Flowers, Mushrooms & Bats!!!

ahhhh......we spent the afternoon at "The North Carolina Arboretum" ~ it was awesome! Although most of the flowers haven't started blooming yet {besides the tulips & daffodils}, everything was all budded out and getting ready to pop open. And, they have an awesome Bat exhibit there right now:I love this!

Since I do live in "Transylvania County" I had to sport my precious little "Bat necklace" that I bought a long time ago on Etsy. Don't I look cute in front of all those Bonsai trees!But this was my most favorite thing!!! And it was growing wild amongst the "Hens & Chickens". I love all the little shroomies that pop up all over the place after a good rain.

Well, I haven't done my "Art Box" yet, but I am going to do it tomorrow. I had to really think about how to display my things in a small crate. I think I have it all figured out now though, so I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.

Gotta run for now and see how many games of Wii Bowling we can squeeze in before American Idol comes on. Before I go though, I have to congratulate lucky #1 {Emily}!!!! Yay!!! She is the winner of the "My Boyfriend's Back" bracelet from last week's post! And Emily, please send me an e-mail with your address, so I can have him on his way to you :)

Happy Wednesday!!! ♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go; Scatter bits of courtesy ~ watch them grow and grow. Gather buds of friendship; keep them till full-blown; You will find more happiness than you have ever known." ~ Amy R. Raabe

Flower Power!!!

Hello, hello!! I hope you haven't been waiting to long for me to post on my blog today. Gosh, I've been making stuff like an underpaid factory worker in a sweat shop ~ and I love it!!!! I've made a bunch of new things, but so far only listed a few in the shop. I'll stagger them out over tonight and tomorrow, plus I'll still be making, making, making. So since you've been patient with me, this is the give away for Wednesday {April 8th}:It's one of my, brand spanking new, "My Boyfriend's Back" bracelets. I just love it!!! And. you will, too! For some reason, I just cannot capture the awesomeness of that Black Tigereye with my camera. It's just gorgeous! And, I promise you'll love this little guy at least as much as he loves you :) ~ you know the drill ~ comment on this blog post and you will automatically be entered in the drawing. It's as simple as that. Good luck!!Our friends, Chuck & Van, have this amazing "English Garden" at their home in Baton Rouge. We had the pleasure of staying at their house when we were down there last week. Coffee in the garden was such a pleasure each morning. I just have to post a few of the "gazillion" pictures I took and hope you get a little of the same pleasantness that I did:ahhh ~ if you want to see more, you can always visit my "Flickr" pages, or Chuck & Van's website "Cloud's End" ~ I know you will enjoy it. But my most favorite find in the garden were these:"Rollie Pollies" ~ I've always envied the fact that they could just "roll up" in the face of danger, or confrontation ~ wow, that would be so awesome ~ just "ball up" and roll away....................

Happy Friday!!! Good luck in the drawing :)
♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness." ~ Therese of Lisieux

Bartering...who needs money anyway!

It's not that I don't have "courage" {most of the time - well, sometimes} ~ it's just that I'm afraid I may offend someone by asking if they are willing to "trade" some of my jewelry for what they have to offer. So I finally got up the "courage" to ask a lady here in town that teaches Yoga, Pilates, Nia and now Zumba if she would be willing to trade jewelry for classes! And, I'm excited to say, she was so excited {I think even more than me} that I now get to take classes for two whole months, twice a week, with no "out of pocket" expenses {kinda like "free" health insurance}!!! *Yay* ~ and I'm sure after those classes are done, I'll have something else she'll have to have and we can barter some more. I'm stoked!!! Well really, yesterday was my first class and I'm sore! I would have never imagined trading my jewelry for pain! But like the old saying "no pain, no gain" and I've "committed"! So now I'm "bartering" for comments on my blog ~ in exchange for this wonderful little "Peace" bangle:and, of course, all you have to do to win it is comment on this post! Lita will be drawing the lucky winner on Monday {March 2nd} ~ good luck!!!

Happy Wednesday ~ I'm off to fix us some "brunch" and then go on a short hike :)
♥ & peace always ~ Kathy

"Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others" ~ Samuel Johnson