You Have Got To Be Kidding....!!!

Today March 20, 2013, is the official start of Spring.  You have got to be kidding...it was 14 degrees with a wind-chill factor of -2 when I got up this morning and the afternoon temps never got above 23 degrees with a few snow-flurries.  Mother Nature you are definitely waning with bringing warmth that usually accompanies Spring.  Oh well, the body is not ready for springtime clothing...I am still carrying around that extra layer of winter fat.

Today after Bible Study a group of us went to see a theater production of "Fiddler on the Roof"...it was a beautiful production, the scenery, the lighting, the cast, the orchestra could not have been better.  Some memorable songs came from that show....Tradition - Sunrise-Sunset - Do You Love Me? - If I Were A Rich Man....I have been humming them ever since I left the theater.  There were over 1700 people in the audience for a Wednesday afternoon matinee, so needless to say it took us awhile to make our way out of the theater and back into the car....by the time I got home I was cold.  You know that cold that you get when it just kinda penetrates through your whole body and the only way you can warm up is to a) take a hot bath b) wash dishes in hot soapy water c) brew yourself a nice hot cup of coffee.  I opted for option c...eventho the other options work quite well.  The branch in the pic below represents what the day should be....spring flowering, the cup of hot coffee represents the warmth that we didn't get from Mother Nature.  I know it's a stretch but...heh, it's the best I could come up with.  I think I'll go take that hot bath anyway.

I must say goodbye to my tulips...I have enjoyed them and probably took at least 100 plus pictures of their blooms in the last week, but I honestly think sometimes I love them more in their waning hours than when they are fresh.  PS...have you noticed I have used the word wane or some form thereof twice during this post?  I am getting so very smart.

And because I have nothing interesting left to say, I will astound you with more fun facts from 70 years ago.   The big music hits from this era were The Andrew Sister's rendition of "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" and big bands were the big deal with Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller all selling top records.  No wonder this music so appeals to me,  it was the first music I ever heard.

Now I am going to take that hot bath and crawl under the covers and finish reading "Don't Let Me Go" by Catherine Ryan Hyde, our book club choice for this month which meets tomorrow night.  Sweet story.

There are many memorable quotes from "Fiddler on the Roof"....one by Tevye "As the good book says, if you spit in the air, it lands on your face."  Remember that!!

Until next time....

Textures on a Tuesday and the Beginning of a Year of Facts

Sun, glorious sun shining in the front window.  I wish I could say that warmth buddied up with the sun, but when I took these photos the outside temps were 17 degrees....doesn't scream warmth does it.  I am holding on to my birthday tulips as long as possible, but they are waning (ha..remember the word for the week, makes me sound brilliant, doesn't it?).

Today is Texture Tuesday over at Kim's place and at Nancy's A Rural Journal she is also hosting Tuesday Muse...both fun places to hang out....

Kim asked us, along with using at least one of her textures, to also add words to your image...either directly on the image or in the description...

Here are my entries this week.  The first one above is textured with Anna from the Downton Abbey collection...

Below is 1) the original sooc and 2) desaturated and lightened using the 0303 texture and the added text.

And finally with an added action from Florabella.

My good friend, JoAnn gave me a book for my recent birthday entitled "Now You're 70 - Fun Facts for Your Generation"...and if you count backwards you know that I was born at the height of World War II.  I thought it would be fun to post little tidbits about the last 70 years, some I remember, some not. But one I know we all remember is this poster of Rosie the Riveter representing several million women who excelled at jobs that were traditionally male-only, helping to build the ships, tanks, planes and guns that were needed to win the war....And after that, there was nothing stopping us women.

So not only am I going to increase our vocabulary with our 101 Words to Sound Smart...but let's discover some facts from the last 70 years.

Until next time....