it's officially Christmastime ..

The raisins are being plumped for fruitcake cookies

Maddie has turned into a reindeer

the kittens have discovered the tree

We have had our first fight

we've made ourselves a cozy spot ...
That is a mirror to the left not both kittens 
being sweet sitting side by side

and a few wreaths got remade in spite of
sleeping and always in my way kitties..
yes, it's official .... it's Christmastime at our house
Have you started decorating ?
I have been wondering through blog land looking at all the beautiful homes fully decorated already and wishing these kittens would calm down or get to fat to jump/ dive
into my Christmas trees.
Have a wonderful Sunday ya'll
 happy decorating, cooking or just hanging out..
hugs, Cherry

Sleepy, rainy Monday's got love um

Dreaming of all the real birdies in the sky

Mom can't you see I'm sleeping

go away ~ leave me and my pretty little bird alone

the perfect way to spend a rainy Monday.. 

I hope each of you are having a wonderful day..

hugs, Cherry and Boot's

Back porch naps or spring cleaning

The weather around here has been so beautiful while there has been some cleaning and playing going on

there has been lots of naps also

kitty's and humans

I don't think there is anything better than a tiny little back porch nap on a beautiful springtime afternoon..

and I'm not the only one the hubby and the kitty's have been enjoying them too.. 

Hope each of you are doing well and enjoying this perfect first week of spring with a nap or two..

hugs, Cherry and the gang..

Ahhh finally a little peace and quite

The babies sure enjoyed the Christmas tree, they broke many limbs but it stayed upright which really surprised us, everyday we just knew it was coming down .. time I got it cleaned up and moved their tree house back into the window they both climbed up and went to sleep...now to get the rest of this place cleaned up so I can get back to painting. Before Christmas I got in Annie Sloans new Coco paint and it is yummy it looks like old driftwood to me.. so if I refer to it as driftwood please excuse me but that is what I named it time I opened the can.. I started painting the back porch furniture before the holiday's and have been chomping at the bit to get back to it.. I also got a sample jar of Emperor's Silk and Primer Red to see which one I would like to paint my Christmas gift from the hubby which I will be sharing soon..

Hope everyone had a great New Years we had a ball at Tybee yesterday we broke the record by a long shot. The weather was perfect it was in the 70's I'll share some pictures of all the fun Wednesday.. Oh today's high 50's then into the 20's burrrrrrrrrr.. a 40 degree drop in less than 24 hours ..

Oh well it is January isn't it..lol

Happy Monday and hugs from, me & the kitty's

It's time to decorate for Christmas

Which is one of my favorite times of the year.. this year I had decided not to put up a tree in the living room because I knew the little monster kitties that were suppose to be temporary visitors in our home but have become a wonderful part of our family would try to climb it .. but everyone kept saying NO Tree .. you always have a beautiful tree you have to have your tree ... so yesterday I put it up... and



first there was a little kitty meeting around the tree. Our older cat in the middle loves to sleep under the tree so he was very excited to see it going up.



first in is little Mr Tig the I ain't scared of nothing kitten



come on now ya'll know my tail is pretty enough to be an ornament..



oh yeah this is great ya'll come on in ...



and so little sister boots follows and finds herself the perfect spot to watch the world go by out the front windows..



and the next thing I knew they were being so cute and still and sweet ahhhhhhh which lasted all of about 3 seconds then they started fighting, the tree started rocking and I started praying.... I just knew any moment it was coming down . It didn't but I'm betting it won't make it through the entire season .. lol. We finished putting the lights on it and as long as the lights are lit one of them is in the tree, unplug and they come out ..lol Needless to say I won't be decorating in my normal fashion this year .. Have you started decorating yet ? Do you need help ? I will send you my furry little helpers as long as you promise to send them back cause they have stolen our hearts.. Hope ya'll all have a wonderful day.

hugs from Savannah ya'll, Cherry

My Week 3 of Summer in snapshots 2011

Wednesday ~ I noticed my perpetual Wisteria had started blooming. I love the color of it.

Thursday ~ picked a quart of blueberries from one bush in the back that I would not have noticed if not for the wisteria blooms and boy are they sweet this year.

Friday ~ Newest Southern Living with a bowl of yum ! Canary melon, cantaloupe, blueberries, greek yogurt and Mrs. Burns Lemon Basil. Adding Basil's to melons is my new favorite way to eat them.

Saturday ~ time to start painting again .. Annie Sloans Chalk paint strikes again

Sunday ~ I had been wondering why this plant was flat in the middle !

Monday ~ beach day with some of my nieces, the wee ones and friends .. It was a perfect day on Tybee. Miss Cristle my love you look more like your grandmother everyday.. Beautiful

Tuesday ~ I realized I never showed off my Peaches to Beaches dresser once I finished it. I waxed the drawers and the top only which gave it a two - tone finish the knobs came from World Market which I got on sale 2 for $ 2.99 .. I'm madly in love with it. CD's, movies, remotes, and candles are now hidden inside the drawers. Oh and the paint is of course Annie Sloan and the color is Versailles ...... So there you have it week 3 of our Summer 2011.

Thank you so much Miss Amber for throwing this weekly party now come on everyone and join us over at The Starfish Blog for some summer fun..

Hugs from Savannah ya'll let's make it an awesome day, Cherry

My Week 2 of Summer in snapshots 2011

For the first time in a long time we had a slow steady all night rain.

and the next morning everything looked so bright and fresh. Aren't my rockers pretty... I mixed Annie Sloans ~ Aubusson Blue and Antibes Green chalk paint till I got just the color I wanted.. Perfect.

