That means my little buddies are leaving.

Handsome Little Catfish…

and gorgeous Pumpkin…

We will miss Will too, wedding cake and Proseco, lots of great memories!

There is a nice walking trail in Lilburn, Camp Creek Greenway. It is an easy hike, 2.4 miles and really very lovely. 

It didn’t hurt that is was a gorgeous day. 

We came upon the Lady Bug Island…

Lady Bug, Lady Bug fly away home. Your house is on fire, your children are gone…Isn’t that horrible???

This is the end (or the beginning) of one of the trails. You can walk up this road or turn around and go back. I decided to turn around.

We are so fortunate to have so many really nice trails, this one is no exception. They even have a great park for the kids.

2013 Last time at the beach with the whole Fam.

Sunrise….

During the day…

Sunset over the intracoastal….

Just lovely and peaceful….

Waiting for my neighbor’s daughter on the bus. Coming this way on an overcast day.

Church Steeple in the gray sky. The other way from the bus arrival, but a nice view.

Then a couple of mocking birds showed up.

My Grandmother lived in New Jersey and she would tell my sister and me that a mockingbird would come and tell her all of the things we were up to. (We lived in Jacksonville, FL.) It was a good story.

So here they were. My grandmother is gone from this world, but hey….

You gotta love the thought of it! Hello Grandma! Miss you so!

**Images via Pinterest; collage by Natalie

via Our rainbows and… — Sacred Touches

Beautiful day in the park, we spotted a Mallard enjoying a swim…

Turtles sunning themselves…

A happy cute pup saying “Hello”.

Swinging in the sun….just a great day!

Blooms and Blossoms…

Chilly temps one day, warm temps the next….

To the delights of the animals….

Let’s hope Spring has sprung!!!

It’s a cyclical process, but to begin when you are preparing anything keep the leftover celery or onions, or carrots in a plastic bag in the fridge. (But it can be squash or broccoli anything uncooked)

Then you get a rotisserie chicken, clean all the chicken off the bones. Put the bones and skin in a large pot and cover with low sodium chicken broth and water and all the onions carrots and celery. Bring to a boil and let it cook for at least 3 hours. (you will need to keep adding water to this as it cooks down.

This makes a broth so rich and tasty. Now, you can do this other ways, take a chicken and roast it yourself.

Strain all of the bones and everything keep the broth. To make the soup put into it whatever you like in soup or keep it simple with celery and carrots and the meat you pulled off of the bones. Season the soup with italian seasoning and lemon pepper and fresh parsley.

We don’t know what we don’t know BUT…..

We don’t know what we know either. We have so many negatives and preconceptions of what we consider right and wrong, we just have no idea what we know. We need to be more open minded and not so fast to judge…..