I know it’s been a while since I have done a Mix It Up Monday but I am back. I have been completely involved in my gardening lately but I took a break and captured some different pictures. Here is my favorite shot of the day. Hope you enjoy.
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13 Apr
Mix It Up Monday: Chit Chat and All That
Hope everyone had a great Easter. I was able to entertain family at my house this year. My Dad came up from Indiana for the weekend, my Grandfather came over for the day, and my Mother In Law was able to spend a couple hours with us before going on to her next stop. We [...]
23 Mar
Mix It Up Monday: Garden Tips
A Prayer in Spring
Robert Frost (1915)
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy [...]
9 Mar
Mix It Up Monday: 10 things I am looking forward to this spring!
I love spring! Everything is new and fresh. We are finally leaving the cold months, and a mixture of rain and sun are calling forth new plant life. If I had to describe spring with one word it would be hopeful.
Here are 10 things that I am looking forward to this spring.
Getting out of the house and into [...]
23 Feb
Mix It Up Monday:Enjoying The Simple Things
Things have been fairly slow lately. I find it very easy to get stressed out and have been dedicated to keeping calm and enjoying the day to day. Here are some of the items that have brought me entertainment as well as some peace.
Books:
I finished ‘A Member Of The Family’ by Ceasar Milan and ‘The [...]
16 Feb
Mix It Up Monday: 48 Stupid Questions
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Nope, although there is at least one or two people who think that I was given my middle name after them. My middle name is Rose.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
It’s been a while. Don’t really want to relive it.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
My handwriting varies, depending [...]
2 Feb
Mix It Up Monday: Music Video
I came across this music video by Simple Plan today and I thought I would share it with you. I find it very moving. I lost my mother to cancer almost 5 years ago. There aren’t many things you can say to someone who has felt loss but it feels reassuring [...]
1 Feb
Last Weeks Mix It Up Monday: Word Of The Day
Hi everyone, I am back from my week long sabbatical. I had a friend come up for a visit, but I am back now. Since I missed last weeks edition of Mix It Up Monday I am doing one today and one tomorrow. I hope you enjoy.
Today I am doing a word of the day. [...]
20 Jan
Mix It Up Monday: Answer
Whose assassination was ruled a conspiracy by a civil jury in Tennessee, thirty-one years after the fact?
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on April 4, 1968
In December, 1999, a jury in Memphis, Tennessee, concluded that
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a conspiracy involving
Loyd Jowers.
