Saturday Snapshot was started by Alyce from At Home With Books and is now hosted by West Metro Mommy. To participate in Saturday Snapshot, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at West Metro Mommy's blog. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please don’t post random photos that you find online.
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting outside on our patio (which I've become a bit obsessed with this year -- it's been my go-to spot when the weather permits and I have the time to just sit and read or relax) and witnessed a gorgeous sunset. As it progressed, I just sat and took pictures as the colors changed and the cloud formation progressed across the sky...
Here's the start...
And here's where it really started looking interesting...
And this was the most colorful shot I was able to get...
Time to go get the dollbaby out of bed so we can start our three day weekend together. I'll be back to visit your posts soon! Happy Saturday and I hope you are able to enjoy the holiday weekend! Many thanks to our armed forces who have fought for us to enjoy freedom and holiday weekends like this one. Your sacrifice has not gone unnoticed and is greatly appreciated and respected.
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
On Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day at my parents' house with my mother. We got our obligatory three-generation picture to remember the occasion, too. :-)
Of course, we just barely managed to get this one before Laura took off again. That girl won't sit still for pictures anymore, haha!
Off to look at your snapshot posts... Happy Saturday!
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With all the rain we have had lately here in Georgia, our clematis vine has just exploded with blooms and new growth, in general. I actually plan to go out and purchase a second structure for it to wrap around and attach to, as the privacy fence behind it isn't really meant for that function. ;-)
This first picture is the very first bloom that opened up a couple of weeks ago. Initially they are a deep, vibrant purple...
After they open up (and I suppose due to sitting in the sunlight), they fade to a pretty periwinkle color...
And here you can see how many blooms we have now!
And last but not least, a week ago I finally got around to going for my first (and MUCH-needed) pedicure of the season. I no longer have to be embarrassed by my feet!
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
About a week ago I looked out the window and noticed it looked like a storm was coming. Then I realized how GREEN the sky was in the distance, and there was almost a clear division as the green color continued to approach. Unfortunately, the sight I took in with my eyes was very difficult to capture on camera, but I tried...
It actually took awhile before the rain/thunder/lightning hit after I took this picture, and I started wondering if that was just an extreme amount of pollen in the air, haha. But eventually we did get a brief, violent thunderstorm...
Time to get ready for my mother-in-law's visit. I'll be back this afternoon/evening to visit your snapshot posts!
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
Last Saturday I was finally able to get around to planting flowers around our patio and hanging baskets of flowers in all of our usual spots. Now I can't wait for another couple of months to pass so the flowers will have really filled in around the patio -- that's why I love impatiens, because they do a great job making their presence known, even if they have to be planted annually (though we usually do have them come back sporadically every year from the previous Spring's plantings). We also decided to splurge and ordered new wicker chair/ottoman set for the patio and it arrived just in time for me to include it in the pictures. Looking forward to getting lots of use out of it this summer -- yay for my improved warm-weather reading spot!
I ended up having to buy new pots for our planter this year. I loaded them with petunias, which I have had the most success actually keeping alive through the hot summer months here in Georgia, haha.
For hanging baskets, I chose a smaller variety of petunias...
I was happy to be able to get the hanging baskets in different color combinations. I would really love to have fuchsias in the baskets but we haven't had a lot of luck with those in the past. In the background below, you can see our clematis that continues to thrive... Shouldn't be too long before I have lots of blooms to take pictures of!
Sorry the next picture is a bit over-exposed, but as it rained all day yesterday, I had to wait until this morning to get any pictures and we get morning sun on our patio. This is our other line of impatiens along the house. By the time summer is in full swing, as long as they don't get eaten, we should have a very full row of flowers, just about completely covering up the mulch and probably close to a foot high.
Here's the new patio set! It was a little bigger than I realized it was going to be, so we had to arrange it a little differently than I had planned, but I love it! (Notice the jacked-up blinds in the window on the right? Someone was trying to peek outside while I took pictures...)
Here's our entire patio. The first summer after we got married, we expanded it down the back of the house with the paving stones. Our old sitting chairs have become chairs for our small table that came with four rather flimsy folding-style chairs. These actually seat us up at a better position for the rare times we eat out there and we still have the other chairs should we need the extra seating for any reason. It worked out well!
