tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88650222554380316272024-03-14T23:41:27.912-07:00Teresa KasnerI'm married to my high-school sweetheart, we have 3 grown kids and 6 grandkids. We live in a turn-of-the-century farmhouse in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. I'm a life-long artist & crafter and am currently very involved in crochet! Email me at Teresa (add @ sign) byteresa.comTeresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.comBlogger1692125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-91698328732283196872021-05-27T19:11:00.001-07:002021-05-27T19:23:25.985-07:00Teresa Kasner Memorial video<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYLlcU7lbnw3nXvzSVPCIVni1C2JY6JKSMQLAqNystEwAjTgZIWSrLyYDlextYC-p5obtI0-ooB_ESF3BKzH7gzpdTmJ-1ZgEyUrw4bg8GA2V_djeDqwL1S6KJemPXJgk4uMZgv4Trv4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1753" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYLlcU7lbnw3nXvzSVPCIVni1C2JY6JKSMQLAqNystEwAjTgZIWSrLyYDlextYC-p5obtI0-ooB_ESF3BKzH7gzpdTmJ-1ZgEyUrw4bg8GA2V_djeDqwL1S6KJemPXJgk4uMZgv4Trv4/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hello to all Teresa's friends in blogland. We had a small family funeral for Teresa on 21 May 21, due to covid restrictions. We plan to have a Celebration of Life Memorial at a latter date. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have been missing her, and want to thank each and every one of you that have responded to my post regarding her passing. It has eased the pain to read how much she meant to us all.</div><div><br /></div><div>My son Travis and I put together this video showing the many aspects of her life.</div><div><br /></div><div><a data-ved="2ahUKEwjji-fipOvwAhXY3J4KHQfvDwYQtwIwAHoECAQQAw" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZeRuZIvhOw" style="color: #660099; font-family: arial, sans-serif; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;"><h3 class="LC20lb DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Teresa Kasner Memorial video - YouTube<br /></h3></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a data-ctbtn="0" data-cthref="/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxsZP7o-vwAhWJ0p4KHbrmC1sQFjAAegQIBhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpamplinmedia.com%2Fobits%2F167-pt-obituaries%2F509335-407358-teresa-ellen-shaklee-kasner&usg=AOvVaw3FElPc-SctqwtgULxGIrnH" data-ved="2ahUKEwjxsZP7o-vwAhWJ0p4KHbrmC1sQFjAAegQIBhAD" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxsZP7o-vwAhWJ0p4KHbrmC1sQFjAAegQIBhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpamplinmedia.com%2Fobits%2F167-pt-obituaries%2F509335-407358-teresa-ellen-shaklee-kasner&usg=AOvVaw3FElPc-SctqwtgULxGIrnH" style="color: #660099; font-family: arial, sans-serif; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: auto;"><h3 class="LC20lb DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Teresa Ellen Shaklee Kasner - Pamplin Media Group</h3></a></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-49929958531420339132021-05-08T08:42:00.000-07:002021-05-08T08:42:04.837-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AXd8XJ3Ud3kvqeaBrvHXHvU7Sga5xdOiBu885LbrmDgooE3n2Ng4PuL6uZlwwh-BCkivPjwVCRNDYByapVm7lmKeWS_QkoShLK3is8Vm-BqwxG7NwdLsXG7ALodKDc_a-I0Uks28kWQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="297" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AXd8XJ3Ud3kvqeaBrvHXHvU7Sga5xdOiBu885LbrmDgooE3n2Ng4PuL6uZlwwh-BCkivPjwVCRNDYByapVm7lmKeWS_QkoShLK3is8Vm-BqwxG7NwdLsXG7ALodKDc_a-I0Uks28kWQ/" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqdn1km-M2J0o8pz0SBbPd56l7AW1UAsiVGOIzz8CsptPe-3PWwBv87XhBDspANwJ3cXwPIE98kz_Y8OwmahoOPo4AnvKr8zwCn2LopPFUN9uD5-5iylxtmQSjshV1yZn2COtuiMJryc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1518" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqdn1km-M2J0o8pz0SBbPd56l7AW1UAsiVGOIzz8CsptPe-3PWwBv87XhBDspANwJ3cXwPIE98kz_Y8OwmahoOPo4AnvKr8zwCn2LopPFUN9uD5-5iylxtmQSjshV1yZn2COtuiMJryc/" width="178" /></a></div><br /> It is with a very heavy heart that I am writing you all. My beloved wife has passed away after a short illness. <p></p><p>I wanted each and every one of you to know how much you meant to her. She dearly loved to share our little world with you.</p><p>She made my entire life richer each day. </p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com137tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-18946597020080688322021-04-30T14:41:00.002-07:002021-04-30T20:34:45.629-07:00Thank You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Hello dear readers, thank you so much for all your sweet wishes for my recovery. You all rock! I am having a bad day, nausea, took my meds for it and it made me sick and I threw it up. Apparently recovery from stomach ulcers takes a long time. But I'm doing a blog post anyway. I went out to pick a couple sprigs of white lilac to bring in... I'll show you why in a minute. When we arrived home from the hospital I was so happy to see the lilacs were still looking lovely. Their bloom is fleeting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGA3dJnON0GsucRka-v5IWw3H8enJDhQ94aX769KyRQ0Ugsa8lBOnj_n72n0J3YqJGrSWVfmoZsO5lOf6jejtUjvEkmcbnSAWJ8Ik-5t65uofpo1LXQi8hWb_ziNiXSIKjN0u8lc5LcE/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGA3dJnON0GsucRka-v5IWw3H8enJDhQ94aX769KyRQ0Ugsa8lBOnj_n72n0J3YqJGrSWVfmoZsO5lOf6jejtUjvEkmcbnSAWJ8Ik-5t65uofpo1LXQi8hWb_ziNiXSIKjN0u8lc5LcE/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I was happily surprised to receive a birthday card from my brother Robert and a 2nd from his wife D'Ann... then yesterday we received this bouquet of tulips from them to cheer me from my hospital stay! I quickly sent them a thank you email.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRoAi0GjfwZg4JytKvKUppelTt6vYXKYNFaqgV9rbcIOpsxVXG9Q2quJz8OwVA1K01ao9YAJh1PY8ikB6IZfpbFGWNRnZ11weA7kjobd3PAZXQdVNUGdMWZ5sjah_dWFmhf_ExXd8Iic/s1690/IMG_0700D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRoAi0GjfwZg4JytKvKUppelTt6vYXKYNFaqgV9rbcIOpsxVXG9Q2quJz8OwVA1K01ao9YAJh1PY8ikB6IZfpbFGWNRnZ11weA7kjobd3PAZXQdVNUGdMWZ5sjah_dWFmhf_ExXd8Iic/w568-h640/IMG_0700D.JPG" width="568" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I received this pretty blue vase from France that I found for Dayle to surprise me with for my birthday. :-D It's a </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Portieux Vallerysthal Hand Vase in Royal Blue French Opaline. I hope my jadeite will not be jealous.</span></span></div><div><span face="Guardian-EgypTT, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhrG2suW2H3q4Xts1wcINCmFzGXG6PiOtoqYxnxY0UzmVMt9jr2_rJFI6PeZqWLyXRw9w-4S34ILi6XzFW4WR04HXqdfwO4XUQu0oMqk_qyHMm4TRghVvDMqFqU6rzXnR8Cd9MGAGdBA/s1715/IMG_0702.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1715" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhrG2suW2H3q4Xts1wcINCmFzGXG6PiOtoqYxnxY0UzmVMt9jr2_rJFI6PeZqWLyXRw9w-4S34ILi6XzFW4WR04HXqdfwO4XUQu0oMqk_qyHMm4TRghVvDMqFqU6rzXnR8Cd9MGAGdBA/w634-h640/IMG_0702.JPG" width="634" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I actually think the turquoise blue color goes well with the green jadeite, what do you think?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevqfuZxfVQHLN3-YFF_sgxAJZpoPwhRtXY7_O3FydoGf9QQb3LFtf6Kwai1X3clHxMHkO4O7jkmWfXfvCBy3cvZvpG9JpUIWefzg9GUEtrRJ8yA0X8VwGmlOg1V84pk73KRHrRBmZ3HA/s1732/IMG_0703.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevqfuZxfVQHLN3-YFF_sgxAJZpoPwhRtXY7_O3FydoGf9QQb3LFtf6Kwai1X3clHxMHkO4O7jkmWfXfvCBy3cvZvpG9JpUIWefzg9GUEtrRJ8yA0X8VwGmlOg1V84pk73KRHrRBmZ3HA/w554-h640/IMG_0703.JPG" width="554" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div>I'll keep this short as I am not feeling well. I hope to have a better report for Monday.</span><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Do you have any exciting weekend plans? Do share!</span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-36505622031432534362021-04-28T16:37:00.003-07:002021-04-28T16:38:06.088-07:00Birthday in the Emergency Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">What a week this has been. We had reservations at an oceanfront hotel for my birthday. But I'd been feeling ill for several days so finally we realized we'd have to cancel. :-( On Sunday we called the hospital nurse's help line and after describing everything he said we should really go to the Emergency Room. Which is how I spent my birthday. Checking in, being assessed, getting a CT scan, donning a lovely backless gown, getting an IV inserted, installed in a room, on and on. The final result after being there from Sunday to Wednesday at noon is I have two ulcers in my stomach. I had no idea they were such painful! I've dealt with a lot of nausea and other things you don't want to know about. But today Dayle brought me home and I hope to be on the mend. Apparently my use of Nsaids such as Alleve is what did it. So, be careful and try not to use them. This was the view of Mt. Hood on our drive home. I'm so happy to be in my own home! One of the effects of all this is I've lost my appetite. Dayle made me a grilled cheese sandwich and I could only eat 1/4 of it. Now I have rumblings down there. I will have to Google foods to eat if you have ulcers. Thank you to those of you who have expressed concern to me for being missing. ((hugs)), Teresa :-) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRmIOEiCPcDzZ_TJFp_JqzoVwCcG9dEbE_01xRodWfr99Y_2Kj2Uc6fxsyqowHeQS4B2ra23HjM8ZvIUza3FjNL1ZFGz_kifjtA3-bwqHGg1oDslvIS5zjzFsQHdvJH_iF21KBNzETqA/s640/IMG_0698.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRmIOEiCPcDzZ_TJFp_JqzoVwCcG9dEbE_01xRodWfr99Y_2Kj2Uc6fxsyqowHeQS4B2ra23HjM8ZvIUza3FjNL1ZFGz_kifjtA3-bwqHGg1oDslvIS5zjzFsQHdvJH_iF21KBNzETqA/s16000/IMG_0698.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-80957280431466839582021-04-23T12:06:00.006-07:002021-04-23T12:11:55.249-07:00Floral Explosion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Greetings, thanks for stopping by! Our yard is bursting with flowers blooming.. care to join me for a walkabout? Here is our red Rhododendron in the front yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AElxo5zNo2kFD8zpD_K3G5RliVTIaqY43TlKT0wvKMsK2gjaTDtUDXWb8E8aAdVrgo3YHZQd4e1F6Rgcq42-3dFzMOAuAV78a6ZIjdq9QnCMIfoBvW5fbDSivgvkSKIsbTkucQE_BAo/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AElxo5zNo2kFD8zpD_K3G5RliVTIaqY43TlKT0wvKMsK2gjaTDtUDXWb8E8aAdVrgo3YHZQd4e1F6Rgcq42-3dFzMOAuAV78a6ZIjdq9QnCMIfoBvW5fbDSivgvkSKIsbTkucQE_BAo/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The Bleeding Heart is looking good.</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwXaK71muZ1k2SkqR4WdPBSxFRs8AFvUpTAfF39f_6749sWPwsT29iRoW1WwxIdig8J2Fn2XKDGDcVP8hRgFOHBzozUKUwacSaU9rP-UhFJKxk3jthUe6CC8IX1EEA7Ff5sBXIU3I0wM/s1500/IMG_0674D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1500" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwXaK71muZ1k2SkqR4WdPBSxFRs8AFvUpTAfF39f_6749sWPwsT29iRoW1WwxIdig8J2Fn2XKDGDcVP8hRgFOHBzozUKUwacSaU9rP-UhFJKxk3jthUe6CC8IX1EEA7Ff5sBXIU3I0wM/w640-h540/IMG_0674D.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Our pinky-red Azalea is covered with flowers.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SFOCHGVmrhdMi46kgHfnFgmzFp448Gj6EIh6SuUZtYYlTMuG_Hj0SC3Hhpz8Ra48d0dVxKPmHyvX4I0yf5F4fIBJMXZjDLu73p6l4oIaTKVgk7ClXswHT7QLVjY2QoZsh8Ze43ykdD4/s1500/IMG_0678.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SFOCHGVmrhdMi46kgHfnFgmzFp448Gj6EIh6SuUZtYYlTMuG_Hj0SC3Hhpz8Ra48d0dVxKPmHyvX4I0yf5F4fIBJMXZjDLu73p6l4oIaTKVgk7ClXswHT7QLVjY2QoZsh8Ze43ykdD4/w640-h480/IMG_0678.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The floppy bell shaped white Rhody.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBD_jCQELsWJoNxZul7b9F3-vA0PDBUAUULZ7bccgp_hoIMpxHzbP2FgS6Aptd0J96wu9qZ2OlNAoJ4TfSfje6AEukcjbFi1TAesBjiR5tTP2f8xiYoNl7HC740yykJl4U_MG239C6sU/s1500/IMG_0683.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBD_jCQELsWJoNxZul7b9F3-vA0PDBUAUULZ7bccgp_hoIMpxHzbP2FgS6Aptd0J96wu9qZ2OlNAoJ4TfSfje6AEukcjbFi1TAesBjiR5tTP2f8xiYoNl7HC740yykJl4U_MG239C6sU/w640-h480/IMG_0683.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The Elderberry in flower.. it's quite lush this year.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemqBm5goDrS_Dp2kSpsHLvnbPuxgROQO7ULNXLVK1kv9JHFvQO6C_o-KdO9qba8yeWhYEbwSxR76QmUa6FeDtBHHIjrQhM-RzhAep_I-cH6Bi2BXRahcVc1HAWdFbsaxE5pmZekXgCOA/s1500/IMG_0689.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemqBm5goDrS_Dp2kSpsHLvnbPuxgROQO7ULNXLVK1kv9JHFvQO6C_o-KdO9qba8yeWhYEbwSxR76QmUa6FeDtBHHIjrQhM-RzhAep_I-cH6Bi2BXRahcVc1HAWdFbsaxE5pmZekXgCOA/w640-h480/IMG_0689.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The magnificent magenta Rhody is ready to open.. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4mnxsr8T7ZtQlJRB0ZVjE2c8aCzHtzu-9POMKcKkqQH9FG5TFXS6Ef1Kdp3wh-sjvsqYEAPUZmV7bk6tWNSx2QKUkGb1L78j7hnKXdXpzgfooqsn_LsO0Grr3z6diiaE2hLwPS7jR3I/s2048/IMG_0691.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="2048" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4mnxsr8T7ZtQlJRB0ZVjE2c8aCzHtzu-9POMKcKkqQH9FG5TFXS6Ef1Kdp3wh-sjvsqYEAPUZmV7bk6tWNSx2QKUkGb1L78j7hnKXdXpzgfooqsn_LsO0Grr3z6diiaE2hLwPS7jR3I/w640-h598/IMG_0691.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This year the dark purple Lilacs have the biggest and longest flower spires ever.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPL3O6kYVZtuqaXn5RCSM7SMJa0dngdT_ADV081DLvQ4c3lOWTffgtJdtqhEBw3KCfWQ9-fLZtQTc3z4KWDJy51ruaAu2FJGuPs_mBz4FDi_aYhyOgRgDP9AptEo2DU65tg0RHtM2nBs/s1500/IMG_0692.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPL3O6kYVZtuqaXn5RCSM7SMJa0dngdT_ADV081DLvQ4c3lOWTffgtJdtqhEBw3KCfWQ9-fLZtQTc3z4KWDJy51ruaAu2FJGuPs_mBz4FDi_aYhyOgRgDP9AptEo2DU65tg0RHtM2nBs/w640-h480/IMG_0692.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The Redbud tree is blooming.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTusaJH9scuYcrGw1FweEeYWiGy4bzQuyzutFqDb7UhZTsdfOy7wVkTwlkJMGXcXJYc2uM9nz30I3pCWzeHu_9EOwt61uIRATjX4-yaGNWMkvv0LfZVug14KN1HWcn7Ibw_9Hfc0yuuM/s1500/IMG_0693.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTusaJH9scuYcrGw1FweEeYWiGy4bzQuyzutFqDb7UhZTsdfOy7wVkTwlkJMGXcXJYc2uM9nz30I3pCWzeHu_9EOwt61uIRATjX4-yaGNWMkvv0LfZVug14KN1HWcn7Ibw_9Hfc0yuuM/w640-h480/IMG_0693.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This was just delivered! A </span>Petite Knock Out rose, red from my very thoughtful daughter Amy in Ohio! What a neat gift, thank you! It's for Mother's Day.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHiRA8WdpyHb-jYfXlIFzD69ZMwLm9xd_Rp6gticNF52ENXPKrGaGLqor90mMVtejTHKgwBClgVz2Hrc5K-Pk3GnPc4cZ-KwRXeMEx_qjs_HqlSoe2kKGCNZA9sdX8JHwS9uzYI6wZNk/s1500/IMG_0695D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1500" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHiRA8WdpyHb-jYfXlIFzD69ZMwLm9xd_Rp6gticNF52ENXPKrGaGLqor90mMVtejTHKgwBClgVz2Hrc5K-Pk3GnPc4cZ-KwRXeMEx_qjs_HqlSoe2kKGCNZA9sdX8JHwS9uzYI6wZNk/w640-h616/IMG_0695D.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We got Mocha groomed yesterday so I thought I'd show you how pretty she looks. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRu5LfX1bdteuOlvN9Qd4hLITmKgOfcxst-hybnvL8hiHCNiHtdyh4UdPYKUs55RKGi6pkceOwxInYv2ee1-p4gzzZU7Ghg3QvRyE6uhefhqR3CfoD67hDbI8CyE5KBNG4cydF1aX_Vo/s1500/mocha.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1500" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRu5LfX1bdteuOlvN9Qd4hLITmKgOfcxst-hybnvL8hiHCNiHtdyh4UdPYKUs55RKGi6pkceOwxInYv2ee1-p4gzzZU7Ghg3QvRyE6uhefhqR3CfoD67hDbI8CyE5KBNG4cydF1aX_Vo/w640-h632/mocha.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>I have some fun things to share with you soon. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!!</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-83847821145867217352021-04-21T13:45:00.004-07:002021-04-21T13:47:19.862-07:00It's Lilac Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">The lilacs are finally opening and wow.. the dark purple one has blooms that are bigger and taller than I've ever seen them! Dayle just cut this bouquet for me using his long-handled pruner for trees. The best blooms are on the very top, of course. :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibW5ANXw0EScmI8aGCMNGcHzwGF_xV_3FsR4kwhSUDHYi1Daum3RDICkkB6voFeB3Np-PuatQIgBLRvKC2oG3taqvXRv4ydClqLI7xadkpDYOJ4ppdw22QxaZO8uLtAcOvatyhpXNd-g/s640/0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibW5ANXw0EScmI8aGCMNGcHzwGF_xV_3FsR4kwhSUDHYi1Daum3RDICkkB6voFeB3Np-PuatQIgBLRvKC2oG3taqvXRv4ydClqLI7xadkpDYOJ4ppdw22QxaZO8uLtAcOvatyhpXNd-g/s16000/0.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">The photo on top is backlit so I took this one closer so you could see the true color.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIIVd9Kops3NzmR0I0wpXCEd4xJ0DZ4fBTPXg6lltkFFbyQid0tLFuNAW0lLspjqz-rFoiQVFSp_hPRrL4hyXw1yGZBBlJW0PbxfeQgk0qOB-JPpLc8mMr4W4Mx9L4kj1oYjTiI1JavE/s1500/00.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIIVd9Kops3NzmR0I0wpXCEd4xJ0DZ4fBTPXg6lltkFFbyQid0tLFuNAW0lLspjqz-rFoiQVFSp_hPRrL4hyXw1yGZBBlJW0PbxfeQgk0qOB-JPpLc8mMr4W4Mx9L4kj1oYjTiI1JavE/w640-h480/00.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">I brought in this one sprig of the white Lilac to put on my little piano stool next to my chair. I keep picking up the vase to smell the intoxicating perfume of the flower.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C6wNM7RaiXZskBDD6UFC2pqzxV4TJq_BimImTDgNrGENJwuAwPJPbiD7bbrVIvctbRcvao3AF191fRInIZCJrp-mnq77_S9Z4vgk1GSO4Q7MtPBaegRBy_G88EFWnEpVIBpshHoNGLo/s1500/000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="1500" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C6wNM7RaiXZskBDD6UFC2pqzxV4TJq_BimImTDgNrGENJwuAwPJPbiD7bbrVIvctbRcvao3AF191fRInIZCJrp-mnq77_S9Z4vgk1GSO4Q7MtPBaegRBy_G88EFWnEpVIBpshHoNGLo/w640-h596/000.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">I love being able to bring in bouquets from our farmyard!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjA8nauK-nzeUPKcS03CfhRuDmPbPWQW0dk-cpVyQMLFNL2nrOAJBYZI8-sEGH5roWIn9BStPNVDIEpx_QNcGvbqD3rTm3hU8vUW-p79sXIAr0li11pmEOMfozQ67QqBjfz10WE0Pel8/s1154/0000.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjA8nauK-nzeUPKcS03CfhRuDmPbPWQW0dk-cpVyQMLFNL2nrOAJBYZI8-sEGH5roWIn9BStPNVDIEpx_QNcGvbqD3rTm3hU8vUW-p79sXIAr0li11pmEOMfozQ67QqBjfz10WE0Pel8/w554-h640/0000.JPG" width="554" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">Before we cut the bouquet.. lol.