Saturday Snapshot Mother Nature May Be Bipolar

And she may be off her meds!!

Monday, Mr Busy and I took a road trip. We drove 60 miles to the nearest place to buy the National Parks Senior Pass. The price is going up some time this year. We had a lovely drive, it was partly cloudy by warm enough for just a light jacket.  It looked like this at home. 

Then Tuesday this happened.! 

And Friday it looked like this . 

This is the view from a friend's front porch. She says, "Uffda"

This is the view from my front deck at 6:30 a,m.

It finally quit snowing about 2 pm, and the official total was 13".   It was heavy and wet. We need the moisture, but I would have preferred rain.  Today is forecast to be 45 and mostly sunny. It should all go away. Already the streets and roads are clear and my deck is thawing.


I am linking this up with Saturday Snapshot at Melinda's Blog, West Metro Mommy Reads. There are a few rules, so check them out and show us some of your photos.


Until next time
Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Saturday Snapshot 3/21/15

Joining up again finally. We are travelling today, home from 10 days in Arizona. Here are some pictures taken on our trip down to AZ and while we were there. Share your snapshots on Melinda's blog, West Metro Mommy Reads. There are a few rules, check them out at Melinda's site.

In northern New Mexico, on a side trip to Taos. We were not in a hurry to get to Phoenix, so enjoyed a little excursion.

Scultpure in the Ladies Room at 5Star Burgers in Taos. Love those purple walls.

Peach bellini at Fez , Sunday morning before the book signing with C.J. Box at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale.

We had pizza at The Mellow Mushroom on St Patrick's Day.

Lemons left on the front porch of our son's house. Lemons are falling off the trees all over here.
 I am beginning to see a "food" theme here.

We had a really good time.


Until next time
Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Late Valentine Week Post - Saturday Snapshot

I'm linking up with Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads.  Last week, Valentine week, we were on the road. We put a lot of miles on my car, saw some interesting sites along the way. But we were on a mission, so did not stop for pictures. We were attending a funeral for my DH aunt. She lived to be 95 and she was a favorite aunt, so we felt compelled to attend. We traveled to Madison County, Iowa and I want very much to return to take time to see the Bridges of Madison County.

When we returned a cousin had posted some pictures that he found in my aunts things. They are old pictures, mostly taken by my father. He was an amateur photographer and even developed his own photos in a basement darkroom.

This one was not taken by him obviously, but it is my mom and dad in 1945. My mom always said my dad was the love of her life and this surely shows that sentiment.

This is my dad, my two brothers and me building a snowman. Did you notice Dad took his hat off to add to the snowman for the picture. This is probably 1958 or so. My youngest brother was born in 1955 and I think he looks about 3 here. Notice too, that I have on a skirt!!!!

This is a photo of the four jays, my dad used to call us. All our names start with J. This photo was on a Christmas card that year. I am in the middle holding the youngest, Jeff. We are left to right, Jane, Jeff, Judy and  Judd.

These photos bring back warm loving memories of my parents and my childhood.

Do you have old photos that bring back memories?



Until next time
Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Saturday Snapshot #315 - Sunday in the Park

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads. Feel free to share photos taken by you or a friend, or family member, not pictures you may find on the web. Check out Melinda's blog for a few other rules and to link up your Saturday Snapshot. 

Last Saturday I was attending The Road to California Quilt Conference in Ontario California. My phone crashed on the plane to the conference, so I did not get any personal pictures. I took a class, shopped til I dropped, viewed some amazing quilts and spent a great time with 5 other quilt-minded friends. You can check out the facebook page here. 

We flew back home early Sunday and I was greeted by my DH and then my granddaughter and her family stopped by the house to welcome me home. 

We had a fairly warm Sunday last week. These pictures were taken by our grandson-in-law during an outing to the park. Our great grandson is nearly 17 months old now. 

 His new "fun thing" is to squat and say "down"....

 then stand and say "up".

His mom was pretty excited that he left his monkey hat on his head the whole time they were playing. I say he is a smart kid......he knows he stayed warmer with the hat on.


Now I am off to see the other Snapshots posted today.

The Last Saturday Snapshots of 2014

How can it be Saturday already!  The weeks are flying by. One more week until a brand new year!

Saturday Snapshots is hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads. Come join the fun. Visit Melinda's blog, grab the button, read the rules, post your photos and link up at West Metro Mommy Reads.

