Driving the Mirror Lake Highway

 

Hello my friends, a couple of weeks ago I just had the feeling that I needed to get away.

 

I'd had two surgeries in just a couple of weeks and I had done a lot of sitting and lying around.  Sitting at home all I could see was all the things that needed to be done, but that I shouldn't be doing.

 

I sat to the point that I was experiencing numb bum.  :)

 

So, in the words of the famous Rolling Stones. I

 

GOTTA GET AWAY,

 

GOTTA, GOTTA, GOTTA,  GET AWAY, GOT TO GET AWAY!

 

Up Close and Personal with July Blooms and Garden Party

Hello my friends,

welcome to our July Garden link Party.

 

My Garden is my happy place, and I love visiting others gardens as well.

 

Can't wait to see yours!

 

Share Your Cup #300

Hello and welcome to Share Your Cup, (SYC for short).

 

The party where you share what makes you happy.

 

 

#300, WOW, that is a big number!  In some ways it seems like just yesterday when I pushed that publish button for the first time.  I remember fearing that no one would come to party.  :) But, thankfully my dear blog friends came through for me.  There are still some of you that have been linking up from the start.

 

THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart!!

Junk Gardening

 

I am so excited to be joining 13 other vintage loving bloggers for this Vintage Gardens Blog Hop!

 

A big thanks to my sweet friend, Amber from

Follow the Yellow Brick Home for putting this together for us!

 

Pioneer Day Buffet

Hello my friends,

here in Utah we celebrate Pioneer Day on July 24th.

 

That's the day back in 1847 that our Pioneer ancestors entered the Salt Lake Valley.  They traveled here by covered wagons and pulling hand carts in search of religious freedom.

 

The prophet, Brigham Young declared, "This is the Place"

 

Share Your Cup #299

 

 Hello, and welcome to Share Your Cup, (SYC for short).

 

The party where you share what makes you happy.

 

 

Feelin Sheepish. . .

Hello my friends,

A recent purchase of a sheep canvas got me feelin sheepish.

 

A Walk About Wyoming. . .

 

Hello my friends,

Do you ever get that feeling that you just gotta get away from it all?

 

A couple weeks ago that's how I felt, so hubby and I decided to get the heck out of Dodge.

 

 

Share Your Cup #298:

Hello and welcome to Share Your Cup, (SYC for short).

 

The party where you share what makes you happy.

 

It's what I call, "filling your cup"

 

Farmhouse Style Mantle

 

Hello my friends,

You know my love for finding treasures at thrift stores.

 

Well, a recent thrift find was all it took to get me to give my basement mantle a new look.

 

Share Your Cup #297

Hello and welcome to Share Your Cup, (SYC for short).

 

The party where you share what makes you happy.

 

Did I Overdo the Red, White, and Blue?

 

Walk into our home in the summertime and it's obvious

that we are patriotic.

 

But the question I sometimes ask myself is, "did I overdo the

 red, white, and blue"?

 

Silly Bee. . .That's Me!

Hello my friends,

sometimes I have to laugh at what a silly bee I am!

 

Yup, every now and then I get a silly idea in my head and it just won't stop buzzing around until I do something about it.  :)