Having fun with mosaics!

 

I know I said I was limiting my time on the computer!

 

But it is just TOO much fun to work on mosaics this week!

I took pics of my jewelry trees.

And then made a sparkly mosaic!

Then I saw the roofers on a house nearby and took a photo of the roof.

 It looked like they had created a chimney with the stacks of shingles and I created a masterpiece with the photo! 

I KNOW! I have quite an imagination! hahaha!

And this little Flycatcher was so pretty on the fence at the Pruitt trailhead.

And I made stained glass out of it in photoscape. I've never used that before so now I'll be playing with that feature!

There was a squirrel in the palm tree so that became a mosaic, too!

And I snapped off pics of a few of the entrances to the neighborhoods here in my community.

I know I have more but I better do something else now!

Are you enjoying the holiday season?

I'm joining Angie for Mosaic Monday HERE . 

I'm linking with All Seasons at the Jesh Studio,

AND my Monday post HERE.

Hoo hoo hoo hoo? The Great Horned Owl, that's hooooo!

 

We had just started our hike at Halpata Tastanaki Preserve when my hubby said, Do you hear that?

So we stopped in our tracks and listened!

 There was a Great Horned Owl nearby!

REALLY close by!

And with his (my hubby's) good hearing AND good seeing, he spotted it in one of the trees right next to the trail

We've never seen one in the wild like this before! And at 1 pm in the afternoon! On a week day! heehee!

Aren't his feathers gorgeous! They look like they have been knitted in place!

It was thrilling. We had to really work to get our cameras to see up into the dark Live Oak tree so the photos are a little odd. But hubby did a better job than I did. Mine were mostly in silhouette. But I got the tree! (I don't think you can see him in the tree though! He was flying away!)

And after a couple of hours of hiking we were privileged to see these beautiful deer at the end of our hike.

They ran alongside us in the tall grasses and then crossed the trail in front of us.

It's been a great week for amazing sightings!

And we are getting close to our goal of 150 hikes this year! VERY close!

What have you seen this week? The bird feeders are very active too now that chilly weather has settled in. 

I’m joining Saturday’s critters HERE

and I’d Rather B Birdin’. 

Thankful Thursday around the house

 

I'm very thankful for having a nice home to 'hang out' in during this troublesome times. It's never a dull moment! 

Even the Sandhill Cranes came by for a visit!

They were in the back on the  golf course and then walked between the houses to the front yard.

And when our electricity went off for close to an hour, was it a coincidence that this vehicle was in the neighborhood. We rarely have this happen so we went into high gear finding candles and getting our dinner ready to cook on the grill.

But it came back on and no one had to eat a cold supper! lol

I've put out a few pretty Christmas throws in the lanai and my pixies are on a shelf in the sewing room with wooden blocks in front. 

My girlfriend Lynn O. has written a book, Dream Come True and had it published! 

Well done, girlfriend! I'm so proud of you and love my book!

I bought some pretty wintry coasters from Etsy at Prickly Pillowcases HERE and they will come in handy. Big enough for a cup or even a cereal bowl! And so well made! I love them!

Linda from Linda's Life Journal sent me a Christmas card with her 2020 Santa and Mrs. Claus. 

How delightful!

And I bought a Llama dishcloth from Swedish dishcloths HERE. I use them all the time and I've never had one especially for Christmas!

Have you treated yourself to anything new this week?

(should I put it on MY wish list? I've been very very good, I promise!)

I’m joining Thankful Thursdays and

I like Thursdays HERE too!

Decorating with dollies! Anything Goes?

 My dollies think that 2020 brings decorating challenges! They are forced to 'make do' with what they have! So let's see what they've done this week!

Opal was all dressed in her Christmas dress (from last year) but couldn't find the Christmas balls or twinkle lights so she decorated the tree with seashells! And instead of elves, the snowmen came inside to help with the decorating!

Zeta went outside to build a snowman and decided to have a tea party in the snow!

Oh and she wore her Pajamas instead of a snowsuit.

 Surely she did not wear PJs all day long...my oh my! 

And Noel went to the kitchen to bake sugar cookies...in her GOWN! 

But then she realized she didn't have all the ingredients to make them so she ordered a Pizza to be delivered!

And then there are the elves (or pixies as I called them as a girl) that were no help at all! 

A few have even 'fallen off the shelf'!

Hope your decorating is going better than ours! All dollies are wearing clothes that I made them last year and we're still waiting for the pizza delivery truck! 

 ☃ Happy Monday!!! ☃

I'm joining Angie for Mosaic Monday HERE . 

I'm linking with All Seasons at the Jesh Studio,

AND my Monday post HERE.

The Mystery Bird is a Mourning Dove

 Well, I know it's a Dove....

but what kind of Dove is it? It's a Mourning Dove! 

Thanks to all the experts for the help! 

We couldn't get a different view of him...he sat very still!

We see the Mourning Dove frequently here in Florida.

And sometimes we have this cute little Ground Dove visit our feeders.

But when we were at the Pruitt Trailhead the other day we spotted this pretty soft brown dove on the fence rail. I have a couple of ideas but I'll leave it open for your suggestions and hopefully be able to come back and put an ID on it later.
The weather is perfect for hiking right now and it's something I can do even with a headache! Thanks for the sweet comments on my owl post and for your concern over my headaches. I'll keep you posted! I know you can't wait to hear if I have a headache today. I'll ask my hubby! hahahaha! (and they can't be ALL that bad if I'm laughing and hiking)

Big flocks of Sandhill Cranes are still flying overhead and we put out an extra feeder in our courtyard this week. The little Chipping Sparrows, Bluebirds, Warblers and finches are in abundance.

I was standing very close to this Black and White Warbler.

Have you had a good 'critter' week too?

I’m joining Saturday’s critters HERE

and I’d Rather B Birdin’. 

SpaceX Launch Photos

 

We watched the SpaceX launch of the 100th Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying the Starlink V1.0-L15 one night last week. 

That was a highlight of the week for sure!

The weather was perfect and the sky was clear.

Hubby gets credit for all of these neat photos! His camera (hand held and slow shutter) gave it some awesome effects!

I've mentioned that I'm still having headaches but I started a new allergy medication this week so I hope this solves the problem. It did not stop us from hiking though!

And of all things to see in the parking lot of the Florida Trails at the Pruitt Trailhead!

A SpaceX model of a Tesla.

 

We don't see that many Teslas anyway and how amazing to see this SpaceX! Maybe it was Elon Musk out for a hike on the Florida trails! You just never know! heehee! We didn't see anyone else hiking (we saw 3 people on bikes) but maybe he was FASTER than us and stayed way ahead of us on the trail! lol

Another cute Jeep at the HTP trailhead.

Which would you rather have? The Tesla or the Jeep? Or how about a horse?

We also saw 2 people riding horses and the horses were very beautiful.

Have you been able to get outside this week? I'm thankful for hiking weather here in Florida! 🌞

I’m joining Thankful Thursdays and

I like Thursdays HERE too!