Southern Living Yankee

Here's my kind of party! Me and my buddies made 'snake dogs' (and ate 'em) and then we made multi-colored rainbow cupcakes that turned out more like multi-colored blobs in cupcakes. Nevertheless, they were delicious! As you can see ...   Too bad you missed the phenomenal puppet shows too!     But it's a good thing you missed this rattlesnake. Good thing I missed it too! My life didn't pass before my eyes, but it was my near-death experience of the week. I was on a nature trail with my neice on Tuesday when we and the snake met on the path! But if you wondered why the kids and I made 'snake dogs' to eat today, consider it revenge for getting the bee-jeebers scared out of me!  

Out my kitchen window this afternoon I spotted this beauty enjoyed the crape myrtle petals fallen on my sidewalk. I was able to take pictures of him through the screen of my back porch, while trying not to scare him away. Then I compared my pictures to ones on this website in order to identify him: Gardens With Wings It's a great website for finding the butterflies in your area! Just type in your zipcode and colored photos pop up. And now I understand why this butterfly is called the Red- Spotted Purple, although the purple is so dark it looks black. Can you believe the difference between the wings open  and the wings closed? It looks like two different butterflies, doesn't it?  

WOOF! Feeling a little light-headed! Great Jet-Ski Hair Wadda ya think? Hey Everybody! Thanks for helping me pick #2! (Yeah, I'm no Sharon Stone, but I'm liking it). I'm not sure my fine, limp hair will hold this style too well in the brutal humidity down here. The stylist had me all hopeful with all the product I bought, but the drive home? Let's just say it was a let-down, hair-wise. I'll give it a week or so. If I can't make it look more misbehaving by then, I'll try cut #1. If that fails, cut #4! Hair's always an adventure and I'm glad to be following my heart once again. Y'all helped pick me up out of my rut and I thank you kindly! It's thundering, lightning, and the rain is pounding with one of our early evening pop-up storms. (Hence the humidity). So I'm getting off the computer ---I'd hate to lose this if the power goes out. Thanks again! P.S. Oh, by the way, in case you're wondering, I was not ...

Not Insincere , I said, Insecure . I've got an insecure question for you. Yea, it's haircut time and I don't know what to do. All I know is it's time for a change. Could you cast your vote? There's a ballot box at the right side column and you'll have my eternal gratitude. No guarantees I'll do anything besides say, "Just a trim and shape up," but I've been flaying myself about this for months and it's just stupid hair, so I need help! Tom gets an "F" in girlfriend skills with his cop-out "I like whatever you like" nonsense.    #1 THE WISPIES The wispies in my face might drive me crazy, but it looks easy to take care of which is an absolute MUST HAVE. #2 UP, UP AND AWAY This is off her face which is what I think I'm needing---get that bulky look away from my tiny little face #3 ADD SOME FUN Or stay with close to the face, just have more fun. How would this look on old lady me? #4 OFF WIT...

Driven by estrogen overload, I blogged a bit about empty nesting in Ohio back on 2010. Lest I forget this 'special' time, here's the link for it: Squawks Maybe that's why I'm so into bird-watching now---they squawk too! I think it's rather clever, if you like my snark side. I wonder if there's a snark side of the moon?

Tom was burning some brush at the back of our lot early this evening. I walked back there to talk to him, and lo and behold---a big wild turkey came walking out of the woods on the lot across from us! I thought maybe he smelled the smoke and decided to check it out. And he didn't seem in too much of a hurry, but he picked up the pace when he saw us. A minute later, we saw some more movement where the turkey was, and a coyote peered over at us. He turned around after eyeballing us. I think maybe he was following that meaty looking turkey. I never know what I'll see out here!   And this little thing was inside the screened-in porch today. The green anole made it out alive yesterday, so I guess word is out---Fud isn't a threat! Those are NOT my fingers in the picture.