Caught in the act...lol. The cat is enjoying he table by the window....we are not enjoying the cat hair and litter scrapnel we find on the table.

                                                 OFF with his head....LOL (stay off the table)

I see milk almost as good as a bird!

Who is at the feeder

I have enjoyed watching the birds come to the feeders here at the new house.

Here are just a few that I have been able to get pictures of.

 Mr. Goldfinch he fouind the feeder within hours of me putting it up. At the other house it was 2 weeks before the birds started coming.

                                                                   Mrs. Goldfinch

                                                         Hello my name is Ginger

                                          I am a cat bird...Ok I am a cat that wants to eat the birds.
                                                                   Here birdie birdie.

                                            I wish I had a better camera this was on 10x zoom.
                                                            I love the cardinal and daffodils.

                          House finch, common redpole or purple finch that is the question. I think House finch.

                   My gosh when I saw this guy I got so excitied I could hardly get the camera started

                                Mr. Red breasted Grosbeak He comes to the feedere everyday now

There have been other visitors also...Chipping sprarrows, White Capped sparrow, Mourning Doves, Blue Jays, Red Wing Black birds, starlings, cow birds, Junkos, Robins and another brown bird that was just a kicking up the mulch trying to find something to eat. I am sure there are different brown birds but I have not been able to identify yet.

Hand made cards given to me for my Bday

Here are the handmade cards that were given to me for my 50th bday

               This beauty was made by my friend Bonnie it was the group card that went with my gifts.
                So beautiful and of course a buterfly they always remind me of my Mom. Thanks Bonnie

                          This card was from Carolyn. So very nice with the hand crocheted flowers.

                                                                 Another butterfly :)

                              What a bright sunny card made for me by Kristy...can you spot it?

                                                    Yup that's right another butterfly

                               This beauty is from Sundee. Do I even need to say the obvious...LOL

This card is from Bonnie also it is so pretty and huge! Of course there is that wonderful butterfly.

Do my peeps know me or what. I am so blessed

Turning 50 and my birthday week.

For the last few years my birthday has seemed to stretch. I have so many friends that it just happens that way to fit in all the lunches. This year though I was thrown a surprise dinner at a favorite chinese restaurant. My daughter Caitie and a couple of my friends really made my 50th memorable.

         My daughter Caitie. I love you with all my heart and wish you the best life.

Caitie is very talented in the creative art side. She has amazing talent and a crazy creative mind. I love looking at her doodles and sketches and everything she does. It blows me away. I have posted a painting she did for me in a earlier post if you would like to see it.

                                            Bonnie my stamping pal and member of the card club.
                                           Bonnie was the mastermind behind the best gift for me.

                 I love you Bonnie and Thank you for your guidence in my personal life and my paper crafting life. These last few years you have helped me in so many ways.

I thank you for everything you have done.

I am so happy you did not place that first order with me....LOL

                                       

       My friend Christine was so helpful to Caitie to pull this night off.

 Thank You Christines for all the help you have given me and Caitie over the years. I treasure our friendship and love you and your family like my own. Your help during the move was unbelievable and I thank you for helping me during this stressful time. I thank Tim for letting us use the trailer to haul all my crap oh I mean craft stuff over here.

         My friend Marlene. We have had some crazy times in the last 30 years.

Thnak you for the crazy U turn trips and being the first person I flew with. Most of all for letting me be with you during the birth of your daughter. What a miracle I witnessed.

My bestie Mary lou I love you like a sister. I look forward to our daily chats on the phone. Our friendship has grown over the years through all the hardships and good times. Our children get to wittness what a friendship is all about. Love and understanding through good times and bad. Seeing us cry during times of crisis and tears flowing because we are laughing so hard at the stupid things we say or do.

Thank you for all the great memories up north in Bala and for your unconditional love 

                 My sister Judy I love my seeestor. She is my everything. I wish her happiness and contentment.

 My friend Carolyn a part of the card club.Thanks for all the beautiful card classes. Thanks for helping me arrange the craft room in the new house. Cant go wrong with yours and Bonnies minds working together.

Kristy, another gal from card club. I am so glad that you found me on the internet and gave me a phone call.

 Sundee, a new friend that like to do paper crafts so she is in as a friend...LOL

 Karen, What can I say about this lady besides I just love her so much. Long time friend that was lost then found because of paper crafting :)

 Carol, we are movie dates and I love going to dinner and a movie with her. Our children went to the same school for 9 years

       Mona, Thank you so much for all the hard work you did during the move.

