Pennsauken, NJ Show April 5 &6

We have enjoyed being home for two weekends and now we're looking forward to the show this weekend in Pennsauken, NJ. You can get the details about this show on our website www.stamplajolla.com. We will have some new stamps at this show that we haven't added to our website yet. They are literally "hot off the press!" If you live in the area, we hope to see you. Please stop by our booth and say hi..we'd love to meet you.

And now the Rain...

March has definitely been the month for weather in central Ohio. I loved the snowstorm and we were thankful that the weather cleared up for our trip to Rockford, IL last weekend, but once we got home on Monday, it started raining and it rained buckets until early this morning. Lots of rain! Way too much rain!

There is a very large farm field behind our house and beyond the field there is a creek about 1/2 mile away from us. We have never seen the creek from our house before, but you can see how far out of its banks it is and we can see it from our house, even though we're still pretty far away from it, and we are not in any danger of it rising to the level of our house. There are many people in evacuation centers who have lost everything or nearly everything. It's just hard to explain how much water there is everywhere.

Today, we had to run some errands and we took some pictures while we were out. This is the same creek that runs behind us...usually it is a small creek and flows between the tree lines. It has gone way past its banks and has flooded everything around it. Fortunately, we didn't see any homes in immediate danger.

This water is moving rapidly, too.

Many streets around us are closed, because the water is flowing right over them.

This farm is just down the road from us.
It is right beside the creek.
I guess they're not getting out and nobody's getting in.

You can really tell how high the water is from the pictures of their fence.

Today the sun was out but the water continued to rise because there is just so much of it. The forecast for tomorrow evening is rain and it is supposed to rain all night and into Saturday. Easter Sunday the high will be 39 with some snow possible. It will be colder on Easter than it was for Christmas. Strange!

Home from Rockford, IL

We had a great time in Rockford, IL at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour show this weekend.

Rhonda did our Make and Take table on Saturday.
The Twinkling H2Os and the Sugar Dust are so much fun to play with.

This was the beautiful sunrise we saw from our motel room in Rockford.

When we were driving through Chicago on I-90
Sunday afternoon we saw this incredible church.
It has angels along the roof line all the way around the building.
I want to stop and take lots of pictures next time we go that way.

The Chicago skyline.

Our favorite sign!
It means we're almost home.

New Display Cards from Awna

Awna Stark sent me these great cards she made using our stamps. She is an incredible artist and I love her work. Can you tell she loves the Hula Bunnies? You can find all of these stamps on our website www.stamplajolla.com

You can click on any of these images to see them larger.

Shave, No Haircut

Accent Flower
You Can Never be Late

No Bow Manifesto
What? When?
Exquisite

Bad Bunny Day
What? When?

Wet Hare
Danger! Wet Hare!

Convention, I am Done
Don't Even Think About It!

The Morning After the Storm

Today all is calm, quiet and beautiful. The sun is out and the snow is glistening. It looks like a postcard. Nearly all of the churches in the Columbus area have canceled services and no one is out and about. It's a great day to stay inside and sit in front of the fireplace.
It's probably the deepest snow I'll ever see, since the record that was broken was from 1910, and we had 33% more snow than they did then. I love the snow. Maybe again next year...

The Blizzard of '08

On the news they're calling it "The Blizzard of '08" and what a wild couple of days it has been. Columbus officially received 20.4 inches of snow and we got very close to that amount. It just snowed and snowed and the wind was strong. It broke the old record from 1978 of 15.3 inches. The airports have been closed today in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.

We've lived here for three years and haven't had a real snowstorm until this one. We were fortunate to be able to stay inside and not have to go anywhere, so we loved it.

I guess it wouldn't be a great day for a bar-b-que.

The table and chairs may have cooled everything too quickly.

This picture just looks cold to me.
.I went out on the deck to get a picture of Riley in the snow and found out just how deep the snow was.

Riley does love the snow.

JP's like a kid when it snows. He can't wait to get on his "Deere" and move the snow around.

We have been gone for the last three weekends at different shows, and we were so happy that we were home and didn't miss the blizzard this weekend.

Home for Ten Days!

Riley, our lovable dog, is happy to have us home again. She didn't get to go to Indianapolis with us since we didn't take the RV. It was a short trip...over on Friday for set-up and back home Sunday after the show. She was happy to see us, but she always has a great time when we leave her at my sister's house. Her dog is Riley's best buddy.

It was 70 degrees here on Monday and this is what we awoke to today. I love the snow. It is beautiful. Great day for soup and a fire in the fireplace.