College Grad and great days

 Well last weekend......we  held  a close family and  friends  celebration  for the  oldest daughters  college  graduation...her  grandmother  made the  cake....we  did  some grilling  of burgers and  bratz... just some old fashioned  fun per  daughters  request....

 She started  early in the day  by  giving the  boys  a ride......LOL  crazy  dogs/

 Kids just  hanging out/

 oldest DD  and her  boyfriend......He graduated as well but  is  headed on to Grad s chool and  seeking  his  PHD.......so a few  more  years  for that  young  man!

 All the  kids lined up  to  do some riding

 Ohhhhh  ya   and  my Christmas cactus....yep....first  bloom!!!   I love  this

 The kids  rode  all  around the  farm................  caught them  coming  home

 Was a busy week.......I sat  my chair  up at  two health fairs  this week   and   held  some  drawings.
LOts of fun and   lot of people out   and  about...........

 JUst tonight  we had  our relay for  Life   down in Montevideo  Mn.....I am  part of this  team  here  but  prefer to be on the back side of the  camera....

 On my way  home I decided to swing by the  lake to see what was  going on.....8 p. m.  60 degrees calm waters  and   full camp ground

 Photo of the  farm  from the road

 Corn is peeking through

and once again the  portal of the  farm I love looking through./



To all  of you Mother's in blog land....Hope you have a great weekend  and   good  Mother's  Day

 Oh man what a week...I am wishing it was  Friday.....*laughs*...Well this weekend  marks  the  big  party  for  our  college  grad//  Oldest  daughter is  done this week and  has   an assistant  manager   job that she  moved into   yesterday  full time so   we are all happy.........  Bon fire  and  food at our  home  on  Saturday....... now why was  I wishing it  was  Friday?   Got a lot of work to do before then..... hmmmmmm

 Well in between  clients   I like to play  but  got to keep it  simple and has to be  something I can put  down on a whim and  pick right back  up....  I am loving  water  colors....even though I am not good at  it  I still have  fun with them

 Oh   and  I found some  Indigo ink.......Oh mercy for fun

 Tried to create a poppy  but  I am having   shading  issues........

Just a fun tree.....

Not much else happening  here.....hubby  is  busy  with  planting and  I am trying to  keep up with  him and the  garden and  clients.... not  an easy  juggle  but................... (just keep smileing and  breathe   right!!? )   RIGHT

 I love my  flowers!!!   Spring has once again   kissed and  blessed me with some vibrant  colors in my  little area of the  garden.......

 The weather has been so up and  down..... a few days  back  it  was going to dip down into the 30's...sooooooo   Out I went  and  snipped what   was   blooming....

 Or close to  blooming.......came in with  a small jar  full of fresh tulips  to brighten  the  home...

 Most  Tuesdays  I venture to Montevideo  to quilt  with a  group of ladies from church....well the  above quilt they had pretty  much   done except the binding  so I offered to bring it home and  finish  it...and   I  have...it is ready to deliver  Tuesday!!

 Pretty  light  colors...headed to some  mission project/

 This little  quilt  I  put together and tied as well..Though  I am not a huge fan of tied quilts this seems to be the  method those  ladies  prefer/

 It now  sits  and  waits a binding  as well..  I need to by thread to match for this to be  complete

  Came across  an idea  for  cakes  and thought it was  cute  so had to make  it  for oldest daughters   Birthday....she   will be 22

 Supposed to be a sunflower...not perfect  but certainly made  with  love

 daughter and her boyfriend

 Daughter  had a  classmate  get married this  past weekend so she  came home.....they  do clean  up nice once in a great while   LOL

Daughter with her  cake.......Hope to take  her out to eat  Tues  night.....


Not much  else happening here.....been  cold, raining, and  gray.  Supposed to hit  in the 80's  this week!!!  Just maybe  I can get the  rest of the  garden in!!

 Hope you all have  a great week

Recent Happenings

 Just after the  kids were  home for Spring  break.....Our oldest  daughter  comes  home and  goes shopping with her  father.....This is what happens when I allow the  two of them to  go...LOL.

Our daughter  got a  promotion in the  company she  works for  and took on a management  position and  rewarded herself!  Lucky  girl/...we are  very  proud of her  and she  will  be  graduating  college in a few weeks  now....so hard to believe!!

 Hubby and I had  gone out  for supper  at a  local  bar and  grill and  was  gonna go  for a drive...pulled out  on  the  highway and  got  about  half mile out of town and  came a cross this lil  guy.....and of course  I could  not  just leave  him there.....so out in the field  he was  running in circles..scared and alone and  weak and  hungry....so a fast trip  to the grocery store for some whole milk.....soft  food.... stopped to get some gas for the  car and  told the  clerk  what we  found  but  no one  knew  what  kind of  puppy  this  was......

 so I borrowed a crate  from a friend.....she  came  by  and  this lil  guy   drank up  some  warm  milk....ate our  dogs  hard  food and  the  can of   soft food  we got  him..a few hours  later the  owner  calls for this  lil man......  he is the runt of   a litter of  6  and  had  run away  from the  crew earlier that  morning....  but  a happy  reunion  for all....

