Heavenward...

Reflecting on past joys and sending Mother's Day wishes heavenward...

I love and miss you so very much Mom! ♥

Stormy Projects...

One of my favorite perks since retiring last September is being able to stay home when the weather's nasty! There's just something about being in my home on a nasty day that makes my heart happy. With possible severe weather forecast for our region this afternoon...once I heard thunder rumbling, I dashed outside in hopes of capturing a photo of lightning. I looked down the corner and saw the rain working up the street. In a matter of seconds it was raining sideways and the wind began to blow like crazy!. Inside I went (without my photo). Mother Nature puts on quite a show!

With Spring being the season of renewal, I've been making simple decor updates for a change of indoor scenery....

New window toppers for the common living area add a punch of color from the previous black...

I just love the fabric...a montage of vintage postal stamps and postmarks. I was drawn by the colors...the  design was a bonus in my book!!!! I still need to update my throw pillows, but haven't found any options that knock my socks off.

On to the kitchen...

I've been on the lookout for a black and white check tablecloth for the LONGEST time and finally found one that was workable. I also found a couple cute vintage-look fruit table runners that blend nicely.

A few vignettes...

Enjoy your weekend!

Botanical Gardens...

My friend and I braved the STRONG South Texas winds today and ventured out to the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens annual "Big Bloom" event. We enjoyed wandering through the gardens...the butterfly house was my favorite! We also perused the plants available for purchase. We both ended up selecting a Desert Rose plant...a popular species with attendees! 

Here's a few photos to share...

Nature is SO amazing!!!!

Early Easter Gifts...

What a wonderful pre-Easter gift...the blooms on my little Magnolia tree have begun to open! The blooms are nearly bigger than the tree itself...this is definitely an ambitious little tree!

Such a heavenly fragrance from those lovely blooms! Such beauty nature provides, to brighten the upcoming Easter morn...

And now, on...

Holy Week...

If your schedule is anything like mine, it will be full of church related activities this Holy Week. As Easter draws near, many of us look forward to spending time with friends and family, Easter Egg hunts, barbecues, etc. It is my hope for you, that in whatever Easter activity you plan, you find time to reflect on the true events of Easter...the Passion of Christ and his joyous resurrection!

Wishing you a blessed Holy Week!

Spring is here...

Right on cue, my Amaryllis majestically announce,
SPRING IS HERE!!!

Signs of Spring abound in my little corner of the world ...

The mere fact that these budding and blossoming beauties are still intact given the strong Texas winds of late is a miracle in itself! ;)

I Hope you find a moment (or two) to pause and embrace the wonder of this season of renewal.

...Happy Spring y'all!

Ah Shucks....

Shelly Gregory of ''Lush' included my blog as one of her five selections for The Liebster Blog Award. 'Lush' is one of the first blogs I began following and I feel somewhat connected on the blog aspect as well as in various interests. Shelly shares her views and lovely photos on love, obsessions, thoughts, weekly sign off(s) and the occasional (or not so occasional) "WOWS". So thank you Shelly, for your loyal following and thoughtful comments, "Along the Way"...

Rules of the Liebster Blog Award are...

1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog...
2. Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you...
3. Copy and paste the blog award on your blog...
4. Present the Liebster Blog Award to five blogs of *200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed *(I've seen this rule listed as both 100 and 200 followers, I opted for the less than 100 recipients). My selections are listed below...
5. Let recipients know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.

Here are my recipient selections:

Orchid's Daily Voice 
Orchid shares her Japanese culture with her readers and loves to hear from others around the globe...it's like having a "Cyber" pen pal!

Dawnies Life if by the Sea
Dawn relays life events and also offers calming scents for purchase.

Grammy's Sweet Nothings
Rita is relatively new to blogging (and currently doing battle with a new computer). Rita describes herself as a lover of all kinds of "sweet nothings" and is a fellow Texan :)

Beside Still Waters
Anita thoughtfully celebrates faith, family and life's simple joys with her readers.

My Life: A little of This..........A Little of That
Carla is another Texas gal :), sharing events from her corner of the world.

I enjoy following each of these blogs, and hope you will too!
Congrats ladies!

Perfectly imperfect...

Funny how one project snowballs into another, and another, and another...

Cleaning my linen closet led to sheets I no longer needed, which led to dismantling  my grown sons' bedroom (he's be out of our nest for several years now so it was PAST time). I've been slowly working to make the room presentable as a guest room, but was faced with  this...

...an assortment of hand weights and a not so attractive weight bench. My husband uses the weights from time to time and I didn't want to completely put him over the edge by not only removing all of our sons' "home roots", but relegating the weights to the garage as well :) So what's a girl to do? As I mentioned previously, I've pinned gobs of projects I'd like to try in Pinterest. One being, rag rugs (remember all those unneeded linens?). Let me just preface by saying, I do not know how to crochet. But thanks to some great tutorials, I picked up enough to create a "country shabby chic" cover that hides the bench and weights. It's perfectly imperfect and fits in nicely with the existing bed linens.

I l♥ve it when a plan comes together!!!