~ off to a lovely day...

...hope the day takes you down a lovely path :-)

time to get organized...

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Hi, Ho! :-)

~ goodwill finds of the week...

Last Saturday's "nostalgic" mood prompted a visit to our local goodwill this week.  This was our first visit to goodwill -- so we are sharing our "fun" finds with you...



Anchor Hocking milk glass pedestal bowl (like new condition) $2.99
Cast iron candle sticks (these weigh a ton!) $1.99 for the pair
Star Wars trilogy on VHS $1.99
Predator, Terminator, RoboCop on VHS (.99 cents each)
Yarn on spool , yarn in bowl (7 skeins), plus 10 more skeins of yarn not in photo - total price for yarn $12

YaY! :-)

~ morning visitor...

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...hoping the sunshine and lovely find you today :-)

~ bee bop ginormous sunflower hop...

So, being in a bit of a nostalgic mood today, I felt it was a good time to look through some old photos and perhaps find one of the sunflowers in my father's garden.  I found a few -- but this one has the tallest sunflower.




If you click on the photo, it will take you over to my flickr gallery where I have written a description regarding the height of this ginormous sunflower.

I think this is taller than ours...posted here...

~ friday funny...

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~ Hope you're off to a great weekend! :-)

from my mailbox...

...sending you a lovely day!

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the dog days of summer continue...

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land of ginormous plants...

My monster high bee girl and her little lps bee friend are in awe of the tallest marigold plant ever in our garden -- as of today, the height of this plant is 28".  I have placed my (antique) yardstick next to the plant as a size reference.  The view of the pink hydrangea plant behind it is completely obstructed by this phenomenon!  Rick has already mentioned that we will be saving the seeds of this plant (for next year :-) 

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A view of the sunflowers at the back of the house.  The tallest plant currently measures 14 - 15 feet in height!  The trunk of the tallest plant has a slight curve to it -- otherwise the plant height would be at least a foot more!

Okay, so the question is...are these sunflowers taller than the 26 Hatfield Place* variety.  I am going to have to search through the photo archives and see if I can answer that question. 

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*Note:  26 Hatfield Place variety sunflowers were those grown in my father's garden while I was growing up.

the dog days of summer...

...just a few more "woofs" and it's back to (obedience) school! ;-)

along the lovely path...

Ozzy (and Rick) thought you might like to join them in a walk along the lovely path... :-) 

gardening vs. quilting...

...decisions...decisions... :-)

colorful baking lesson...

Beg your mother to take you to the craft store to buy a silicone baking tray.  Make sure you have a 50% off coupon, otherwise begging will not work.

Collect your broken crayons and place them in the silicone baking tray.  (Your mother will be happy that you are finally getting rid of the broken crayons :-)

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Under your mother's watchful supervision, bake in the oven at 230 degrees.  We have a convection oven, so we baked for 10 minutes.  Adjust your baking time if you have a regular oven.

(Warning:  The unbroken crayons in the above photo were purchased for 25 cents a box under the guise of "school supplies".  They were broken and placed in the silicone baking tray without my knowledge or consent.  Do not be fooled by your own child when shopping for school supplies -- bring a list!)

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Let your mother know that this was worth her time.  

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Go collect more broken crayons and repeat!