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjeuV6zbTE4rkhOkwWoqkjiMl0KRWPH_zL3xp5rdtXxUwLbcdI7ZwvJsAASJzjHcJ6sGc1AHZOQjPp3SGnfFJQlDY1yOj8LUbkLZaMlJs_IZkI_QaWdKZtmRO1HAMMZAXXOp22bArzck/s1500/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjeuV6zbTE4rkhOkwWoqkjiMl0KRWPH_zL3xp5rdtXxUwLbcdI7ZwvJsAASJzjHcJ6sGc1AHZOQjPp3SGnfFJQlDY1yOj8LUbkLZaMlJs_IZkI_QaWdKZtmRO1HAMMZAXXOp22bArzck/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">This is the white Lilac that we planted under the garden window in the kitchen.. I envisioned having the lilac perfume coming in the open window. The flowers aren't showing up well as they haven't opened up fully.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VDalLov995lDektf8SiZ1yCD5YzM08RMAmOMVreQ_p_S-nUGH_7B-Y7o24CbTFhTleNjgDmKWJl7znC6VTzd87SCosdQciESLPVkX7XWeeaovWmCM0h9wFDfxYkofXUpBQK_sTWd4iA/s1000/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VDalLov995lDektf8SiZ1yCD5YzM08RMAmOMVreQ_p_S-nUGH_7B-Y7o24CbTFhTleNjgDmKWJl7znC6VTzd87SCosdQciESLPVkX7XWeeaovWmCM0h9wFDfxYkofXUpBQK_sTWd4iA/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">This photo shows the dark purple on the left, the white on the right and then beyond is the huge old classic lavender colored one plus another dark purple.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKV7FtH19wxSxmtBf6yRxA4Md3hpXwBT0TOxaN5hJ6XJNmVB-gJ03hb0inr-1kPvik2NfHyHWyewglIGce0baH8gP5bQNto0sFgMUOZiKmSrDVIjvVeYivF-hpOuUGA68pc8-3vxE71g/s1200/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKV7FtH19wxSxmtBf6yRxA4Md3hpXwBT0TOxaN5hJ6XJNmVB-gJ03hb0inr-1kPvik2NfHyHWyewglIGce0baH8gP5bQNto0sFgMUOZiKmSrDVIjvVeYivF-hpOuUGA68pc8-3vxE71g/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">A closer shot of the big old bush. It's been here for a LONG time!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_H9_h_PtTlQXPVUFlRI0chlyd8mXS4dgybjgjFgiHxx2VM311JzDi4j2rvLJTq4SJ7KxafWQ3L1iBhT2pucoDhLQ6RM7NK-PYtccAKFSsQckvdrV9_-7lzQzJ0x6tCg7eS01ypAM7x4/s1500/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_H9_h_PtTlQXPVUFlRI0chlyd8mXS4dgybjgjFgiHxx2VM311JzDi4j2rvLJTq4SJ7KxafWQ3L1iBhT2pucoDhLQ6RM7NK-PYtccAKFSsQckvdrV9_-7lzQzJ0x6tCg7eS01ypAM7x4/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">While I was standing on the deck taking photos the Hummingbirds that use our feeder were buzzing at me. Do you see the little guy in the lilac bush? I keep hoping they'll use the nest basket we hung up for them.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPjBU8nC-AE44-svmHC9NLGRvJMhbuX9uWBKcgM7q_j_1iMWQ15D8RYDGDNilpMwHOhdG-3oh3SM0aGF-NFPzXFU1nF6w9D-0xzgQVY3MXhWW_3po9LcSm-0Y6wnLYvij_ShaULD3uUk/s1500/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1500" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPjBU8nC-AE44-svmHC9NLGRvJMhbuX9uWBKcgM7q_j_1iMWQ15D8RYDGDNilpMwHOhdG-3oh3SM0aGF-NFPzXFU1nF6w9D-0xzgQVY3MXhWW_3po9LcSm-0Y6wnLYvij_ShaULD3uUk/w640-h478/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79;">A close-up of our Peony, see the sweet nectar that oozes out of the buds? I can't wait for them to open!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fMZWZAyOqCY4JcvHzZFYy7WLvimEjy7e3z6qzwsrwO_dmAN0y7HZ0P-6eThsWK-Gx2z1b-IwvYtTbH8UNXSd7jbxnRCZGCi6JcZGeWrtPYZ5hvZUiFVyBEBqHXV9X_4m4gTOMv3BEgE/s2048/IMG_0657.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fMZWZAyOqCY4JcvHzZFYy7WLvimEjy7e3z6qzwsrwO_dmAN0y7HZ0P-6eThsWK-Gx2z1b-IwvYtTbH8UNXSd7jbxnRCZGCi6JcZGeWrtPYZ5hvZUiFVyBEBqHXV9X_4m4gTOMv3BEgE/w640-h510/IMG_0657.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br /></span></div>That's where we are at the moment. What's going on with you in your spot on this spinning globe in the universe?</span><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-23657022634844289932021-04-19T16:06:00.003-07:002021-04-19T16:06:47.816-07:00Spring has Sprung!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This is my favorite time of year, things start emerging on their own accord and it's so life-affirming! I love the Bleeding Heart, it's really quite amazing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDQ7kx05NftR6a-M_rTYvj6ArIZWyhXDuZ7Ac3ka4HLGaHsLWCf__raNu3DbrALfETjZCpMFLKMxVQGHZVrwAiJvCJ0c6lqIuuGWRtx3DHElNNtV8-G0RcNq9bPI5qX6Jet5en7W96ik/s640/0.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDQ7kx05NftR6a-M_rTYvj6ArIZWyhXDuZ7Ac3ka4HLGaHsLWCf__raNu3DbrALfETjZCpMFLKMxVQGHZVrwAiJvCJ0c6lqIuuGWRtx3DHElNNtV8-G0RcNq9bPI5qX6Jet5en7W96ik/s16000/0.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">One of the first Rhododendrons to bloom is this one. The bud is pink but it opens to a creamy white.</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-G7vwXUYoG2-Kd2GfYMjy6avOfOnG7_ajda_RN2fawna0ZyqsbyrfGu5LajNA9wxYVzTYia6blGvO7RECAZHGYz4q_sNgnIPawdcnypUcsUNlPrMnl19TclzgiIKG9voNcszmNVeDlgw/s640/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-G7vwXUYoG2-Kd2GfYMjy6avOfOnG7_ajda_RN2fawna0ZyqsbyrfGu5LajNA9wxYVzTYia6blGvO7RECAZHGYz4q_sNgnIPawdcnypUcsUNlPrMnl19TclzgiIKG9voNcszmNVeDlgw/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">See the pink as they open?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvcEXAzlNy6ouNleQv69moDM0311YdV0tqpS_RFLpbOEkqAbIar3t_Db-8vbN-aHEZ4we71TZ9IKXa8ru735tnUwFSlJlz13Is3HhLxFKjfH7ts20RQrwAs6_YPgiTdOCDhlRNwcBqyY/s1500/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1500" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvcEXAzlNy6ouNleQv69moDM0311YdV0tqpS_RFLpbOEkqAbIar3t_Db-8vbN-aHEZ4we71TZ9IKXa8ru735tnUwFSlJlz13Is3HhLxFKjfH7ts20RQrwAs6_YPgiTdOCDhlRNwcBqyY/w640-h488/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This Hosta is fun to watch emerge.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2Svf-u7dfadTGxSuymPwCEDT0pmjDdaXCrPLBotaBAGMSKVKXIkt0nTR5TTMaVXi4FcgP7KyOdMIH9RLg_p3iQlb5wjdb2C0Kh0kHuR9sg36sEe7Zy8EK72rGUFugpbNdkKqQSWrqe0/s1000/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1000" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2Svf-u7dfadTGxSuymPwCEDT0pmjDdaXCrPLBotaBAGMSKVKXIkt0nTR5TTMaVXi4FcgP7KyOdMIH9RLg_p3iQlb5wjdb2C0Kh0kHuR9sg36sEe7Zy8EK72rGUFugpbNdkKqQSWrqe0/w640-h634/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Star-of-Bethlehem and Forget-me-not bloom on the south end of our house.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9u_1CrHA4IL6LIX9Tmp2cw40uU41s7KQAcQOUpvNt6nQtpdzIN8Y3uMGgJVeoEJVzVECC48MGDCR4gbbxwd3bXGtBYBH81nSE7x76ZzrwZ1xb2tvsypioiO3PdOLVm4zyIQhj84mNJc/s1500/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1500" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9u_1CrHA4IL6LIX9Tmp2cw40uU41s7KQAcQOUpvNt6nQtpdzIN8Y3uMGgJVeoEJVzVECC48MGDCR4gbbxwd3bXGtBYBH81nSE7x76ZzrwZ1xb2tvsypioiO3PdOLVm4zyIQhj84mNJc/w640-h470/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I think the colors in this flower are sublime.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7uhyDLHfe0wOuzJpsRCbB7G1imREdqilJbzuZ7kGtHE7ut8MDHO-YAZ97JXYrerL7JlOPevjN4C7GR826ktbPPMjavHvVhmQMyey2xp-VPWqn6VPSo4vqFnUvHy-EeM1Nfzkpl5apjA/s1500/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7uhyDLHfe0wOuzJpsRCbB7G1imREdqilJbzuZ7kGtHE7ut8MDHO-YAZ97JXYrerL7JlOPevjN4C7GR826ktbPPMjavHvVhmQMyey2xp-VPWqn6VPSo4vqFnUvHy-EeM1Nfzkpl5apjA/w640-h480/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Star Magnolia.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_23i-0RedDZflZTmwUZ5WLQzT0T_6gDiuWSQS2AgtmZfdFBPG4R1M8Ox6aj_Usv5UpShqmy3lyyrBhGWRUf-HII9DvBZBfE6EfOX7RHMrjn8bLoRtd4aRHrxnTAWwTOt4a8kdsANTUQ/s1500/IMG_0631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_23i-0RedDZflZTmwUZ5WLQzT0T_6gDiuWSQS2AgtmZfdFBPG4R1M8Ox6aj_Usv5UpShqmy3lyyrBhGWRUf-HII9DvBZBfE6EfOX7RHMrjn8bLoRtd4aRHrxnTAWwTOt4a8kdsANTUQ/w640-h480/IMG_0631.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This is Mahonia around the world I think but here it's called "Oregon Grape". :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojI0jXBkEmDdxG38pIr5uM0s_MtZ5_ZO0cc3SRC-I6Y0CGa47EIlwS4jpQVqW3KvS-m4gs9htovKfh60mjL_Pt-ZszXg9sY85-sduVOZsGJjlKUWju_Y5dI3iZeV-Xfud8PTAcSPZc4Y/s1500/IMG_0635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1500" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojI0jXBkEmDdxG38pIr5uM0s_MtZ5_ZO0cc3SRC-I6Y0CGa47EIlwS4jpQVqW3KvS-m4gs9htovKfh60mjL_Pt-ZszXg9sY85-sduVOZsGJjlKUWju_Y5dI3iZeV-Xfud8PTAcSPZc4Y/w640-h498/IMG_0635.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We were able to have our dinner with our middle child, son Shawn and grandson Michael on Saturday. Our grandson Caleb is staying with us again so he got to enjoy the party. He'd requested we make a family favorite, teriyaki chicken wings. You make your own teriyaki sauce and simmer 10 lbs. of wings in it for several hours. It's delish!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGAcJNx5bXvDu6GDyu86VG-6EjKoeBUjFNKSmDRh3ByHOKY2OTvk9suMVn7V-u-Xv3ViyTfooGZGczugZIkeq1r7hKe8YlppxChJpijtxafdZgxWsq9oi6JbMylQPufmgKC8GsN7CO9c/s1307/IMG_0636D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGAcJNx5bXvDu6GDyu86VG-6EjKoeBUjFNKSmDRh3ByHOKY2OTvk9suMVn7V-u-Xv3ViyTfooGZGczugZIkeq1r7hKe8YlppxChJpijtxafdZgxWsq9oi6JbMylQPufmgKC8GsN7CO9c/w588-h640/IMG_0636D.JPG" width="588" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Chef Dayle also made a large pan of fried rice to serve with the wings. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNN1vGea0aP51Jct2ZNM9L-g8z2G2gLFJfdS0uuMfsIB2MvqSYfMDmSVo25JdLq18Kl-WPbooMqnO-msGdzWZVYDvHztcUhvYQv4zl5DhotZ8_AMU9oFTeXMBkORrgW7iZo7H4Hi2a6c/s1500/IMG_0637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1401" data-original-width="1500" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNN1vGea0aP51Jct2ZNM9L-g8z2G2gLFJfdS0uuMfsIB2MvqSYfMDmSVo25JdLq18Kl-WPbooMqnO-msGdzWZVYDvHztcUhvYQv4zl5DhotZ8_AMU9oFTeXMBkORrgW7iZo7H4Hi2a6c/w640-h598/IMG_0637.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>The weather was warm and perfect for dining alfresco. We chatted away the afternoon and even got to hug them goodbye now that we are both fully vaccinated. What a relief that we can be creeping back to a more normal life.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkffCnY8gKpCYdgKTX6jrNVhqjeNX3uxqxEMC2mqin6vGc8lXG1ZahTzp3x4nrYwumyyWWz9sHX95a2mTQgCUonon_4zJLV1NPEDxBmSxM5wL8mJhzyTNiWhWn4eRnyW2Lv6UM7vlZ7wk/s1500/IMG_0638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkffCnY8gKpCYdgKTX6jrNVhqjeNX3uxqxEMC2mqin6vGc8lXG1ZahTzp3x4nrYwumyyWWz9sHX95a2mTQgCUonon_4zJLV1NPEDxBmSxM5wL8mJhzyTNiWhWn4eRnyW2Lv6UM7vlZ7wk/w640-h480/IMG_0638.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>Our little community has been under attack by mail thieves. Our local Facebook group has shared multiple accounts of broken into mailboxes. We got a knock on our door on Friday by our mail lady and she told us our "security" box was hit. Luckily Dayle had collected our mail the day before and my new credit card was in the pile of mail. ::whew:: Now Dayle is having to find a new one and is doing all kinds of lengthy research on the internet. Bummer.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3lN2Gdx1_dOmeFC9bMTIEal1_K0I2uF7zuAs1WLpI_vAsrIWAnKpMC4ZplW1iJuCs8Te7L79SXnqd6R5drxe2hstphmYq13J4u9TmLqSMAIPoYcXK2U3ddWxEUPby4c7x1IUXNFRrK4/s1500/mailbox.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1500" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3lN2Gdx1_dOmeFC9bMTIEal1_K0I2uF7zuAs1WLpI_vAsrIWAnKpMC4ZplW1iJuCs8Te7L79SXnqd6R5drxe2hstphmYq13J4u9TmLqSMAIPoYcXK2U3ddWxEUPby4c7x1IUXNFRrK4/w640-h600/mailbox.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I found this image on FB and had to share it with you. Isn't this beautiful? Mt. Hood looming behind the Hood River Valley with the fruit orchards in bloom. Delightful. This place is just 45 minutes east from our home.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKDy8nuY2F1Laa1KDNri8WpZaz2w7ekdKbUP1KgE5vsUjDxhi5ehlCBK8U38JKfl1WNReIuflFWkO6zHDpdlHi49hTaAwe1RyMurUiWEo98ffyArRycbtpkm8VzOeqnsG7PGEn9h8cSs/s1350/MtHoodHR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKDy8nuY2F1Laa1KDNri8WpZaz2w7ekdKbUP1KgE5vsUjDxhi5ehlCBK8U38JKfl1WNReIuflFWkO6zHDpdlHi49hTaAwe1RyMurUiWEo98ffyArRycbtpkm8VzOeqnsG7PGEn9h8cSs/w512-h640/MtHoodHR.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>I'm late posting today, I found a movie to watch that we got really into. I highly recommend this if you can find it. Very good movie.</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkrfqc-M80WFDK50NOeFbHqRtVbvCEdCoyGa6PALrIUPJ7wtAuNYHbsE2CdX0NyYPjwRYT2eoEIv1FZF8KIBm8CLLcsEs5aQjg5GjEi6CLvavQyAg-P_ATPrY3Jp_w8gmymzcG1Igo08/s988/OPHELIA-Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkrfqc-M80WFDK50NOeFbHqRtVbvCEdCoyGa6PALrIUPJ7wtAuNYHbsE2CdX0NyYPjwRYT2eoEIv1FZF8KIBm8CLLcsEs5aQjg5GjEi6CLvavQyAg-P_ATPrY3Jp_w8gmymzcG1Igo08/w454-h640/OPHELIA-Poster.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Well.. that's it for us today. I hope you have a great week! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) </span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-11603942056499031862021-04-16T13:05:00.001-07:002021-04-16T13:09:35.974-07:00A Run of Glorious Weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">It's almost like summer here this week. Actually hot during the day and not a cloud to be seen. Dayle has leaped into his farmer mode and has been driving his tractor around and mowing the pasture. He also spent days working on his riding mower and has mown the yard. Things are looking nice and tidy outside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sGScY4XbsbvYwR1TP9FGvZ0ttsnLqKuGceZ3PWzc9uuEZl0x6hPB7ilpt5GWcAlEyi3con1cCAcw-WBLhSwLk6qn84UBQVRBhdlv3oArPeWdW5B9XkJ1BFDsPL5OboQdMVWyzSbiX8Q/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sGScY4XbsbvYwR1TP9FGvZ0ttsnLqKuGceZ3PWzc9uuEZl0x6hPB7ilpt5GWcAlEyi3con1cCAcw-WBLhSwLk6qn84UBQVRBhdlv3oArPeWdW5B9XkJ1BFDsPL5OboQdMVWyzSbiX8Q/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I've been spending more time outside. Feeding the fish and snipping spent leaves and stems off of potted plants and making note of things for Dayle to deal with, manly stuff, you know. I'm helpful that way. When we're by the pond for a while we take the screens off the pond and enjoy the fish - all of which are accounted for. Keiko, Pierre, Tiger and Ashley. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLEWkbfxLpEXUciwF4TG5Ebt05XrB1F96dszppSy92mDIuUVGxN2AWPpHz_lmU9qMnN1GP-m5aTE8IaHXBCPKDHZU59wJ4uyCIgBoO3jetVtnQKz-AQiki3H4Pih_m1GxWK8zXujtpmc/s1333/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLEWkbfxLpEXUciwF4TG5Ebt05XrB1F96dszppSy92mDIuUVGxN2AWPpHz_lmU9qMnN1GP-m5aTE8IaHXBCPKDHZU59wJ4uyCIgBoO3jetVtnQKz-AQiki3H4Pih_m1GxWK8zXujtpmc/w480-h640/2.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Our pot of chives we keep near our back door is all lush and filled out and I see some flower buds in there.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj355aee4EDeBkLVBvufMmQ_P1-0mCN6tzu0yWJfbjyvTQ8d50OwSyVpseV9buLy2ZIJS98M7N7swQHqdGXjmm200xq9I1T-0vON7lLViu5R8h14cS9QDK9miu1grsyguwK-63RzcIBZBA/s1324/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj355aee4EDeBkLVBvufMmQ_P1-0mCN6tzu0yWJfbjyvTQ8d50OwSyVpseV9buLy2ZIJS98M7N7swQHqdGXjmm200xq9I1T-0vON7lLViu5R8h14cS9QDK9miu1grsyguwK-63RzcIBZBA/w580-h640/3.JPG" width="580" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The white lilac is nearing bloom.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6Z18AqvJYVpLCbxgjaigG6njuzdUIM3HwXcNjVC9t4n-tS52wUOUQw12Wqn663HWJsO1ay4AwDIgbbPGe5WHRo_hMgy7ZwkcAvo2js0b1MZOXMOkra5FXzj9e40LmP4g074WmWoK6K0/s2000/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="2000" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6Z18AqvJYVpLCbxgjaigG6njuzdUIM3HwXcNjVC9t4n-tS52wUOUQw12Wqn663HWJsO1ay4AwDIgbbPGe5WHRo_hMgy7ZwkcAvo2js0b1MZOXMOkra5FXzj9e40LmP4g074WmWoK6K0/w640-h506/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div>So is the dark purple one, I imagine by my Monday post I will have a bouquet to share with you.</div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHfGLi0YqWuMcsnECs1l2zv3wkl1xgFrCkK4MSvQOjFdzGG0nGwlsiYiS39JpUrM6oo_zvB1fEjCzgOMsFjYXczUd8UE0DD4SCNDgrEn8z0zS78ZDJ6GqYAs3zuqYCEvMrznGZuqIyq0/s1500/IMG_0623.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1500" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHfGLi0YqWuMcsnECs1l2zv3wkl1xgFrCkK4MSvQOjFdzGG0nGwlsiYiS39JpUrM6oo_zvB1fEjCzgOMsFjYXczUd8UE0DD4SCNDgrEn8z0zS78ZDJ6GqYAs3zuqYCEvMrznGZuqIyq0/w640-h536/IMG_0623.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We have one patch of Bluebells and each year it's fuller. I love it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cK9XSW1b9Oqk8Km9Rn22A7bw7hcTtlkLYba0CsgdJXcgQLzL2qU7kK1359iLIxPhtC1AW5a5pNWXbRNlLDy03G6gNh7RAMe0wC00x__ET3HgYYbCqVIMCizjwO3myVSgmVB1wASVZ1Y/s1500/IMG_0625.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cK9XSW1b9Oqk8Km9Rn22A7bw7hcTtlkLYba0CsgdJXcgQLzL2qU7kK1359iLIxPhtC1AW5a5pNWXbRNlLDy03G6gNh7RAMe0wC00x__ET3HgYYbCqVIMCizjwO3myVSgmVB1wASVZ1Y/w640-h480/IMG_0625.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There will be enough of them this year for a bouquet, also. :-)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCaTb5ltwYHFGOjxDtOtS6oqesaz_lKspw5nXikIr10VZ3mca1Io7TVtKlGaTwrhdWvAREiLQfNq4qh4yGCreKD0wYkiDzzj0QKS26apIYF0mvx6AT5-lwrxEj6Tf66xvbl23rr2JpzQ/s1500/IMG_0628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCaTb5ltwYHFGOjxDtOtS6oqesaz_lKspw5nXikIr10VZ3mca1Io7TVtKlGaTwrhdWvAREiLQfNq4qh4yGCreKD0wYkiDzzj0QKS26apIYF0mvx6AT5-lwrxEj6Tf66xvbl23rr2JpzQ/w640-h480/IMG_0628.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Dayle got me a replacement Daphne which we need to plant and my sister Denise's gift to me at our luncheon was this beautiful blue ground-cover called Lithodora. Now to find just the right spot for it.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZBIZRCBujsjNPG6hSpeK5a6W1Ud99wEWzCWv1km63xvbsOrdkY9Uy7TK6-N_kg0kTPaVHpGkhSM-Q8AEeBcXgyNK8ZGe5gKn9Sdxjx86KeFk_Xq2enh-Fh2V3rkqbikkeOzx8lOOko4/s1500/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1500" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZBIZRCBujsjNPG6hSpeK5a6W1Ud99wEWzCWv1km63xvbsOrdkY9Uy7TK6-N_kg0kTPaVHpGkhSM-Q8AEeBcXgyNK8ZGe5gKn9Sdxjx86KeFk_Xq2enh-Fh2V3rkqbikkeOzx8lOOko4/w640-h502/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Shirley's xmas gift to me were these cute little jadeite salt cellars. