Ed the Rose has quite the bite.

Back in Feb we went down to Waycross to get some stuff from my house and to dig up Ed.

The tulip magnolia was in bloom, as it normally is this time of the year in Waycross. I love this tree, and now I have to figure out where in my yard to plant one. :-)

The two blueberry trees were also in bloom. I'll miss not having blueberries in the summer.

So, we dug up Ed. Here is Ed, short for Edna the Peace Rose.

My son, Shaelan helping to dig the hole to put Ed into at home here Bishop.

Persephone has to see what all the excitement is all about.

I will say, this roses thorns are huge!! And they hurt if you're not carfefull when handling her!

Ed is in the ground and all watered. This is still back in Feb and I was so very nevous that the last of our winter would be too much for Ed. Driving north for 4 1/2 hours means there is quite a temp difference between the two cities. 

Yep, crystal mushrooms. It's the biginnig of an idea for a Fairy garden.

So, this is one if the things I did in Feb.

Wheeeee.

Ttfn

Jenn

The joys of oral surgery...in the cold rain.

     It's Friday, and raining, and cold. And I get the to have the joy of having three teeth surgically removed today. Yay. Please notice the use of the sarcasm font. LOL

     It is raining, but the birds are still loving their bread in the feeder right now. Not that they will stay at it long enough for me to get a picture of one.

     But there is still a beauty to be found in the winter landscape and the shades of greys, greens, and browns. Lovely earthy colors.

     My cat, Persephone is also loving the cat-TV that the feeders are providing her.

     This spot on the back of the sofa is one of her favorites. Can't say as I blame her, it's one of my favorite seats in the room as well.

     Well, time for me to take my pre-op drugs grab my worry doll, Ludo, and get moving to the surgeon's office. Ugh.

     Even Ludo looks as nervous as I feel. Dental work always causes such high anxiety for me. Ahmwell, it is what it is. I see a weekend of rest and crochet in my plans, with warm soups, warm drinks, and warm fires in the hearth.

   See y'all later.

   Ttfn

       Jenn

Winter wandering and survival....

     It has been cold! So very cold the past couple of weeks. Mostly, I like cold weather, esp if I can be inside with hot coffee or tea and a blazing fire in our fire place. But it has been cold enough for long enough that it is time to have the white stuff too. I mean really, if I'm going to freeze my petunias off, there had darn well better be some snow on the ground to make it worth it!!

   Since I was hit with a bad case of the flu during Christmas week and didn't do as much of my crochet I had planed on, I have found it hard to pick up the crochet mojo again. Does anyone else have this problem?

     I do have one project that I really do need to finish, and fast. The next to last of a group of very late Christmas gifts. 

     A scarf of wool, and silk. The grey silk yarn, I can not remember the name of the yarn, or if there is any other fiber content. The colors though, I love them together!

     It is grey, trust me. ;-) 

     The pattern is from Ravelry, and is really simple. I am loving it, as its a really quick and almost brainless one that allows for chatting!

     And, the yarns really are stunning together! Now I just need to keep working on it.

Ha! Yeah, just keep hooking, just keep hooking.....maybe that's not such a great chant after all. LOL

     Last weekend, Friday night to be exact, my hubby and I grabbed the two boys and dashed to the Mall of Ga. The goal? Dinner at the Mongolian Grill, and a trip to Lush for Caca Rouge! Then early Sat morning, hubby and I ran out to go to a little specialty grocery store located in Five Points in Athens.  Since I was starving and on the verge of being "hangry" we looked for food and discovered a neat little breakfast/lunch diner. . J. Christopher's is good, Good food. 

     And, their decor is really kinda awesome!! I really, really, really wanted the painting on that wall to make its way into my house! The Hubby thinks the turtle is creepy, I thinks he is adorable!

What do y'all think?

