Mini vacation and farmers market

A vacation is what you take when you can

no longer take what you've been taking.

-Earl Wilson

Yep... we needed to take that vacation so

Friday evening we took the drive up

to visit our daughter's family

and spent the weekend with them.

Saturday we went to a huge

farmer's market and had a wonderful

time. This is DD and GD.

Notice they are the same height and

GD is only 11 years old!

{I got carried away taking pictures so please

bear with me. lol.}

Thought this sign was just too cute!

All colors and varieties of flowers

roof of the market

loved this chair...it was not for sale

gorgeous grapes and peppers

beautiful apples

inside the outdoor market looking up

there were tons of gorgeous hanging baskets!

more pretty flowers

another neat chair although I

would paint it white if it were mine.

how neat would this photo be with the

cardboard egg containers instead of

styrofoam!

had to photograph these old scales

I did not capture the true beauty of this flower

arrangement. I purchased a planter with

flowers from this vendor, but not this one.

The cherries were delicious!!

My granddaughter Allysha was really intriqued

by this monk.

Aren't these radishes spectucular!!

Basil and other herbs by the dozen

Just beautiful produce. These people know how

to display to get the maximum effect too!

more beautiful flowers

Many people were purchasing this beautiful plant.

I have more pictures, but did not want to bore

you to death so I stopped here....maybe more to

come next post.

Blessings~

A little garden therapy

Oh my goodness has it been hot here

the past few days! You would think it is the middle of summer, but

I digress...

Don't you just love this wheeled metal cart? When I picked it up for $2.00 at a garage sale

last week my intentions were to use it in my booth...

Until today

when I decided my deck looked pretty pathetic

and it needed something to snazz it up.

I love how it looks and it will probably

never go to my booth now.

I had fun adding this and that and the other. lol.

My best friend gave me these garden soaps probably two

years ago now and I still have not used them all,

but I sure do love them!!

You can just catch a glimpse of my white chair off to the

side of this picture. No fancy pictures here today

...just regular point and shoot.

I also remembered that I had some cream colored burlap so I cut a piece and threw it on the top.

I love this clay rosemary pot too! I actually purchased it with a rosemary plant in it a few

years ago and I just love it....chippy paint and all.

The asparagus fern over to the left side wintered over

in my potting shed! I could not believe it when I

saw green this spring. I need to add some flowers

around it.

I want to wish each of you and fun and safe Memorial Day

weekend. I probably won't be posting again until next week

so I can enjoy some fun with family.

Be safe and be blessed~

Do you ever wonder...

if what you are doing really matters...

if you are really getting anywhere

or if you are just spinning your wheels.

if you really know what you are doing... or if you just think you know. {that one gets me every time}

if your creativity really is that... or is it just a repeat of others, with your own twist.

I actually told hubby that some days

I think we would be much better off

if I would just...

quit buying all this stuff...

to create more stuff...

to hopefully sell the stuff...

that I create!!

{Whew...that is almost a tongue twister!} He has always been my biggest fan .

"what would you do if you didn't do this?"

"well , I don't know...I am supposed to know???"

He reminded me once again that I would go crazy

with nothing to do and would have to find something

to keep me busy.

Oh dear...he knows me soooo well! I guess I will keep plugging along ...

at least for now...

Happy creating and happy WW!!

This is a "different" WW post, but this is one I

wrote up last week and with all that has been going

on posted it for today because after all...

it has WHITE in it. lol.

{Check out Faded Charm for more WW posts}

Blessings~

Indulgence...Pottery Barn and cupcakes

indulgence

def:

To yield to the desires and whims of

In the midst of all the craziness of life the past

several days we managed to take a little time

out and go out to eat with my youngest son

and his family.

We also stopped at Cake in a Cup and a mall.

I hadn't been to this mall for years and I actually

found a

Pottery Barn store!!

I was so excited because I have never

been to one. Just visited online.

They had these little nest placecard holders

on sale for $3.99 each so these were my

little indulgence for the day.

Aren't they just too cute? Love them.

oops...I guess I did have one more

little indulgence.

Cake in a cup store...here we come! I had never been and it was so neat.

Although I must confess, I insisted that we

stop at the cupcake store first so we would be

sure and get some and not have them closed

on the way home.

Well...guess what?

It has been very hot here and when we checked

on our cupcakes {in the trunk of our car}

the frosting had melted

off of some of them. I felt so bad!!

We brought them home and put them in the refrigerator

and these three survived intact! lol.

Yumm...I think I need to go and eat my red velvet

cupcake now! Have a wonderful Tuesday!!

Update on my father: he had the implant yesterday

and is doing just fine. He is due to come home today.

God is good...all the time!

Blessings~

Lovely find and update on my dad...

Don't you just love this display mirror?

it even has beveled edges

price...$5.00 !

I know in my last post I told you that my dad is

doing so much better and he is, but he

still needs your prayers.

We thought he would be coming

home today, but now it has been changed

until next week sometime.

His heart doctor wants to implant an ICD

{implantable cardioverter-defibrillator }

Dad was not too keen on the idea,

but after discussing it with my mom

and us kids he has decided to go ahead with it.

He may not be home now until Tuesday

or Wednesday.

He is in very good spirits and we have a

wonderful time when we visit, but it is still

a scary thing whenI realize that it is

my dad's heart

that we are talking about.

Praying that the Lord will guide the doctor's

hands and that all will go well.

Blessings~

April Showers...

in May...

and boy did we get them yesterday.

Torrents of rain!!

I was in my father's hospital room watching

it pour down.

{by the way he is doing so much better

thank you so much for your prayers!}

He is on the fourth floor and it

really was a beautiful sight looking over the

city at night from high above...but the rain!

In our area we got around 3 inches and we

almost needed a boat to get home!!

We turned down our road and there

were four places where it was flooded over

the road in the 3/4 mile from the main road to

our house. We have never seen that in the

28 years that we have lived here.

Sharing a chuckle for the day:

Whether the weather be fair,

whether the weather be hot,

we'll weather the weather

whatever the weather,

whether we like it or not!

blessings~

Another late night phone call

Just once I want someone to call me

late at night and say: we have really good news...

but it doesn't happen that way does it?

I received another phone call from my mother last night

at 11:30 pm and she told me they had taken my father

to the hospital again by EMS .

He was having severe breathing problems.

When we arrived at the hospital an EMT told us that

he given them quite a scare. They had to radio ahead

and meet someone part way and get them on board

to administer meds to him.

His breathing appeared very labored and he

told me it was much better than it had been.

I can't imagine.

From the ER doctor we heard words like:

congestive heart failure

fluid on the lungs

you need to get

reacquainted with your heart doctor

We will find out what today brings.

Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Blessings~