LAVENDER

" HERE'S YOUR SWEET LAVENDER,
SIXTEEN SPRIGS A PENNY,
THAT YOU'LL FIND MY LADIES,
WILL SMELL AS SWEET AS ANY."

THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SELLING LAVENDER WOULD YELL IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, ENGLAND. "THE SELLER'S CRY"






BEAUTIFUL FIELDS OF LAVENDER...................

" WITH IMMEDIACY AND INTENSITY, SMELL ACTIVATES THE MEMORY, ALLOWING OUR MINDS TO TRAVEL FREELY IN TIME."

I LOVE LAVENDER, I BUY LAVENDER CANDLES, SACHETS

AND LOTIONS AND POWDER.......IT IS SO SOOTHING, AND THE SMELL IS LOVELY. RIZZI

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN BLOG LAND............................


HOPE YOUR DAY IS FULL OF JOY..........RIZZI

TEA IN THE GARDEN

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING A POST ON TEA IN THE GARDEN WITH BERNIDEEN. ALL MY LITTLE TEAS THAT I HAD WERE INSIDE. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING A TEA PARTY OUTDOORS. MY GARDEN IS JUST STARTING TO BLOOM AND THERE IS MUCH PLANTING TO BE DONE.



I CALL THIS BRIDAL BOUQUET....SO LOVELY....




THIS IS PART OF THE ROSE FAMILY...........................

IT FEELS SO GOOD TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SPRING WEATHER BRING IN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PLANTS AND FLOWERS.

MY TEAPOT SET I GOT FROM MY DAUGHTER, IT IS SO LOVELY. I USE IT ON OUR WEDNESDAY TEA WE HAVE.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE GARDEN IS STARTING TO BLOOM,

BRINGING THE LITTLE FAIRIES TO LIFE..........

MR. AND MRS. FROG ARE SO DELIGHTED WITH ALL THE SUNSHINE............................

FORSYTHIA.................LOVELY YELLOW FLOWERS...............

A SURE SIGN OF SPRING......................

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEXT POST, HOPING TO HAVE MORE IN MY GARDEN, AND SIPPING TEA IN THE SUN. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY......RIZZI

GOOD MORNING ROBIN RED BREAST

GOOD MORNING, IT'S 10:01 AM, A VERY GLOOMY, CHILLY MONDAY. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RAIN TODAY.
I WAS SITTING OUTSIDE HAVING MY MORNING COFFEE,
AND I SPOTTED THIS BEAUTIFUL ROBIN SITTING IN HER NEST. THE NEST THAT SHE BUILT WAS IN A TREE WITH NO LEAVES. THERE WAS NO MR. ROBIN, SO MAYBE SHE'S A SINGLE MOM. I FELT A LITTLE SAD FOR HER, BECAUSE THEY SAY RAIN TODAY, AND SHE HAS NO LEAVES TO SHELTER HER. GOD BLESS HER, I HOPE SHE WILL BE ALL RIGHT.


HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE WEEKEND, OUR WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL ALL WEEKEND. WE DID SOME SHOPPING, AND WENT OUT TO DINNER. I ORDERED THE OLD FASHION TURKEY DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS. WE BROUGHT OUR DESSERTS HOME, I HAD A NAPOLEAN.....VERY DELICIOUS.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.............RIZZI

THE ROYAL WEDDING

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.....HOW ELEGANT IS THIS......

HAVE A GREAT DAY. RIZZI

THE JERSEY SHORE

EASTER BREAK WE TOOK A RIDE DOWN THE SHORE, LONG BEACH ISLAND. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, BUT DOWN BY THE OCEAN IT WAS VERY HAZY...........................


THE OCEAN WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL, AND ROUGH. THE SMELL OF THE OCEAN WAS JUST PERFECT..................
HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS................MATTIE AND MAKAYLA FEEDING THE GULLS..................
THE SEA GULLS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL....AND HUNGRY................
TREASURES OF THE SEA..............................

MATTIE LOOKING FOR SHELLS.................................

JENNA.....................................

WE HAD A GREAT DAY, I LOVE GOING DOWN THE SHORE.......I LOVE THE OCEAN..........................ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED AT THE HERMIT CRAB SHOP, BUT THEY WERE CLOSED.....THEY WILL OPEN IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THE KIDS LOVE THE HERMIT CRABS.....................

WHILE I WAS WAITING IN THE CAR, A SWEET LITTLE BIRD WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME IN THE BUSH WHERE WE WERE PARKED, SO I TOOK A PICTURE, THEN I SAW ME IN THE SIDE MIRROR SO I TOOK ANOTHER PICTURE,

THIS IS WHAT OLD PEOPLE DO.....TEE HEE.....GREAT DAY WITH THE KIDS, AND OF COURSE WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH.