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrL1EKwmLFzt06PFEOy1iYZo5SGWliJFjjSIV0YEoSjfKss-coZZm_VoqeeFz9c-PUDSgF_DEB_jdiJsTuOQvbyRuJXxYPXkIt5vjnpmMREV334topd8btuIUHpzbdXgPaXtrd7TxFrs/s1500/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1500" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrL1EKwmLFzt06PFEOy1iYZo5SGWliJFjjSIV0YEoSjfKss-coZZm_VoqeeFz9c-PUDSgF_DEB_jdiJsTuOQvbyRuJXxYPXkIt5vjnpmMREV334topd8btuIUHpzbdXgPaXtrd7TxFrs/w640-h420/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>No big weekend plans for us, just enjoying the sunshine and getting our outdoor living areas tidied up. I need to make a list! Any exciting plans on your end? Have a fun one! ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-77522378458658548322021-04-14T11:38:00.031-07:002021-04-14T17:30:45.566-07:00Pacific Rim<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Is the name of my last daffodil variety to bloom in our garden. My last bulb order was for Mt. Hood, a white one and this one. But then all the white ones bloomed and no Pacific Rim and I thought the bulb company messed up the order. But then.. poof.. these began appearing in amongst the whites. I love them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7xbhwxc6y_eCIaZ_qb_PQ6xipJgMgj5qPJlUHIxhpBnzfWyjHchwkGAQLOjAYHTFsZ45EsQE0Xnl75bhGORL2uB73mbOfplo2p_OMhxDM7T1kYcnvFCkFOaFdwQE1rejNJzQaL7hdkU/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7xbhwxc6y_eCIaZ_qb_PQ6xipJgMgj5qPJlUHIxhpBnzfWyjHchwkGAQLOjAYHTFsZ45EsQE0Xnl75bhGORL2uB73mbOfplo2p_OMhxDM7T1kYcnvFCkFOaFdwQE1rejNJzQaL7hdkU/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">It really is amazing how many varieties of daffodil there are.</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4S0xF4nP8qi8-A_Lp_OOh0K9GdZC5LhJPCQPPEAIi2De-3xQRqVllr8UoV8Akz1AoOzXUzJOGwaYYqXg1TwAy-V5_NvuVsk8WxqtDL4DqyrKm-Pvug7BDo2fCsfwD0vaF1M0R0CfD6g/s2019/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4S0xF4nP8qi8-A_Lp_OOh0K9GdZC5LhJPCQPPEAIi2De-3xQRqVllr8UoV8Akz1AoOzXUzJOGwaYYqXg1TwAy-V5_NvuVsk8WxqtDL4DqyrKm-Pvug7BDo2fCsfwD0vaF1M0R0CfD6g/w634-h640/2.JPG" width="634" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I need to bring a few of these inside to enjoy.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyPKf1R9NyvBBaVTAr13QDBk_8Yo6yNg5jL9RDLdV344K0CUDf_oZDrisUqAomycoc53ZxGBZC5pKJodHHOkWIt633w-rhxRFe_RNZPlFJsD6K4uUMiQdPhGbUcczDc5mXWcbGydvTOA/s2011/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyyPKf1R9NyvBBaVTAr13QDBk_8Yo6yNg5jL9RDLdV344K0CUDf_oZDrisUqAomycoc53ZxGBZC5pKJodHHOkWIt633w-rhxRFe_RNZPlFJsD6K4uUMiQdPhGbUcczDc5mXWcbGydvTOA/w636-h640/3.JPG" width="636" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I spent time this weekend weaving in 30 ends on my Meadow blanket. Not my favorite chore but once done I started crocheting my 4th round of 15 colors and once done, then blanket will be done and I will crochet the border Lucy designed. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTTSOUiO_J5assj60lkk9DjcIvX7MqTquoGDRNrRBqgqkL_MTMiBIztAyJaFCE93k_0EdHCksX9jsNCVN5WZOSnqiKRb0sUBMpwfRaVukL9F0Gep5WDPZCLi9vpdgd3RRDuXF9ybH6Ng/s2000/IMG_0576.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTTSOUiO_J5assj60lkk9DjcIvX7MqTquoGDRNrRBqgqkL_MTMiBIztAyJaFCE93k_0EdHCksX9jsNCVN5WZOSnqiKRb0sUBMpwfRaVukL9F0Gep5WDPZCLi9vpdgd3RRDuXF9ybH6Ng/w640-h480/IMG_0576.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dayle and I made a key lime pie together, I worked on the graham cracker crust and he mixed up the filling. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjyCCsxrkMpAxWVxsN4U9tuhWKy4BP5BBrihPIMVFCEIZF6PCd-sFqlPpUwE2IPzTjQd2IDpZPALuqSsLnW4Ryp1rchd9hDIiv9Vcd6qPPkHBksYez2kXVf9bCXPlfXkDlUijLmzJlgc/s2000/IMG_0605.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="2000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjyCCsxrkMpAxWVxsN4U9tuhWKy4BP5BBrihPIMVFCEIZF6PCd-sFqlPpUwE2IPzTjQd2IDpZPALuqSsLnW4Ryp1rchd9hDIiv9Vcd6qPPkHBksYez2kXVf9bCXPlfXkDlUijLmzJlgc/w640-h430/IMG_0605.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We used Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Juice and followed their recipe. It's really easy, a can of sweetened condensed milk, 3 egg yolks and a half a cup of the lime juice. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YSMpGw9OrMrcgfsDN3MMpsz4T4eSVLntyxaQQr53qrRtbntHSfH-pDDGMsqLT3DA_rB3dT81ptAVHiLS98wXnxsXzw_VPhsU0K9AM4Gc-C1I6p4TxCnXo_rGCwxognUqZP83ycMGgIc/s2000/IMG_0606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1663" data-original-width="2000" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YSMpGw9OrMrcgfsDN3MMpsz4T4eSVLntyxaQQr53qrRtbntHSfH-pDDGMsqLT3DA_rB3dT81ptAVHiLS98wXnxsXzw_VPhsU0K9AM4Gc-C1I6p4TxCnXo_rGCwxognUqZP83ycMGgIc/w640-h532/IMG_0606.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Here it is out of the oven. I will serve it with whipped cream and grated lime peel on top.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYanISlGm90ST-9MjwjqMvthIi6XBVPk8bvhjG2x8yTNOjpoFhMtE_nvLjRIgxQaUhP7z84lrVp2Pbto38qiS5BF5QamlQ3mY1bibmNR8M0HWl9jzP36vNQSzHob34XBVo97nKDlAtGI/s2000/IMG_0609.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="2000" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYanISlGm90ST-9MjwjqMvthIi6XBVPk8bvhjG2x8yTNOjpoFhMtE_nvLjRIgxQaUhP7z84lrVp2Pbto38qiS5BF5QamlQ3mY1bibmNR8M0HWl9jzP36vNQSzHob34XBVo97nKDlAtGI/w640-h544/IMG_0609.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>I am taking this for a post-fully vaccinated luncheon at my sister Denise's home with our friend Shirley. :-) I'm home now! We had to reschedule our Christmas luncheon and gift exchange so I gave Shirley 2 pairs of beeswax candles I rolled and a knitted cotton dishcloth you can see on the left.</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrRF5ZfhGmdsJn-YoJpZ_GlyTABXwho9vE5oxAUMTdKPvlZIt_1MuA9otpRkUkqF63OMndteHjwqOnj3Kt4I57zYXc63D_k9SO1Fg6LJ982WUkza6Cp06FAdqUlsFimVJVpVUHTeY7QY/s1613/IMG_0610.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrRF5ZfhGmdsJn-YoJpZ_GlyTABXwho9vE5oxAUMTdKPvlZIt_1MuA9otpRkUkqF63OMndteHjwqOnj3Kt4I57zYXc63D_k9SO1Fg6LJ982WUkza6Cp06FAdqUlsFimVJVpVUHTeY7QY/w596-h640/IMG_0610.JPG" width="596" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Sister Denise made some cheesy polenta, roasted veggies and sauteed mushrooms and chicken.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aLAc4vbMNY5qa_2842Q8XG5B53WMdfPp41IRyWCJkmZ-rzCBDaP3q2cU-_yezWerQbeluIUm_hDVbm9NVhf3oYggumLgqCarQpcGPLsfbekInmy4QFB4wiuegudS2YlOn6kY3UlCyTg/s1500/IMG_0611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1500" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aLAc4vbMNY5qa_2842Q8XG5B53WMdfPp41IRyWCJkmZ-rzCBDaP3q2cU-_yezWerQbeluIUm_hDVbm9NVhf3oYggumLgqCarQpcGPLsfbekInmy4QFB4wiuegudS2YlOn6kY3UlCyTg/w640-h510/IMG_0611.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The key lime pie was a hit, I cut and plated them then added some whipped cream and topped it off with fresh grated lime peel.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0m2UrhhRyqg4qgKjkakbRYMu6tK93RYRnDLhQNWAcwR6d7R0-85Fg8g4OQviBxxzsSGE_gmJPUkACN72LEuN5XXBcNAHG4PWb0SbaP9zKnNMQFCdc5TmE4ZAK5HP5lM3F7RUYmzA-bMo/s2000/IMG_0612.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2000" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0m2UrhhRyqg4qgKjkakbRYMu6tK93RYRnDLhQNWAcwR6d7R0-85Fg8g4OQviBxxzsSGE_gmJPUkACN72LEuN5XXBcNAHG4PWb0SbaP9zKnNMQFCdc5TmE4ZAK5HP5lM3F7RUYmzA-bMo/w640-h494/IMG_0612.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">OK, that's it for now. Have a great hump day!</span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-1198233648423318222021-04-12T12:38:00.002-07:002021-04-12T17:13:55.776-07:00Change of Plans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Our dinner with our son and grandson and his GF had to be rescheduled to next weekend. Michael was ill and Shawn let us know early so we could cancel so as not to expose us to something. We did have our grandson Hayden with us for the weekend. Our lilacs are advancing! This is the white one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz23X1IiDAqMhELSMLk73srFs-xrGBNggll-EQiUnfL7V7-y3S3KHCf2Ga-Fw3nSmvOiLtsNXWrAudRNCfDY-Xh4L64iuOcOwXqFNl6C8uAQ_M7tEMC_MibmwJueQIPS2JuE5JyqXBtVU/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz23X1IiDAqMhELSMLk73srFs-xrGBNggll-EQiUnfL7V7-y3S3KHCf2Ga-Fw3nSmvOiLtsNXWrAudRNCfDY-Xh4L64iuOcOwXqFNl6C8uAQ_M7tEMC_MibmwJueQIPS2JuE5JyqXBtVU/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Our peony is getting ready to bloom, too.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-UVVARt2k6yKAGbvQE_vd-7LN4K1-tdAJRyM4PCgCwqP0YRMZ_eHaAobyvjMDTLtf60-bSs0puG55fTsbw-5r_rimn6JBxEBcyTQfI6RRu35cyeqqJcDuPfXjX8RnimHarmyzAz-Org/s1500/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-UVVARt2k6yKAGbvQE_vd-7LN4K1-tdAJRyM4PCgCwqP0YRMZ_eHaAobyvjMDTLtf60-bSs0puG55fTsbw-5r_rimn6JBxEBcyTQfI6RRu35cyeqqJcDuPfXjX8RnimHarmyzAz-Org/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The corkscrew willow is leafing out.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hXw706OHLbxA0xIN2EJKx3ee-uugVCvMTHoyxH7M_eQxD9d3ehRfpQsfQNBNocqqgYkVHGfdXAtTnQpk3qg78xDiU-DZEOjROstM9QTPLUyd2EDAt44Epb1BxMtNue9jQchgq5BXIFA/s1333/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hXw706OHLbxA0xIN2EJKx3ee-uugVCvMTHoyxH7M_eQxD9d3ehRfpQsfQNBNocqqgYkVHGfdXAtTnQpk3qg78xDiU-DZEOjROstM9QTPLUyd2EDAt44Epb1BxMtNue9jQchgq5BXIFA/w480-h640/3.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Our son Travis came to pick up Hayden on Sunday and brought me something I'd found at Tractor Supply near their house. Our boy is doing so well and has been back to work for a few weeks now. His boss retired and handed over the leadership role to him and he's now the Engineering Department Chief. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1Ad4Y8IpZ8ijv6WmFUiNkZHDdvFj1tVbflVPZYC12BFVE13uz57nJp6b-aYQFXFdLWolUO028NwbxjyLdpZylnIX_PmNisnCTb9oyahsFA6FyxGeVLrplr6VKL23_PIPsN9EnVNSBnQ/s1500/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1Ad4Y8IpZ8ijv6WmFUiNkZHDdvFj1tVbflVPZYC12BFVE13uz57nJp6b-aYQFXFdLWolUO028NwbxjyLdpZylnIX_PmNisnCTb9oyahsFA6FyxGeVLrplr6VKL23_PIPsN9EnVNSBnQ/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Hayden holding Mocha before he heads home.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTM6KUjkE5Ep6AR71-UIYJ-7czUIR33OcN9Dge_o_TjF2JKow9I_n2gwamRNmxjodG7buCUvSfApHCodDkpbV-LapfCkiV-f-fAdFrbpkjj5zEy9bi0AMNEU4h2cUlQhdftx9EvqK1q0/s1334/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTM6KUjkE5Ep6AR71-UIYJ-7czUIR33OcN9Dge_o_TjF2JKow9I_n2gwamRNmxjodG7buCUvSfApHCodDkpbV-LapfCkiV-f-fAdFrbpkjj5zEy9bi0AMNEU4h2cUlQhdftx9EvqK1q0/w576-h640/5.JPG" width="576" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">The daffodils are starting to wane but are still being enjoyed.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgoIOLAQdFraPQIWfB_vqpEDw32OqmCftBITzpCLz2vahwMugUStb7h2Oy-SUi5btRe1A3SCdQoIv38lpv-rJk21wum_8AWHKOsOspH76ms6MrsgbvISFcan6EaiJcqpANjdUCK1BmfQ/s1600/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgoIOLAQdFraPQIWfB_vqpEDw32OqmCftBITzpCLz2vahwMugUStb7h2Oy-SUi5btRe1A3SCdQoIv38lpv-rJk21wum_8AWHKOsOspH76ms6MrsgbvISFcan6EaiJcqpANjdUCK1BmfQ/w480-h640/6.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div>The two-tiered server I got to go with my jadeite. :-)</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNnV0fCb6U-h0wEXC8yGvEupNs6ls5p49oeWJ-LzXOHR34ylOJ0QiQA2L_PHupxVv50fk9w4x02kHhR4piXEzokoRyEYMWJaVXfNz_17vcguUFBsESK5bqD_IfYpJZLRe9Thecg4kVak/s1905/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1905" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWNnV0fCb6U-h0wEXC8yGvEupNs6ls5p49oeWJ-LzXOHR34ylOJ0QiQA2L_PHupxVv50fk9w4x02kHhR4piXEzokoRyEYMWJaVXfNz_17vcguUFBsESK5bqD_IfYpJZLRe9Thecg4kVak/w504-h640/7.JPG" width="504" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Enjoying the tulips before they are done for.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEbM_v8WvNapWorbEebKJqSWgK9OXsjYpZ43i6z7NHupw1M7FJKtIKMHkgs4ANJcnbh4NpoPCdWbS2asFh4WFvKa-8ZlO3XAb3qsDfEnUUBEWkOe0cHv8F-AN3sEmOEgFbTt6HVYrP0s/s1200/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1200" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEbM_v8WvNapWorbEebKJqSWgK9OXsjYpZ43i6z7NHupw1M7FJKtIKMHkgs4ANJcnbh4NpoPCdWbS2asFh4WFvKa-8ZlO3XAb3qsDfEnUUBEWkOe0cHv8F-AN3sEmOEgFbTt6HVYrP0s/w640-h552/8.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Such pretty centers.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRfw7QmEE78m6HXhEnxyFaBmqWEshMHKYa6C8q-a8JiXNPLSbrIWsYtWrYiquS0pgxtWInwTXZ_5vs4zYoos-riRD3y42WFBb_nwVnNuif0mDzoP03azMp_rcuuUe8T54xqiMu6K7M-M/s1500/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1500" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRfw7QmEE78m6HXhEnxyFaBmqWEshMHKYa6C8q-a8JiXNPLSbrIWsYtWrYiquS0pgxtWInwTXZ_5vs4zYoos-riRD3y42WFBb_nwVnNuif0mDzoP03azMp_rcuuUe8T54xqiMu6K7M-M/w640-h602/9.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">My daughter Amy took the girls for a spring break trip to Nashville. Here they are taking in the sights.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQIN1X_QvxVyq_kdn7MAVhQTXebc5AiHWqqq8fiM9-4-NqUERiPoH-Irx1yhIT8fIoqwQtp7jwgqTreYhwIBIvkYeEBPZfPZsiE1FdWSezKecM2JB21mgiyAbdUMBjovtH26adApI7tg/s1250/10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQIN1X_QvxVyq_kdn7MAVhQTXebc5AiHWqqq8fiM9-4-NqUERiPoH-Irx1yhIT8fIoqwQtp7jwgqTreYhwIBIvkYeEBPZfPZsiE1FdWSezKecM2JB21mgiyAbdUMBjovtH26adApI7tg/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">When they got home Paige decided to get a short hairdo, I think she looks cute.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNd4yJ8UTS9JqdkjJz5snXJLlIMbpY8CDuLzmIyiZxNeIib91kzqtJyfaoIrx_pMJc68TrR_DjHYv7iIEdw6WzI9wxTBopPjPfAuVifCuE9s7IHHwvxQodg6nL8v7IdHMzBUDnhnZAHlg/s1974/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNd4yJ8UTS9JqdkjJz5snXJLlIMbpY8CDuLzmIyiZxNeIib91kzqtJyfaoIrx_pMJc68TrR_DjHYv7iIEdw6WzI9wxTBopPjPfAuVifCuE9s7IHHwvxQodg6nL8v7IdHMzBUDnhnZAHlg/w630-h640/11.jpg" width="630" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Well.. I must jet as I'm having a zoom meeting soon. I need to put on my earrings! LOL! ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-49046324232576503812021-04-09T12:12:00.007-07:002021-04-09T12:18:30.355-07:00Tiptoe Through the Tulips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">My dear husband went to Costco and surprised me with this lovely bouquet of mixed color tulips. What a dear! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL9odn_DQGNQxhdIb3wgnqeyNiA8w_ksymISKaSBiRqxWH3Z82kxyDmDPHa4KNX50EcRsQl2mISWZKInRiU1-mpMiEnaq9T9D-tdU7PMbGV_kUfq3gWDiIFnBxyAOXK0dcUsIKZCohzM/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL9odn_DQGNQxhdIb3wgnqeyNiA8w_ksymISKaSBiRqxWH3Z82kxyDmDPHa4KNX50EcRsQl2mISWZKInRiU1-mpMiEnaq9T9D-tdU7PMbGV_kUfq3gWDiIFnBxyAOXK0dcUsIKZCohzM/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I arranged the tightly closed buds in my favorite vase. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPlWzsH6bimLC9Vtps8ZVt0lPPlAbLLbADDpA2kaCOX60o9cDFOqrtOtwI60U3lxrlL7p0G8z2E21lg5O-P8wMBBBMwW6ERyEO6xWcuj0VOXJQlyjuaT7GM_ngvOApImVXvyzqZmF2T4/s1936/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPlWzsH6bimLC9Vtps8ZVt0lPPlAbLLbADDpA2kaCOX60o9cDFOqrtOtwI60U3lxrlL7p0G8z2E21lg5O-P8wMBBBMwW6ERyEO6xWcuj0VOXJQlyjuaT7GM_ngvOApImVXvyzqZmF2T4/w496-h640/2.JPG" width="496" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The flowers are opening and this is how they look right now. I'm happy that they are staying upright.. so many tulips flop down. I have no idea why mine are staying erect. I did cut all the stems when I arranged them.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTrVVNUa0kYmVz_x2Zr8qanv2aaR2aYLhxZtzcIChCzwldt_Q0pQXprZbOcLIBX7UxpL_vys9XNqLFdKJurlZPgnDKu3_C8Y3-TFzXVS-5dg2ViJSVfFa5tmmnpNVyRRjbVnoXZn-BC0/s1688/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTrVVNUa0kYmVz_x2Zr8qanv2aaR2aYLhxZtzcIChCzwldt_Q0pQXprZbOcLIBX7UxpL_vys9XNqLFdKJurlZPgnDKu3_C8Y3-TFzXVS-5dg2ViJSVfFa5tmmnpNVyRRjbVnoXZn-BC0/w454-h640/3.JPG" width="454" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Having these beauties just 2 feet from me is really joyful.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nYZkY0o8V8PQgett_h_mWvyWIFoqFLS8o79RvquqUTBzA_DsmikEq8-F19XTvKmiQHLBk-usQ6pKbckbeKje83JnuvZrdk7SUIgA4SW0iWQiOfk8AGaZqr9TUBVx2RSCuPAQGuVI6AM/s1500/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1500" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nYZkY0o8V8PQgett_h_mWvyWIFoqFLS8o79RvquqUTBzA_DsmikEq8-F19XTvKmiQHLBk-usQ6pKbckbeKje83JnuvZrdk7SUIgA4SW0iWQiOfk8AGaZqr9TUBVx2RSCuPAQGuVI6AM/w640-h566/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">He also brought home this whirligig. It's fun to see it spinning in the garden. I was worried it would scare the birds away from the feeders but it doesn't appear so. We had hoped it would scare the squirrels from robbing the feeders but that hasn't happened. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4AuDXdFwmFKM9PxW8E3Rx8mYpA1erYm4I3DFNLqWZX084AVqWUOLIf5f2jgaIjCBH2WMnyLE-4hOUo5MOaG0PWw11Jx8nb5AxqC-VChedQr74lqf6F_CCTo19XBrWFbFvYBwU8LcMJo/s1200/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1200" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4AuDXdFwmFKM9PxW8E3Rx8mYpA1erYm4I3DFNLqWZX084AVqWUOLIf5f2jgaIjCBH2WMnyLE-4hOUo5MOaG0PWw11Jx8nb5AxqC-VChedQr74lqf6F_CCTo19XBrWFbFvYBwU8LcMJo/w640-h462/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>He also bought this hanging basket of tuberous begonias, I love the flame colors in this one.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kHvpZLmA1Pwnqmp7lx_WHEzedDRut3Qn6QoNLVUNbSOfcWkPzsRgkFTar56mf29QjxyufrO2SaGxmlACCmRU4GA_dC7RMZsI5lQ8s7yuY5lXR7Jat8IOdwNnmtRUsM0WkUQsBqv3Iik/s2048/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5kHvpZLmA1Pwnqmp7lx_WHEzedDRut3Qn6QoNLVUNbSOfcWkPzsRgkFTar56mf29QjxyufrO2SaGxmlACCmRU4GA_dC7RMZsI5lQ8s7yuY5lXR7Jat8IOdwNnmtRUsM0WkUQsBqv3Iik/w640-h470/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>We're being blessed with gorgeous weather and will be 57 deg F today.. but seems like it will be warmer from the looks of it. We're having our older son, grandson and his girlfriend over for dinner tomorrow. We've had to keep them distanced for the last year but now that we're both vaccinated we're celebrating and making one of his favorite meals - teriyaki chicken wings and fried rice. We're looking forward to it. