Sunday, March 14, 2010

A day out shopping and other weekend happenings

Yesterday took some time to get away by myself, went to town for groceries and stopped at the Good Will, Salvation Army and St. Vincent's. Saw this cookie jar, and had to bring it home, just like the real ones. Actually it reminds me of our cats,except for the white face.
This was another find, will have to check there more often. Spotted it when I walked back into the room where the cookie jar was.
Finally got around to taking a picture of the violet in full bloom. The snow is melting fast, and can see some of the perennials in the flower beds. It will be awhile before I can get in there and clean out and get things ready, but it is nice to see ground, mushy and squishy that it is...

Click here to see the web site for the first sled dog race in our area. My husband was one of the ham radio operators helping with communications, and I went with him to watch the teams cross the road.

1 comment:

Lona said...

Very cool! Enjoyed the photos--looks like you didn't have a lot of snow, though.

Ours is all gone, downstate. It's been downright balmy this past week.

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