paint the moon.....

Have you check out Paint the Moon yet? I think I may have already posted about Annie and her fabulousness... well this morning I purchased her Dancing Light collection of textures. It's so frustrating to me because I'm having some of my own technical difficulties in PSE... mainly because I'm so useless at retaining things and don't tend to bookmark tutorials like I should... urgh!!! I want to be able to do it and do it now.

So.. despite my own learning curve I have managed to crank out a reasonable effort at doing some justice to her fabulous textures... and my fabulous pictures!!! I tend to get a little crazy when trying to work new stuff by myself but I know I"ll get there in the end. If only I had a million free hours in the day to play it would be marvelous!!! Check back later when I have something really fabulous to share... at least I hope I will!!! LOL.

back to school....

It's been a really busy week... kids are back in school and LOVing it!!! 

I am still coming to terms with being the mother of a middle schooler but honestly I

think it's a better fit for me. At last my kids are growing up to be kinda the age

kids I should have at my age, does that make sense? I don't have to try

and look all young and hot because now I have a middle schooler.

Ash seems to be large and in charge in second grade, no worries there! 

The mornings are going well, we have managed to be on time everyday so far.

Hip hip hooray! 

Honestly I had done a much better post about the first week of school but I

accidentally did it on my other blog! urgh...and now I am a little too tired 

to get all creative again. So this is it!!!! 

lame i know!!! 

Insane!!!!

That is all. 

Ten things I adore....

I treated myself to some fresh daisies.... absolutely beautiful, simple, bright and colorful.... and they have inspired me to make a list of ten things I adore...daisies being at number one!

2.... the quote in the picture, one of my favorites because it's true

3.....gin cocktails in the summertime

4....the smell of fresh laundry right off the line

5....a walk on the beach right before sunset

6....a good book, all well read and loved

7.....my sweet little dogs all cuddled into me

8.....the smell of freshly cut grass (this is hint to his gorgeousness)

9.....the way his gorgeousness will find documentaries that he thinks I'll like.. such as one on Duran Duran that we watched together last night

10....making a collage and then blogging it

What's making you happy today?

moving on...

i haven't been too good at keeping up on this here old blog lately have i?

although it really is my favorite thing to do

i love blogging, and i am a self confessed addict of messing around in editing 

programs and downloading fonts.... 

this particular one being my latest love... thanks to a kindly fellow blogger

Grey Street Girl.

honestly tho' is summer really coming to an end.... i can't quite believe it.

i always thought August is just way too early to send the kids back 

to school and me back to early mornings and piles of papers

at the end of the week.

the last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic with one thing or another and

i miss sitting here chatting to no one in particular. there are things going on

in real world that are scaring me to death to be honest so i'm taking

the 'one day at a time' approach to life right now. 

and this is how i relax...one post at a time. don't you love these little birds?

i love the way they chase the waves in and out and 

run busily along the shoreline on their fragile little legs... it's almost

as if they are completely weightless. 

what are they thinking about? do they think? or are they just being?

what would life be like if it was this simple; uncomplicated and pure. 

one wave at a time, one day at a time.

hmmm sounds good to me. 

She sells sea shells....

wordless wednesday.... 

Ladies of the lake...

Nothing like playing in the lake to help cool you down on a hot summer's day in Georgia! 

I suck... have been incredibly busy with one thing and another and no time to blog. 

I will just post when i have something interesting to share... and I hope this is interesting enough.

Hope everyone is staying cool... remember pets and elderly neighbors!!!