August 28, 2009

• Beads and flowers.

  I took Nature Boy shoe shopping yesterday...It was sort of a frustrating trip.  We found him sneakers for gym, which he needed.  We did not find him every day school shoes despite stopping at a handful of stores.  We were looking for Crocs...I will have to order some online, I guess.

  However, we were in the part of town that has a bead store and as you know I've been a bit beady lately!   So, we popped in the store so I could pick up some beads.  I have quite a collection of earrings as you saw, but have some color gaps in it and wanted to get beads in some specific colors.  I like going to the bead store and looking through the individual beads, however, I find the owner to rub me the wrong way.  It is not the first time I have been in there and felt that way either. <sigh>  It will limit my visits to the store for sure!

  Anyway, I was able to put together a few more pairs of earrings.

  

  I must say, I love, love, love the lollipop earrings on the top.  That bead is not only beautiful, but it makes me think of those small flat round lollipops....Fun!

  The green stars have some different ear wires.  As you know, I can wear titanium, but due to an allergy can't wear anything else metal.  I had read about niobium, another supposedly super-hypo-allergenic metal.  Well, this bead store had some niobium ear wires, so I bought a pair to try.  It will be clear very quickly if they are truly hypoallergenic.

  Now...as to flowers....This one's for you Berry.  It's a picture of one of my gladioli...I am getting a few blossoms this year and am really enjoying them!

  

  I must report that though it is still August and technically summer and we are even enjoying the fruits of summer...flowers, tomatoes, potatoes, etc.  We are having fall weather here and are kinda feeling chilly.  There were even frost warnings for some areas last night! Frost! In August?! Yikes. 

  How is it you always refer to our area, Fibermom? The Frozen North?  It is feeling like it here this morning. Luckily, it was still "mild" here last night, our temps appear to have stayed in the 40's.

   

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