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-19874482717845530942021-04-07T12:59:00.001-07:002021-04-07T12:59:38.528-07:00Daffodil Bonanza<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">More varieties of daffodils have bloomed. I need to count how many different ones I have. These have a pink hue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTOMupRTjp39BjQ1xWkTTOtvF1wKP2zD44x6vWs48b925WInuX0k7b3B13UVJrVMUhVkR2C_ohPjqJ5ylbJPhQA7uxRS5adFsSgjrP_i8hrChhYAfrF-S25HSb22BFHoP1wogwJvtnts/s640/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWTOMupRTjp39BjQ1xWkTTOtvF1wKP2zD44x6vWs48b925WInuX0k7b3B13UVJrVMUhVkR2C_ohPjqJ5ylbJPhQA7uxRS5adFsSgjrP_i8hrChhYAfrF-S25HSb22BFHoP1wogwJvtnts/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I remember buying a package of pink ones, this is one that was in that group. Reminds me of salmon.</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GdK49kZy3sZV4QMuXYY0Fcj87WlVr59mKnAegqy4ZKuT8qoo_hwA5p8KHl2YQbKEnd8HPVB1Raqx-B54U8_AhiLwlS1ueW8RzUiE6uELkxAj0whmRCBw0wmTBVijhUheSoItr8rB9g4/s1500/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1500" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GdK49kZy3sZV4QMuXYY0Fcj87WlVr59mKnAegqy4ZKuT8qoo_hwA5p8KHl2YQbKEnd8HPVB1Raqx-B54U8_AhiLwlS1ueW8RzUiE6uELkxAj0whmRCBw0wmTBVijhUheSoItr8rB9g4/w640-h566/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>And this one with the darker rimmed trumpet.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBg_fDcIkb_3XcMmMPFL2FRDsE8ihVW6uB5AwttBv8D-JG1MnuEkXJ5cuIfV60FUyYJOsa5dGC63pstG4aBtNnHyiaLK-btDNatFLvcY8lT0nMk4ZMfvzqpeBd_vJtaAFqtJhwu7aQX0/s1500/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1500" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBg_fDcIkb_3XcMmMPFL2FRDsE8ihVW6uB5AwttBv8D-JG1MnuEkXJ5cuIfV60FUyYJOsa5dGC63pstG4aBtNnHyiaLK-btDNatFLvcY8lT0nMk4ZMfvzqpeBd_vJtaAFqtJhwu7aQX0/w640-h536/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This one was also in the pink group, a doubled one. I've decided I'm not a fan of the overly ruffled ones as they don't look like daffodils</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZAIm_6uKiq2PTXbzUjS1YmeYFsrDxO3LKQNl5jGQLKA1HibLIsPsC4VhqzpfAF1e1ZiXLBwii4M96iDdSw57Zqxfntj8nK3Fzcb4QL9z7feRZOF4f1FIBAsNbswgW2_WwuV63AfpF6Q/s1500/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1500" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ZAIm_6uKiq2PTXbzUjS1YmeYFsrDxO3LKQNl5jGQLKA1HibLIsPsC4VhqzpfAF1e1ZiXLBwii4M96iDdSw57Zqxfntj8nK3Fzcb4QL9z7feRZOF4f1FIBAsNbswgW2_WwuV63AfpF6Q/w640-h614/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I keep track of the lilacs, this is my white bush, the bloom will be soon!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF4H3R_ukVSRZEEHus4J6WlgBmqmiIXO-Wd92r0ehRzyC0VTskLX7u9isbIcYjq8KVbeszQa5nOhpJ35xDWeuD6GXmTTjBifwjwr8X9LR0Or-2GUP9aE-YTzRhf0MSxejhSd4FA2zsSc/s1500/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1500" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF4H3R_ukVSRZEEHus4J6WlgBmqmiIXO-Wd92r0ehRzyC0VTskLX7u9isbIcYjq8KVbeszQa5nOhpJ35xDWeuD6GXmTTjBifwjwr8X9LR0Or-2GUP9aE-YTzRhf0MSxejhSd4FA2zsSc/w640-h550/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And the dark purple one.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDrmdRdhmY3x6tVMlEUc_p8hoIgUWufIlBcerB4w7g6xRH4P5yv9qeEAKhhbvv8jGcoy17ICA3VwIp6-f70y1_R67EVUkkv9_CZpWfkNrbfX-6zIvdmgqLVe801fyKYG5oKJNWO5_IRA/s1800/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="1800" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDrmdRdhmY3x6tVMlEUc_p8hoIgUWufIlBcerB4w7g6xRH4P5yv9qeEAKhhbvv8jGcoy17ICA3VwIp6-f70y1_R67EVUkkv9_CZpWfkNrbfX-6zIvdmgqLVe801fyKYG5oKJNWO5_IRA/w640-h632/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Our first tulip bloomed.. we actually don't have many of them, I might need to remedy that.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxQQhYZ9kBc7ekmCobE4aKHOawMJFVnq9YhdQYnJ2Zj-tupzUEzvcN6nghqmAX6wkm9784tVdMvc_a2vHTpcAGn-odeICgj9fQMwQNAArOI9tatteJLHSDhhcTBlscxnJ18FQF4h5zJ4/s2000/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="2000" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxQQhYZ9kBc7ekmCobE4aKHOawMJFVnq9YhdQYnJ2Zj-tupzUEzvcN6nghqmAX6wkm9784tVdMvc_a2vHTpcAGn-odeICgj9fQMwQNAArOI9tatteJLHSDhhcTBlscxnJ18FQF4h5zJ4/w640-h520/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Here is our dining table with no holiday decorations on it. LOL! </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVrVH882D5OfOsmfkGYmEqCjfPFb-hDh-I1-Jr0Rl3UTyjenagatJ3SLz_4xDdnZ5AS3C1iT_n_qx8Z483p8aWxTenOqtju4Z1kHYr8j7_qDc9SPED-N750TWzaFBKLkgww1-z6i7VKY/s1200/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVrVH882D5OfOsmfkGYmEqCjfPFb-hDh-I1-Jr0Rl3UTyjenagatJ3SLz_4xDdnZ5AS3C1iT_n_qx8Z483p8aWxTenOqtju4Z1kHYr8j7_qDc9SPED-N750TWzaFBKLkgww1-z6i7VKY/w640-h480/8.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dayle brought home a potted lily before Easter and it just bloomed. So pretty.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsm3o4zY3kroTFGbD0IhZENEh9LM0orblY9pd5xXq-akFx-skKiCb1_8cySOz8hiWCyzJ7NSiYf_PBj_upUm0iNqnr-SHYDKsrG2dzK4z-k_lHFKlIAxksAoc0ioDWFMQ8JxpbKbh9MM/s1500/9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1500" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsm3o4zY3kroTFGbD0IhZENEh9LM0orblY9pd5xXq-akFx-skKiCb1_8cySOz8hiWCyzJ7NSiYf_PBj_upUm0iNqnr-SHYDKsrG2dzK4z-k_lHFKlIAxksAoc0ioDWFMQ8JxpbKbh9MM/w640-h506/9.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">When my daughter moved to Ohio I adopted a couple plants, this Bird of Paradise did not thrive where I had it for years and was in very poor condition, so we put it out on the deck a few years ago to see if it would rally and that is just what it did. When we brought it back in we put it in a sunny window and it has continued to flourish.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCJwZXJ8lQcSqTzYp-PLDsgSCawcbIh_HYessG2ETlyXfaASy2Qd4MPgS9Mr02mWYjFttky8CVunmEKKvJ8NrUa1eJJNk83U4_CwpXNOtky8VRuvBnFobGPImsfgxRsi1rckoQqOg4B8/s1661/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1661" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCJwZXJ8lQcSqTzYp-PLDsgSCawcbIh_HYessG2ETlyXfaASy2Qd4MPgS9Mr02mWYjFttky8CVunmEKKvJ8NrUa1eJJNk83U4_CwpXNOtky8VRuvBnFobGPImsfgxRsi1rckoQqOg4B8/w578-h640/10.JPG" width="578" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This is the newest leaf. I would love it if it bloomed!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl77hbyngyW_hDKQWNppPHqM1TPyGIBVsD8VGtDTvVeT6O3YWlr_bvlVrdY645MqHD0uVGPEJvTedXVSKadd5KR5KCHWFgwWa6sSxuNrTuYR_ocHX4LWPlLSnMZHI_hJFK87IOMn_Dj_Y/s1637/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl77hbyngyW_hDKQWNppPHqM1TPyGIBVsD8VGtDTvVeT6O3YWlr_bvlVrdY645MqHD0uVGPEJvTedXVSKadd5KR5KCHWFgwWa6sSxuNrTuYR_ocHX4LWPlLSnMZHI_hJFK87IOMn_Dj_Y/w470-h640/11.JPG" width="470" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And here I am in my easy chair, blogging on my laptop and enjoying my view of the dining room.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy4mWIGTIuC3j-V1pNGo8iCeh6HR_adBJeo8HYdtTGE3ixCQiP_FngW931Qx6g5AL9lR2vxhp9nNzxD0eh5AaG1E3-TwIioiiVzATH5G0mgiCbe2md1RnPMjdV-wmazkKb0ckkXqs-eo/s1450/12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmy4mWIGTIuC3j-V1pNGo8iCeh6HR_adBJeo8HYdtTGE3ixCQiP_FngW931Qx6g5AL9lR2vxhp9nNzxD0eh5AaG1E3-TwIioiiVzATH5G0mgiCbe2md1RnPMjdV-wmazkKb0ckkXqs-eo/w530-h640/12.JPG" width="530" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>That's my latest.. what's new with you?</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-27944292834054825822021-04-05T11:49:00.004-07:002021-04-05T14:01:23.002-07:00Hidden Treasures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Dayle mentioned that there was a big pot behind the garage filled with daffodils. OH? So he picked a bouquet and brought them in. They are so frilly and pretty, 2 toned yellow. So, I decided to arrange them in my lovebird vase. It's quite low so I had to trim the stems very short and carefully arrange them but it turned out so pretty!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3W0KibkLLH2c0h0HCLvYEkSlEfoxDGRNfK0aUyp6-AD-pLGpAIPRiAjGb-Zh5_U1P411EJHv2iT_mkznAMv2JsJiGLR-UJjIkx_XWnXK0dAoRwpv8hh9dsYrYx19L25p7BhB__aPVpc/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3W0KibkLLH2c0h0HCLvYEkSlEfoxDGRNfK0aUyp6-AD-pLGpAIPRiAjGb-Zh5_U1P411EJHv2iT_mkznAMv2JsJiGLR-UJjIkx_XWnXK0dAoRwpv8hh9dsYrYx19L25p7BhB__aPVpc/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The dining table looked very festive for Easter yesterday. Today I will stow away the decorations.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wQOVHqgJNv83eFBbBJhuAgYkdu1XPAH1qfVmSHOLr766XC_h36yUjkFVb7zYI0o952Um1XZx6C7WmEs65KRPwnVp4fx8nrwSpRJl5miQoPcfGA0DLHJyfAaHqzfPtQOPTdr2GpzBPH0/s1500/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wQOVHqgJNv83eFBbBJhuAgYkdu1XPAH1qfVmSHOLr766XC_h36yUjkFVb7zYI0o952Um1XZx6C7WmEs65KRPwnVp4fx8nrwSpRJl5miQoPcfGA0DLHJyfAaHqzfPtQOPTdr2GpzBPH0/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A close-up.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRACj6tESVi5LDWjZsKQYDJ5WE5pugHCMYBGv7yjBCW4Bi3_li3icTHwSaleS-NMtAkJGHXwynd176TmzFpW7y329vISEVfgtGlMzn0fsWQNUPCk5nRAzIKh9w0-MJTMlIsFdZr1oTsg/s1500/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRACj6tESVi5LDWjZsKQYDJ5WE5pugHCMYBGv7yjBCW4Bi3_li3icTHwSaleS-NMtAkJGHXwynd176TmzFpW7y329vISEVfgtGlMzn0fsWQNUPCk5nRAzIKh9w0-MJTMlIsFdZr1oTsg/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A peep pie?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt_t2g8ZgzedsK5eDd7P9xhwDETfaykUSbSodVHv-QCEgvZhh19MsiqGW0UaCV6X5_8xsHwOvjNeZtqi9_qiFcUvt_zjCvjDd2s9gclOgX18ZnZTqSvdhLZKcd-ig9wVMrkosFRKNf0w/s1600/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt_t2g8ZgzedsK5eDd7P9xhwDETfaykUSbSodVHv-QCEgvZhh19MsiqGW0UaCV6X5_8xsHwOvjNeZtqi9_qiFcUvt_zjCvjDd2s9gclOgX18ZnZTqSvdhLZKcd-ig9wVMrkosFRKNf0w/w480-h640/4.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Mocha hopped up on my lap so I snapped a close-up. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nUo6NoqFy6cdS5B2Oa2iJMp788w-ua0f_hBHHzk20uEL1TTWOdL7CamCI5NtZxToQG-LFQKt9WU_rPqi7rZFJuTr4fR0MjoxsSsn3aaMCPpp1j8XGqpgOvPd9zd9dQV-eiX6s_E_oto/s1713/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2nUo6NoqFy6cdS5B2Oa2iJMp788w-ua0f_hBHHzk20uEL1TTWOdL7CamCI5NtZxToQG-LFQKt9WU_rPqi7rZFJuTr4fR0MjoxsSsn3aaMCPpp1j8XGqpgOvPd9zd9dQV-eiX6s_E_oto/w560-h640/5.JPG" width="560" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>Our little precious girl. </div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFvJAhqbNI3U93aKbX6N0Y_xMqCbWn6PQwQmHtKpka1OSSoZj8evaV4T4LMlWbq1z2YX2fl1Rs_o5TyyFjFeMU9SIMfRoZUWBIO-PpC9dDEXTStUtbRnJM9fYdMUpwGq9YrtWO4yKdVA/s1500/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="1500" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFvJAhqbNI3U93aKbX6N0Y_xMqCbWn6PQwQmHtKpka1OSSoZj8evaV4T4LMlWbq1z2YX2fl1Rs_o5TyyFjFeMU9SIMfRoZUWBIO-PpC9dDEXTStUtbRnJM9fYdMUpwGq9YrtWO4yKdVA/w640-h568/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dayle needed a shopping list so I got this notepad out of my rack on the wall next to my chair and used my fountain pen to start a list. We had frozen steaks defrosting but needed baking potatoes and things for a salad for our Easter dinner.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fRoLUZD_iciYrNtV1n6BKBnv1wENQNvFwGTUWP2th8wig4U5jMTyi4642wGi-6ix1QXH8DQjh0aAsuxVLS44tCa2TPXQ5kAr9dGuS8aPLC0OuI97-t6X7abe0Wu9aoQmJTjC1Sp1IGc/s1798/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fRoLUZD_iciYrNtV1n6BKBnv1wENQNvFwGTUWP2th8wig4U5jMTyi4642wGi-6ix1QXH8DQjh0aAsuxVLS44tCa2TPXQ5kAr9dGuS8aPLC0OuI97-t6X7abe0Wu9aoQmJTjC1Sp1IGc/w570-h640/7.JPG" width="570" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>Chef Dayle made theeeeee most delicious dinner! Broiled beef tenderloins done to perfection, he sprinkles them with Worcestershire, garlic powder, salt and pepper and this time put a little Irish butter on top when it came out of the oven. He baked the potatoes in the microwave and we added salt, pepper, butter, crumbled bacon and some Uncle Dan's ranch dressing which is garlicky and herby. We usually have hot vegetables with our steak but this time he made salads of butter lettuce, tiny tomatoes, sliced fresh mushrooms, Uncle Dan's dressing and a topper of nuts, crumbled bacon and dried cranberries. Yum! <br /></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisdgzGrOIJTWof6uex_XedmygcVGylKtFJR3voxirpM8JJxgNPgZL3VVzsyMNo3Pdvu88pd-NZE9ZaPUdBGXxvUTs0qCGqEL8nmDbkBBFgd6dYIPUUQZNMpic1mp7jB822S0uj5xtvsE/s1457/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisdgzGrOIJTWof6uex_XedmygcVGylKtFJR3voxirpM8JJxgNPgZL3VVzsyMNo3Pdvu88pd-NZE9ZaPUdBGXxvUTs0qCGqEL8nmDbkBBFgd6dYIPUUQZNMpic1mp7jB822S0uj5xtvsE/w528-h640/9.JPG" width="528" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I told him we couldn't have had a better meal at a super fancy steak house! :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAxdO5m1PAmNYu5o1Wimy1ccaGn-bT2X2KWWW4kJeQJqoTkdKnSH-giFPsU73Bv5BziX-nRKWtn0C7C-Yab7E4nCTC3EQ7mjQ_5CG2FRVeS0aH0l9Zf_zChDgdqX1-EhKnX8PmeR1hOY/s1500/10.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAxdO5m1PAmNYu5o1Wimy1ccaGn-bT2X2KWWW4kJeQJqoTkdKnSH-giFPsU73Bv5BziX-nRKWtn0C7C-Yab7E4nCTC3EQ7mjQ_5CG2FRVeS0aH0l9Zf_zChDgdqX1-EhKnX8PmeR1hOY/w640-h480/10.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A neat image I found on FB. That is Mt. Hood.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dXZdE1CsrgI6RdFhNC4nVJptqS3E8O1wEask0DLsD56bsXT1su9Las_StaYGeqsZRb5x__0dlsu2rufHXmoq2m37LAu1YHmYulVQ8ovalJLc5CJeGTH4vSSwO2xVFoRTFFay71qiYyQ/s1440/11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dXZdE1CsrgI6RdFhNC4nVJptqS3E8O1wEask0DLsD56bsXT1su9Las_StaYGeqsZRb5x__0dlsu2rufHXmoq2m37LAu1YHmYulVQ8ovalJLc5CJeGTH4vSSwO2xVFoRTFFay71qiYyQ/w520-h640/11.jpg" width="520" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>Did you have a good weekend? I hope so! </span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-40106050572692973192021-04-02T14:01:00.006-07:002021-04-02T19:38:29.609-07:00Trillium Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I've been keeping my eye out for the first bloom of Trilliums in our woods and yesterday spied the first one opening up. So, my dear husband trekked up behind our creek and snapped a few photos for me. Isn't this beautiful? Now I know it's Springtime. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0lA1O9Q8HNx3zhdRiQklbi7jPT8chmUn5ouJ-H5r0mOs3ezvgnbMyTNGvyDlZzucOaE3K-6YQc-wUu0H0k_rJkWTrowtxE019r_4XtotyY4qQo4pTlSKsz_SDVZuOjbKeyLBUBQ69Wg/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0lA1O9Q8HNx3zhdRiQklbi7jPT8chmUn5ouJ-H5r0mOs3ezvgnbMyTNGvyDlZzucOaE3K-6YQc-wUu0H0k_rJkWTrowtxE019r_4XtotyY4qQo4pTlSKsz_SDVZuOjbKeyLBUBQ69Wg/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The purple flowers are creeping myrtle and have spread all around our woods but it's pretty.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dhzFCQtY3CxT39y_DAch4I_OtiM6gyPAKWY0PYcGVv60gOStRDCrWvCXSRtFaSRuuy8LyQBpd41F7t6S3oPhpjHKhgTEpchMsgcdx-bHzjr_wDacaYrqYTMQY4cAj6tCny-AYJsylfU/s1800/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dhzFCQtY3CxT39y_DAch4I_OtiM6gyPAKWY0PYcGVv60gOStRDCrWvCXSRtFaSRuuy8LyQBpd41F7t6S3oPhpjHKhgTEpchMsgcdx-bHzjr_wDacaYrqYTMQY4cAj6tCny-AYJsylfU/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">He snapped this of the Mt. Hood white daffodils that we planted in this pot in the autumn.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6DD5Hdu48uUsjMYjLNjHkFVWrSTmp7KDoUG5hhXWoQq1qkWXqn4fSiayyWT6h8i1ntlh6tHchPUR1ICixowbAr6LmExjDuu_KWE-Nx3O5QlUQGxdu_MT9m-QWHftoKRhEG-WY8IpJtE/s1500/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6DD5Hdu48uUsjMYjLNjHkFVWrSTmp7KDoUG5hhXWoQq1qkWXqn4fSiayyWT6h8i1ntlh6tHchPUR1ICixowbAr6LmExjDuu_KWE-Nx3O5QlUQGxdu_MT9m-QWHftoKRhEG-WY8IpJtE/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This is a different perspective of our creek and waterfalls that spill into the koi pond. At the top a Chinese soldier stands guard.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5bCvW0T2UV800pwNRuME4B8EfMEeB8S4asKSKKvTKtjeRjQeCo-dnFowNw5syNtFkbCYrkLOJ8oWryZ85U5W3T4fxvvA2iItMJ0sq_Ip3r083HTvjfhXTp_KGxCLERykcidzlyC94eo/s1000/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5bCvW0T2UV800pwNRuME4B8EfMEeB8S4asKSKKvTKtjeRjQeCo-dnFowNw5syNtFkbCYrkLOJ8oWryZ85U5W3T4fxvvA2iItMJ0sq_Ip3r083HTvjfhXTp_KGxCLERykcidzlyC94eo/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">He thought this lone daffodil next to the trunk of our Pin Oak was cute.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtJHrvbBE83y9WtMebZzcAnd0YMpjAUFx_rOsqN6WaQC_cmTTsZGwfy-aChR6LXqgD4f9C08lTqDyjAhCylOZuAE_ygEWoablHoRNAmtSw4kCOtssy6Oyk2Q-XXuF042qilG3Y4ZjrA0/s1500/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtJHrvbBE83y9WtMebZzcAnd0YMpjAUFx_rOsqN6WaQC_cmTTsZGwfy-aChR6LXqgD4f9C08lTqDyjAhCylOZuAE_ygEWoablHoRNAmtSw4kCOtssy6Oyk2Q-XXuF042qilG3Y4ZjrA0/w640-h480/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Then my dear husband picked me this bouquet of wild violets! I put them in my vintage Devon Violet perfume bottle made of hand-thrown red clay.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIT_t1gFl5r6s714zTe9ueSOBvNPoD8pWuMUyZnlUix9T8ZAUz0n1-QhAKcxrtxL7fr0QxrwVKO8NS4RRD737kYdq8UMbxjfX8z6Jc6macQ_ONDk5cHdqPlF5QyhvAzJKo549P7mMkB8/s1500/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1500" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIT_t1gFl5r6s714zTe9ueSOBvNPoD8pWuMUyZnlUix9T8ZAUz0n1-QhAKcxrtxL7fr0QxrwVKO8NS4RRD737kYdq8UMbxjfX8z6Jc6macQ_ONDk5cHdqPlF5QyhvAzJKo549P7mMkB8/w640-h630/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This vase arrived today - let's call it my anniversary gift - that I got on eBay and Dayle did not know about. :-D I was drawn to it by the little love birds. My sister that passed away summer before last was named Roberta, but I always called her "Bird". So this is in her honor. I can't wait to fill it with Lilacs, Roses and Dahlias.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05ztEM4z1io2YdkHZsQ6YJ8XQkDmM4R_43_XYMCTHcw3u0kPGI4EIbzSYnItnf6xc0wwQxDjnWmRfN8tGznYLd6Qx7_Lf_Rl_Frim38KBxdXBHR6ogipUW17TEcgxKAwR2MVeFyDMNK0/s2000/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05ztEM4z1io2YdkHZsQ6YJ8XQkDmM4R_43_XYMCTHcw3u0kPGI4EIbzSYnItnf6xc0wwQxDjnWmRfN8tGznYLd6Qx7_Lf_Rl_Frim38KBxdXBHR6ogipUW17TEcgxKAwR2MVeFyDMNK0/w640-h480/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sweet little love birds.