It's been a while...

Right. Well, it's been a good while since I last blogged.

And now I feel like I don't know how to begin again.

Basically I got a cold and have been in bed/resting/sneezing/and coughing quite a bit. And schools almost out so I have been finishing up papers and projects.
I've finally finished all of that now, and only have finals left. I'm feeling much better now.

I've pretty much had the blues this past semester as none of my classes were fun or engaging with mean teachers to boot. :(

I only have a couple of days left and so I finally can breathe easier. It was weird not blogging, I kept thinking about it but had trouble knowing where to start again....so I feel like I need to introduce myself again so we can just start all over... :)

I'll start first.

Um... Hi. Hello. I'm Callie. Nice to meet you.
What's your name?

These pictures were taken a few weekends ago after a thunderstorm in my neighborhood and backyard.

The rollie pollies were everywhere!
Drip drop


Anyone know what kind of plant the one is above? I'd like to know. It is growing like crazy in our yard.


This whole area is usually dried up but was a raging river after the rain.


This song by The Carpenters describes what I have been feeling like, although I do actually love rainy days.

I'll be posting some more in order to play catch up as it were and have somethings I can't wait to show you!

See you soon, Callie

the magical bean

Chocolate Carmel Tarts + Lemon Tree

I made these Chocolate Carmel tarts from the book Chocolate & Zucchini... and boy they were good, really good in a dense chocolaty deliciousness kind of way!

They sure didn't last long.

And I have been seeing lost of inspiring photos of people's feet and knew I wanted to try it too.

These are my favorite socks!

My mom just recently got a lemon tree.

I had no idea that these plants smell so good.

I have to keep sniffing and sniffing every time I walk by it.

Some little lemons are already growing.

Pretty soon I'll be able to make my own lemonade!

Have a great weekend!

XOXO, Callie the magical bean

I can't think of a proper name for this post...

Somethings I saw this week...

THE SUN!!

Finally!

It seemed like it was forever since it was a sunny day and lo and behold yesterday it was :),

Plants starting to bloom,

Schatzi's quizzical face,

Werner mooching it up,

Ranger looking at me with his amber eyes,

A random succulent plant growing in our yard,

A dragon snoozing in the leaves,

A gargoyle with a slight nose injury playing hide and go seek,

And here they all are, all the gargoyles that is, watching me take photos. What did you all see this week?

Have a happy Friday!

XOXO, Callie