Outdoor Wednesday ... Yellow River Game Ranch

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A Southern Daydreamer

Graciously Hosted by: Susan

Thank You Susan.

Stop by and see all those participating today.

Yellow River Game Ranch

As most of you know..

My family loves wildlife and the outdoors.

Last summer we took a group

of youth from our church on an outing to visit the

Yellow River Game Ranch

located near Stone Mountain.

Yellow River is home to Georgia's

most famous Ground Hog

General Beau Lee

Georgia’s Official Weather Prognosticator

We weren't lucky enough

to see Beau on this trip..

But I did get a shot of his fancy

white columned Southern mansion.

As you enter the ranch
you're greeted by these beautiful
hungry creatures.
The Ranch has strict rules about
what foods can be brought in from outside..
Nothing but carrots, apples, crackers, celery,
and peanuts.

All animlas along the 1 mile trail are
people friendly...
Here's Ashley and Jayden
petting a gentle young buck.

Jayden even got a couple of nose kisses..

Ashley literally has this big buck eating

out of her hand.

As you can see this is one of the animals that came

to the ranch wounded..

He's looking great and healthy.

Billy the Goat..

Original huh lol.

This guy was a hoot.

He was a lil trickster.

Black Bears...

I think these guys escaped from a

circus somewhere..

They were regular lil performers.

They were doing flips and handstands

for treats.

Just one of the hundreds of beautiful

roosters running around.

A Squirrel enjoying a peanut..

As soon as he finished

he'd run back down the tree..

and grab another.





Another beautiful young buck.
I think he was laughing at me..
I was looking like a hot mess
after walking the 24 acres
in the July Georgia heat.





But it was all worth it..
What's a lil sweat when
you can see and touch these
wonderful creatures
that God has graciously blessed us with.





Big Daddy Jeff
enjoying this Big Daddy Buck.
I think this one was his favorite.





I hope you enjoyed our lil outing..
It was an experience that we
will never forget and we've
vowed to make this an annual
event for our family.


Thank You For Visiting

Have A Blessed Day,

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Show & Tell Friday ... Heidi Ott Dolls

Welcome to Show & Tell Friday

Hosted by: Kelli

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There is no place like home

Be sure to stop by Kelli's and see

all the great things being shown today.

Ashley's Heidi Ott Dolls

Today I wanted to share with you a

few dolls from Ashley's doll collection.

These were a gift to Ashley from my Dad

when she was around 3 years old.

They are all Heidi Ott dolls

and are part of the Faithful Friends &

Best Friends Collection.

This one is my favorite..

just look at those eyes.

They are similar in many ways to
The American Girl series..
They too have their adventurous
tales of 1890 told through a
series of books written by: Sharla Whalen

We have a lot of wonderful memories
from these beauties.
They shared many tea parties..
sleep overs, fashion shows and
beauty parlor makeovers with Ashley.


Ashley is getting a bedroom makeover..
transition from preteen to junior teen.
As I packed these dolls away earlier
I admit I was a bit sad.

I just knew .. like so many
of the other "little kidish" things she didn't want around
any longer, that she'd tell me to give them to goodwill as well.
Imagine my surprise when she asked if there was room in
the attic to keep them for her to have when
she moves out.
I quickly ran upstairs grabbed their boxes
retagged them .. quickly took a few pics
then lovingly packed them
securely away..
hopefully for the next 10 years.

Thank you for joining me for
my addition to this weeks Show & Tell..
Don't forget to head back to Kelli's
for more wonderful treats.

Thank You For Visiting

Have A Blessed Day,

Thank You..

A Special Thank You To All...

I wanted to Thank

each and everyone of you

for your prayers for the Eldredge family,

and thank those

of you that have stopped by

The Eldredge Family blog

to express your condolences.

I know they will be so appreciative of all

the prayers and kindness shown by each of you.

I am so proud to be amongst you all..

and so blessed to be your friend.

To those who have left comments that

have been unanswered .. please forgive me I promise

tomorrow I will spend all day catching up on responding

and welcoming all new followers from the UBP.

I really do cherish each and every

comment and appreciate

each one of you that took the time to leave them.

The Ulitimate Blog Party kinda

overwhelmed me and

I was so unprepared for the responses I got

from it.

So .. once again

Thank YOU Thank YOU

Thank YOU

God Bless,

Outdoor Wednesday .. Hummingbird Festival

It's Outdoor Wednesday

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A Southern Daydreamer

Hosted By: Susan

Be Sure to stop by Susan's to

see all the folks participating today.

