“Elvis Has Left The Building”

When you live in a small rural community life can get

a little complicated and sometimes scary. 

Then your neighbors show up . . . and help you out.

Saturday night we attended a small community benefit for one of their

young men who had been hurt in a work accident.

Everyone volunteered their time and work... even ELVIS . . .and

 

he had a little sidekick  (Elvis trainee I think).

Look at that shiner ! ! !

It was great and we had a blast.

I’m sharing some of the photos I got.

This was held in the local volunteer fire station and yes,

that is a Christmas tree in the background,

I’m sure they were just getting ready a little early  :-) ! ! !

 

On a sidenote, this little community was completely destroyed

a couple of years ago by tornadoes.

 

Peeps, this is  The “Real” America!!!

 

. . .but maybe not the “real” Elvis . . .

 

Hey Linda, look at your little sister!!!

 

“Elvis trainee”

Wooo weee

 

 

 

Joining Mary @ Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

Please Pardon My Little Indulgence

 

Please pardon my little indulgence in these photos.

They don’t tell you a story,

They don’t make your eyes explode with pride,

They don’t make you cry with excitement,

They make me do all of these ! ! !

Just a few snaps of my son . . . What can I say . . .He is 25 . . . and he actually

allowed me to post them.

This last one is one of my favorite photos from almost a decade ago . . .

Justin and his Grandmother were the very best buddies...

they truly got into a lot of mischief together...

on the wall is a photo of my beautiful daughter and son in love!!!

Now I’ll go and take some photos of some dogs, furniture,  dishes,

flowers, weeds or politicians!!!

Everything But The Kitchen Sink

I’m behind with everything . . . on the blog . . . in the house . . .

my car is even needing a thorough clean-out . . .

I thought about the dilemma and decided that . . .

I need to catch up pinning on Pinterest, first

Then my blog needs to be updated

Then . . . well, it’ll probably be suppertime so that will be the next “important”

thing I’ll catch up with . . .

There is always tomorrow to clean the house and car, right???

 

First ....... Pinterest is addictive and should be banned!!!  . . .

at least till I get my house cleaned.

If you want to become addicted - - -here is my page- - -

send me a message and I’ll send you an invite . . .

so you can live in a dirty scattered home

and drive a messy dirty car !!!

 

I got to meet these wonderful people a few weeks ago. I met them in

Jackson, Tn. for lunch. This is Betsy and George, you know, those famous two

from Crossville, Tn. Betsy writes Joyful Reflections and that is exactly the perfect

description of her and her blog. I love her bird and landscape photos so much and

she posts yummy photos of their beautiful gardens and flowers....awww shoot...I’m

just a big stalker when it comes to her blog.

Now George, he is such a great photographer and gardener that he needs two blogs,

Senior Moments and Photos by Senior Hiker.

Yep, what a guy, and he grows the most fantastic roses. I also stalk his blogs!!!

It was a very special lunch we (Michael got to join us) shared when

they stopped in Jackson, Tn. and I loved every moment of it.

Wanna know a secret, in person, they are exactly the same as they are on their blogs!!!

How cool is that???

It was wonderful meeting you two and we look forward to

seeing you again!!!

 

Betsy and Becky

Guess I’ll go clean my house now . . .

Three Little Crabapples

THREE

Three little crabapples on our tree . . .

Trying out Kim’s textures times three . . .

One little Texture called Granny’s Cupboard . . .

Applied to my little crabapples times two . . .

And Loveinlayers times one

Sorry, I’ll stick to my camera from now on . . .

Any type of poetry is way over my head.

 

Happy Birthday to Us ! ! !

Patriotism comes in every shape, every color . . .

Most of all it comes from those who know sacrifice . . .

I have been so blessed to become friends of so many

people who epitomize patriotism these past few years.

Thank you

from the depths of my heart.

 

Happy Birthday to Us ! ! !

Joining Mary’s party at Little Red House