Day 145

Isn't she a beauty! I just love it when she is in full bloom. The grands wanted to cut them off but I wouldn't let them cut her. They could cut anything else but not this one. Maybe when I have more blooms....

Day 151

I have been trying to catch a shot of a butterfly for days and every time I run out with the camera they are gone. I was in the kitchen making hot dog sauce today and saw this beauty. It never stopped fluttering it's wings. Had a hard time keeping the camera on it. If you don't hear from me for a few days the Grands will be here soon for the week end. Jason has games in Marietta tonight, Friday,
Saturday and maybe Sunday.

Day 144

I'm slowly catching up....hopefully, this weekend, I'll be back up with you! Nothing to do on Sat. or Sunday but mow yard...and sit on my porch!

Day 143

Little Gavin has got the photography bug bad! He took about 100 photos at the 50th celebration and some of them aren't too bad. This was his arrangement he was making to shoot and then Granny realized he was shooting more pics of her than he was the props...LOL..you can tell by the bottom photo that Granny is giving him a 'go away' talk...I'm going to have to work on his shutter button cause he pushes it down too fast and the camera doesn't have time to get a good focus. I have a ton of little people views of the party room...back of people, back of chairs, thermostat, videos...you get the idea, right?

Day 142

I have no idea what kind of tree this is. Just know it stopped me in my tracks on my way to KC on Sat. morning. Had to turn around and get a photo of it!

Day 150

Sharing a few of my favorite things. This started out as a scrap lift of one of Paislee Press designs. Used a scrap simple pattern template from Scrap Girls for the floral band. Background paper from Oscraps - Taylormade.

Day 149

This was on the wall in the tire store. Thought maybe I could use it for my black & white assignment.
Photo prong from Gina Cabrera
Background from Taylormade Designs - Oscraps.

Day 141

I was trying to work on some pictures to upload and started playing around instead. Anyway, I did take this photo but I definitely didn't sketch it! The flowers are by Anne Langpap and the overlay is by Alisa Hansen.

Day 148

We had to make a trip to Marietta today to buy new tires for the car. To make it a little more enjoyable I took the camera and we took a walk down the street to the river while we waited for the tires to be put on. These are a few shot I took along the way.

Number 1 is the Lafayette Hotel. Number 2 is a fence along the river. Number 3 is a whirligig fastened to a fire escape on the side of a building. Number 4 is the wonderful hanging flower baskets and light post that I think are so pretty.

Background paper from Oscraps,frame & sticker by me.

Day 140

Love these little gems...Moonbeam Coreopsis

Day 139

This is what we had for supper last night. It's the first time I've attempted the Beer Can chicken and it won't be my last. It was so good. I have another recipe I'm going to try the next time. I've made the potatoes a couple times and we really like them. The plus to this meal is not much mess in the kitchen, as its all done on the grill. I'm going to try corn on the cob with it the next time. I posted this yesterday but forgot to check my spelling and it was BAD! LOL

Kit is Granny's Pudding add on by Meryl Bartho

Day 147

Nothing much to post today. Just to tired to think about it. This is a shot I took the other day and was trying to make it look old. Frames from Designer Digital

and staples from Digital Design Essentials.

Day 138

Ok, here is my first image and I'll try and get caught up this afternoon. How do you get the images you've been posting so large?

Day 146

I took these at last nights game. He has 4 more today and I'm not sure about Sunday and he will be back down next week end for another round. I really dislike shooting through all the fences. The top pic has two. Maybe I'll just make me a fake press pass and go inside....LOL

Day 145

Spent most of Friday cooking for Vic and the Grands. Jason has ball games all week-end so I had to have food on hand for when they are coming and going.

We had Pork BBQ,squash casserole,scalloped potatoes,baked beans and chocolate cake with cooked frosting. I ate way to much but it was all good!

Day 144

This is what Zach has spent the day doing. He plays this way more than he should. But what is a Grammy supposed to do?

Day 143

Lilies.....These never do much because I have them planted under the big maple out back. I should move them but I never think of it at the right time. So they will probably stay right were they are. We've had some nasty storms the last couple of days. Jason has ball games here Friday and Saturday so I hope the rain is over.
I just love these mailing labels from Oscraps used for frames. I have used them on a couple of scrap pages and they turned out super cute.

Day 142

I chased this Hummingbird Moth around my flowers trying to get a good shot. They never stop moving so it's very hard to get good focus. When we started seeing this moth flying around we thought it was a small Hummingbird but after doing a web search we found out what it was.
Mailing label frame - Oscraps.

Day 141

Took a walk around the flower beds with the macro on and this is what I found.I still can't get very close to the Gold Finch but they are getting used to someone being around, so hopefully before the summer is over I will get a good close-up. I think the flowers all look like it is August instead of July. Haven't heard anything from you since Friday. Hope your BBQ didn't get the best of you!
Mailing label frames from Oscraps.

Day 140

This is me today... LOL...

Love having the Grands here but I need a day of rest after they leave.

Ribbon from The Lilly Pad.