Time Travel. What happened to March and April?

Is it really May already?

I have all these lovely photos to share from the spring,

and it is nearly summer.

So, we will indulge once again in a little bit of virtual time travel.

 Pink buds, March 2012

 Wild Roses, March 2012

(My Sweet Husband took this one)

 Azalea March 2012

(My Sweet Husband took this one)

Azalea and Bee

(My Sweet Husband took this one) 

Dogwood Blossoms and Gargoyles March 2012 

(My Sweet Husband took this one)

 White Iris after the rain. March 2012

(My Sweet Husband took this one)

 Beautiful patterned Caterpillar. March 2012

(My Sweet Husband took this one)

 Moonlight and Mistletoe. March 2012

Romantic, isn't it?

 Wild Turkeys in the yard. March 2012

(My Sweet Husband took this one)

 Thistle blossom and bee. April 2012

 Our old barn in the spring. April 2012

 Southern Creek. April 2012

 Grumpy old toad in the road. April 2012

 Honeysuckle. April 2012

 Southern woods. April 2012

 The road goes ever on. April 2012

Old oak and old ivy. April 2012.

Strawberry Waffles. April 2012.

I am spoiled!

My old job had me working three 12 hour shifts per week.

The 12 hour shifts frequently turned in to longer ones, but I still only worked three days a week.

My new job (since last November) is five days a week and it requires a serious commute.

So, I have sadly neglected the blog a bit.

One reason that I started this blog, was to encourage myself to find positive things to share on a regular basis. In the process, I have made many wonderful blog friends.

I do not want to give either of those up.

I am going to try to post more often,

my posts might be a little shorter and simpler from time to time.

When I visit your blogs, I will leave more comments.

If I do get a little behind again,

do not worry.

Life is good here at Kat's Corner.

Cheers,

Kat



Southern early morning entertainment.

Early morning, springtime in the Carolinas.

These bloom across from my driveway. 

Our bees are busy once again.

We have a hive of wild bees that share our home.

They have lived here longer than we have (we did evict the mice who were in residence before us, they are not welcome). The bees are nondestructive and as long as you don't swat at them, they will leave you alone. I used to be afraid of bees and my older sisters and brothers probably think I am nuts, but I really don't mind these guys. Wild bees have been having a rough time so we were a little worried when ours seemed to disappear after they swarmed last fall. As you can see, they are back with lots of activity.  

The season's first Magnolia blossom.

This is our view while from the side porch. 

We had tea out here this morning and listened to the cicadas and the birds.

The cicadas are quite friendly. One perched on my Sweet Husbands finger for awhile then complained loudly when he was removed. I videoed a repeat performance for you. Don't forget to turn on the sound.

 Wild roses.

 Springtime gold.

 Snakeskin in a tree.

Bet you did not know the Easter Bunny vacations in the Carolinas after his busy day.

Here he is.

Hope you had a lovely morning too.

Cheers,

Kat

Warm weather critters.

Brrrrrrrrrr.

It is unseasonably cold here at Kat's Corner.

This old antebellum home is warm and cozy but we received approximately four inches of snow last night and today. I know, that may not seam like much, but we just are not used to that sort of thing.

Anyway, to fight the cold, I am posting photos of warm weather creatures.

 Bee

 Bird on a Savannah fountain

 Birds on a wire

 Blue

 Crabby guy

 Dragonfly

 Elk

 Lizard

 Orange and Black

Got any Pecans?

Hope that warms your heart. Which one is your favorite?

Cheers,

Kat

Ten things I like about Summer!

Summer here at Kat's Corner is hot, but this old antebellum was designed for appreciating hot summer days.  Summer won't be here much longer and I like sharing it with you so sit back and have a peak at ten of my summer pleasures.

Walking to the mailbox, early on a summer morning.

Meeting new creatures.

Photographing flowers.

Home grown tomatoes!

Tadpoles and frogs. Watching them and listening to them sing at night.

Roses and Bees!

Dawn at Kat's Corner.

The view from the balcony.

The scent of warm honeysuckle.

Homemade Frosty Frappuchinos.

What are your favorite things about summer?

Kat

Home Sweet

I call my blog Kat's Corner, because it is about my little corner of the world. Our house plays a big role in my life, this particular episode is all about the house. Back in 1983, we lived in a little apartment in Ogden UT. I remember one afternoon we were daydreaming with a "United Farm Catalog" there was a place for sale with an old house that needed work and a couple of acres. It bordered on a National Forest, can you imagine how nice that sounded. There was no way we could afford it at the time and we were getting ready to spend a couple of years moving around with the AF anyway, but it stuck in my head as an ideal. Move the clock forward to 2002. Our couple of years in the AF turned into a career and it was almost time to get out. No more moving every few years.
We must have looked at over a hundred houses, none were quite what we wanted. Then my Sweet one found a house on the Internet. It boarders on Sumter National Forest (no, it wasn't the exact property we looked at all those years ago, this house is much prettier). We hopped into the van and drove up to look at it. The house had been on the market for quite a while and had not been lived in for over a year. The front porch was buckling, the roof was dreadful, and most of the fireplaces were boarded up. The well wasn't even working. We fell in love, good thing too, as this house needed to be Loved!
Between the time we signed the contract and the time we were ready to move in, we went to the bookstore. My Honey was looking at a "Country Living Magazine". He called out, excited, across the store, our house is in here! What! Our house was one of the four houses chosen to appear on their for sale page. (Yes, I still have a copy, two as a matter of fact).
Our house was either built around 1830 by the Reverend James Chiles, according to "Greenwood County A History" by Ann Heard Bowen.

We have replaced the roof, fixed the porch and

repaired the chimneys. As well as a lot of other things. There is always something that needs to be done. It is a big house and it is full of love.
The first photo is of course the house from the front, next "tea on the balcony". Third is a view of the side of the house and fourth is a view from the side. Five is a photo of our bees. see the piece that isn't painted? That is the entrance to their home. If you look close to that you can see some of the bees going in and out.
Six is the summer kitchen and smoke house. Seven is the view from my kitchen window. Eight is part of the back yard. Nine is one of the newest members of the family, this lion is part of a pair that recently moved

onto the front porch. Ten is a fresh batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies just waiting to be cut and enjoyed. They were very good. I am afraid they are gone now. Eleven, last but not least is an old canning jar that appears to have something in it. Could be almost anything. It isn't a firefly, they are not that bright in the daylight. (I might have had a little help from photoshop to put it in their.)

Now it is time to motivate. My day is rapidly escaping. See you soon.