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi8VU6-eXvCtGU8A0un5r-4rgujvyyGUJCCFPCdcaxLivngtX0M4BQsTWfLSVcJJ6aGYbYdPt4PDRnxsuvE1x7iQThDZEOythhy1pEavsKRVI4lutTDTMeXFZ19RIMhXHXYyoA8-T-4Y/s2000/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="2000" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi8VU6-eXvCtGU8A0un5r-4rgujvyyGUJCCFPCdcaxLivngtX0M4BQsTWfLSVcJJ6aGYbYdPt4PDRnxsuvE1x7iQThDZEOythhy1pEavsKRVI4lutTDTMeXFZ19RIMhXHXYyoA8-T-4Y/w640-h508/8.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Here is my intrepid husband nailing up the trellises that were dislodged when they put on the new metal roof.. they are straight now. Good boy.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZBj1n6m8Xck2li8U8WiOLUHZ3dTOKfxCAQNhAjs2-2Ijv3S4hpnu6nmPjmW1m_4MCHoIvH_att4EGsoJADa3XDKCDros4m81bZ_BWdGWAZJ51Wjww1C0wHJBxSXcTD3FPpRSqsR7t9U/s1500/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZBj1n6m8Xck2li8U8WiOLUHZ3dTOKfxCAQNhAjs2-2Ijv3S4hpnu6nmPjmW1m_4MCHoIvH_att4EGsoJADa3XDKCDros4m81bZ_BWdGWAZJ51Wjww1C0wHJBxSXcTD3FPpRSqsR7t9U/w640-h480/9.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>CJ wins the color of the chair contest! She thought yellow, it's more of a gold but close enough to yellow. I've always gone with the safe chair color of brown but they had it in this glorious gold that reminds me of a palomino or buckskin horse. I was visiting my aunt and uncle that were managers of Roman Nose State Park in Oklahoma when I was 15 years old and my uncle asked me if I wanted to ride his horse around the park. YES!! So, he saddled it up with his black parade saddle with all kinds of silver on it and I spent a glorious day riding all around the huge park. I even ended up on the top of a mesa! I remember being scared of riding down the steep sides but the horse and I made it down safely.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0ecWfcP4KNPjyx7gRFumWnpyFiwqk_amg-BDnB43TT7-sfk69V6hIAZ7hVjZFrVp5fRjC5caRg1mpy9LLIdqz_r3Er5NJCxWidXBUf824qDYS-uZDrlZMhyb-NICVQBPjeUSIzOfAQI/s1411/10.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0ecWfcP4KNPjyx7gRFumWnpyFiwqk_amg-BDnB43TT7-sfk69V6hIAZ7hVjZFrVp5fRjC5caRg1mpy9LLIdqz_r3Er5NJCxWidXBUf824qDYS-uZDrlZMhyb-NICVQBPjeUSIzOfAQI/w544-h640/10.JPG" width="544" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>Last but not least - we celebrated our 51st anniversary yesterday. We did not do anything in the least exciting and we made egg salad sandwiches for dinner. We met when I was a 14 year old high school freshman and he was a 15 year old junior. Here we are when we got married in Louisiana in 1970. I couldn't have picked a better partner to spend my life with. </span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXTPjte7IpqaLg0JTitwYx3e934pz6sFu0xu9lKSJ_vaGpVJqTRg6oC03y9_HiQ6YlqqV_PrOPxR1Qnn4Ims_A2M70bAG7w6cnAHT2JznVfX3lxYM2RQ8V1bOsC6lz8Hv9rRO2WsHDDc/s940/TDWedding1970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXTPjte7IpqaLg0JTitwYx3e934pz6sFu0xu9lKSJ_vaGpVJqTRg6oC03y9_HiQ6YlqqV_PrOPxR1Qnn4Ims_A2M70bAG7w6cnAHT2JznVfX3lxYM2RQ8V1bOsC6lz8Hv9rRO2WsHDDc/w542-h640/TDWedding1970.jpg" width="542" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">This will be a different kind of Easter for us. Our son and his family have chosen to spend the day with her sister. We usually have a nice dinner and give the kids some Easter goodies. Maybe next year. Do you have any big plans? Do share! </span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) </span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">❀</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.•</span><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">❤</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">•.</span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">✿</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.•</span><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">❤</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">•.</span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">❀</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Happy Easter!</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> </span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">❀</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.•</span><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">❤</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">•.</span><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">✿</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.•</span><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">❤</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">•.</span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">❀</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <br /></span></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-51707969152942018012021-03-31T18:14:00.001-07:002021-03-31T18:14:23.341-07:00Future Pie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">We went on a jaunt today. My dear husband, the one that told me I have enough jadeite, called my attention to a green pie pan on FB Marketplace. Really? After negotiating a lower price we headed out to find the seller's location in Beaverton. That is always an adventure and this was challenging as our "Siri" really messed up. But we called the guy and finally found him and he delivered it to our car. This is the view on our way home. Mt. Hood in the distance of the Columbia River. That is the I-205 bridge there which spans between SE Portland to Vancouver, WA.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNT4HhmCwdXo3wpNBLlrnonUvN0uy0WJVp3MIt8JgfLQi1yHNghew1y3bXh2w0L1wfqkNRLPAlaKcZ1TkxVYN4Dcu1cfPKJ9xP7CVkP7bVqpyw9VPfQpaApkrWXBpNPnk4pMmEYnTR2s/s640/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNT4HhmCwdXo3wpNBLlrnonUvN0uy0WJVp3MIt8JgfLQi1yHNghew1y3bXh2w0L1wfqkNRLPAlaKcZ1TkxVYN4Dcu1cfPKJ9xP7CVkP7bVqpyw9VPfQpaApkrWXBpNPnk4pMmEYnTR2s/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Before we got to the above location we stopped by to see my old houseboat I lived on for 5 years. It's the bigger one behind the small one in front. It was actually 1500 square feet inside! I had my sailboat Stargazer moored right outside my front door. If you'd like to see inside my old home, click <a href="http://www.byteresa.com/houseboat/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsokkVJVwpy7EH-qsnuXVebs2isO-EmWJnNpoKZgHNY_zEK7cXECAmCq11_yapdQud4KIQOBuYGr88Y7ELUz4x2yBAPX5XMTr9u-qyv82vJHGdbxmj3wzX9_L-K_z91rRIbyXwag_u5HE/s1500/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1500" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsokkVJVwpy7EH-qsnuXVebs2isO-EmWJnNpoKZgHNY_zEK7cXECAmCq11_yapdQud4KIQOBuYGr88Y7ELUz4x2yBAPX5XMTr9u-qyv82vJHGdbxmj3wzX9_L-K_z91rRIbyXwag_u5HE/w640-h456/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">The living room had a huge picture window where I could watch the boats go by. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBq1FM7mQ2jAJrRt3Q3QAFyFpj3ODF06g8NO7b1UjKOIk3j0Ju0OFezpf_MwW3wqRsZkfE4o7bXWVVmRDiOWcNbLnSD7NvwGRKsah3sEsW7VGsu6CRIWRyLOf3sd5Vu0-TeEoMaMuybgc/s1500/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1500" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBq1FM7mQ2jAJrRt3Q3QAFyFpj3ODF06g8NO7b1UjKOIk3j0Ju0OFezpf_MwW3wqRsZkfE4o7bXWVVmRDiOWcNbLnSD7NvwGRKsah3sEsW7VGsu6CRIWRyLOf3sd5Vu0-TeEoMaMuybgc/w640-h494/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">And this is the prize we brought home. Now we have to make a pie. :-) I want to make a key lime pie and Dayle wants to make apple or pumpkin. What would you suggest we make? My mom was a renowned pie maker and I miss having the occasional one. My favorite one she made was chocolate cream. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucdmdtwqlFPTrj28OwJpYQLYvJgAlUPsGA0ZtUr2IXxV0kg77ZGnGmtE89IPEb-nIUObNFCHCsB8nqCj_GCTI1CniQo3qkWqsFP8aRoCtJM0sUadkzGsACqb26fjn-WzRljze25GOc2U/s1500/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucdmdtwqlFPTrj28OwJpYQLYvJgAlUPsGA0ZtUr2IXxV0kg77ZGnGmtE89IPEb-nIUObNFCHCsB8nqCj_GCTI1CniQo3qkWqsFP8aRoCtJM0sUadkzGsACqb26fjn-WzRljze25GOc2U/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>We also had to stop and buy a new easy chair for me. We had given my old one to my son and so I've been using a red one from our living room.. well.. last night our very naughty dog Mocha chewed the wiring under it and so it became necessary to get a new one. We'll fix the red one and put it back in the living room. The color of my new chair is unusual. Can you guess what color it will be? :-) ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-91191368394736687812021-03-29T13:04:00.004-07:002021-03-30T12:05:47.231-07:00Weekend Exploits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">We had our grandsons for the weekend and wanted to take them on a fun jaunt as it's their Spring Break. So, on a nice Saturday we headed off down the Columbia River Gorge to Cascade Locks to see the view and also to the East Wind Drive-In to get an ice cream. After we get our cones we drive to this viewpoint to feast our eyes on the river and enjoy our ice cream.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38LE84arjnpFH0GdMg4lL64BLyYMChDZrbmFab7S5muuXvPB5lsfD33IiaFppi3CaST_EDOI1__ra6mjVb7y56jPzmyn1TVNRSf7K8K7-AxTQVTm-y9HN0B4xATMhj-PtM_Fdti0IaoM/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38LE84arjnpFH0GdMg4lL64BLyYMChDZrbmFab7S5muuXvPB5lsfD33IiaFppi3CaST_EDOI1__ra6mjVb7y56jPzmyn1TVNRSf7K8K7-AxTQVTm-y9HN0B4xATMhj-PtM_Fdti0IaoM/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;">Here is my waffle cone with chocolate soft ice cream. :-P The walk up window is closed but they have 2 drive thru areas and it moved along quickly.</span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjWFcSyYiliKAnS4mrVdrwjeZrErhweCnbNpZapu94u5ptoPuKFV0wkwuJR35sQPe2VBp1ENnDM5eLkuffnjek6Hawwl_TiDnpb3eJYKMiVvD8fDWPWe8mdjf8wyNUYmsDNsAQ9DRoYg/s640/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjWFcSyYiliKAnS4mrVdrwjeZrErhweCnbNpZapu94u5ptoPuKFV0wkwuJR35sQPe2VBp1ENnDM5eLkuffnjek6Hawwl_TiDnpb3eJYKMiVvD8fDWPWe8mdjf8wyNUYmsDNsAQ9DRoYg/w550-h640/2.jpg" width="550" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I love their neon sign. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ftTaAPu5INBOsFmpNUSSVGQtves3g4AqtXAK7W99xAOw09kgr77M8HUHh__yC5rCMdF9BJEWhuXBvIeWlsawKsyGmtI3RIek9rAJapdkJG9YlLnJvdNCa3idmiv54N3KB-H6gTTUQKE/s619/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="619" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ftTaAPu5INBOsFmpNUSSVGQtves3g4AqtXAK7W99xAOw09kgr77M8HUHh__yC5rCMdF9BJEWhuXBvIeWlsawKsyGmtI3RIek9rAJapdkJG9YlLnJvdNCa3idmiv54N3KB-H6gTTUQKE/w640-h606/3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The place where we have our ice cream is next to the yacht basin of the Cascade Locks Marine Park. We kept our sailboat, Stargazer, there for 2 summers. A great place to sail.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pY2owpwEwCZTj9F2jpzenLkucJaGJl7TiSho39-MuB5GBo6qLn2pisnWak-iYy523EtYaWesThfiX1XegEMaRIuT5eFEa5oa2j-6-mvbq5AEgaD8RMGFJ0rJd_Zuxic7zCsVWN1VqWA/s2000/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="2000" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pY2owpwEwCZTj9F2jpzenLkucJaGJl7TiSho39-MuB5GBo6qLn2pisnWak-iYy523EtYaWesThfiX1XegEMaRIuT5eFEa5oa2j-6-mvbq5AEgaD8RMGFJ0rJd_Zuxic7zCsVWN1VqWA/w640-h386/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">We then drive down to the boat launch to get a shot of the Bridge of the Gods. :-) This is where we put in our fishing boat and also where we launched our sailboat.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2Y4hMgX1qHL-QemD01MTZ4NIQoT3m8CycRAYlv38qqvSOHSrNiauXZDnplGfWakKUo4V1kpojDu2t-EgRMu2L9wwaD8LlcHr6qeofedlOnuuGIhB8UMPAYSqGFHLynRQQmoXYs2h3no/s1800/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2Y4hMgX1qHL-QemD01MTZ4NIQoT3m8CycRAYlv38qqvSOHSrNiauXZDnplGfWakKUo4V1kpojDu2t-EgRMu2L9wwaD8LlcHr6qeofedlOnuuGIhB8UMPAYSqGFHLynRQQmoXYs2h3no/w640-h480/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">We pulled into the Multnomah Falls freeway parking lot so I could get this image of the falls.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcB3FpJDKcraGeklaC94Fonk5Gz0gdFzXLMg5rZwKR1Mh6JEJuW4TemCbXUU3OinNUVTyXtL2uywyhIRdKN27m7MCtBN0R1rfBhnsNF1hWm4NPalMpoSx7IBqxRUdVqNCboWbJsl8rtgc/s1223/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcB3FpJDKcraGeklaC94Fonk5Gz0gdFzXLMg5rZwKR1Mh6JEJuW4TemCbXUU3OinNUVTyXtL2uywyhIRdKN27m7MCtBN0R1rfBhnsNF1hWm4NPalMpoSx7IBqxRUdVqNCboWbJsl8rtgc/w524-h640/6.JPG" width="524" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">When we pulled in at home I snapped a couple of images of the Star Magnolia as the blooms have begun to open.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOphI3xdr7ca5XdDnPReHKYe4FGLOEw0y5raFMzvcTmusaNDNrWvv4bjXYOtzNYAhEGcDfbumEnedILckiiGNNpNVY5BMj9LrLYSB1TJ5CMPwxUFV74egpaGoQRUctBfak-7Xzrd4IBVk/s1200/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOphI3xdr7ca5XdDnPReHKYe4FGLOEw0y5raFMzvcTmusaNDNrWvv4bjXYOtzNYAhEGcDfbumEnedILckiiGNNpNVY5BMj9LrLYSB1TJ5CMPwxUFV74egpaGoQRUctBfak-7Xzrd4IBVk/w640-h480/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Such pretty white flowers early in the Spring.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4lkE9JHsa_buchKswBNCTFQyCgN0ysX40eKpUWJWOj_FLpwodbpHIhYULgeF-oD8qfFeZuAdfyJ4Shch2EoTdbTP2m7u9seY8E4abJpHIRqw7deVDXJRjD3nYuhocsu2VnqKSE8wWeU/s1087/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1087" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4lkE9JHsa_buchKswBNCTFQyCgN0ysX40eKpUWJWOj_FLpwodbpHIhYULgeF-oD8qfFeZuAdfyJ4Shch2EoTdbTP2m7u9seY8E4abJpHIRqw7deVDXJRjD3nYuhocsu2VnqKSE8wWeU/w588-h640/8.JPG" width="588" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The farmhouse peeking out.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQA8nuVay7HWQXfwWtoqy4-HomaVji-qWEykOiPHt9brdSh72N65zV9HEyEznOwb7woWbt5nCn49Ah7BTmvQSnXtG1YiieSamY6Hiz8QqBNI_g57sc1OXCDS4CNAqxrrRdUNmBpUFkZgg/s1062/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQA8nuVay7HWQXfwWtoqy4-HomaVji-qWEykOiPHt9brdSh72N65zV9HEyEznOwb7woWbt5nCn49Ah7BTmvQSnXtG1YiieSamY6Hiz8QqBNI_g57sc1OXCDS4CNAqxrrRdUNmBpUFkZgg/w602-h640/9.JPG" width="602" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dayle got one of those Ring doorbells that notifies you when someone is at the door. Oh.. who is that there? Extra security is a good thing.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqBJvpTCeIu_Mnb68Y41rw7OU8M0DFJXZ0-jdX9mHgttdfrqtuh0kLpKAuRJJlw6imttNN-rCjGBhqskqoPqNLoMUAPRK5fJi6jX3yORrqz2S1wwVdFtZM1TrR4WJLTCljkNnlRwkTDY/s1333/IMG_0458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqBJvpTCeIu_Mnb68Y41rw7OU8M0DFJXZ0-jdX9mHgttdfrqtuh0kLpKAuRJJlw6imttNN-rCjGBhqskqoPqNLoMUAPRK5fJi6jX3yORrqz2S1wwVdFtZM1TrR4WJLTCljkNnlRwkTDY/w480-h640/IMG_0458.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dayle made us a nice ham dinner for the boys and us on Friday. They loved it.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTVbL7UOjqNok6-zJbOpkqpF58JAq6B-CFS8HOKzYYsx7U7UgaUVMdL7RkiSvQxrMjGkzeWihDz8-M6oNwssnDnDH7s29QxbnQINqCXeI4_FucAQM79wrghTmB-vgztJMSrNr8y0kXGE/s1000/IMG_0459.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpTVbL7UOjqNok6-zJbOpkqpF58JAq6B-CFS8HOKzYYsx7U7UgaUVMdL7RkiSvQxrMjGkzeWihDz8-M6oNwssnDnDH7s29QxbnQINqCXeI4_FucAQM79wrghTmB-vgztJMSrNr8y0kXGE/w640-h480/IMG_0459.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Our Mt. Hood daffodil bloomed that we planted in the fall. The trumpet part has lightened to a creamy white today. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOetm7C3kzR3eBTk05Y-G4VDZJCIC5DLVNxwQB7htLAnCb878PeU0P3XYJF7ksJoBaDMSj8DtOCABDFLT55toMq5J-Qi5HNP8-xAGHJnof5KYIqTKnpOT9T0UOFiuTzaBLOYePyeMgVdg/s1000/IMG_0461.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOetm7C3kzR3eBTk05Y-G4VDZJCIC5DLVNxwQB7htLAnCb878PeU0P3XYJF7ksJoBaDMSj8DtOCABDFLT55toMq5J-Qi5HNP8-xAGHJnof5KYIqTKnpOT9T0UOFiuTzaBLOYePyeMgVdg/w640-h480/IMG_0461.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My friend Andrea who lives in Oklahoma sent me this card. We met in Talk City, an internet chat community, years ago. She lived in Hawaii, then moved to Australia and then to join her mother in OK. She is so thoughtful and always sends seasonal cards to her friends. I worked at Talk City as a paid host to keep the chat rooms safe and positive. My name was TeresaCCC there. I also was the community manager of the Local Forum where chat rooms were formed for many major cities in the US. My job was to see that all of the rooms were hosted by fellow CCCs. That is where I met Andrea, in Local-Phoenix. She has actually visited us here at our home. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ9MP8IRVdvAZPrdSrYJMcurPzXcW3S6K32pKXCjUhtNzdakFbvbzmM0AZjRYQzdIrwhV3sgpztkqFb_rb2YT36MIJuR4Akck5gCp8dP75LQ3jOta-BvNftcGQXPEx6WTrU8haaP0tkg/s1496/IMG_0462.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ9MP8IRVdvAZPrdSrYJMcurPzXcW3S6K32pKXCjUhtNzdakFbvbzmM0AZjRYQzdIrwhV3sgpztkqFb_rb2YT36MIJuR4Akck5gCp8dP75LQ3jOta-BvNftcGQXPEx6WTrU8haaP0tkg/w514-h640/IMG_0462.JPG" width="514" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dayle baked the boys their birthday cake, my carrot cake recipe that I love. Notice we used my jadeite baking pan? :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHlmZw6JOFbdFIaFyEentHH21AjyGE4eflTAzKfv9gOjiUQ6nLoLNhZuROV3HnoOB_V2KIPFMsPrSnet2kXRFs-4_oJvlaJ9fJYJB5VAu67-nZU4pTGYyrHNqkwIshbjIgR7JEQyc6wg/s1500/IMG_0472D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1500" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJHlmZw6JOFbdFIaFyEentHH21AjyGE4eflTAzKfv9gOjiUQ6nLoLNhZuROV3HnoOB_V2KIPFMsPrSnet2kXRFs-4_oJvlaJ9fJYJB5VAu67-nZU4pTGYyrHNqkwIshbjIgR7JEQyc6wg/w640-h512/IMG_0472D.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This was our brunch yesterday for the boys and us.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSS7Oklb1a3ScTlnJfhPqJQl9xzDq-KrKtY0J4HGk123kM5yBWhYx_l1OzlG_uqR-3gRaKNZBqbMXEhGtzWAAwdh6j2aP5G2QJnRnNH1PGTTb4NOPFKBJFvuk7ZTJJV80qVgt_cKa-1A/s1500/IMG_0474.