ABC Wednesday, Watery Wednesday, NaBloPoMo/Green

Oh my - Wednesday already!!  And this week we are celebrating the letter "C".  Although that can mean many things that are dear to me (critters, children, colors, cows, cats, cars, castration [sorry, but it's SO important in the animal world], cooking, clams, courtesy, customer service), the dearest is our CiCi, whom we always call Ci.


Ci has been with us for a year now - she came to stay on July 4th - a true day of celebration.  She didn't think so because she's afraid of fireworks : )  Common words cannot describe Ci.  There is just something so special about her.  She's the smallest of our herd, so needs to be heard, so barks crazily.  And growls too. And protects her Mommy.


Although, as you have probably guessed, I have hundreds of shots of Ci, this slightly out of focus one just tears me up!  She's my cute crazy critter, CiCi:

On to Watery Wednesday, and this time I've gone in a whole new direction:

My DH in the uber-wonderful outdoor shower he built for us showing off the true badge of a hard working man - white feet : )  This is a double water shot, since it was also raining.


And now for the NaBloPoMo "Green" post of the day.  These are some of our grapes, surrounded in the different greens of the leaves, and leaving the green stage, becoming ripe and ready to be devoured.  Which reminds me, I'd better pick them before someone else does.  Like Joy for instance; she does love a good snack!

Aren't you just green with envy?  Better wait and see how they taste.


If you would like to explore the meme world shown today, please click on the appropriate button to the right.


Thanks for visiting my world today.  Peace.  B : )

Shadow Shot Sunday and Weekend Reflections

Hi there!  Yes, I'm still competing for the "bad blogger" award.  Life just keeps getting in the way.  Sorry.  Well, not really : )

Here is my Shadow Shot:

BTW, if you ever decide to put your little ficus houseplant outside to grow, this is what to expect.

And here is the Weekend Reflection shot.  This is the little "foyer" at the front door where the dogs get in their "suits" to go for our morning walk:

That mirror is from a maple set that was my first husband's when he was a child; the hat rack is one of those cheapie brass ones, painted - talk bout recycling. The green to the left of the mirror is a 60's-ish beaded curtain that hangs over the glass block window, and the shell wreath was made by a very dear neighbor.  There are four hooks screwed into the mirror (you can just see the tops) where the dogs' harnesses and leashes hang.  That little note you see taped at the lower right corner is actually usually right up on the mirror, but I moved it for the picture.  That, AND the one on the door, which you can see in the mirror, are to remind people to be sure the door is latched, not just pulled to, because we lost our dear Jack due to that sort of error : (  and it was beyond horrible.  Jack's loss was - in our Greyhound world - like the first dent in a new car.  Once we felt a bit better about that, it was just a teensy tad easier (yeah right) when we lost Josie and Fred.  Now that I'm writing this, I realize that isn't true - it didn't make the subsequent losses any easier, it just took away the dread of the first time loss.  But now we have Jeffie and Joy (not to mention the terriers) and it helps.  I may have mentioned here before (maybe even more than twice) that Joy has lots of the unique personality quirks that both Jack and Josie used to have.  It's such a blessing!  Victor calls her Josie so often that he now calls her Joysey.  Here she is in a big hole she dug - just like Josie used to.  Just look at that face!

Have a great weekend.  Try to take a minute to drop in on these memes - buttons to the right.  Peace.  B : )

ABC Wednesday

Y is for youth - the younguns can get comfortable anywhere!

This couch is basically the testosterone zone of the family room - females rarely sit there.

To see more "Y" pictures, click on the alphabet button to the right.

Peace.  B : )

Mellow Yellow Monday

Happy Mellow Yellow Monday to you!  A brand new week - make it wonderful - for you AND someone else, if you can.

These pictures may be shocking if you suffer from arachnaphobia (sp?) but they're really quite beautiful.  I have never seen one of these - Victor says it's a banana spider.  It wasn't the spider so much that fascinated us, but the extra large zig zag in his(her) web.  If you know anything about this spider and/or the big zig zag, please leave your info in the comments.  Thanks!

To join in on the Mellow Yellow Monday fun, just click on the Mellow Yellow Monday button in my sidebar...over there to your right.  And tune in tomorrow - we'll have a guest appearance from Devo.  Peace.  B : )

Color Carnival, Camera Critters, Six Word Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday, Weekend Reflections

Happy Birthday to my amazing husband, Victor!! (Sunday)

COLOR CARNIVAL:

Did I use this before?  Can't remember : )

CAMERA CRITTERS:

SIX WORD SATURDAY:

Thank you Vets; we appreciate you!

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY:

Gotta love St. Francis for he so loved the animals : )

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS:

If you would care to see more of these memes, please click on the appropriate button(s) to the right.  Have a great holiday weekend, and please take at least a minute to recognize and appreciate the reason for the holiday.  Peace.  B : )