The Hawk

Imagine walking, with the one you luv, into your screened-in porch/Florida room first thing in the morning with a cup of Pumpkin Spice coffee and an everything bagel and finding this beauty right outside that porch staring right down at you...



That was how our morning started today. :0)

Fast forward to real life...

After that beautiful bird let me snap a few photos of him, the boys both woke up with a stomach virus {no school "crappy" day today, hehe} and Kenny, the bug guy came to spray for fire ants and palm sized spiders {gotta love Florida wildlife}.
I had to cancel and reschedule the boys physicals for today.
I'm wondering if I have enough fixins' for chicken & rice soup. I do have the chicken and I do have the rice so I guess that's half the battle.
I got news over the weekend that damn near knocked me for a loop.
I am behind on just about every project I start.
I go to bed by 9, I think I am getting old-ish. {I know that has nothing to do with anything but it's been on my mind}
I need to email my BFFL Sheila today, no matter how busy I get, no matter how many times my OCD demands I Lysol & Clorox wipe everything in the house, no matter how many times I add too, take away or change every Halloween and Fall decoration I got going on inside and out.
Today I will check my email and don't care how bad my eyeballs feel like they will fall out of my face, I will get done.

For right this moment though, I am going to put down the clicker and go hug my Bear, who is, as I type this, sitting on the sofa holding up his very hurting noggin. My poor baby. :0(

Have a beautiful day everyone. :0)

Sunnyside Moon

There is just nothing more romantical then shooting the moon with the one you love. :0)



That was last nights moon just up the road a little ways.

Have a beautiful day everyone!!

Brothers

"Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero." ~Marc Brown



It is getting difficult, I mean seriously difficult to get a photo of those two together.
They poke, complain, and well..let's just say in the 7 minutes it took to snap about 20 pic's similar to that one, I owe myself about $19.00 in "outtake/lens fund" dollars.

I think I may have to stick to things like flowers and Halloween decorations, they don't complain much. :0)

I hear a lot of peep's rave about garage light and that picture was taken in the garage, facing west at about 5 PM. OK so I haven't found my love of garage light yet but I suppose if I keep working at it, I just might one day.

I never did go food shopping yesterday, so I better get going and get 'er done today. The last of the Rice Krispies is being shoveled into one starvin' 12 year olds face as I type. LOL!

Have an awesome weekend everyone!!

Two Butterflies

"In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet."
Albert Schweitzer



Hope everyone out there has a beautiful day today.
It's one of those days for me where I have a zillion ideas and can't stay still long enough to complete one of them.
LOL, such is my life I guess. :0)

TTYL!!

PS. Flickr is making this pic look very dull, it looks better in the for real. Sorry. :0(

October

"Sometimes the only thing to do is to start looking at everything again until you forget what you're supposed to see & actually see what's there"



Happy October everyone!!

This is probably the only month I kind of miss living up North {see Sheila, I admitted it..hehe}. The trees, leaves, apples, the cooler air and the scent of October...Mmmmmmmmm.

Ah well, if you can't live it, fake it right?
The floral I posted today is actually a $5.00 Wal-Mart arrangement that I keep on my dining room table. Yes, it's phoney but what can you do when the majority of trees here are palms and fruits? :0)

On a happier note, in about 6 or so weeks the whole town of Leesburg, FL will be smelling like freshly squeezed orange juice, all day, every day.
Winter is orange season and we have an orange juice making plant just blocks away from where we live now. All day long you see open semi's full of oranges making their way through our streets.
I'll take oranges over apples any day. LOL!

Have a great day everyone!!!!!

29 Again

So, yesterday I turned 29 {again} and it was great.
The boys made me some purple and black cupcakes that were totally awesome.
Karlio made me a cherry pie cuz I am just not a traditional b-day cake kind of gal.
They got me this big ole' bag of Halloween stuff and my three nautical stars I have been wanting for my bedroom forever. There is a story that goes with that, but I'll tell you all about that at another time.

All I really wanted from the boys was a nice photo of them together that I could get printed big....but, that never really happened. They tried their best but the sun direction was not in our favor. So, we'll try again today but we'll wait until almost 7 o'clock or so when the sunshine isn't so harsh.

Out of 20 taken, this is the only one I kept and of all things, it was just one of those "test shots". I like it pretty good though. :0)



Things around here are starting to really pop up Halloween. Call me crazy but IMO it is never too early to start decorating for my favorite holiday. LOL!

Here's a snap of the beginnings of a cemetery we have going on in the front yard.
Yeppers, that's real fire. :0)



Kolin's bedroom window and a view from the front yard facing the street...



My Scare-Crow {I wish I would have closed the garage door}...



And the front yard so far but there will be a lot more by the time we're done...



That's about it for today cuz I am on my way to Starbucks who so sweetly sent me a postcard in the mail for a free whatever I want.
Heck yes, it is "Pumpkin Spice Latte" time of the year!!

Have an awesome day all!!

No Title Tuesday

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."



Sorry, just feeling extremely unmotivated this week. I'm hoping to find my mojo again her real soon. :0)

Have a great day everyone!!