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02 April 2018

TBB ASKS ~ ALL THINGS SPRING

Not only it is the ever-fun link-up: TBB ASKS, it is also my BIRTHDAY!! The above picture has me majorly reminiscing about last year's said birthday as we did it up grand style in Vegas. Little melancholy this year; Missing some dear friend(s) and 2 boys on this birthday. It'll be pretty low key with a brunch yesterday and my favorite Ham and Beans and Key Lime Pie my mama made for our dinner tonight. 
  
Let's get to the questions of the month, make sure you visit the ladies linking up and their fun Q&A posts.  


1. What 3 colors remind you most of Spring? Coral, Blush and White.


2. What is the first thing you’d add to your wardrobe in Spring? A cute lightweight sweatshirt, like the floral one I showed you on Friday.


3. What is the first wardrobe item you ditch in Spring?
My Beloved Red Coat.  



4. Who mows the grass where you live? Mr. Nine til said Mowing son gets home from college.


5. What’s Spring Like where you live? When the Trees are in bloom, this is the sight and it's beautiful but doesn't last long. 



6. What’s Your favorite thing about Spring? Going to the Greenhouses with my mom to pick out our flowers. I've done posts about it called Picking Posies and May Flowers.


7. Are you a Spring Cleaner? Not this year, keeping new digs mighty tidy!


8. Are you a Baseball Fan? Depends on the week you ask. Northern Indiana just isn't made for Spring Sports...most of our games are so miserable weather wise...so Only if our son is playing or the Cubs on a GREAT weather day..ya know where you don't have to wear your winter coat, hat, gloves and wrap in 3 blankets.
  

9. Tulips or Daffodils? Love them both equally because they signify the blooming of Spring. I do miss these in our old back woods but I'll be sure to paint some bulbs in the new woods. 

10. Favorite Outdoor Spring Activity? Walking!

11. Flowers in the Ground or in Pots? POTS!!! I love filling containers...this is the back porch corner a few years back but we now have more spots to plant in the ground so more digging in the dirt is fine by me.


12. Favorite Bird? Hummingbird..it was my grandma's and is my mom's favorite too.

13. Car Wash or Wash Vehicles at Home? Growing up it was always in the driveway but we usually go to the car wash, which you my know I have  a phobia of, so now that our garage has hot and cold spigots, I may be back in the driveway, lol.


14. When Do You pull out Your sandals? When the temps get above 50 and the sun is shining. I have already put most of them on the shelves but was definitely premature with this cold weather. 

Champagne from the Champagne trolley in Vegas..Birthday last year!


57 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday, Andrea! Wishing you a wonderful day! I have my sandals out too and we have had a couple days in the 60s and you can bet they were on my feet! So excited for spring to stick around for good!

    xo, Rachel
    A Blonde's Moment

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  2. Happiest birthday my sweet friend, I have a package getting ready to head your way. Enjoy a low key birthday with the people who mean the most to you and with the best wishes from your two college boys who wish they were there beside you!
    All those pots of flowers have me wishing I could do the same here. The sun is just too strong on our back porch but my heart always wants all the flowers!
    Love you sweet birthday girl!
    xo,
    Kellyann

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  3. Wishing you the happiest of birthday's! You are one of the kindest and sweetest people out there and I'm thrilled to have "met" you through this blog world!! I love when everything starts to bloom in the spring - makes everyone happy! xo, Biana -BlovedBoston

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  4. Happy Birthday, beautiful! Hope it only gets better and better! The flowers are lovely in your neck of the woods. Yes, good-bye to coats - even the gorgeous red one.

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  5. I hope you have a wonderful birthday today, Andrea!!! And I love that picture of your flower pots! You are so talented!
    Sarah at MeetTheShaneyfelts

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  6. I definitely pulled my sandals out early this year too (It's snowing right now even!)...

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  7. I LOVE going to the greenhouses too this time of year! Not that my flowers last very long--I definitely don't have a green thumb! Such a fun post idea!

    Rosy Outlook

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  8. Oh, how I adore you, Birthday Girl!!! What a FUN read this was!! Love your potted plants, your tradition of picking out flowers with your mom each year, and your hummingbirds answer brought such joy to my heart!! My late grandma (one of my favorite people in my lifetime!) lived next door. She and my grandpa would set out a hummingbird feeder each summer. They rarely had one stop by for a visit and a sip from those feeders. However, one summer while I was sitting on their front porch with them a beautiful hummingbird came to eat. I ran home for my camera, snapped a pic, printed and framed it for them. They hung it in their kitchen so they'd always see a beautiful hummingbird visiting them (even if it didn't return in person)! Thanks for bringing a sweet memory to mind, for always lighting up my day whenever I visit your precious blog, and for being beautifully you! Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy every bit of your Special Day, friend! xoxo!

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  9. Sending you ALL the love and hugs for the fabulous birthday girl! Coral and blush are two of my absolute favs too <3
    Green Fashionista

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  10. Happy happy happy birthday sweet friend! Hopefully the Easter snow didn't ruin your plans or even better, hopefully it missed you guys <3 Have a fabulous day!

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  11. Great post, Andrea. I love all your cute outfits, especially that darling red coat and the pic with your Mom is darling. Have a wonderful week, dear Andrea.

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  12. First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope you have an amazing day!! Yeah, Spring around here is pretty much the same, very short lived when it finally does arrive! I cannot wait to hopefully take Brayden to his first Cubs game this year!

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  13. PS....HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HOPE YOUR DAY IS AS SWEET AS YOU!!!

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  14. Happy, happy birthday girl! Hope you have the most amazing day doing things you love with people you love. Best wishes for many, many more!