Since April is just around the corner ..

I wanted to share with Y'all

what we're in the process of preparing for

around our yard.

Hummingbirds

Over the last few years we've been trying to

attract hummingbirds to our yard.

I hung the lil liquid feeders and soon we had a couple

of regulars that started feeding.

Although we were happy with the few we had

I wanted more!

A friend suggested we go to

The Hummingbird Festival

to get more information about them.

Each year in Covington

The Georgia Hummers

host a festival to educate

the public about hummingbird conservation,

feeding hummingbirds, and how to improve

landscaping to attract hummingbirds.

The Festival is held at Gaither's Plantation
here in Covington and they have a
Hummingbird garden set up there,
and by the time the festival comes around
they have hundreds of hummingbirds feasting
on the beautiful plants and feeders.
Members of the Georgia Hummers study group
capture the hummingbirds for banding.
Banding them helps in their study of
migration pathways and they get a
lil health check up as well.

After they are checked out and banded
comes the exciting part..
They pick names out of a pot to
see who gets to release the lil
hummers back into the open.




We bought 5 tickets .. and
put my name on 2 and
Ashley's on the other 3.
She was the lucky one..



Ashley got to release 3 different ones.
2 females & 1 male.
I was so jealous!
Most of them take flight within about
30 seconds.. but
This next picture is of one that she
got to hold for about 3 minutes..
it just stayed and stayed
and got even more jealous!



I didn't pout too long..
How could I ?
Just look at that big ole smile
filled with all that joy.




Thank You Susan for hosting
today's event.. and Thank You
for taking the time to visit my contribution
to today's Outdoor Wednesday.
Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll
have pictures of my very own
flock of Hummers.



Thank You For Visiting

Have A Blessed Day,

Three or More Tuesday .. Daffodils

Welcome to Three or More Tuesday

Hosted by: Tam

@

The Gypsy's Corner

These Daffodils took a beating a few

weeks ago from the unusual snow fall

we had here in Georgia..

Not only did these 3 survive..

All of these made it as well!

Aren't they beautiful!

This is the walkway leading up to my

front porch.

I had to use the flash .. but you should

see how beautiful they are with the

soft glow of the solar lights on em.

Be sure to stop by and visit Tam

and all of the others

participating today.
Click the picture below to

go directly to The Gypsy's Corner.

Thank You For Visiting

Have A Blessed Day,

Show and Tell Friday ... Indian Watching Over Camp

It's Friday and that means it's time for

Show & Tell

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There is no place like home...

Be sure to stop by Kelli's to view what

others are showing today.

Indian Watching Over Camp..
Today I'm showing another painting done by

my talented Mother.

When she first finished this painting there wasn't a

tree in front of the Indian watching guard over the camp.

Even though I thought it was perfect ..

she wasn't happy with how his face looked,

so she stuck a tree in to make him appear to

be hiding and to hide her dislike of his face.

The Frame is another frame made by

my Grandfather...

This particular frame is probably my

most favorite of all the ones I have that he made.

I love the lil marks .. it makes me

think of old wood with termite trails.

Normally this one hangs in my office..

but with our remodeling and all

the new colors and themes we have

chosen .. this painting doesn't fit in any longer.

So I'm safely packing it away to save for Ashley.

This next painting is one that I picked up

last year at a yard sale for $2.00.

I love the painting but I'm not fond

of the frame color.


So I'd like your help and advise on this one..

I want to hang this one in my office here at home,

and I'm not quite sure what color to redo the frame.

The wall color is that which is on the wall behind

the painting and my new color theme is

below.
I was thinking of using a dark brown base

with a beige top coat and give it a crackle finish.

Do you think that'd be too much with the details

in the frame, or take away from the focus of the painting?

Tell me what cha think..

I'd love to hear y'alls opinions!

Thank You for stopping by and for leaving your

comments.

I can't wait to see what everyone has to offer.

Thank You For Visiting

Have A Blessed Day,

Ultimate Blog Party 2009 ... Meet New Friends

Time To Get The Party Started..

What's This Party?

5 Minutes for Mom's is hosting this
Ultimate Blog Party.
This is their 3rd year hosting with
over 1500 bloggers participating last year.





Hello Everyone... WELCOME!
I'm so excited to be joining in on all the fun at
The Ultimate Blog Party 2009
hosted by 5 Minutes For Mom.


