A Letter To My Animals.........

I have a thing or two to say to a couple of my animals today. As you all know, I love all of our animals but lately a couple have "issues" that I'd like to address. And a BIG thank you to Roxie and Ellie for being good examples lately. I'll address you another day......I'm sure...........

Darling Sophie..........why is wherever I lay clothes to dry your favorite place to sleep? Is it the smell of fresh laundered clothes that you can't resist? I'm going to change detergents AGAIN just to see if I can find one that you don't absolutely adore!! I love you but really.........come on???


Sweet Sadie and Gus you big lug.........must you fight over every apple you find in the yard? You have toys everywhere and you want to play with apples? It's like some kind of keep away game with you two lately. And please Gus, for the love of Pete (whoever Pete is??), would you stop chewing on the deck? What's the deal with that??


And you........Scully!!! Must you start with "Hey.....What You Doin" as soon as the sun cracks in the sky every morning? Whats the deal with that?


As soon as Sophie, Sadie, Gus and Scully read this I just know that things are going to change around here. Right? Right???

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Have a beautiful day and........

Steady On
Reggie Girl

Painting The Town Red For Friday

"Friday Shoot-Out's" subject is "PAINT THE TOWN RED" so I'm starting with a little love.The best feeling in the world is L~O~V~E............



Cool Daddy-O Gordon over at fridayshootoutsfromfloriday.blogspot.com got to pick our assignment this week. This one is going to be a blast.

Anything RED. Heck, you might even find a redneck to shoot........the possibilities with the one are infinate almost. Great choice Gordon my friend!!!



Thank you so very much for all of your prayer's for my daughter. I can't tell you how priceless it is to have such kind friends who are so supportive. She did lose her baby and is of course inconsolable. I love her so very much......with everything in me and it is tearing me apart to see her like this.

When baby hurts..............Mom hurts. She is my heart.


"You're gonna miss this..you're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast. These are the good times, so take a good look around. You may not know this now...........but you're gonna miss this".
~~~~~Trace Atkins


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Big Hands, Little Feet........

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An exerpt from "Grandma's Hands".......

"Have you ever looked at your hands," she asked. "I mean really
looked at your hands?"

"Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have
served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled
shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to
reach out and grab and embrace life."

"They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the
rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried
and raw. And to this day when not much of anything else of me works
real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to
fold in prayer"............... ~~~Author Unknown


"Two little feet, ten little toes,
Leave their impression today.
Soon they will wear two little shoes,
And be running and jumping at play".
~~~~Author unknown




















******"I wanna hold your hand.........I wanna hold your hand"******* ~~~The Beatles


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Wacky Wednesday's When We Wonder Why????

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Well, it's Wednesday and I'm wondering about a few things........actually lots of things but cyberspace doesn't have enough time to address all the 'why's' running around in my head. I'll just go with a few for today.......

Okay......why? I mean, don't get me wrong....I really love all of the vivid colors and someone took out lots of time knitting this scarf for this tree. But why? Was the tree cold? Did the scarf go with a new hat or coat? Is this tree trying to make a fashion statement and if so what statement is it trying to make? I'm also really wondering if the person who did this has enough time left on their hands to come paint our barn? We'll supply lunch...........actually, it's growing on me (Get it??Growing on me.....never mind :) I really do like it



Well now, this gives new meaning to "Why did the chicken cross the road" doesn't it?. Is he just playing hard to get(B&B)? I've personally never seen a dude try to out run this many females unless.....he must have been caught red handed in another hen house? Maybe the girls heard him talking on his cell phone and just misunderstood his end of the conversation?. Why isn't he just facing up to the music? Why doesn't he just buy them some new jewelry or roses? Why better yet, doesn't he just buy them a big ole name brand bag of cracked corn and beg for forgiveness? Personally, I'd let bygones be bygones for a great big canary diamond.......and I do mean a b~i~g canary diamond..........



Who is your REAL friend? Ladies..........try this experiment. Put your dude and your pup in the trunk of your car at the same time for one hour (you might want to try this before it gets really, really hot outside). When you open that trunk up......which one is going to be the happiest to see you? One's doing to be wagging it's tail.....and the other one? Maybe not so much. I think that maybe you should only try this one at home. There's some kind of crazy law about keeping people in the trunk of your car against their will and besides other people just won't understand that you are merely conducting an experiment.........



Hope every one's getting their snaps together for "Friday Shoot-Out". The subject is "MY HOMETOWN NATIVE FOODS & RESTAURANTS" chosen by the smokin hot Loida in China . Take any pics you like....the food you and your family eat, restaurants and/or bars in your town. There are absolutely no rules in the shoot-out's and everyone is welcome. We invite any and everyone to join in the fun. We have a pretty cool gang........I'm throwin gang signs right now as I'm posting this. Come one, come all!!! If you would, just list "Friday Shoot-Out" in the title of your post so that we can all enjoy your picture's. Pretty simple eh? If either Gordon @ Friday Shoot Outs From Florida or beautiful, funny GingerV @ Flowers and More or Patty @ Crisfield don't have you listed yet on their blog list, we'll get you on there as soon as we know you're participating. I've picked up a lot of you via comment's.


