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Saturday Roses

This is a week that did a vanishing act before my very eyes. Here it is Pink Saturday again! ...so here's a basket of lovely pink roses from a neighbor's garden - aren't they gorgeous?

Happy Pink Saturday! Be sure to visit Beverly's How Sweet The Sound for more Saturday pinks.

July Roses

Today is a day that's traditionally celebrated with red, white and blue, so here's my twist on a patriotic color scheme, which should fall in line a little better with Pink Saturday!

Sunshine

 

Yellow for sunshine and lavender for... well, lavender season! Two colors that speak summer.

Daffs

Don't you just love happy, nodding, bright-faced daffodils? I do! And the more the merrier!

Joy

There's joy in the air this morning.

I can hear it in the happy chattering of the little birds that gather in the trees and bushes...

I can feel it in the thin Spring sunlight...

I can almost taste it when I see the bees busy with their work...

and I can certainly see it in the blossoming of hillsides, fields and trees.

 

Three cheers for Spring! I think we're all glad it's here, or nearly here!

Toadstools and Cameras

The two haven't much to do with one another, except that one took a picture of the other. I saw these jaunty toadstools to the side of a path I was walking along - they were only about three inches high or less. I would have liked to see a gnome peeking out from behind, or at least a party of fairies under the spotted one!

Then later, I nearly lost another camera to negligence. I'm on my third camera in a year's time, and I would have been in so much trouble if this one had been ruined! My husband is smart, though, and insists on buying a four-year guarantee with my cameras, so no matter what goes wrong it will be replaced at no charge. I really am careful with them, but sometimes things happen, you know? One camera was ruined by water, another just stopped working (I don't know what I did to that one), and this time I set the camera in a bag in my car, not realising that a container of homemade minestrone soup was leaking. One end of the camera soaked in it for a little while, and the LCD window wasn't working when I rescued it. The next day, however, it worked again (phew!) and all seems to be well.

Except that when I take a picture I can smell minestrone soup!

A Year in Review

   This is my pictorial tribute to a year of seasonal beauty, lovely memories, and new life (in particular our baby grandson born in August - the highlight of 2008, I'm thinking!). I took these photos throughout the year and used them in a 2009 calendar that I made for my family. Now the new year approaches, and I hope we will all remember to enter into it with hope and expectation... to rejoice over each new day whether sunny or snowy... to treasure and protect the beauty of this world we live in... to give thanks for family and friends... to count our blessings and forget our disappointments... to live life well and peaceably and not forget how important the little things are... to keep laughter on our lips and making sure every day counts for something good. Sounds like a plan to me!

To see more "Years in Review", zip on over to Cindy's blog My Romantic Home. There's a long, lovely list to enjoy.

Lime Green

Lime green is such a fun color - it's bright, cheery, and a little bit edgy. It's this week's Shades of Inspiration color, and participants of the color challenge have found it in everything from shoes and storefronts to produce and plants. These photos here are bits and pieces of lime green found at my house.