growing love

I love tulips.

We used to grow them, but not here in Arizona. So, for an early Valentine surprise I received this pretty bouquet. A perfect combination of light pink and dark pink tulips. The funny thing about them is that three days ago, when they were all unopened buds, they were all the same length. But, as each day went by, the light pink ones have grown taller/longer. It has made the arrangement look different every day.

Happy Valentine's day!

Grow some love.

and so it begins

The last high school senior.

The last set of school albums.

You know where I will be for the next few months.

sunday cinema

If you love books, illustration, animation and

short 15 minute movies... then grab a cup of tea,

sit back and enjoy this little gem.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

mountain on fire

Now that my friends...is a sunset!

It is called Black Mountain and they say a long time ago it erupted. I hope that it never happens again, because the only eruption I care to witness is when the sun explodes above it for one final hoorah of the day... like it did tonight!

Hoorah!

old signs

Lately, I've gone to some yard sales on a couple of Saturday mornings. I've gone with my husband's cousin. I guess that makes her my cousin-in-law? She has a re-sale business selling books. So, she makes her rounds most weekends to hit rummage sales and yard sales. She's good at it too. It has been fun hanging out with her and we have had some good laughs at what people will try to sell.

For instance, the signage in the photo above! We thought this was hilarious that they were selling their old signs. In fact, we saw this on the first weekend I went out with her and were still laughing about it last weekend when we were out, only to run across them again in a different location. When I pointed them out to her she thought surely they were not the same ones until we noticed other things that were at the sale the weekend before. Things like old carry out containers full of condiment packages from the grocery store. Yep, same stuff. Different address. I wonder if they ever sold?

My goal for the yard sale adventure was to find a small book shelf ($3.00 score)and vacuum cleaner ($10.00 score) for the college girls dorm room. I was successful and now hope that my purchase will be put to good use now and then. I hope she is reading this..."college girl...vacuum those floors!"

It was actually a bit hard to go the second weekend with cousin, as the weekend before my old age self-esteem was seriously damaged. Being just a year apart in age, yes I will admit I'm the older one, it was fun seeing things that we remember from our youth. You know like the plastic barbie head that you could curl and style the hair. Or, albums like Eddie Money, Journey and Moody Blues. As we were taking a much needed restroom break at a grocery store she ran into someone she used to work with about 20 years ago. As I walked up to them, he turned, looked at me and then said to her... "Oh is this your Mother?"

REALLY???

Can I repeat here she is just one.year.younger than I am!

I was bummed for the rest of the day. Okay, a lot longer than a day. So to make myself feel better, I made a hair appointment and decided to do something about those grays. Everything I saved on the book shelf and the vacuum was spent on reviving my youthful appearance!

A few days later I was getting a routine blood draw after my yearly physical. I had to recite my name and birthdate to verify I was who I was suppose to be. The technician was staring at me and I thought, hmmm...I wonder if she is noticing my new color treatment? In her thick accent she said..."your complexion...it look so good." (That is really not anything people usually say to me. I have stock in Clearasil.)

As I stared at her with what had to be a very puzzled look she said... "our birthday's, they are almost same. We are same age. You don't have all the wrinkles like I do." This is when I paused and said.."well, there is this acne that I 'm dealing with and just spoke to my doctor about." She came in closer and took a good look and said ...

"oh I see now, well... that's what makes you look so young!"

Compliment taken. I think.

year of the dragon

Since I hadn't posted anything in such a long time my sister teased me and said..."what are you waiting for, the Chinese New Year?"

Sure... why not?

I still have not figured out how to get my blog to change back or to even look like I want it to, so for now, I guess I am stuck with this.

catastrophe

As you can see...I have been away from my blog for awhile. Just when I decided I would get a fresh start and perhaps a fresh look, I accidentally changed the look of my blog and I am now lost.

My skill level is at a minimum and as I learned yesterday, one false click and kaboom! The look of my blog changed and I can't seem to get it to back. I've somehow downgraded the Blogger upgrade that was implemented a few months ago and for a short time lost my entire circle of feet and title photo. So...until I get it worked out, I will continue to be absent. In this case... does absence make the heart grow fonder?