Last Week

One week ago today we (AGAIN) were in a

Winter Wonderland....

On Wednesday we were in the 60's

more snow on Thursday...

warmer, but a cold wind today....

This has been a winter of snow and mud

which is ALWAYS better than snow - snow - and more SNOW!!!

More Chickens

On March 2nd we went to see what had been our neighbors house before it burned down -

and discovered that he had 5 chickens that were not being taken care of -

so we packed them up and took them home....

These chickens are SO big compared to my babies.....

it has now been a week and everybody seems to be getting along....

at least everybody is still alive and healthy!

An egg from one of the new girls and an egg from one of MY girls ....

The "coop" seems a little too crowded now....

I hope that the 5 can go home and if not, I want to  find them another home....

just not enough room here.....

to be continued.....

Birthday Party!

Last Saturday we went to a Birthday Party!!

Celebrating Levi's 6th Birthday (Feb.21)

And Brooklyn's 8th Birthday (Mar.13)

And today I am posting pictures taken by their mama - - -

thank you Shelly for letting me steal your pics...

AMAZING as always....

Landon

My grandaughters...Brooklyn, Mina, Morgan

February....

Gotta love those clearance sales.... got me some rubber boots

 (with pictures of little rooster weathervanes) from TSC -

the chickens thought they looked good enough to eat!!!

The dumpster arrriving at the shop -

which is now for sale...

FINALLY got this room cleaned....

grabbed my ladder and headed outside to wash windows...

yep, I thought my fingers were going to fall off they were so cold..

and I use that as an excuse for all the streaks :-))

Bob put up the blinds ......

then climbed the ladder and handed me

all the pieces of the light fixture.....

now it SHINES --- as do my teapots!!!!

AND  today....

back to the Winter Wonderland!!!!

Lemons!

Just in case... :-)

Life would hand me lemons...... :-)

I AM PREPARED!!!

our lemon plant ( not big enough to be called  a TREE)

BUT enough lemons to make lemonade for sure!!!!

DETROIT!!

Yesterday morning we left home at 6:00AM - headed to Detroit for the auto show!! 

Bob had a job to look at in Clarkston, then we continued on down I75.

With camera in hand, I was ready to SNAP some pictures!!

This pic is a trip down memory lane -- the route I used to take when I worked in Troy.

BUT  before we got this far, Strange, Scary Sounds

were coming from one of our front tires.

About 2 miles from Cobo the sound got LOUDER and Bob made a hasty exit.

Which put us smack dab in the middle of a rather bad neighborhood -

or maybe I should say many bad neighborhoods!!!

We slowly headed north on the side streets.....looking (in vain) for an auto repair shop.

Bob found a guy to ask and he said turn here, turn here, turn here -

 and you will find a little mom & pop place.  So we did - and we did.

We were in Hamtramack - and yes the owner was very nice - AND very busy.

No time to work on it - but he got in the car to see if he could tell what was going on.

He could not be sure.  He gave us directions out of there and off we went...

putt - putt- putting up the road.  We found another shop and stopped in.

He was also very, very busy.  Just not able to help us out.

But he did know of a guy - just turn here, turn here, turn here - and we will find

another repair shop.  So we did - and we did.

Now we were in Madison Heights, (much better) this guy was also very, very busy.

BUT, he put us in front of all the other cars!  Checked out the car, yep it was a wheel bearing.

His Aunt Fifi, who was his receptionist, drove us to a nearby restaurant, so we

could have lunch, then she came and picked us up when we were finished

and by that time the car was finished!!  Such nice people!!

It was taken care of so quickly that we got back on southbound 75 --

headed back towards Cobo...and of course the camera was aimed out the window...

which means, MOST of the shots will not turn out, but I knew I'd get a few.

 THEN...we got to the cars...

This was the Lincoln concept car...

Bob's favorite

Another Lincoln...

And THEN.........

My camera said - BATTERY EMPTY....

WHAT?????

Soooooo upset!!

So many wasted pictures before I even got there - so many cool cars

Audi - Porsche - BMW - Mercedes -

My favorite was a Bentley convertible....

and NO pictures...

Oh well,

I consoled myself by singing Janis Joplin's

Mercedes Benz song on the way home!

Always makes me smile :-))

2012!!!!

It is 2012 and I AM BACK....THEN AGAIN, who knows for how long???   It has been over 2 months since  I've posted.  Already 13 days into the new year.  Resolutions have been made, THEN AGAIN, resolutions have been made EVERY year....for some reason I feel this year they WILL be kept.  So far - so good.... LOL.  For now I am simply working on those resolutions.  When I actually achieve them (and I WILL) I will let you know - so stay tuned! 
As for what has been happening around here this year.....

Jan. 6 - Bob is on the phone - pointing at the pond to get my attention

There is a FOX on the pond...the first time I have seen this....

When Mr. Fox made his way to the other side of the pond, where Mr. Swanee was swimming in his bubbled area, mom had to intervene.  Out the door I went screamingandholleringandclapping my hands...he got the message and hightailed it out of here!!   THEN.....in the evening...

him AGAIN on the bales of hay to the north of us... and he (she?) had a friend that I did not get a shot of .  They were waaaay to close to my chickens.  The next morning everything (and everybody) was OK..I guess the chickens were locked in securely enough and Mr. Swanee was smart enough to stay out of harms way!

Today - Friday the 13th - was a beautiful, but cold day.  I put on my boots and headed out with my camera - THEN Bob & I went for a ride through the woods...



This is where the Bald Eagles hang out...(when they are not fishing in my pond!)

A Winter Wonderland for sure!!!

White Fields

Last week we were in Georgia - where the fields were white with cotton.

This morning we woke up to fields that were white with SNOW!!