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSS7Oklb1a3ScTlnJfhPqJQl9xzDq-KrKtY0J4HGk123kM5yBWhYx_l1OzlG_uqR-3gRaKNZBqbMXEhGtzWAAwdh6j2aP5G2QJnRnNH1PGTTb4NOPFKBJFvuk7ZTJJV80qVgt_cKa-1A/w640-h480/IMG_0474.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The birthday boys - Hayden is turning 13 and Caleb 12 this week. For 4 days they are the same age. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYByyzpyrxfcOS-HYAvUGVESe8uRyPmcXT_Xzjgkdc4pTbPMyochTGRPABCBn6uP8MdelLm9QQQdn2koBw90p86skPq42lcLMoMuqdHvEUbCrPmGRkBLG4vZb8sQm1fvXgx40sNL3dqZc/s1500/IMG_0475.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYByyzpyrxfcOS-HYAvUGVESe8uRyPmcXT_Xzjgkdc4pTbPMyochTGRPABCBn6uP8MdelLm9QQQdn2koBw90p86skPq42lcLMoMuqdHvEUbCrPmGRkBLG4vZb8sQm1fvXgx40sNL3dqZc/w640-h480/IMG_0475.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My job was to frost the cake.. cream cheese frosting of course, it has to be done just so. I had to spread it evenly and then use the knife to create waves, just like my mom used to do. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSYziErM3Q2UFsBmE6Bx3qOcY_zwXDK7Y6G880R6CkX4aoCnLfu0pwpQOrGptb38nuQmGxe9ZbKkU0XOpek3QP9xMhck9Gr7f0XMugAtqmvysVnRyW1dWnBeubBRib6cMxNJ45znIt9g/s1500/IMG_0476.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1500" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSYziErM3Q2UFsBmE6Bx3qOcY_zwXDK7Y6G880R6CkX4aoCnLfu0pwpQOrGptb38nuQmGxe9ZbKkU0XOpek3QP9xMhck9Gr7f0XMugAtqmvysVnRyW1dWnBeubBRib6cMxNJ45znIt9g/w640-h560/IMG_0476.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Is it picture perfect? LOL!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTq14Y1qO8xZewWO2DR3nynCJ-zu2M-gfLLHbaJqEBfWCWSvJre5QdiOMKHnJSwWL9vbSZudkMQleQiOTbdEg_Y5mQmKgaWLo31GC3TeHT339Cc9KYSUY5lxU_B2Jam-f8Hw0jGTcM6w/s1500/IMG_0477.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTq14Y1qO8xZewWO2DR3nynCJ-zu2M-gfLLHbaJqEBfWCWSvJre5QdiOMKHnJSwWL9vbSZudkMQleQiOTbdEg_Y5mQmKgaWLo31GC3TeHT339Cc9KYSUY5lxU_B2Jam-f8Hw0jGTcM6w/w640-h480/IMG_0477.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I didn't have birthday candles so used these, Caleb wondered if they were turning 2 years old, I told them no, each one gets one candle. We sang happy birthday to them. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5U1EOH7FDJqeozFPiSAbOICewniKN5hy9T8AHASEiSetJRX015glSjIzCFl3aSijiarAu99pPtlt_P10vYENvwpT4hnGsTOgFA5b270PvJljHg4BD5W35DhrJ8fecnQm3mxBFVkwVPU/s1500/IMG_0480D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5U1EOH7FDJqeozFPiSAbOICewniKN5hy9T8AHASEiSetJRX015glSjIzCFl3aSijiarAu99pPtlt_P10vYENvwpT4hnGsTOgFA5b270PvJljHg4BD5W35DhrJ8fecnQm3mxBFVkwVPU/w640-h480/IMG_0480D.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I cut the cake and served them up and Dayle gave us each a scoop of vanilla ice cream to go along with it. Yum!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gNSuDUKn3NmCVmrGQQTZeAadUUOSqYCPj6XDWFifn107QXHwYHd5WmsIaTXY73WMELoPvs5-tdsbHlqmNgRNMOBlBnxahaPKr7cJGPU0NZ7I0i4LrIkxqr-xqjL0kLWGDH53KR4o8Tg/s1500/IMG_0481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gNSuDUKn3NmCVmrGQQTZeAadUUOSqYCPj6XDWFifn107QXHwYHd5WmsIaTXY73WMELoPvs5-tdsbHlqmNgRNMOBlBnxahaPKr7cJGPU0NZ7I0i4LrIkxqr-xqjL0kLWGDH53KR4o8Tg/w640-h480/IMG_0481.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">They liked their gifts and I'd say we had a wonderful time with our dear grandsons.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv8xzDPfxjGVjm6cHbpMNWBlb-ozBNX8M4UQGvClU2jdJIPiKStA2u6bjFGeLMCJ5oh_5a_OgBM8o72ehuZkvFChRRQj9JT-tow-WoA-6VqQOthyphenhyphen7z9NA8q3Kzk5ZzDz16DDPRSdydkM/s1500/IMG_0482.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilv8xzDPfxjGVjm6cHbpMNWBlb-ozBNX8M4UQGvClU2jdJIPiKStA2u6bjFGeLMCJ5oh_5a_OgBM8o72ehuZkvFChRRQj9JT-tow-WoA-6VqQOthyphenhyphen7z9NA8q3Kzk5ZzDz16DDPRSdydkM/w640-h480/IMG_0482.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div>How was your weekend? Do share. ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-25884669139463019772021-03-26T13:44:00.008-07:002021-03-27T11:56:07.102-07:00Daffodil Bouquet and Crochet Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Greetings! My 2nd blooming daffodils finally opened up so my dear husband brought in a nice bouquet of them for me. Sweet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddU4teaTUciIcQCLE_E7hcYMnL72Xp89wLWJIGts0ctA0pOn0mlSHTxupOqokLpO9zB54RSdL_oZ7dDoJGJtvcTf7_08AQA2PezqSQFfqIORYGZWbv0vfAXfFkwg6g14OYOgvAWdWOqs/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddU4teaTUciIcQCLE_E7hcYMnL72Xp89wLWJIGts0ctA0pOn0mlSHTxupOqokLpO9zB54RSdL_oZ7dDoJGJtvcTf7_08AQA2PezqSQFfqIORYGZWbv0vfAXfFkwg6g14OYOgvAWdWOqs/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">I'm using my peacock vase today. :-)</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wWVHevhZag5GaUfDeIfSNy3yUcIwRALIcJcniuXyaFg4foxF7sc8QE0RecwkgVjZcIJY7W9QLXMcaWJCIY56w3m0vCPPUMmUR9up7J8dNVaw0EbVvo9_2lmm4NkGgfOyYBMkSo5xpMg/s1708/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wWVHevhZag5GaUfDeIfSNy3yUcIwRALIcJcniuXyaFg4foxF7sc8QE0RecwkgVjZcIJY7W9QLXMcaWJCIY56w3m0vCPPUMmUR9up7J8dNVaw0EbVvo9_2lmm4NkGgfOyYBMkSo5xpMg/w562-h640/2.JPG" width="562" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It's a gray day here and chilly outside so our pellet stove is burning and warming our hearts and hands.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPjrMYI2ZUnDot53dCe8Obd2wvG2ZDMB_rrEvavam88JiQxJ_lGw8_rrasgjuM_4jorSbc9cWAguIaEJPYYgVMVvY5slINpJZ5LyyQtUJ7SjfBEBh7tcID6343_V8gW5FJmPIkZdJWEs/s1600/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPjrMYI2ZUnDot53dCe8Obd2wvG2ZDMB_rrEvavam88JiQxJ_lGw8_rrasgjuM_4jorSbc9cWAguIaEJPYYgVMVvY5slINpJZ5LyyQtUJ7SjfBEBh7tcID6343_V8gW5FJmPIkZdJWEs/w480-h640/3.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">These early bloomers are so cheerful and I think of the bouquets to come, roses, irises, mock orange, azaleas, rhododendrons and of course our dahlias from our cutting garden. That is a lot to look forward to. What flowers do you have in your garden for bouquets?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfvuiXVHoqYKAVQQeKbWijYzq8RwPBpikmCtrmtlEEZp3aXYKbIRykg0TvT9y45GD3sLLRwL9OqXd-HqWb7WYmSb_c5IlHi9Y-ZWwsVKNExZPEw96UN719Q9DdmwZB029hTPAk5XzIdA/s1200/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1200" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfvuiXVHoqYKAVQQeKbWijYzq8RwPBpikmCtrmtlEEZp3aXYKbIRykg0TvT9y45GD3sLLRwL9OqXd-HqWb7WYmSb_c5IlHi9Y-ZWwsVKNExZPEw96UN719Q9DdmwZB029hTPAk5XzIdA/w640-h564/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I have one more color in my blanket to go before I weave in the ends and begin on the last 15 color repeat.. then a border. Again, doing the blankets is not a race for me so I hardly ever finish on time for the crochet-a-long - but I'm okay with that as I like the process. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHRk_2KkHWdFCTvXbAOytUsGUwFtCHnXBEGFNIdyXtUiDd9oCBTRjZ6uPfCErKPLSj8XE19_fA_MrCb_qo2S0ur9h36kjmu6HKDZVqyOa_39pyj5x2bkgths_fkHyaELSU0d6AyZpfe4/s1171/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHRk_2KkHWdFCTvXbAOytUsGUwFtCHnXBEGFNIdyXtUiDd9oCBTRjZ6uPfCErKPLSj8XE19_fA_MrCb_qo2S0ur9h36kjmu6HKDZVqyOa_39pyj5x2bkgths_fkHyaELSU0d6AyZpfe4/w546-h640/5.JPG" width="546" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">When we were leaving the college campus where I got my Covid vaccine, I stopped the car and snapped this photo of an espaliered tree on this big wall of a building. I wish I knew what this was as the flowers look like apple blossoms but it seems early for them. Do any of you gardeners have an idea what this is?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiC67fgWlYRAPCpuEJxvAuhABN0_l3uUYxjfZtXE2yxZp65eCrEATSCcPLg1z280X2A9UZdKNrZ61AveGBSzSrpfc3NM5AWQ9kr8BTkjVxLeJi_I6VV9QtHRr7iAkXQWvxdCN6xDoIy8/s1500/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1500" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYiC67fgWlYRAPCpuEJxvAuhABN0_l3uUYxjfZtXE2yxZp65eCrEATSCcPLg1z280X2A9UZdKNrZ61AveGBSzSrpfc3NM5AWQ9kr8BTkjVxLeJi_I6VV9QtHRr7iAkXQWvxdCN6xDoIy8/w640-h498/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>Do you have any weekend plans? We have our 2 grandsons with us and we're going to make a ham dinner for them. Maybe a drive up the gorge? I hope yours is all you hope for.</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-91816042695576775662021-03-24T17:26:00.004-07:002021-03-24T18:11:54.744-07:00I'm Vaccinated!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">We took a drive South on I-5 and I got my 2nd Moderna shot. Again, I got in fast, they have a special entrance for older people of which I qualify. A check-in, took my temp, filled out a quick form and then around the corner for the shot, 15 minute wait after and done and dusted! Have you gotten yours yet?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7ebi1O5cU_PPuvNnG4RuI8F-XLVF3HRSKmswc62It06FFYOn_aZlaKhags5GFGFrrmh5tDbkxNLqHxfkb9BZ3zp8eLEjNid1yk8_pBfgsUTj7wjS3RHu-cQojxYZNsFdlavZTPcDD8k/s640/0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7ebi1O5cU_PPuvNnG4RuI8F-XLVF3HRSKmswc62It06FFYOn_aZlaKhags5GFGFrrmh5tDbkxNLqHxfkb9BZ3zp8eLEjNid1yk8_pBfgsUTj7wjS3RHu-cQojxYZNsFdlavZTPcDD8k/s16000/0.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I finished the dish cloth for my friend Shirley. I took a break from working on my blanket to do it but now I'm back to the blanket crochet. I will make a 2nd one of these after the blanket is done. The cotton is very soft.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcxziuC4K440stOcBcLzAC8LqsKCDJuRNJ4pksAiM4cl-jv1EkAxI035giWFsvJDtSKHhHOQFgw31Y64l1uTY_InnhlW4bMOsDTXcDVmokmVUh8PJZmgITg1cbbjb345ESrLYF8Ha1wU/s1500/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcxziuC4K440stOcBcLzAC8LqsKCDJuRNJ4pksAiM4cl-jv1EkAxI035giWFsvJDtSKHhHOQFgw31Y64l1uTY_InnhlW4bMOsDTXcDVmokmVUh8PJZmgITg1cbbjb345ESrLYF8Ha1wU/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I am so much more comfortable crocheting than knitting. The knitting 2 together for this one is difficult on the decrease half.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW9pp10Kx6qwg7IbJ3cTY-9VCIPCaiBqsU0rrQV7t6PbtC8WwcCZ4GNNURJXJIyw5_ORnYqVbFqSVG3iHdWZxH32nxjgAdz7qlKAX_c7OGIPvnAXGjxiXmTWPMvp5zha7H07l3eZCKQY/s1000/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1000" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWW9pp10Kx6qwg7IbJ3cTY-9VCIPCaiBqsU0rrQV7t6PbtC8WwcCZ4GNNURJXJIyw5_ORnYqVbFqSVG3iHdWZxH32nxjgAdz7qlKAX_c7OGIPvnAXGjxiXmTWPMvp5zha7H07l3eZCKQY/w640-h586/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A little green bunny hopped into our mailbox today. :-D</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog7focACIkxHpVK5DURPpLaMccH2KRlbpEn0gQlBz0iSSD4QXpoovH-gxQpIHoiFeURIv6RzZeEWxGtj-HYFU5TaJzJgf3SDi6dLZ3dRrErFN6tGIH8VlkFhJZhBRye4xovO3ws5Ng48/s1500/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1500" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiog7focACIkxHpVK5DURPpLaMccH2KRlbpEn0gQlBz0iSSD4QXpoovH-gxQpIHoiFeURIv6RzZeEWxGtj-HYFU5TaJzJgf3SDi6dLZ3dRrErFN6tGIH8VlkFhJZhBRye4xovO3ws5Ng48/w640-h442/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I also found a plate rack and got it for my dishes.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEkKFjHMtaIsd1Lai01aoEk8CjfuG5pqbuRd44Hxgq-rLuxqB6XtxCcNYEDMJIy1-Q8gc6vR0oZxEmzk_ieQvLw1LmFNMCo504tREs4cp5c-BZOccut95Ofs9h5bCWloFHf_lSmyDbuA/s1500/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1500" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEkKFjHMtaIsd1Lai01aoEk8CjfuG5pqbuRd44Hxgq-rLuxqB6XtxCcNYEDMJIy1-Q8gc6vR0oZxEmzk_ieQvLw1LmFNMCo504tREs4cp5c-BZOccut95Ofs9h5bCWloFHf_lSmyDbuA/w640-h432/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Kind of fun to see them all together.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCX3qiMQBDX2JZwjiP_YmTOqE3TeT38RaUAFlZ5ZFe8ihMC7NPzjEv1CMnoI7ZmZh5MrehqWwH9j4YDgYBmR9J_Txvff65Te0U1Q-gEjRzjF3ZyvXZoCkyVNQHARaIHDSPZnq4iK99lQ/s1500/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCX3qiMQBDX2JZwjiP_YmTOqE3TeT38RaUAFlZ5ZFe8ihMC7NPzjEv1CMnoI7ZmZh5MrehqWwH9j4YDgYBmR9J_Txvff65Te0U1Q-gEjRzjF3ZyvXZoCkyVNQHARaIHDSPZnq4iK99lQ/w640-h480/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This is what it looks like empty. I'll use this in one of my cabinets or on the brick opening from the kitchen to the family room. Not sure yet.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5H_-nmg-OO15r8iVDoK4jgA_W6ZPzg6sA9dlzpVrhH5F9_0rCEeX0sJsI6-dv0vDPyl0TEdGRZM7kJDhTlVQMXKgpUyvnqAa70dMcvV6737iCLaIOhGjRdGdeRZ79fqa7ZLHugbnX8o/s1500/6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1500" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5H_-nmg-OO15r8iVDoK4jgA_W6ZPzg6sA9dlzpVrhH5F9_0rCEeX0sJsI6-dv0vDPyl0TEdGRZM7kJDhTlVQMXKgpUyvnqAa70dMcvV6737iCLaIOhGjRdGdeRZ79fqa7ZLHugbnX8o/w640-h280/6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And I also got a lapel pin..lol.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFxFRvHW62PbXytRf3-g_-yfyfgVYPm3SbyY7j_pNzAJ_t_b20mJLpnNs0peA4lTf_C8EOJyaGdemZilyKkzfzlI3yTfWDnFsziL83tepUJ6eauxCc2w4Tz1XLRgzakfWrQfLnJbqcqI/s1500/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1500" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFxFRvHW62PbXytRf3-g_-yfyfgVYPm3SbyY7j_pNzAJ_t_b20mJLpnNs0peA4lTf_C8EOJyaGdemZilyKkzfzlI3yTfWDnFsziL83tepUJ6eauxCc2w4Tz1XLRgzakfWrQfLnJbqcqI/w640-h546/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">It started to hail yesterday and I stepped out the door to get a photo, you should have heard the racket of the hail hitting the metal roof on the gazebo!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZechnYqUT9DnBLODZq4g4QLwrsmQT3qJKhOQNN_xn2z9jsTK3AS2RBNATPrixpI69GqDoEVaDJaGTU7wsuZnqAamy7mJzYzkR-HQBsZN7ZzRtMg9NTBelwPID4UWC1IqjFk0x32X6uQA/s1000/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZechnYqUT9DnBLODZq4g4QLwrsmQT3qJKhOQNN_xn2z9jsTK3AS2RBNATPrixpI69GqDoEVaDJaGTU7wsuZnqAamy7mJzYzkR-HQBsZN7ZzRtMg9NTBelwPID4UWC1IqjFk0x32X6uQA/w640-h480/8.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>I was texting with my daughter Amy in Ohio and she sent me a new photo of their cute little dog, Honey. Awww.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQePFGDRmtDN9RnVxM293DpCGR6-GOSDj2VGq_Wt5NRswUMZcUrdjDr0anTs4CsoG6yZk7ccahji1Iy3AVsWoM-IL36FjI8d3Y-mdWWhZ_kTVHGFmJ8UfEg1S5-YltqDjyzzy68j0ay_c/s1537/Honey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1537" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQePFGDRmtDN9RnVxM293DpCGR6-GOSDj2VGq_Wt5NRswUMZcUrdjDr0anTs4CsoG6yZk7ccahji1Iy3AVsWoM-IL36FjI8d3Y-mdWWhZ_kTVHGFmJ8UfEg1S5-YltqDjyzzy68j0ay_c/w640-h600/Honey.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">She also showed me a photo of Paige who'd dressed up like an anime character and they went out for a bubble tea. I think she looks so cute!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7gPsl4Wv09eZaY1kMbjbwbx9tQkVpZWf2FMRArVqIbsPdCEk5XX8a5IiNIQes1xoBeqZmKc1GnIsqDyYq8ZfNrJitw91oDMcEuVrXoEOBpoqJ0nb8GropLsEl_ixiFgEFGIbQfq8fs8/s1944/PaigeAnime.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7gPsl4Wv09eZaY1kMbjbwbx9tQkVpZWf2FMRArVqIbsPdCEk5XX8a5IiNIQes1xoBeqZmKc1GnIsqDyYq8ZfNrJitw91oDMcEuVrXoEOBpoqJ0nb8GropLsEl_ixiFgEFGIbQfq8fs8/w640-h640/PaigeAnime.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I scanned my high school graduation photo... gosh I was so young. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIVIL1FSrIQ2WP1MzhyphenhyphengnI64iYRt0ZY4QSXdJBwFwoqy6kAfoTHUg396klr-NL1yF084XvukDx3s6dZVXdGzvltQy0BxattWlNa_PWMhCD7Txw5Mtf29KB38yc3nQ5kHEaRfWLQ0zDrE/s1378/TeresaHS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIVIL1FSrIQ2WP1MzhyphenhyphengnI64iYRt0ZY4QSXdJBwFwoqy6kAfoTHUg396klr-NL1yF084XvukDx3s6dZVXdGzvltQy0BxattWlNa_PWMhCD7Txw5Mtf29KB38yc3nQ5kHEaRfWLQ0zDrE/w450-h640/TeresaHS.jpg" width="450" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Well.. that's all she wrote today. I hope you get your vaccine!</span></div><div>((hugs)), Teresa :-) </div><br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-47098476898078550032021-03-22T13:10:00.008-07:002021-03-22T13:18:56.758-07:00Knitting For a Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I'm normally a crocheter but do know how to knit. My friend Shirley put in a request that I make her a dish cloth. I've knitted them and crocheted them and find the old fashioned knit one the most flexible and has the best texture. I'm using my vintage faux tortoise shell needles which I love to knit with.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6xT-EcF7U0ChHdmeAEjcq9QpkLR0N8YYr3C2pwMdJQ5SnF05envBSW0Ttq1dHQ6kKlF93dJF8hOU0USgSLtxBdMeM1e98cpzK2v4lLgnELn0P2HeLdvFPJqPODRn4UNbdTtbSLytEiU/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6xT-EcF7U0ChHdmeAEjcq9QpkLR0N8YYr3C2pwMdJQ5SnF05envBSW0Ttq1dHQ6kKlF93dJF8hOU0USgSLtxBdMeM1e98cpzK2v4lLgnELn0P2HeLdvFPJqPODRn4UNbdTtbSLytEiU/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Shirley has black granite counters and rust colored walls, I drew the line at making a black dishcloth..lol.. so had to find rust cotton, which it turns out is not that easy to find. I ordered a ball of yarn on the WEBS site listed as DK yarn. When I arrived I was dismayed to see it was a tiny ball, the size of a small orange and the gauge is like crochet thread! Back to the drawing board, I found some Blue Sky cotton in the right color. When it arrived I had to roll it into a ball and then get started.</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5Kdhb-3Hjy70KpUk11nB1rG18DBNZ49T_YXT6H2LbPoKXf-AhLehVBxZNtYVYm5NV2j282YApGnr4SmmULdeSS7phhlUr2aZg2Y3106gQqN-0YIzqnlVdzrlyqCkL-rTgYJFDE91hB8/s1000/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1000" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5Kdhb-3Hjy70KpUk11nB1rG18DBNZ49T_YXT6H2LbPoKXf-AhLehVBxZNtYVYm5NV2j282YApGnr4SmmULdeSS7phhlUr2aZg2Y3106gQqN-0YIzqnlVdzrlyqCkL-rTgYJFDE91hB8/w640-h574/2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>I snapped this Star Magnolia bud the other day, it won't be long until it's a cloud of white stars. </div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxptvJRyhYjsJs59c4mU8ystVqclf1FDQSE5ea2VTrlrlsz_7SLbC7TVR6QC-2mTSdEV3TNt1jBYZp1RITrqrHsHNYbecUSVk_fFQ421MXbHRwWe_2WLfjfVc8hOvx-UIMjS-tIm5SR0/s2032/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2032" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxptvJRyhYjsJs59c4mU8ystVqclf1FDQSE5ea2VTrlrlsz_7SLbC7TVR6QC-2mTSdEV3TNt1jBYZp1RITrqrHsHNYbecUSVk_fFQ421MXbHRwWe_2WLfjfVc8hOvx-UIMjS-tIm5SR0/w640-h474/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A woman on one of my jadeite groups on Facebook put her collection up for sale and she had something I'd been hoping to find, the 8x8 baking pan made by Fire King in 2000 as an anniversary event. So, arrangements were made for us to drive one hour north to Kelso, Washington to pick it and a few other things up. