~ Peace & Quiet ~

Poor Scarlett will be 13 yrs old this year and all she wants is peace and quiet!! Now most of you know that in a household with a 4 yr old and a 8 month old Puppy there is no such thing as peace and quiet, lol. I was in our bedroom watching a DVD and look over and there is Scarlett trying to get comfortable in Michaels Wiggles chair....the little sweetheart!!

She hates the camera (I think she thinks the flash is lightening and she hates thunderstorms) so she was attempting once again to move as I was snapping photos!!

What's an old girl gotta do to get some peace and quiet around here!! The only thing she can do, HIDE!! So she is in her crate hiding under her blanket at the moment!

Neat Idea from Mom!

My Mother made a suggestion when I was visiting her as she hates to see clutter. She knows I have a lot of magazines all over my house...Mainly scrapbook magazines. She told me to rip out the pages that have articles or layouts I like, then put them in 8.5x11 sheet protectors. Store the sheet protectors in binders and you can add dividers in between the different subjects. With my scrapbook magazines it is mainly layouts and cards and I can organize these by winter, Christmas, Spring, Valentines, Easter, Summer, Family, etc....I started doing it last week and love it. I'm cleaning up the magazines and have a neat orderly binder I can look at for ideas. If the magazine article is more than one page I can store them all together in the sheet protector and they don't get lost or mangled....I've also started a binder for recipes from magazines too!!

Our local library has a bin for used Magazines where people can take them if they want them. So I plan on putting my Scrapbook magazines in there for someone else to enjoy. There may be a few pages missing but still lots of ideas for someone else to check out.

Thanks Mom for the idea, I love it and have been passing it around too and everyone thinks it's a good idea. No cutting or messy glue to deal with and bye bye to Magazine clutter!! YEA!!

Flood Zone ~ July 2, 2007 ~ Scrapbook Layout

A Layout I just finished on the Flooding we had back in July 2007. I wanted to Journal it by hand and there are a few mistakes but that is what makes it unique!

Oh NO!! I said my favorite word, unique...

How do you catch a wild rabbit? You Unique up on it!!

Ha Ha Ha...sorry can't help myself!!

!!!!!Breaking News!!!!!

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:

POSSIBLE TORNADO HEADED FOR DALLAS

- ALL PEOPLE HEAD FOR COWBOY STADIUM,

WHERE TOUCH-DOWNS LEAST LIKELY TO HAPPEN!!

HA HA HA...

MY NEPHEW, ANDY, SENT THIS TO ME ON MY CELLPHONE AND I WAS CRACKING UP!!

I THOUGHT ALL THE NON-DALLAS COWBOY FANS WOULD LOVE IT!!

Storytime May - July 2007

I'm on a roll...

I'm either on a roll with the camera or I'm avoiding doing my 2007 layouts!!

I was sitting here working on a layout when I heard some birds chirping/singing and thought I'd go have a look see...We've got a lot of birds out in the pasture lately and I put some cut up grapefruit out in the yard to see if I could draw some in so that I could take photos...Between the 4 yr old, dogs and horse I'm not having much luck. Everytime I set the camera up the child or the animals move in and the birds good swishing away...ugh!!

I did work on a photo of Rio...our cockatiel...lol...she's a bird isn't she? She just finished molting so not as pretty as she could be but still pretty!!

Julie checking out the grapefruit and scaring the birds away, Grrrrrrrr!!

An Eastern Kingbird, high in a tree!!

Now back to my layouts...I'll keep trying on the bird photos...

Blooms, Bugs and views

A little Aussie bird has been chirping in my ear that she wants to see some of 'HB's' nature photos...she misses not seeing them on my blog....

So my little Aussie bird here you go...

Jasmine bloom

Aloe Bloom


Boganvilla bloom


A caterpillar with an itsy bitsy fly just above it in the crack of the brick. Click on the photo to enlarge it!

Bark peeling off the Crepe Myrtle.

A winter view of our driveway! Blah, overcast and Dreary!

Hibiscus Blooms.

I hope these blooms, bugs and views brightened your day!!

And for you reading enjoyment an article I found on a mysterious Asian reptile that is dying, click here.