Bench by Kathy Jawarowski

Just two examples of what to do with old doors whether screened or paneled. On a door the inset areas could be cut out and screened and you have a unique serving table for the porch. Great project for those odds and ends of lumber we are hording for a future project...this might be it! Don't have a door? Well I don't see why some old barn wood or plain old 1 X 4's wouldn't work. With your imagination and that sweet handyman you hang around with, something wonderful is sure to come of it.

For more outside fun visit
Outdoor Wednesday
with
A Southern Dreamer

~Candy~

Remembering, with a heart
full of gratitude, those who
paid the ultimate price for
our freedom.

The future of this country
has been placed in
our hands...
may we wake up before
it's too late.
We owe so much to so many.

Honoring Memorial Day

~Candy~

Pink Saturday is two years old.

And I just want to say our
gracious hostess Beverley,
deserves to be the Cover Girl.

And I know you ladies have a lot
of visiting to do over the next
several days so...

Here's some Punch and...

Icing on the cake to celebrate...
a Neighborhood full of...

Kindred spirits.

Thank you all for the smiles you've
brought me through this
past year while we shared our
pink passions and a special
thanks to
How Sweet The Sound

~Candy~

Today is the last show of the season,

a list of tunes with a Spanish flair.

It's been fun but I do need a break
to get back to blogging and
not to mention...mowing...
the grass is almost
knee deep.

AY! AY! AY!

The last two months we have spent 16 days either in practice or performing. Our ukuleles entertained the Red Hat ladies and the Exxon Club of Retired folks with Hawaiian while four retirement and nursing homes across the hill country heard Hawaiian, Western, or Spanish music. Today we are playing for Happy Hour at Horizon Bay, a vibrant retirement home where my MIL moved the first of this month. She has taken part in Tai Chi, the writing club, and has started a chair hula class on Saturdays where she packs them in for mind & motion exercise. They are already planning a tour to share will other groups in the area. At 92 she is still hard to keep up with!

Aloha!
Adios!
and
Happy Trails to You!

~Candy~

Along the road in my neighborhood is this tree sprouting a cactus. The trunk is a great example of strength and endurance. Bent with deep scares, lifeless limbs that remind of past life. While returning home yesterday I spied the yellow blossom amongst the prickly disks of green. And you know the quote that popped into my head...

BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED!

Hope you enjoyed my share for
Mellow Yellow Monday
and that you are

BLOOMING!

~Candy~

Took a few minutes to refresh my soul
with a little crafting.

God is Faithful

The show must go on.....

Strummin' my ukulele from here
and
all across the hills.
Western Show took a whole day just
to put together this prop for
Across the Alley from the Alamo.
I played the Navejo!

"Across the alley from the Alamo
lived a pinto pony and a Navejo..."

I fixed the pinto pony's tail
to a stick that I could
swish from the back.

Listen to the words of
the song and just imagine
me and my crazy self!

~Candy~

Do You Know About These?

I recently acquired this set of
silverware caddies.
After a little research I came up with
no information as to...
what is their proper name,
are they old or new, and
who made them.

There are no markings anywhere.

I tend to believe they are new because
of the freshness of the gold trim.

Would appreciate any light you
can shed on the mystery.

I know I have been MIA lately, but hoping things settle into a normal routine soon and I can return to the wonderful world of BLOGLAND. I miss visiting, creating, and sharing in everyone's happenings.

Linking up with WHITE WEDNESDAY
at FADED CHARM

~Candy~

Mother moments

On every mother hangs a heart of caring.

Happy Day to all ladies every where
because we all *mother*
something
or
someone.

* exercise protective care *

~Candy~

Finding beauty in the moment...
hope you are too.


flying by Blue Monday
at Smiling Sally's

~Candy~

Come on in...

...and wander along the path.

See the chair? My body isn't there today
but in my mind I am there.

Dreaming of weeding the flower beds
and refreshing the water for the birds.

But it has been a tequila week!
If Rock Candy comes across your mind
please say a little prayer...thanks!

Hope your week has gone well.


~Candy~

Blue Monday is the perfect place

to start off a new week.
And Smiling Sally is where the
list of blues begins.

Here are several images to help
make that Mother's Day card extra special.

Mellow Yellow Monday

Blooming where you are
makes for
a happy heart and
brings a smile to those
around you.

Spring is a time for movin' and shakin'
which leaves little time for bloggin'
but oh how I miss it.

Hope all my friends are happy!

~Candy~

SeaShells & Blues

Great project for a beach comber.
Show off that wonderful collection
of shells so that everyone can
enjoy them.

CountryLiving.com

Cottage Home Decorating

May your Monday be full of
great reflections.

~Candy~

I wonder...

WALKWAY
by Melba

Jagged bits of walkway
Half-hidden by the grass
Though weathered and broken through the years
Determined they would last.

Till all the children
Whose feet made noise
With hop-scotch and with marbles
No longer pass through memory land
To pause, to look, to marvel.

I dropped a nickel in a crack,
one time when I was young,
I cried and cried about my loss
until my brother come.

He dug and dug with sticks and knives
My coin he could not find
I wonder still if beneath that walk
There's a coin left behind.

My mother-in-law, Melba
at 10 years old in 1928,
beside the sidewalk.

The first pic (she's 92) was from a recent trip
she and I made to her
hometown of Edna, Texas,
to see if the sidewalk was still there.

It was and being the writer that she is,
wrote the poem Walkway.


Thanks for coming by my
Show & Tell & there's more at
Cindy's My Romantic Home.



And my first time with Family Fridays
Keeping up with the Schultz Family


~Candy~

I know...

I know today is
Tea Time Tuesday
but this is the best that I could do.

I know that it isand
and I know my poor garden needs
a little care, oh who am I kidding...
a lot of care.

If I could stay home
we could share a spot of tea
and as you can see there are
Three or More tools
so my Ruby Tuesday
friends could lend a hand.

but I am off to finish up my booth
with springtime touches.
Terry don't ya love this idea?

You know I love it when you
come by and leave a little love
and
I know you'll be busy
visiting all the other memes today

Tea Time with Lady Katherine

3 or More with The Gypsy's Corner

Ruby Tuesday with Work of the Poet

I know I want to be there too...

~Candy~