Sand & Surf

Wow ....what wonderful weather we have been having. 

 Ok- knock on wood! 

I don't want all those northerners to send me dreadful weather LOL

Today I actually went to the clubhouse pool, sunned and swam. 

I'm not a poolside hanger outer, but today not a soul was there and the water was pleasantly warm, much to my surprise. I was braced up for the worst but so happy it was nice (Big smile here). 

Sorry no pic (Sad face here). 

But here are some pics of me at the ocean-

 With my surfbord- used for body surfing,

  

in our sun tenty thing

and a goodnight shot of the sunset on Ponce Inlet.  

So....goodbye again - till tomorrow. 

Random Pics

Here are a couple of random pics. 

I am having problems with my mail and pics hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. 

This was a picture I tried to take of a hawk in the pine tree - Yah I know you can't see him.  But, it is a cool pic of the sky.  

Here is a happy pic of a mail haul surprise yesterday from my daughter Victoire, she totally surprised me with all these pretty gifts. 

And......today I was gifted with this envie filled with a pretty card and awesome vintage postcards of the NY 1939 worlds fair !  And one from Warrensburgh ny right next to our home town of Lake George.!!!  A happy shout out to travis - thanks!

By for now - let's hope I get the yahoo mail figured out. 

Check back here:

Onedirtland = Wonderland/ if you say it fast. 

 If you say it slow it just means we all live on the same planet and want the same thing = to be happy.  

Out & About

Yum Yum.... We have the most awesome Chinese buffet here in Daytona, right off International Speedway Blvd. 

But to call it a Chineese restaurant would be selling it wayyyyy to short.  

The name is officially "Habachi Grill & Supreme Buffett" and it truly is that SUPREME!  It is our best discovery down here so far .  

This place has everything from soup to nuts..But, you say-  they all do.  

This restaurant also has fresh made sushi - personal order Habachi that you watch them make to order, carved roast meats and a full desert bar!!!!  All You Can Eat!!!! 

The atmosphere is perfect quiet, good lighting, fancy oriental furniture and decorating, tasteful not tacky. 

Check me out at the beginning :

Take a look at the food area! 

And there is another set of servers to the left of those shown.  AND, a double sided long display running lengthwise along the extreme left of those shown.  MY MY MY!!!! 

Charlie and I got our money's worth tonight - where is that baking soda? 

That's all we left behind...... so good. 

By for now, I have to go nurse my stomach. 

Remember to come back to :

Onedirtland = Wonderland/ if you say it fast. 

 If you say it slow it just means we all live on the same planet and want the same thing = to be happy.  

AAH.... Pens and Paper

I got the greatest gift for my birthday!  My wonderful husband gave me money and we went on Amazon - What was the wonderful thing you ask? 

Well amongst other sweet things he ordered me a REAL "Lamy" fountain pen with a refillable cartridge!!!!! 

What a Gem!  It writes like a breeze, almost as fast as a computer.  The ink just flows and not a bit of pressure is needed to make your mark. 

Well....... and to accommodate the infinite number of pages that can be filled easily and effortlessly I also made some tinted air paper so mail will remain with in a single stamp fee. 

Here is my Lamy, charcoal Safari fountain pen (it even has a regal name) 

She's a beauty. 

And for the refillable cartridge - you can do it with out a mess or drop lost.  Notice the black part in the middle of the clear tube, that is the plunger, it's operated by turning the Orange stick like top - so just dip it in twist and go!!! Simple....

And don't drool---- here is my wonderful tinted air (tracing) paper.  It's not ironed yet but when it is its smooth as silk, but still has enough tooth to write nicely. 

Well that's it for today.  If fountain pens are an interest to you look them up on YouTube, there are lots of great tutorials and reviews, I spent lots of time considering my choice so check them out if you are the least bit curious. 

Buy for now......

Ps, I am not compensated buy Lamy in any way for this post, I just have a personal enjoyment of their product and wanted to share it with you. 

Snail Mail

Here I am back again. 

Sorry I've been so long without writing, but let's start her up again. 

Lately my intrest has been absorbed in snail mail, I'm totally smitten with it and usually work on one project or another for it every day. 

I love working with paper things and mail is my heart throb since childhood. Thanks to my mom and the summer weekly reader subscriptions she signed us up for as children.  

I'm in Postcrossings and Swapbot. These are sites on the internet that bring together people who want to swap postcards letters and art projects.  Nothing could be more up my alley than this. 

Here is a sample of decorated letters. 

And here is an art project called an ATC. 

I've mailed 6 envelops in the last 5 days - I'm on a roll! 

Yes, we are once again in Florida, I just love it! 

Stay tuned I'm determined to be more regular here at : 

Onedirtland = Wonderland/ if you say it fast. 

If you say it slow it just means we all live on the same planet and want the same thing = to be happy. 

 By for now

Knit Crazy

Big news!! I saved $7.00 at JoAnns today.  

They had a flyer with four 50% off coupons, but the best part was they let you use them all at the same checkout! That's a first. I was so happy.  I didn't get that much but it was all much cheaper. 

Silly me had bought sock yarn last week for my next pair of socks, but after starting them read the package and learned I needs 2 balls for a pair UGH. So that's what I was after. 

What do you think of my new creation ?  I always see the yarn bowls made by the potters and drool over them with thoughts of how smartly they keep your yarn off the floor.  So I decided to make something like it.  

I used  sculpty clay, wire and card stock for this proto type.  And it WORKS!  I can even swap out differnt size bowls depending on the yarn I'm using. I'm tickled it works and was no cost to me. 

Here it is in use with a bigger bowl because I needed double balls.  You can see my strand looping away from the holder to my work. 

And here's my work - Yes, I'm very sock crazy.  When you learn to do something that you allways thought was beyond your ability you have a tendency to run amuck doing it over and over LOL. 

Well I'm clickety clacking away here on my socks. So. 

Bye.....

Then & Now

Just a quick look at how the garden is doing. 

Tomatoes. 

The raised bed is thriving also either from the sun and rain or the cat not bring able to use it for a private potty spot!  I put chicken wire over it to keep the cats out. 

Either way it's going gang busters now!

Before

After!  2 weeks! 

Bye.....