Our talks over the last couple of years about our creative kids has helped me more than you know. love you.

 Judy, Judy, Judy... LOVE you I have so enjoyed our friendship over the last few years. Getting together for bible study has been great!

 Glenda love you too. Thanks for your support and love and hosting bible study.

Another lover of scrapbooking so she is in the club...LOL

 Jo Anne from the first time we met and actually before we were introduced I knew we would become good friends I hope it is for a lifetime. Love ya.

OK Jesse is not a girlfriend but his girlfriend is my daughter :) so he came out for my birthday and fit right in.

He is a great guy and is a big help when I need it. Thanks Jesse.

 Ok here is the first gift I got from the gang. These are used for cutting paper in perfect shapes and sizes. I have wanted to get them for a while but just did not have the cash to put out for them....Bonnie remembered that I wanted them. I have hardly mentioned them...LOL....OK every time we got together I said something about them. My machine is only big enough to use the first 3 in each set but I did not care I wanted to make bigger cards and they would do the trick! So I was SO HAPPY to receive them.

 OK this picture says it all.....THEY gave me the machine to use all the dies in. This was given to me at the end of the gathering. I was happy with the dies and did not expect the machine at all. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE.

 Caitie gave me 2 bird feeders. I love them one is for niger seed and the other for sunflower seeds. I put them up and birds were at them within the day. I enjoy watching them from the windows in the new house. I have seen many kinds of birds already.The most exciting was a rose breasted Grosbeak that came yesterday. I got a picture of it too. Thank you Caitie I love you with all that my heart you are everything to me.

 This painting was painted for me by my pepal of 41 years. I love you Cindy and I love the painting it so looks like Bala. Standing on Kevins deck looking out over Paradise Bay. Thank you so much I am glad you were there in spirit. Cindy's mother and my mother became penpals during the second world war. Barbara lived in the United States of America and we lived in Canada . One year the family came to canada to visit us and that is when we became penpals. There was an article in the simcoe remforer about us.

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                      This was the cake that was made for me. The baker was given a picture of a card I had made and replicated it. It was perfect down to the last detail.

         

I am physco over cake!!

          

        

      So the night was amazing and I love looking at the pictures.

Thank  You to all of you for making my 50th the greatest bday ever!!

Thoughts..about stuff

First off I am moving...yeah...nayyy all my stamping scrapping stuff is packed and won't be free until I figure middle of April.

Yeah think card classes are in the future....nayyy...hmmmmm nothing unless no one comes :(

Yeah...big house with everything on one floor for me. Second floor and basement for Cait and friends. Thank goodness for my text machine I will be able to keep track of where she is in the house.
nayyyy......big house big cleaning...LOL

Yeah ...well established gardens for me to putter in. Nayyy...trying to figure out how to get Chucky over there. (my 5 foot inukshuk cemented together) plus leaving behind a lilac bush that was given to me by my brother for my 40th bday I love that lilac.

Yeah...downsizing...nayyy...still have a lot of stuff need bubble wrap...LOL

Yeah ...land loard going to cut more grass then expected...nayyy...still a lot to cut and no lawnmower...LOL (what is the going rate for a teen to cut the grass. I got 2 bucks back in the day)

YEAH YEAH YEAH I have great friends that are willing to help...nayyy ..got nothing bad to say about my friends.

 YEAH I will be having Christmas for the first time in many years. The place is big enough for all of us (23+ peeps) nayyy...got nothing for this either!

YEAH...a huge wrap around deck that will fit my swing and my table and chairs plus a whole lot more if needed......nayyy ....nothing

Yeah a big kitchen ....nayy...have to learn to cook better

Yeah closer to Simcoe and Delhi...nayyy..further away from my friends :( (ok it is only 10 minutes...LOL)

Well at this point I see very few real negatives and a whole lot of happy!

Family Wedding card and a Lavender Thank You

One of the gals that I worked with for many years is getting married. It will be a blended family so I thought why not do a card that has the whole family on it. You will even see a small butterfly representing a grandchild.

The next card is for a Lady that is in the house I will be moving to April 1st.

She has been very nice to me.

She grows and sells lavender products so I thought I should use my

lavender stamp. Then my friend Bonnie http://thepinkdawghouse.blogspot.com/

has a great card that we modified to an oval. She cut the layers out

with her grand calibar and spellbinder dies.

I was so grateful for her to let me use her beloved tools.