boots

Do you know Dora and Boots?  Well Boots came over to play with T's blocks and wanted me to take a photo of him.  So here you go, Boots.  LOL

April 30

 Can you have an April's fool joke on the last day of the month?

my front garden

I love spring, I love flowers and I love watching my flowers bloom.  Even though it was a cold day out the sun was shinning and my flowers in my front garden were so pretty.  I'm even including a close up of my bleeding hearts, last year they didn't get this pretty.

April 28

feet

This is what I do when I forget to take a photos until the last minute.  people standing around talking and me taking photos of their feet, a toy car,part of a box and drums in the background.  I really need to think about taking a photo before 10 o'clock at night.  LOL

April 27

special in the mail

I didn't post yesterday because I was not in the mood to take photos....I was a bit sad and angry at life, it happens every year on that date.

Anyways...I got something very special in the mail today.  Most days you open your mailbox and it's either bills or junk, not for me today!  My sister sent me a package ~I love getting stuff in the mail, letters, cards, packages anything other then junk or bills. ;-)~  I opened it and I swear it made my day, that I had to share.  She sent me a bracelet and a keyring with an angel on them.  She knows that I love wearing bracelets and if I'm not wearing that, then I will have a reminder with the angel on my key ring.  Thanks Lisa, I love you!

April 26

my roses

I have four rose bushes and for the first time the are all blooming or going to be blooming at the same time.  This makes me happy.  So today I have 4 photos of my roses.  a yellow, a 2 tone red & white, and 2 that are in bud form a peach and pinky color one.

April 23

Happy Earth day

Looking off my backyard deck I love to see and hear the birds and seeing the flowers grow in Nelyn's garden.  I thinking of planting more flowers to plant.  Spring is definitely here and summer is around the corner I *think* I need more flowers in my backyard.  Maybe this weekend I'll do it, but for now I'm enjoying his garden with the flowers I have.

April 22

frog on knee

We went to the park ~again~ today and T and I found a little frog.  She was playing with it and putting it on her knee and had a little talk with it.  What a beautiful day to be at the park with a toy frog....oh and a couple little girls that didn't want to be to close to their momma.  ;-)~

April 21

barbies in a row

Edd got some new "Barbies" because she finally got rid of her sucky blankies and hubby made her a barbie house. She picked the color and they painted it GREEN!  After she when to bed I decided that it was going to be the photo of the day.  5 barbies all in a row....oh the joys of little girls. ;-)

April 20

toy cars

I love when little kids are busy playing with their toys when they're waiting for something.  Here's little A doing just that.  For about 20 minutes he played with his toy cars.

April 19

sand cake

We went to a different park with different things to do.  This one has a great sand pit and a wonderful man made stream that is spring fed, they haven't turned it on yet so no water.  I guess it's to early for cold water and kids.  But it's not about the water it's about the sand.  My girls found friends right away.  As Edd was walking in she asked 2 little girls that she never met before to play with her, they said yes and off they went.  They played in the sand for about an hour making sand cakes and castles before moving on to play somewhere else.

April 18 

lil button

lips, stripes, flowers, a button and back of a hand

April 17

sack racing

We went to the park and Edd was able to join up with a brownie/girl scout troop and play games with them.  She had such a great time.  She loves to part of a group like that.  (Oh I can just see it now, she'll be in all sort of after school stuff when she starts going to kindergarten and beyond.)  She had a great start... oops she's down....nope, no blood, back up!  She didn't win, but she gave it her all!

April 16

 

ribbon and scissors

Opened up my sewing cabinet and this is what I saw...ribbon and scissors and thread in the background on a shelf above my sewing machine.

April 15

Publish Post

lady Q and unicorn

The girls and I went to the park today and E found an "old" friend at the park as they were playing I was snapping pix.  I didn't really mean to take this one, but I think it's sweet.   Q is looking down like she's sad and in pops a little unicorn come to cheer her up.  Too cute!   

April 14

light on a mirror

This morning I look up and see this as I was sitting at my computer.  The light was just right and I thought it was too beautiful not to snap a photo of it.

April 13

my thread basket

This week with the photos group is notions and because I do some sewing and you need thread to sew it really needs to be my thread basket as the first photo of the week. Of course there is more then just thread in the basket because well somethings just need to be in there because there is no other place to put it.  LOL

April 12

Church steeples & dogwood flowers

From the square in Alpharetta you can see 2 church steeples the United Methodist Church (first photo) and the First Baptist Church (second photo) since it was a beautiful day I thought it'd be a great thing to photography.  I was in luck and the dogwood was in bloom.

April 10

shooting in the dark again

I think I'm liking this shooting in the dark, you don't know what you have until you download them and see them on the computer.  The looks are sexy, scary, romantic, odd, weird or just plain neat.  As we were sitting watching TV I look over and see the light next to the wood holder thingy.  I get up to get my camera and hubby ask what I was doing.  He didn't see it until after I pointed it out, he tells me "ya whatever, I know it will be great." :-)  And he was right, I love this one, it has a nice romantic look to in.

April 9

a shot in the dark

Even though I had my camera with me all day when I was out and about, I just didn't feel inspired with anything I saw.  Since it was getting late I realized that I needed to take picture.  As I was going out to the car to get my camera I noticed the ivy creeping up the stone of my house and thought it would be a real cool photo.  I didn't do anything touch up to it.  I was just shooting in the dark.

April 8

Publish Post

bittersweet

6 years ago it was one of the happiest day of my life.  I gave birth to my second son, a beautiful boy at 1:43 pm.  I was so happy.... A lot can change in just a few short days.  But on that day I was so very happy.

April 7

sugar gum

It was such a beautiful, hot, spring day that I wanted to take my photo of the day outside.  Into my backyard and started snapping buds on the trees, my pile of cuttings from the butterfly bush, my roses that don't have any blooms on it, yet.  I took about 20 photos in about 10 minutes.  When I came in and looked at what I had this was the winner.  See the spiderweb line on the sugar gum?  The out of focus pink shoes, stones and retaining wall.  It all called to me to post it.  I like the way it looks. 

 

April 6

baby duckie

baby duckie
close your eyes
dream sweet dreams....
rest your head.
sleep.

April 5

me again

So today was the last day of doing self portraits that the group I'm in is suppose to be doing and I really could think of anything else to take.  My sister said that I should do those shots where you take a picture of yourself in the bathroom mirror like people (kids) do for facebook or myspace....ahhh ya ~no.  so I did something on the couch instead with a timer.  What do you think?  Not bad for a .......well not bad, right?

April 4

kiwi dog

A friend asked me if I would watch her dogs while she was on vacations and to tell you the truth one of the dogs kind of scared me a little. She's part Rhodesian Ridgeback and something else AND she is the most sweetest thing.  She is so loving and happy, I don't know why I was afraid of her, I think it was because of all the bad things you hear about pit bulls but I'm finding out that it's not true.  The other one is a mixed bred too I *think* *could be* golden retriever and I'm not sure about the other part.  He's just a happy go lucky dog, but not as sweet as the other one.

April 3

hot air balloon

Today as I was walking out the front door I look up and there is a couple of hot air balloons in the sky.  I call to the kiddos and E runs outside to take a closer look.  Why do hot air balloons in the evening sky make us smile?

 April 2

mmmm....ice cream

shhhh don't tell my daughters, but after they went to bed hubby and I had some ice cream.  My hand holding my bowl of ice cream with magic shell and whipped cream!  YUMMY!!

April 1