Winner Winner!

Thanks to the two of you who participated in my Lilla Rose Flexi Clip giveaway! I used a very scientific method to choose the winner - I asked Dr. M to pick a letter of the alphabet (without telling him why). The winner is the person whose first name is closest to that letter. He chose the letter "B" & so Bruce Taylor at Oddball Observations is the winner. Congratulations Bruce! I know SWMBO will enjoy the clip :)

Here is the picture he submitted to prove that he'd been outside. As usual, Bruce, you made me laugh out loud. Ha!

2014 Project 365 – Week Forty-eight

We went to NC to spend time with family for Thanksgiving. I’m writing this on Sunday night after traveling all day to get home. Although Dr. M drove the whole way, I’m not sure how coherent this post will be. That should make it fun!

P.S. If you haven’t entered the drawing for a free Flexi Clip & you want to, check out this post to see how! I’m doing the drawing & announcing the winner Tuesday evening.

Sunday, November 23^rd

Nuthatch & chickadee sightings – made Dr. M’s day!

Squirrel action.

Pinky is still glorious… I need to get a picture with one of us standing beside her so you can see how big she is!

My daily walk. As I said on Facebook, what profiteth a neighborhood if it hath two disturbing turkeys and also a nativity?

Monday, November 24^th    

My daily walk – it was a BIT breezy out!

After the events of the day I found my evening prayers to be even more meaningful…

Tuesday, November 25^th     

My daily walk. You know, I’m not sure the penguin cap is really necessary when it’s nearly 40 degrees outside.

Wednesday, November 26^th  

We drove to Hickory this day. I drove the whole way! Usually I get drowsy on these drives, but I was alert & only marginally terrifying to Dr. M. Even Rusty the Reindeer seemed to be ok. Score!

I knew I had arrived at Daddy & Amy’s house when I found the blubarb pie. Daddy had the idea to use half rhubarb & half blueberries & it was fabulous!

My daily walk – the Wallace B&B treadmill…

The moon!

Thursday, November 27^th – Happy Thanksgiving!

I was responsible for decorating for the family gathering. Which, um, isn’t a particular skill set of mine. Thank goodness I had a lot of help!! Dr. M & my cousin’s granddaughter helped quite a bit, along with another cousin & his stepson. Whew!

Here’s the crew! We were missing a few folks this year…

Random shots. I’m not sure why I’m wearing the paper pilgrim hat.

My rather yellow meal. I’m not a big turkey eater. I decided to just get stuff I love. Oh, & I didn’t eat all that food on the dessert plate – just most of it :)

My daily walk – up & down my dad’s driveway. Made me appreciate the sidewalks in our neighborhood!

Friday, November 28^th  

Dr. M took some great pictures in his old haunts – this is a refurbished cotton mill that’s now used for weddings & other events.

Sheep!

The South Mountains.

My daily walk. I once again didn’t listen to my father when he expressed concern about my choice of walking trails, but once I had in my head that I wanted to walk Bakers Mountain there was no backing down. Only a little over 2 miles, but it was just a bit strenuous. My calves are still sore!

Daddy & Amy headed out to a viewing. I decided I needed to take their picture.

Saturday, November 29^th    

Songbirds at my dad’s house. Dr. M took a ton of great pictures – this is just a sampling.

We were driving over to Dr. M’s dad’s house & I saw this little calf & made Dr. M take its picture – SO CUTE! Its mom wasn’t too sure about us.

Spent some time with Dr. M’s dad. The dining room table is over 125 years old – it’s sure seen a lot! And I just like this funky lamp. Ha!

After we left Pop’s house we decided to check out a “Rails to Trails” trail nearby. There were a couple of benches on the trail put there by our great-nephew for his Eagle Scout project – Dr. M’s dad helped build the benches. The benches are great & it’s a really nice trail!

The moon!

That evening I took some phone pics of pictures on the walls at Daddy’s house – they’d be a pain to scan & I want to use them for future Throwback Thursdays. (Insert maniacal laughter here)

Hope everyone has a great week!

Lilla Rose Giveaway!

Sound the trumpets! I’m having a give-away! Elizabeth Williams from Zizzie Happenings approached me about this a while back when I still had hair & I was a slacko & didn’t take her up on her offer of a free Lilla Rose Flexiclip to one of my readers. I have several of them & they’re perfect for my slippery hair. See?

Well, they were perfect… So I said to Elizabeth, “I don’t have any hair anymore! And I don’t think any of my readers do either!” “Well, Danabug,” she said, “you don’t have to use the flexi clips in your hair if you don’t want to.” Exhibit A:

Well! Using them that way had not ever crossed my mind. So I played around on my own.

Fun! Now I know everyone will be clamoring to win the free clip. There is one rule: to enter my drawing you must email me a picture of your feet as you take a walk. Or the back of your head. Or the neighbor’s dog. Just something to show that you’ve wandered around outside somewhere. If you don’t want to email a picture to me, you can post it on your blog instead. Please keep the picture family friendly because I’m gonna post it on my blog (you knew I would, right?).

Go check out Elizabeth’s Lilla Rose site here and see all the different styles available. She’ll give away a style/size that she has in stock (excluding the clip of the month). And men, remember that many of you have women in your lives and Christmas is coming…

I’ll announce the winner one week from today. So get to walking & snapping!