Prettiest Tree in the Park

The tulip poplar blossoms are so beautiful they brought a smile to my face. They were a welcome sight on an overcast day.

Monster in the Lake

If you're on the trail after the sunsets and the moon casts its glow upon the lake beware of the monster for its appetite is insatiable!

Unofficial Start to Summer

We enjoyed a cookout and fire with friends over Memorial weekend and I look forward to many more. Today was the first day of summer vacation and I my grueling work schedule is finally over!!! Well sort of... I'll be leaving next week for my nephew Aaron's graduation and have to cram my work hours into a few days, complete my paperwork early (since its due when i'll be gone), and complete a training the day before i leave.

I am so looking forward to seeing my sister and the rest of the family. After all these years its still hard not having them around. I miss the cookouts, watching the kids having fun together in the pool, and just actually seeing them. My sisters' kids are now grown up and my youngest is 16... time has just slipped away.

I have a feeling when i have an empty nest it won't be easy. Garret will be graduating tech school in December and he wants to seek employment anywhere, but home. Kaylee has no intentions of living here either after she graduates college (and those 6 years will be here before i know it!). Shannon and the grandkids are here for now, but who knows. So enjoy the time you have when those you love are near.

Tiny Treasures

A place to put a special ring, a place to put little things, joy and happiness the talisman will bring, treasures bought on a jaunt in spring

Routes to Art

Recently I was out and about for the Routes to Art a regional open studio tour and these are some of the wonderful things that i saw. My daughter, Shannon, likes frogs so, this pottery caught my eye.

This colorful display had a diverse aray of subject matter by the same artist, Joan Pingitore.

All of this amazing art, created by Marsha VanVlack, finds its home on ceramic tiles.

I went solo on my little jaunt and bought a few treasures, which I shared and will share on my blog next time around.

Anticipation

Although I must wait to enjoy the feast the bees hungrily suckle the nectar from the blossoms of my blueberry bushes.

Beauty at My Feet

Emerging from the leaf litter welcoming the spring