Walking (and chuckling)

 Like many of you, I really enjoy a walking around my neighborhood.

But lately I've seeing some very interesting things.

 Yes, this is a brass frog sitting on the fence.

(This little frog has been here all winter.)

I chuckle when ever I walk by it.

 A few doors down, there is this bunny sitting in the front yard.

I chuckle when I walk by it.

Turn the corner...this is what I see.

I chuckle when I walk by it!

Look closely...

I chuckle when I walk by it.



My biggest chuckle I saved for last...

I usually break out in a really loud snicker.

By now, I'm trying to hold in my laughter.

So turn the corner and head  for home.

I enjoy walking around my neighborhood.

Enjoying lots of chuckles, that's for sure.

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~Tidbit~

"1 pound of fat is equivalent to 3,500 Calories. So to lose 1lb in weight you need to expend 3500 Calories more than you've consumed.

The calories expended (and therefore the weight lost) when walking depends on a number of factors - crucially your level of fitness, your weight and the distance walked.

A good rule of thumb is that a reasonably active person weighing 168 lbs (12 stones) walking at approximately 2 mph will consume just under 100 Calories per mile walked."

from: go4awalk.com

Getting Closer... Much Closer!

This is our son Todd, in front of their home, last year.

This is Todd & Stephanie's New Home!

They both obtained new jobs in the Seattle.

 So they bought a home up in Seattle area!

Their new home is only 17 miles and 25 minutes from our home.

(Yes, I timed it and measured!)

Today was moving day!

There were five cars and trucks packed and

ready to caravan up north.

Todd is ready to lead all of us on this long one hour trip, in the rain.

Almost there! I see the truck.

Yes, that's Todd with a smile on his face!

Reward!

Thanks family and friends!

Sealed with a Kiss!

A Peek Into My World

Pretzel Bowl

 (the handle is a pretzel)

I have been collecting Polish Pottery for years.

After I bought my first piece, a "Salsa Dish", I was hooked.

After that, I bought pieces at grocery stores,

TX Maxx and even thrift stores.

 I was also given quite of few pieces as gifts.

 I display most of  them on open shelves in my kitchen.

Each pitcher or bowl, holds small items, like tea, matches,
Tom's sugar packets and other small items.

 I even have a small door pull for my cabinet door,
still waiting to be installed.

 

On the left is a cute butter dish.

 This shelf holds the pottery that Kimmy bought me for my birthday.

Each morning I drink my morning coffee, from one of these beauties.

Polish Pottery is special because each piece is handmade,

very durable, artistic and most have the color navy blue,

 (which happens to be my favorite color!) 

"When your dishes dance, your food sings!"

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~Tidbit~

Polish Pottery started as Folk Art around the 16th century in Bolslawiec, Poland.  In the winter, farmers were unable to get out and tend to their farms so they began making pottery with the clay from the banks of the Bohr River.  The traditional patterns were carefully placed on the various pieces with potato stamps.  Many of the patterns and colors were inspired by the peacock feather.  The cultural designs and familiar colors - cobalt blue, sage green, and ferrous red - used hundreds of years ago are still the inspiration for many modern day patterns