We Had Some Rain!

We had some wonderful rain! Just about an inch maybe altogether, but with the watering we had been trying to do it was enough to make my flowers start blooming! The Althea tree is in full bloom.



The Ice Plant is enjoying creeping out from under the Four O'clocks.



The Four O'clocks are just starting to bloom. I have yellow and red ones planted.



I put out several Zinnia's but not all came up. The ones that did are so pretty!





Blue Salvia and Marigolds ( need a bit of attention I think) are suppose to be more tolerant of our area but haven't done as well as in past years.



The Big surprise was how big the few Straight-necked Squash got this year. We have had lots of yummy squash to eat, but not tomatoes. Sadly,the tomatoes died a few weeks ago.



The Oxiliad ( I think?) we just put next to our porch area liked the rain also.



Mixed in with the Zinnia's are some Moss Roses, Morning Glories, Batchlor
Buttons, Cosmos, and Periwinkles.



That is all that is in bloom for now. Have a wonderful day! Hope your flowers are in bloom too!

Two Guys That Makes My Heart Hum!

This is Corbin! He is two months old now and about twice the size he was at birth.





This is Cavin! He is almost 5 months old and much more than twice the size he was at birth.




They are different in almost every way already, but both mean so much to me!


I recommend grandchildren very highly!

Growing up!

Granny's little man is getting bigger. He is really starting to look like his Papa more. Maybe it's just the chair and remote? Couldn't be the fist in the mouth, could it?




I get to go visit my other little man this week. He is over 8 lbs. now! Can't wait to see him and take lots of pics.

Find The Ten Things Wrong With This Picture!

Remember the fun pictures in Highlight magazine for kids that you found a certain number of things wrong in the picture? This is sort of a not so fun version of that.


There are at least 10 things I want to change in this picture. (1) The white formica backsplash (2) the white formica countertop (3) the old white sink (4) the cabinets (5) the window (6) the window sill (7) the faucet (8) the paint on the wall (9) more indirect sunlight for my violet and (10) replace the little brown vase on the left, because when I was trying to take care of my violet, I broke it into a hundred pieces!


I love colored glass vases in the window or anywhere they can reflect sunlight into my house. A dear lady I worked for in TX designed her house. She had a small window put over her refrigerator instead of a cabinet just so she could put her colored glass vases and bottles on a tray on top of her refrigerator. The sun came in that window in the morning and reflected the colors into her kitchen and breakfast area. It was beautiful! Now, I do this to remember her and have a little lovely color in my tiny white kitchen.

Back!

We had a great trip to MO. Fast but we got to see some of our family on the way back.




For some reason, we always get a parking lot view at our hotel. It was a nice hotel though. The one quick stop we made on the way was the Oops store.



I don't remember where I heard of this place for sure. I think it was Bless this Nest blog. This one is in Tontitown, AR. We went a little out of our way to get there. There is a lot of shopping in the Northwest corner of AR. We had been to the Springdale and Fayettville area before. I have always wanted to go to Rogers and shop but no time usually. I love the hills in AR! Was a real Razorback fan years ago. (I still have a tag on our van!)



We enjoyed browsing this store. It had a LOT of decorative items from flowers to trunks. It even had food! ( Although, that was sort of weird to me.) Cute building also, though I don't know what it was in it's former life. It had miniature buildings inside at the back of the store.



If you get hungry and are near one of the above(Lambert's) you must stop! We went to one near Branson, Mo. So good and way to much to eat!



Out front of the restaurant, there were benches, a very large checkerboard on the pavement, and these very large footprints. I think they were made by the people that actually ate all the food offered them with their meals. We were going to see if our feet spread out that far after we ate but we were so full we forgot! (By the way, that's not my foot in the pic.)

All in all, we had a good time, but there is no place like home!