A walk around the neighborhood

I am loving this warm spring weather.  My favorite season.  Everything is fresh and green and there is color everywhere.  It's the perfect time for taking walks.   

Otis loves his walks.  

These bright pink azaleas are in our front yard.  I look forward to seeing them bloom every year.  

Hope you are enjoying this wonderful spring weather.  

This and that.....

Hello, my friends.  Early this morning I took a walk in the garden.  With the sun we had yesterday and the heavy rain last night, things are growing like crazy!  I picked a gardenia and brought it inside.  My neighbor gave me the small gardenia bush last year and this year it is full of blooms.  I planted it by the back screened in porch where we can enjoy it's fragrance.  

I realized I left you hanging as to how I made out at the doctor a few weeks ago.  All is fine, however I am not out of the woods for at least another four years.  Appointments have been scheduled in advance and I will have to have a scan for osteoporosis since the one drug I am taking for my being hormone receptor positive is not a big help to my bones.  So I am doing resistance exercises and walking and moving and keeping busy, and enjoying life, since I have been feeling great.  Also staying positive and looking to the future.  

Yesterday I hung new drapes in the study.  I'll take photos later to show you the room.  

Galen and I will be heading to the beach on Tuesday to enjoy the day with my sister and her husband.  Can't wait to walk on the beach, stick my feet in the ocean, and eat lots of fresh sea food!  

Enjoy your week!  

Downtown

Galen and I decided to walk downtown today and do a few errands. It was a bit overcast so we took our umbrella and hoped it wouldn't rain.  

A few stops here and a few stops there, stopping by our wonderful hardware store to check out what they had.  You can find just about anything in this place.  

The BB&T banks towers.  

And a stop by the library to rent a few movies for the weekend and to stop and smell the roses in the rose garden.  Then homeward bound.  

And guess what we found at the hardware store?  

A globe for our study that lights up, which we will keep on as a night light.  

Lovin' it!  

Have a great weekend everyone!

Is it spring?

......because today sure feels like it.  It's 65 degrees and climbing.  

The garden was calling me early this morning and as I walked outside with my coffee it was the best feeling in the world.  Can you tell I'm so ready for spring?  I did some weeding and as you can see the garden still has a winter look, but I see some periwinkle blooming and the iris, daffodils and foxglove are up and spreading.

This is a great time for planning the garden.  I've already ordered some rose bushes and will separate some clumps of daisies and verbena to move to other places in the garden.

Otis and Riley were ready for a walk and so was I on this beautiful sunny day.  They enjoyed running around at the rec center and played in the clover.

Yes, it feels just like a spring day!

Hope you're enjoying the weather where you live!  

A walk with the wieners, a bird house and a book

There's a chill in the air today and it's a beautiful day for a walk.

The wieners were ready to go. I put on my hooded sweatshirt, gloves and scarf and out we went into the fresh brisk air. It's about 54 degrees here today (that's cold for me) but later in the week it should be back up into the 60's (looking forward to that ~ I'm not a cold weather person, as you probably know).

The leaves are not as vibrant this year as they were in years past ~ slow to change color and they seem to be dropping fast, but I did get a few photos of some pretty Autumn color. Otis and Riley enjoyed running and playing and sniffing everything possible at the park.

And since the weather has turned cold I've turned to painting and reading. I'm working on a bird house that I purchased at AC Moore. I like their variety of bird houses and they're very inexpensive. If you put several coats of paint on and a clear coat varnish, you can use them outside.

This one on my art table is still in the works and will get a bit more embellishment. I'm going to make a bird house wall on the back of the house where I will hang several colorful bird houses all clustered together.

The book I'm reading is another one of Barbara Taylor Bradford's books, The Triumph of Katie Byrne, and it's so good I can't put it down!

Well, I hope you're enjoying your day today,

whatever it is you're doing!

Flowers and houses...

Come walk with me and I'll show you some of the houses and flowers in my neighborhood. Spring is in full bloom.

This pink azalea (below) is in our front yard beside the driveway and puts on a show every spring.

Walking down our street ~

I have the weiners with me today, but they didn't want their photograph taken.

Lovely big shade trees framing this house.

The azaleas and dogwoods are a sight to see.

Cute little yellow house ~

And here we are, back home.

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the houses and flowers in our neighborhood! It was a beautiful day for a walk.