Our Dala Horse!!

Our Swedish Dala Horse

Valkommen means Welcome http://lexin2.nada.kth.se/cgi-bin/swe-eng

Our Dala Horse came to live with us at Christmas time 2008 when Jess's sister Mary gave it to him. What a unique and lovely gift. Dala greets all who come to visit us as he hangs on the awning that shelters our front step.

There's quite a lot of information about the Dala Horse on the Internet. Here is a link to what Wikipedia has to say about them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalecarlian_horse

Thank you so much for the Dala Mary.

The Great Outdoors!!

A bloom on a Magnolia Tree in our neighborhood.

Blooming cactus in a neighbors yard.

Lovely purple flowers in another neighbors yard.

Sorry about the blurriness in this photo of a flowering vine enclosing a neighbors mail box.

Our wind-chime that I painted red yesterday.

As I have mentioned numerous times I love to take walks. The nature that I experience is so fascinating it keeps me coming back for more. As I was exploring the neighborhood today I saw the cactus blooming and knew that I wanted to take a photo of it. Later on my walk I noticed that the great Magnolia Tree I love to look at was in bloom. I wanted to share the fun with all of you. I added a few more photos of interesting plants and one photo of a project of mine aka the wind-chimes.

Please enjoy where you live and the positive characteristics of it.

Mom's Day 2009!!

A hand made card by Talmadge and sweet letter of appreciation from Tammy.

A lovely card from Jason, Noi, Drake and Perresa

A very fun talking card and cheering envelope from Kevin

A Thoughtful card from my dear friend Ariela

Outback gift card from Kevin and Walmart gift card from Jason and family

Our phone a symbol of the many phone calls I received from each of my awesome children (Tammy, Shane, Jason, Bryan, Kevin and Heather) and grandchildren who were able to speak(Talmadge, Drake, Perresa, and LaKai) wishing me a Happy Mom's Day.

Cameron and Tammy

Talmadge and Mia

Natalie and Shane

Jason

Noi

Drake and Perresa

Bryan Eric

Kevin Travis

Kevin, Bryan, Jason and Perresa

LaKai and Heather

LaKai and Ariela

Jesse Brent hubby extraordinaire

I feel very blessed. I have super children, awesome grandchildren and wonderful friends in addition to a very thoughtful and loving husband who makes me feel special every day.

I cherish all the well-wishes I receive and love I feel from these dear individuals in May and throughout the year.

Windy April!!

An Octopus Kite Flown 4 11 2009 at Macken Park, NKC, MO

Looking like some large bug in the sky this huge Octopus Kite captured my attention. I was fascinated by it. I hoped it would still be flying as I walked the 1 mile oval path at Macken Park, as I walked home, grabbed my camera, hopped in the car and drove back to the park. Yes, indeed it was still waving in the April sky. I then took the photos shown above.