 We spent  Easter  with the kids.....or shall I say they  spent it  with us...we went to hubby's  mom's  for  dinner...above is the  youngest  daughter and her  boyfriend....

 This is the  oldest  daughter and her  boyfriend.......

 We also  combined oldest  daughters  BD..she  will be  22  in a few weeks....sitting next to her grandmother

 when asked what  she  wanted,,,,she  said  a crock pot and   a roasting pan   LOL.  Love it when they are that  easy to buy for!!

Here we are......the  entire crew... pretty  plain and basic  but happy...... Hope  you all had a  Blessed  Easter ......Take  time to just  breathe  and  Be..............

Spring

 I am not sure where this year is going at all.... DANG  soon April folks!   Youngest  daughter and  hr  boyfriend  riding on a new toy..good for   lawn care and fishing  LOL  may I say  multi purpose  buggy....yes!!!

 Not long after the  kids had  Spring  break...the snow melted and  we  had  some gorgeous  days  even  a few in the  upper 60's and  low 70"s..then one afternoon  I hear what  I love..thunder rolling in from the  West....I am not sure why  I am so addicted to storm  clouds....

 But  I have always  loved  to watch them...and within a few minutes of these  photos  we got our first  Spring  rain....

 This si what  it looked  liked  right before the  rains

 So much  moisture  we need this.....Been an unusual dry  winter...very  mild for us and that  usually  means  a drought to  follow for the  farmers

 Wahlah!!  Look  at the  difference after the rain.... just greened right  up..amazing huh/

 Now that means   if this  keeps up by  Mid April I might have to mow and I am  not at all crazy about that  idea.....   But  the  green is  welcome  :)

I even  got  some stuff in hot  box  started.....far left is   Roma  Tomatoes/ The  middle is  purple  cornflowers.....and the right side is  Broccoli/   Hope if  weather  permits I  will be  planting  spuds on Good Friday!!


Caught myself a  slight head  cold so  took  today off....Rumor has it that flu  has  hit   some schools and  nursing  homes in the  area....Sure hope I can  stay clear of that!!  So back to my cough drops  and Kleenex and soups....

Hope you all  have a  Blessed week!

 Oh Happy Day...The sun   is shining...The  breeze  is just soft  and actually warm enough for me to sit out side on the   deck with the  dogs  basking in their  Vitamin D as well and  read!!

 Been  reading up on essential oils....and what  I can do with them.....and the fun I have had!!   I created these little  creams  using  an unscented lotion and sunflower oil  along with  lemon grass....
I made a dozen and  put them in my shop and  in four days  bam they were  gone  *laughs*/
Soooo  today  when I got home  I made some more......  :)

 Sometimes I just need to  sit...and  when I find myself  just sitting is   when i can become  most creative...and not sure why that  is...... but will share  with  you some of the  art trading  cards  I did  this past week  in between clients....The one above  was created using  scrap book  papers and cardstock as the base., and the dog  is  from a magazine

 I am not sure yet what words  I wish to put on this one  but it  was created using  card stock  and paper from one of my church bulletins....

 Cardstock, scrap books papers and  a church  bulletin and  some words  for inspiration  from a magazine

 I love this  kitten......cardstock and magazine

 My youngest daughter was  home on spring  break this past week and s he  said this was her favorite....... index card as  my base....(recycle ya  know)  and then some scrap book papers and the olive oil   is a  magazine photo.

This kitty  is so  bright she can not help but make me  smile........

and with all that  once again I wish you all  a very  healthy and  Blessed week....... Enjoy  the  days and  life...as  we all know it is too precious  to waste!

March already?

Oh where has time gone?   Here  we are  March 1.....WOW......Normally  I dread winter   as it is  long  cold and  drawn out  but  this year  we have  had  such  nice weather  it has  just  flown  by....Not too far  off now  will be garden season! 

I do  hope to once again be able to  get a  decent  garden in and perhaps  get some  serious  canning  done this  year...running  on short  supply!

We did  have  some  rain and snow mix  causing some  road issues  yesterday and  today  the  sun  came  out  and felt so good!!  We did  close to six  inches in the yard  so  had to  do some shovel work  but  nothing too major!

Well I know in a post  not  too long ago  I  shared about  some  essential oils...I have got to tell ya  I am loving this   stuff!!  So much that  I became   a consultant *laughs* as  if I did not have  enough to do  but....  I had  several  clients  interested   so   I did  some work  and  able to deliver  for them  what  they  were seeking.....

I sat up my massage chair  at  two events  lately and applied some oils and  did  some neck and shoulder  treatments and  just met  new people.....Simply wonderful!!  Who would have  thought  I would  ever  be  doing this too!!  LOL  Not  ME!!!!


Any  how  if you want to  take a sneak peek at what they are  here ya  go.....

Essential oils

So in the mean  time  I hope you all have  a great weekend......



Blessings~