Isn't He Cute?

This is a small statue I bought up in the mountains of NC, Andrews Mall, I think! I have him sitting in a bird bath between some Azaleas. He has a bird in his hand and stroking a dog with his other. I just love the expression on his face.

Impatiens Return

Pretty soon after we moved into our home in 1971, a neighbor of my mom's asked her if she wanted some impatiens. She didn't, but told me about it. So I called the neighbor, Tom Norris, and he told me to come get all I wanted. They volunteered and came back each year under some cedar trees he had along his back yard. He sat out in the yard and talked with me as I dug up what I wanted. I planted those and watered them well until they got a start. Every year since, these little impatiens come back . Over the years I have moved some of them around in my yard. These are under and around a rose bush at the end of the covered porch in back of our house. I have them in a line along the Azaleas next to the driveway. They come up everywhere. I find them in cracks of my steps, flower pots, birdbaths, anywhere the seeds have gone. You can have impatiens earlier by going to the nursey to buy plants, but I am content to wait until June for my babies to return. Since the weatherman is predicting rain for us tonight and tomorrow, I think this evening would be a good time to thin some out and start some in new places.

Mother's Baaack!

If you look closely you can see the black and white feathers of the mother. She blends in so well with her suroundings!

Nest Full of Eggs

We caught the mother Guinea off the nest yesterday. My husband pulled the hosta back and I was able to get this picture. We think we can count 40 eggs in this nest. Can you imagine having 40 children at once? My husband thinks that all of them might not hatch. A few more days and we will find out.

Southern Things

I was tagged by Little Penpen to list some Southern things.


1. Summer Thunder Storms like the one we had this afternoon. So thankful for much needed rain.

2. Collards, Chittlin's and Grits

3. Snow cream from the first snow

4. Dirty snowmen

5. Snuff dipping and tobacco chewing

6. Pig Pickings

7. Blue Berry Cobblers... I made one today!

8. Tractor Pulls

9. Do-Rags

10. going barefoot

11. Molasses biscuits and fried fat back (not my favorite)

12. Salted peanuts poured in your bottle of coke.

13. Fishing off a bridge

14. NABS ...for you people up north, these are Lance peanut butter crackers.

This was fun... but I'm not going to tag anyone!!