Foto Finish .......Dots

Lots of dots here! This is my

youngest grand daughter's favorite shirt

of mine. Before she got "big" and went to

Pre School, we would watch her every

Wednesday morning while her Mom

was at work. Sometimes I would still be in bed when

she came and on those days she wanted

to pick what shirt I would wear.

Most every time she would reach up and tug

on the hem of this polka dot shirt.

I am kinda tired of the big baggy

red polka dot shirt but I do believe

I will be keeping it for a long time to come

as it holds a lot of fun memories of

M's mornings at Poppy's and Gramma's.

Foto Finish.....Peace

PEACE.....the wind gently blowing our flag is peaceful.

Foto Finish....... Kodachrome

When the subject was announced for this Saturday's

Foto Finish and it was Kodachrome the first thing I

thought of was the song, and I see I am not the only

one that did!!!!

I also remembered the segment on the

evening news about a shop over in Parson, Kansas

that was developing Kodachrome for the last time.

I tell you people had traveled from all over to

get their last pictures developed. It was kinda sad,

Kodachrome....a thing of the past.I like all the bright colors in this quilt I made last

summer. I even have a little green grass of summer

in the picture below.

Really, I could not resist going on over to You Tube and listening to that old

song from my early teens....thought I'd just share that, too. It plays better,

I think if you go on over and watch it on You Tube.

Foto Finish....Scenic

Well to be honest I struggled with this theme a little as I hardly ever travel,

or I guess I should say, never travel.

When I go down home where I grew up I always

enjoy the town square. I do not believe I have

ever seen another that is this nice to view. That

just may be because this is the one I saw when I was

a kid and we made that weekly trip off the farm to town.

Just this last year on a wall off the south west side

of the square they had this beautiful mural painted.

I like the wall murals and here where I live

they have a couple on walls around town.

The first picture above, of the train, is one I go past more

often when I get out to go to the grocery store

or run an errand. So this is pretty much some of my local area

scenery! To see more of the scenic pics go on over

to http://catpatches.blogspot.com/ and

view the Foto Finish Saturday post.

Foto Finish....Beginning

Here is a photo of a sunset here in SW Missouri. In

December I noticed that is was getting dark really

early ....before 5:30 most days.Here after the beginning of the New Year we will

start to notice that the days are beginning to

get a little longer. I really don't care for

the darkness to hit right after 5 pm, so I start watching

for those later sunsets.

Foto Finish....Tis The Season

When the title was announced for the next Foto Finish and

it was, "Tis The Season".....I knew where I was going to

get my idea for this post. It goes back to when my oldest boy

was just starting his early school years.When my oldest son was in 1st grade the kids

were doing a lesson on listing the holidays.

We got a note from the teacher about his list.

I think she thought it was pretty unique.

On his list in between Halloween and Thanksgiving

was.........DEER SEASON!! The boys always

got to miss a day or two of school at the

first of deer season to join their dad and family

at deer camp. So in his little mind it was

a holiday.

This is a picture taken on my red head daughter in law's

cell phone of two of the deer shot during this years deer season.

I believe they were getting ready to process them

and put the meat in the freezer.

My family does not hunt for the sport of it, these deer

will help feed the family and at the same time

keep the grocery budget down. You know you are

a Southern Missourian when your garage turns

into a butcher shop the end of November!

Here is a link to Barbara's Blog.... Cat Patches...Foto Finish

http://catpatches.blogspot.com/2010/12/foto-finish-tis-season.html

Peppermint Shoes ...Foto Finish ...RED

Here you see peppermint shoes that I found

last December for my youngest granddaughter!!

When I first saw these shoes at the store I thought,

I would have loved wearing those when I was a little

girl. OK, that means they need to end

up on the feet of one of my granddaughters!

They only had small sizes so the other 3 girls

didn't get peppermint shoes. My oldest granddaughter,

12 years old, was probably relieved!

We had to get red fingernail polish to match

the shoes. She loves her nails polished.

Red is my favorite nail polish color even if

I don't wear it often.

Wearing peppermint shoes and red nail polish can make a little girl feel great. Her birthday is 2 days after Christmas and she is growing up too fast! I wish I could find peppermint shoes to fit her again this year.....I think gramma had more fun with the peppermint shoes than anyone. Ladies don't you wish you could have had a pair of peppermint shoes when you were a little girl?

Christmas Tree

In my husband's home town the city puts up an old fashioned cedar

tree each year for Christmas. When I first saw these trees

they were placed in the middle of the main street in down

town. Since then, for safety purposes, they have been

set up in a small park next to an old train car.The tree is nothing fancy, just tall with big lights.

When I was growing up we always went out to the

pasture and cut a cedar tree for Christmas and

when I see this big tree every year that is one

of the happy memories that comes to mind.

Something else I remember is when this truck driver asked

me to go for coffee with him. It was in December on the 11th

13 years ago....today. We worked in the same place and I

thought...yes, I'll go. We actually went for pizza and started

dating after that night. It would be the next week

when I went up to his hometown that I saw the

big lit up cedar tree in the middle of down town.

The truck driver and I have been married for

12 years now and I am glad I said yes to coffee!! So, when I see the big Christmas tree each year I think

of that first date we went on and how meeting

him has made my life better all the way around.

Another thing I will share is after we started

dating I was really worried about telling him I had

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I didn't know if

he would turn and run as my previous husband did

because of it or would he give us a chance?

I remember after telling him I had CFS and explaining

a little about it his first question was...is it catchy???

I told him I did not think so but was not really sure in

the long run. He said it was ok and didn't bother

him and we continued to date. Sometimes

now we laugh about the catchy part.....

Comfort Food Special

This is a comfort food that we like to have at our house.

My kids can probably remember eating this when

they were growing up.

Hamburger Gravy and biscuits....out of a can

(for shame)....but we like them.

We buy Grands and they are pretty good.My favorite fork and patchwork plate.

I wonder does everyone have a favorite fork?

Wish I could just snap my fingers and have

this ready for supper tonight.

First Snowflakes

I looked out the window this morning around 10am and

I saw our first snowflakes of the season!!

Here is what it looked like on Christmas night

2009.......hope we have another

snowy Christmas this year.Isn't there an old saying about the date the first

snow falls on is how many snows you will

have that winter?? Today is the 30th....

so maybe 30 snows!!!