Happy Friday my creative friends! How was your week? I hope it was a good one, and Happy Spring! It's almost Easter and I'm loving all the beautiful weather and the flowers, and spring crafting. Life is good, right? So good. I am already feeling renewed with the spirit of the meaning of Easter. Did you enjoy all the new stamps from Newton's Nook release this week? That was a fun gig - I love guesting with new companies. Thanks again Jen!! I have one more card I made for NND and that will be posted on Monday (hint, it's sweeeeet!)
Remember last week when I said I was excited about going to my friends horse farm after work on Friday night? Well, it was magical! I left work a little bit early and the hubs picked me up at the office and we drove just about 25 miles, and ended up in a little piece of California paradise! Wow. I'm excited to share some photos with you so you can see what it looks like near where I live (I'm a suburbs girl though). CLICK HERE to read more about my friend's farm and horses. I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with BJB for over 20 years and I feel so lucky to have been invited for a peek into her life outside of work. She just happened to mention baby goats at work one day.....
Here is a beautiful vista looking out over the foothills. It is SO GREEN this time of year and just amazing. That tree is a giant California Live Oak and they are my favorite. This is such a quintessential Northern California photo....
Taking one of the beautiful horses for a stroll....
Grazing and hanging out under the oak trees...What a life!
DID SOMEONE SAY GOATS!!?? OMG they are SO cute and so funny! (they are also hard to take a photo of!) They make these silly noises and hop around and are just silly. I looooove them!! Look at their funny floppy ears. They are gentle too....
Say "cheese!" Or, I'm ready for my close up!! LOL.
This little guy was SOOOOOOOOO cute! See how he's sitting like a cat with his feet tucked in? He was so soft too.
This little baby guy was only two days old... That's his momma keeping an eye out. He was really soft and so tiny and adorable.
So I picked up that little guy and he just laid his head down on my shoulder and was making these little cooing noises. I carried him around for a while and he didn't seem to care at all. I busted out my iPhone and we did a #goatselfie !!
Every farm needs a cat!
These beautiful purple flowers were everywhere...
One last California landscape shot - taken as the sun was getting low. The only word that keeps coming to my mind is magical. It is truly a piece of heaven on earth. I'm so grateful to have been touched by this pretty place.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!
WOW - Wanda, these are fabulous pictures, looks like Spring might really be coming!! Thanks for sharing!!
Posted by: Taunya Butler | 04/01/2015 at 08:03 AM
Wow! What beautiful pictures. How lucky to have a friend with such fun animals to visit. I love the goat selfie - so cute! I used to live in Yuba City, which wouldn't be too far from their place. Thanks for sharing a great day with us.
Posted by: Troy Louise | 03/23/2015 at 12:10 PM
OMGoodness, this place is magical, indeed! What a gorgeous setting! I soooooo love California! And LOVE your goat selfie!! Thanks for sharing all your beautiful photos. You and Mark is just SO talented!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 03/23/2015 at 05:16 AM
Can you imagine spending every day here.magical...truly Gods handiwork all around. So peaceful. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Geneva Null | 03/21/2015 at 08:48 PM
Fun photos! All that greenery and life. We looked at a new place to live--a ranch house with horses on three sides, like RIGHT THERE. Not all gorgeous and green like you see here, more like paddocks you see in old Westerns. We just can't do horse country like you guys can.
Love the baby goat selfie! I gotta say, that's one fat cat! Makes my bulky Poppy look downright slim.
Posted by: Princess Judy | 03/20/2015 at 03:49 PM
Thank you for sharing a piece of home! Here in northern Montana we are just barely beginning to think about green, and snow is expected next week. It's nice to be reminded of the beauty of a REAL spring!
Posted by: SiskiyouSue | 03/20/2015 at 03:32 PM
Thank you for sharing photos at BJB place.always heard about it.
Posted by: CJ | 03/20/2015 at 11:54 AM
Thanks for the reminder of what "green landscape" looks like! I enjoyed seeing your photos and long for that beautiful 'scene' to return here. I live in Nova Scotia and today, (the 1st day of spring, 2015), I am NOT exaggerating, there is 10' of snow on my patio! UGH! So Thank You for the beautiful pics!
Posted by: Teresa | 03/20/2015 at 11:08 AM
The foothills are so pretty and green right now--hope we get more rain soon. Would be fun to visit the foothills around Paradise, too :-)
Posted by: Julie | 03/20/2015 at 09:04 AM
Hi Wanda! Love your photos! That baby goat........OMG! How did you not take him home!!!???? ADORABLLE! Love the goat sitting like cat, so cute! Have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by: Kelly Deal | 03/20/2015 at 07:13 AM
Truly magical!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 03/20/2015 at 06:53 AM
Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful pics. It's so nice to see green! All we've seen here in NJ lately is a whole lotta white.
Posted by: Gerri K | 03/20/2015 at 06:49 AM
Great photos...so peaceful. Your farm goes with the new Newton's Nook Farm release....CUTE!
Posted by: Chris | 03/20/2015 at 06:30 AM
That should be NC girl (fat fingers, little keys)
Posted by: Jude | 03/20/2015 at 03:49 AM
Looks like a wonderful place. I could see myself pitching a tent near those magnificant trees! LOL. Thanks for sharing your get-away with this NC gurl!
Posted by: Jude | 03/20/2015 at 03:48 AM