Picture slacking....

I've been slacking and due to it didn't have any exciting posts to share.  So, this past week I have taken more pictures and will do some pre-posting this weekend for your amusement.

Randomness images from this past week. . .

Betsy, do you notice my golf towels? :)



In honor of the Baltimore Pyrate Invasion Weekend, I put up my pirate flags last week.  Time to put up some springy ones.  Please ignore the weeds, that flower bed is a work in progress.



And while shopping at the local dollar tree, I find this interesting towel design.  I didn't purchase any, but thought it was kind a neat to see the quilting pattern.



Now to organize more photos for your enjoyment!

Enjoy your weekend.

It was an outdoor kinda weekend....

With our kids on their limited spring break (they only have 1/2 day on last Thursday through today off) and being on a limited budget, we decided to do a few roads trips....one to the ocean and one to a local park.

We got up early Saturday morning to drive to Ocean City, Maryland to see the sunrise.  Guess what we saw instead:



FOG!  It remain foggy on the ocean until we left around 2ish.  We did enjoy the boardwalk, Bayside Skillet, and some fishing.  And the kites were flying:



On Sunday we decided to do some yard work and then go and play at Piney Run Park.  This time it was sunny and gorgeous!  We got more fishing in an caught a catfish - we let him go, one fish isn't enough for all of us :)



And to end the weekend we watched the sun set from the fishing pier:



It was good family bonding weekend, some sunburn, some fishing, lots of driving, lots of fun!  Now back to reality.

Snow, snow, and wait...more snow...

and it's only the 2nd week in February, we normally get our biggest snow at the end of the month....le sigh.

But snow takes beautiful pictures.....here's a few from the past week of blizzards...my yard has seen over 46" of snow since Friday and rumor more is coming on Monday.....







I have been sewing my strips together for my bargello and just love how the fabrics are working together:





I need to move myself away from the computer and focus on clearing out snow!

Enjoying the nature....

I've been fishing again and I finally got a nice size one....too bad we weren't prepared to take it home (needed cooler).  But it was a pretty small mouth bass maybe a pound and a half.



Of course I have been golfing steadily.  We go at least twice a week now.   The colors are changing in the trees, but still pretty green.  I took a few pictures of a really pretty tree and a random landscape:





I love fall!  Need to finish getting my decorations up!

Random stuff

It is still Renaissance Faire season here and I've been going almost every weekend.  We even camped in the rain 2 weekends ago.  Here are some of my favorite pictures so far this season:

Hubby and me



My dear friend Stacie & Me



My Jingle Ho friends (one is missing) L-R: Sam, JoJo, Cheri (new ho), Mish, Marty, Bottom: Me, Sati, Vicki



My dear friend Sati with Vikie's daughter



Daddy and Daughter (Kendra's birthday trip to faire)



Kendra and mom

Date night with nature....

last Friday hubby and I did a picnic at Gambrills State Park in Frederick, Maryland.  It was soo nice and pleasant.  No one around where we were.  It was peaceful and beautiful.  We go in a little fishing.....and I mean a LITTLE FISHing :)



That is MY hand...I have small hands...small fish!  It was fun though, we got a lot of little bluegills and sunfish.  The pond was beautiful and the reflection in the late afternoon sun was awsome:



The park has 3 overlooks into the valley below and we sat and watch a very strong nasty thunderstorm come across....of course then we made a beeline home to avoid the storm on the highway:



I'm remember why I enjoy being out in nature so much (though I detest the bugs immensely), it's so peaceful.

Then we hit a few little white balls on Sunday evening at our local golf course, The Links at Challedon.



Not a flattening picture of me, but that is me swinging a club!

Hubby looks much better at it than I do:



Their tee boxes had beautiful landscape around them:



and we even saw some wildlife....deer all over the place:



Another fun and busy weekend.