Bye, Bye, Weekend...Another Colorful Monday Is Upon Us!

 (Red Butterfly Soft Handmade Journal by ArtStitch)

      Hello Monday!..I would say: 'Nice to see you!', but...uhhhh...I don't think it is!...nice to see you, I mean! Ugh!...It was nice to see the weekend!! The weekend brought us a visitor who gave us wonderful encouragement, and it sent us a friend who made us beans and rice and delicious ham! YUM!

        The weekend gave us all kinds of nap and crochet time, and saw the finishing of my husband's crocheted scarf...finally! :-) He needs some help putting fringes on it...Photos coming later this week! :-)

     The weekend also brought some good ideas...like this beautiful journal to put poetry in!...

     I haven't been writing as much poetry since my boutonniere business took off, but over the weekend I had a little bit of a breather, and I thought about writing a fresh new poem! :-) ...No, I didn't actually write one!...but I 'thought about' it! LOL...I write in spurts of energy when I'm inspired. And lately crocheting, and color, is inspiring me more than poetry. But I have poetry on my brain now, so who knows what will happen...Stay tuned! :-]

     Speaking of color though, let me show you a colorful pair of earrings that wowed me this weekend!...
 

(Rainbow Dangly Earrings by LittlePeachFuzz)

     They're so pretty, aren't they?!...If I could crochet some like this I would be all over it!!!...But my colorful crocheting is of these little lapel 'babies'...

     There were some others too, but I already listed some of them...that was something else the weekend gave me time to do!...I have a few that I have to photograph and list. Maybe I'll get to it later today. GREEN is among them! I finally found some green thread that I liked at the store over the weekend!!...I love Mr. Weekend!...Well, this past Mr. Weekend! ^_^ It was sunny. We didn't get any more snow!!! :-) And my favorite woodpecker made our feeder his home! :-) 

         Okay Monday!...the challenge is on for you to now outshine Mr. Weekend in your own colorful way! :-] I know you can do it! You have to! You have to set an example for the other four weekdays that follow right behind you!! :-)

      Blog readers, while Monday does it's thing....do YOUR thing! Have a happy Monday!! Monday may need some help knowing how to do it! LOL

Monday, Monday, Monday

Here comes another Monday!
Your frantic work week has begun!
Say goodbye to 'Take It Easy',
and all those things you haven't done.

Four more week days are ahead,
seeming like they'll never end.
But just think, before you know it,
"weekend" will be round again.

Lift your attention, all you mothers;
Week day workers, "Out The Door!"
Time to file, and diaper babies,
walk and scrape things off the floor.

Here comes another Monday!
Whether you want it to, or not!
Say goodbye to 'Take It Easy'.
You've got things to do...a lot!

Monday, Monday, Monday!
Why do you have to come so fast?!
And you stay so long! Why can't
the weekend 'Take It Easy' last?

Storm Nemo!...Snow Coming Atcha!!!!

      Oh Yeah!...It's a 'doozy'!...We got about 17 inches so far, and we're due to get at least a couple more before it's done! I've got pictures to share with you of it too! :-) ... First I'll show you the photo I saw from the local WGGB news station...

      This picture above was taken in my father's town. O_O I'm glad that wasn't his car!!...And why were the lights on? O_O ... Anyway!!! Moving on!...
         Remember what the backyard looked like yesterday...before the storm?!...

       There was hardly any snow on the ground even!...

     But the header photo is what it looks like right now!...while it's STILL snowing!!... 

      And below is what the suet bird feeder looked like. Ooooooo!....Awwwww! ^_^

     During the night, me and some friends of mine, here in Holyoke, took pictures. I found the video below on Youtube. It was taken here in Holyoke when the storm was in full swing last night, with the wind blowing the snow around like crazy!!...




          Below are some photos from 'our' back patio porch last night. Hubby pulled the chair up close to the door. Can you se that pile of snow behind it though?! O_O...

       If you think that's bad...look at what we saw this morning!!!...

      We couldn't get out the back door even if we wanted to right now! O_O Hubby is just about to start the excavation process. ^_^

      It's a whole lot of snow Y'all!!!!...*gulp!*

    My girlfriend was having some trouble trying to get out of her house too!! She said she had to lower her daughter out of a window so that she could go out and shovel the doorway!! LOL...

     The pictures below are from her complex area...

    One of these, I think, is her car!!! ^_^ YIKES!!! I don't envy her husband this morning!! O_O

     But guess what?!...Someone 'is' enjoying the snow!...

       The little birdies in my backyard!!! :-) They've been chirping and frolicking...and eating...like crazy birdies this morning!!! ;-] In fact, they're so intensely focused on the suet feeder this morning...

         ...that hubby's staring them down to take photos didn't deter them one bit!!...The woodpecker even stopped to stare directly at hubby, and then went right back to eating!!! ^_^

      And does that woodpecker's eye look like an human's eye, or is that just me?!!...Kinda unnerving!! LOL
 

      So, needless to say, we're not doing much of anything today either! The governor has a state of emergency called, and no cars are allowed on the roads until at least 1:00 p.m. So, nobody's going anywhere!! :-]
      I might be able to force hubby into a game of Scrabble! ^_^ Considering how bad I beat him the last time though....I might not! LOL...But even so, we both have some crocheting to do!...I've got a list of boutonniere color combinations I have to do yet...and his scarf that was suppose to be done by Friday...of last week!..still is being worked on! And another Friday has come and gone! :-))
      Looking out the window into the backyard, I'd say we have 'PLENTY' of time!!! ^_^ Thanks storm Nemo!!...Have a good day, Everybody!! :-)

Sometimes

Sometimes you expect a little 'This', and you get 'That'.
Sometimes you will wave away some dust, but it's a gnat.

