Cutie Shoes

I took my son to a shoe store to look for his shoes, but got really distracted with baby girl shoes on display though. While my son fussed over what shoes he wanted, I pulled out my camera, and set up my shots.


The whimsical designs and colors in these shoes were just too beautiful to pass up. My mind was fixed on Miss Trinity the whole time I saw these cuties pink shoes, knowing how much she loves pink color.


You have to agree that this shoe in the picture above is gorgeous. Girls seem to get all the cute stuffs such as clothes, hair accessories, purses, and jewelries, besides shoes. It is always so much fun to buy anything for girls than boys.


Even with this gym shoe, it was nice to see dashes of pink color incorporated on them. All of these shoes were on clearance, and I wanted to pick them up for Trinity, but the shipping would be twice the amount of the purchase price.


When everything was done, my son walked out of the store with his new shoes, and I had my pictures for my Pink Saturday. I hope you enjoy looking at these cutie shoes, and Trinity if you're looking at these, tell me which one you like best.

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View of a Bridge

After all the troubles that I had this week, I am happy to say that it's over. My car is fixed, and my computer is fixed. Everything is back in order!

However, my computer was wiped clean, and lucky me I had transferred all my pictures to a flash drive, plus I uploaded these pictures last week onto my blog. Therefore, I didn't have to locate my photos for now.


These photos were taken at Belle Isle, an Island where I like to spend time when the weather is warmer. There are many ponds like this one, with different bridges and colors. You can see the red bridge here.


This part of Belle Isle is on the main road of the island, and we often stop to feed the ducks and the geese here. It is right across from the Detroit River. If you look closely, you can see that there was a man on the bridge, but you can actually see his reflection in the water better.


Here is a close-up of that corner by the bridge with only the reflection of the tree. During this cold weather, this is a nice scene to see, especially me! I'm a bit fidgeted now and need to get back to the island.

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It's that time to stalk the supermarket again for flowers, and today I'm bringing you day lilies in many different colors.

This week has not been a good one for me! On Monday, my car died, and I had to spend the day looking for service. Snow was up to my knees. (Well, I'm short so it doesn't take much to reach!)


After the car was fixed, and over a hundred dollars later, I was all wound up! So I spent some time unwind at the supermarket taking pictures, and looking at beautiful flowers to get my mind off things.


I don't know where the supermarket gets their flowers, but they have quite a display of different colors day lilies. For a while, I was free in my mind and just enjoyed these beautiful flowers.


I went home, got on my laptop trying to catch up with posting, commenting, and checking emails. Half an hour later, my laptop died! I tried all day reviving it, and followed prompt after prompt, but it wouldn't start up...


I'm now working on this post from my dinosaur computer, and realize I have extremely low patience to wait. It took most of the evening uploading the pictures, and to open a new window!


After I'm posting this, I will have to take my laptop in for check up, and hopefully nothing is serious wrong with it. God willing, I will be back with it in good condition.

In the meantime, enjoy your day, and when things settle down I will visit you ASAP!

Two Colors Sun Flowers

It is time to show my summer sun flowers, and they were in this deeper tone of red colors. When picking up a bag of sun flower seeds last summer in a variety mixed, I was so excited to see if they would grow.

JoJo did a sun flower project for school two years ago, and he loved to repeat this gardening part in the summer. I didn't know there were different colors of sun flowers besides yellow, so we were more than happy to grow these ones.


After looking at these sun flowers, we talk about buying different variety of colors to grow this coming summer. Our soil seems to be fertile for sun flowers, irises and cone flowers. They thrive to be their best.


This is the little flower head, all wrapped up, and young. If you have followed my blog a while, you know that I like to record the stages of growing.


From the little head, it slowly opened up into this little flower. The color was just fabulous in deep red with a touch of yellow at the tip of the petals.


As the sun flower grew bigger, the color even turned deeper, and the yellow seemed to be disappeared from the petals, but you could still see the yellow color on the back of the petals though.

