Ewwww and Ooooh

Ewwww: a lizard tail, left behind by its owner. This is both cool and rather disgusting, in my opinion. At least it means--let's hope--that whatever predator probably caused it to lose its tail did not get to eat the lizard as dinner.
Ooooh: a blimp, right over my head (and rather low, too).

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

The many faces--OK, well, not really that many--of Tallulah Mae, who has apparently decided to wear her ears back in a bun.

A Million Kinds of Awesomeness

This photo shows a truly awesome gift: a pair of plastic salt and pepper shakers. Cool in and of themselves (we actually collect midcentury plastic things). But check it out:
That, my friends, is Loretta Lynn's signature!!!!! Oh, yeah. In Sharpie, on a pair of plastic S&P shakers, the autograph of the Coal Miner's Daughter. Way, way cool, yes?

They were given to me by my very sweet and wonderful friend who purchased them on the spot at Loretta's "ranch" in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. My friend is a fabulous storyteller, and the tale behind the getting of these beauties is quite a tale indeed--handmade Loretta Lynn fan T-shirts are involved, for one thing. Alas, she did not witness Loretty actually wielding the pen, but she did get to see her perform. Ah, if only I could have been there...but I got the next-best thing: Loretta Lynn's signature on some plastic salt and pepper shakers! Am I lucky or what! (Thanks a million for being so awesome, Laura!)

Tufty McTufterson

Apparently grass feels the need to be King of the Hill...it sent a runner all the way up the inside of this sign pole to come out on top.

Don't Tempt Me...

Love. This. Maybe this can be Tallulah Mae's very own trailer, towed behind our bigger trailer? (Nah, I'd miss her too much!)

Hearts (and Love) Are Everywhere

Check it out: this is my amaryllis plant after the blooms died...they made a heart for me (a heart with a ponytail?). Below is what it looked like in full bloom.

This is a bulb I got "new" two years ago--I'm never sure it's going to produce again when I retrieve the wizened bulb from the potting shed, but it's come back gangbusters two years now...I should have faith, I guess. Nature--it's pretty grand, isn't it?
P.S. Please excuse the dishes and plastic bag drying in the top shot...it ain't pretty, maybe, but it's my life! (At least they're clean dishes and not dirty ones!)

Tallulah-Palooza Friday

I'm not the only one who loves Target popcorn: now is when we need a flip book so you can see this girl in action. She is unbelievably talented when it comes to catching things, in part due to her incredible focus: note the popcorn in the fifth image hanging there in the air with Miss Mae's eyes firmly glued to it. (Also: please excuse the ironing board in the background--tsk, tsk!)