********Song for Bagman: "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"?**********
~~~~Frankie Lyman and The Teenager's~~~~~



Steady On
Reggie Girl

Friday Shoot-Out - The Main Four

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TGIF. What a week it's been!! busy, busy, busy and productive. Today, it's "Friday Shoot-Outs". The talented GingerV @ flowersandmore chose this weeks subject....The Main Four. The Main Four (5 or 6 even) intersections around our towns, storefronts, vendors, traffic lights, traffic, people, anything that represents our towns main intersections. Newnan is a very historic town and our downtown area thrives mainly around Court Square and the streets that run off and behind it. The blocks around Court Square are full of wonderful unique stores, hometown resturant's and happy people.

Thank you GingerV for choosing such a fantastic subject. I had a great time shooting this week and it reminded me of many things I love about my home town.

So without further ado, here we do........


The Carnigie Building announcing Newnan, City of Homes



A pretty house right behind town square. Since Newnan is known as The City Of Homes, I wouldn't have felt right not to throw a couple into my mix.......


Another nice house right behind the hustle and bustle......


Marquee sign at the Alamo which used to be the only movie theater in the town itself. It still has the orginal stage, the projector's and a couple of rows of the original seats inside......now there are two movie theaters way on the outskirts of town....


The intersection of Greenville Street right in the heart of downtown Newnan....
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Intersection of E Court Square and Greenville Street.......
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Display in Manns Jewelry window downtown......


Brothers LTD one of our most esteemed clothiers downtown. I can't remember a time when they weren't there.......


Cars, people, traffic.......


Three Sister's Bridal shop, so full of beautiful things.......


Nice graffiti on the side of a shop. I like that, "When Silence Was Golden"......


Two Sister's Knitting Nook, beautiful skeins of yarn in every color of the rainbow line the shelves that go to the ceiling. Smiling ladies and kiddos going in and out of this lovely shop........


Greenville Street Antiques.........


Fabulous by Design and The Vintage Flea store fronts. Both of these shops are chock to the walls filled with way cool stuff. I get "stuff" here........


A nice couple in love that I ran into by the square when I was out shooting for this project. I asked for a quick shot and they so kindly posed for a second. This town is just full of nice friendly people.......


Walking the dog on Washington Street............


Another dog walker on LaGrange Street..........


A sweet beautiful young couple having a bite of dinner outside the Redneck Gourmet and their rescue pup Maggie. How sweet is this picture?? I took this on Wednesday early evening and it was a beautiful evening to sit outside and have a meal al fresco......


Next week, beautiful Loida has chosen "My Home Towns Native Food and Resturant's" for the Friday Shoot Out. That should be another interesting one I think. I love seeing everyone elses town through their eyes. This is one of the highlights of my week......seeing everyone's Friday Shoot-Out pictures representing their towns.

*****"Forget all of your cares and go Downtown, things will be waiting for you"*****

Wishing you all a very happy and blessed Easter and I hope that you all get a big ole chocolate egg or bunny. Sugar free of course.....oh wait....nevermind, that would be like kissing your sister wouldn't it??. Life's short. Eat the real thing :)

As we observe such a Holy holiday, lets remember the earthquake victims in Italy and their families, the tornado victims in Arkansas and their neighbor's and family, the hostages being held on ship by Pirates in Somalia and our brave, heroic soldier's and their families who fight daily to keep our country free and to allow us to observe Holy holiday's such as these.


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Saturday In The Park With EllieBee...............

We took our little 3 pound Chihuahua for a little early morning walk and passed a cemetery this morning. Ellie Bee Ribs-Hughes was a puppy mill girl who we got when she was 7 weeks old. She could fit into my pocket when I picked her up that day. She is a lovely girl......though maybe a lil spoiled? She won't allow any of the other pups to come near her and she tells them what to do!! Funny thing is, they all do it, lol. Prince calls her Her Majesty the Queen of the Sofa because she won't let Roxie, Sadie or Gus near her sofa.


****(Okay.....when I viewed my post I have the descriptions of the post all discombobulated......sorry. I'm too sleep to correct it right now, lol)****

Look how sweet she looks peeking out of her little blankie this morning. That's her security sock there with her. She can't face the day or the nightime withut it!! She didn't really want to get up but finally decided to go with us. Look at that darlin face........




While walking, we saw this sign regarding flower removal in the cemetery. Seeing as how today is March 21, I guess their a little bit behind.......




For all of my friends that have been asking, I'm feeling a little better this morning. I'm still running a little bit of fever and my cheek is quite bruised where the surgeon pulled on it. I refuse to let any of this get me down!! I am going to take my low-dose chemo and never miss a beat!! I feel so blessed because I feel like it could have been so much worse. Every day you hear of much worse.
I am one hundred percent confident in my doctor and the prayers and good wishes that I have received from my bloggy friends and my wonderful family. Prince, of course, has been a true Prince through all of this. Every day I feel like I'm living an enchanted life. I wouldn't trade my life for anyone elses in the whole world!!

Hope every one's weekend is filled with much love, joy and LAUGHTER!!

*******"People laughing, people smiling, a man selling ice cream"*******
~~~From "Saturday in the Park" by Chicago


