IDAHO . . . HERE WE COME!!

We were getting closer and closer to our destination near Spokane, Washington but went up through Idaho.  The terrain is quite different than our rugged, mountainous Colorado.  Idaho is beautiful with rolling hills and wonderful farms.  We almost didn't stop to photography this beautiful farm!  Not too many barns are white and we just wanted to capture this scene!

PEONY and PETUNIA go GLAMPING!!

Yes, we took our ponies with us on our 3-week Glamping Road Trip.  These are the adult sized hobby horse style ponies I made two years ago and we decided they needed to accompany us on our trip.  So, off we went!  They traveled 4055 miles with us, never caused a problem and were the hit of our glampsites!!!
Thanks for the fun Peony and Petunia!!

GLAMPING ROAD TRIP - here we COME!!

First stop here was Monument Valley, just east of Kayenta, Arizona

I left my house on May 25th, headed to my daughter's house in Phoenix to gather her and her glamping gear up to embark upon our 3-Week Glamping Road Trip.

We are TENT GLAMPERS so the only trailer(s) we have are this cute little one that went with us and when it wasn't decorating our glamp-site it sat on the dash of the van we drove . . rode there the entire 4055 miles!

Sooooo . . . Is It APRIL or MAY???

I had to share this picture of the month of April from one of our calendars.  Over the weekend I remember glancing at this and thinking, Okay May doesn't start until Thursday.  A few days later I was looking at my planner calendar and another wall calendar and saw that TODAY is the 1st of May.  At that time I couldn't remember which calendar I was looking at that said today was April 30th, then I saw it again yesterday and, realized the typographical error on the calendar. Saturday is the 27th, but then Sunday is the 23rd and then back to Monday being the 28th.  One could get really confused if you aren't paying close attention!  I'm happy to know it is, indeed, the 1st of May TODAY!!!  Happy May Day!

it's about time for FARMERS MARKET SEASON!!

Soon, our 2013 Farmers Market season will open and we'll all be back in the swing of things before we know it.  It's hard to believe that it's almost time!  And, I feel like I'm sooooo NOT ready!  It's been a busy fall and winter and I have just got to get more aprons cut and sewn.  And it all has to fit around a three-week "glamping" road trip with my daughter in late May into June.  Yee-haw!  Yahoo!

DESERT BEAUTY

On a recent trip to my daughter's place in Glendale, Arizona I was able to photograph this stunningly beautiful Cereus cactus in bloom in her neighbor's yard.   It's just one type of Cereus cactus and the flower was about  8" in diameter!
BEAUTIFUL!  What a CREATOR we have!

CAROLINE ARMSTRONG . . . gone home!

My husband's mother, at the age of 86, went home last evening and is now safe in the arms of Jesus.  She is pictured here in the center of the photo with my children, Robin and Jeremy.  This was taken in December of 2006 in Tucson at the home of my hubby's only brother.  We had a fun, family gathering there to celebrate my in-laws 60th wedding anniversary.  Her husband and my father-in-law, Sam, went home to heaven the next summer in August 2007.
She was ready to go and as my hubby says, "she's been sitting on a bench by the river Jordan waiting for Jesus to come and call her home". We will miss you "Grannie", but we are praising God for you, your life and that you are now HOME!