NOW I AM TAKING YOUR PICTURE....SMILE...............

THIS IS THE LITTLE BIRD IN THE BUSH....I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF BIRD IT IS, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.........RIZZI

EASTER DAY

WE HAD A VERY HAPPY EASTER , AND LOTS OF FUN.
OUR LAMB CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES WAS DELICIOUS......THE KIDS COLORED EGGS WHICH WE HAD FOR BREAKFAST ALONG WITH HAM, AND CINN. BUNS. JACKIE MADE A DELICIOUS DINNER, LAMB WITH MINT JELLY, HAM, MASHED POTATOES, MASHED SWEET POTATOES WITH TOASTED MARSHMALLOWS, STUFFED CELERY STICKS WITH CREAM CHEESE AND OLIVES, STRINGBEAN CASSEROLE, ASPARAGUS WITH HOLLANDAISE SAUCE, CARROTS, WITH BUTTER DILL SAUCE, BROCOLLI WITH CHEESE SAUCE, HOT BUTTERMILK BISCUITS. YUM, YUM, YUM,
IT WAS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. WE ALSO HAD HOMEMADE DESSERTS LATER IN THE EVENING.







THIS IS MY MOLLY DOLL I GOT FOR EASTER, SHE IS SO ADORABLE.

THIS IS MISS TIPSY, MAKAYLA'S BUNNY SHE GOT LAST EASTER. IT WAS HIS SPECIAL DAY TOO.

AND.......HERE ARE MY FOUR BEAUTIES, GETTING READY FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT.

THE WEATHER WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WE HAD A LITTLE RAIN TOWARD THE EVENING, BUT IT WAS A FINE DAY.
HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY EASTER TOO. RIZZI

HAPPY EASTER

HAPPY EASTER.........TO ALL MY WONDERFUL BLOGGER FRIENDS.........RIZZI

HAPPY BIRTHDAY "KAREN"

TOMORROW (EASTER DAY) IS MY NIECE'S BIRTHDAY, KAREN FROM......................

www.overbackyardfence.blogspot.com/

MAY YOUR DAY BE FULL OF JOY, LOVE, AND FAMILY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN....LOVE, AUNT RIZ

GOOD FRIDAY

TODAY IS GOOD FRIDAY, THE SADDEST DAY OF THE YEAR, BUT ALSO A DAY OF JOY...................RIZZI

THE CARDINAL

THE NORTHERN CARDINAL IS A FAIRLY LARGE, LONG TAILED SONGBIRD WITH A SHORT, VERY THICK BILL AND A PROMINENT CREST. CARDINALS OFTEN SIT WITH A HUNCHED-OVER POSTURE AND WITH THE TAIL POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN.

THE ADULT MALE IS BRIGHT RED OVERALL, BLACK MASK AND THROAT, RED CREST, AND THICK RED BILL

THE ADULT FEMALE CARDINAL IS DULL BROWN OVERALL, DULL RED WINGS AND TAIL, REDDISH CREST, AND BRIGHT RED BILL.

AN ADULT MALE IS KNOWN FOR HIS LARGE THICK RED BILL, AND HIS LONG TAIL.

THE CARDINAL LOVES TO EAT SUNFLOWER SEEDS.

THEY MAKE THEIR NESTS IN THE LOW UNDERGROWTH. THEY LOVE TO TRAVEL IN PAIRS, OR SMALL GROUPS.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE CARDINAL, THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL BIRD.

A PLEASANT AFTERNOON WITH JACKIE

WITH ALL THE RAIN, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WE HAD YESTERDAY, AND ALL THROUGTH THE NIGHT WAS TERRIBLE. THIS MORNING, IT WAS VERY DREARY OUTSIDE, BUT TODAY I PLANNED TO MAKE LUNCH FOR JACKIE AND I, AND I GET TO USE MY NEW TEA SET. I MADE SALMON, WITH A PECAN CRUST, BROWN RICE, ASPARAGUS, BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER FLORETS. FOR DESSERT I MADE STRAWBERRY CHEESE CAKE TARTS, AND A NICE POT OF EARL GREY TEA. MY BATTERIES DIED IN MY CAMERA, SO I DIDN'T GET ALL THE PICTURES I WANTED. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE MAIL CAME AND I RECEIVED MY MARTHA STEWART MAGAZINE, I LIKE THE WAY MARTHA DOES THINGS............HER MAGAZINE HAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE LOVE OF POPPIES...SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER.

A PLATE OF POPPY COOKIES........................

THE DAY TURNED OUT TO BE A PLEASANT DAY, GOOD CONVERSATION, THE FOOD WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO, ALL AND ALL I'D SAY I HAD A VERY PLEASANT DAY, AND THE SUN NEVER CAME OUT. :)

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.........RIZZI