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Wednesday Brown Bag Lunches and Such

From now on my my house, Wednesday's will be know as "Brown Bag Lunch Day". The catering side of our little organic endeavor will be packing and delivering a nice, healthy, organic and delicious brown bag lunch to the kind folks that will order. Cooking for a crowd I can handle and I love to be creative with food. Seems, I'm not so hot at cooking for two. I just can't seem to get that right. I always make enough food for an army. So much that as a matter of fact, we can't face all of the leftovers. Anyway, that just gives us an excuse to practice one of our favorite hobbies...........dining out!!

The menu will be such as: Succulent Chicken Corn/Potato Chowder with Fresh Rosemary served with Sour Cream and Cheese Corn Muffins and Organic Low Sugar Cookies from Italy. I'm excited about the new branch of our little enterprise and I hope that it goes over well. Who says a brown bag lunch has to be boring? Not I.....


I saw this lovely willow tree while I was out and about running errands yesterday. I thought it was really pretty and upon close inspection, it is beginning to have a few small green buds trying to peek out and come to life. It's ready for Spring and so am I.





I couldn't not notice this charming little sigh. Propped up against the bike is the "Got Steak?" sign in front of Lenny's Pub at the intersection of Highway 29 and Roscoe Road. You can sing a little Karaoke, have a nice brew and apparently a nice big steak. Hmmm......Prince and I may have to mosey on in there one night for steak night.





Firefighter friend brought his new rescue pup, Gus, over for a little play date with little Sadie. They played and played until they both collapsed on the floor out like two little babies that had been playing out in the sun all day. Little Gus was even snoring which was just precious. Sadie slept all night long and didn't even seem to move. She's such a darling girl......all puppy.




*******"Joy to the world, all the boys and girls. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me"******
~~Joy To The World by Three Dog Night~~


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!!

Well, it rarely snows in the part of Georgia that Prince and I live in but yesterday? Surprise, surprise, surprise!! I thought I escaped this when we left the D.C. area. I'm not exactly a snow and cold weather type of girl, but I must say it was a lovely sight to behold.

Sadie, our new pup the Lab/Retriever mix lovin it!! She bounced, pounced, trounced and played like a kiddo until we almost had to make her come indoors.




Ellie, our 3 pound Chi drawing the line as to how far into the yard she was willing to go......which obviously wasn't very far at all!




Sadie again, playing on the deck. She kept slip-sliding away. She's a clumsy little darlin anyway and makes us laugh, laugh, laugh. Constant source of raw entertainment for Prince and I.



Roxie, our new Border Collie that we rescued last week. Notice the huge flakes of snow on her back. Whe wanted to be toweled off and go straight back indoors.




Our front yard. I love that old dairy milk container with pansy's planted in it that graces the old covered well.




A tree in our front yard covered in the white fluff. The tree was just getting her Spring buds. She'll still be okay. It wasn't that terribly cold and I don't think that it will harm her or her Spring beauty.



A back view of our deck and house covered in the fluff. It looked quite pretty.




An old urn that sits outside our front door by the walk way. It looks like it is trimmed with fur doesn't it? Faux fur of course :)



My umbrella tree frosted with snow.



One of my beautiful Forsythia trees covered in snow. I love how the beautiful yellow flowers still peek out through the snow. Forsythia reminds me of my Grandmother who called them Yellow Bell's. I am so happy that I have three nice Yellow Bell's in our yard. I call them all Nene.....



Not much of the snow stuck very well. It drizzled rain and the ground was pretty warm. There's a little left this morning and it still looks quite pretty. The kiddos in the area of course loved it. Cousin Four got to slide down a couple of hills on a float, which of course thrilled him. I wish that I had gotten to see that and I hope that Cousin Sis took a couple of snaps for us to see later. Prince and I do think it looks a little like a nice postcard, but of course we are ready for Spring. We need to get our organic herbs, peppers and veggies into the ground for our organic garden. We've got a lot of work to do around here. But, all in all, I'd say it was a nice respite and we cuddled up in front of the fire with a little hot toddy....or two.

*****"Living with a dog is easy---it's like living with an idealist"*****
~~H.L. Mencken~~


Steady On
Reggie Girl