a little off my usual topics

Good morning! i have been thinking, yea, i hear you, RUH ROH! lol
But seriously, what has been happening to Reality TV lately??
Recently, i have seen a girl on Amazing Race, get hit in the face (catapulted, actually), with a melon and had to finish her 'challenge' or 'competition'!
i have also seen, on the Bad Girls Club commercials, this season, there is a fight EVERY week, with bleach being thrown and this week TWO girls got hit and bled!! Even though, i thought the one rule on that show is 'no one is allowed to hit anyone'!
And this week, i understand that not only a knife was thrown at someone, but also some kind of kitchen appliance!!
And even more recently, last night on Survivor, someone PEED in a pool where two teams had to get in for thier 'competition event'! And NO ONE had a problem getting in it to finish the 'game'! UNBELIEVABLE to me!! Are there NO moral standards or health or safety rules that apply anymore?!? No one gets even reprimanded or thrown off these shows. Is this the way our society really wants to be? it's crazy!
getting off my soapbox now and proceeding with normal programming! thank you! :D

Good afternoon!

i hope you have been well! things here are going ok. still working with the puppy, he may have the 'sit' and 'down' commands down but we are still working on 'come' and leash walking. just look at those wild hairs,coming in on him!

he LOVEs to go bye bye with us on the weekends, he is a funny little boy! :D
most of the time, this is what we look at:

Yesterday we FINALLY (after 7 long months) went rockhunting!!! WOHOO!!
this picture is mostly crystal carpets, we found:

here are a few of the crystal points & clusters, we found:



to end up,today, i played with Brazilian crystals on a lighted display stand:


and for anyone who may be wondering about our miniatures:
we haven't given up yet, just put it on the back burner for now, but we did recently get a few real BARGAINS at yardsales and such, that i can hardly wait to share with you!!
big HUGS to ya, i hope to see you real soon!! Have a GREAT day! :D

Just popping in

to say a quick hi and let you know things here are ok. i am still spending time with the puppy, he already knows his "sit, stay, come and down" commands so we have been busy. hehe
he is now 4 months old and i just realized that i don't yet have a photo of him more recent than this.

his ears stand up now, so i better get more photos of him! hehe
Thanks so much for stopping in to visit! i really LOVE when you do!! have an AWESOME day and i will see you real soon. :)
HUGS!

9/11

Amberware collection and more Cali!

Good evening! it sure has been awhile again since we last visited! it has been nothing but HOT here!
Since DH is selling at the swapmeet at least, every other Saturday, we decided to see if we could sell our amberware collection. So i unwrapped it all and set up on the porch to see what all we had. Thought you might enjoy, as well.















After seeing all of that, i did decide to keep a few pieces. i think amberware is PERFECT & a warming color for any Thanksgiving or Fall table setting.
And just to end on a 'OH SO CUTE' moment...


That is, again, all i had time to upload. Thank you so very much for visiting and you know i will see you again soon, i CANNOT stay away too long! hehe HUGS! :)

Some fun photos and of course Cali!

Good morning! sheesh what a morning i have had already! Cali sure keeps us busy and even more so when he FINALLY does nap, i find that i forgot to put his bowl up, which had a little food left from before he went for a nap, and find how quickly the ANTS out here find food!!!!! what a mess!
Anyways, while he is again finally sleeping, i got a chance to upload a few photos.
Earlier this year, DH and i were driving around to yard sales and came across these BEAUTIES!! The owner was outside watering her plants and we asked if we could take a picture of these cacti, she was happy to let us and tell us that she started out with most of her plants, with just a small sprig from a mature one.

This was at one of the yard sales. Some people sure have the green desert thumb for growing!!

At yet another recent yard sale, we found this FUN bottle wall!!

And finally, i hope you enjoy these pictures of Cali, who is now 8 weeks old! :)

i am so curious, what this puppy will look like when older. He is already getting some new wild hairs coming in and looks so cute.

Well, that's all i got today! i hope you enjoyed your visit cause i surely enjoyed it! Thanks so much for stopping by and i hope to see you again real soon. Have a GREAT day! :)

Stones, a sunset and the surprise!

Good morning! i hope you are getting out and enjoying some of the summer. Los Angeles has had almost 30 days of below average temperatures but we don't feel it out here in the desert, it's just HOT!! lol
Well, this morning i did get a chance to actually upload some photos. i picked a few fun random ones that i hope you will enjoy. :)
First, i thought i would share some of the stones we found, when we last went rock hunting, back in March! The first is one of the best crystals we found.

the next two photos came from a different local location.
These are a few of the double termination crystals that i found.

And not too far from where i found those, we found cube stones. i forget what they are called but each one is squared!!!

The next photo is one of the sunsets i shot recently...only thing is that i had a cigarette nearby and the smoke got in front of the lens. i thought it looked pretty cool! :)

And last but not least, i have to share my newest surprise!!



wait for it...

hehe





Meet Calvin but we call him Cali! :D
our 7 week old chihuahua/maltese boy.