Flowers....and A Good Man

      It's the new visitor to our backyard. We call her 'Backyard Holly', but she's really called a hollyhock! :-) Isn't it beautiful?!!!...And so is hubby's photos of it!...

      He was out there in the yard before the sun came up good, taking these photos for me...

       And as the sun got brighter and brighter, so did his smile. :-)

      His new little visitor, the hollyhock, is making the garden look like it's all dressed up for a special occasion or something!..."Where you going, 'Backyard Holly'?!!" :-))

      You're not going anywhere! Just sit right there in the garden, and look beautiful! ^_^


        I've been working on some flowers myself too...inside. :-]

       It's another small crochet flower. And I really love the button on this one. It's kinda conclave, and it has a design that looks like chocolate caramel swirl. YUM! :-)

     I haven't listed it yet. I can't decide whether I want it to be a necklace, a brooch, a hair comb, a men's boutonniere or what!..Any suggestions?!
      I did put the loops on the back though...

     ...So I can do whatever.!...or list it as is, and let the buyer tell me what they want it to be! ^_^


      I 'did' decide what I wanted my cuff link lapel pins to be though! ^_^ Here's a few photos hubby let me use him for...

      This is the fly button one (above)...Below are 3 more I'm gonna be listing soon...

     The red one didn't photograph that well. Red never does! But at least you can see the scale of it...Hey! Hubby's not the only one who knows how to show off some flowers around here! LOL...He's a good man....Speaking of which...


      ...I just heard John Mayer's new song, "Shadow Days".  In it is a line about him being a good man. I really like it!! But, of course, I couldn't help but wonder if he wrote this partly because of the bad experience with Taylor Swift a few years ago. She wrote a song about him and the bad experience they had while they were dating...Growth is good, in flowers and in people! :-) The song will be below the poem...the poem about the weather...Why the weather? Because we're suppose to be getting some hot weather over the next few days...a heat wave!....Ugh!...Have a good day, Everybody!...Check your air conditioner fluid! :-)


 It's Like...Weather!

It's like a heat wave going on,
with lots of lightening in the sky.
Lots of tree branch-looking lasers,
high up there where birdies fly.

It's like a thunder storm of weather,
big loud 'BOOMS!' out from the dark.
They'll be no picnics, no golfing.
No kids playing at the park.

It's like a Tropical Depression.
So much rain and wind and stuff.
Puts a kink in all your planning,
making 'Rolling With It' tough!! 

Can You Call '2 Days' A Heat Wave?!

Thanks WWLP, for the photo of the electric light show our skies were putting off yesterday!! WOW! Pretty, but....Uh...kinda scary considering what happened last week with the weather around here!

Thankfully, even though we saw some of the 'dancing light show', we only heard a few thunder boomers before we went to bed...We saw the forecast on the weather map though, and we saw that all of that green, yellow, and 'RED' was heading our way...on a direct path! And that's why I went to bed!! ^_^

I've had enough of this 'watching the weather maps' thing, over the last week or so, to last me a lifetime!! Sometimes you just can't worry about things you can't do anything about anyway, and you just have to go to sleep!!!...Now, today, we'll do it all over again!! UGH!

This will be the 2nd day of our heat wave. That is, if you can call 2 days a 'Heat Wave'!!...I say: "Yes!" Especially when it's going to be between 94-98 degrees!! And also have the chance of damaging winds, hail, and so forth!...It's almost enough for a 'Martha and the Vandellas' song!! ^_^

Thankfully though, not everything having to do with Electricity and heat yesterday was bad!...I saw this cute Electric Company Pendant by effulgentstudios on Etsy...

...And when we got our Light Bill from the Holyoke Gas & Electric Company yesterday...{Wait! It's good news!!! :-)}...we noticed that there was something else wrapped up in there with the bill. Hmmmm....Since when did the Electric company start doing this?!

They're tickets to a local game!!! :-)

WOW!! Really?! What are you trying to tell us Mr. Electric Company?! That we've paid you so much money over the last year that we probably could own some stock in your company, and since that's so embarrassing you felt like you had to send us a gift?!....Or, that you just want to acknowledge that we are good customers, always paying our bill on time...no matter how ridiculously high it is?! ^_^

Whatever the case...we'll take 'em!!!...But there is a little problem. We might not be able to go. :-( Well...I wouldn't go anyway, but hubby would.

But they're on the same night as our weekly meeting at the Kingdom Hall!...So, unless some schedules get juggled, which happens sometimes because we share our Hall with two other Congregations, these poor little tickets will go to waste...Unless we can trade them or give them away. Anybody in the local area up for a trade?! :-) What-cha-got?!! ^_^

While I'm waiting for all of the offers to come pouring in, I'm gonna be crocheting away on my black and white shawl, and listening to some music. And here's a little bit for you too! :-)




Have a good day Everybody!!! :-)

It's Like...Weather!

It's like a heat wave going on,
with lots of lightening in the sky.
Lots of tree branch-looking lasers,
high up there where birdies fly.

It's like a thunder storm of weather,
big loud 'BOOMS!' out from the dark.
They'll be no picnics, and no golfing.
No kids playing at the park.

It's like a Tropical Depression.
So much rain and wind and stuff.
Puts a kink in all your planning,
making 'Rolling With It' tough!!