End of the green

Seems our Project Green has reached it's end...so says Anna!
Go check out all the final green stuff!

Here are my final offerings of the green in my world!

I gave Charles this wire gator grill brush for Christmas.
I knew he'd not want to use it as it was intended
but to keep it as a collectible.

He's decided to take the brush part off and mount it on the wall to
(- You guessed it -)
hang that 'Florida Gators' hat on! :)

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ALSO I can't leave green behind without showing (once again)
our favorite green!

This is our VICTORY!

Junie

Project Green

Oh!

Anna's Project Green is still going ...so I will give you this!

This is my husband's new hat- with a green band!




( Check Anna on my side bar for more Project Green!)



Junie

About Project Green and other important stuff-

Isn't it always good to have choices? And isn't it good to wear comfortable shoes!! Oh, I think the answer is YES- for both of those questions!

The past 4-5 years I must have gone through nearly a hundred pairs of these cheap-o little canvas sandals. ( and some Nikes, here and there!) I have had them in every color you can think of! (they make them in all colors!)

They have them on sale often at half price and I stock up...lol- Any size 6-1/2 I buy, whatever the color! ( Because my size is not always easy to find.)

I have bought 2 pair of the same color at the same time, more than once, I'm sure! At times, I have several pairs in the same color- in different stages of wear and tear! :) But at this time I'm down to my last pair of green! (Lucky they made my Project Green today!)

Living where we do, here in the country, these shoes don't last long...well, they last forever if you don't mind how they look! But I don't go for the grubby look, so after a few weeks of trying to walk lightly in this sandy soil-and going about my chores of tending my flowers- taking care of my dogs and cats...etc.., they are usually ready for the back porch! ( set aside for easy change over for the dirtier chores!)

I often forget that I have on my brand new pair of canvas cheap-o sandals when I decide to go out to do something...thus, shortening the life ( or the easy, clean, life) of that particular pair of shoes!

In fact, that happened today...Without thinking it through I found myself in the meadow, clicking away at the flowers and butterflies and in my best navy canvas sandals! When I felt the sand between my toes I remembered! ...DANG!!

But it was worth it! Any one of the pictures I got is worth much more than those $8. shoes! :) Besides, I'm sure I have some spare Navies in my closet that are still presentable!


OK- In case you find my choice in sandals a bit tacky...let me just say this... I LIKE 'EM! They are the perfect, comfortable shoe for me!


With age comes the release of pressures to impress... to keep up with high fashion... to follow the trends...all of that ! :) Not that I ever did a lot of that anyway!

And when I find something I like I stick with it! I hate change!
( lol- which might explain this 47th anniversary!)

...and, too, with age, ( -and this may sound cynical and may actually BE that-) with age you find a kind of freedom that you never had in your younger years! IMO

AND...
all the plans and dreams and expectations you had - all the struggles ... to DO- to become- to acquire...all of this has either happened for you or it has passed you by!
By the time one reaches the 50s & 60s and beyond, you have found your true self! MOST of your high points in life have been reached- most of the challenges have been met or avoided- whichever the case may be!


And now - it is, what it is!


You are now free to be YOU- You can say to the world,
"What you see is what you get! This is ME! Take it or leave it!"

:) That's the way I see it!
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OH!
Some butterflies and flowers for you....

(Click to enlarge)

































Note:
Early tomorrow, we're off to capture that elusive, perfect, sunset- on the Gulf Coast! Be back after the week-end!


Love,
Junie Rose

'Little Green Apples' ~ PG (And a tight contest)

My PG entry for today is...

~Little Green Apples~





Anna gets the credit for all this cool green we're seeing around blogland these past few days! Check out her site and others on the list for everything green under the sun!


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Also- while yer out and about in blogland, stop in at b13's place. He is in a tight contest and desperately needs your vote...
Once you've met B13 and read his blog and seen his photos and the Border Collies, there will be no doubt as to where you want your vote to go!
( Not that I'd want to twist your arm in this...but it's an important vote...so Please vote today!)


Love,
Junie Rose

Money (Project Green)

I wanted to get my Project Green post in. Click on link for other green projects!

This is my 2nd. post of today, #1 is below this one.

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After Mom left us 5 years ago this past January, I found this $2. bill crumpled and rolled up in her wallet. I have no idea how long she had
it. I wanted it and put claims to it and it was ok with the others in the family! I bought this little frame to display it, leaving it pretty much the way I found it that day in Mom's things; with the crinkles of her handling it! I look at it often and think of Mom treasuring this 'not so common' $2.00 bill!



















Love,
Junie

Shades of green in my life

Today I'll show you a variety of green in my life!

Living in the country as we do, there is always some unexpected delight awaiting me when I go outside and it is often in shades of green!

Mushrooms always fascinate me with the interesting patterns they make when they just pop up in unexpected places around the yard. I think they look so cool against the green grass! I can almost imagine fairies and elves living beneath them! With that lush, green grass as a carpet it seems a perfect place to be!



My husband often brings me things of interest he finds outside...LOL - like snakes, dead scorpions- etc!!

Well, knowing my involvement with Anna's 'Project Green' at the present, he knew I'd be interested in seeing this green bug he found yesterday! It's a type of Scarab Beetle (Dung Beetle.) Yah-I know-that is pretty gross but it's an interesting bug and very colorful! While researching this beetle I found a lot of info on them and this picture that looks like the one we found. It's hard to be sure as there are over 30,000 of these related beetles!





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This is another bit of GREEN in my life that's always fun!

Imagine finding this, way down south!

:) Yummy Italian food!!















...Look for the green in your life!


Junie

Dan Fogelberg ~In honor of Earth Day ~ & 'PG' pic

Remembering Dan...

Lyrics:

(Dan Fogelberg)

The Wild Places

I was walking alone through the lofty san juans

With a heart full of light and a head full of songs

I was thinking of time and how much it will cost

To recapture the souls that we surely have lost

In the cities and towns there are millions who dream

But the traffic’s so loud that you can’t hear them scream

There’s a heaven on earth that so few ever find

Though the map’s in your soul and the road’s in your mind

So many mountains before us, so many rivers to cross

Where is the wisdom to bring back the vision we’ve lost

Can we gaze with the wonder of children into the deafening night

Has it gotten so dark that we cannot remember the light

When you sleep on the ground with the stars in your face

You can feel the full length of the beauty and grace

In the wild places man is an unwelcome guest

But it’s here that I’m found and it’s here I feel blessed

Love,

Junie

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...and some green from my world today...

For more Project Green pics go to Anna's site!




Junie

Iron Kettle-Project Green #2 And final PLT

' Time-worn Iron Kettle '

Project Green ~ go here!


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...and my final 'Project Looking Through ' Picture!



' Beyond the Wall '



...more PLT pictures ~ Go Here!






Junie

Green,Green Grass of Home

 ( Visit Anna for more of Project Green!)

Thinking of green....

   Enjoy! 

Junie Rose