March 26th, 2025: Houston Zoo!
Ro’s favorite animal was the meerkats. And I didn’t get a picture of her with those even though she sat looking at them for a while… And asked to see them one more time before we left. But allll the other animals were close seconds. And we had a great time!!
Celebrated her birthday this week with a trip to Houston!
Dried herbs and spices are so pretty together.
Recent Thrift Finds
Haven’t been thrifting quite as much recently. But picked up these things a couple of weeks ago. Spring feels!
A floral mug that I’ll add to a Spring mug collection. This was either 25 or 50 cents.
A ceramic flower thing. Maybe a soap dish. Would be cute as such for my girl. Might also use as a jewelry dish for my girl. I think this was $1, maybe less.
A framed print of the Eiffel Tower. The print is lovely, but I bought this for the nice wood and glass frame and pretty pink mat. It was $2.
A real unique (at least I think so) and real thick glass bud vase. I just liked it. My dad collected bottles, so I kind of get it honest. 🥰 This was $1.
A large iridescent pink vase. This isn’t vintage. But as soon as I saw it, I thought ZINNIAS! (with exclamation and everything). I might’ve mentioned it before, but when I see inexpensive vases, I’ve been grabbing them so that I can gift a bouquet of homegrown flowers (likely zinnias) in something fun! This was $2.
This makes me smile.
She missed co-op yesterday because of a sore throat, but we brought her home all the activities. She got busy on this one yesterday evening.
💚☘️🌿🌳
Feeling the urge to empty all my kitchen cabinets and purge things and rearrange.
Made applesauce muffins allllll on their own today. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Something little that makes me happy: tiny bowls to soak nasturtium seeds that match the color of each variety. 😍
Didn’t have matching plates to keep them dark. But it’s still fun to see all the color sitting on the counter.
Mourning not getting to spend the day outside because even inside I’ve sneezed probably 70 times.
My cousin and her family came to visit us the past few days. So, we decided to do a swamp tour on the Atchafalaya Basin. Had a(n unexpected) private tour on a really beautiful day!
Saw a mama and baby great horned owls, ospreys, and some gators (still a little chilly for a plethora of gators).
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Today, I finally sowed some seeds. 🎉
Marketmore Cucumbers ✅ Clemson Spineless Okra ✅ Red Burgandy Okra ✅
Yesterday 💛💜💚
Birthday eats from yesterday: crawfish hand pies w/ crispy Brussels + blueberry cream cheese and Biscoff king cake cookies (and @Mtt’s choc chip cookie)
My dad called me earlier this evening and asked if I wanted a goose. 🪿
Louisiana’s “second winter” arrived (“almost, but not quite Spring” will be here next week, though, so it won’t last long), so cat snuggles this morning. Pretzel 🐈 was appreciative.
Some impromptu extra “school” time outdoors this afternoon: Finding tracks and identifying them 🦝 + picking dandelions, etc. and watching a timelapse video of how they morph from bloom to seed.
Cute lil’ hedgey Valentines Ro gave to co-op pals this week. She also made another whole set. And B made his own set with personalized pictures on each one. ❤️
My 5 year old daughter gave my 8 year old son a bag of coffee for Valentine’s Day, and I’m pretty sure B was happier about the coffee than the LEGO we got him (though he appreciated that too).