Love Bugs

So you say you don't know WHAT love bugs are? Well aren't you ONE LUCKY (BLESSED) human being? ;) I have NO CLUE WHY they are on the face of the earth! NONE! Nothing could eat the things they are SO BITTER! ughhhhh YES they are bitter! And YES I have tasted them, NOT by choice I can assure you! You know how we have this food chain with the critters? Well I don't know HOW these things fit into the thing because they are of no use whatsoever!!!! EVERYONE hates the things! We have them EVERY spring AND fall! They are out now in droves! And I do mean droves! I will get you a couple pix of them tomorrow because today I have already blown them off the patio and carport.

THEN I thought, ugh, whyyyyyyyyyyyyy didn't I take a pic of these gorgeous things to share on my blog! There was not ONE SPOT you could have stepped on our patio OR carport without stepping on these nasty things!!! NOT ONE! It is totally covered in them. OR should I say, was totally covered with them. It hadn't been but like 15 minutes at max when I blew them off the floor but some of them have made it back AND brought their friends with them! After they mate, I believe the male dies and the females go in the ground and comes back in force in the spring and then later in the fall. They are attracted to white or light colors and you don't dare wear those colors outside because they will wrap you up! And I can not stand anything crawling on me! They will litterly drive you nutz if you have to be outside with them. They also love something about the fumes on a car when it is running. This white car is my daughters, bless her heart! They will ruin your paint job on your car if you leave them on there for long periods of time. You can't even drive anywhere without them getting ALL OVER your windshield! When they dry, you just about have to get Brillo pads to get them off your car and windshield.

You see just inside my back door on the floor? They're that bad or worse EVERY evening. We have the screen door but they come in after the wooden door color , it's a light peach color and then the screen, beige, so it draws them! I had planned on having at least the wooden door itself painted before they came out in the fall but as you can see, I didn't get it done. :(

I have some pix of them I took this evening after I thought about sharing these nice little critters with you folks that don't know what they are. You lucky things! WHYYYYY do us southerners get all the yucky critters? ;)


Here is some info on them if you are really interested in them! Several years ago I read up on them but really don't remember it all now. Trust me when I say, they're not JUST in Florida or Texas!
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN694

http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/uc/uc-009.html

Stay tuned for tomorrows pix of my black carport and patio.

Make it an awesome day! Stay inside away from the love bugs! LOL
Rose

Garage Sale Art Print

When we went to take our niece her birthday present her Grandma, Aunt, and Mom were having a garage sale. I spotted this art print and just had to have it. I LOVE THE SCENE on it! It makes me feel like I am in Gulf Shores Alabama when I see it. I LOVE THAT BEACH! I had NO IDEA, NONE at all where I was going to put it. It does not fit with my deco style at all but I knew if I didn't get it I WOULD BE SO SORRY when I thought of WHERE I could use it to make it fit in. Anyway on the way home I kept looking at the pic and it hit me! OUR BEDROOM!!!! :) My plans were to paint the walls pearl white in there anyway. The print has blue in it, it has a little pink in it AND the white and off white! I have the two spreads that has the blue in them. One of the spreads is white with a light blue background. As some of you know it is chenille. I dearly love chenille spreads. Anyway the other is a darker blue with lighter blue here and there in it. Then I have the off white background spread that has the pink flowers in it that I wanted to also keep because it is SO ME! Anyway as usual I got it for a bargain. I paid 2.00 for it. :) Needless to say I AM A VERY HAPPY CAMPER because I DEARLY LOVVVVVVE this print! It is very large. It doesn't look that large but it's sitting on my sofa and it's over halfway of the sofa. Now I am thinking, airy, beachy theme for my bedroom! LOL I could use some sea shells and also use the idea I saw at Southern Hospitality's blog with the glass vase, crooked sticks and sea shells. Stay tuned, more to come later! LOL

Hannah's Tea Set

Hannah really liked her tea set. She was having a fit over how it was wrapped and just kept on about it. I think she really likes it. She wants her Pawpaw to make her a little cabinet to display it in now.

You can see my daughter in the pic on the other side of the table.

Then there is a pic of my husband, Hannah's grandma, and Hannah's little cousin. Mawma's holding the little cousin. ;)

Everybody came in there to watch her open her presents. She had a fit because she had SO MANY presents.

Tea Set For My Niece

Tomorrow is the day we give our niece her tea set for her birthday present. My daughter and I fixed it all up for her. We wrapped it all in tulle. We're going to let her unwrap it and then we're going to use it to have her a little tea party. We're taking all the goodies.

The little white teapot with the pink flowers will be our centerpiece for our table. As you can see, my daughter put the little demitasse spoons in the bow of tulle. I also got her some linen napkins as well as some clear glass saucers for her dessert plates to go with her little tea set. She's the one I made the little mini cupcake plate stand with the lid for. That's all wrapped up to give her as well.