After breakfast and a quick hop into Earth Fare to grab some rose water, we dashed home so that hubby and middle child could go shot arrows, throw spears and otherwise have fun with sharp pointy objects at a friends house. Meanwhile, I took advantage of the day and I doused my head in caca rouge!

     Yep, all wrapped up to keep warm and I let it sit like this for five and a half hours!

     What it looked like just before jumping in the shower to wash it all out.

     This is why it's called caca rouge.....what looks like baby poop goes on.......

      And red is what is revealed!

     This picture brought to you by the Huddle House on Sunday as we were headed into Braselton to find cool junk/antique stores.  Hubby and I love to go junking, and looking for treasures. It's so much fun, and as you can tell by the scarf, it's still bloody well cold!

     So cold in fact this is what the top of my car looked like just yesterday morning!!

     Just look at that patterning! The swirls, and swooshes!

      So simply beautiful and crisp.

     I believe this is what's called Hoar Frost. As you can just see in the above picture, it is spiky.

      Very spiky in fact.

     Little tiny skinny trees of frost making up an almost micro forest of icy winter wonderland. 

And this is how one survives winter in my house. Pamper ones hair with earthy color products, eat lots of yummy breakfasts, bundle up in lots of scarves, lots of junking and window shopping, and loving the art that nature provides. 

     Oh, must not forget the family that it's all shared with.

Yep. Survival.

  LOL

     My guys are hams!

  Ttfn 

     Jenn

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!'

     We spent most of our day today at a friends house, eating, drinking, and making merry! Linda and Casey have been hosting this New Year's Day brunch for many years now, and it is a tradition to go.

Also, as a girl rasied in Georgia, I, for the first time ever, made the traditional New Years Day meal.

Greens, ham, black eyed peas, and corn bread!

     Much yummyness was had!

      The corn bread was made with a drained can of Rotel, and a can creamed corn instead of milk. Yum!! 

Greens for wealth, ham for health, and peas for luck!

     Here is hoping that the next year is full of good wealth, good health, and good luck for you all!

Ttfn

    Jenn

Cold wet days makes for an evening of warm baking!

It has been rainy and cold all day today. It has also been the beginning of the "Great Autumn Purge".  Every year at this time I suffer form the need to do a massive deep cleaning. I start seeing ideas for parties, and festive gatherings, and it creates a need for me to have a space I want to invite people to.  Last year, this got started, but never really finished.  So this year, It Will Be Done!!  Shae and I got started a bit yesterday, and today I was so thrilled when all my guys helped me with the moving of boxes, making more boxes of fabric to move (I inherited a lot of fabric from my husbands Grannie!), and then moved some of those same boxes to a different place.  Then came the moving of the living room furniture!  And Not One Gripe!!  It may have had something to do with the promise of brownies.  Better yet, Brownie Waffles!

So, for Brownie Waffles take one package of Baker's Unsweetened Cocoa, and follow the recipe on the box.

     Thick and gooey batter. Using a scoop, or a measuring cup as I did, ladle into waffle maker.

     Wait calmly while the yummy smell of brownie goodness fills your kitchen.

     And then eat and enjoy the fantastic joy of waffle brownies...or brownie waffles.  Either way, they are just plain good!!  I added a bit of nutmeg and cayenne pepper to these, and I think it took them up to an even better level of yummy!

This lovely spot is from last night, before today's great purge has it now covered in fabric to sort and box up for use.  I have a thing for quaint and cute chairs.  I like to call them "Grannie Chairs".  I have this spot by the front window so I can sit in the mornings with the light shining in and read, crochet, or nap with a Persephone in my lap.

 

     Also, I am loving having my old shelf back to being used as a china cabinet for some of my tea cups and tea pots.  Love it!!

What do you like to do on wet rainy days?

ttfn

Jenn

Baack at the Beginning...

