STRANGE SIGHTINGS

Hello Friends! How is everyone on this fine Thursday?  I'm recuperating from no sleep last night. Yesterday I took my friend for his surgery wound care. Afterwards we  stopped for breakfast at my favorite place and saw the most amusing sight. Didn't see anyone in particular that looked as if this bike was theirs. Was kind of expecting a short, circus looking person  to be chowing down. Anyway, I thought it kind of cute.

Surely this is a homemade bike. I love the helmet (hanging off the side). Gotta have spikes to ride this!

Hope you're having a great day. Going to lunch with my sister, looking forward to that. Thanks for stopping by!

PRETTY

 The Azaleas have been so pretty this year. I can't remember a year when they bloomed so beautifully. Did you watch any of the Master's? The azaleas were spectacular. Prettier than I've ever seen them.

I still have a large pink one to bloom. I'm looking forward to it's big pink blooms. 

I hope you have a great week. We are a bit warm here. Our temperatures reaching into the mid 80's already. 

Thanks for stopping by!

THERE'S A FUNGUS AMONG US!!

 

While walking the dogs this morning, my daughter spotted this fantastic, bright yellow fungus on a rotting log. It is such a pretty yellow. I'm so glad she came to get me so I could photograph it. I've never seen one like it, have you? It's called Fuligo Septica also  known as Scrambled Egg Slime. In Scandinavian folklore it is the droppings of a Troll Cat which is a familiar of a witch. How interesting!

How has everyone been? I hope Spring has sprung all over by now. I'll be doing my rounds in a bit, can't wait to see your posts. 

Hope your Thursday is fantastic. Thanks so much for stopping by.

A TRAIN TRIP

 Hellooooooo! I've been away for a bit. So happy to be back. Cant wait to see what everyone has been up to. Don and I celebrated our 40th anniversary by taking a train to New Orleans. A lovely 12 hour trip.  Train travel is really the only way to go! I just love the rocking and vibration of the train. 12 hours may seem like a long time, but I'm so enchanted with the train I don't mind. I had a game to play and plenty of snacks. They feed you 3 meals, which is included for those in a roomette, which we were. This was our third trip by train. Before covid, the meals were really good, prepared right there. I had a delicious steak on our first trip. Now they serve preprepared meals which leave a lot to be desired. 

This is before our train arrived at the station. A huge freight train came barreling through.

Along the way I spotted some beautiful cloud formations. I'm going to include this on Skywatch. 

The view from our room was of the Warehouse District. Not very pretty. The Mississippi is to the left.

 

The other side of the hotel was Harrah's Casino. It had a much better view. We visited the Casino and it was so huge, with many floors, we got lost. Took us 30 minutes to find our way back out. We broke even in our play. I'm not one for wasting my money in card play or slot machines. It was a wonderful 40th anniversary celebration (our actual anniversary is June 1). Don has promised me a steak dinner since I refused to pay $71.00 for a steak. Just a hamburger was $18.00!

It's good to be back home. The doggies were ecstatic to see us. Such a warm welcome. 

I hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping by!

IT'S SPRING TIME!!!

 Happy Spring! It's finally actually here. No more saying, "Spring-like"! We've been in the high 70's lately, but today we reached our high of 60 early this morning. Now the temperature is dropping into the 50's. No big deal, but kind of funny - the first day of spring we have the coolest temperatures in a few weeks! 

I love daffodils. I don't have that many planted, but I hope to change that this fall. They are one of the first signs of spring around here. As I drive around town I see them still blooming and am slightly disappointed I don't have some still blooming.

This picture is too bright. I was taking it during the sunniest part of the day. I'll be planting these in the yard soon. I hope they do well and bloom next spring.

We're still waiting on the insurance company to come assess the damage to the house. We still have the tree leaning on it. We'll have to hire someone to come take care of it. I hope it doesn't cost too much.

I hope you're having a lovely week. Thanks for dropping by.

STORMY SATURDAY/SUNDAY

 How did everyone fair Saturday night with the storms? It wasn't the storms that got us, it was the wind. It blew a tree down onto our house. Not a giant tree, but big enough to cause damage. It didn't come through the ceiling, thank goodness.  The actual storm hadn't even arrived yet. As you can see, we still have our Christmas lights up! May have to get them down for repairs to be done. 

