The Wedding couple and Unpacking

I now have a photo to show you of my lovely daughter Christine and her wonderful hubby, Jim!  Charleston Weddings are the best, so romantic and beautiful!  They were married at the Pineapple Fountain.

I am so happy for them!  A Mother's dream, happiness for her children!  God Bless them always!

Making some progress with settling into my new house.  I love it here so much.  I am quite exhausted but am chilling out today with a cup of coffee and blogging. 

This was the dining room a few days ago.  I emptied a lot of these boxes yesterday.

 This is another of the dining room before I moved the China Closet to the corner, etc.  

 This is the kitchen yesterday. The pictures are dark but it is really bright with a double window over the sink.

This is the little sunroom/front porch-the only settled place-ha!  It has 6 windows and I love having coffee there in the mornings.

This is a corner of the living room where I have my piano. (Big Smile)

I cannot wait to be settled and will post the "after" photos soon.

Thank you for coming and I hope you will visit my other blogs (links in the sidebar).

Happy Tuesday to you all.

My heart to yours

BACK TO AUBURN, NY AT LAST!!!

HELLO AUBURN!

I am so happy to be back in my hometown and back on line!  I just got hooked up to the internet this morning!  It was a hard road getting here and right now I am in a nightmare of un-packing but feel at peace already coming "home".

I have some pictures but have not down loaded them yet, just wanted to let you know I am back and living in my new home that I bought.  God Bless, come back soon.

This is a picture from last Christmas but wanted to share that my oldest Christine and Jim got married last Monday!!  Lots of happiness going around!!

My heart to yours...

SC SUNSETS

I was invited to an 80th birthday party for one of my neighbors and her family rented 3 houses across from the ocean and on the marshes.  You know how I adore sunsets and I was not disappointed on last Wednesday when I viewed these beautiful sights and snapped away before leaving.   I love the bell in the first picture.

 I never get tired of looking at God saying "Good-night"--priceless!

Tho' my house is a shambles with packing for my move, I am glad I took time out to attend the Birthday party for my friend and did not miss a lovely evening.





Sending blessings your way for today and always,

My wild heart to yours...

New Adventure....

If I do not post as often it is because I am entering a new phase of my life.  I am moving back to my hometown of Auburn, New York next month.  I have been in SC for 24 years and have waited a year and a half before making the decision after Bill's passing.  It is so lonely here without him and I feel I am making the right choice.  Here is the home I am buying:

Picture of me on the front steps of this cute remodeled inside and out when I made the offer on it last week.  Made a whirlwind trip to just look at houses for 3 days and found this one on the last look!  Offer has been accepted and I am just waiting for the closing date to be announced :)  This picture is of the backyard.  Small and level, I will have no trouble cutting this lawn!  There is a park near by and I will be putting out all my bird feeders and soon be posting photos from my new area!  I am very excited and happy and my daughters here will be staying so I can come to visit SC anytime I want.

My house is a maze of boxes and things right now and will be until the end of the month.  So much to do.  Thanks for visiting and sharing my good news, will post again soon!

First water Lily of the season in my little decorative pond here.

And here is one of my beautiful Gladiolas before the rain came and bent and broke them.  They are so pretty.

My wild heart to yours...

Many Critters this week!

I had lots of visitors this week in my backyard sanctuary and I love them all!
  This big ol' bunny comes every day and usually tries to eat my Orange Day Lilies even before they blossom so I protect them with a little garden wire.  But now that the blossoms are gone, I took it away and she feasted on the leaves.

 And then the Stork returned.  I never get tired of watching them in their silly fishing way.  They walk as though intoxicated spreading one wing and then the other as though for balance as they forage near the banks.

 

Such fun!  And inside the house, the ragdoll, Isabella is chilling and Lilly Chihuahua is playing with her bone under a blanket-ha!

 Don't you just love this little face?

Thanks for visiting and come again soon to my lovely sanctuary.

My wild heart to yours...

Wood Stork visit for breakfast...

I was fortunate to see the Wood Stork this morning when I raised the blinds in the bath at 7 am.  He was walking along the bank wading and stirring the water.  Then he would scoop something up in his long bill and eat.  If the screen is black, click on the arrow at the bottom of the screen. :)

It was so much fun watching his ritual as with each step and stirring the water, he would stretch out one wing and then the other.

I never get tired of watching the birds and wildlife here in SC.  I am truly blessed every day by the sights and sounds of nature and God's critters.

My wild heart to yours...

Alligator Turtle and Tree Frog, Baby Geese

My yard has been a sea of adventure in wildlife!  A few nights ago, I went out after dark to bring my porch chair cushions in for the night and there was this huge tree frog sitting on the back.  I had never seen one this large before!

Notice the suction cup toes.  I probably caused temporary blindness when my flash went off!  But he hopped away happily after posing for my photo shoot-ha!

I was fascinated with his approximate size of 3" as I had never seen a Tree Frog this large before.

Talk about a gaggle of geese!  About 4 Canadian geese families came with their babies to bask in the sun in the back yard before returning to the lake



The "teen" goslings are becoming beautiful, losing their soft down baby feathers.  They will be flying soon when their wings grow longer and then the flying lessons begin, fun to watch!! 

Returning to the water. 

Escaping through the neighbor's yard above and one cooperative pose from one of the babes. 

Resting and preening.

Last but not least, yesterday I encountered this Alligator Turtle that definitely looks like a prehistoric critter!  My neighbor helped get him back to the lake after he crossed the road and was in my front yard.  He was huge, approximately 24 " from head to tail and must have weighed 25lbs.  My neighbor picked him up on the end of a shovel (which the turtle bit) and flopped him into the lake.  He was bigger than my little Lilly Chihuahua!  I would hate to meet him in the dark!!

My neighbor deciding how to move him towards the lake.

He has lake weed caught on his shell which was really clean and shiny.  His tail had bumps going down it just like an Alligator!  Very scary!  But he finally was plopped back into the lake behind my house and I hope I do not see him again.  

A gift left behind from the adult Canadian Goose~ a Quill feather that I will make into a pen :)

My wild heart to yours....