Happy Easter

One of the nicest holidays this season. Enjoyed watching some excellent old movies related to the faith. "Ten Commandments" and "King of Kings" were very inspiring and reminded me of the importance of Easter. I baked a ham and tried a new recipe, Potatoes Florentine. Delicious.The Easter Bunny hid eggs in the back yard and left loads of candy. Beautiful music at church. Nice evening walk in the cool breeze with my family. Life just doesn't get much better. O.K., maybe drinking mojitos on the beach in Pensacola! To top off the day, we rented "The King's Speech" starring Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth. Excellent movie! I can see now why Colin Firth (aka Mr. Darcy) won the Academy Award for his portrayal of King George VI of England.Also watched the final episode of "Upstairs, Downstairs" on Masterpiece Theatre. I think I got enough of my British influence for the week. Oh, wait, the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is on Friday!! More British culture!! Makes me miss my honeymoon trip to England, Ireland and Wales!

Teaching Heart Mom: Links to Love

Teaching Heart Mom: Links to Love

New PB Inspirations

The inspiration from PB just keep comin'. I'm in love with these distressed terrariums. I think I may try to make my own DIY version though.I think that I will let Boo Bear help me with these. He loves to get dirty!

Beautiful Potting stand

Beautiful inspiration from Pottery Barn for a potting stand.Love this idea!

French Country Island

Beautiful example of what I would love to see in my kitchen! I absolutely adore the distressed look of this kitchen island. Most especially, I love the wine rack and cook book shelf as well as the ornate posts on the corners. Adore, adore, adore. I am dreaming about a kitchen redo (someday) and am going to keep this in my mind as how I want my cabinets redone. I've thought about redoing the island myself, however, we have stock cabinetry and a friend tried doing this with little success. I also don't have the beautiful features of this island. Dreaming of a french country kitchen in Texas!

Garden Potential

Wonderful idea! A garden journal to keep track of plants and the joy of watching them bloom!

Thinking about my new flower bed and getting ideas for what to plant. I love the potential that spring brings. The potential of what could be... a dream.... that may or may not happen.... the beauty that nature brings to us as a gift... I love most to see my antique roses blooming in my backyard and think of my friend Rhonda and our trek down to  Needville. A gentleman's wife died and the rosary was her idea. Once she passed, he didn't have the heart to keep it going, so he sold off all of the inventory. My friend and I gathered up some antique beauties and planted them in our yards. Rhonda moved to the city and I don't get to see her as much these days. I always remember her friendship when I see my beautiful roses blossoming in the summer sun!

Inspired by spring

The weather has been gorgeous in Texas the last few weeks. Cleaned out flower beds and ready for some spring blossoms. I'm getting ready to purchase some bedding plants for the pots out back and trying to clean up the yard a bit. Daddy-O pruned my antique rose bushes and cleared out the old Morning Glory bush. I absolutely love to see my beautiful roses blooming away in the summer sun. At some point though, it just gets too hot to enjoy the yard and everything goes a little crazy out there. By August, my beds look overrun, But by for the next few months, they're beautiful. I am going to get a new camera and hope to begin posting pictures. It's a very busy time for me with work and scouts right now. Looking forward to spring break and getting some productive house cleaning/yard cleaning done. Bring on the sunshine!!