What, for me?

Imagine my surprise when a knock at the door brings a flower delivery guy.  Not something that happens to me everyday!  We're not exactly living in a metropolis here.  I am such a lucky gal.  The girls at work missed me so that they thought to show it with a gorgeous bouquet of spring flowers.  Get a load of this :)

bored, bored, bored

I may have developed a case of compulsive blog tinkering. The more time I have on my hands (pun intended) the more incarnations it’s undergone. I’m not sure how many different templates & colors I have used since the inception of this little enterprise. The current pick might just stick around for a while ~ mostly because I love the flexibility it gives me to use extra large photos.

Today I took my new and improved right hand out for a test drive. With a staedtler triplus gel-liner in gold and a couple of photos I took of tea pots I played around outlining shapes and following contour lines. I think this might become a bit habit forming. I even used my sharpie fine points to color out some background items I didn’t care for.

And because there is just no way I can take just a couple of pictures I snapped a few vignettes around the house. The gorgeous sunflower doll was made by my friend Gladys. She never fails to make me smile.

I find it odd that some photos are more interesting when they aren’t in focus. What’s that about?

mini daf's pop art

This is what I did today, took about 80 photos trying out various settings on my camera.  This one was a favorite of the day and once rendered in Picasa it's pretty cool.

I love the lichen that grows on the crabapple tree.  I'm not so sure that the tree loves it.

These cute little bulbs just popped up from no where.  Maybe they are from last years fund raiser my niece hit me up for.... Isn't it that time again? 

Moss magnified to the extend of my camera's ability is just amazingly delicate.

bang, boom, crash

The roofers are here right now.  Yup, the moss covered shingles are being traded in for a lovely new charcoal grey metal roof.   I am moving from room to room trying to read my book, Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs. There seems to be no way to get away from the noise.  And how does Sweetie deal with this??  Well, he turns the TV up even louder than normal.  Sigh...  A girl can't recooperate in quiet?

So here's what I did last week while waiting for carpal tunnel part deux. I do love an organized pantry!

And now Sweetie won't have to bellow " Where's the basmati rice?"  Nothing is safe from my new label maker !

The mummy paw part II

Don't you just hate sequels?  After yesterday I sure do!  I now know that I would rather not know what those freezing needles feel like going in.  O O U U C C H H .  Well, it's done. All that's left is the healing.

In a couple weeks it will just seem like a bad dream.  I will once again type with both hands, although it is surprising how fast you can get going with just one!

I took some pictures of the flowers my friend from work gave me the day I left, they are still amazingly gorgeous.

And because more pictures are always better .....

beach treasures

Spring is almost sprung

What a glorious day. Spring is arriving on Vancouver Island BC. The hellebores and snowdrops are charming me; I am so under their spell I can’t stop taking pictures of them. Since I must get back to the Canada vs. US hockey game (GO CANADA) in today’s post the photos will tell the story.