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Kalanchoe

The flower below is called kalanchoe, and it is an ornamental houseplant. Some are shrubs or perennial plants, and some are annual or biennial.

The kalanchoe plants come in many different colors such as white, orange, purple, red, and of course pink. The flowers last for months. They are a popular indoor plant, and generally grow from 2 to 4 inches tall with 2 to 4 inches in diameter.


Kalanchoe doesn't require too much sun or too much water, thus it is an easy indoor plant to care for. You only need to water once a week, and the greatest benefit is the bloom will last for a long time if it has great drainage.


At this time of the year, I saw these flowers at many local supermarkets. They are so cheerful with their beautiful colors, and inexpensive too. These kalanchoe plants are perfect for my house and my forgetfulness to water.


I picked up this pot of flowers for less than five dollars, but I enjoy looking at the blooms every day. The petals and the green foliage are very sturdy. I love flowers that last!

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Caught in A View

The reflection in this office building was spectacular, and I couldn't stop myself from trying to capture them. The light was perfect on that day, and the view was vivid at every corner.


Now, if you were walking behind me, you would think that I was crazy, literally! I talked to myself, I walked around the building looking for angles, and I went back and forth like a dog chasing its tail...


I just couldn't believe how beautiful it was. Simple view, wasn't it? But to be able to see the view in a totally different feeling and thought was just amazing. As I snapped these pictures, a lady walked out of the building, and she gave me a suspicious look as if my camera was some kind of a threat.


I thought the lady would call security on me, because she checked me from top to bottom. You know, she gave me "one of those looks"! All I wanted to say to her was "Don't you see how beautiful this view is", but deep down inside I enjoyed my "weird behavior", and watching her confused expressions was just priceless!

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Home Remedies For Minor Ailments

I have been collecting home remedy tips and advices for common ailments since I like natural ways of dealing with these illnesses, rather than popping the over the counter pills. Today, I will share these home remedies with you, because I've tested and they work wonder.

Common Cold

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If your child suffers stuffy nose or an irritating cough, rub his chest, his neck, and a bit behind the ears to help release congestion. You can buy Vapor Rub, or any balm that is made from eucalyptus or mint, at your local store. The rub breaks down the phlegm in the nose and chest.

Another trick I use when my son has the common cold is I rub the bottom of his feet, and have him wear socks to go to bed. It seems to quiet down the cough, and helps him have a good night sleep.

Upset Stomach

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Purchase some ginger root, clean it, slice it into small pieces, and boil it in a pot of water. Drinking ginger tea warms the body, and settles the digestive tract. You can add a squeeze of lemon, and a tea spoon of honey if you don't like the ginger taste.

You can find other remedies from this article, Natural Herbs and Foods to Help Upset Stomach.

Achy Muscles

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Add 2 cups of Epsom salt to a warm water bath, and relax for 15 minutes. The magnesium contains in the salt can reduce the inflammation and soothes the pain. Epsom salt has an electrolyte that helps the muscles, nerve and enzyme functions.

Sore Throat

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Mix 1 teaspoon of table salt in an 8 oz glass of warm water, and gargle for at least 1-2 minutes every few hours. If your pain lasts more than 2 days, time to see your doctor.

Allergies

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It seems as though we all have some types of mild allergies, and this simple trick can ease the irritation. Purchase an inexpensive saline nasal spray and give your nose a quick spritz 2-3 times a day. The saline spray clears up your nasal passage and break up dry mucus. If you have serious allergies, you should be seen by your doctor.

Do you have any family remedies that you use to treat minor ailments? Share your with us!

Heart Plates

Although Valentine's Day was yesterday, I save these mosaics for today. These were beautiful heart shape plates that I saw in the supermarket. I like colors and I like the designs on them.


I usually didn't pay attention to these types of decorations, but while looking for small presents for my children, I saw them on the shelf, and like the whimsical look on these plates.


I like these beautiful red heart shape plates, and that champagne glass. It is too bad that we only use these for Valentine. Nurture your loving relationship with your beloved every day, and have a great week ahead.

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