Just waiting

Standing here waiting for hubby to finish doing last

minute things before we head home.

Yup it’s late again

but I’m really not that tired.

The days have been flying by and I didn’t even realize today was Friday.

I guess that might be a good sign….if I hated being here

then time would drag.

I just wanted to share one of my favorite spring bulbs that

you may not know about.

Puschkinia libantica ‘Blue’

or also known as Striped Squill.

Ain’t it purdy??

Have a great weekend wherever you are.

hugs

Carole

Country Sampler comes to Z’s home

I’ve wanted to share with you my friend Suzan being in the March issue

of Country Sampler for over a month now.

UPDATE: 3/26/12


I just received an email from the editor of Country Sampler
Magazine that since I had no rights to the photos I could not show them on my blog.
Just so you know that's why their is only the cover showing.
I completely understand their position on this and did not intend on causing any harm which I'm sure they understood. 
I thought it might promote the magazine though in my hast did not link to the magazine, though I doubt that was the issue.


The editor was very kind and just asked that I remove the photos but could keep the cover image.
So for those of you out there that are thinking of doing the same
kind of post please be aware that you maybe asked to take it down.


this was the email I received.


 This is *(Y#@!%, the editor of Country Sampler Magazine. It has come to my attention that the pages from a feature in our recent issue are posted on your blog/website. While we appreciate the positive publicity regarding Suzan’s home, the pages of the magazine are copyrighted material and may not be reproduced/copied in any way, including posting on a website. Therefore, I am kindly requesting that you immediately remove the pages from your site, as this is a copyright violation. If you would like to post the cover that is fine, but any internal pages from any of our articles may not appear on any blog, website or any other medium without our permission and the permission of the photographers, as they hold rights to the photos as well. I’m sure the posting was done with the best intentions, but we don’t give permission to other parties to post our material for personal use. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

You can of course still order the magazine 
and see their website 
HERE

You can also still enter

 Suzan’s incredible giveaway
which she has added even more goodies for you...

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HERE

Good Luck


ps and yes I did just do a pop-up on this post 
just to make sure everyone is aware of the risk you take 
when you take a photo without permission.


my bad......
maybe I should just stick to plants and my own photography....

Happy St Patrick’s Day

Whether or not you have an Erin, Siobhan or Liam in your

family we are all Irish on St Patrick's Day.

Enjoy!


Joining Seasonal Sundays
At The Tablescaper 

Lazy days…..if you’re a cat

Life is rolling along like it always does.

One minute, one hour, one day at a time.

All of a sudden (well not really) it’s come to my attention

that it’s time to get my house in order

and get planting.

Last week we got down to business and deep 

cleaned the greenhouses,

putting things together to save space so new

 things could get planted.

Organizing plants is not like organizing your sock drawer.

Of course I’m not good at that either, but I did my best.

I now have a linen sock bag they all get toss into.

(I can do that now since we’re not in shorts season yet)

Whatever I pick is what I wear.

They are all the same color btw …white. No time to sort…ugh

I used to do that but it drove me crazy. 

I had these cups and teapots that I brought out to plant but decided

Charlotte would enjoy using it as a water dish meanwhile.

I haven’t gotten to planting them anyways.

George caught her pawing at it. That usually means she’s trying to

cover it up so no one else can find it.

She does that with her milk too.

I couldn’t get the camera out fast enough.

But I did when she was playing

the “come see how cute I am….

and how can you just stand there ignoring me? game.

Of course I loved her up right after.

I wanted to thank you all who commented on my last post.

Seems many of us have our “me” time to relax and take breaks

from work. We all need that to keep sane I think.

It’s hard to do when there are deadlines to meet though.

I especially enjoyed the comments about the photo of the

girl and cow in the field.

You were right it was like she was about to get a kick in the head.

or worse. 

( I’ll just leave it at that)

I redid it and switched her positions. Tanya had a great idea to make

her look like she was feeding the cow. Thanks Tanya!!!

Somehow it came out darker

the next go round. I tried to match the tone but since she was in black and

white and the original photo wasn’t. It looks a little off to me.

I’m not completely satisfied but that’s alright.

Maybe cropping will make it better.

Ok I think I like it better.

Talk about blogging on the fly.

ok I have one more thing to talk about!

Sweet Theresa of

The Old White House

is having a wonderful Giveaway.

One of you can win a custom made

pendant necklace that she’s calling

“a snippet of life”.

If she reaches 600 followers during that time she

will announce 2 winners.

She’s pretty close! so won’t you help her meet her goal?

Ok,

Enjoy your day!

I have to go plant something :)

Carole

When I’m supposed to be working

Yes this is what I’m doing instead of getting orders done,

cleaning the greenhouses,

 opening up boxes of merchandise

that I ordered in January….

and a multitude of things that I won’t keep listing.

You all have similar lists I’m sure….well maybe not exactly the same but lets just say lots to do.

Anyways this is what I do when I want to avoid working.

Photoshop!

I had this photo that I took last Fall after visiting a perennial nursery.

While driving home I stopped to visit with the cows on this farm.

Most of them ran the other way as soon as I came 

up to photograph them,

except this one.

The grass there must have been extra good in that spot:)

or she’s just more friendly.

It wasn’t a great photo.

so I thought I would try a texture layer from

Kim of Kim Klaussen’s Café

I did mask off some texture off of Bessie

(Image from Dawn of The Feather Nest)

Then after seeing this post

from Modern Prairie Girl

I decided I’d try something.

I know this looks like she’s sitting too close to Bessie

but I was trying out the idea and didn’t have time to hunt

for something better.

It still didn’t look right so I went back to unpacking.

An hour later I decided to add stronger texture layer

from Shadow House Creations.

I was this close to scrapping the whole thing.

but what’s one more layer going to hurt?

I need more practice and with a better image but for a quicky I’m happy with it.

What do you do when you need a break???

besides blogging : )