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5ajNobVMhoW4qQTkxFW7x-A91QAETZvJz6RO2zh3QXz26_7cykiMUPQ6nsZxsnQDxNAht4vpuHPprW6uE5GDqJcYmR_ntDBEwpfbsHo1T7pUAAQWhUi-sGdcXpAZ6mmT5_us9VKymhU/s1500/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1500" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5ajNobVMhoW4qQTkxFW7x-A91QAETZvJz6RO2zh3QXz26_7cykiMUPQ6nsZxsnQDxNAht4vpuHPprW6uE5GDqJcYmR_ntDBEwpfbsHo1T7pUAAQWhUi-sGdcXpAZ6mmT5_us9VKymhU/w640-h452/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">She had a St. Denis cup which I purchased as I did not have one. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0BkmpJVX2zSvekRPQvI-lcr834OW1C9TJ_-YkbN8KRFXPhWBYeiKf7LT-x0jDGxfuZec06CISJs4S8DnPe7_1kqhYpH80XvmchU5fxyVWcNGA7aNXaRla-p4JsFd5GXHPfkUoYaBeDk/s1800/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="1800" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0BkmpJVX2zSvekRPQvI-lcr834OW1C9TJ_-YkbN8KRFXPhWBYeiKf7LT-x0jDGxfuZec06CISJs4S8DnPe7_1kqhYpH80XvmchU5fxyVWcNGA7aNXaRla-p4JsFd5GXHPfkUoYaBeDk/w640-h574/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Also new is this little hobnail candle cup. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ublx-3WXe6UA9R-Yv5ZeagQRg3UEO4sqXhSnHQ4gGJRrdtferAOWlKO63GN-kFQW32uUF80mTe7uzQUheryZK7yefNozl9iApGz9R62wGlKLl8eMb-bbVzRJoN7n49S9U7SWHlbWCkU/s1773/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ublx-3WXe6UA9R-Yv5ZeagQRg3UEO4sqXhSnHQ4gGJRrdtferAOWlKO63GN-kFQW32uUF80mTe7uzQUheryZK7yefNozl9iApGz9R62wGlKLl8eMb-bbVzRJoN7n49S9U7SWHlbWCkU/w542-h640/6.JPG" width="542" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">These are almost open.. they're taking their own sweet time.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgYRzIRZFRkp9mPOjpoxsblsFaZEU4DZ9lbdX-DrfdcTCJnZyW8Z6Sy2K3j79nnvDPxst0w1Kj3xLI13234mzlFSs4TYirxsFyRyLy7r5IkmkoOH5uCaMC_drNqaOREVjw8k6lEf81NE/s1000/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1000" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgYRzIRZFRkp9mPOjpoxsblsFaZEU4DZ9lbdX-DrfdcTCJnZyW8Z6Sy2K3j79nnvDPxst0w1Kj3xLI13234mzlFSs4TYirxsFyRyLy7r5IkmkoOH5uCaMC_drNqaOREVjw8k6lEf81NE/w640-h616/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I made our meal the other day, I toasted some "Everything" bagels which are covered in seeds, onion and garlic bits, and mashed a ripe avocado with a bit of mayo, and some garlic powder and Nunu's Cajun seasoning. It was YUMMY!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHLw6VPmJ1vkk_6KpIQ1i4iuyc_r1u6cK97ULzCnw0MIWre83_VmTYldKnbHE1FlI9OahP3JBCsmJav-wnVlxa8yN2kDNdz3wR8BTtMhHMlp0s5KO1YhgoSRdV0Pmm1Rk1Okj8F6_L9k/s2000/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2000" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHLw6VPmJ1vkk_6KpIQ1i4iuyc_r1u6cK97ULzCnw0MIWre83_VmTYldKnbHE1FlI9OahP3JBCsmJav-wnVlxa8yN2kDNdz3wR8BTtMhHMlp0s5KO1YhgoSRdV0Pmm1Rk1Okj8F6_L9k/w640-h466/8.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>Dayle made homemade macaroni and cheese with peas which was delish.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zSI4zmTIi_P4ohxNSa7HHLCXYvpxE_QN7JmO2lFAxeobLii1XQw0-hcabqw0z281BAB1afjciLEtQmez0zXrNy6geo6Ny30btQotFqy-lrvgjtB1drmYImTpz8mI7k0-XUdh0GzxxuA/s1880/9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1880" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zSI4zmTIi_P4ohxNSa7HHLCXYvpxE_QN7JmO2lFAxeobLii1XQw0-hcabqw0z281BAB1afjciLEtQmez0zXrNy6geo6Ny30btQotFqy-lrvgjtB1drmYImTpz8mI7k0-XUdh0GzxxuA/w640-h480/9.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>After a few rainy days, the sun is peeking out a bit now. I get my 2nd covid vaccine this week. I am glad about that! Have you gotten yours yet? </span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-13715638121892235152021-03-19T11:48:00.004-07:002021-03-20T11:49:47.736-07:00Bunnies and Eggs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Greetings, friends! I packed away my leprechauns yesterday and brought out my Easter decorations. This egg platter arrived yesterday just in time for me to arrange my crocheted eggs on it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0mqtqiOXTdXs6ear5SnaklegptGdMY1XyJgpIziVtt_IjrvtF0xIrkLhv_VoXIv9VoLfIZvYhcgIJNoUJeVnJpmUiPDI5gUeQOirceMI9rBThY8-oQDfY8WrNY9SftwFuIGKEu0NwHA/s640/0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0mqtqiOXTdXs6ear5SnaklegptGdMY1XyJgpIziVtt_IjrvtF0xIrkLhv_VoXIv9VoLfIZvYhcgIJNoUJeVnJpmUiPDI5gUeQOirceMI9rBThY8-oQDfY8WrNY9SftwFuIGKEu0NwHA/s16000/0.JPG" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">The dining table is where I lay out my seasonal decor, a lot of people concentrate on their fireplace mantel but ours is in our less used living room and this is where we can enjoy it most.</span></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9VKbcwbmoFkMh8t94SZk8qRtOKvnC2UU6Fgp-0LmEERC2En49S1CpNGYQ7FjZjbTHS59H41c5VOOz49ELLAeWddHSyAJM5jekRbeFvOJemFzdIwYqJvrVQ90dW77r3HJn6mz9NgKdxM/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9VKbcwbmoFkMh8t94SZk8qRtOKvnC2UU6Fgp-0LmEERC2En49S1CpNGYQ7FjZjbTHS59H41c5VOOz49ELLAeWddHSyAJM5jekRbeFvOJemFzdIwYqJvrVQ90dW77r3HJn6mz9NgKdxM/w640-h480/1.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">I am looking forward to making a dozen deviled eggs for this platter.. Dayle and I looooove them.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsppPrBErOy54s0XVeJp7pmbUTK8YzAXvBPj6RIsdhBHjaknAujnWdrMXvDZjCO7vTmsmuIJjYfwdi5tZdKVEWjK2ARJIsABwYNoFwClNGBOvgfUNRz9lPwuJ0jB6-0TdPRwrJ1BoEoD0/s1000/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1000" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsppPrBErOy54s0XVeJp7pmbUTK8YzAXvBPj6RIsdhBHjaknAujnWdrMXvDZjCO7vTmsmuIJjYfwdi5tZdKVEWjK2ARJIsABwYNoFwClNGBOvgfUNRz9lPwuJ0jB6-0TdPRwrJ1BoEoD0/w640-h548/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div>Have you crocheted or knitted an egg? It's rather fun!</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYr_cscjNGSZwLN3_fTFUeeF-46EurEtSGPUclsNd3ZRQJW02HzZhqZNoVTpHuvfXVL7axw8CPx0I5SV0rEh5HLJXMgsSFQ94MSj_7ASKq_r2m5JA_IKpnQvNEbRClNN2aUyd_i-1mqQ/s1074/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYr_cscjNGSZwLN3_fTFUeeF-46EurEtSGPUclsNd3ZRQJW02HzZhqZNoVTpHuvfXVL7axw8CPx0I5SV0rEh5HLJXMgsSFQ94MSj_7ASKq_r2m5JA_IKpnQvNEbRClNN2aUyd_i-1mqQ/w596-h640/3.JPG" width="596" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">And my litter of crocheted bunny peeps.. lol.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmF2zPdEccgk9bw48kdmgLpqdiNYNRij0dFC2YRVsGjetsB1K1VmEWDJU7UkE5JZzNDZj9YqlLq4DnW-G4Sw1g2tCPtMYkuem4J-P3xiMArEfLkm_MO8GG0_uYpxYGvVYW0hhn-RUajmA/s1500/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1500" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmF2zPdEccgk9bw48kdmgLpqdiNYNRij0dFC2YRVsGjetsB1K1VmEWDJU7UkE5JZzNDZj9YqlLq4DnW-G4Sw1g2tCPtMYkuem4J-P3xiMArEfLkm_MO8GG0_uYpxYGvVYW0hhn-RUajmA/w640-h614/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">These sweet little figurines are called Easter Parade. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYXuU0UYNtQln1c_qvLy0EvKTKxo2jf5Qyb0mXlZ-wI5DVm7MrqZaDmjqj_LkPp54qo12luZ5wRZvIwfNvXiEAgGUOUxqKzHnBXz1GVv470kutQYfvNBs3FMveF2pfaaDpU099Y67AtI/s1500/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1500" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYXuU0UYNtQln1c_qvLy0EvKTKxo2jf5Qyb0mXlZ-wI5DVm7MrqZaDmjqj_LkPp54qo12luZ5wRZvIwfNvXiEAgGUOUxqKzHnBXz1GVv470kutQYfvNBs3FMveF2pfaaDpU099Y67AtI/w640-h416/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">A new addition to my vase collection. It's small, only 6 inches tall or so. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnk9egd3wh0CSOciP9CJfBEQZS95DF68LHYyQ_xhb9a2zszzcxPt0YTZU6X6Btu4JJWRQ850xOcjmyKfP6-QDh559dWNgm-qy6jkN9RPUvqmTuGxWq4WalgfSue3MvFITf8SklrnPf5w/s1509/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnk9egd3wh0CSOciP9CJfBEQZS95DF68LHYyQ_xhb9a2zszzcxPt0YTZU6X6Btu4JJWRQ850xOcjmyKfP6-QDh559dWNgm-qy6jkN9RPUvqmTuGxWq4WalgfSue3MvFITf8SklrnPf5w/w636-h640/6.JPG" width="636" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div>A happy aromatic companion next to my easy chair. Dayle's socks are photo-bombers.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Bar3G6NbracqAiRTZ3nOLsIGNsZVBFvgsUanBwVigZ7hic2ATgMUULvyS8a9e47HR3L4TkOyHF-rRga_kNIE8JJ2Ax9X5Ju2LmCthrN4D3Ayg3eO032e8OS_MHzGOSYwnyE2ALXEPWY/s1733/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1733" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Bar3G6NbracqAiRTZ3nOLsIGNsZVBFvgsUanBwVigZ7hic2ATgMUULvyS8a9e47HR3L4TkOyHF-rRga_kNIE8JJ2Ax9X5Ju2LmCthrN4D3Ayg3eO032e8OS_MHzGOSYwnyE2ALXEPWY/w480-h640/7.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Dayle's St. Patrick's dinner he made for us, corned beef cooked in the InstantPot, boiled carrots, potatoes and cabbage with onions. It turned out spectacularly. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsFclyZJN9XkipZRGLKJzK9eLZyYvWBeUswWqtEVTx6b9UIgJ2VkcIymCooQVprRhnAGNGH7lIMyjtgBR4EfvOcA6PHzbfw09szA1POZ2MCMfsSWCgyfrsXrmRKXXPBImAPw6ZTK7uHE/s1757/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsFclyZJN9XkipZRGLKJzK9eLZyYvWBeUswWqtEVTx6b9UIgJ2VkcIymCooQVprRhnAGNGH7lIMyjtgBR4EfvOcA6PHzbfw09szA1POZ2MCMfsSWCgyfrsXrmRKXXPBImAPw6ZTK7uHE/w546-h640/8.JPG" width="546" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></div>I posted on Tuesday, thinking it was Wednesday, did you notice? Betsy did!! LOL! Also, thank you to Brenda King who commented and recommended the "Fishermen's Friends" movie to us. It was WONDERFUL and we loved it. It's set in a charming fishing village in England and a group of men who sing sea shanties. </span><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: medium;">Any other movie or series suggestions? ((hugs)), Teresa :-) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-56872210619855784352021-03-16T13:20:00.003-07:002021-03-16T13:27:53.977-07:00Sunny Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I just took a walk outside to check on my daffodil "crop". :-) Their season is short and sweet so I try to get the most out of them by admiring them as much as possible. LOL!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KLY7qEVFTdM5RQp5_84pZ1kXMcoxBfkEoat1dqNY__3SnqQmUa6Wuy10F7NtdopLqjY-kWmMSMn8_WYQh8l03IX-aTfcjBakPuvSn54zd7LTawSSUpCSfhuNnm7Empisd3gnSSMXAyg/s640/1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KLY7qEVFTdM5RQp5_84pZ1kXMcoxBfkEoat1dqNY__3SnqQmUa6Wuy10F7NtdopLqjY-kWmMSMn8_WYQh8l03IX-aTfcjBakPuvSn54zd7LTawSSUpCSfhuNnm7Empisd3gnSSMXAyg/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Most of our daffs circle around the garden bed next to our pond and where our Japanese Lace-leaf Maple grows. </span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XtYqSzca9FhZeIoAfa1_U-7o08cavmWGk3C_nxiZ4QofitKIWX_xd2F6XcMBknZOwQJ6O569UBXtuqcjCP6fYT5XQSDbeVxQVZoXZ0pJ9kQaXWqBJc4DGJgC6AFGW6mtnmros8ep4tE/s1000/2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XtYqSzca9FhZeIoAfa1_U-7o08cavmWGk3C_nxiZ4QofitKIWX_xd2F6XcMBknZOwQJ6O569UBXtuqcjCP6fYT5XQSDbeVxQVZoXZ0pJ9kQaXWqBJc4DGJgC6AFGW6mtnmros8ep4tE/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I look forward for the tree to sprout it's pretty red leaves.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ7PpITd0LplIN6iFC-hsg9kDAQFiQnjvizQcrtkAK625XhcDWgFxYtnQvWxX-E3UpTFt8_W3qT1O8VVfraJCcOnsPbzoUP56nqzTSnIxV8IBKO92lXfw7Y09yayrRYvpPArXap9gldM/s1000/3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQ7PpITd0LplIN6iFC-hsg9kDAQFiQnjvizQcrtkAK625XhcDWgFxYtnQvWxX-E3UpTFt8_W3qT1O8VVfraJCcOnsPbzoUP56nqzTSnIxV8IBKO92lXfw7Y09yayrRYvpPArXap9gldM/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I will enjoy seeing the new variety of daffodils bloom that we planted in the Fall. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyK5a5m6JPPGQECew5zw6fTl-DDjxj0LtmJDvUxZxQ-S4Pin_8kwTa7yRUk-y74TXhalF29tyBdqISwadNnf-6La_zUyxjVDk0b9yW9TVwUys2rRshfgw2SEXrUlPTnfxb5toVvzYraU/s1000/4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyK5a5m6JPPGQECew5zw6fTl-DDjxj0LtmJDvUxZxQ-S4Pin_8kwTa7yRUk-y74TXhalF29tyBdqISwadNnf-6La_zUyxjVDk0b9yW9TVwUys2rRshfgw2SEXrUlPTnfxb5toVvzYraU/w640-h480/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This Hyacinth will open soon and spread it's beautiful perfume.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SljZF1Grsq7a6Z0WsGMCVbrz6I3xTVY49hzBXXBAJQn6nlSyWiLG8u6RGcx5Wkt90m2U5olDhgxMK6ntm1u9b3IdJh-KxFFCQjdnOC5pCC9p2hpRddxOAwSplfpNwxuHiJgmRPGAifA/s1000/5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SljZF1Grsq7a6Z0WsGMCVbrz6I3xTVY49hzBXXBAJQn6nlSyWiLG8u6RGcx5Wkt90m2U5olDhgxMK6ntm1u9b3IdJh-KxFFCQjdnOC5pCC9p2hpRddxOAwSplfpNwxuHiJgmRPGAifA/w640-h480/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The chickens were talking to me.. pawk pawwwwwk.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmoFFkSg37H72M7O0f0ZLPKgs1hVMDUtx29f2ZzaQrywhOkGfWXzXJMM34u8LscEheo_QgcHrUr4Cjeqb9fQBE54Xqu-4q9eI8e2MgEeVn__bu5q5v-yHo6F3i-a1q4pVS8Yy541iKF4/s1000/6.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmoFFkSg37H72M7O0f0ZLPKgs1hVMDUtx29f2ZzaQrywhOkGfWXzXJMM34u8LscEheo_QgcHrUr4Cjeqb9fQBE54Xqu-4q9eI8e2MgEeVn__bu5q5v-yHo6F3i-a1q4pVS8Yy541iKF4/w640-h480/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dayle headed off a while ago to go to a doctor's visit and run some errands. So, it's just me and Mocha keeping the home fires burning. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShGUs3xHdE7kqG84cEgltbvLcxEo0M1XJPb-u6ukQjshxfVqxmJ2MHLb2Vk5BnONjF4GP2LFR847Qsw-zWWL7B2slyTgwzlW2vpcQGf3C_Pl9TiQm2ZYwbdzVShTZ0q3zmKdiPw6wxN0/s1000/7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShGUs3xHdE7kqG84cEgltbvLcxEo0M1XJPb-u6ukQjshxfVqxmJ2MHLb2Vk5BnONjF4GP2LFR847Qsw-zWWL7B2slyTgwzlW2vpcQGf3C_Pl9TiQm2ZYwbdzVShTZ0q3zmKdiPw6wxN0/w640-h480/7.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Back inside to enjoy some of my yellow joy beside my easy chair, my 3rd bouquet of them. I have some tidying to do today, I just noticed the pillow that is supposed to be on that chair is on the floor. I also have to clear the dining table as a few items are there that don't belong and other little piles need to be dealt with.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWHWYoZ87S9oU6R9W-w518TRD9jWUAlPUFuyEP_zhVAfeiZa1fI2bq_RKO7t6WBBLp_UKyEE7YLxP2jKLF-U9Asc4R-mYsR83LpnzqkvSObRufdMdNdUDfs_0ryrJ572n-LcSquEtaa0/s1333/8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWHWYoZ87S9oU6R9W-w518TRD9jWUAlPUFuyEP_zhVAfeiZa1fI2bq_RKO7t6WBBLp_UKyEE7YLxP2jKLF-U9Asc4R-mYsR83LpnzqkvSObRufdMdNdUDfs_0ryrJ572n-LcSquEtaa0/w480-h640/8.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>That's it for me on this fine day. Are you having Spring where you are today? ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-69118733867697023012021-03-15T12:00:00.003-07:002021-03-15T12:00:43.034-07:00Scenic Drive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hello friends, thanks for stopping by. This view is literally 5 minutes from our house, it's the Columbia River Gorge - Oregon on the right and Washington on the left.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSkHHuxXGXqggKrAKV6PsZNvqAxtlAjxbgiYuA9ZBpbMWK8eMbLoaTC_6u7Ci1JWGxkGBLcPlmUitkyJ8H4BlVmYCpG4OJsQJ52f2yXvYi46E8Phly0i-5G-Z9utxqYVCRfuX3aTE-J0/s640/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSkHHuxXGXqggKrAKV6PsZNvqAxtlAjxbgiYuA9ZBpbMWK8eMbLoaTC_6u7Ci1JWGxkGBLcPlmUitkyJ8H4BlVmYCpG4OJsQJ52f2yXvYi46E8Phly0i-5G-Z9utxqYVCRfuX3aTE-J0/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">We went on a drive with our grandsons on Saturday. We drove west and took the I-205 Bridge over the river and drove to East Vancouver to the Sonic drive-in to treat the boys to early dinner and a milkshake. It's an old-fashioned drive-in where you can sit in your car and order and a carhop brings it out to you. A perfect situation for during a pandemic and the place has been doing a hopping business for the last year. When we returned home I wasn't ready to give up the outing and went right past our farm to visit Portland Women's Forum Scenic Viewpoint. That is Vista House you see.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4dCOV4dDkY44lju2jde5fH46VitMm-m_FaMSUoA_mU3E0S5v6_GtChZ-TUo4MfvGgXPg_NKUepo3Mc1FnNTS1LNf4le2Fmtg6fmGZ4xzvFpU8Z62NwneccV9SYKr52rzZv2ygH1cIXk/s2000/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4dCOV4dDkY44lju2jde5fH46VitMm-m_FaMSUoA_mU3E0S5v6_GtChZ-TUo4MfvGgXPg_NKUepo3Mc1FnNTS1LNf4le2Fmtg6fmGZ4xzvFpU8Z62NwneccV9SYKr52rzZv2ygH1cIXk/w640-h480/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Our two darling grandsons, 11 and 12 years old. They are growing up fast! Their birthdays are coming up and for 4 days they will both be 12. Then we'll have a 12 and 13 year old. Oh my.. that means we'll have a teenager around!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-gwQPie-QjEe6Rv3Xpn_0AESqcIyCD0-ppqyiws4LS4QdeJWrSOicOWZmYLEFK4yEmLnaZuQy_ka6ZlGEA3xkVyiW3Vw6vg9T78pEnQ5AP_Bs3AYceLVakuv_P-ykzqVkqwOXrmj718/s1000/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-gwQPie-QjEe6Rv3Xpn_0AESqcIyCD0-ppqyiws4LS4QdeJWrSOicOWZmYLEFK4yEmLnaZuQy_ka6ZlGEA3xkVyiW3Vw6vg9T78pEnQ5AP_Bs3AYceLVakuv_P-ykzqVkqwOXrmj718/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Then on to see Vista House. Longtime readers will know that I have quite the connection with this historic building. I helped form The Friends of Vista House non-profit corporation that has operated this building in cooperation with Oregon Parks & Recreation Department since 1982. I was the first Executive Director for FOVH and had an office in the lower level of this building for 15 years. Years of working with the staff I hired to organize volunteers to staff the information desk</span>, having special events, filling and staffing a museum shop in the lower level and raising funds to restore the building. I love to visit here and remember good times.