Beads & desert blooms!

Hi!! i sure hope you are enjoying this holiday weekend! :) We finally got the pool all ready but the water is C-O-L-D still! lol
UPDATE on the white puppy in my last post:
i understand that he was bought late in the day, yesterday to a sweet older gent!! i was SOOOOOOOO HAPPY to hear that! i am certain that those other puppies will find homes too but i had talked with DH about bringing that one here. :) that is about the LAST thing we need right now but he considered it for Coco! so i was relieved that we didn't have to cross that bridge! hehe ANYWAYS, i hope you are ready to see some beads that we got yesterday! the photos are not the best and i really don't understand when i seem to do the same thing for the ones that got clear! (shrugs shoulders) But this is one of the glass beads:

one of the painted beads:

a heart glass bead that gives the look of a gemstone:

a swirl on a barrel shaped glass bead:

and some that DH thinks are ceramic!

in this green batch (and that was another BONUS, that they were all color sorted!!) has a few ACTUAL gemstones, like aventurine! DOUBLE BONUS! hehe

one of the abalone beads:

some of the silver ones:

Three thread and one wire spools included!

AND some kind of cripper tool too but i didn't get it in any of the shots!
i was sooooooooooo GLAD that when we went through it, even DH thought it was a deal!! He has gone into Walmart with me and check prices of those little packages of beads, so he knew! :)
i have also been taking photos of the blooms in this area, i hope you enjoy them! we sure do, since the desert is sooooooooooooooo brown! lol :)
i don't know the names making these GREAT for any Wordless Wednesdays that i see on so many FUN blogs! lol but i will share them now! i CAN tell you that these first few photos were taken at our local swapmeet!
some very dainty & little flowers.

some very tall ones.


some very closed looking or tubular.

Just look at ALL these getting ready to bloom!!

some on trees!

Now this one i KNOW to be a Joshua Tree! one day i really should do a post on them alone they are SOOOOOOOOOO unique and interesting!

Again, these next two from the swapmeet. this one is a small ecalyptus plant.

And this one is a taller ecalyptus tree!

such BEAUTY can be found in this desert, it is AMAZING the things that grow here! i do have more to share and it will give me a reason to blog tomorrow! so i hope you come back then and share another visit! :) Thank You for sharing this time!! Have a safe & WONDERFUL holiday!! HUGS!