Sunlit Sunday

Hello everyone!

I posted on my garden blog 

today. Come on over and 

pay me a visit 

@ Sit With Me In My Garden

Focusing on sunshine!

And a little bit on flowers!

Dawn of a new day...

After the past few days of some rather robust Great Lakes weather I was happy to see that the sun was going to shine and we were going to have some clear skies! We started getting snow Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. .....  90 minutes later we already had 2 inches of snow....so I knew we were going to get what they were predicting.

After the storm subsided and we started digging out, it warmed enough to start melting and a line of icicles formed all around the house.  I was gazing at the icicles and it made me think of the movie Dr. Zhivago and the magnificent ice covered palace...

While this March storm felt like it was burying us, I am glad my home didn't end up like this ice palace!  We received 14" in about 16 hrs.....some areas near us got 20" and a lot of people lost power due to downed power lines....

I made up my mind to follow the sun and capture some of it's beauty as it rose and would begin to cast it's rays on the fresh white snow...

It popped up majestically and wrapped it's glow all around.... 

Mind you only a few days ago we were looking at grass....we still had some snow here and there, but we literally could see the grass and were feeling optimistic about an early spring!

Mother nature had other ideas....so I will continue to enjoy my little plants indoors that are all lined up in the window.... 

Brighter and brighter it became as the sun rose higher in the sky....it was a crisp 15 degrees 

My Dwarf Alberta Spruce's are holding quite a load of snow!

I love to see the patterns reflected and how the sun glistens off the snow! More and more it's looking like it will be a beautiful day! 

My plants are doing the happy dance!  They can always use some extra UV!

Today will be a paradise for skiers, and snowmobilers!

Personally I'm anxiously awaiting for all this to go away so I can see my tulips this spring!

One thing about living in a snow belt region like we do is when spring comes you really really do appreciate it!

I know some parts of the country were really devastated by tornadoes and my heart goes out to all of those people who have suffered because of it.

I hope your Sunday is beautiful too!

I'm joining My Little Home and Garden for 

My Little Home and Garden 

for Sunlit Sunday

Cake with a sentimental purpose....

 My daughter shared some pictures of a 

cake she prepared for a friend.  

 Her friend's mother passed away of 

cancer about 2 years ago and this was 

in remembrance of her on what would 

have been her birthday.

 Of course I was so proud of her for doing 

this, but I was also amazed with her creation!

The cake is vanilla flavored with a 

little cinnamon added. 

She's self taught and motivated by her 

love for baking and trying new ideas out!

 My version of making a cake is quickly

spreading some frosting on- and if it's

for a birthday adding some candles!

Let's just say I spent a lot of money on

custom cakes for my kid's birthdays 

when they were growing up! 

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Is it Me
Or have I deceived myself
I thought I heard you call my name
Out in the pouring rain

I really thought
I thought I saw your face
But after a second look
I saw me the clearest day

Mother I miss you
In night's I just wish
You were here with me
So we can laugh and talk again

Mother I miss you
but I'll just kiss you
And send it on the wind 

Cause you know
I plan to see you again
So much I wanted to show you
So much I wanted to give
I thought our time would be much longer
Listen my best friend...

Life is precious...enjoy those you love

as much as you can!

Office progress update...

A good amount of progress was made 

with my new office yesterday.

 Carpet was installed!  YAY!

 I chose this Berber because it 

reminded me of the natural woven rugs 

that are so popular right now.  I 

want to give the room more of a 

den/office feeling.

We wanted to put in a wood floor

but it became complicated. Our

only wood flooring in the house is

in the dining area.  We had it installed

in 1996 when we remodeled the house.

Problem is we put down ash and had

a light stain put on to warm the color

up a bit.  Raw wood was installed,

sanded and finished in place as opposed

to the already finished wood you can buy.

To duplicate this was turning into

a huge project with a huge price tag.

Enough on that....

We moved the desk over to line it up with 

the step down area to this living room.  

The desk is too big fit through the opening 

of the office, so it was determined that the 

top had to be removed.

I was scared to do this but my

husband reassured me that it was

made well enough to withstand

the move without the top.

He laid a leftover carpet strip

upside side down on the wood floor and

used it to slide this little 250 lb. monster

towards the hallway (which right now 

he's about to make a right turn) 

 I'm telling ya, this desk got bigger

by the moment...Thank goodness he

is good at planning and coming up

with inventive ways to do things.

I was helping when I could, but

managed to sneak in a picture here 

and there!

I couldn't take a picture of the next step

which was when we got it to the door 

opening we had to stand it up on one end

and carefully worked it through the 

opening.  It just just fit...literally! There 

was about 1/4" extra room between it 

and the door jamb.

 I'm already loving it!  

I'm sitting here preparing this post

and I can stare out my window 

and see the woods and part of

our yard.  It's quiet, less distracting

and my living room looks

better without it.

  I'm dreaming about some of my ideas

for finishing touches.  I've already 

employed a fellow blogger 

Ann of On Sutton Place 

who is making me a linen runner to go 

on the dresser that is also a part of the

room.  I'm going to be incorporating it's 

top surface to be a part of the office. I

want to protect the wood and asked Ann 

to make me a custom sized piece 

for it.

Why you might ask do I have a dresser in here?...well...lets see if I can sum this 

up easily.

This is a quick shot of my 

"master bedroom" 

which I use that term jokingly.  It's 

roughly 12 x 12.  

We thought we were going to sell and 

move to a larger home and bought new 

bedroom furniture. (don't do this!)  

This was our first king sized bed and it ate 

up the whole room.  I ended up putting my 

dresser in this bedroom because as you 

can see there is no room for it in ours!  I'm 

standing right up against my closet doors 

to take this picture...yep it's small!

  Okay enough whining... back to 

planning my office!

Now to find the exact spot

for this baby!