If You Cross A State Line It's A Felony

 All of these were taken since I retired.

 They are not in chronological order.

 I mixed them up so I cannot watch myself aging.

                        A four way.

 I had help with one.

 Oh, wait.  This is not a atate line.  It's Mr Bojangles!  We have something in common.

 The state of my birth.

 My sister helped me decide which way to go here.

Too much traffic here to get out so it's on its own.  I have been to more states but don't have a photo.  Guess I'll have to go back!

A Feast For Your Eyes

 And what would I like from the Gift Gallery in Palo Cedro?

 One Of Everything, Please!

 Thank you, Lindy, for having this little nest of beauty to explore.

The Last Few Days Of Her Teen Years

 My granddaughter is leaving her teen years this weekend.
Wait. 
Wasn't she just born?
This is making me feel old,like nothing else ever has!

 Since it is such a special birthday, I got her seven special surprises and I am sending one of them to her each day.

Happy Birthday, Rachel Skye!  I love you dearly. You make me proud!

If I Had A Hammer

 I'd break a perfectly good, brand new, terra cotta pot.  Why?  Well I had a plan.  But it was scary.  What if it all just shattered?  I was taking chances.  I do that a lot.  I don't mind working without a net.

 What?  Who knew it would break like this?  "Make your mistakes work for you," says my good friend, Judy.  So...

 I got this Lemon Cedar from another friend, Eileen, who owns a fantastic shop called Wild Thyme.  I also got this fairy at her shop.

 I do love fairies!

 For now this is on a table in my house.  It will find its permanent home all by itself, eventually.

I can see Mama...

 ...standing there on her skinny little legs, with her head bowed over this camera, my brothers and sister and I sitting there frozen, with bright smiles on our faces, until the flash bulb exploded in a burst of light leaving us blinded for a moment.

So I just had to buy it!  I found it at the Oregon Street Antique Mall.

'Member that, Mama?  'Member?  Imagine having to wait for a month to see the photographs!

We Were Framed!

 They featured a frame painting activity at Mollie's baby shower.  I noticed that there were frames left over.

 I also noticed that she got a bunch of really cute cards along with the itty bitty fashions and accessories.

 So I offered to put them together. (The frames and cards, that is.)  First I sprayed the frames off-white.  Then I spent an evening cutting up the cards.

 Then I placed the cut outs and replaced them and Re-Replaced them on the frames.  I also used some pretty baby-looking papers and used some other crafty tools that I have.

 I added buttons and bows and paper flowers, and a few sparklies.  Of course I used my favorite craft item, Mod Podge.

 Here they are!  Just in time for Lillie's arrival! 

The One Who Would Be Sitting Beside Me In Jail, Saying "Whew! That Was Fun!"

 It's Linda's Birthday!  I got her this card.  It is SO us!    I made the scrapbook page below back when I used to do this sort of thing.  (Didn't we all?)   The pictures will give you an idea of the longevity of our relationship.

The top middle picture is of Linda and me circa the late 70's.  We were wearing these sort of wrap around toga things that we made.  The dark pictures to the left are our junior high daughters wearing them.  The top right pictures are of our granddaughters, taken in the mid 90's.

 The pictures in the middle are (l. to r.) Linda and I, our daughters (Middle), and the last two are of us again.
The bottom row : The granddaughters, Us with our daughters, And the dancing grandies!

 Here are some closer shots of the page. Click on them to embiggen them if you wish.

 Our daughters are now in their forties and are both single, successful ladies.  When their kids were little they liked to say (in the midst of the little kid hub-bub) "No wonder our mothers always drank wine!"

 The grandies are about to exit their teens.  Wish I had a recent picture of them together.

Linda and I now live in different parts of the country.  When we talk we always wonder how it worked that we were never sitting in jail!  I can think of a couple of times we should have been!  We met in a sorority and became immediate friends.  We are two of a kind and people who knew us well claimed that we were dangerous together.  They were right.

Later, she married my husband's brother and lived next door to us.  We had bells that we would ring out our patio doors and Loudly declare that it was "Wine Thirty!"  Ah, those were the days, My friend!

We "collected" phrases that indicated someone was not all there, like --
"He's a sandwich short of a picnic."   and 
"Her dip stick doesn't reach her oil." and
"His elevator doesn't reach the top floor."

Once we dressed alike at a karaoke party and sang, "Sometimes it's Hard To Be a Wine-O" (our corrupted version of Tammy Wynette's "Hard to Be a Woman" song.)

Oh, and one more thing.  I was Lynn Guinn and She was Linda Guinn.  I told her the only difference in the two of us was "Duh." I still call her Duh.
Happy birthday, Duh! Want to meet in Dallas again?

Big, Big PINK!!!

This is the Sundial Bridge in Redding CA.  It actually works.  It tells the time on Pacific Standard Time.  It is pink for Breast Cancer Awareness on this Thursday.  (As if there were a single soul who was not aware of this cancer by now.)
I found this photo on the Internet and I would give the photographer the proper props if I knew who took it.

This is how the bridge usually looks.  Pretty, Huh?  Go see Bev, The Consumate Pink Lady for more.

Breakfast With Nicholas Mosse

 These little pottery bits came home with me in my suitcase.  They are from Ireland.  They aren't to be found any where else.    One can order them from their kilns in Kilkenny, but the shipping is as expensive as the pottery.  You can go check out the store by clicking the title above.

 Now and then I like to gather them around me and think of the emerald isle.

Guess I'll just have to go back.  I chose these items because of their size.  There wasn't much room in my bags.   I bought the napkins to make pillow covers.  I do that a lot.