Memorial Day Weekend....(Sunday)

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Well...since Memorial Day isn't until tomorrow...we used this
pretty sunny Sunday as LABOR DAY!!!

Just a few pics of the backyard...

lonely little iris

i have no idea what this flower is; but
when you cut them to bring in the house
for a 'bouquet', the 'aroma' is more like an onion
than a rose!!!

but unique - so i always hope it returns the next year

one of Toot's peony plants

the other peony from Toot's garden
(Toots is my Mommy)

woohoo...birdies happy...cherries are here!

pink

more pink

pink and white all over the place

zoom in...to the right of the waterfall..3 yellow iris' ...
whoopie skippie - i'm horrible at water gardening -

fish bench at pond -
made by dear dear friends in Lar's memory

pink-white-pink-white-pink

The Girls:
Little Princess Shithead Zoe and her Court Jester, Lia Louise

Swept
Vaccumed
Blew
Washed
Scrubbed
Rinsed
Squeeg'd
Watered
Fertilized
Pulled
Squirted
Dug
Cut
Bagged
Rewound
Fell
Friggin
Over

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Memorial Day Weekend...

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Thanks for my freedom, Daddy.

It's nice to take a nap whenever I feel like it.

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High School Reunion

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If I would have any 'wisdom' to pass along to younger people,
it would be to attend your high school reunions
as many as possible

It was just a small gathering last evening with
some of my classmates...
After 43 years, things change
but how good to see those that showed up;
what insightful catching up and
what warm and wonderful hugs

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some of the boys of 1967

Timely Theme

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I know - you're tired of me saying 'love'.
Too Bad!

I LOVE Esther Pearl Watson's work
I love folk art

and the name of this masterpiece :

Moving Before the Landlord Finds Us

We certainly know that level of
real estate ownership...lessness

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...as birthdays go...

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spending the day
doing what YOU like;
surrounded by people
YOU like and who like you back...
perfect.

reminded me of a post I read recently
about Cirque and their Alegria: the

"pricelessness of youth and the inevitable passing of time".

it's fine...actually, it's perfect.

photo via dooce

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Theory

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People say you don't miss what you never had.

I might not MISS having a sister,
but I think if I had one
we would have been friends.

Well...maybe not the DOUBLEMINT GUM sisters...
but friends.

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Hmmmmm....."away"....

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I don't travel on vacations like I once did,
but had I known about this place
sometime, oh...say, in March...I think
I may have gotten "away" for a few.

Get how this place has been described:

"An Oasis and Respite from the Outside World"

"A Holistic Paradise..."

In my Outlook...
March
2011

www.Raleighhotel.com

mmmmmmm

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ANOTHER ETSY FIND - they just get BETTER!

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Chelsea from Pennsylvania

Selling her GORGEOUS handmade beauties

on ETSY

RIGHT HeRe:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/chelsea3349

I am drooling over this gal's creativity.
I am in love with the simplicity.
I WANT EVERYTHING SHE MAKES.

whew.
ok. maybe next paycheck.

BUY HANDMADE!!! there...I said it.

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OH...OH...OH.....if

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if I had a little girl, she would LOVE
to dress like this
and I would tell her how
awesome and creative she was.
Beauty, after all, is in the eyes
of the beholder, no?

photo via redshoes

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Horseback Riding on Middlebelt

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What do you think?
Will you recognize me as I ride my
new bike to the IHOP?

I LOVE this bike!

vianagonthelake

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2010 Preakness - great name!!!

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LOOKIN AT LUCKY

Great name for the Winning Horse!

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a little more Yeeeeeeellllllllow

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Of course these pictures are 'staged'.
But it didn't matter: I wasn't LOOKING for Yellow
It just keeps 'flashing' itself at me.

I'm carrying a yellow purse this spring.
A yellow stone pear is perched on my kitchen window sill.
I need a pair of scissors and what screams at me
from the utility drawer?:
Yellow measure tape,
Yellow cutter
yellow phone wire

there's even a yellow electrical tester
(left in the drawer by Lar; I won't be using that thing soon)

butter Yellow summer purse

Yellow banana before din-din treat
Yellow legal pad for notes while I read
'Sh*t My Dad Says'

Yep. I think I'm ready to go for a ride.

Planning on sleeping in this weekend.
and hoping that helps me see some other colours!

Happy Friday

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Does Yellow make you Smile?

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(not done with this 'yellow' thing yet)

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Oh My God...Look at Me!

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We picked up some new business and all the orders
(to prove ourselves and do good)
all came in today.
So: I was looking for an image that represented
how happy I was.

But the fact is, as "the performance starts with ME",
so to speak,
I'm worried sick about all the business and making sure
everything goes perfectly.

So when I saw THIS WOMAN, I gasped:
Oh My God - THIS is how I FEEL!

Growth is a good thing.
I'm happy about it....

and scared to death at the same time.

I hope to post a really happy photo soon
representing that we're doing a fine job
and the customers LOVE US.

Human Emotions. We all have them. We all conjure up the worst.
We work hard - and it comes out fine.
Think positive, Candy!
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Out of Control for Yellow

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Where does a new passion come from?
I'm a pink, purple, white flower person.

But since early spring,
anything yellow turns my head.
So I'm just going with it.

seriously: how cool is this wedding attire?
Silver-gray dresses and butter yellow sweaters...
So So Unique and Yummy Gorgeous!

I could print this and frame!!!

...more to follow...
LOTS more.

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