floral love & nurture photography spring 2013 challenge || a 'pull over' moment

i'm linking up to mona's floral love this week ...
click the button below and come join in the flower fun!

also linking up with one i just discovered, a bit late, as it is the 'finale',
but still so very worth the time to enter ... link up found on:
project alicia's nurture photography the spring 2013 challenge!
click her button below to see more beautiful spring photography!
also thanking kristi and rebecca for hosting!

we were running an errand, and happened upon these beautiful blossoms ...
i told my husband to 'pull over', please!!!!
the spring colors on this tree were so rich and vibrant -
i just couldn't resist capturing a few images!
after going through them, this is the one i chose to share this week.
i'm so glad to have an understanding husband,
when a girl has those 'pull over' moments!! ;)

hope you all enjoy your weekend!

blessings,
deborah
xoxo

texture tuesday || black and white ... perhaps a touch of colour

it's a black-and-white theme over at 'the cafe' this week ...
with perhaps a wee bit of colour, for good measure!

speaking of which, i'm a 'wee bit' late getting this in,
and it was difficult to choose an image for some reason.
  well, i decided to give the flowers some time off,
and settled on my sister's seriously moody cat ... lovingly known as, miss november!
have to say, this is one of my very favorite images of her, too!

and, i'll tell you, this cat's got attitude, as you can see!
well, she didn't much like the camera in her face,
and sure let me know by that awesome expression!
i've been wanting to put a clever caption to this image, so if anyone has one,
please, do share it in the comment section below!
would love to see what you all would come up with! :)

i've shared three versions of the image for this theme,
but the first one has my simple recipe for kim's texture as follows:

to the b/w image i added a slight touch of color to her eyes then used
marabella . multiplied . 63%

the last image is miss november in full colour ...
and just so you know, she really is a sweet natured little thing!

click on over to kim's site and see more from this week's
texture tuesday's black and white theme!

thank you for dropping in again this week!
i had also shared a post prior to this one ... about mother's day.
hope you all had as beautiful day as i did!

blessings,
deborah
xoxo

mother's day fills the heart ... indeed!

i'm a bit late, but still, i wanted to relive, and document, the wonderful day our family had this past sunday ... it was a beautiful mother's day, shared with my dear husband, along with our precious son and his darling wife!  i must say, these two made this year 'more than ever' special for this mother!

we had previously made plans to spend the day together, going to an early dinner, and then doing something fun to fill the afternoon hours.  they met us after church, but not before they had a bit of 'artsy' fun 'decorating' the windows of our car!  i was totally surprised when we came out of church to see what they had done ... i thought it was the absolute sweetest thing!!  and yes, we drove around in all that 'mother-day' glory, noticing the looks and the smiles from those we passed along the way. :)

nope, didn't mind one bit that my son 'marked up' the car ... just like he used to do on the walls of his bedroom ... and I sure didn't mind that he had a partner-in-crime this time, either!  still, i miss those days when he was a young boy, but now, i'm even more blessed to have a son, all grown up, who still lovingly calls me 'momma'! :)

we had a fabulous dinner at carrabba's italian grill, then afterwards we decided to drive downtown to walk along the beautiful scenic canal in the center of the city.  we were all enjoying the absolute perfect day we had, the warmth of the sunshine, white puffy clouds on a background of blue, the gentle breeze, the geese, and ducks, a few flowers, but more importantly, just being family, together ... especially today, as my husband and I both have lost our parents.  our son also missed seeing his grandmothers.  mother's day was always a big family celebration before we lost them.
it was a joyful, yet bittersweet day.

and sadly, it was coming to a close ... but not before we all decided we had 'walked' up an appetite!  we decided to stop at a small, very authentic mexican restaurant we had not seen before.  we had the tastiest steak tacos on the homemade goodness of warm corn tortillas, topped with fresh cilantro, sweet onion, and a few squeezes of lime ... that's all, and they were the best little one dollar and fifty cent tacos i've ever had!  definitely worthy of another visit ... and soon!  i'm wanting to try their chicken tacos next time! :)

and finally, both my son and daughter-in-law had written in a very beautiful mother's day card ...

meaningful words that made the tears flow, and my heart sing ...

words i will treasure forever

tonight, i'm remembering that special day, and reading those treasured words ...
again, tears come, yet, my heart is singing for the love i feel!

yes, my heart is full, and i am blessed ... it was a very good day!

and last but certainly not least,
here's a peek at part of their sweet and thoughtful 'artsyness' ... if there is such a word! lol!
but seriously, what mother wouldn't love this?!

i would love to hear about your day, as well ...

hope each of you were able to enjoy a 'more than ever special' mother's day, too!

blessings,

deborah

xoxo