~~Happy Mother's Day!~~

~~HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!~~ We had a wonderful Mother's Day lunch with my mom & dad, I played my piano, & picked bouquets of Pink Roses! I missed my boys Ryan & Eric, both still teaching in South Korea, but it was a special & beautiful Mother's Day!~~

~~Hope you all had a Beautiful Day!~~

~~Garden Room ~ A Lovely Spot~~

I know! I've been a long time gone from this blog! Not sure why I haven't blogged in so long - somehow I just got away from it, keeping busy just loving spring & this spring I am loving this new lovely spot. TZ just put a tin roof on our back deck & it's hard to stay away from it ~~ it's a great place to be, awesome place to relax with morning coffee, dinner, or even a nap ~~ Especially nice when it rains on the tin roof ~

Cookie & Cabo love the cushy papasan chair as much as we do & this past week-end we found a second one at a garage sale for $7 ...... so now we each have one ~ they are so comfortable you really can curl up & nap in them. And I recently got a laptop (never had one - best thing ever!) so I can even work "in the garden room" now, ebaying the afternoon away in the papasan chair. So there you go, & here I am ~ just enjoying this new lovely "spot" in my day!

Hope you enjoy a "spot in your day" ~~ I'm happy to be back to my blog!~~

~~Kite Flying Picnic & Birthday Flowers~

My Lovely Birthday Flowers ~~

Dumpster diving once again - I pulled out this flat of wheat grass! Right out of a dumpster!
I've watered it every day since Monday & it's growing very fast.....don't know what I'll do with it but I think it looks like Spring!

SO Pretty! Spring!

Complete pond make-over with new liner......the spring flowers will soon pop up all around it ~~

Wonderful day for a picnic - in the 80's, nice & warm ~~

Gorgeous day ~~ pretty kite ~~


The wild plum trees in full bloom ~~ we pulled up & brought home a couple of little ones ~~ the bees are loving them ~~

The "Home Comfort" Treasure dug up from our yard ~~

On Monday I turned another year older & just look at my Beautiful Birthday Flowers from my sweet Mom & Dad! I LOVE Daffodils, Petunias, & Snapdragons & the colors are so bright & pretty & they smell so good!

We've been really busy lately with lots of projects & with spring just about here we're spending lots more time outside now. Last week we had to completely renovate our pond because the liner was leaking. It was a huge job emptying it & re-doing it but now it's so clean & pretty & the spring flowers should come up soon all around it.

After finishing the pond re-do we rewarded ourselves with a nice relaxing & fun picnic & flew kites. On our way home we grabbed up a couple of little wild plum trees. TZ chose a spot behind the beehives to plant them & dug up an amazing treasure out of the ground. It's a metal cooling shelf from an old Home Comfort Stove. We've dug up tons of old bottles & other little treasures from all around our house & woods in our 5 years here but this was THE neatest "find"! Since our house was built in 1891 it could be very, very old!

Feels like spring here already! In the 80's again today & I have flowers to plant!!

xoxoxo Kathy

Happy 58 Years Mom & Dad!~~

Look how adorable they were & still are!


This was taken not long after they were married February 23, 1951 ~~~

The same pose, same place in front of this special rock wall where they once lived ~~~ still cute as ever after 58 years!


Happy 58th Anniversary to my mom & dad ~~ THE most Adorable, Sweetest, & most Talented Couple I know ~~ I love you both so much!

HAPPY 58!!! Love, Kax xoxoxoxo

~~Too Many Eggs~~

Thank you mamas..........



Our hens are being too generous lately ~~ I love gathering eggs & I always thank the girls for giving us such delicious & lovely jewels......& I love eating them but we have eggs galore!

I use to sell them but now we just share & give lots of them away. Yesterday I made 16 deviled eggs....I love deviled eggs but two people don't need 16 of them and I will probably eat most of them!

We're still having 70 degree days & more & more every day I'm getting spring fever ~~ I know it's just around the corner because I'm already seeing QUINCE & DAFFODILS!!

A Little SEWING Time & SPRING Fever - Already!~~

Heart Pillows on Etsy.....

Beads, Ribbons, Charms, Flowers...... and Cabo :-)

My Sewing Corner......

Hat Boxes & Tins full of Buttons & Lace......
More drawers & shelves to store "stuff"........



Just found this little shelf for 50 cents at a garage sale to organize fabric. I have fabric stashed in dressers, under the bed, in cabinets, etc. so this will hold what I want to use for near future projects..........doesn't take up much room & this room doesn't have any space left so it's perfect in this little corner!


I spend so much time on EBAY that I have jumped off the ETSY wagon & haven't seen my sewing machine in months! So, I recently got a little better organized, got my sewing space back into shape, & I finally spent some much-missed sewing time with my sewing machine ~~

I made two heart pillows & have just listed them on Etsy along with some lavender sachets & some vintage items. I have so many projects running through my mind ~ I really WANNA SEW but there aren't enough hours in the day!~

Happy Groundhog Day! He says 6 more weeks of winter but this week we are having 70+ degree days here in Texas! We spent yesterday tilling the garden, planting & moving some plants, & dreaming of SPRING! Looks like I have Spring & Sewing Fever! ~

Have a great week! xoxo

~~We Hit the Chisholm Trail~~

Yesterday we took a little road trip & headed north to Oklahoma to hit the Chisholm Trail......

Stopping first at "Lookout Point"......



This area is the actual trail, left untouched.....

Did a couple of geocaches along the way....


And made it to our destination ~ The Chisholm Trail Heritage Center in Duncan, Oklahoma....


There was lots to see & do from a wonderful art gallery to a movie to lots of hands-on activities......



The audience got to experience "smelling coffee, bacon, & traildust" & even getting "rained on" during the movie!



TZ loved the Chuckwagon...... He wishes he owned one....lol.....Santa brought him a very cool miniature, tiny model of one.....

Beautiful statue in front of the Museum......

Homeward bound..........

TZ loves history & has always been interested in the Chisholm Trail so we decided to take a day to explore & see all that it was about. So early yesterday morning we filled two big cups with coffee & headed north to Oklahoma ~~ and it was a beautiful sunny day.

We drove first to "Lookout Point" & then out to where you can see the "actual trail" that is preserved with no digging or mowing allowed. Then headed to the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Museum in Duncan, Oklahoma where there was so much history - so much to see & do. We did a couple of geocaches along the way, & even found some great thrift stores in some tiny towns! Our first road trip of the year was a really great adventure ~~ such a fun day!