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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Photo 185 July 30

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A big bolt of lightening hit right across the street from my MIL ~ enough to knock over a flag pole and open up a big hole in the ground that held the water pipe, throwing dirt everywhere.  Big mess ~ and no water for her for a couple of days!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Photo 184 July 29

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We toured the Edison & Ford Estates today in Ft. Myers.   Very interesting tour, and the trees, especially, were really beautiful.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Photo 183 July 28

21974485928_ORIG Took this pic on Bonita Beach this morning.   One of these days ~ I’ll get up the nerve to parasail. 

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Layouts 48, 49 – Paradise, Sunset

Paradise
Glimpse of Sunset
My last two layouts for my July portfolio at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Photo 182 July 27

21942260851_ORIG I don’t normally see a helicopter in this parking lot.  Apparently, this one made an emergency landing last night on Bonita Beach Road near Tamiami Trail and they pushed it into the parking lot.  I was surprised to see it was still here this afternoon.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Layouts 45-47 – Castaway Bay, 4-Wheelin’, 10

Castaway Bay
4-Wheelin'
10
For my July portfolio at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Photo 181 July 23

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Supposedly there was a tropical storm (Bonnie) coming in today, so we took a ride to the beach to see how the waves were.  Pretty quiet, actually ~ the birds were hanging out as usual, most of them facing in the same direction (except for that goofy guy on the right!).

p.s. Happy Birthday, Dad!  Miss you!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Photo 180 July 21

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One of the challenges in the July portfolio at Sweet Shoppe Designs is to make a trinket box using a digital kit from the shoppe.  I used the Happy Go Lucky kit by Kristin Cronin-Barrow because I loved the colors in it.  I may even use the trinket box for something!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Layouts 43-44 ~ Freedom, Love Bud

Freedom 
Love Bud

For my July portfolio at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Photo 179 July 19

7-19 Laundromat
We decided that it was time to wash the comforter, so I made a trip to the laundromat.   45 minutes later, my wallet was $6.00 lighter.  But my comforter was clean!  :)

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Photo 178 July 18

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Beautiful sky tonight ~ sunsets make for some interesting clouds.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Photo 177 July 15

7-15 Cherries
One of my favorite snacks provided by Mother Nature ~ a bowl full of cherries. YUMMMM!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Photo 176 July 13

7-13 Starfish Flower
I had never seen one of these flowers before today.  Technically, its name is  Stapelia Gigantea ~ but I guess it’s known as the Starfish Flower.  It’s also a succulent plant, so it doesn’t take much watering ~ my favorite kind of plant.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Photo 175 July 12

7-12 Edward by Maya
My granddaughter Maya drew this picture of Edward Cullen before she went to see Eclipse.  Her mom said she taped it to the front of her tank top when they went to the show :)

Photo 174 July 10

7-10 Borders
The Borders store in Naples ~ one of our favorite places to kick back with coffee and a good book or magazine.

Photo 173 July 9

7-9 Back in FL
Back in Florida from our trip to Michigan.  Couldn’t believe we had such good travel weather ~ no rain anywhere!

Photo 172 July 7

7-7 Honor Roll My grandson Ryan’s honor roll certificate ~ front and center on the fridge! 

Photo 171 July 6

7-6 Eclipse I just HAD to go and see Eclipse while I was up in Michigan.  My kids had already seen it and I was jealous :)  Best of all, senior tickets were only $6.50!

Photo 170 July 3

7-3 The Gang Remember those cute little ducks and chicks I posted a picture of on April 21?  Here they are grown up and cruisin’ around the farm.  Unfortunately, the dogs next door got out and killed most of this gang a few days after this photo was taken.  How horribly sad.

Photo 169 June 30

6-30 Sudoku
Killing time with puzzles ~ trying to keep up with my son-in-law Greg who’s a brown belt in Sudoku.  I just started the White Belt book (and I still have trouble).  LOL

Photo 168 June 27

6-27 Painted Palm

My friend Cindy has the most awesome house ~ love the painted palm trunk.