It's dry

The weather has been so dry lately that much of our usually colorful yard is brown. Just when things started looking really grim my favorite tree has sprung to life. I've yet to figure out what its official name is but I love all the butterflies that visit our yard to pay their respects.

The little Leprechauns Pip and Popeye help a bit too:)

Oh, Sand Castle Days

Happy New Years

I think this year more time will be sent at the beach enjoying the earth and idling away the time with my little munchkins, nothing more magical than building a sand castle for the next visitor to inherit.

OH, SAND CASTLE DAYS...
Sweet memories enhance The backwards glance Long into childhood's way,Hours by the sea Timeless, carefree Where the sun brightly shone
Every day,Looking out o'er the waves Soft, memory saves A joy that forever stays Held deep in that part Of one's innermost heart..Of so happy, dear sand-castle days! (John McLeod)