Spring Break's almost over... sigh

I lied, I'm not ready to post all those New York pictures up yet. It'll be a while, but they'll be up, I promise. Meanwhile, enjoy these other pictures I've taken:

I used to make these kinds of coasters all the time, and somehow while surfing the web, I found incredible video game designs and I absolutely had to try it. Thus, the rebirth my love of perler beads.

This is a very tedious task that requires a steady hand and attention to details.

Here it is, about to be ironed to fuse the beads together...

And now a closer view...

I am very extremely proud of my creation.

Oh! A PACMAN ghost! I actually ended up making three more: a red one, a pink one, and an orange one. I also made a little Pacman.

And a STAR!

I flippin love this ghost.

He's my favorite. There are several more perler bead creations that I don't have pictures of: a green mushroom, the Pacman gang, a Pokeball, and one of those little Mario question boxes.

I did some gardening and wanted a picture of how gross my hands get

I tried out several different poses, and actually used my favorite on the project site.

Last year, this little garden was filled completely with an assortment of snapdragons.

This year, I added these to the mix. I don't remember what they're called but I really freaking love them now.

SOOOOO PRETTTTTTTY

Ah, of course, had to get this shot. Open up, snapdragon...

These yellow ones are almost neon in the sunlight...

I hope the rest of the pink ones blossom soon... they're so pretty.

My mom even managed to convince me to plant in this unholy mess of a "garden." It took me a really long time to pull out all the weeds and leaves, get rid of rocks, and loosen the dirt enough to plant these marigolds and leftover snapdragons. I really should have taken a "before" picture to give you an idea of what I was working with.

Except for the few leaves that I immediately pulled out after taking this shot, this garden looks a million times better than it used to.

Pretty little marigolds... I absolutely love the way they smell. They remind me of my childhood.

In yet another bed, we have tulips growing.

I like this pink one.

This one's my favorite shot of the tulips...

I remember taking a picture of a flower that looked exactly like this last year.

Oh! Found it! (These three are from LAST YEAR):

Freaky, eh?

Here's my assortment of snapdragons. Oh so nice.

And see? I did it last year too! Om nom nom, snapdragon!

The end. Happy spring!

-Betsy

I'm so tired but here I am... Love ya!

Emily and I just got back from New York and I'm extremely exhausted because it's such a long bus ride and the seats were uncomfortable. So I'm posting what pictures I haven't posted in my cast-offs folder, and then I'll make a separate post for New York pictures. Hey, I'll even try to get some of my videos on YouTube. I've got one of the Lincoln Tunnel.

Spring is near! This is our plum tree.

Plum tree blossoms again

Can't remember what my mom said these were...Narcissus?

A dandelion!

I think this is a wild strawberry blossom

Wild violet! We have bunches growing in our side yard, but not all together, so sometimes they're hard to find.

This was my weird lunch at Montevallo's honor band. It's salad, mashed potatoes with random lumps, and turkey on toast. Who thinks of that?

Our music wasn't too difficult. I sat second chair.

Our practice room was tiny, though.

Where it says two players, first chair and I had a duet. It sounded pretty.

This is Montevallo's jazz band.

The string bass guy... he's my future husband.

They served pizza at the jazz party thing

There's a better picture of him! Adorable!

You know, I don't even know this guy's name.

After one of our practices, two of my friends and I hid at the bottom of a dark staircase, intending to play hide-and-seek with another friend, but he never came for us. Stupid Cameron. It was fun anyway.

The tree outside my English teacher's room

"Rescue window not to be used for ventilation." We have that window open all the time.

More of the view out her window...

On the first Monday of this month, the rest of the Phenomenal Squadron and I decided to have a quick camp meeting before heading off to the leader meeting. Instead of having a real meeting, we ended up folding two-hundred brochures and registration forms because the folding machine at the Girl Scout council office is no longer there. However, we did manage to give a lot away at the meeting. ^^

I don't think they realized I was taking a picture... This is Matthew, Abby, and Selina.

Selina got angry.

A friend's shoe

I finally got to put some patches and badges on my sash!

I even got a new pin for my thingie. Oh, and that's my Program Aide pin from when I completed the training.

My school had a "Kickoff To Spring Break" jazz band performance on the Friday afternoon before spring break. Look, you can even see my freshman pet, Fluffy! He's the fourth from the left in the front.

Bradford pear tree blossoms

I went shopping for some khaki pants. These were obviously too big. I was standing on my tiptoes.

And there you have it. That was more than I thought I had... and oh crap, I have over two-hundred New York pictures... Hmm. Maybe I'll just make a video slideshow and put it on YouTube. I'll try to have SOMETHING posted before school starts back up. :)

-Betsy

Don't forget to check out my best pictures on the actual project site! http://365project.org/browndog/365