This pic is hubby's contribution ~ I was picking tomatoes and when I came back in the house hubby had added the beers, the bacon and had taken pictures..lol yum, yum BLT's with fresh picked tomato's

Saturday was sweet Miss Abbigail's 3rd birthday party it was so much fun getting to play with the babies and to spend time with family & friends. Thank you Kay & Denny for sharing your home with us and thank you to my beautiful niece Jessica for taking pictures while I played.  
Happy Birthday Abbi aunt Cherry loves you with all her heart..

such is the life !

fresh peaches quickly turned into a cobbler that I ate way to much of... The peaches came from a little community in Bulloch county, GA named Hopeulikit pronounced ( Hope you like it ) ...

So I'm at the Farmers market with Miss Lois and she walks up to a gentleman selling peaches and ask ~ are these peaches from around here ? The gentleman reply's yes ma'am Hopeulikit and Miss Lois says ~ 

will I ain't never seen a peach I didn't like ! ... 

insert .... me and the gentleman in a fit of giggles and Miss Lois looking at us like we have lost our minds.. She meant that thing !! and I'm still giggling.. lol

This is what downtown Savannah looked like yesterday around noon. The hubby and I rode the bike over to Bluffton, S.C. for breakfast ( way cool ) and as we were coming back over the Talmadge bridge the entire city was covered in smoke from all the wildfires it was yucky...

So there you have it week 2 of our Summer 2011.

Thank you so much Miss Amber for throwing this weekly party now come on everyone and join us over at The Starfish Blog for some summer fun..

Hugs from Savannah ya'll, Cherry

Week 1 ~ Summer in snapshots 2011

This summer Amber over at The Starfish Blog is having a party every Wednesday called Summer in snapshots 2011 .. When I read about it last week I knew immediately I wanted to join in. So here we go..
My first week of summer..



No one got in the pool.. hubby was sick, momma was sick and Cherry was worn out.. We love our little pool and are in it every evening it's our time together to chill out and leave our worries behind ...



The Split Second morning glories have finally started blooming. I have to say I am disappointed with them though the blooms are much smaller than I was expecting and don't really open up much.. do you see the heart shaped leaf and the heart in my swing ? I didn't till I uploaded the pictures..



Rain, Woohoo Rain We started getting some afternoon/ evening showers and the highs have been staying in the 90's instead of 100 plus.



Saturday morning we jumped on the scooter and took off to Glennville, Georgia which is where my daddy and the hubby's grandparents are buried. It's a little country town with lots of farm land and fishing ponds. They are known for growing them yummy sweet Vidalia onions we all love to eat. We stopped at Harry's Bar-B-Q for lunch then headed back to Savannah..
Riding the scooter is our new favorite thing to do, it makes you so much more aware of all the beauty around you. We are seeing things we had never noticed before and the smells ~ fresh cut fields, hay drying in the sun, honeysuckle, jasmine, cows, OK that wasn't so pleasant but it did make me notice the beautiful fields filled with horses, cows, and goats ... Now if I could just figure out how to take pictures while zipping down the road.. We did about 170 mile round trip and the beehind was feeling every mile of it by the time we got home..lol



holy smack a roo I couldn't tell you the last time I slept this late



isn't she lovely .... made from love in my best Steve Wonder voice ! and oh so tasty



and of course we have to get in a little napping during the summertime..



Summer always goes by too quick it will be fun to have pictures to look back on even those simple we really did nothing kinda day's.. Come checkout the party better yet get out your camera start taking pictures and join us next week ..

Hugs from Savannah ya'll, Cherry

Wishing every day could be just like today

Finally a chill in the air even the kitties feel it.



Hugs from Savannah ya'll, Cherry

Our first Garden show for 2010

Woohoo finally something to get the juices flowing again ..lol
January was way to long, cold and wet.. and this girl was glad to see it move on.. maybe February will bring warm sunshine back to Georgia.

How about that glow ball OK don't really know it's proper name but to me it's a glow ball and I want one .. it is made of glass with mini white Christmas lights inside. It looked pretty in the lighted building andI bet it is gorgeous in a flowerbed at night..

It is available at Savannah's Secret Gardens and I do believe I might just have to get over there and buy myself a present for enduring such a yucky January .. lol



I have been helping build a blog for Savannah Secret Gardens and it is starting to look really nice so I thought I would share it, but remember I'm still working on it and I'm not a professional just a friend that's trying to get free plants.. lol .. go check it out and tell me what you think.



and just for fun ... fill a toe sock with some shredded paper and Catnip and watch the kitty's get pissed at each other ..lol.. I had to make one for each so Miss Pris would quit beating up Lt. man every time he walked past her .. lol

Have a fantastic Thursday ya'll
hugs, Cherry

Icicles in the south

Icicles hang from the decorative greenery and the trumpeters on the fountain in Forsyth Park Wednesday morning as the temperature dropped below freezing.
(John Carrington/Savannah Morning News)



yep that's a surfboard ..lol



These were taken down in Brunswick, Ga by my nieces cousin .. a little chilly looking don't ya think .. lol. Last week was a very long cold week and I for one am so glad to see we are on our way into the 50's today. Even though the sun has been shining like crazy I don't do cold .. lol

I have no doubt that we have lost a lot of plants this past week but I bet them dang mosquitoes and gnats will be back shortly ..lol



Have ya'll ever smelled frozen Society Garlic it is horrible ..

Hope everyone has a warm and cozy day !
hugs ya'll, Cherry