Kit for Kate

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This kit was made in honor of a little girl named Kate who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. If you go to Creativity By Crystal who designed the kit, you can help Kates family.

Check it out and Read more about it here.

I try every day to do a good deed! It warms my heart to bring a smile to someone...what was your good deed today? Did you bring a smile to someone?

Hummingbirds

Here's another short clip I found on my camera of the Hummingbirds feeding last week. I took this when it was raining from the windows in the computer/scrap room...I thought it was cool!

He's Back...

Michael is once again playing with his guitar and I am the one that gets to listen to all his wonderful (cough,cough) songs...

This one is called chores, chores, chores...not sure why it's so graining but you get the idea and hopefully a good laugh!

Interesting News Articles I have read today...

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Tivoli man dies after being attacked by bees while mowing

The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget

Boy finds rare pink grasshopper

And (please don't take offense) for those of you having a bad day here's the solution to the problem:

My Mother sent this to me in an email with a bunch of signs and I almost peed my pants...Boy could I use this some days!!

Hello Little Fellow

This morning while Fred and I were loading up the Hog trap Fred spotted a turtle in the driveway...I jumped out and grabbed it and threw it in the back of the truck to share with Michael later...

Michael was so tickled to see the turtle and immediately said "Hello Little Fellow"...it was so sweet!

Little Fellow was playing shy though and wouldn't come out and say Hello!

Michael was hoping the "Little Fellow" might want to eat some grass...

But the grass didn't tempt him so Michael finally decided to sit back and wait...and wait...and wait some more!

Still waiting...

Michael finally gave up and went back in the house...In the mean time I was a bit tired of waiting too so I decided to flip him for a second and get a photo of the pattern on the underside of his shell...I think he might be a Western Pond turtle but I'm not sure...the reference book wasn't real clear on their turtle identification...

Finally he stuck his head out...


And after a few more minutes he was on the run...

going....going...


Gone...Bye Bye "Little Fellow"!

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I took him back out to the pasture and let him continue on his journey...I had a problem though when I went back in the house...a lot of explaining to my "little fellow" as to why we couldn't keep the turtle, sigh!! I have always believed "Wild animals are wild and belong in the wild"...Take photos, capture memories and turn them loose...Michael was Not happy but I think he understands...He told me tonight he wants a house full of animals, egads!! I've created a monster, lol...

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Well I've finally caught up on my blog posts...I hope you enjoyed! Y'all have a great week and remember to let your loved ones know they are loved :o)

Experimenting with Hummers

The hummingbirds are still swarming here and today while over at the ranch I was experimenting with photos of the hummingbirds that Mom and Dad have coming in to feed...I don't know about you but I am tired of the typical hummingbird photos I wanted to show the colors and movement...the artistic side! I have my friend Jen at Jencropable to thank for this...She so inspires me with her artistic work to open my eyes and think outside the box...textures, colors, movement, etc...please go check out her blog and her beautiful digital layouts, digital items and photos...

Jencropable.com

And you know what else...leave a comment...We love to hear what you think of our blog posts, another words leave us some Love!

This was my favorite one!

I really had fun today with these photos aren't they gorgeous?

Thanks Jen!

Love...

Lately we try to spend a bit of time over at Mom and Dad's ranch visiting and helping out if needed on Sunday mornings...This morning we took the Large Hog trap back to Dad. With the rain the hogs are coming out and Dad has seen some large ones over at the their ranch...

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I captured these photos while we were there and they've touch my heart...This past week we had some disheartening news that Dad has liver cancer. It really hit home for me and I've decided to take as many photos of Michael with his grandpa. Michael and him have a special relationship,

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pure and simple love...

A hug...

and another hug for Grandma.

and my Husband with a silly grin...gosh darn I love that smile!

and another one with the hand saying enough...But can you ever really get enough photos of the people you love?

Hearing the news about Dad has made me truly realize how important the people in our lives are...Live for today...takes lots and lots of photos...create memories...spend quality time with your loved ones...

It's plain and it's simple show your LOVE!