Friday, March 12, 2010

Jeepers, it was a different kind of day for me. I had great plans for this 12 of 12, but.....I got a call first thing that required me to go to work. (Not a really good thing when you're retired, but it's spending money when they call.) Anyway, right after that I headed for a friend's house to help them with a project. That took care of the rest of the morning and still no 12 of 12 pics. Truth be told, I finally grabbed my camera about 3:30 this afternoon and here's the results:

3:27pm - A cabinet in the garage that I'm in the
process of refinishing.
3:31 pm - 10 bales of pine straw that I need to
spread in the flower beds.


3:32 pm - First Daffodils of the year. They opened yesterday.


3:33 pm - We can always count on the Crocus to bloom
early. I love these hearty little plants.
3:40 pm - Diane's potting bench and her smiley
Sun Face.

3:45 pm - Our grandson, Michael, assigned Diane the
name "Mermaid" many years ago and it stuck.
Now we have many, many mermaids. This
one welcomes you to our goldfish pond.
3:47 pm - This mermaid is dipping her tail in the
goldfish pond. When we first got her, she rode
home in the front seat of Diane's convertible.
You should have seen the stares Diane
got at stop lights.
3:50 pm - And another mermaid in a bird bath.
3:51 pm - And another mermaid in another
bird bath.

4:05 pm - Back in the house now, here's one
of our mermaids in the powder room.

4:06 pm - You don't want a mermaid to be
lonely, so you must have at least
two in the powder room.
4:08 pm - Mermaid says "Please tidy up..."
Thanks for visiting, now go visit the other
contributors to Chad's 12 of 12.

6 comments:

Bruno Laliberté said...

greetings from montreal to you and your lady mermaid.
:)~
HUGZ

PS: i took a quick look around. oddly, it seems we got less snow than in the south...
:D~

Jill said...

Ohhh, look at your flowers! We won't see our crocus for another month or so.
Thanks for visiting & commenting on my 12. Thanks for sharing yours!

Dogeared said...

Hee, I'm watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince right now, and just watched Professor Dumbledore and Horace Slughorn tidy up by a twitch of their wands... I wonder if the Mermaid on your sign does that ;-)

Yay for spending money! Always useful, and yay for spring starting to come too - the daffodils and crocuses look lovely and cheery!

Sunny Archibald said...

The flowers rock. I guess the former owners of my house hadn't planted any bulbs, as I've seen nothing coming up yet. Sorry about having to work, but a little extra cash never hurts.

TJ said...

Fun 12 of 12 photos. i love the daffodil and crocus photos and also the mermaid one which says she's on a day off so tidy upt your self, very cute. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to next months photos.

Pete Cullen said...

I hope you enjoy the spending money Corky. Well done for persevering and grabbing the camera relatively late in the day and still getting 12 great photos.

Lots a lot of mermaids :)