Valentine Goodies

DD#1 children and DH are so sweet.

Flowers for their mommy.



They made her a heart shaped chocolate cake with chocolate icing.





I've never seen a chocolate fish. GS is crazy for fish and plans to be a professional fisherman someday.



AND more snow hit us overnight ..... I'm so sick of snow and cold.

Looking for a snack ?

We have some unusal visitors who check out our fish pond. Hmmm



Let's see was he checking out these beauties?



OR Tippy



OR Oreo



Of course we know that cats are the smartest ... Sweetie stayed indoors. LOL

Signs of Summer

We have lived here a little over 7 years .... the previous owners built a fish pond. It is lovely and we get tons of enjoyment out of the fishies.



I wished this jewel, Siberian Iris, bloomed all summer but I enjoy the flowers while they last.


Fish Frenzy Feeding


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These 2 GrandDogs (Oreo on the left, Tippy on the right) like to eat fish food or catch fish


Three (3) shot span of the pond

Off to Cincinnati, Ohio

We headed to Cincinnati, Ohio Friday 1/25, to visit our DD#2 for the weekend. She works for Ford in Sharonville, Ohio.

On the way over I sat in the backseat and watch a couple quilting videos.

Dinner Friday night was at the Bone Fish Grill. WOW you have to eat there .... it was very very good with fast service. I look forward to going again.

On Saturday I took in a couple quilt shops. First was Yarns and fabrication in West Chester, Ohio. It's a fairly new shop. They did have some very nice fabrics but unfortunately they were over in one corner, rows close together ..... I found the corner kind of dark and being of a great age I could not stoop down to see the fabrics. A very nice sewing classroom with machines provided. AND if you're looking for a long arm they had an APQS Millenium ... I didn't check their prices. The yarn selection on the other hand was nicely spaced, lots of light. A group was relaxing and knitting up a storm. I didn't buy a thing.

Then we headed off to Aunt Ruth's Scrapbasket. I had been to this store a year or so ago and discovered they have recently moved to a smaller space. Nice selection of fabrics, lots of light and plenty of room to see the fabrics. They also offered a corner with quite a number of bolts on sale 30% - 50%. I did some small damage in there.

And lastly one of my most favorites spots, Hobby Lobby. Although they have reduced the number of fabric bolts they still have a nice selection and plenty was on sale. I bought a few pieces there to complete some charity quilts.

After all that shopping (LOL) we were starving .... we had a late lunch at Red Robin I was not impressed and doubt we'll ever go again ..... very noisy.

Sunday morning came all too soon. My absolute favorite place to eat is the Waffle House.
It's just a little place but I LOVE their pecan waffles.

We're home ...... love visiting DD#2 but it's good to be home too. Looking forward to see her very soon again. I miss her alot.