Well, back at the beginning of this month was my husband's and my anniversary. It has been four years since we froze our buns, and forced many of our friends to freeze their buns off too while we stood beside a lake and said our "I do"s!!  And in true style for us, most of the day of our anniversary was spent at our local small Memorial Park zoo because my husband had offered to help cary a black bear into a waiting van so he could get a bad tooth extracted. O_O  I meet up with him and a group of our friends after the loading while they were waiting on the bear to get back for the unloading.  I have always loved this little zoo.  You would think that since I grew up in this town that I would have fond childhood memories of it.  But I don't.  I do have fond memories of bringing my own boys here when they were little to look at the different animals, and they loved it. We all still do!  

As pretty at this place is in summer, it really shines in the autumn!  

All the golden and red leaves shining in the dappled sunlight of the afternoon.

And of course I have my favorite animal that I simply must see every time I come here!

The Georgia Bobcat. Also known as a lynx breed of cat native to Ga.  There are two of them, and I don't know if this is a boy or not, but as he was the one wondering around the most, I decided he was indeed a boy. LOL

Of course the leaves are also worthy of a bit of a close up.

But I don't know if they can just live up to a lynx.  

I mean look at this guy!!

Look at that face!!  I would bet he would LOVE to have his ears scratched!!  

Later that night we went out for dinner to a little tiny Chinese restaurant that had some really yummy food.  They also had a very stunning piece of art work framed and hanging on the wall.

This is all hand embroidery!!  The  image is just fantastic and the colors are stunning!  The detail!  The main bird is a Chinese Phenix, and if you look closely you'll see that he is a mixture of birds.  I loved this peice of art.  I have one around here somewhere that I picked up at a junk/antique store. But mine is so much smaller than this one I would never thought to have framed it; now I think I just may do that.

What interesting decor have you noticed while out and about?

Ttfn

 Jenn

Right now . . .

Yeah, well, it has been awhile since I've posted.  I have joined the many masses that are trying to write a novel in November. Plus, I get a great idea for a post, and have no pictures to go with it, or I have some pictures, but they were from days ago.  I have everyday writers block?  I think I've chatted about this before.

Well, regardless, I have been a bit of a busy, and lazy bee of late.

Right now I am loving the afternoon light as it shines through the house.

     This is from yesterday; my kitty, Persephone enjoying helping me crochet.

    More like enjoying the sun, my lap and getting pets.

     Late afternoon sun setting behind our house. Yeah, there are trees that are growing right up against the deck. They won't be there after this weekend.  I have such plans for this tiny little back deck.

     The light throwing rainbows into the room.

     A rainbow-beam lighting up the scarf I'm making.  Which I finished last night. 

Right now I am loving Eggnog!!  The yummy seasonal drink is perfect by itself, mixed with milk, or used instead of creamer in coffee or tea!  Really, really yummy!!

    This is a new brand that we just found.  It is a bit lighter in the heavy cream than some of the others. Oh, and that bit on the bottle?  Right there..."Each sale helps children in foster care...." Yeah...

     Then if you read the back of the bottle?  You might need a tissue, I did.

Right now I am loving the Goddess Group at my UU church.  We get together every third Sunday and enjoy a lesson, or an activity. This week we worked on the idea of chakras and the gems and colors that are associated with them.

      This is the Chakra charm that I made for a friend that every once in a while needs extra love and affirmation.  I hope that the energies put into it's creation really help her.

Right now I am loving the cold nights, and my fireplace.  Working on crochet and writting don't always mix.

     But by golly, I can give it a try!

     This scarf is also now done, as these two pictures were from one night late last week.

Right now I am loving being able to be home during the day, and not have the stress of a job.  But all good things must come to an end, and I am still working very hard on attempting to get a job.  Our finances are really getting too tight for our comfort.  I have been debating on adding a "Donate" button to my blog. I think I will end up adding it, I just need to sus out how it's done.

Also, those two scarfs will be added to my Zibbet shop by the end of the day today! 

Right now, what are you loving?

ttffn

Jenn