Happy Memorial Day!! @ Durango & Silverton, Colorado

Today we celebrated Memorial Day in Colorado.

First, we went to Durango and visited the Train Station. Above: I am in front of the Train Station with a bronze sculpture of 3 horses. At right below is Wayne outside the Station next to the tracks. After visiting in the Train Station, we walked/drove around town looking at the buildings--quaint, beautiful little town!

Our afternoon was spent going to & visiting in Silverton. The trip up was beautiful--snow along the highway and on the mountain tops (in top-most photo is one of the sites). We were from 10,000'- 14,000' most of the time.

In Silverton, my favorite store was named: "His Money; My Store"--a 'touristy' store in center of town with antiques (mostly from China). After looking & driving around town, we headed back to the RV in the late afternoon to get rested up for tomorrow.

And, laundry waits for no woman!--until our next outing and post--love to all!!

Aztec, New Mexico

Today we went to church at the Bloomfield Church of Christ. The people were so friendly and welcomed us with open arms. We really enoyed the lesson and the people.

This afternoon, we went up to Aztec (about 15 miles from Bloomfield) to see the Aztec Ruins. We thought the Salmon Ruins were amazing--not so! The Aztec Ruins are federally funded and much better maintained. It is mind-boggling to think of the things these people accomplished without all our 'modern' tools and equipment. In these ruins there are over 400 rooms unearthed already and the West site has not even been touched. In the pictures above are part of the things we saw today. Hope you enjoy. Keep us in your prayers, you are in ours----till next posting----

Bloomfield, New Mexico

On Saturday, we went to the Salmon Ruins here in Bloomfield, New Mexico. In this picture Wayne standing at an old Well at the Salmon home-place. The ruins are amazing--we saw the whole homeplace with the Indian Dwellings that had been dug out.

Happy Memorial Day & Weekend

Happy Holiday!and Happy Anniversary to us!! We've arrived in Bloomfield, New Mexico, where we'll 'camp' for the next 5 days. Much to Wayne's dismay, Bloomfield has a Memorial Day weekend Arts and Craft event starting today and ending Sunday. But, while I'm checking out the Arts and Crafts, there is also an Antique Car show; so with our walkie-talkies we'll each get to see what we want wihout the other suffering. We had fun just riding here--the scenery is so different from Alabama (as you can see in the picture we took 130 miles south of Bloomfield on Hwy 550.)Until next posting---enjoy your holiday as I'm sure we will. Love to all

Picture in Amarillo

We're in Santa Rosa, New Mexico

On the 24th of May we left home around 10 a.m.; spent the night in Vicksburg, Mississippi; but we almost turned around and went back home because our AC was not cooling--just blowing warm air and you know it would be 95+--we were miserable. Wayne figured out to turn off the heater ??? valve and immediately we started getting cool air. We went on our way to Vicksburg, MS.,as planned. The next day we drove to Wichata Falls, Texas. So today, 26 May we wanted to eat lunch in Amarillo, Texas, at the Stockyard Cafe (we saw it on a show on Food Network). We arrived around 1 o'clock and, thanks to Mr. GPS, we drove right to it. I figured it would be kind of like the 'Cheese factory' Frances and Linda went to on their vacation (a whole other story--you'll have to ask Frances or Linda about that!!!!!). But, all and all it was a good meal. I had the Chicken Fried Steak (like the guy on Food Channel) and Wayne had the Hamburger Steak. Huge portions--we could have shared one meal and still had some food left--next time!! I've documented our historic visit with these pictures. I've even included pictures of inside the Stockyard Cafe so everyone can see and 'feel' the ambiance. Tomorrow, we're on to Albuquerque, New Mexico for some sightseeing (only about 100 miles from Santa Rosa) and to spend the night. More, to come as we get WiFi access. Please keep us in your prayers for a safe, happy trip. Love to all until next time-----

Weekend--Oh! Boy!

Since this is the beginning of our weekend, I thought I'd just take it easy. But here is my card art for today. I used a hand-crafted crepe paper flower, a little bit of ribbon and embossed the card stock with my embossing machine--very simple and clean--my favorite style. Enjoy your weekend!

I'm Thrilled!!!

I am a member of three Yahoo Card Groups: TheStampingPad, CardConnection, and StampingSwaps. Would you believe? These cards are featured as the Home Page Art on each of these sites. I'm more than thrilled--honored; amazed--that each of the monitors of the sites chose my art above all the other talented artists.

My Newest Art

My art for today is a blank card (no sentiments). This stamp is from my favorite digi web site by a very talented artist, Sylvie, who adds new digis on Sundays. What do you think of this card?

Monday, 10 May 2010

Today begins my first blog. Never thought I wanted to, but--oh well--a woman can change her mind. On my blog, I'll be posting some of my favorite things. Hope you'll enjoy visiting!