Spring is springing!

My lilac bushes are sprouting!

My dogwood is budding!

The grass in greening!

My Rocco is waiting (for Daddy)!

And now Daddy is home!

Happy spring!

Photo essay (or something)

Yesterday afternoon-I headed to yet another birthday party.  (This one was for my 18 year old nephew-Patrick.)  I have a rough life-I tell ya!

Traffic on my road is terrible!

(When I passed by this horse and buggy-I noticed the man was sleeping!  Asleep at the reins!  I kid you not.  He had a huge hat on and his head was down.   I feel for him, though-I really do.  I can't imagine how sleepy riding in a carriage must make you.  I'd probably be thinking, "Eh, the horse knows the way" too!)

It was downright balmy out.  A glorious 74 degrees!  In March!

Here's part of the spread!

Here's the white cake.

Here's a blurry pic of the 18 year old.

Jodie also made this delectable chocolate peanut butter cake.  You can find the recipe here at Smitten Kitchen, if you are interested.  You really should be interested.  It was devine!

This morning I woke up to this glorious sky!

I hope you have a fabulous Sunday!

You got to stop-and smell the roses!

Hey Mister

Where you going in such a hurry

Don't you think it's time you realized

There's a whole lot more to life than work and worry

The sweetest things in life are free

And there right before your eyes

You got to Stop and Smell the roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way

If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way

Before you went to work this morning in the city

Did you spent some time with your family

Did you kiss your wife and tell her that she's pretty

Did you take your children to your breast and love them tenderly

You got to Stop and Smell the roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the roses along the way

Did you ever take a walk through the forest

Stop and dream a while among the trees

Well you can look up through the leaves right straight to heaven

You can almost hear the voice of God

In each any every breeze

You got to Stop and Smell the Roses

You've got to count your many blessings everyday

You're gonna find your way to heaven is a rough and rocky road

If you don't Stop and Smell the Roses along the way*

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*Wise words by Mac Davis and Doc Severinson

Happy 18th birthday to my favorite nephew, Patrick!

He's such a clown!

Here's Patrick with cousin Hope.

Here's Patrick with his beautiful fam!

Here's Patrick with his momma and sister.

Today is my nephew, Patrick's (I like to call him Patty!) 18th birthday.  It's hard to believe that that little seven pound baby is now a fine, handsome, young man!  Yes, it might be hard to believe, but it's so true.

Happy birthday, Patty.  Your Aunt Hoddy loves you! 

This and that

Round and round she goes, where she'll stop-no one knows!  (There's a lady bug on my mug!)

I could see this turkey vulture(?) circling and circling outside my window.

I've been Skyping with my girl!  She's at the beach this week.  I'm a little bit jealous!

I'm rooting a plant cutting a friend gave me.  I'm not sure what it's called, though.

I found a pleasant surprise in my junk drawer.  I was rooting around for some blue polish for my toenails and didn't I find a heart shaped bottle of nail polish.  Mom must have given it to me-she gives me her polish she doesn't like.  It's Avon and the color is Lovey Dovey!

Random



My friend, Rhonda sent me this photo yesterday.  She took it on Saturday-she said she thought of me when she saw this heart.  I took a photo almost exactly like it on Sunday  Funny, don't you think?  Thanks, Rhonda.  I *heart* you!

I feel a little funny framing one of my own photos-but I really love this one!

Okay-I guess I'm actually getting over feeling funny, because I've ordered some more prints of my own photos. I just really like to look at my local landmarks, I guess. I'm realizing I live in a such beautiful place!

(This is actually a canvas-I ordered an unstretched canvas by mistake-I wanted a stretched one. (I'm sorry, Melissa-I wanted a stretched one for you too.) It worked out okay, though, because I had a square picture that I was tired of, so I just took off the back, took out the picture and the glass, stuck the canvas in and put the back, back on. I like things framed without the glass-no glare!)

That love stamp is too pretty to put on a bill-but it's all I had!

This Kodak Instamatic is from Goodwill-I think I paid a quarter for it-but I have no film or flash cube-it's just sitting around being cute!

I scrubbed my keyboard today because, well, it was time. 

I better get my tetanus booster soon!

There that's better. 

 I feel like a new woman!

Rocco's just resting before it's time to...

breakdance!

Hey-there's me and my shadow!

He's such a good dog.  :)

Have a great day, everybody!

A beautiful Sunday

Target practice, I guess.

Daffodils almost in bloom.  (At church.)

Crocuses in bloom.  (At church.)

Shot in the heart!  (Or a cut-down tree.)

I hope you had a beautiful Sunday too!