Tip Toe Through The Tulips

Well maybe not 'tip toe' through

them 

but we can at least

enjoy them 

;)

Thursday was our big grocery day

and I couldn't resist bringing

 home a pretty bouquet

of lovely spring tulips.

I was able to choose from pink tulips

and red and yellow and mauve etc

but these ones caught my eye.

I would LOVE to plant some

tulips here on the farm

but I'm afraid we have way

too many squirrels 

running around

and they

LOVE 

tulip bulbs.

So this past fall I planted daffodils instead.

Hopefully they will start to show

signs of life soon.

Until then...

I may just have to treat myself

again ;)

Poor hubby's back went out last

Tuesday and he has been up and down

since then.

I'm sure we'll be making a trip into 

the city to see his doctor tomorrow

but he says he's going to work tonight.

We'll see what happens when he get's up.

His big brother came over today  

and used the tractor to continue

cleaning out our hedgerow. 

I'm sure it's been many MANY

years since anyone has been able

to walk under those trees!

Mostly he is just cutting off dead limbs

and taking down dead trees that were 

burned when the barn caught fire. 

We had hoped that some of them would

recover and they did...at least partially. 

It's always sad when you have to take

a tree down but sometimes you

have no choice. 

Anyway...it's been a good weekend

and a sunny one.

I hope yours has been a good one too.

Linking up with

Kim Klassen for

Texture Tuesday

Karen at

My Little Home And Garden for

Sunlit Sunday

And

Mary at 

Little Red House for

Mosaic Monday

I hope you will stop by and

say "HELLO" to these lovely ladies

and check out all the 

wonderful photo's.

Hope your week is a good one!

Texture Tuesday

The Old Rose Bush

It was planted with love by someone who 

lived on this old farm many years ago.

They had dreams of seeing it grow and

flourish and thrive.

Maybe they had dreams of sweet

scented bouquets

placed around the farm cottage.

Perhaps they envisioned the beautiful

blossoms climbing up

the side of a trellis as it was

planted next to the porch.

We'll never know the story of this old rose

but I feel it is our duty...

a privilege... 

to continue to care for 

and nurture this beautiful rose

so that those who follow in the years

to come will enjoy her beauty

as much as we do.

It's TEXTURE TUESDAY once 

again and I am joining

with 

Kim Klassen

over at the Cafe

Here is the photo I used for the texture

today.

Our photo had to be centered around 

 the prompt/theme 'STORY'.

I used Kim's Simplicity texture

once at 100% 

then again at 29%

after turning the saturation down -56%

and lightness to +5

Here are the two photo's again a 

little closer together.

I wish I could figure out how

to do the 'mouse over'.

If you love photography 

and would love to try and learn

to be creative with your photo's

but you're not sure what to do....

please visit Kim's web site...you'll be

glad you did. 

Believe me...if I can do it...so can you!

Kim will start you off with the basics 

with easy to follow tutorials

plus she offers classes that will take your

plain old photo's to wonderful works of art.

I warn you though...it's addictive!

I hope you'll stop by and see what other

Bloggers just like you have created 

with Kim's textures.

Have a great week!

Texture Tuesdays 'Love'

It's Texture Tuesday again over

at Kim's

and the theme this week

is

LOVE.

I used two layers of Kim's 

texture 

'the leaf'.

I LOVE the wild bees that live

in our corn crib

and the bee's 

LOVE

the last of the

garden's flowers.

I'm enjoying the beautiful

weather we are finally having after

a summer of triple digit 

temperatures and drought.

I think the bee's are feeling

the same way!

I hope you'll check out the other

textures over at Kim's!

Maura :)

Texture Tuesdays

Do.

That's the theme for 

Texture Tuesday

I'm linking up with 

Kim from

Kim Klassen Cafe

My 'DO' 

is that I was in 

Ozark Missouri

with my sister in law 'doing'

what we love to do best....

shopping for treasures!

More on that later ;-)

I hope you'll 

head over to Kim's to

check out all the wonderful

photo's that fellow bloggers have

created using Kim's 

textures.

If you haven't tried it

you should.

I warn you though...

it's addictive.

I'll see you soon with more

photo's of our

treasure hunting

in 

Missouri.

Maura :)

Just Playing Around

It's been so hot (111'F in our area)

that I figured I'd spend my time 

inside

trying to learn something new.

So here is my first real try at textures.

I'm joining

Kim Klassen

over at the 

'cafe'

for

Texture Tuesday

Yes 

I realize that I'm a 

tad late but the link is still up

 so what the heck!

If you haven't tried doing textures

with your photo's you should give it a try

it's a lot of fun.

I hope you'll head over to Kim's

and check it out....you just

might become addicted!

Have a great day!

Maura :)