What a great opportunity to get acquainted
with new people and find others
who share our same interests.
The Party starts today March 20th
and will run until March 27th
so there's plenty of time to get in on all the fun..

Oh Yeah I almost forgot ..

There are PRIZES!!

Yes Prizes.. being awarded all over the place .. so
Be sure to stop by and join in on this fun event.






A lil about me:

My name is Debbie
and today is my 5 month Blog anniversary.
*tossing confetti*
To learn more "about me"
check it out .. sidebar right over here --->
I'm still fairly new to Blogland and I've found that
the most important thing I've learned here is
there are so many wonderful people.
I have found many wonderful friendships
and I am very grateful for each and every one of them.
I've been so blessed to have connected
with each of them in so many different ways
whether it was by laughter, tears, prayer, or inspiration
each and everyone has made an impact.



Why the name Jadehollow...

People have asked about my Blog title..
well it's a combo of 2 important things in my life ..
My Family & My Home.

J - Jeff , My Husband
A- Ashley, Our Daughter
D- Debbie, That's Me
E- E *Our Last Name*
Hollow- The name of the Street we live on.
Voila.. Jadehollow


Blog Events I love participating in:
Stop by and check these ladies out..
It's always a blast.



Metamorphosis Monday
Hosted by Susan @ Between Naps On the Porch

Three or More Tuesday
Hosted by Tam @ The Gypsy's Corner

Outdoor Wednesday
Hosted by Susan @ A Southern Daydreamer

Show & Tell Friday
Hosted by Kelli @ There is no place like home

I'm so glad you stopped by!

I hope you visit again very soon!

Don't forget to click back over to

5 Minutes for Mom

and get to finding new friends..

and get your name in for some of those prizes!

There are so many awesome prizes to be won

at this year’s Ultimate Blog Party

Here's just a small sample

of the hundreds of prizes

being given away,

and of course my top 3 picks are:

#19 — $50 gift certificate to Target Stores

Provided by: Shoot-Me-Now

#22 — $50 gift certificate to Target Stores

Provided by: Beginner Baby Blog

#89 — $100 gift card to HomeGoods

Provided by: HG Openhouse

And if my top three picks are already chosen,

I’d love any of the following prizes...

26, 51, 60, 68, 91.

Thank You For Visiting

Have A Blessed Day,

Spring Fluffing Party ..

Welcome to

Spring Fluffing Blog Party

Hosted by:

Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality

Thank You Rhoda for hosting this fun

and exciting event.

Be Sure To Stop By

Southern Hospitality

And Check Out All The Beautiful Spring

Decorations Everyone is Showing Today.

Spring is in the air here in
My lil Georgia Home...

My Newest & Favorite Spring Decoration..
The Rabbit Lamp

For more details about The Rabbit Lamp

Click HERE I Got An Awesome Deal at Lowe's.

I paired it with a small birds nest that I

found at a local floral supply store.

They were only a $1.00 so I bought quite a few..

I'll be changing out the eggs and

adding my own special touch to them later.

This table is in my foyer and I've changed
it several times..
This is what it currently looks like.

A lil touch of Easter to my Kitchen window view.

This was the before of the table
in my foyer .. was a bit too crowded.




Another Before Shot:
Around the corner down the hallway ..
A Small whitewashed stand with
Pink Lauren Trace Bunny.

She's a bit worn at 25 years old but still
beautiful!
I'll have to try out Rhoda's modeling clay trick on her.

After:
Antique Family Heirloom Green Churn
filled with Forsythia.
The Cross is one of 3 I purchased at Kirklands
last year for my outdoor gardens.. but after
one got broken in a storm I moved the other 2 inside.

Found Bunny a new home
in front of this beautiful piece.
I haven't a clue what it's called
it reminds me of a greenhouse and
normally I have a set of candles in it ..
but replaced those with another birds nest with
a beautifully colored green, blue and yellow bird.

Used one of Ashley's left over Easter baskets
and filled it with Forsythia & Daisies.

Last night as I was getting my pictures together
for this post I noticed
this beautiful glow down the darkened hallway..
Ashley had forgotten to turn the lights off
in her bathroom.. which for once I'm glad she did.
Because I would have missed this glorious sight..
A beam of light glowing
perfectly on the Forsythia.

Thank you for stopping by to visit my

spring fluff..

Now head on back over to Rhoda's

and see all the other fluffing going on.

Have A Blessed Day,

Big Hugs...