Mimi Mine

The Grow Your Blog party at 2 Bags Full has been great and I am still having so much fun. I have visited so many new(at least to me), interesting and exciting blogs. I have had the privilege of meeting and becoming a follower of the posts of many new blogging friends through the party. There are still a lot that I have not yet had a chance to visit, but I intend to check out every one, as time permits. When I wrote my introductory post, I advised that I would be giving away a gift to one of the readers of that post. At the time I composed the post, I was not yet sure what I would be giving away but was certain that I was going to make something different, especially for the occasion. Through the years, I have experimented with jewelry making from time to time. I am not a professional jewelry maker, and I certainly do not claim to be one, but that fact never has deterred me from attempting to do anything. I do like the fact that when I create something it is uniquely different and,

I had planned to post last week about the rare snow day we had down here. Because of unforeseen circumstances, that post did not happen. Since snow is a pretty rare event here compared to many other places in the U.S., I decided to post a few pictures, just the same. For those of you who might be tired of the white stuff and the aggravation and inconveniences that sometimes come along with it, please indulge me with this short post. These shots show how it looked in our front yard view on Wednesday morning of last week:  Here is what things looked like in the back: There was snow at the Bluebird's residence, as well: I caught our neighbors, Angela and Leonard, as they ventured out. We have such good neighbors and friends all around us and we love them! Angela Surely Looks Happy to Have Snow Leonard is Getting the Cars Ready to Go The snow seemed to be appreciated by this Cardinal, my favorite winter bird!  My sweet husband always makes sure all