Sometimes it's an image in the distance that's right here.
Sometimes all the straining isn't worth the things you hear.

Sometimes you will find that 'pretty bad' has got a perk.
Sometimes a vacation is the thing that you call work.

Sometimes conversation meant to heal can go too far.
and sometimes on reflection you are happy who you are.

Sometimes poetry can be so random, and yet deep.
And sometimes it's, upon reflection, thoughts you ought to keep.

Monday Is Creeping...Marching...Dancing...and Flying!!

        I've got a little hummingbird feeder problem! `'O_0'` I'll tell you about it in a minute, but...first, let me stop right here and say CONGRATULATIONS to the happy couple!!! Sara, of the blog Russet Street Reno, just got married!! If you wanna see how much fun their wedding day was, just follow the link over to her blog HERE to find the rest of the photos! 
        And let me just say, they know how to take a wedding photo!! :-)) Here's a sample...

        ....Looks like a fun wedding, huh?! ^_^
    Anyway...back to my problem. `'O_0'` You know how I've been watching my hummingbird feeder like a hawk?! Well, not like a hawk exactly, but like an eagle...I've been Eagle-eyed! LOL
    Well, while staring the hummingbird feeder down this weekend, me and hubby saw a big ant on the feeder, going round and round the base. (You can see him in the header photo.) We didn't think much of it at first, until...

       ...we saw a whole line of ants crawling along the branch, in single file! O_0 They went up the tree, along the branch, grabbed a hold of the hook to the hummingbird feeder, and followed it down to the feeder!!

      Our first thought was: "Great!!...Grrrr!...all this trouble to put nectar out there for the hummingbirds, and the ants...one by one...are gonna come along and tote it all away!! 
     Hubby went outside to get a close-up photo of our little thieving visitors, and....OH NO!!!!!! He saw this...

      ...One of the ants had gotten inside the feeder...and died!! ;'_'; ... I don't know why I was so upset about an ANT! But, for some reason, this made me really upset!
      And then it got worse!!! `'()'` When hubby looked closer, to photograph the line of ants toting our nectar away, he realized...they were going "in", but they weren't coming "out"!!!! O_0

     `'O_0'` YIKES!!! It was terrible!!! It was full of dead ants, just floating in there!! I don't know how many. And I don't wanna know! I don't even wanna think about it!!

      Thankfully, the line of ants heading to the feeder has stopped now,....and the hummingbird has been back a few times since then....Is he eating nectar soaked ants now?!!!!!! O_0

     I know! I know! The circle of life thing.....but I'm not liking this one bit! It's taking all of the joy out of my hummingbird watch!! O_0 What would you do in a case like this?! I'm not ashamed to tell you....I'm at a loss! Do I let the hummingbird "go at it", or take the feeder down?!

    Right now, I'm just not gonna look at it....So, needless to say, there will be no hummingbird picture today!...even if he comes up to the feeder with Groucho Marx glasses on and does a hummingbird jig! LOL Maybe I'll have a better sentiment about it tomorrow....Maybe.

    Speaking of jigs though, I got some footage on my camera last night of Mr. Wug "cutting a rug" (that's dancing, for non-Southern speaking folks! LOL). We were getting ready for bed and I decided to play my song by Paul Simon, the one I posted yesterday, one more time before I 'knocked out'. 

    Sitting in bed, waiting for hubby to finish cleaning my C-Pap machine (I have Sleep Apnea, and I have to wear the C-Pap machine contraption on my face at night), I noticed that he was getting distracted by my music. I grabbed my camera and asked him if he wanted to dance! :-] ...I "bed-danced" while I filmed him!!! ^_^

    I was gonna upload it for you to see it, but it uploaded sideways and I couldn't figure out how to turn it right-side-up...It's still funny!...Except for my 'witchy' laugh cackle. LOL Who knew I sounded like THAT when I laughed?!!!! YIKES!! Almost makes me wanna stop laughing...forever! LOL.......NOT!!!

     I don't care what it sounds like! We were having some fun! That's more important for my memories. :-] {If you wanna see it, email me and I'll give you the sideways Youtube link. I don't have it set so that the public can see it. Only people I give the link to. :-)}

   Okay, back to my peaceful backyard...

     .....Uh OH!!!! Guess what else we have in the backyard now?!....

       ....a Woodpecker!!!...*shaking my head*...where was he when the ants were climbing this tree?!!!

     Looks like this tree is starting to be like New York City is to Entertainment people! It's a "hub of activity"!...because look who else is loving this tree....HERE...a Cardinal!!

    So, that was how my weekend went! How about yours?!...Spill it!! :-]

Backyard sounds

Flitting, flying, flapping, creeping.
Swaying, floating, chirping, leaping.
In our backyard sounds are heaping.
Me and hubby always peeping.