I'm thinking about trying to get some kind of fun extra hanging lights to use out there when we want to sit in the evenings this summer. We just have the one porch light nestled in the nook as you can see in the picture above, and it doesn't really reach the lounge area at the end. I'd also like to buy some wind chimes, but sometimes it gets SO windy where we're positioned up on our hill that I'm afraid they'll either blow away themselves or drive us crazy. We'll see...
Now I'm off to check out your pictures and enjoy the rest of the day. Happy Saturday!
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
I am so glad the weather is finally consistently warmer! It is nice to have the option to take the kiddo to play outside at one of the neighborhood playgrounds and today I am planning to finally plant the flowers in the bed around our patio out back. Spring finally feels like it is really here -- not to mention the pollen had been going crazy and covering everything in yellow, lol... Anyway, last Saturday we took SweetPea to the playground where she got her fill of going down the slide over and over and over again...
Now I'm off to visit your Snapshot posts before heading outside to plant flowers. Happy Saturday!!
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
I'm not going to lie, it's a bit of a relief not to be doing so many daily photo challenges this month... Three was just way too many to keep up with! Today, though, I'm just sharing a few pictures from last Sunday, with Laura in her Easter finery and her goodies from the Easter Bunny...
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
As it turns out, this week wasn't much easier in terms of keeping up with the daily bookish photo challenges. I have put in a lot of hours for my job with more to go this weekend. But enough about that, time for some pictures!
From #BSMPhotoaDay...
March 24 - I’m NOT reading. Nor am I doing anything fun at the moment… Cleaning up the kitchen…
March 25 - Current scene. Ok I know this should be from a book but I feel more inclined to share the scene in front of my bugging out eyes… 110 pages of data entry that I’ve come back to after my trip last week. O.o (The pile grew to nearly 200 before I could make a dent, still working on it...)
March 26 - Freebie. I’m always looking for freebie ebooks… You never know when you’ll strike gold!
March 27 - Autograph you love. I have a few from Karen E. Hoover, but this is my favorite sentiment :-) love her wolf child saga books, too!!!
March 28 - Snack time. No snacks but some cinnamon candies while I work late… Stupid data entry.
March 29 - Favorite TV show… Love TBBT!!!
March 30 - Bookstore. Sorry this is a lousy pic but I have no time today… I shop mostly online anyway…
From #EstellaGram...
March 24 - Food. Baked spaghetti fresh out of the oven.
March 25 - Cozy. Fleece PJ’s and flip flop slippers.
March 26 - Reading nook…
March 27 - Reading music. How I wish I could play Chopin’s Polonaise in a flat major!
March 28 - Snuggle. Didn’t have a bookish picture in me today…
March 29 - Growing. My readership… I hit 100,000 page views yesterday!!
March 30 - Yellow. Laura’s duck and her kitchen… Not bookish but an easy pic to share…
And there you have it! Off to link up, but sadly I don't think I'm going to get to make the rounds to see other people's pics today. Work calls during any free moments I have today, boo!!!!!!
To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky at Alyce's blog, At Home With Books.
This week was a bit of a challenge in terms of keeping up with my daily photo challenges. I was in Orlando for a trade show Monday through Thursday, but somehow I managed to keep up with everything!
This week, I'll start with #EstellaGram pictures...
March 17 - Slump. Biggest slump I’ve ever had, back in late 2010 - mid 2012… I still read some, of course, but wasn’t blogging.
March 18 - Heart. A book in my digital TBR pile…
March 19 - Readalong. I don’t really do those so this was the closest I could come to one…
March 20 - Events. The haul from the event I attended on the 10th…
March 21 - Inspiration… In the form of inspirational fiction. It’s the best I could do at the airport
March 22 - Library. Here’s our local branch. Embarrassed to admit I haven’t been in awhile.
March 23 - eReader or eBooks. So, I own a Nook GlowLight and an iPad, on which I use the Kindle app. I have loads and loads of eBooks thanks to freebies and deals...
And now for #BSMPhotoaday...
March 17 - Happy St. Patty’s Day… It may be hard to tell, but her shirt says Glam Rock. And note there is a book in the picture, so this is still bookish! ;-)
March 18 - Lucky. Down in Florida with the palm trees and nice temps, sounds lucky to me, despite the work part ;-) And yeah, I guess this one's not so bookish.
March 19 - Green book cover… Another from my digital TBR…
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