This weeks Mama Kat blog prompt: "April Showers bring May Flowers. Show us your May Flowers!" A white ceramic kitty peeks out from behind Hosta that's between Red Saliva and Pink Million Bells in my front garden container! **** A stone Hippo swims among wood chips beneath a Curly Parsley in a container on the back patio! (He's a gift a friend brought back for us from his visit in Africa.) **** In Florida, May brings Easter Lilies! My house was surrounded by dozens of these all blooming at once! **** May also brings Gardenias! This bush is heavy with blooms both new and old! **** In Florida, May is blueberry season! These are container blueberries. **** My young tomato plants in my veggie garden! The one on the right is bred particularly for Southern heat & humidy; the other is a Roma. Both are determinate, meaning they only grow to a set height. you look closely you can see Marigold leaves poking out ...
Today's Mama Kat topic is: "Reminisce About A Recent Trip Plus Pictures! Who doesn't like a beach retreat, right?" The Laguna Beach Christian Retreat Center is just west of Panama City Beach and the site of our annual spring Christian conference for military singles & couples from several local bases about an hour east of where we live. Most of the retreat facility is located across the road from Gulf and though the beach side is lined with homes, the beach is public, accessible via numerous walkways like the one below: Hubby and I and our Eglin team of military singles put this years conference together. We decided not to have a central speaker. Instead, we divided the group into small numbers to attend various 30-minute topic presentations, then had participants pair off together to trade info on what they learned. We had music Saturday morning & evening...
Welcome to the first week of February! It's supposed to be 31 degrees tonight, so after cleaning up the front walk beds, I went around covering various things that either are blooming, about to bloom or that have sensitive leaf buds, like my hydrangea's. I picked all the yellow daffodils and brought them inside for a cheerful vase on my counter. For Garden Pic Wednesday this week I have an excellent photo of a pine tree flower! You didn't know pine trees flower? Well, you'll have to stop back for a look! Today's Good Eating Recipe is a family favorite my Mother used to make often for us as kids: Old Fashioned Cinnamon Raisin Bread Pudding! What Old Fashioned Cinnamon Raisin Bread Pudding Looks Like This is just your basic wholesome old fashioned bread pudding made with just eggs, bread, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar & raisins! No sauces to make. Just simple bread pudding. We'd eat it hot with a little evaporated milk poured over the top....
The Mama Kat prompt topic for today is: "Share a quote you love." So without further adieu, I introduce my favorite quotable quotes from my Pinterest files: My number one all time favorite quote: Seems applicable to me. My number two favorite quote featuring the 3 Stooges: My number three fav: this quote from Shakespeare. I enjoy saying this aloud randomly. And last, but not least, one of my favorite quotes from the always inspiring Captain Jack Sparrow: So what's your favorite funny quote? Thanks for visiting!
The Mama Kat prompt for today is: "Share A Quote You Love." Actually, I have a ton of quotes I love and I love them because they tickle my fancy in one way or another. I keep a whole file of them on a board in Pinterest ! So this is just a sampling: A nice garden themed quote: Unfortunately, the next one overly true: I think in general introverts get underestimated because they're so quiet, even withdrawn. But the fact they are silent lets them see and hear more: And who could live without a good coffee quote? I totally love this one. It's so...me. This last one just totally cracks me up: That's all the favorite quotes I have to share today! What's yours? ***** Thanks for Visiting! To join the Mama Kat blog writing link-up, go here for the rules & sign-up for the email!
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