What Are The Chances?

What are the chances that my laptop battery was on it's deathbed, and one day after ordering a replacement battery, my desktop PC's hard drive crashed and burned? Yep.... 100%!!!!! My laptop is enjoying it's new battery so I'm catching up on internet stuff. Unfortunately, I have no idea how many files I've lost on the PC. :-((  I still have most of my pictures but all those bookmarks I'd accumulated are probably toast. Sigh.

Okay, now for the project I didn't post last week. I promise this is the last snowman project I'm doing until next winter. This project came from a Create and Decorate magazine from 2004. At the time this was published, I was into primitive style decorating. I figured this was an appropriate project to end my snowman posts with.

It appears we've had 4 to 5 feet total snow in the last few weeks. And the wind has been brutal. Winter is really getting old in a hurry so next week I'll be posting something spring-like. As you can see, my snowman is eager to get out of this weather too. And I have it on good authority that this snowman won't melt.

Until next time...Tootles my friends!

A Brief Visit

Yes, I'm briefly visiting this blog to post more spring blooms from the garden. I'm spending more time in preparing projects for my other blog asweetsavor.blogspot.com so I'm not posting as much on this blog as I have in the past. I'm trying to post here at least once a week. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't but I'll keep plugging away. It's so sad...even my quilting has suffered. And now I have to find time to work in the garden. I worked at cleaning up the front perennial bed...no more weeds. But that won't last long so I'll be piling on the mulch this weekend to defeat the little rascals.

Enjoy my daffodils!

It's Truly Spring This Time!

Last night when I drove home from my quilt guild I heard 'peepers' -little tree frogs. A sure sign of spring! Hopefully NO more snow until late fall.

On Sunday I planted a row of peas. Yum! And the Winter Aconites and crocuses are in bloom!

 Can you tell I'm excited? Naw, must be your imagination. LOL

Aaaaahhh! Finally Spring Is Just Around The Corner!

I think the snow has finally subsided and the dead grass will soon be turning green. Most of the mud has dried up in the driveway and the daffodils are pushing up from their wintery sleep.

And I've started some of my veggie seedlings...basil, onions and bell peppers. Oooooo! Garden season will soon be upon us.

basil and onions

bell peppers

YUMMIE!

Spring Is Getting Close

One day it snows and the next day it melts. We are on a roller coaster ride with the weather this winter. Yesterday was beautiful, sunny and a bit cool but promising. This morning a little snowfall that melted already. On Friday I saw a red winged blackbird at the feeder and a Flicker (woodpecker) in the front yard. Both are birds that migrate out of our area for the winter. But yesterday was a sure sign spring is just around the corner.  I saw something yellow in the front garden. Yes! The winter aconites have made their appearance.

I've been adding other pages to my blog:  'Gardening' and 'My Art'. Be sure to click on the subject tabs as I will also be adding links you might be interested in. I've been taking free online art classes and participation is still open. Look for the links on my art page if you are interested in joining in with us.