photo a day...two stories

 this is in focus and yes, that is rain!

 small limbs rained down...

 hm, wasn't tthere was a curb and corner and street and everything here just 10 minutes ago...

 the other top story from here today...finished bracelets... pearls, shells and czech glass on crocheted copper wire

 this one is crocheted silver wire, looks like fish net to me, outlined with beach glass, pearls, mother of pearl, czech glass and a few other goodies. finished with some pretty fab silver chain.

the rain comes and goes. blue but clouded skies. sun. torrential rain. the blue skies, like now as i post this...

photo a day...did i mention it is raining?

it rained so hard, i just sat in the car, trying to capture how complete this experience was...knowing all the while that i couldn't. but i love the way the camera caught the hard rain...little white slashes in the air.

photo a day...sun shower

photo a day...the pine sol rose

this is my pine sol tea rose. i bought it a couple of months ago. it was ablaze with these oh so fabulous orange blooms. i mean covered in them. it was love at first sight. and as the saying goes, you only hurt the one you love. usually unintentionally. i was rinsing out a cooler. being the conservationist that i am, i thought while looking at the cooler with a few inches of water in it 'hm...i should use this to water the new rose and geranium.' congratulating myself on my clever repurposing of water, i went and gave the rose a nice drink. as i poured the last of the water into the rose, i got the whiff of pine sol and just then, the brain cell that held the truth about that cooler and me cleaning it with pine sol last time i used it woke up and said 'hey that can't be good for roses!' well, thanks for that. the rose promptly proceeded to lose all its blooms. the leaves took a few weeks to completely die off. well, so much for love. fortunately my procrastination paid off. i didn't dispose of the body. then a couple of weeks ago...leaf buds! everywhere! then a few rose buds. yesterday's rain-a-thon burst the first bloom open!

welcome back my little pine sol rose. i will be better this time. promise!

photo a day...fourthing it with friends

new friends came

      my niece's (beauty on left) bestfriend (beauty on right) came...and i adopted a new niece!

                             my sister (beauty on left) and her best friend (beauty on right) laughed

                                                                        friends competed

                                                  friends put friends to hot grill master work

then it was time to go home...

 and this is what our drive looked like...don't worry...i was far too focused trying to see to take this shot. i have never seen so many cars pulled over and so many people with their hazard lights on. 

no fireworks tonight!

everyone safe and sound. a good day.

photo a day...going green

this little fellow surprised me while i was deadheading my geranium. he was perfectly colored and tee-tiny so i didn't even notice him as my hand flew around the basket, gathering the spent blooms. he was happy to pose for the photo and even stayed for a carefully placed watering. he kept those big eyes on me...i can only imagine what i look like to him. he is now happily doing his grasshopperness with the geranium all watered, ready for new blooms and rehung in its happy place. absolutely adorable.

photo a day...chinese tonight

dinner out at our favorite chinese restaurant.

the kind of place that you walk into and the owner gives you a hug and tells you that your in-laws were in the night before. and very yummy food.