hello! are you still there?
Hello, friends! I hope you're doing well.
We had a wonderful trip to Texas. It was so relaxing and the three girls, my two nieces and little N, played splendidly together. Splendid. The new word of choice thanks to my (almost) three year old niece. I took about 125 pictures and that didn't include the ones I deleted on the spot. I've put just a few up over at Flickr. And IKEA? All I can say is we need one in Kansas City. Or in St. Louis. I could live with that.
The photograph above is one of my favorites from the trip. I took the girls on a short walk to the neighborhood park one morning. It had recently rained, and the sky was sort of bright but overcast and oooo, the flowers looked so vibrant and well, splendid.
I'm ready to get back to this site now. I've got a few small swaps to finish up and a couple of gifts to work on, so I may even have few arty things to share. And our yard is waking up. I think I'll spend the day tomorrow raking and digging and sprucing. It's time to get my hands dirty. Maybe I'll share a little of that too.
We'll visit soon, my friends. Take good care!
Comments
hi alicia!
so glad you're home. i absolutely adore this photo. so so pretty. our yard is in need of some love too. we just bought several packs of organic seeds and we're looking forward to gardening this spring. xo shari
Posted by: shari | March 17, 2007 1:28 PM
I love that photo! I wanted to "spruce" today, but it's raining - again.
Posted by: Anina | March 17, 2007 4:38 PM
So glad you're back. We missed you. Looks like it was a good visit despite the cranky trip home.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | March 17, 2007 5:40 PM
Hi Alicia!
So glad you had a nice trip and that you're home safely. :)
I've missed you.
Posted by: Angela | March 18, 2007 8:02 AM
Glad you had a good trip! I have the urge to get my hands dirty too.
Posted by: erin | March 18, 2007 11:47 AM
I am glad you're back safe and sound, lovely images over here, it feels like Spring.
Posted by: blair | March 18, 2007 1:34 PM
Glad your back Alicia. Sounds like you had fun. Thanks for the beautiful flower shot, so cheery. Spring is finally springing here and I too am itching to get out and garden.
Posted by: erin s. | March 19, 2007 1:05 AM
Beautiful... Glad you are back! We just headed to Ikea too. The house in your next post is absolutely incredible, by the way.
Posted by: Beth | March 19, 2007 10:05 AM
missed ya, sweets! loved the snap. pretty jealous of all the spring i see around. it's pretty weird where we live ... the weather is warm (dare i say hot?), but we won't see any flowers or leaf buds or anything like ... until the end of april. :(
a little package is not quite on its way to you. ;)
Posted by: Grace | March 19, 2007 11:05 AM
I'm glad to hear that you had a nice time on your trip. Ikea, *sigh*, I wish we had one of those. I'm contemplating a trip to Houston just to shop there.
Posted by: beki | March 19, 2007 1:23 PM