I have a few photos of our Christmas morning ( ie Friday the 26th).  Our daughter and youngest granddaughter drove up from Colorado on Christmas afternoon. GR#4 had to work until noon on the 25th. It has started to snow here and I was so worried about them traveling. But my prayers were answered and they arrived around 6:15 pm. It is normally a 4.5 hour drive. Anyway, here are a few pictures.  The first present opened was to GGS Joseph ( he is nearly 16 months) from Auntie Shasta.

That is his Momma holding Olaf.











My girls have a family tradition of sticking bows in their hair upon opening gifts. Guess J. got his stuck on his back!

This picture is taken in the family room. Right now it is a play room. Gr Grandpa says it looks like Jay Leno's garage!  All the vehicles! And then now there has been added  a castle and a tunnel.  He isn't spoiled...Oh No!  

Hope everyone had a wonderful few days with family. And safe travels as you or your loved ones go back home.

See you next year!

Saturday Snapshot - 12-15 through 12-19

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This week I am sharing random pictures of my week.

On Monday, my friend Linette hosted an Ugly Christmas Sweater party at her home. I was enjoying the eggnog..
I had the "ugliest" sweater so I won this beautiful floral arrangement in a Christmas cup.

 Tuesday was my daughter's 50th birthday. Here she is celebrating with 2 friends and her youngest daughter. She is in the middle with the white top and red vest.  Our granddaughter is in the back.


Our great grandson and his momma have been visiting this week too.  We have two bags of toys for him to play with, but he prefers my "tupperware" cupboard. He loves putting the little ones in the bigger ones.

 I really have got to get rid of that 70's kitchen carpet!  Uggh!!!

I found this in my shoe on Thursday morning. It is a plastic duplo wheel from a set of duplo blocks that we have at our house. I had to smile. 

And packages arrived from family in Arizona. 

The only tree I have up is a flat one hanging on the wall. Small great grandson is part of the reason. He wants to touch everything. 

That was my week. 

Hope you have a happy one

Until next time

Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Saturday Snapshots - Some Christmas Traditions

Saturday Snapshots is hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads. Come join the fun. Visit Melinda's blog, grab the button, read the rules, post your photos and link up at West Metro Mommy Reads.

 I have another amaryllis this year. This one was a gift from my DIL's mother, when she left SD and moved to Arizona. It wanted to bloom early, so I put it in my front window. We are watching it change every day. This is from above on Tuesday!(edited the 2nd of Dec)

 Two days later,Thursday,(the 4th) one bloom is open and the other is ready to bloom.

 Today( Dec 5th) it looks like this.

A close up of  "Scarlet Joy"....my name, not the grower. Isn't it stunning.

Ready for a Christmas read and my favorite NOEL ( do you get it?) mug with tea. It is sitting on a Quilt As You Go place mat I made several years ago.

Are you taking time for yourself this holiday season? Hope you are!

Until next time,
Stay Busy and Stay Happy

ps: this is the post I forgot to post last Saturday the 5th. Today all four blooms are open, in fact the first one is starting to fade. There is another bloom stem on this bulb, so I should get another couple of blooms before Christmas. They are fun to watch grow and bloom, but they don't stay around very long.

Saturday Snapshots Baby It's Cold Outside!

Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads hosts this fun weekly meme. Its a place to show us a picture or two of places you've been, or people you seen, you get the idea. There are a few easy rules. Link up with Melinda, read the rules and join us.

Its been really cold this week. Last Sunday it was 68 and sunny, Monday it was -5. Wow, huge adjustment. We don't have a fireplace, or a gas stove,or pellet stove.  This is as good as it gets.  A candle burning on top of our entertainment center with my November stitchery. If you can't read it, it says Give Thanks. Between the candle and the stitchery is a small Christmas cactus that I repotted after the cat broke a piece off my large cactus. It is doing well, no blooms yet. Maybe this year. 

Hope you all are staying warm and dry and happy in your corner of the world. 

Until next time,

Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Saturday Snapshot 11/1/14

Hosted by Melinda at West Metro Mommy Reads, Saturday Snapshot is a place to share a favorite photo or more. There are a few rules, so check them out at Melinda's blog and the grab the button and play along. 

My favorite Cowardly Lion. Our middle great grandson who now lives in our town. The other two are in Arizona. He wasn't very fond of the hooded costume. 

The sky is a brilliant pink this morning as I sit and post this. And we are counting down to Christmas. 55 days and I have barely given it a thought. 

Until next time,

Stay Busy and Stay Happy