Ripe Delicious Tomatoes

Curly Green Kale

 Yesterday I visited the small Farmer's Market in Cape Canaveral.

It is a small market - but beautiful produce, plants, prepared foods and even other arts & crafts vendors

Colorful Peppers

Gorgeous Orchids

Catching up

Now that Deb's  come and gone - I'll try to catch up a bit.

A mosaic table.  Reclaimed & rescued with the help of free paint, some Liquid Nails and broken dishes and tiles.

I finished the "Body Parts" yard art.  The "shiny Man" joined the bust, butt and crotch on the back fence.

We had a birthday party for my 99 year old Aunt Johnibel.

My daughter, also my friend

We've all seen the T-shirts. posters and pillows with that sentiment on them.  I am so happy and proud to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to DEB.  She is indeed my friend and also my daughter.

We share a love of the beach

Our traditional Mother's Day - our feet in the sand

 We also share a love of "making stuff".  Maybe art, maybe just a big mess!  We laugh at nonsense.  She is my muse, biggest fan (and I am hers), and my daughter and friend
Next week she is coming for a visit!  And her prediction will come true - at least a bit.  When she was little, maybe three years old, she would stomp her foot and say "When I'm the Mother and YOU are a little girl - - -" (fill in the blanks).  So now she tells me to clean my room, comb my hair, etc.  Just a glimpse of role reversal to come.
But - I musta' done something right to have such a fun and creative daughter.  Some say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.  But I think this one came from across the orchard and found me.
See a glimpse of who she is on her blog.

So, Deb, Have a really good day - Can't wait to see you.  

OH NO -

I can't believe I actually prepared baked Brie and Pigs in a Blanket.  All in one meal!! 

Talk about the sublime and ridiculous.  At least there was a redeeming fresh fruit tray!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE

One of my favorite pictures, taken by my daughter, a couple of years ago.  

Today we celebrate Jack's 82nd birthday.  I am so lucky to have met - and after several years - married this man.  Briefly, for those that don't know our story, we met online, when that was a fairly new experience.  No Facebook, MySpace or dating sites.  Just two pen pals with common interests.  I relocated to Florida from Texas.  And the rest is history.
"Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be"  (anon).  Certainly at our ages - late 60's and 70's when we met - we were not spring chicks.  And we both face the challenges of aging.  But together we meet each change as it comes, and treasure each moment in a way we could not before.
So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACK.  May you reach your goal to live to be 101 1/2years young, with me by your side.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Very Florida Christmas!

I love this lawn display near by.  It appears the flamingos are gathered around the Christmas tree - almost worshiping it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A Front Porch Christmas

An angel named Bud

 A few years ago we decided not to decorate with a Christmas Tree.  But The seasonal festivities got to me.  So, here on our porch sit three small lighted palms - a little over a foot tall each.  They are decorated with ornaments handmade by me and by friends, and with other random trinkets.

BODY PARTS - THIRD OF THREE

The Crotch, with stars

It may not be apparent, but the stars are outlined with ZIPPERS! 

BODY PARTS - Part 2 of 3

BODY PARTS - A SERIES:

Part 1 of 3,  BUTT

Stay tuned, Still to come: Part 2 of 3, BUST

and Part 3 of 3, CROTCH



HELP!! MY ZEN IS TANGLED!!

After reading about and viewing Zentangles, I decided to give it a try.  It is, after all, meditation.  Not something that I should overthink!

Above are my first two.  Fun to do and simple.

Then, I read some instructions.  I discovered they should be square, not rectangular.  So I did two more, fitting them both on one page. 

So, I have decided that "ZENTANGLING"  (is that a word?) is something I will pursue.  It is fun, requires minimum supplies and no artistic ability.

Weaving friendships

A group of friends gather frequently.  We make baskets, explore other arts and sometimes just share a meal and laughter.

We are  weaving not only baskets but friendships.

Walking companions

On one hot summer day last week, I was accompanied on my neighborhood walk by birds - some real feathered friends, some pink plastic.  They both made me smile.

Lizard Love

Or maybe lizard porn?  Right there on my front porch!

Have you seen . .

. . . my new hat?  It's a thrift store find covered with crochet "scrumbles".

 I wish I could get a hat as cool as Deb's to play with.

But I love it - i think I'll take it for a walk tomorrow.

10,000 Time a Day

Do it 10,000 times a day.

That's my new goal.  Before you jump to conclusions, I'm talking about walking, specifically 10,000 steps a day. (Click on link above). I've only hit that mark once, but I am walking more.  My first day with my new pedometer, I discovered I was almost stationary - only about 1500 steps.  


Fortunately I live in a place that is easy to take interesting walks.

The shuttle, Atlantis, on it's final  launch

A very green lizard.

Interesting wildflowers - these were in yards in my neighborhood.  Some may call them weeds, but isn't a weed just a plant growing where we don't want it to grow?

And this hawk was on a neighborhood roof - I thought it was a stuffed one at first, but he turned his head slowly and intently watched as I walked by.

MONDAY MEANDERING -

It's been a few weeks!  So I'll try to catch up on a few of my more recent "meanderings".

My new herb "garden".  

And a friendly porch lizard.

Those of you that know me, know a don't have a green thumb.  Unless I've been using green paint.  But, with Deb's encouragement and the watchful eye of a lizard, I planted some herbs.  So far, so good!

A whimsical moment

My husband, Jack, did not have a bit of whimsy in his realm when we met.  But I guess it is contagious.  Here is a little "sculpture" he made after dinner.

And here the "creature" is guarding the wine.  The empty wine bottle may explain the artistic endeavor!

MONDAY MEANDERING

Today is Monday - so I meandered over to the nail salon.  I came away with PURPLE finger & toe nails.  Kinda crazy for an old lady.  But I love the color!.