Cardinal Puzzle

Last week, I finished another puzzle. In the spring, while shopping for groceries (they had puzzles in a small bin) I bought this puzzle of a female and male cardinal. This completed puzzle is beautiful! 

But now that I've finished that puzzle, what to start next?

My options are: a very difficult 1000 piece puzzle my daughter gave me for my birthday, or a diamond art of a male cardinal sitting on a branch in a cherry blossom tree. The decision isn't that hard. I love birds and cherry blossom trees, so I started the diamond art last night. 

A Patch of Shade

I missed International Dog Day yesterday, but it's dog day every day in my household, lol. So, while I may be a day late, I thought's I'd share a photo of my boys.

It's been very humid this week, and sometimes it's too warm to go out after lunch, but on this particular day, the heat was tolerable. I grabbed a book, and the dogs followed me outside. I set my chair in a small patch of shade, and it didn't take long before my boys joined me.