This or That Thursday!

Traveled just outside of Payson this past weekend to get out of the heat and let the "Masked Rider" enjoy his motor bike.

"Mom! I said NO MORE pictures!"

We went to one of the trails listed in this book.

See the Crystal - it was just laying on the ground - how awesome is that?!!

Yep,...that's a huge-ass crystal

that was just laying on the ground.

It's basically the size of my loupe! 

The spot is called Diamond Point for a reason!!

The Hubby with the "Masked Rider"

The hubby and son had some fun!

Ants, ants, and more ants,...do you see them?!

Saw lots of ants all over the place - even on these little flowers.

Cute, isn't he?!

Had fun snapping some pictures and sitting in the hammock drinking one of these.

Ah,...sipping a Dos Equis!

It was a lovely day!

Arizona is truly a beautiful place!

Linking up with This or That Thursday over on

Deb Duty Photography today.

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Fun Times with the Family!

Cheers,

~Shel~

This or That Thursday!

I'm busy getting ready for my jewelry show this Saturday at my sis's house. 

Plus, the hubby's birthday is on Sunday.

 And, I'm also trying to snap some pics of the arm candy I created for the Wrapped, Stacked and Layered Bracelet Challenge and Blog Hop being hosted this Saturday the 21st by Tracy Statler over at Make Bracelets. 

But I did get a chance to snap a few pics of some of the gorgeous flowers blooming in our yard this week.

As always, click to enlarge photos.

Oh, and Coco dropped in to say "Hi", too!

Have a great Thursday everyone!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and This or That!

Cheers,

~Shel~

*Playing along with This or That Thursday over on Deb Duty's Blog today. Won't you join me?*

Dreaming,...

I'm dreaming of beautiful colors today.

What are dreaming of?

Linking up with This or That Thursday

over on Deb Duty's Blog today.

Care to join me?

Click to enlarge any of the photos

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Sweet Dreams!

Cheers,

~Shel~

This or That Thursday!

So, last Thursday I made my way down to Tucson

for what I call the annual "Drool Fest".

Driving through the old neighborhood!

You know, The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show!

Yep - this is large alright!

It was complete with tons of way cool beads, pearls, gemstones, fossils, minerals, crystals, dinosaur bones

and more!

Now this,...I would have loved to purchase and take home
and place it inside my foyer,....or out in my yard by the lake.
Seriously - I love this for some strange reason!
But it was already sold.

You never know what you're gonna see!

Or Who!!

Yes, but it's a DRY heat in the desert!

This week, I've been catching up on tons of work,

house and home stuff and all those good things!!

How about you?

I'm also linking up with This or That Thursday

over on Deb Duty's Blog.

Won't you join me?

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Missing Tucson!

Cheers,

~Shel~

This or That Thursday!

We took a paddleboat ride this week. 

Grapefruit for our neighbor!

Refreshments for the trip around the lake!

Our neighbor tried to take our picture,
but it came out a bit blurry!

That little black spot up in the sky - it's one of the bats that
come out at dusk. They're so cool!!

And, I was fortunate enough to capture some

sunrises and sunsets this past week, too.

Sunset

Sunrise

Sunrise

Arizona really does have some beautiful skies!

Sunset over the Lake

Linking up with This or That Thursday

over on Deb Duty's Blog.

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Beautiful All Around!

Cheers,

~Shel~

This or That Thursday!

Linking up with This or That Thursday today.

Thinking about things,....so I'm deep in thought today. 

Sometimes I miss these laying around the house.

 

Simpler times.

This one's gonna be beautiful!

Have a great Thursday. 

Hop on over and see what everyone else has shared on

Deb Duty's Blog for This or That Thursday.

There's always such amazing talent linked up over there!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Thoughts of Things!

Cheers,

~Shel~

This or That Thursday!

Linking up today with This or That Thursday

over on Deb Duty's Blog.

Also, I'm giving a big shout out and huge "Thank You" to Brandi over at Brandi Girl Blog for her lovely tutorial on

"How To Make a Color Palette".

I'm extremely techno-challenged, as you've all heard me tell you, so this was a great thing for me to learn.

I'm going to use it this year when I'm designing jewelry and hopefully it will help me to throw more colors into my designs.

Have a great Thursday!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Gorgeous Colors!

Cheers,

~Shel~ 

This or That,...and Some Other Stuff

I'm being reflective today and thinking back on my Thanksgiving Weekend in the Mountains with my family.

We took some walks and gazed at things around us.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving Day and the day after,

It snowed!

The Fireplace at Grandma Emma's - after the Wallow Fire this summer

Fireplace Stone work my Sister and Brother-in-Law did

Fireplace Handle after the Wallow Fire This Summer

Snowy Branch

The Treehouse my hubby built w/our son after his heart attack in 2007.
It was barely started in 2007 and 2 days after Thanksgiving that year
Mike had a massive heart attack. He said all he could think about while laying
in ICU was that he needed to finish the treehouse with Logan before he passed away.
He keeps adding on to it every chance we get to go up to the mountains.
It's kind of symbolic now I guess!
I love this place!

(as always, click on the photos to make them bigger!)

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Pausing,....

Cheers,

~Shel~

Linking up today with This or That Thursday over on Deb Duty's Blog - won't you join in?

Music To My Eyes

It's This or That Thursday over at Deb Duty Photography today. 

Won't you play along?

 

My Uncle gave my Dad this violin. 

My dad gave both his violin and this one to my sister. 

Awhile back, she so graciously gave this one to me. 

From what we can tell by the shoulder strap imprint,

it will be 100 years old in October 2012.

I wanted to restore it but felt that if I did, all the hands that had touched it, the sounds that came from it and the past it represented, would melt away. 

So I enjoy it by taking it out every now and then,...touching it, listened in my head for the songs and sounds to come to me and feeling a closeness to the people who are no longer here.

 

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Timeless Memories

Cheers,

~Shel~