goodies in the mail

i am such a bad girl!

back in late january, i participated in the OWOH blog event and won!  not one but two gifts....

i received my prizes very quickly in february and here it is almost april before i am giving a proper thank you!

i am not totally rude cause i did thank the givers at the time but i do think it's important to recognize them here.... after all, it was a blog event.

i got these super cool fingerless mittens from amy of knitter of hats speaks.

 

my favorite colors are blue and green and these are just perfect! 

thank you amy!

so on another day, i was delighted to receive this friendly card in the mail with an atc card tucked inside from jennifer of just jingle.

from reading her blog, she is a talented crafter with such a bubbly spirit.

thank you jennifer!

last year, i participated in a pay it forward event and was informed by kathy of

tapestry 316 that i would receive a gift of art sometime during the year.  a surprise!

she is a watercolor artist with amazing skill at bringing nature to life in her art.

it was an absolute delight to receive these....

this is my spanky

 and lucy!

these are the photos i had posted on my blog at earlier times...

like i said....AMAZING!

thank you so much kathy!  what a beautiful gift from the heart!

a couple months ago, i participated in a photo swap started up by a sweetie
carrie from cherry blossom tattoo

this was chatted about here.

so i've received my second swap from jessica.
her etsy photography shop jessamae22 is full of beautiful work and she sent me these....

thanks jessica!  i love them!

to wrap it up... i am one lucky girl full of gratitude for these delightful gifts!
i hope you'll take a moment to visit them all!
happy sunday!

desperado

today while hanging around the house (it snowed again last night) i started a little spring cleaning.  i can't even begin to describe how badly i want to get outdoors, feel the hot sun on my face and point my camera up in the trees to capture the buds that surely are going to come.

i found this

 

and this!

these were taken about 10 years ago when i got my first canon.  it's a pleasant memory of when i drove day after day, searching and then discovering "the perfect pictures".  i would have to shoot a whole roll in a day or two so i could run to the drug store to develop.  i didn't do the one hour thing back then cause i didn't want to spend too much money and i knew there was going to be many more rolls to come.  

when i did pick them up, i would ooh and aah over my "perfect pictures".  

what did i know? 

really nothing.... i just started pointing and shooting!  

i found a whole big pile of photos i haven't seen in years so i think on another day, i'll start going through them all and scan some of the better ones.

but finding them did bring a little spring to my step!

so earlier this week at the grocery store i picked up this...

 

it's a pink hyacinth bulb in a glass vase that i will be able to watch grow.

i put it on a table right in front of the window so the sunlight will shine down on those amazing little roots.

grow, baby grow!

although my trip a couple of weeks ago to sunny, hot florida was wonderful, i do think it didn't help my winter blues.  i'm feeling more cabin fever and agitation than ever!  maybe it's just that it's been the worst winter in years and years.  

so spring cleaning continued....

to amuse myself, i had the duster in one hand and my camera around my neck....

the mantle is spiffy clean!

so it was a fairly productive day after all.  

through it all, lucy kept her eye on me.  she's a little concerned that momma's a little kooky lately....

i'm wondering how everyone else is doing this fine sunday?