Engagement ~ Leah+Greg

I got to take pictures of this gorgeous couple a few days ago… I sure do love this job!

 

 

hEaVenLy PeRfuMe

How could I grumble over doing the dishes with a vase of tHeSe at my windowsill??  Their aroma carried on the breeze is enough to hold me captive long past the last dish, ahhhh…

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.
                                                                                                                                                     ~George Washington Carver

Peony

Lilac

Thank You ~ Whomever you may be

This evening, we were the recipients of a random act of kindness.  Just look at all these goodies that were delivered our way!  Our home was filled with thrill, delight, and a bit of conjecture as we filled our tummies with some tasty treats.  Thank you for this wonderful gift… whomever you may be! 

Robbyn+Ron Part II

Here are more Robbyn+Ron pictures that I promised.  Let me know if you want to see even more… I could post Part III if you like… but only if you want it.

Robbyn+Ron… Part I ~ The Reveal

Robbyn and Ron married last week - destionation style in Hawaii, then came home to celebrate traditional style with family and friends.  Their wedding here at home was charming and intimate, and their affection for eachother, beautiful and captivating.  I am honored that I was invited to share in capturing the joy of their celebration.  Thanks guys… your tenderness for one another was delightful to behold, as well as capture with my camera.

Loving me some Aldo shine & sparkle… check and mark.

Robbyn’s gorgeous cousin Noelle, working her magic.

Sisters.

Robbyn, you’re so incredibly beautiful.

The handsome groom in his Class A uniform… Ron’s a firefighter.

Robbyn making her way over to Ron where he will soak in this lovely view of her for the first time.

 

Hellllloooooo Gorgeous!!!

I think he likes…    how about you?

Ummmm…  Yah.

and thanks go to my beautiful sister/assistant, who made my day so easy with all of her wonderful help!  I love you, Suzy.

 

Check  back for more of Robbyn+Ron later this week… you won’t want to miss! 

I need a hammock.

Can you think of an atmosphere more peaceful than right smack-dab in the middle of nature on a sunny, warm afternoon?  Our family enjoyed a pic-nick at the park for Mother’s Day and I spotted my niece Hailey enjoying this little nook in a big stump.  Doesn’t she look like a little chipmunk in there!

Leisure
William H. Davies

      What is this life if, full of care,
      We have no time to stand and stare?

      No time to stand beneath the boughs
      And stare as long as sheep or cows.

      No time to see, when woods we pass,
      Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

      No time to see, in broad daylight,
      Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

      No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
      And watch her feet, how they can dance.

      No time to wait till her mouth can
      Enrich that smile her eyes began.

      A poor life this if, full of care,
      We have no time to stand and stare.

A Photo Session with Jessie

As cute as a button, she is! 

A View From the Coop

Get a load of these peeps my Mr. brought home a couple of weeks ago.  He’s got plans… and a couple of them will soon enough be waking us up at the crack of dawn… cockadooduldoooo!

On Display

One of the my favorite sights to see is that of children reading books. 

I’m always trying to figure out ways to make books more appealing to my kids.  Imagine my delight when I spotted this bookshelf at a rummage sale last weekend, it cost me a mere dollar!   I love how this shelf displays the most attractive side of books – the cover, rather than just the spine.  I think books on display this way are a little more enticing, as they call out to the eye, ”Pick me, pick me up!”  

Can you tell I judge books by their covers?     We’re studying inventors and inventions for History and Science, if you couldn’t tell!

Now, if this shelf were only five feet longer… OR…  maybe forty-five feet longer and wrapped around the entire room, or mounted to the wall at about their eye level… with regular shelves underneath, and beanbag chairs scattered here and there!  Ahhh… do I dream big, or what?

Silliness is a gift to be enjoyed every now and then.

So go ahead and let your hair down!  Jump on your bed once in a while… burst into song if the mood strikes, who cares where you are or if you’re off key… weave words into rhymes, at an unexpected times…   tickle someone, play chase, and dog-pile…  swing from trees… tell jokes and laugh from your belly.   This is how I’m keepin’ young should the Oil of Olay cream prove futile!                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                       

                                                       Put Something In

                                                         by Shel Silverstein

                                                      Draw a crazy picture,
                                                       Write a nutty poem,
                                              Sing a mumble-gumble song,
                                              Whistle through your comb.
                                                 Do a loony-goony dance
                                                  ‘cross the kitchen floor,
                                         Put something silly in the world
                                            That ain’t been there before.