</div></span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpiR-iT6e6Jd-4oCRQZr4e0n2fWREaKoTnfDvj4smkfnrtQeY6hyphenhyphen-xfX7OyGcrL1rzPx_xhFqfHCjAUQl-cpkqTkeTl9-_is-ti61FPN03O5x2ghT9aLG5imL2-FaWxkDpsZK-INCexM/s2000/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2000" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpiR-iT6e6Jd-4oCRQZr4e0n2fWREaKoTnfDvj4smkfnrtQeY6hyphenhyphen-xfX7OyGcrL1rzPx_xhFqfHCjAUQl-cpkqTkeTl9-_is-ti61FPN03O5x2ghT9aLG5imL2-FaWxkDpsZK-INCexM/w640-h454/4.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Then we finally returned home in time for the sunset. It was good for all of us to get out and about for a change. Yesterday we took them home and Kristi served us all a nutritious and heart healthy meal. We took Mocha and she and Ozzie had fun playing with each other. At one point Ozzie was sitting next to me on the sofa so Mocha jumped up on my lap to claim her mama, it was funny. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVcr-SKbeHukYMwPi_ZOhyphenhyphenNizOaI7mrOjLFSHv7fDQdbheT4gps_1LLNI5Sv_sa8iXqNawmWcZKGMd7kN4CzQ49I9vrcwAuZDlS6eVznEiQ9KHgeWvT0YYX4VJEuPY-oujo7O9J5K0rA/s1000/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVcr-SKbeHukYMwPi_ZOhyphenhyphenNizOaI7mrOjLFSHv7fDQdbheT4gps_1LLNI5Sv_sa8iXqNawmWcZKGMd7kN4CzQ49I9vrcwAuZDlS6eVznEiQ9KHgeWvT0YYX4VJEuPY-oujo7O9J5K0rA/w640-h480/5.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div>After a lot of rain yesterday we have the sunshine back. We watched a few movies, "Nomadland" and "Kodachrome". Interesting but fairly depressing. I think I need something more uplifting.. any suggestions? Have a super week! ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-56067946947514855862021-03-12T12:33:00.001-08:002021-03-12T12:33:33.296-08:00Crochet Blanket Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Greeting dear readers! Are you ready for a nice weekend? We have our grandsons with us for a few days. Travis and Kristi brought them over yesterday afternoon and we had a wonderful visit with them while Kristi made dinner for us all! She made lasagna, salad, toasted French bread and green beans. I must say it was such a lovely and joyful experience for us knowing how close we were to losing our beloved son. ::deep breath::</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">This blanket continues to grow, I have 3 more colors to finish off my 3rd section of 15 colors. One more section and I will have the size I want and will do the border colors that Lucy designed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ap9e864zKxur6UKJtaP5XLmYadJ1Oz28LcdFyVRQGCPJJJgnQkh97YJgL4Yd40P1IGzmjIJEaBNnm1nd6LwyXClldIkhXZNTjAbGFY2xvYccTfS7Tjja3EyqhydHwe2GvCKa_jKwdKE/s640/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ap9e864zKxur6UKJtaP5XLmYadJ1Oz28LcdFyVRQGCPJJJgnQkh97YJgL4Yd40P1IGzmjIJEaBNnm1nd6LwyXClldIkhXZNTjAbGFY2xvYccTfS7Tjja3EyqhydHwe2GvCKa_jKwdKE/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The trolley cart I use to keep my yarn organized is soooo helpful. Many people use ball winders to roll up their yarn, but I have had good luck by pulling out the end from the bottom of the skein and keeping the label/band on it so I can double check the color. When the band gets loose, I fold it over and tape it so it still holds the yarn together nicely, not too tight.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_W2ABeuzyEgoJu_iidT_FpZOn-ajWg-SRDjKY4Nk_ki9aF7v7tL54gnxIQr4Kb2BjBSnUxJ0EIisiBjLPxfn4DTu8ywYumxUGKVodrEsxslThknHreO3a1j_OdTcf-k02HXR3F7HprxA/s1297/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_W2ABeuzyEgoJu_iidT_FpZOn-ajWg-SRDjKY4Nk_ki9aF7v7tL54gnxIQr4Kb2BjBSnUxJ0EIisiBjLPxfn4DTu8ywYumxUGKVodrEsxslThknHreO3a1j_OdTcf-k02HXR3F7HprxA/w494-h640/2.JPG" width="494" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The roses Dayle got for me are opening up and are showing more peachy yellow/orange, such happy colors.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiDRx0IpoXeNxeZavnmVLvb6VAfSIwswin0jHu6mkQICzAVFmznjDVuWGaEw6RWwIk4k1yh_2XGYalDDaPZMUHNk28AuxxCSS3X2_OZDNpZH0DutPc2jFdqZMHvA0Fs3j33rL6H3jquM/s1500/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1500" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiDRx0IpoXeNxeZavnmVLvb6VAfSIwswin0jHu6mkQICzAVFmznjDVuWGaEw6RWwIk4k1yh_2XGYalDDaPZMUHNk28AuxxCSS3X2_OZDNpZH0DutPc2jFdqZMHvA0Fs3j33rL6H3jquM/w640-h620/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dayle made a beef stew out of the roast dinner and added celery, onion, garlic, Worcestershire and it was so savory!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2chdzD-hfBDEmGPo5QJ0S6GMlkKZ28h8D4tb6TchD4G2bQYDsX_b06FmQkljVPdfk1qR88DrkhvdoOCHGBN16DJOKO9EsL1pmZcP89wpwjOMc9aWheGhYvmiavQ51ktTYQjRpd1mYiw/s1200/Stew.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2chdzD-hfBDEmGPo5QJ0S6GMlkKZ28h8D4tb6TchD4G2bQYDsX_b06FmQkljVPdfk1qR88DrkhvdoOCHGBN16DJOKO9EsL1pmZcP89wpwjOMc9aWheGhYvmiavQ51ktTYQjRpd1mYiw/w640-h480/Stew.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><br /></div>We're having a gorgeous sunny day. Dayle is going to go get a ton of wood pellets for our pellet stove and the boys will unload them for him. Then we'll order pizza as the boys *love* it, we do too. </span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Do you have any exciting weekend plans? Do share!</span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-70002898818485777842021-03-10T12:09:00.001-08:002021-03-10T12:09:16.814-08:00Blooms and Eggs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I just went out to check on my daffodils.. we've had some crazy hailstorms over the last several days and I was worried they were damaged. They are leaning a bit but seem in one piece. :-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcJava4Kvwh78xx7sMz0Ovxqx4nKigxJLfss8lofhLbuXfY3RBJdV1RmdFVCDlAAn7di6pEAKghn8T80qOFZYJAQ3cYKbhiJM_g7nWW7-Wr7Ab89rvGba-Pya9saNTSuDcyghrbxYTmA/s640/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcJava4Kvwh78xx7sMz0Ovxqx4nKigxJLfss8lofhLbuXfY3RBJdV1RmdFVCDlAAn7di6pEAKghn8T80qOFZYJAQ3cYKbhiJM_g7nWW7-Wr7Ab89rvGba-Pya9saNTSuDcyghrbxYTmA/s16000/1.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The big pot where the temple bells plant lives is showing hyacinth, tulip, and some little bulbs I'm not sure of.. lol.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMh4K4uCkWlOXyN0xDP-ANmV2sdaxE94FLeGFC6q-7wOV-VABhVsXmhcEul5juwOnKwjry8_EeNNdtNmI2gD7dpkaA5vXge3tGNagK8j0uu7qtUarohtZuSxPZMSQbDBPWvWq0l0EJI0c/s1000/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1000" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMh4K4uCkWlOXyN0xDP-ANmV2sdaxE94FLeGFC6q-7wOV-VABhVsXmhcEul5juwOnKwjry8_EeNNdtNmI2gD7dpkaA5vXge3tGNagK8j0uu7qtUarohtZuSxPZMSQbDBPWvWq0l0EJI0c/w640-h616/2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">A cloudy grey day.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXb6kgNqplMa0ndAaMxgZhdioP3Im2L6J_rzzBySFwtuot4kM7xMM7xeeZrNijLJ0OstNIN0yoyrtgmT7bA4rplO4LIc_2sMP_MX2ly5jgiewQBvA6y1HsB2zbEvRo3R36Dt-hABSGe4/s1000/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXb6kgNqplMa0ndAaMxgZhdioP3Im2L6J_rzzBySFwtuot4kM7xMM7xeeZrNijLJ0OstNIN0yoyrtgmT7bA4rplO4LIc_2sMP_MX2ly5jgiewQBvA6y1HsB2zbEvRo3R36Dt-hABSGe4/w640-h480/3.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The chickens had begun to lay then the snow and ice storm upset them and they stopped, all but one.. and now they're coming back.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL69mC1Rlz_-zvyb0GagOhTvZBh5sVZwNpcI6OLL2C-AoNk-KjglZxiofihyphenhyphen_r3XjMYv8RpGFdIwu9UVYpDxgxX16mJ_F5Fbnesnv9_wkCoekmtMOg1C4iK2-o7i1IneiWIN8GKHFg7Q/s1261/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL69mC1Rlz_-zvyb0GagOhTvZBh5sVZwNpcI6OLL2C-AoNk-KjglZxiofihyphenhyphen_r3XjMYv8RpGFdIwu9UVYpDxgxX16mJ_F5Fbnesnv9_wkCoekmtMOg1C4iK2-o7i1IneiWIN8GKHFg7Q/w508-h640/4.JPG" width="508" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I really love having our own chickens and fresh eggs that we know are fresh and from happy hens.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz1Cx-kYs7uLOPORvHbqH47T49r5Jadu-5CH91iiYcgENC0DpkRwj7JzciWIoqrdrHDf96_s5WeMNZVlMlrBzGPN8DLvSomOr7oJAutyVMCcBh6o026GXNYtGEsg902oouQiNgA3aqf8/s1222/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrz1Cx-kYs7uLOPORvHbqH47T49r5Jadu-5CH91iiYcgENC0DpkRwj7JzciWIoqrdrHDf96_s5WeMNZVlMlrBzGPN8DLvSomOr7oJAutyVMCcBh6o026GXNYtGEsg902oouQiNgA3aqf8/w524-h640/5.JPG" width="524" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We are planning to buy a corned beef for St. Patty's day so I got out my Fanny Farmer Cookbook to see how you prepare them. You actually boil them, then take the meat out and cook the potatoes, onions and cabbage in the hot brine. Any recommendations from cooks who know how to do this?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQH4sav3dfUETDkfYFEyU-sPKoidHujkE4fhpRERILhLedCWBbHhsx9-aitNZPJkdeovQHWwUqrf_JsZMOvAH6y3RRLIsNd7trMnLoH_Yduf2qEXdtaGVZ928srUyj2RmRplHyn5sgRc/s1000/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1000" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQH4sav3dfUETDkfYFEyU-sPKoidHujkE4fhpRERILhLedCWBbHhsx9-aitNZPJkdeovQHWwUqrf_JsZMOvAH6y3RRLIsNd7trMnLoH_Yduf2qEXdtaGVZ928srUyj2RmRplHyn5sgRc/w640-h482/6.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And here is a good slogan to live by! I've actually been doing some exercising, walking in place, marching, waving my arms around, twisting and turning. I miss swimming so much. I used to go 3 times a week, swimming without stopping for a whole hour. It never made me slim and trim but I know it was good for my heart. When Covid arrived they closed the pool at my gym so eventually I cancelled my membership. I wonder when I'll feel comfortable being amongst a bunch of strangers?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZs30ZTGEFbrXQUruE5ndibdUEcedwYXCj0G9jXsRTjuRLwJI-33GYx7yQ-vCS89oYIMkMi0oDMVc7rYYA4Yo7ttrGnXIFkc9LiZ4wAcP0C4vn8LZrhUUaN_J9ixgXEkFunF0pHUJvzM/s1000/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="815" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZs30ZTGEFbrXQUruE5ndibdUEcedwYXCj0G9jXsRTjuRLwJI-33GYx7yQ-vCS89oYIMkMi0oDMVc7rYYA4Yo7ttrGnXIFkc9LiZ4wAcP0C4vn8LZrhUUaN_J9ixgXEkFunF0pHUJvzM/w522-h640/7.JPG" width="522" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div>Chef Dayle roasted a beef yesterday, a yummy meal. </div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooA1hxz1M0EwHUXDW-dj-FAQhACkLFe9MginUnpOZ_YaxAnPzSATY9MdlKpFq0PSVsaoV9dODCEsI1Qn4e7am3g1x4BOFQ8OR_Nct2y3qxhGujTkBTnRKn7I8Sf1Ej8ZcHXbdSBJP2XM/s1000/roast.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1000" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooA1hxz1M0EwHUXDW-dj-FAQhACkLFe9MginUnpOZ_YaxAnPzSATY9MdlKpFq0PSVsaoV9dODCEsI1Qn4e7am3g1x4BOFQ8OR_Nct2y3qxhGujTkBTnRKn7I8Sf1Ej8ZcHXbdSBJP2XM/w640-h520/roast.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>Our son Travis continues to improve and has started to drive. We talk with him often. Kristi is taking such good care of him. </span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I have 3 more colors to add to my Meadow blanket and then I will start the last 15 color segment and will then do the lovely border that Lucy designed. </span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Have a super week, my friends! ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865022255438031627.post-87197703601178641612021-03-08T11:58:00.001-08:002021-03-08T11:58:57.783-08:00New Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dayle surprised me with a dozen roses when we were out running errands the other day. These were a fun surprise as they are such a bright and pretty color, deep yellow rimmed in orange. Quite uplifting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMtcP8C1uyhckEe6G2Y2ORmlXnlMK10X-MJCNPB4XokdZtXlrug43pMohrWiQ5BM6on0S56iaqgP16j_ojYYk5lAfNydU4uVJQO1MeLRGPCXRU1PCGSYhv2m8CBewCHBvpzVk3mmSSu0/s640/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMtcP8C1uyhckEe6G2Y2ORmlXnlMK10X-MJCNPB4XokdZtXlrug43pMohrWiQ5BM6on0S56iaqgP16j_ojYYk5lAfNydU4uVJQO1MeLRGPCXRU1PCGSYhv2m8CBewCHBvpzVk3mmSSu0/s16000/1.jpeg" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">They look nice with my lad and lassie and their lamb.</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJh5JJqmftwn1EZx-vxrpoQeSnV5CysCJO7gINIg1Llb6GMQc9a9zIGY7cR3-E9rD_tdTINXpkxWspqmmHWVrG9pWXxHKcKYqbJMuH5gg0HXS8WIy6hLej1v0cqA1nOeEe3KVsdbfNUQc/s1892/IMG_0336D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="1558" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJh5JJqmftwn1EZx-vxrpoQeSnV5CysCJO7gINIg1Llb6GMQc9a9zIGY7cR3-E9rD_tdTINXpkxWspqmmHWVrG9pWXxHKcKYqbJMuH5gg0HXS8WIy6hLej1v0cqA1nOeEe3KVsdbfNUQc/w528-h640/IMG_0336D.jpeg" width="528" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">He put on his chef hat (not really.. maybe I should get him one?) and made a French style roast chicken dinner for us. He's getting so good at this recipe! </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCTfLU9qdWSm3n7jO5mpccZC9z31_dpeJ0WfS7PxUBO9f5p5HkQi-LZsd0TZrI2xlR0YuJmJDWcLtvqqPveJFgZj-xVb6vam6jJlmo4sEMjcrzK2fh9u9pX5QVN-UN7lMXpRyolgps20/s1260/IMG_0339D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCTfLU9qdWSm3n7jO5mpccZC9z31_dpeJ0WfS7PxUBO9f5p5HkQi-LZsd0TZrI2xlR0YuJmJDWcLtvqqPveJFgZj-xVb6vam6jJlmo4sEMjcrzK2fh9u9pX5QVN-UN7lMXpRyolgps20/w610-h640/IMG_0339D.jpeg" width="610" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We took Mocha to the groomer's - Ally's Pet Spa - and she wanted to show you how cute she looks. :-)</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBeT-zZcsJ6olUW9mukGodN4lB9BHl5tH_e5Q153D_hCzVH3JiQZ2i0k96o_DPZU-zqBVL2uEqVROOoJ4e5mgqswEO6pZv4dDW6aBiFWARpR2E-cCstawoQRorrmmggd0QgGjXCOWNkU/s1384/IMG_0340.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1384" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBeT-zZcsJ6olUW9mukGodN4lB9BHl5tH_e5Q153D_hCzVH3JiQZ2i0k96o_DPZU-zqBVL2uEqVROOoJ4e5mgqswEO6pZv4dDW6aBiFWARpR2E-cCstawoQRorrmmggd0QgGjXCOWNkU/w640-h636/IMG_0340.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We had a very low key and relaxing weekend and I put more rows on my Meadow blanket. I did not keep up with the organized CAL on Lucy's blog and they are done.. but I'm okay with that. It's all good. I really like this one.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLc6Aj6BY4S-6WFklRg5GVP3_de353r2Kt8oE_Qb2sd9koQ1dsjH3L4nhrm1zgSqq4853v_BOQ99bCOeqmlIZy2G-tBpSgtcVO-OFrDZPZyhTn1jbknEUIH4mI9YljjRT4JmRAvr6mE4/s1502/IMG_0341+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1502" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLc6Aj6BY4S-6WFklRg5GVP3_de353r2Kt8oE_Qb2sd9koQ1dsjH3L4nhrm1zgSqq4853v_BOQ99bCOeqmlIZy2G-tBpSgtcVO-OFrDZPZyhTn1jbknEUIH4mI9YljjRT4JmRAvr6mE4/w640-h590/IMG_0341+2.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Then yesterday he whipped up browned butter fried rice with peas, celery, carrots, onions, scrambled eggs from our hens and soy sauce, topped with sauteed large shrimp with some garlic and teriyaki sauce. MMM!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxxCjpBuYS1oXKnke2zE1VqaFwU-oTrITW_En8jRzKeJfXZoaSrexhOOyasyytzw7EFNrANz4WgMj9W7PhnpQhf3A3113_jrqj_WIduYPcBC90H9IhdvOTWoi3Ske-C6-xKtD0eb-xqE/s1494/IMG_0342D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1494" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxxCjpBuYS1oXKnke2zE1VqaFwU-oTrITW_En8jRzKeJfXZoaSrexhOOyasyytzw7EFNrANz4WgMj9W7PhnpQhf3A3113_jrqj_WIduYPcBC90H9IhdvOTWoi3Ske-C6-xKtD0eb-xqE/w640-h528/IMG_0342D.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And the darling man picked me 3 new daffodils as the first two were spent. Good thing we have enough in the garden that we don't miss them when we bring a few in. More interesting varieties to bloom soon.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZC8FuAKVgwP4ad_lcmPW_Ui8UtFNqUNKtqLxtcrfKjn2AJCDkw7aWg0g67mG6LK16VeigPuYTbBIeNDxjucxs7BvFnjfSa_7VASRHY1zHIYfvxORsDgWFqOG0_ASvooemmyGaBMCIPw/s1820/IMG_0345D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="1820" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiZC8FuAKVgwP4ad_lcmPW_Ui8UtFNqUNKtqLxtcrfKjn2AJCDkw7aWg0g67mG6LK16VeigPuYTbBIeNDxjucxs7BvFnjfSa_7VASRHY1zHIYfvxORsDgWFqOG0_ASvooemmyGaBMCIPw/w640-h578/IMG_0345D.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">What joyfulness to have these harbingers of Spring right next to me. </span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUonTpg_wQho0kitjeVbdDa4B6BZ5u_4dSigswyOoUtPDKQkxLfkwiO4d4kG2STgMWMyN4zRdA6dGQfGLe5l7E4b3DY3slwqp8OobFlUMeqPpEH7u7vsg2NL18br00WFEGQemQMop2GWc/s1680/IMG_0346D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1260" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUonTpg_wQho0kitjeVbdDa4B6BZ5u_4dSigswyOoUtPDKQkxLfkwiO4d4kG2STgMWMyN4zRdA6dGQfGLe5l7E4b3DY3slwqp8OobFlUMeqPpEH7u7vsg2NL18br00WFEGQemQMop2GWc/w480-h640/IMG_0346D.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I spotted this image on Facebook and had to share it with you - it's a different vantage point of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse I've showed you many times - and shows the city of Newport lit up on the shore. Isn't this cool? Do you think it was a drone or someone on a helicopter that got this shot?</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIWIY1zrFVbNf4mAsmHDrXRwyWlPyScOfQQVP7zPmETBRMry4R8Q1m1Jat-vkxtxSVetRIslph7XGNr4lXfup0wrLBtxbTBq4VkE9ieabzDp_22Q5qMuITYn4at6KIUOEASw-tw01Crw/s827/YaquinaLthse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="827" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIWIY1zrFVbNf4mAsmHDrXRwyWlPyScOfQQVP7zPmETBRMry4R8Q1m1Jat-vkxtxSVetRIslph7XGNr4lXfup0wrLBtxbTBq4VkE9ieabzDp_22Q5qMuITYn4at6KIUOEASw-tw01Crw/w640-h626/YaquinaLthse.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div>I have a zoom meeting with my Daughters of the American Revolution chapter today. I hope it goes better than last time, we spent most of the meeting trying to get people allowed in. LOL!</span><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Our son continues to improve. I'm just now beginning to feel less stressed by his near miss. I quite literally can't imagine life without our dear boy. He's such a good son and husband and father and everyone that knows him thinks the world of him. </span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I hope you have a wonderful week ahead. ((hugs)), Teresa :-) <br /></span><p><br /></p></div>Teresa Kasnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.com18