"Two...For Two...Today..."

Why??? Well first,

in weekly celebration of Cactus Monday...

and

then secondly...(drum roll please)

to celebrate the

2nd year

blogiversary of my Waterblossoms Blog!

WooHOO!!!

(My Muse scampers about...barefooted...

and scantily dressed...

tossing flower petals into the air.)

You can check out my very 1st blog post

HERE if you like...It's even a CACTUS post...

and my first piece of mail art!! :)

Whew! It is so amazing how time flies!

Speaking of which...

I have been out of town for the past week...

...actually in Illinois...

where we

experienced a fairly decent-sized snowfall,

(first Midwest one I've witnessed in quite a while)

accompanied by

several nights of sub-zero wind chill temps,

and

even an EARTHQUAKE...

...the epicenter of which was 10 miles from

"Home!"

We were awakened in the middle of the night...

3:59 am to be exact...

by the sound of horrendously severe rattling

and shaking

followed by an enormous boom

It sounded as if one of those huge snow plow trucks

barreled down our street...full speed ahead

and

ran smack dab into our house!

Seriously!!!

We thought it was a bomb blast

or even a gas line explosion

somewhere in town.

We were really mentally shook up!

It wasn't until my sister called from Arizona

later that morning to tell

us

that it was a 4.3 seismic event

(aka "EARTHQUAKE")

and that it

was the lead news story on the Today Show

and

also on the news headline marquee

in Times Square, New York City!

Shazammm!

Later, it was downgraded to a 3.8 event...

I know, all you California readers are saying

"Is that all???" LOL :)

Whew! It was certainly big time for me!

Who would have ever thought, eh?

Any way...

I promise to get back soon to my routine

and start visiting all your blogs...

popping in here and there,

to see what you have all been up to.

In the meantime,

I hope you find something wonderful

and non-scary

to shake up your day!

Have a really great one!

Thanks, too,

for TWO wonderful blogging years!