Happy St. Patrick's Day

Love these cupcakes!  Found them on a blog called, Happier Than a Pig in Mud.  This link will take you to the actual recipe.  If you want to see her full blog, just erase the back half off her address up to the dot com and go explore.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  May the winds...'ya know...blow your skirt up or something like that...WHAT???Hahahaa....and may the Blarney, somethingsomething,  ahhh....top of the morning thingy...for 'ya!  Ok!  Sounds good to Me!
Hubby decided to repeat the cheesy, green onion scones in honor of the Day.  Always Wonderful!
If you're like me, you're rather tired by the time you reach March and would just wish Holiday Marketing would go take a proverbial, HIKE! 
I understand who St. Patrick was and appreciate Ireland's devotion...I think...I was raised Catholic so I had a pretty through diet of saints and their "holidays", but what I take issue with is the selling of the holiday.  My main holiday is Christmas.  It's the one that says Jesus.  We celebrate his birth.  We try to remember that life is super short and that maybe Jesus' message really does mean something...Love...nothing more, nothing less.  How can you sell that...you can't but retailers think they can so I just try to navigate through the seasonal mess.
They say St. Patrick's Day  is also about the food SO...Here's to the devil running down the road...the birds nesting in unison and the clover never leaving stains on the knee of your jeans.
Now...Go eat hardy me maties and just love and care about someone today...I think St. Patrick would approve.

Don't Forget to Set Your Clocks Forward!

Well it's that time of year again...springing forward.  I've gotten use to the backwards and forwards rhythm.  I think I just don't care anymore so that makes it not so important like it use to be to me.  Who cares if you lose an hour?  Gain an hour?  I think it all comes out in the wash.   I go to bed an hour earlier or to bed an hour later.  Works for me.
We've been getting some much needed rain over the past several days.  It's always nice to get some especially when we're headed into Spring and Summer months.  Texas can never get enough!
I did not take the above photo and don't know who did but I liked it...Screams Spring to me and I'm so ready!  Tired of my feet being cold.  
I did the photo challenges yesterday...I'm glad to see them once again!  Makes me pick up my camera  and begin to think!Hahaaa....pitiful, I know!  But mainly, it introduces you to new faces in blogland who have the same interest as you do!  Photography.  Some people are fluent in photo-speak and some are newbies...doesn't matter though because we all have fun and learn at the same time.  If YOU ever want to join in on the challenges, see my last post and go investigate...you won't be sorry!  By the way, the NEXT Challenge at Donna's, (Her Main Blog) and her (Challenge Blog), Personal Photo Challenge, is entitled,  Simplicity...Due April 13th.... She already has the Challenges listed for the next few months so we can plan for them.  SO!  Get your thinking caps on and prepare.  You can always "schedule" your post, that way you won't forget!
So I guess I'll let you get back to your Sunday doings...Enjoy the day and try picking up that camera...Never know what you might find!    I missed a shot at a robin this morning....Hate when that happens!

Black & White and Words Challenges

Can you say Two Birds with One Photo?Hahaaa....They were both due today!  I was trying to figure out a graceful way to do them both without it looking tacky and Hubby simply said (BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO REFLECT!!!Hahahaa), "Make it a black and white photo of words...Duh!!"  I love my hubby...I love my hubby...WHAT???Hahaaaa.....
I used my original PollyAnna (published 1913) book for the words and I used Florabella Actions for the Black and White effects.  
Now for the Words Challenge, hosted by Brenda (What's Up Down South)  of  Brenda's Photo Challenge blog, click HERE.
For the Black & White Challenge, hosted by Donna of Cottage Days, Donna  has created a blog called, A Personal Photo Challenge!  Go HERE.
Did you understand all that??Hahaaa....me either!
Hope you go and visit the other participants!!  These Challenges have always been such fun!  Go have a look.....
Happy Saturday!

Warm Spot...

Hubby came in asking if I wanted a shot of some Inca Doves warming themselves by our glass front door Saturday morning.  Of course, this was the very weekend that Crystal and her family had gone skiing in New Mexico and had borrowed my big Canon with the super duper zoomer lens on it.  Oh well, I still had the Nikon I'd purchased as a back up so off I run to grab it.  I think it did a pretty fair job...Said subjects were about twenty feet from me so I had to use the zoom plus make sure it would focus for me.  It did...and I'm pleased with the results.
What are your thoughts...Are you Team Canon or Team Nikon?  OR...Are you just a great photographer?Hahaaaa.....'Cause I Know I'm Not!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Again, we did ...nothing.  Since the kiddos were out of town, I had to go feed and medicate their pets twice a day.  Other than that, it was a do nothing weekend.  Now it's a Monday again.  Back to the grindstone.  Enjoy your day!