Spring has definitely sprung around here. Bradford Pear trees are leafing out, their pretty white blooms being crowded out. The trees have a nice green haze around them as their leaves start to emerge. We've had a busy week and I'm looking forward to a week with nothing to do. I hope your upcoming week will be a great one. Thanks for stopping by.

RAINY DAY

 This is a post about reversing some things I've said...like I like rain. Oh sure, I like rain just fine unless I'm walking through the parking lot at church without an umbrella and as far away from the building as you can get. It was a cold rain, too. Reversal number 2...the daffodils around here are in full bloom, not through as I reported last post. Apparently, it's only mine that are done. I guess picking your daffodils makes them die faster and I picked all of mine. This fall I am going to plant a lot more so I'll have plenty to pick and plenty still blooming in the yard. 

The best thing about the rain today is a rainbow was created. They are always so exciting to see. This is actually an older picture because the one I took today didn't turn out, the rainbow was just to light.

I think the rain will be done soon and the rest of the week will be lovely.  I hope you have a great day. Thanks for dropping by.

STORMY WEATHER

 Big storms were predicted night before last, and some people did get them. Luckily, we just had some rain. But yesterday, after the rain had left, there were huge winds. We've lost our Spring-like temperatures, so with the blustery wind and colder temps, it felt brutal to me. I can handle the cold, but not with the wind. 

Even though the rain had moved out, storm clouds remained. I love storm clouds. They are so much more interesting than blue sky to me. We tend to get a lot of storm clouds, but no rain. That's always a disappointment.

A  little bit of blue sky peeking through. There was a good bit of blue sky, but then it all turned back to dark clouds. 

I was so worried about the storms and high winds that I moved a lot of my plants into a protective area. I was afraid the high winds would break the tulips. All's back to good though. My daffodils are all done blooming. That's always sad.

I hope you're having a wonderful week. Looking forward to the weekend. I'll be doing childcare at church. I still haven't made it to the Home Depot nursery. Maybe I can do that tomorrow.

TODAY'S MUSINGS

 Not much happening this weekend. We drove to Home Depot, but realized it was Saturday afternoon and decided it was going to be too crowded, so we turned around and headed back home. We'll go Monday instead.  I really don't like crowds. Don grilled us some salmon for dinner and it was delish. He is the grill master, but he's passing the torch to our son, who loves cooking. What a lucky mother I am. 

This is our dog Arie. She is laying on her favorite piece of furniture, but she's too big for it so she lays with her head hanging off. If I laid like that my eyeballs would be popping out, but apparently her big ol head can take all that extra blood. 

Our temperatures have cooled off. This morning the low is in the 30's. Our high is expected to be in the 50's. A far cry from our highs in the 70's. Still, I kind of like this on again/off again weather. I think we might get some rain late in the week. That always makes me happy!

This little setting is on my dear mother's singer sewing machine base. I gave it to her for one of her birthdays - found it at an antique flea market. It has a nice slab of marble on top. 

I'll be heading out to church soon. I teach a 1st grade class then go to hear the message. I love my church and find the messages interesting, but I have the hardest time sitting for an hour and ten minutes. It's pure torture for me to be still that long. What's a girl to do? 

I hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping by

HELO MARCH

Hello March! I know you're going to have cold days and blustery days, and rainy days, but I am so glad to see you. This winter was fabulous, it still has about 3 weeks to go, but I know there are going to be many Spring-like days with nice temperatures. Maybe we'll squeeze in a fire or two, enjoying the last of the winter-time cold days. I promise I won't be upset, I'll roll with it. 

Nothing much happening for me this weekend. Last Saturday was my child care day at church, so this Saturday I can play. I see a trip to the Home Depot nursery in my future! I'm looking for purple violas and pansies.

I thank you for dropping by my blog. Comments are appreciated. I love to see who has visited. Have a lovely day.

PRETTY SKIES

 I pulled into the church parking lot and saw this beautiful sunrise. I was so glad I remembered my phone so I could capture it. I often forget to carry my phone, I find them a real nuisance, and yet I can't do without it. How pitiful am I? I guess they certainly have their place in our lives.

Are you seeing hints of Spring yet? Our weather has just been fantastic. Today's high is 77*F, a little overcast. I spent some time sitting on my deck just enjoying the light breeze and the birds chirping

I hope you are having a lovely day. Thanks for dropping by.

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