This beautiful dragon fly landed in my garden yesterday and landed on a metal trinket. I love this picture. It just makes me smile and think of hot summer days.
Dragon fly picture
FREE Slurpees Today at 7-11
In honor of 7-11’s 84th birthday, they will be giving away FREE 7.11 oz Slurpee drinks, one per customer..
Farmers Markets
Local Farmers Markets are so much fun…Suzanne and I went to the Burien Farmers Market today where we found some great deals on annuals. I spent a total of $26.50 and created all these planters…..
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| Geraniums and Verbena |
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| Marigolds |
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| Petunias (including Wave) |
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| Colieus |
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| Bouquet of Sweet Peas |
I also bought a Jack-Be-Little pumpkin plant and Suzanne bought me the bouquet of sweet peas. It always feels good to know you are supporting local businesses. Click here to find out where the nearest Farmers Market is in your area..
Interesting July facts
This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays.
More interesting 2011 Facts
This year we’re going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that’s not all…
Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born – now add the age you will be this year, the results will be 111 for everyone in whole world.
Thanks youareawarenow
Birdcage Terrarium
While at a cute little gift shop, I saw and fell in love with a birdcage terrarium. Priced at $55, it was way out of my budget, but it got me thinking….I had a birdcage at home, and a bird’s nest. So here is my version of a birdcage terrarium; and I love it. I started with the birdcage I bought at a garage sale and never really knew what to do with. Luckily, the bottom is removable on this cage and that made it easier to assemble. I bought 3 plants: a fern, an asparagus fern and a nerve plant ($2.99 each), plus a clear plastic tray (.99 cents) which I had to cut the upper lip off to get it to fit. I put all three plants (pots and all) in the plastic tray. I have some birds nests on the front porch I use for decoration, so I used one of those and put in a few toasted marshmallow Jelly Bellys as bird eggs. Lastly, I stuck in a small branch of corkscrew willow. Wa – la! A totally cute birdcage terrarium for around $10!.
20% off of your entire purchase at Michael’s
Michael’s has an on-line coupon you can print to get 20% off your entire purchase – including sale items. Expires 7/9/11.
Snapfish .99 cent sale
Now is a great time to get all those graduation, Father’s Day and 4th of July pictures printed. Snapfish is offering 99 prints for .99 cents plus shipping (comes out to 7.5 cents a print). Use promo code JULYPENNY99. Offer expires July 8, 2011..
School supplies on sale – already!
I know it’s only July and it feels like summer just started but it looks like it’s a good time to start your back to school shopping. Fred Meyer has some items on sale this week.
Spiral Notebook, 70 pages – $0.15 cents each
24-pack crayons – $0.25 cents each, limit 4
Eraser – $0.25 cents each, limit 4
100-page composition book – $0.25 cents, limit 4
Elmer’s School glue – $0.33 cents each, limit 3
Thanks for the heads up Queen Bee. It’s so expensive to wait till the weekend before to try to fill that list. I guess I’m showing my age here, but I don’t remember having to buy so much stuff for school when I was growing up.
Mens polos only $4.97 -Penneys
I have to have red polos for work and stock up every time I find them under $5 so I ordered 10. I even got free shipping with Promo code: 4RESTARTValidation Code: 453316804. Buy a couple now and stick them in a gift closet for later.
$3.99 Born in the USA – Springstein
If you are looking for some patriotic music for your 4th of July party, Amazon has Springsteins Born in the USA download for $3.99 Check it out here.