Glorious June

This past weekend was all about Festival in the Park in Roanoke. Roanoke is always good for various photo ops with its charming combination of old and modern, and I got a good shot of the older buildings downtown.

Only a small portion of my book collection. I buy books compulsively (and yes, I do reread most of them). Also, note my genuine German beer stein.

Sorry for the delay, Catherine is a lazypuss

A maple baby! Maples are one of my favourite trees, which may or may not have anything to do with Canada.

Teeny tiny flowers in my backyard. Mom calls them weeds. I call them charming.

It's almost Monday, ew.

Blue delphinium in my sister's front yard. Her yard is beautiful, woodsy, and full of whimsy.

The Great Basin in Forest Park is wonderful for epic cosplay photos (characters are from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and are Simon and Rossiu respectively).

It's Hump Day!

Spare change and a flea market ease my material desires when I have no spending money otherwise!

There is nothing quite like tea from a kettle.

Happy Mother's Day

Just one pretty view from Mountain Pass Rd., a curvy road with beautiful scenery year-round between Blue Ridge and Troutville, Virginia. This is looking south toward the Roanoke Valley.

My mother's garden has many such adorable statuettes.

TGIF

Two pairs of polymer clay earrings waiting for paint to dry. It was a hectic evening yesterday trying to get all nine pairs of earrings finished for Saturday's flea market sale. But they're done now!


As you can see, we're very lazy about changing the light bulbs in our ceiling fans. No lie, the right most light caught on fire once, at 2 AM in the morning when I was going to get a drink.



By the way, you can always click on our photos to see a bigger version. :D

First Post FTW.

A street in Vinton, Virginia on a gorgeous day.

The contents of my purse, laid out for all to see.