It's National Scrapbook Day!

Spring has kept us busy as bees trying to get dirt tilled for planting seeds, plants and flowers. I had ordered three ‘Navajo’ thornless blackberry bushes back in February. They arrived Thursday afternoon. And wouldn’t ya’ know it – we’re not ready. The price we’re paying – constant rain expected through Sunday with scattered showers through Tuesday! Dwayne will be back at work by then. No tilling until Friday! So – the new bushes get to sit down in the basement wrapped in their packaging and kept moist until then. But we did manage to get the chance to drive to Maryville and pickup a few other things. We came home with 300 pounds of soil conditioner and 50 pounds of potting soil. We picked up some Trailing Blue Daze plants and Geraniums to go under the peach trees. The Geraniums are a really pretty pink – a little more than a Salmon pink. We finally found our Jalapeno plants – nine of those puppies are going into the ground! I wasn’t able to find my Pineapple Sage – but I DID come home with an Elfyn Thyme! It’s just too cute! It’s a tiny creeping variety of thyme that can be used as a groundcover and tough enough to be walked on. And the biggest surprise we got to come home with was – the Nightblooming Jasmine plant that I wanted to order! We found one at Out of Eden in Maryville! I had one of these plants when I lived in Manteca. Absolutely loved it! The whole neighborhood enjoyed that beauty! Even had a garbage man ask me what that wonderful smell was that he could smell all the way down the block! That one will be going into a giant pot that we’ll be setting in the middle of the flowerbed by the barn. It will have to be brought into the basement during winter for this zone. This weekend is National Scrapbooking Day! Since we’re stuck in the house because of all the rain – why not get into a little catching up on some digital scrapbooking! Here is a two-page layout I’ve done this morning. Brit managed to get photos posted that were taken recently so I could snag ‘em for scrapbooking! Britni and her Uncle Terry are two of a kind! I knew she'd be the FFA stinker from the time she was six-years-old! She is so much like her uncle! She even gets that "what trouble can I get into next" grin on her face just like Terry! When the eyes light up in sync - LOOK OUT! Don't forget - you can click on the photos to see a larger view! Journaling on Page 1 - "You can't put anything past Britni and her Uncle Terry! Both are the two wild rednecks in the family. But they have the biggest hearts a sould could ever possess!" Word Art on Page 2 – "Dream as if you will live forever... Live as if you will die today." ~ James Dean You can't see the little diddy she has put on the back window of her pickup truck. But it says, "Keep Honkin', Buddy.... I'm reloading." THAT would be my kid! From Vickey Morriesey’s Word Art - "Not Just Graduation" Kit – "Beautiful Blossoms - Sunflowers" 12 x 12 Quickpage Set created by Vickey Morrisey at Scrapbook Elements I was so anxious to get pages done for these photos that I kinda cheated by using Vickey's Quickpage set. But - I'm going back later today to purchase the entire kit! This is a really beautiful kit just in time for the spring season - especially when you're a gardener! And all the deals are sweet today, since it's National Scrapbooking Day!