Highlights of my walk

Yesterday as I took a stroll over the property, these are the things that popped out.  Bees....elderberries....and hay.  Finally, I saw several bees in action.  Yeah!  I noticed that the elderberries will be ripening soon.  Last year was the first year that I harvested  elderberries.  I made elderberry jelly....yummy!   The downside of making the jelly, was cleaning the berries.  They are so small that it took forever to get them off the stems.     The last picture is of hay.  The farmers around us have been baling hay all week.  There's nothing like the sweet smell of freshly cut hay in the early morning or late evening.  I think it's one of my favorite scents of summer.  Well, it's back to work I go today.  Playcation was healing.  I feel refreshed and energized to start a new day.  Wishing you all many blessings!

Nature Walk

I spent the last day of my playcation hiking around our backyard, listening to the melodies of the beautiful birds and just enjoying the beauty in general.  Here are some sites I observed.

Yummy Breakfast

Our black raspberries are winding down for the year.  I have been making a breakfast parfait every morning with fruit.  Todays fruit is the blackberry.  I layer yogurt, grape nut cereal, flax seed and berries until I fill the cup.  What a pick me up for the morning.  I've never been a morning eater.  My cup of coffee was usually it.  But since I've decided to turn my eating habits around, I said good-bye to the coffee and hello to a cup of green tea and my breakfast parfait.  I really haven't missed it and have noticed an increased amount of energy in my day.  They are calling for temps to be in the low 100's today, so I am refreshing a pitcher of water in the fridge with sliced lemons.  Ahhh...thirst quenching.  And now I'm off to enjoy the last day of playcation.

Bee-a-thon

I just wanted to share this important event with you.  I shared with you briefly in my previous post about the lack of bees I've noticed around my gardens this year and it's very alarming.

The Bee-a-thon 2011 is an online event.  Our friends at Your Garden Show.com and The Great Sunflower Project are pulling together with a variety of bee experts to environmentalists to discuss the importance of bees and the critical challenge of a colony collapse disorder.  You can find out more details and R.S.V.P. online for the bee-a-thon.

Living Clay

For the last five weeks, I have been taking LIVING CLAY. The stuff is totally awesome! I've had lots more energy, no heartburn (I suffered from that daily), and have lost fifteen pounds. The first twenty one days that I was taking it, I was using it to detox my body. Since then, I have completely stopped drinking coffee, black tea and pop. It acts as a sponge, pulling toxins from the body. I also have been putting it on my face and bathing in it and my skin is so soft. Unbelievable!! Never have I used anything that works as good as Living Clay. After my first container was gone, I had to order a huge one. I don't want to run out of this stuff.

My Play-cation Project

This is the latest project I'm working on. I've been finding myself being bogged down with work and much activity and have been feeling very burned out lately. I chose to take four days off just to play. No media, no running errands, just full days of fun. I'm feeling very lazy to say the least. One more day left and back to work I go. I just love to get lost in my craft room. It's amazing how much more creative I feel when my time is not chopped up. Hopefully this rest will recharge my battery!

I'm Back!!!

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It's been so long since my last post. Time just seems to get away from me anymore. I have penciled in four days on my calendar for PLAY-CATION. I am just spending them playing in my workshop, reading and just enjoying nature in general. I've been busy cleaning, gardening and doing a lot of projects that just keep me running. I captured this picture in my backyard and wanted to share. My garden is looking spotty in areas this year. A lot of seeds that were planted fizzled. My squash plants are beautiful, but unfortunately, I haven't seen a lot of bees around so they're mainly plants with no squash.