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Spring is a time of new beginnings.
It is a time when the kids can go outside in the sandbox and play together in the fresh air.
It is a time of sunshine and longer daylight hours.
It is a time when nature begins anew.
It is a time to marvel at people actually wanting to walk outside…for fun.
It is a time to refresh, renew and be inspired…and for your children to give you that look because they are sick of the camera. 
Go visit Amy at Theme Thursday’s new home. 
For those that would like to continue participating in Theme Thursday (which seems to be quite a few!), Amy Jo at Cheese Party will be continuing on with the theme. She will have Megan at Mental Inventory as a backup, since she is preggo and you never know, she may have #3 on a Thursday. It’s good to be prepared!
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This weekend I am continuing to paint and my back can speak to that. Pretty much all day yesterday I was slumped over a chair painting doors and drawers and watching Band of Brothers in the basement. By the end of the day my back was aching and I may have been a bit affected by all those fumes. I know I sure felt like I was run through a ringer!
Today will be more painting, but also painting eggs! Must get prepared for the Easter Bunny. Hopefully I will have some time to take pictures. That would be nice.
When Tracey passed over the torch to me, I was a bit reluctant to take it up. I wasn’t sure how I was going to come up with something for every week. I tried valiently for awhile to link it with Photography Tips, trying to give some value add to the theme. That seemed to be pretty successful. I wish I would have had more time to devote to doing that, but it made coming up with new themes harder.
A few ladies offered to take up the torch and I am trying to figure out which wants to do it (check your e-mail Amy Jo!). I will post once it gets all straightened out.
It’s been swell everyone and thanks so much for participating!
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What do you have for “The End” today?
…must come to an end.
This coming week’s Theme Thursday will be the last one I will host. I am having a hard time coming up with new themes each week and life is just getting so busy. I need to take something off my ever growing TO DO LIST. The participants have been dwindling quite a bit, too, so that has cemented my decision. I have had a wonderful time hosting this, and visiting the blogs of those who participate. Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed to Theme Thursday over the past 1.5 years. If anyone is interested in carrying the torch, just let me know and I can announce it next week.
Theme Thursday: THE END
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Today I am off to an annual outing with my girlfriends. We go to a historic rivertown and visit a spa there. We also rent a house that the spa owns and spend the evening chatting, eating fattening things, drinking wine and playing games. I am really looking forward to the rest, but lament that my cabinets are not getting another coat of paint. There’s always Sunday, though. This year my goal is to not drink too much wine as I need to get rolling Sunday morning and get back to my paintin’! The countertop goes in on Wednesday, and I’d really like to at least have those primed.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Don’t you sometimes wish you could walk back in time to experience the past. Growing up I read a lot of Louis L’Amour books about The Sackets and various other cowboys and pioneers in the old west. Just riding their horses on untamed lands seemed like such a romantic notion. Having horses ourselves I would often go on rides and pretend to be in the olden times riding over terrain seldom seen. Growing up on a farm gives you lots of areas to go and pretend…when you aren’t doing chores, that is.
I love looking at these old photos of our family. It give me a sense of history. I wonder what pictures our future family members will be looking at when they look back at us and try to catch a glimpse of our lives. I hope they can sort through all of the MANY many pictures we have. Hopefully they will survive so they can view them.
Here’s a little bit of my history. I bought 4 of these Asian parasols for photoshoots. Hopefully someday I can use them like I want!
Then, of course, we will have these cute little munchkins to show for our time here on Earth. We hope we are teaching them well and they will become the good hearted little souls we can see inside of them.
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What HISTORY do you have to show today?
