Flower Day

Awwww summer planting…I love it.
I am not good with what plants or flowers grow good in which areas.
I think I have inherited my mother's black thumb.
I remember when HGTV had garden shows on Saturday morning. I would sit down with my little note book and watch Mark Cullen and take notes.
Then Wayne my little girls and I would go outside and we would get to work on our yard.
I have to say I think I was better at the hard labour than I was with keeping my plants alive ;)

If you remember from last year this post here, I redid my whole front flower bed, by "little ol' me" pulling out the large cedar bush, and replanting.
I planted a few flowers in here this year, but am rethinking my flower bed again.
I planted some Hosta's in here last night, but they are not doing so well, they are so so tiny.
Then I look across the street at my neighbour's Hosta's and they are gigantic.
I think I need a professional gardener, lol.

Oh and look at this little fella.
I am not looking forward to seeing more, but I hear they are on their way.
This is an Army Worm or Tent Caterpillar.
We have had them before and they will clean out a forest of their leaves in no time.
I remember you could actually hear them crunching on the leaves as there were so many of them.
When driving on the highway, it looked like the highway was moving, but it were these guys marching across the highway.
It was gross.

 I don't want to leave you with that thought in your head, so I will share the beautiful Lilacs Kristy picked for me.
She knows I love the smell and look of these beautiful blooms, so she picked me some.
My living room smells so nice :)

Debbie and I don't walk on Thursday's or Fridays, so Kristy and I went for a short walk tonight.
Kristy knows I am having fun with this Map my Walk app, so she said we can't retrace our steps.
My phone died (story of my life) so I am not sure how accurate tonights walk was.
But I did enjoy walking with my Kristy :)

Hope you had a Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Maleficent with friends

I would highly recommend this movie!
Even though I am not a huge fan of 3D movies, this one was great.

Tonight we finally celebrated Denise's birthday with a dinner out and this movie.
We thought we were being funny and kept our 3D glasses on ;)
We decided to go to a Chinese restaurant for dinner, but when we got there, it was closed..and only closed today.
So we ended up at the Port Arthur Curling club. I have never been there, but I have to say, they had the best Chinese food I have ever had. It wasn't greasy and so tasty.

Debbie and I didn't get our walk in tonight. She had plans, and then I had plans.
But that didn't stop me from going for a walk :)
As short as it was.
5.9 Km is 3.6 miles.
I love to see the maps on this app (Map my Walk), it is so fun to see where I have walked.
Today I just stayed in my neighbourhood.

Hope you all had a Creative day :)

Tracy :)

Butterfly & Vintage Criss Cross cards

I forgot to share these criss cross cards I had made last week.
I made them to go with my swap, did a video, but didn't want to share them until the recipients received them, then forgot to post.

I just love this paper, isn't it just so pretty.
Because this paper is so pretty, I didn't want to cover it up.
So I punched a couple of butterflies out of blue card stock.
I then added some dew drops (I think that is what they are called) to the bodies of the butterflies.
I love how they pick up the colours of the paper beneath them and magnify it.

This card is for a swap I was in with a gentleman. So because of this, I kept it simple.
I used some Tim Holtz papers as they are great for masculine or vintage cards.
I used a veneer typewriter which I inked with distress ink.
I then stamped on this tiny piece of paper and fed it through the opening of the typewriter.

Yup, you read that right, I did a video with a bit more detail on these cards :)
If you want to watch this on my YouTube channel, just click on the link "Tracy's Treasures24"
My friend Debbie and I did a good walk today :)
We did a second lap around the golf course tonight.
It was a bit warm out tonight, but we had a great 2 hour walk…we even did a bit of jogging. When I say a bit..I mean a bit, lol.

Keep Creative my friends :)

Tracy :)

Step my Walk ;)

Day 3 of our training for our 1/2 marathon :)
Tonights walk was around Boulevard Lake :)
Isn't this just a beautiful view behind Debbie and I :)

Here is the view around the lake.

Gorgeous isn't it :)

There were quite a few people out tonight going for a walk.

I have never thought of myself as competitive, but when someone walking ahead of us, I would tell Debbie…"we can catch up to them and pass them", lol
And we did ;)
I remember doing this a few years ago when I would walk by myself.
Funny as I think this is the only thing I am competitive with.
Here was our route tonight.
We just took a short one tonight. 5.62 km's (3.5 miles)

Here we were before our walk yesterday :)
I don't realize how short I am, until I take these selfies with my friends, teehee.

And here is what we saw on our walk yesterday :)
We walked the pathways and then around the golf course and back.
This cutie just walked past us.
Why did the deer cross the road….to get to the better greens ;)
Get it…we were on a golf course….well I thought it was clever ;)

Debbie and I have been using the app. Map my Walk.
Just as we were to compare stats, my phone died.
I went home to recharge it.
I thought it was funny that it still Mapped my drive, lol.
We walked 10.69 km's (6.64 miles) not the 18.32 km's it states on my stats.

I hope you have a Creative Day :)

Tracy :)