Bunnies and Blue Ball jars and May Day.

I finally got my anniversary collection of the ball blue jars!

They are pretty lovely and I will find so many uses for them.

I ordered mine from Ace Hardware and they shipped them to my local store for free.

I have 6 of them but I ran out of flowers for my table.

This cute domesticated bunny showed up in our yard last year.

She stayed off and on most of the summer.

Late in the fall we didn't see her anymore and we doubted she could make it through the winter.

But lo and behold she is back!!

Addison is totally smitten by her.

We named her Oreo which we thought was quite fitting.

She is starting to warm up to us again and hopefully we will be able to catch her and make her a nice fun bunny shelter.

Addison loves to take her carrots!

But first, she always has to take a bite herself.

I love her attitude and spunk!

I've babysat a lot this week and my Mom has had some more health issues.

I guess I know what my calling is.

Right now it's a 2 year old and a 77 year old and they are both very spunky!

My daughter Katie Rose, celebrated her 23rd birthday on May 1st.

Boy it's totally true about how quickly time goes by.

A little collage of her.

I think Addison resembles her a lot.

We celebrated with gifts and dinner and cake at our house.

I helped Addison make her Mommy some birthday cards.

And the weather has been totally rotten around here.

 Some area's around us got 9 inches of snow the other day!

Just not right in May is it?

We were lucky and only got a sprinkle but the weather was nasty.

We are supposed to warm up and get some spring again.

This winter weary blogger can't wait.

Happy Weekend friends,

Cindy

Finding Spring and a longtime friend.

Last Thursday, I loaded up my little blue car and drove 560 miles all by myself in search of spring and to visit an old friend.

My destination was the Ozarks of Missouri.

My friend Cheri had previously lived near me and her son and my daughter are very close in age.

After Cheri and her family moved to Missouri we always planned to get together but things just never worked out.

Cheri's beautiful Red Bud tree in bloom!

Well I simply decided that 20 years was long enough.

Yes, 20 years!  Cheri's son and my daughter were babies the last time we saw each other.

I had never driven that far by myself and in one day to boot.

But I got to tell you, it wasn't that bad.

I was exhausted but I felt proud I had made it without getting too lost.

I took a route down that took me through a good part of Iowa.

I thought it would be scenic.

Instead it was horribly dreary the whole way, rained and several area's were flooded which made me feel a bit nervous.

 Cheri's forsythia

But the really cool thing was that the farther I got south, the greener and prettier it got!

Now you have to remember there were still some piles of snow in my yard.

Actually by the time I got to Southern Wisconsin, it was already greening up.

And then I hit Hannibal, Missouri and the red buds were just spectacular!

And the flowering crab, oh my, a feast for my eyes!

Cheri had the guest room all fluffed and pretty.

This cute little tin was filled with anything I might have forgotten at home.

I wish I had a cute picture to share of the two of us, but her hubby snapped a few and we both have the squint eyes here.  I should have left my sunglasses on.  After our winter, I am like a mole coming out of hiding. ha!

My friend Cheri has some of the most amazing collections.

All of these vintage toys belonged to her hubby, Cheri, or her hubby's parents.

Cheri's Italian rooster collection.

They were purchased from all kinds of different artists while they were living there.

Love this!  The colors, the bunnies.

Oh my how I adore these!

They belonged to Cheri's late MIL.

And this set did as well.

I love them!

Cheri and her husband Kevin were such wonderful hosts.

I so enjoyed my visit and we are hoping to get together again very soon.

More on my trip later.

Spring has finally arrived around here.

Yes, finally!!!

I have never remembered it being this late before.

And the weatherman reported that we were 2 days short of record.  And not a good record.  The latest day to reach 60 degrees and over ever.  Happily it was 70 yesterday and will be again today.

So I am going to try to enjoy it this weekend because who knows, it may not last long.

Enjoy your weekend all,

Cindy