  Along comes an orphaned white child and because there is nothing else to do with her, she ends up living among the slaves and considers them her family.  It is her story, living among both families white & black as she becomes a woman struggling with the treatment of the blacks in the deep south.  Many characters in this book, took me awhile to get everyone straight, who belonged to who...almost needed a little cheat sheet.  This was the book chosen for our February Book Club, and unfortunately I missed it.  I think if I would have attended the discussion I may have found more of an appreciation for this book, sometimes discussions do that.  But it did not compare to my favorite book of the South, "The Help" altho a completely different era, sometimes the treatments were the same.

The second book I completed recently was "The Lost Wife".  Again a story of history, taking place during the rise of Hitler and the devastation he wrought among the Jews.  Slavery in a different form.  Two people, Josef a young Gentile man living in Poland and Lenka a young Jewish woman also living in the same city.  They meet and fall in love but are torn apart by the ravages of war, Josef to the US and Lenka to the Jewish workcamps never reuniting until many, many years later.  It is both of their stories, beautifully written with phrases that will no doubt bring tears to your eyes before you close the pages of this book.

My sister-in-law recently sent me a delightful book which I am reading in between....The title, "Eight Girls Taking Pictures".  Individual chapters on early women photographers, their histories, their journeys in becoming photographers.  Such a insightful read.

And now am starting "The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barry....a book group favorite.  Just barely started, will give you a review later.

And must begin our Book Club choice for this month, "Don't Let Me Go" by Catherine Ryan Hyde.

I am hoping all this shows up....I was doing a copy paste and I am not sure blogger likes that.  And I don't know what the heck all that space is on top, I can't get rid of it.  Spacey....like me!  aha, went back in and was able to remove all those spaces.  Blogger, definitely a mind of HIS own.

Until next time....