Wonderful Surprises and Outside with Nature

This week has been so full of generous surprises from some sweet blogging friends.
First one was a little parcel I got in the mail from Judy over at Memories are made of this! http://judypatooote.blogspot.com/

She had asked me if she could put Elvis' mug on one of her gift cards LOL

A look at this beautiful bookmark! I`m using it right now while reading Under The Tuscan Sun. Judy sells gift cards and bookmarks at http://www.judypatooote.etsy.com

Now if only this lovely descriptive book had pictures....sigh.
Then.....
Jennie at Blog in a Cyber Bottle http://bloginacyberbottle.blogspot.com/ has elected me with this cool award! Thank you so much Jennie. What a fun one! Surely don`t deserve it though cause I`m so bad with blogging lately. Need to make more time on the computer.

And if that`s not enough, Kari over at Just Livin' Large http://grannyskywalker.blogspot.com/
has given me this one ! Thanks Kari. Thanks all of you guys and everyone that finds a few minutes to come and visit here :) Now if only I could find some nore time on the computer and visit everyone everyday! I`d be reading all day long, but I`d enjoy LOL

My Dad has a collection of bird houses in one of their trees....

A racoon was admiring them a few nights in a row. So much that he decided to pry the side off one and help himself to some yummy seeds.

My Dad strapped a cord around the tempting one and so far the theif hasn`t returned..

I was sitting outside reading and a hummingbird came to visit the beebalm. Of course when I went to grab the camera, he was gone. But Angus looked so pretty I just had to snap a couple of pictures...


A hungry visitor came to have a munch on a leaf of the garden phlox. these two are clickable to see his amazing detail...


Then a monarch butterfly came to check out the joe pie weed I dug up from the feild last year.

This one you can click to make bigger........

Well, that`s it for now. Have a great weekend!

And....
goes to....
Judy over at Memories are made of this! http://judypatooote.blogspot.com/
cause she made Elvis famous! And also makes suck pretty bookmarks and writes about all her childhod memories

Pearl and her Mum Kim at Feline Fine http://felinefinery.blogspot.com/
I love seeing Pearl and her bro Pumpy`s adventures. Right now Pearl is freaking out over the new member of the family LOL

Melissa at Empress of Dirt http://empressofdirt.blogspot.com/
makes pretty garden art for her garden and finds the neatest things to do it with.

Jackie at Musings from Jacran Cottage http://jacrancottage.blogspot.com/
has just gotten married in England! She`s now living in Ontario, but how exciting is that!! We`re destined to meet up one of these days if we can ever get our schedules to work and me get our at the moment shared vehicle when hubby isn`t working some weekend.

Robin at Tales of Inglewood http://talesofinglewood.blogspot.com/
Cause our birthdays are two days apart and she`s into some interesting things.
And....

Goes to....
Blue at Indigo Blue http://bluestindigo.blogspot.com/ who has such a thoughtful friendly blog to visit and is now going to take up painting. Can`t wait to see!

Rosie at Corners of my Mind http://rosiepblog.blogspot.com/ who shows such wonderful pictures of the places she visits in England. Can never get enough of seeing places over there :)

Lee-ann at Pear tree cottage! http://xmastree2.blogspot.com/ who has such a warm cozy blog in Australia. She`s deciding on colours at the moment.

Tash at Vintage Pretty http://vintagepretty.org/
who bakes the most yummy looking things and has such pretty pictures.

Pearl at A Storybook Life http://www.astorybooklife.com/
always has great tips and recipes with pretty pictures to go along.

Congratulations girls!