It is summer....in Texas It is going to be hot...REALLY hot..This is to be expected and is the norm. This year the weather is a little more challenging,  our rivers and grasslands are drying up..But there are many things that I love about summer..My friend's...

This "thing" (grasshopper...huge grasshopper) hopped a ride down my driveway and gave me the stinkeye the whole way! We have extreme drought and now very intimating grasshoppers.  I am in need of some chickens!(I did use my macro lens, so he isn't as big as he...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.  Helen Keller. I usually don't post twice in one day,But I love this quote

It is still too hot to be outside, so I stayed in the studio and put together a few things.   I get carried away sometimes...Vintage silver spoon, pearls and brass bee necklaceold folding ruler, buttons and beads braceletold folding ruler, vintage clock faces and...

(used pic grunger app on iphone)It is still blazing hot here in Central Texas with not a chance of rain in sight.  We still have some good grass and the stock tanks have water....for now...(My favorite instagram app)Many of you are in the same boat with very high...

I hope everyone has a wonderful fourth of July!

I LOVE poking thru old jewelry boxessearching for tiny treasures..vintage charms, crystals, beads I ADORE finding a old can of keys.  Small, large, skeleton..it doesn't matter I REJOICE  in finding antique pins, brooches, necklaces, buttons and tattingI APPRECIATE...

You know it is hot here in Texas when my super hyper Aussie shepard Tess, isn't outside running around!

The rain came really close to us...but parted and went around us.    I could see the rain in the distance!  I guess I will get my watering can out...again...Maybe next time....

 I can smell it, see the heavy clouds, feel the wind...I know many of you have had your share of rain and storms.  Some devastating. But here in central Texas, we are in a serious drought.  We have had severe storms all around the Dallas/Fort Worth area, but the rain...