Little Fur Man

I was out on the porch today - and this little brave soul came right up to me

He was trying to tell me that the branch that had fallen earlier had knocked down the corn cob holder....

and there was no corn on his branch..... I was so surprised to see his cute little furry face, however, that I just kept snapping pictures of him - while he flipped his tail in agitation - and flapped his arms around and got closer and closer to me....

Til he looked me straight in the eye in disgust... and then I realized... No corn! What was I thinking!

Yes - I have a problem... I love squirrels!! There's just something about those funny furry feet that make me smile!

My Birthday - The Denial Years!

My beautiful daughters and loving husband celebrated my birthday with me yesterday! We had a delicious dinner at Hidalgo's - my favorite mexican restaurant... then came home for cake... which my husband loaded with trick candles... accidentally.... mmm hmmmmmm!

He did, however, do me the favor of NOT placing the entire number of candles on my cake to match the number of years I am celebrating...... something I stopped doing several years ago for fear I'd burn the house down!

But he's got to work on his

"You're HOW OLD?"

 face... dont' you think?

My birthday flowers
make up for it though!

Flowers - a new nail gun, mexican food, cake and family time!  It was a really good birthday!

A Whole Latta Regatta!

So It's rowing season and weekends mean Regattas! 

Warm days, friends and races in the sun!

Winning always makes the day more fun!

And having family there to cheer you on is vital to victory - of course!

Go Katie Go!

ATOMI-CCC!    Even the wild life enjoys rowing....  (ha - well - maybe not so much)

Scrap Wood Thingies....

The good thing about renovating a house is he piles and piles of wood scraps that are left behind... and being the recycler that I am - I can't just throw any of them away until I determine that they are just too small to make something out of.

Even the smallest scraps of wood can become a little bench. 

An old kitchen cabinet door - a funky table....

Shutters and a square of wood could be a plant stand

and all those scraps that are left.... make into a shelf to hold your knick knacks.... like we ALL need one of those!

I have decided that all I need to be happy is some wood, paint and tools...!

Life is good!