I’m thinking that butterflies must like stinky butts, lol. While I watched this one waiting for it to land and finally it landed – on Brodi’s tail. He was clueless, never knew.

It’s been one of those days. Feeling like I’m running in circles and making no progress what-so-ever. . .maybe it has something to do with breaking that mirror first thing this morning? May tomorrow be better.

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This morning, husband started to back out the driveway for our morning trip to Starbucks when I reminded him the Rav4 was back there, as he maneuvered around it, the driver’s side mirror found a tree – oops! Our house has been pretty chaotic since we brought the Fiat home. . .did I tell you guys we bought a 1979 Fiat Spider? Well, we did and we’ve spent the last week stripping all the paint off, now we’re on to the pounding out dings and bond-o-ing low spots. . .pictures will come soon.

I need your help, which photo do you prefer? It was harder to do what I envisioned, than I thought it would be. I picked up pieces of mirror out of the yard and threw them away, then as the day went on, I was trying to find my shot – I saw a wren, but she flew too quick – I saw a deer and snapped one photo, too many leaves in the way before it snorted and fled – I snagged a great Monarch, but I’ve shared 2 butterflies in the last few days – bunny, hopped away – you get the idea. Other than that the day was filled with Fiat, sandpaper, bondo, hotness.

I dug the mirror out of the trash, washed them up (who else but a blogger would clean broken mirror headed for the trash?!), attached some pieces to some card stock and set about trying to get a great reflection. As you can see above, I could either get the mirror pieces in focus OR the reflection in focus, but not both.

Do you prefer PHOTO 1: mirror pieces in focus or PHOTO 2: reflection in focus?

I love watching the leaves emerge in the spring. But I was really amazed that my big rose bushes did not survive the winter, yet this little one, the kind you usually keep in the house, woke back up. Very odd.

I love that Tristan loves his baby sister so much! I love that she puts up with it.  She’s over a year old and he still loves to kiss her all the time.

I love that Twister loves flowers!

I love that Addy gets more independent every day!

I love that when you ask Twister to hug his sister this is what happens.  I also love that you can see a hint of a smile on her face even though her brother is trying to pull her head off, lol.

I love that kisses fix so many things!

Have you ever noticed how the road leading the wrong way is paved and beautiful but often the right road is full of potholes and difficult to travel?

Say one day, you and your best friend are traveling the road, the right road you believe and after going down it for some time you come to an intersection.  At the intersection you don’t even stop to discuss which way to go, your bff just veers off and you’re pretty content as you trust his judgment in these things.  He tells you that he has spoken to the higher power and this is the path you should continue on, while you are now having to push the vehicle while he rides comfortably inside.

You continue this way for some time when suddenly he tells you that he’s not so sure the higher power is even aware of what’s going on.  You are surprised by this as the road has looked decent enough, although you are still pushing, there have been no hills and it’s a pretty easy job.

After his confession, you begin to question, and finally you suggest that he consult the higher power but if he’s not willing to do so, you say you will stop pushing long enough to consult them yourself.  You fear being cut off from the higher power, so insist communication be done right away.  Luckily, about this time there is another intersection, a detour, back to the right road, you know the one full of potholes, but the one that is where you are supposed to be.

You bumpily leave the smoothness of the wrong road and begin down the right road once more, but this time he will not let you in his car.  This time you must walk the right road alone, while he idles at the intersection.  Your bff has decided to cut you out of his life for questioning his ways, and he is doing his best to make your path even bumpier.

Have you been lead down the wrong road before?  How did things turn out once you got back on the right one?

I’m working on getting more of my vacation photos ready, as well as a little story that happened over the weekend and trying to pop over to all of you today.  But I woke up thinking about the word materialize and I’m wondering why we have a word for something that cannot be done.  Did it come from Star Trek?  Or maybe magicians?  Have you ever seen anything materialize?

I live in a small town, in the long-winter-cold, where the ice cream shops close for the winter and return in the spring. This was the scene at our local ice cream shop the night before they opened.

And I went by the next morning too. Belt’s will have lines like this all summer long, and I’ve never tried them, lol.

Do you have signs of spring around you?