Morning Macro before...

The next Northerner (cold front) moves in...

I thought I'd best get outside before it got cold and blustery out...

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Spider plant bloom

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These morning glories are growing in the yard, they've come up from seed from some Morning glories I had in the flower bed. I love seeing this bit of blue in the middle of the yard.
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Wild Morning glory growing on the yard fence
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Wasp are a good thing...This one will lays it's eggs on this caterpillar. When the Larva hatch they will eat the caterpillar. Bye-Bye caterpillar!
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Green Lynx Spider waiting for breakfast
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Mexican fire bush bloom, the ants are enjoying it's nectar.

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I am not looking forward to the cold front coming in, it's not so much the cold but the wind. I had some left over scraps of wood and built the cats some boxes. I hate seeing an animal suffer from the cold. Lydia and KitCat are use to coming in the house when it's cold out but now that Molly is here they can't come in. I'm hoping the boxes help them stay warm.

I also had an appt. with the podiatrist yesterday. She had the results back from the tests I had done on the nerves in my foot and ankle. It seems not only do I have Plantars Fasciitis but I have tarsal tunnel syndrome in my ankle and foot, ugh! So in approx. 3 weeks she will be making a large slice in my ankle/heel and repairing all the damage, OUCH!! Not looking forward to that but I am looking forward to NOT being in pain and being able to walk again! It looks like after the surgery I'll incapacitated for about 2 weeks, ekk...I can't imagine having to stay off my feet for 2 weeks that will be interesting!

Digital Scrapbooking Day...

was this weekend and I decided it was time to do some Digital Scrapbook layouts...I lost my mojo a while back and it was time to get back in the groove...

Just a typical ordinary day in January (photos from January 2011)

Credits:
Template pbp_tc2 by Armina
Found Boy kit by ViVa Artistry
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We go together like flip and flop! (photos from June 2011)

Credits:
BlockTEMP2 by Scrapping with Liz Sept. Template Challenge
Snorkle kit by Cosmo Cricket at Cosmocricket.com
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Putting the Pool up! (Photos taken May - June 2011)

Credits:
Template by Linda Roos In The Making Design
Paper (snorkel kit) by Cosmo Cricket at Cosmocricket.com
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Cattitude - Lydia (photos from spring 2011)

Credits:
FruityTemp4 by Scrapping with Liz
Cats Meow Kit by ViVa Artistry
Striped background paper by Kellie H Mize-DSD Facebook BHop Freebie-pp3
Crown2 kit called Rex and Tinkerbell by Megan Farrow aka: (Flergs)
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I had fun and got a lot of goodies, so hopefully I'll get some more layouts done! Hope y'all had a great weekend. We had family movie night here at the house Saturday night and watched "Captain America" and "Thor". Both movies were good, Michael liked Captain America and I liked Thor. I liked the Humor in Thor. We had a great time spending time together.

Oh so proud...

Michael was beaming when I picked him up from school...He got quiet a few awards for the First 9 weeks of school and also all A's and one B on his report card, WOOHOO!!

We are so proud of him!!

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He got a certificate for Perfect Attendance and a Free Icee and he was tickled!
You have to understand that Michael and I are both addicted to Icee's or as we call them Frozen cokes, Yummy!!
What a GREAT Friday! Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!

Autumn in South Texas...

With that little bit of rain we had approx. 3 weeks ago the wildflowers are popping up. While Fred shredded/mowed this past Sunday I walked around with the telephoto lens and this is what I found...(Some of the photos I used overlays and textures on, I was bored and wanted to play around a bit with the photos.)

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Sand/Grass burr with fly
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Bull Nettle
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Yucca, I've finally got it through Fred's thick skull not to mow these down. When we get the house built I plan on using them for part of the landscaping. I think what changed his mind is when I showed them how much it cost to buy these at the nursery!
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Monarch in flight
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Painted Lady
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Bee in flight
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It was a beautiful day and the flowers and butterflies were enjoying it!

Happy Halloween!!

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Our Jack-O-Lantern!

Hope all that celebrate had a Spooky Halloween!!

Halloween Party - Saturday night

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We were invited to a Halloween party Saturday night at my friend Helen's house...

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Brain food
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Deviled eye balls and spiders!
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Lots of good company!
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The kids loved the silly string, it's always a big hit!
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Helen was Ms. Autumn! Some really great costumes!
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Pudding cups!

We had a great time and Helen (our party girl) always does such a great job!

The finished project...

Saturday we finally finished our project, woohoo!!

I will now have some shade at the property during mid-day and I love it! It also gave Fred and I more experience building and we realize we have our work cut out for us when it comes to a house, ekk...This would have been nice this summer but money wise we had to wait. Most of the wood came from friends and the screened in shelter, lounger and table we got on clearance at the end of the summer season, yes! It's small but it will work and I am just tickled about it!

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Michael liked it and had fun playing with the zippers, lol. He had it all zipped up and then wanted his photo taken, silly boy!
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He looks mighty comfortable?
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I can't believe he jumped in the pool, the water temp. was 68 degrees F., Brrr to cold for me! I did jump in Sunday with my wetsuit on, much better ;o)
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Of course he jumped in, swam to the otherside and then jumped out, lol...CraZy!!