Here Lately...

 Blogging is like having  an old friend-

... you can pick up right where you left off-

or start new.

With that said;
this I share....

One highlight of recent days was an afternoon with my
sister and our Dad out junkin.

A love for  pickin is surely  in our DNA.

 Momma had it; she loved the hunt for vintage clothes
and shoes; especially pumps in fun bright colors like
fuschia pink  and banana yellow.
 Dad and sister are no exception;

... a day out pickin with them...what fun... and seriously

they're hard to keep up with.  

Even our 82 year old Dad! 

His search was  for a hollywood bedframe;

didn't find one... and I did wonder  how he'd haul the thing
home on his car  if he scored.     

Sisterbear;... she found some beautiful, restaurant ware plates

I don't know the pattern but they had  lovely red leaves around  the edges. 

They were really cool; and were so  "her" reminding me
of the reds in her  thimbleberry quilts she sews.

My favorite find of the day was a hand painted canvas  of 

yellow roses!  

(What fun to notice what those two picked up and looked at.)

The afternoon flew by... and we made some really good new memories.

Our family has always been quite spread out so we just don't 

see eachother very often.  

Technology is pretty much  the glue that  keeps us close anymore-

-mainly... text messaging.
I hear people bashing it saying social media etc is not good for relationships
but I must say; I'm really thankful for it.
Getting a text or email out of the blue from someone often makes my day.   

Other news; ...
Yesterday was Myguy and my's 32 Anniversary.

(The flowers up above were  from my sweetheart)  - wish you could smell their sweetness!

I don't know about you... but it  seems the older we get... the more time... flies.

 Hard to believe he n I have been together

over three decades??

To celebrate; my man took a whole week off-  

...We've played pretty hard ..

seen a lot of movies..

and have eaten ... way too much.

In fact as I write here... burgers and bacon are 

cookin on the stove.  

Bacon cheeseburgers are one of Myguy's favorite foods

so.. it's gonna be another 

fat supper tonight. lol  

To celebrate yesterday we went up  in the mountains.
Jeeping and exploring new places is one of our favorite things to do.
  We ate dinner at the 

Ozark Cafe in Jasper.  If you ever get in the area you should really try the

curly fries.  And I don't know what kinda pickles they serve but I'm 

here to tell ya... they're the best I've ever had.  

Mmmmm!

(ABOUT NOW: I started  smelling something writing all this...)

That would be ...smoke....

(crap I just burnt the bacon)

 Uggh... there's one blog  rule I live by.

Never blog and bake..

Oh man!

New rule

Never... I say never blog and fry bacon either.

Ever.  

If you're wondering why I took a picture of my burnt bacon...

I really don't know.  

I guess because it's real life... 

Least Addie and Francoise will still eat it. 

 Let's get back to Jasper...

Just down the steet is this sweet place.

 It's always fun to stroll through and see
if there's anything new.

The only thing I bought was a really old map

for ephemera.  

I do so love to hit the flea markets and things but find

I'm really not buying much anymore.

Another thing that has had much of my attention of late is:

our newest family member: 

Aspen Rose.

 She's grown quite a bit and dare I even say; 

maybe catching on to this whole 

potty OUTSIDE thing?  

Least I hope so.  

For the first few weeks we put baby gates up in the kitchen.

We'd been  going back n forth over them so much...
but I'm built like Froto.
 Don't know if my leg was gettin tired throwing it over all the time or what but
I started kinda catching a foot on the gate from time to time.
One night, 

I was hurrying to get our supper to the table and carrying

two plates of food in my hands.. and in a hurry.. totally tripped.

The tip of my cowgirl boot caught the gate and 

down I went right on top of the whole darn gate.  

All the food flew off our plates out  across the dining

room floor. 

Di

sas

ter.

Musta sounded like a derailed train.

Myguy came running to my rescue;

I was basically okay but

our supper was 

a whole nother story.  

That's when we decided something

needed to change.

Aspen Rose's living quarters were

getting very trying between her 

chewing on the bakers cupboard from the mid 1800's...
and you know with all that room at times... well let's say  it was like walking
over  a minefield.
Sorry to paint such an ugly picture but...
if you've had a puppy ...
yall know what I'm talkin about.*

So down came the babygates... and
Aspen Rose moved to my little art porch.
She's never allowed to run free in there unless I'm there.
But she seems 

to kinda like her new crate now.  

It's her home sweet home.  

Having her so close to the door where she 

can go out into the fenced in yard is so much easier,

cleaner and safer for everyone involved. lol 

Other than all that; 

we've been enjoying going to several movies.

Nothin like a couples combo and holdin hands with 

your sweetheart at the theatre.  

Check out the new recliners at the last one we went to!

I had no idea some theatres are getting so comfortable!

Speaking of movies; 

Myguy's waitin on me in the living room to watch something he rented.

I better get out there... and try to make up 

for burnin the man's bacon!

:)

It's all about the love

...not that bass.