when life gives you lemons

as soon as our lemons ripen, i'll be able to make gallons of lemonade.

flashback to 2013 when we had a lemon bigger than bailey's head!

until we meet again my friends-

{this moment} see beautiful: it's the little things

i never have to go far to see beautiful. i see it every single day in my own garden. this post is concentrating on the beautiful little things.

like this beautiful little honeybee feasting on my agapanthus,

and this beautiful little ladybug that was wandering in my plum tree,

and this beautiful little mockingbird we found on our front lawn last week!
new life is especially beautiful.

and of course, my beautiful little bailey.

until we meet again my friends-

happy mother's day #dogmom

the perfect child has four legs and fur

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gone with the wind

in february we had baby hummingbirds. and just 9 days after those birds left, i found another egg in the nest, and 5 days after that, a second egg appeared.

6 march

28 march

31 march

4 april

sunday mommy bird stepped up her feeding. she kept coming and with each feeding the baby 1 would flutter and test out his wings.

10 april

he would even fly out of the nest and back in again.

he left monday morning leaving baby 2 alone.

mommy came back to continue feeding baby 2 that monday but on tuesday, she never came back. i had been hearing a chirping all morning and when i went out to investigate, i noticed it was baby 2! she was calling her mommy, but mommy never came. she was hungry and all i could do was hope mommy would show up. it broke my heart to hear her chirping for food and not being able to help.



i ran back in the house to grab my still camera and when i came back outside i found her on our swing cushion, still calling for her mommy and still getting no response.

11 april

the eggs came almost a week apart, so even though they hatched one day apart, i felt baby 2 was much younger. i'm positive that if mommy had come to feed baby 2, she would have stayed in the nest a couple more days, growing a little more and doing her practice flights, like her sibling. i'm confident that baby 1 was ready to leave and is enjoying life in this crazy world but i pray for baby 2.
and then, in the blink of an eye, she flew over our fence and was gone with the wind. stay safe little one. godspeed.





to honor sugar and her constant smile, i looked and looked for a smiley picture of bailey that would be worthy, and this is what i found :)

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{this moment} see beautiful

i see beautiful when my hubby is busy working yet finds time to bring me a rose from our garden.

i see beautiful in the yarn aisle.

i see beautiful in my little bailey.

until we meet again my friends-

{this moment} see beautiful: hms surprise

last weekend we drove down to san diego for the day and we ended up at the maritime museum.

this is the hms surprise. she was built in 1970 and is a detailed re-creation of the hms rose, a 24-gun british frigate built in 1757.

you may recognize her from her appearance in master and commander: the far side of the world with russell crowe ...

or from pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides with johnny depp.

"yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!"

until we meet again my friends-

{this moment} see beautiful

i see beautiful every day in my own home. especially when i look at these two. i love just seeing little bailey melt into hubby's hands.

i also see beautiful in my backyard. i know many of you pups dislike these little "tree rats" but i think they are adorable. this little guy helped himself to an orange from our orange tree and had a nutritious midday snack.

until we meet again my friends-

{this moment} see beautiful

please enjoy the beautiful i see in my backyard.

ladybug

skipper butterfly

SQUIRREL!!!

and of course, little bailey

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{this moment} see beautiful

here are a few things that caught my eye this past month that had me seeing beautiful.

bailey enjoying a sample sized froyo...

this beautiful rose my hubby gave me "just because"...

the vets getting preferential parking at our local home depot...

and this mural we found in redlands, ca

this guy reminded me of bentley over at barking from the bayou!

until we meet again my friends-

{this moment} see beautiful

this little lady has decided to build a nest on my patio. i look forward to the beautiful new life she will be bringing into our world.

here is a progression of her nest making. this has taken her less than a week to build and i don't think she's done yet. she's doing it all on her own without any help from mr hummingbird. beautiful job, ms hummingbird.

from a harmless hummingbird to a deadly hawk. i see them all from my backyard and they are all beautiful.

yesterday was hubby's birthday and this is one of the shots from our birthday photo shoot. my beautiful little bailey is such a goofball.

i hope you enjoyed my beautiful.



until we meet again my friends-