Here, There & Everywhere

Four years ago today, after searching for days for a beagle puppy, we drove to Eastonalee, GA to look at one. (Yeah, right–have you ever seen a beagle puppy?) There were two boys still to be adopted–Sleepy and Dopey. There were 7 pups in the litter and they were all named for the Dwarfs. Sleepy and Dopey were both so cute but Dopey had prettier markings. As Tommy and I were trying to decide which one to take home, Dopey peed in the heat register that was on the floor. At the same time, we were told that Sleepy was the “calm” one. We decided to go with calm! While he did live up to his Sleepy name–he slept all the way home in my lap–that just wasn’t the name we were going to stay with. We threw around lots of names but decided we wanted one that started with a B as did our first beagle Biscuit and our second one Beau. Tommy came up with Bubba and how appropriate it seems to be. Except for the fact that he goes absolutely crazy when someone comes to visit, he really is a great dog. He loves to travel and sleeps a lot in the truck when we go riding. Bubba also has trained Tommy to go for a walk at least once a day.

Tommy and I are so glad that we found this little guy–he’s quite funny and makes us laugh!

He is quite a love and truly a goofball!

Until Amanda had moved to Wyoming, I had never seen a Columbine. The ones we did see when we visited her were those up in the Snowy Range. They were a very pale purple and white–very pretty. Then Amanda and Evan got married and bought a house next to George and Nancy who have some gorgeous Columbines. I was thrilled, however it was really hard to get pictures of them as the wind blows continually in Wyoming. Nancy was nice enough to offer us as many seeds as we wanted to take home with us. We weren’t really sure that they would grow here but we’ve had some success.

I do love irises. But, it’s really hard for me to get photos that I like of them. The composition is never quite right, so I tried something different and got just part of one. :)

A friend of mine and her husband have an Iris and Daylily nursery not far from us. Since the irises are blooming around here we decided we should go check them out. Patty and Mark were so gracious and let me take all the pictures I wanted. Believe me, they have some gorgeous blooms there!

If you’re interested in buying iris and/or daylily plants for your yard, contact them at:
mpflowers@comcast.net.

I hope they will let us come back when the daylilies start to bloom.

Tommy and I are early risers, so we got up and out on Sunday morning. We wanted to walk around some without the throngs of people there for the basketball finals. We also hoped we’d be able to get a table at the Cafe du Monde without waiting.

We were rewarded! Jackson Square was completely vacant and the sky was perfect for this iconic shot!

We were able to get a table right away so we could, once again, enjoy some beignets.

We arrived in New Orleans late Saturday afternoon and left Tuesday morning. Unfortunately we were only able to go to the Cafe du Monde three times.

Aren’t they beautiful?

Walking around New Orleans was so very interesting! I loved looking at the houses, windows, doors and all the decorating that people did to them.

Our good friends, Julian and Sue, invited us to spend a few days with them in New Orleans. It had been almost 35 years since we had visited that city, so we decided to go. While we were there we ate, drank, walked a lot and I got to take lots of pictures. What more could one ask? It is a fascinating place with good food and some great people-watching opportunities!

Doors of New Orleans (actually the bottom two are from Algiers Point):

The dogwoods are almost gone. They are not quite as white as they were in their prime, plus you can see a lot more green leaves on the branches. Gorgeous while they last though, huh?

But, as some things begin to wither and fade others start to open up. Yay!

Thankfully the person who built the house across the street from us many moons ago, planted these pink dogwoods. They are just beautiful and I always look forward to them blooming in the Spring.

There’s something to be said about staying in the same house for 35+ years–especially across from a house with such gorgeous pink dogwood trees.