Sunday Morning Coffee with God

Psalms 92:2

Every morning tell him, "Thank you for your kindness," and every evening rejoice in all his faithfulness.

Fountains of Faith

By William Arthur Ward

To the virtues of Faith, Hope and Love, let us add these three: Gratitude, Forgiveness and Cheerfulness.

Have a Blessed Day!

Pallet Potting Bench Creation

I always thought there was something I could do with pallets, I just wasn't quite sure what it was. 

 A while back I started seeing things people made from pallets on Pinterest and it got my mind rambling.

It wasn't long afterwards that I brought  a few of them home.  I had two thoughts and the first one didn't work out and I almost gave up and threw them away.  But after a couple of days,  I picked them up and started playing around and positioning them into place.  I needed a place to work outside and plant plants etc. and this is the product of my imagination. 

First I have to show you the space before.  It was nothing...just empty and begging for something to be put there. 

It has gone through a couple of re-designs.  At first the pallets were just their natural color. 

 As most of you bloggers know,  those of us who like to decorate just can't leave something without color, so I painted it an olive green so it would match our trim on our house.

It has actually taken me about 2 months to post this because I think it looks much cuter in person.



 This is the right side where my tools and supplies are kept.

 This is the left side where I do the work.

So there it is.  This is what I call my garden potting bench. Perfect for re-planting plants and stuff.

Have a great weekend!



Canning Food

This is something I might be interested in learning how to do....Canning food. 

Don't these look yummy! I found these on Social Cafe Mag.

Although, I think I need to increase my garden...from 2 tomato plants to.... a lot more of everything.

They have really made these look appealing and also gave some very good information at Prepare Wise



Of course I'll have to top them off with cute little fabric jar covers as they have done here at Epicurious.  There was also alot of good information on how to do this, as well as equipment and technique information found on their site.

I had to add this beautiful photo from the Not dabbling in normal blog. You should take a look at their site.  They show additional photos of jars that are so pretty.  Imagine that...a picture of jars that's pretty.  Love it.

So, can I do this?  The one thing that may hold me back is....I'm terrified of pressure cookers.  EEEK.  But maybe...We'll see.

Dear Missouri

Dear Missouri State,
As you know I visited your state last weekend and I want to tell you I had a wonderful time.  I have to say that your city...St. Louis was very clean and attractive.  It was so exciting to visit some of your attractions while I was there, some of which brought out the kid in me.  Our first stop was the big zoo you have there and for the life of me I can't think of the name of it.  It's been at least 35 years since I have been to a zoo and still had fun watching all the animals.  They were all so amazing.  These are a couple of my favorites.  I swear the gorillas were talking in sign language while we were watching them.  Very cool!

 How majestic is this lion?

There was one ape named....Tammy.  How about that?



Then of course we wouldn't miss going to the amazing St. Louis Arch.  What a beautiful sight in your city. We did take the ride up to the top.  I'll have to say I was a little bit nervous getting into those tinsey tiny carts that take you up.  But I managed to keep my claustrophobia in check.

Bottoms up... taken underneath the St. Louis Arch.

We ended up on our last day at the St. Louis Botanical Gardens.  Ohhh, how pretty it was.  We left with all kinds of ideas to do in our own yard.  Here's some of my favorite spots there.

 Sorry the pictures a little blurry.

 I absolutely looove bridges.

So there's the round up of a few of the things we did.  There is just one thing though...if I may.... I just hope it's warmer than the 50 and 60 degrees we had while we were there.  Maybe next time when I'm there it could be more like 70 degrees (at least).    But other than that, I had a great time.





A Little Yellow Inspiration

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I love this yellow chair against this dark gray wall.

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Lots of prints going on here, but it all works well together.

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 This bright and lite look would be fun at a beach house.

I've been up to something....Having Babies

Baby tomatoes that is. 

I've been a little busy lately and wanted to share what's been keeping me.

Let's see, where should I start? 

 For the past few years I've been talking about wanting to grow some tomatoes.  Well, I finally did it and it's so much fun.  I bought two, one is a popper tomato the other is a grape tomato.  Yeah, I know they are very similar but one already had a few green baby tomatoes on it so I kinda cheated getting started on that one but the other didn't have any.  I have to say that those plants are the fastest growing plants that I know of.  I think they grew four inches every day.  I'm happy to report they are still alive and I now have baby RED tomatoes.  So excited!

Here it is...

In the beginning...

As you can see they are about a foot or so tall.

I must confess hubby helped me plant them, but I'm taking care of them.  I guess it's a joint venture.

We needed a couple of drain holes so out came the drill.

Next rocks.  He said they needed them, so OK. Something to do with draining.  Remember I'm new at this.

The old staple, Miracle Gro.  I was told that was probably the best to use.

Now the planting. 

Planted and ready for nurturing.

And Now.....fast forward a about 3 weeks...

One is about four feet tall and the other is about three feet tall. 

I decided to do container gardening and keep them on our pool deck to help reduce the bug issue and I think I made the right decision.

Just look at them!  Ahh you can see my itsy bitsy red tomatoes.

I  now have two more starter tomato plants that will have larger tomatoes and two green pepper plants.  I'll share those later when their babies arrive, me being the proud mama that I am.

Part 2 of I've been up to something will continue tomorrow.

Have a great day.

Cottage Style Curb Appeal

It's the weekend!  Yeah!  I just wanted to share a couple of photos I took of two shops that grabbed my attention as I was driving by them. 

Now this building is an old building.  Nothing great about the building right?  But the color they have added with the flowers has made this shop adorable.  It's incredible what color does for things. 

And the awnings...I love them. 

 The flower shop below was behind the hair salon.  I could see it from the road and had to take it's picture too.  The colors instantly grabbed my attention. 
This was something I had to take my hubby back just to look at it.

I didn't get a chance to stop in but I'm going to make it a point really soon.

I love the color they are displaying in front of their store. I hate to say it, but this photo really doesn't do it justice. (could be the photographer...me)  It was a quickie picture on the way back from the airport. 

Have a good weekend!