G is for...

Gold, giraffe, gelfling, goats, gummi bears,
green, grass, grey, grape

Garden
(This post is rather picture heavy... sorry if you have a slow connection)

I grew up gardening...
My mom always had flower gardens
My grandma and uncle always kept up a vegetable garden (my uncle still does)













It just doesn't seem "right" to me not to be growing something.
Last year at this time I had a 2 week old baby, so nothing really happened around planting time. The previous years I did a tiny bit... a tomato plant here, a pepper plant there, but not great effort. This year we are trying to finally get to whipping this property into shape.

Nothing too impressive so far, but I'm enjoying it, and my toddler is amused. OK well, the toddler is a bit irritated that she is no longer allowed to dig big holes in the garden like last year, but she does enjoy the plants at least.

Lorelei at about 18 months

enjoying her free reign over the unmaintained garden

 The baby could care less, and just requests that I keep her supplied with toys.

Today we pulled some weeds, planted some basil and thyme, watered the bed good and then put down a little mulch. Turns out we need one more bag of mulch, but this should help for now.





Lorelei even picked out this adorable bluebird at the garden store today. I was set to say no but then looked at the price and it was only $9.99. I can handle that! I was sure they were going to be pricey at the little local nursery we were at. Locals to ATX, Shoal Creek Garden Center is pretty nice.

Oh and that rose bush? Well... this was yesterday, before I started weeding.

And this was today. Hopefully it recovers. It probably will for next year, but I think it's done this year.  I pulled out what I guess was its main root thinking it was one of the ivy vines snaking through my garden when weeding yesterday. I had no idea roses had vine like roots!

I look forward to seeing other's Gs, Fellow A-Zers!

F is for...

Fairy, fruit, funny, foofy, fluffy. feet, first, fink, fiddle,

Fringe, feathers

Flying floating falling

Which are these?

Excuse the sloppiness please, and lack of Focus. I've had a migraine all day and was getting frustrated. I do think they turned out alright considering I couldn't coerce my husband to help out.

Here's one more I worked on this morning

E is for...

elephant, excellent, email, empty, Ellery, enter, equal,  evil, elevator, escalator, enchiladas, elf, either, excited, echinacea, elevation, eskimo

Eye?

 

Nah, kinda boring...

Egg!

Oh... eggs are more boring than eyes, you say?

What about when they are broken? Kind of an interesting pattern...

Speaking of patterns... it's almost Easter isn't it.
I saw this blog post by Alisa Burk today and felt inspired

I got about half way done when I realized she used regular sharpies instead of my usual super fine sharpies. I like the way mine turned out, but they would have been bolder, and faster, and easier if it was a regular one.

How do you like to decorate your Easter eggs?

D is for

Dog..Daffodil..Dairy Queen! Dry...Dremel... Dots ... Ditto... Dump... Dip... Ditti... Dress... Dark ... Devilish ... Dreamy ... daisy ... drip, drop

Day!

As in a Divine Day!

We had dancing children

A trip through downtown

I am so happy to live in a city that has a vibrant beautiful downtown. A trip to or through downtown is often a treat (except maybe the traffic) with plenty to see and do.

Diapers drying on the line in the sun

Not so exciting I know, but the diaper laundry is done now which makes me happy. There's also something cheerful about brightly colored diapers drying on the line in the sun.

A hard earned drink after some hard work in the garden

Shiner Hefeweizen. One of my favorite Texas beers. De-stressing after accidentally pulling up the rose bush (yes really. I'm not sure if it's going to survive)

Divine day despite pulling up the rose bush, dealing with littles all day and doing laundry? Yes! I'm thankful for my life and love it even when things aren't going according to plan.

C is for...

Color, cat, children, crazy, curious, cantankerous, cool, chilly, caterpillar, catnip, cookie, casserole, cactus, carrot, calm, charming, collection, chicken, camera, coffee, clothes, camera, circle

Cindy!

That's me!

Well really, my name is Lucinda, but I have always been called Cindy, except for one year of college when I decided it was time to go by my "grown up" name. That didn't really stick.

Some things about me---
I've been into photography since I was a kid, but didn't get a dSLR until I had my first girl--- before that it was all film for my "good" photos, and a little Cannon Powershot for the "snapshots."

My hobbies change so much--- I have a whole room full of supplies for my different hobbies. Some of them are jewelry fabrication, fabric dying, sewing, painting, drafting, hoop dancing, belly dance, costuming and computer gaming. Photography is the only thing I consistently stick with.

I have cats. I'd like a dog but cats are very lot maintenance compared to dogs-- they can easily be left overnight as long as a big bowl of food is put out.

I have two beautiful little girls, Lorelei and Ivy. Lorelei is 2-1/2 and Ivy just turned 1.

In another life, I fully planned on being a hard working interior designer. Then I got pregnant with Lorelei and changed directions. I want to be here for the girls as much as I can and don't want the 60 hour weeks that come with breaking into the ID profession. Luckily my husband is able to support us on his salary so I can be home with them.

I have an insatiable appetite for new and unusual things. Right now I am exploring hoop dance and circus arts. I've been eyeing aerial silks classes as my possible next thing to try, along with continuing my exploration of movement in the hoop.

Almost every photo of me in the last 3 years has one or both of my girls in it.

Anyone have any questions? I'm not sure what else to share...

B is for...

Berries?

Bugs? Beetles?

Booboo?

Bubbles! Who doesn't like bubbles?

 Ok, maybe me. I get sick of them after a while of my toddler insisting "more more more more!" and making me blow them over and over... but in general, I love bubbles when not forced to blow them until I am hyperventilating. 

... and yes, all these bubbles were captured by yours truly.

A is for...

Artist! Little Artist to be more exact.

My two year old loves anything crafty, arty, messy. Her new favorite is painting with a watercolor set.

This is my first post for the Blogging from A-Z April 2011 Challenge. More letters to come, and check out the other participation by following the link!