we are having some crazy weather here in Texas...

having all four seasons in just a few days...

 We even had a 3.5 earthquake....

Mother nature must be going through the big M...

 well at least spring is around the corner...

we are doing a family veggie garden this year...

it is a lot of work for one person (me)to keep up with...

so I enlisted the family...

we are in the planning stages...

will order seeds next week...

 Hubby and my son will do the tilling up...

the ladies and Hotrod will do the planting...

we will all help with the weeding...

The Rabbits are helping with the fertilizer...

Athena and Ginger have been doing a lot of digging in the garden

area...so maybe the tilling will be easier...

they will be in for a big surprise when they are banned from the 

garden area...

 be sure to let your dandelions grow...

they are great food for the bees...

we want to keep the bees well fed...

so they will take good care of our plants...

and to produce lot's of honey....

plus they make great cargo...

for Stringbeans jeep...

Now Snow

Iced in Day 2...enjoy

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Texas is closed today.....

Hubby and I got a mini vacation...

We went to a convention for work ...

After the convention we got to do some exploring...

We did a lot of hiking but oh what beautiful scenery we saw...

A perfect way to spend Valentines day with my sweetie....

Hubby forced me to let him take my photo...so here they are...

Texas Proud

 In Texas...

we are very proud of our state...

I haven't been to Austin since my son was a baby...

I haven't seen the Capitol building since I was a kid...

 I was very excited to see it...

and of course...

I had to take lot's of photos...

 it was a pretty quiet day....

not a lot going on outside...

we did not go inside...

 I found out later...

a childhood friend of mine that lives in the Austin area...

had been there just a few hours before us...

she was there for a ceremony...

her husband is an officer...

We had a very nice weekend...

but of course it is always nice to be back HOME...

 we have been having nice weather...

here in Texas...

Monday was in the upper 70's...

Stringbean has been wanting to swim...

so he talked his Pawpaw into it...

we have a hot water faucet outside...

so the water was nice and warm....

 he had a blast...

even puts his head under water no problem...

Ain't no body got time for this... 

he was actually making car sounds...

but it looks like when you can't get

your car started...the frustration...

We had a big group of blue jays...

and Mockingbirds...

chasing each other around...

through the trees...

I'm thinking it was a territory war...

Hump Day...

Just chillin'.....they have so much fun together....

Sometimes well most of the time odd things catch my eye and of course I have snap a shot or two or three....

Doing a little tire repair with Pawpaw's finger getters... As they call em...

Hey lady...you looking at me?

Happy Hump Day....

Love my Texas weather!!!

It was a beautiful warm Monday....

Upper 70's.....

I took advantage with some outdoor time ...I'm still learning my manual settings...

Playing with them and trying to fine tune...

I erase a lot of photos...some I just have to play with in PicMonkey...

Stringbean is my model I just follow him around snapping like The Madsnapper ... Oops that would be Sandra...

Old...rusty...peeling paint...eyesore to some....beauty to me....

Happy Tuesday.....

 do you ever have those times ...

when you have nothing on your calendar...

then all of a sudden...

everything comes at once...

I want to do it all...

but finally after being on this world...

for well a few years past 50...

I realize you can't do it all...

and you can't feel bad about it...

 I never want to let anyone down...

but I can't wear myself down either. ..

so I'm learning to gracefully decline...

and not feel obligated to give a big explanation...

 This weekend my baby girl is turning 26....

the same age I was when I had her...

she has a dance convention this weekend....

but we got lucky....

she is off on saturday night...

so we get to have a Family Birthday ...

on Sunday she gets to take class from...

Mia Michaels from So you think you can dance...

on Sunday is my February Fun Girls afternoon...

we are doing Valentine crafts...

and crocheting...

yesterday I found out my brother is preaching on Sunday...

I wish I would have known sooner...

I wouldn't have planned so much....

but as I had already planned everything...

instead of fretting over it....

I'm just going to have to decline....

still not easy...but I'm working on it....

 Happy February 1st....

Saturday was a dreary day...

then the rain set in...

a nice soaking rain...

It was dreary this morning...

I headed to Dallas....

we have a park over the freeway...

it was gray out...till about 5 minutes from the park...

the sky turned blue...

the sun came out...

I was really hoping for a little cloudiness...

it makes  shooting photos easier...

I'm not much of a city girl...

but I love this park...

right in downtown Dallas...

over a freeway...

they have books...magazines...games...

all for free...

lot's of tables and chairs...

a play ground...food trucks...

 church bells ringing in the back ground....

 I met a family friend....

to take photos of a soon to be One year old...

he is growing up so fast...

just seems like yesterday I did his new born photos...

 This is his I've had enough Ms. Debbie face...