Pink Saturday.... October Blooms in Biloxi...

We went camping (we call it camping... we're in our camper!) in Biloxi, Mississippi the 3rd week of October this year... When we pulled into our luxury campsite... we were surrounded by these...

Azaleas

beautiful... beautiful... PINK...

they were everywhere... all over the grounds.. aren't these guys suppose to bloom in the spring!?  yet here they are near the end of October...
and just for good measure...

a pretty, PINK Camellia... blooming right along side of the Azaleas...

sure wish we could grow these (any time of year...)

down here in French Lique...

I'm joining Beverly for Pink Saturday... drop by and see who else is show PINK!

Blue Monday... shades of blue...

I love the play of light on a cloudy morning... it's so subtle...

it feels quiet... soft...

cloudy foggy mornings... feels like shades of blue...

down here in French Lique...

linking to Sally's Blue Monday... have a beautiful day...

Ice Skates in South Texas... Whooda thunk it!

I've been adding photos of Christmas wreaths with ice skates to my Pinterest Boards lately... Ricky and I have decided our Christmas colors this year will be traditional...

Red, Green, Silver (cause I'm using that 1960's silver tree again this year) and White...

So I'm searching for good ideas
in the traditional color scheme...

but I don't want rustic country...

I want shiny and bright Christmas...

with lots of sparkle!

and I've been wanting ice skates... I looked on line.. whoa! $40-$50 and more... kinda expensive for my thrifty budget...

and then today... I went by Goodwill, looking for sweaters to turn into pillows for my sofa.. in White, Red and Green of course...

and while driving my little Goodwill shopping buggy around looking at all manner of sweater...

I found these!

I couldn't believe it!  Ice Skates in south Texas!

Amazing!

and the best part of all...

the price!  $7.99!  Oh thank you Goodwill from the bottom of my little ole cheap... er... thrifty-heart!

and I know just what I'm going to do with them... thanks to this tutorial from fellow blogger, Jess at Just A Blink!

I'm feelin' lucky...

Down here in French Lique!

A New Wrinkle in time... and not very photogenic either...

My husband thinks it's funny.... that it bothers me so much...

 I noticed a new line in my forehead yesterday morning...

A new wrinkle... a SCOWL line... yep... one like this one here...

It's bad enough that I don't find myself  very photogenic...

(We're having head shots done at work tomorrow...)

Now I have to find a new wrinkle in my timeworn face...

just two days before the photographer comes!

I don't think that anyone would ever describe me as vain...

More likely "self-deprecating"...

but I'll be 57 years old next month...

and it seems that each year...

I'm finding more and more wrinkles and lines...
will there come a time that I don't even recognize the face in the mirror...
"hello... who are you and what did you do with Dixie?!"...
does that face really tell the story of the woman that I am...
is that a road map of life that I see there?

and does the younger generation... our daughters and our sons...
do they realize that although that face is nearing 60...
the woman that owns it...
still thinks of herself as 35...

a pondering of perplexity...
down here in French Lique...