It's only March…

Did not make it to Florida, all Direct Air flights were cancelled until May. Instead, warm weather came here. Unseasonable weather for March, several 80+ days, had to bring out the shorts and tees, flowers and trees are all 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule.  Frost returns this week, will see how the plants do. Off to Rhode Island on Wednesday with Tim holding down the "fort."

Facebook out, Pinterest in…

There was a time not that long ago that I was checking my Facebook page practically every time I logged on my computer. These days I go on just for the occasional glance at posts or pictures, to send a birthday message or to contact a friend.

Current obsession: Pinterest. For the longest time I couldn't understand the point of pinning pictures. Now I get it! It provides a way to sort into categories and save links to everything you are interested in without having to bookmark sites, dragging images on your desktop or remember URLs. It's also a way to share what you find with others that share your various passions and vice versa. Whether it's remembering a favorite piece of art, a link to a recipe or a how-to video on YouTube, this is an organized way to follow favorite "pinners"(one who pins) and your own interest "boards." Right now I'm building a library of links and pictures at quite a fast pace, I'm sure my collecting frenzy will become more selective in time. Your boards are an open book for others to see so you can choose to follow a friend's recent pins or check a subject board of theirs you'd find interesting. You can "pin" (find and save an image off a site) or you can "re-pin" (which means you are saving a pin another person you are following has found. One can find friends under an interest category, then they can choose to follow that person who shares the similar tastes. I now have "friends" from all over the country as well as in Europe, Israel and Japan. Very, very cool. (and addicting too).

A portion of my boards. Each photo represents a link to the
original photo and site. You click on the photo and it directs
you to the original site.

Rain, rain, go away

We had so much rain last night that there were two ducks that came back twice to check out the giant puddle in our backyard. Our un-tiled clay soil out back simply cannot absorb the water fast enough between these spring-time downpours. I am just grateful that it's just been rain and not scary tornadoes. It's 8:30 p.m. and 72 degrees, isn't that freakishly warm? The perennials and bulbs in the yard are sprouting everywhere. With the warm winter we had, it looks like it'll be a year for weeds and bugs.

The giant puddle early this morning