Happy 2012!!

May y'all have a Blessed, Happy, Healthy New Year!!

Quirky...

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Credits:

My own little world kit by Lisa Sisneros @ catscrap.com

Template (dream catchers) by Dawn Inskip @ Scrapbookgraphics.com

It's about time...

I'd set a goal earlier in the week that this Friday, today, I would put my hiking boots on and go for a nature walk and I did. I grabbed my camera and then spent a few minutes debating on what lens to use and decided to go with the Sigma 70-300mm. And of course as I started out Ms. Lydia was right behind me...my walking buddy! I took it slow and Lydia and I had a great walk, the weather was gorgeous. It sure feels like spring but come Sunday that is fix'in to change, sigh! Seems we have an artic cold front coming in, the animals aren't going to like that and neither will I. But in the mean time I'm going to enjoy this beautiful spring-like weather we are having :o)

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Feral Hog damage and right next to the house. At night as I read in bed I can hear them, that's how close they are coming to the house.

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Male Northern Cardinal, folks here abouts call them "red birds".
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Snout nosed butterfly
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Female Cardinal
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Squirrel
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Chickadee
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Ms. Lydia the fearless taking the lead.
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Holly
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A critters den, possibly an armadillo. I wasn't able to see any clear tracks.
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Ms. Lydia posing for me

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Hmmm there is something up there Mom, look! I didn't see a thing?
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Butterfly from the Sulpher family perhaps?
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This is what the area looked like we were walking in...Beautiful.
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Beautiful Oak tree
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Mockingbird watching us or perhaps Ms. Lydia?
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Ms. Lydia, she's a good cat!
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I found a few wine cups, they're even thinking it's spring!
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A bee fly coated in Pollen.

He tried to fly and he was either so drunk on nectar or so heavy with pollen he couldn't fly and fell back in the wine cup, silly fly!
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Meadow Lark
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Sparrow but I couldn't identify it?
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Kinglet checking me out.
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Broom weed.

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Lydia and I had a great walk. The birds were out and about and at first chattering and screaming at Lydia. After awhile they must have realized she wasn't a threat and went on about their business. My ankle/foot is sore but no more than usual so that is good. Hope y'all have a great weekend and a wonderful New Years Eve.

Just a few...

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Hanging on...

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I do NOT want my photo taken today, Thank you!!

Playing around...

Just because I can...

A kaleidoscope of Jake...

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I love my son and I love Kaleidoscopes too...and I use to print out 6 photos and make Kaleidoscope photos. With the DSi XL you can do it with the tap of the stylus...cool!

Todays happenings...

There was a gorgeous sunrise this morning as I was doing chores and feeding the animals. I was a bit busy and wasn't going to get the camera out and then I said "Oh why not?" and grabbed the camera and by that time the colors were almost played out...It's time for me to get back in camera groove again, I miss it!

I love pinks and salmon colors in the sky and wish I'd got my camera out a bit earlier but I still managed to get a photo before they were totally gone...

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And then Ms. Lydia this afternoon had me laughing...

She was sound asleep and never moved while I took photos! I built the cats wooden boxes out of scrap lumber so they could handle the colder weather a bit better. As you can see they love them. It was actually quiet warm out this afternoon, a very nice afternoon!

I had my last Physical Therapy Appt. today and the therapist kicked my butt, ouch! I decided the rest of the day would be spent with my foot/ankle wrapped in ice and elevated. I'm slowly getting better, having a lot of pain in my heel where the stitches were at but my arch isn't hurting and I have several stretching exercises I need to keep doing. I'm hoping next week I can start wearing my hiking boots with the orthopedic inserts in them. Ever since my surgery I've been wearing crocs, not the best thing to wear in the brush. Then of course I haven't really been able to walk well either. I've been told I can start riding my bike for 15 minutes a day and then if there is no pain work my way up. It's exciting to finally see results from the surgery. The Dr says 4 more weeks of taking it easy and doing my exercises and I should be good, yeah!! I'm really in need of some camera therapy, especially with my Macro lens...and it's unbelievable but I am seeing signs of spring. My jasmine is starting to bloom, the grass is coming up and I even see the leaves sprouting for some of the wildflowers too. But then this is Texas too and just wait 5 minutes and the weather will change, ekk.

December 24th Digital Scrapbook Layout

I'm playing catch up to December 25th and then I'll be done with these Digital Scrapbook layouts for this Merry Christmas 2011

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December 24, 2011
Christmas Eve 2011 filled with love and traditions.
Family photos and Candle light church service.
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Credits:
Template December 24th by Suzanne Baird of Roadside designs
Template 14 by Kristin at www.kristinsscrapdesign.com
Click masks 5 at Cottage arts
Papers (Christmas traditions) by Lindsay J
Paper and embellishments (Silent night kit) by Damayanti

Christmas morning at our house...

We start with stockings...

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All of this was in Michael's stocking, ekk...Santa got a bit carried away!
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Fred's stocking...tools to help us build a house!
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Then we move on to gifts...Michael had this cup especially made for Daddy. When we were designing it I asked him are you sure you don't want it to say "Daddy"...Michael told me "No, his name is Fred and I don't want anyone stealing his cup", lol...he's got a point. There are a lot of Daddy's out there.
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Cool, thank you Michael. Just what I wanted!
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COOL!
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Thank you Grammy, I love it!
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His castle blocks, he loves building with blocks!

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We then went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for breakfast. Michael took his "Jaw bones"...really cool building things...a cross between Lego and Knex. Grandpa and Grandma had fun helping him build things.
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And then back home to play some more...He got a Snap Circuit jr. set...and we played Star Wars Clone Wars Monopoly, built castles, played with the Jaw bones again and a game called Hoppers...We had enough to keep us busy most of the day!

That was our Christmas day and I'm really tired and looking forward to bedtime! Hope y'all had a great day!