Hydrangeas

In my yard.....

And in my house.....

I love this time of year.

Toys?

I would like to avoid the Christmas rush.  I would love to have all the gifts decided, bought, wrapped and hidden before December ever gets here.

I was looking online for toys for the kids.  It is hard to buy toys for my kids.  Toys that they will actually play with for more than the first day.  They have never liked legos or any kind of building sets.  If I buy that, thinking they will like it, it sits in the closet and never gets played with.

Action figures?  maybe.
Board games?  sometimes.
Wii games?  Yes, sometimes, but who wants to encourage more video game playing?

What do my kids play with, you ask?  Here are some examples just from this past week.......

Well, there is sliding down the hall on a quilt......

Watching a movie under a tent made from sheets.....

And buttons, a muffin tin, and an empty Coke Zero bottle.

I guess I should be glad that they don't need a lot of toys.  But Santa may need some help!  Suggestions, anyone?

Farmer's Market

My mom and dad know that my favorite thing to eat is a plate full of fresh vegetables.  Speckled butterbeans, fried okra, fresh corn on the cob.  LOVE.  with cornbread (technically not a vegetable, but necessary just the same.)

So when I was visiting them in August, my mom sent my dad and I to the farmer's market.  While my dad picked out some vegetables, I went around taking pictures.  I love these pictures because everything about them reminds me of home.  

( I know that Dr. Pepper isn't a vegetable, but this would have been Kevin's favorite thing!)

I asked these guys if I could take their picture.  I promised them it wouldn't come out in the paper or anything like that.  The guy on the right, in his awesome southern drawl, asked me if I was a "free-lancuh".  

I loved my visit to the farmer's market! (and the meal afterwards....)

Impromptu Photo Shoot

One day last week, Giovanni and I went outside to pick some hydrangeas to put inside the house.  He sat down in this little bed of flowers, so I took some pictures.

OK, so eating a flower doesn't exactly make for a typical photo shoot.  Oh well.  He's still cute.

PS. This dog is about 90 years old.  Seriously.  They used to practically drag him, now he has a doggy walker.  Is there such a thing as going too far?