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  15. Birthday blessings Andrea and may the year ahead be mar-VA-lous my dear! Enjoyed your answers and always enjoy your pics. You seem to have a pic for every answer, I envy that. :o)) Enjoy YOUR day!

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  16. Happy Birthday to my beautiful Blogger friend - both inside AND out!!! You are one of my most favorite people, and I just wish you lived closer so we could celebrate with a nice glass of something somewhere with our Hubbies! Wishing you the most blessed year ahead, and I hope those boys are all spoiling you rotten!! No one deserves it more than YOU. Happy Birthday gorgeous girl!!! XOXOXOX

    Shauna

    www.lipglossandlace.net

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  17. Happiest of birthdays Andrea!!!
    I love that you bring out the sandals at 50 degrees....I struggle with keeping warm even when it's 70---ha ha!!
    XOXO
    Jodie
    www.jtouchofstyle.com

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  18. Happy, Happy Birthday to you! I hope you have warm weather and a fabulous day!!

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  19. Happy Birthday! I hope the spring weather gets to both of us soon!

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  20. Happy, happy birthday, beautiful Andrea! I hope you're spoiled rotten today - not that that's possible! Also, I love picking flowers in the spring, too! I'll have to check out your past posts on doing so :)

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  21. Happy birthday Andrea!! I hope you have a wonderful day! I also love coral in the spring and am READY to ditch my red coat once it warms up too. The flowers on your porch are so pretty--I wish I had a green thumb!

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  22. Happy birthday beauty!! I hope you have a marvelous day and feel so loved! I think your flower planting tradition with your mom is so fun!

    Amy Ann
    Straight A Style

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  23. Happy Birthday Andrea!! I hope you have a wonderful day filled with much joy and happiness. Oh your flowers are so pretty. I wish I had a green thumb but I don't at all. haha. I too am hoping for spring weather to arrive and soon. Joke is on me though, it's snowing right now!!

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  24. Hope you have a wonderful birthday Andrea! I've been loving watching the trees and flowers bloom here!

    By Lauren M

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  25. Happy Birthday sweet friend!!! I hope you have a fabulous day and enjoy your dinner and pie!! I love that you and your mom go out and pick plants every year.

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  26. You are a spring time chickadee for sure with the birthday to prove it. Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday my sweet friend. I hope you have the best birthday and enjoy every minute of it. Love you to pieces!!! XOXOXO

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  27. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR AAAANNNNNDREEEAAAAAA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! I hope you have the most wonderful day (and week!), my friend. Sending you the biggest hug today <3
    Suzy xxx
    www.suzyturner.com

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  28. We have so many of the same answers! I love hummingbirds too. They are so much fun to watch. I hope you have the happiest of Birthdays today!

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  29. A most wonderful birthday to you. You are an amazing woman, a loyal friend, a cheerleader and supporter and a lifter upper. Hope you are spoiled!

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  30. Happy Birthday! I hope your day is wonderful, you deserve it sweet friend!

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  31. Happy happy birthday Andrea! I hope you have the best day. Those flowers from your back porch a few years ago are beautiful. Happy April to us April babies xo

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  32. Happy Birthday to you!!!! Hope you have an incredible day & an abundantly blessed year!!!

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  33. I'm so glad you and I know how to celebrate birthdays BIG TIME!!! Please, oh, please send me a pie of key lime pie! Xoxo

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  34. Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day! I am so ready for our trees to bloom! We got snow yesterday, so no blooms yet!
    xo,
    Jacqueline
    Stylin In St. Louis

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  35. I love when all of the trees start to bloom! It's so pretty!

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  36. Yay for baseball season. I ditch my peacoat as well, but it is one of my favorite winter pieces. Happy Birthday!

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  37. Happy Birthday gorgeous Andrea!! I hope your day is off to a beautiful start! Love your birthday outfit from Vegas last year. Fun fact to find out we love the same bird! It's so gorgeous when the trees start to bloom in spring even though they don't last very long! xo Emily @ Martinis & Bikinis

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  38. Coral, blush and white are my fave colors for Spring too! Gorge, Andrea!
    Happy Monday, babe!
    xoxo, Vanessa
    www.WhatWouldVWear.com

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  39. Happiest of birthdays to you! I hope that Mr Nine is spoiling you extra today! And yes to all things blush! It really is the perfect spring color!

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  40. It was so fun reading all your responses to these! Hope you have an absolutely wonderful birthday!

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  41. Happy birthday.

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  42. HAPPY Birthday!! Oh gosh, key lime pie is one of my favorite summer treats! Now I have another recipe of yours to try! :) I always look forward to picking out my annuals, etc. every year! I think it is so sweet you go with your mom!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

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  43. Happy Birthday, beautiful! Hope your day/month is as wonderful as you are! :)

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  44. Happy happy birthday! I hope you have a day as sweet and delightful as you are! If only we could get some warm weather up here, huh?!

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  45. Happy birthday beautiful lady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I forgot about coral, such a fun colour and gorgeous on you!

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  46. It's hard to top a birthday celebration in Vegas, but I hope you had a fabulous day!

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  47. That red coat is cute, but I'm ready to ditch my coats, too :)
    Happy Birthday!

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  48. Happiest birthday wishes my beautiful friend. I hope Your day was full of sunshine and the things you love. I used To go to the greenhouse with my Mom- she was excellent with flowers and plants and her garden...something that was not passed down to me haha. Love the monthly link up! Hope your week is wonderful. Xoxo

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  49. Happy birthday Friend! Hope you've had a wonderful day. You're brave to pull your sandals out at 50 degrees - I'd freeze if I did that!

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  50. Love your party. I'm sorry though, that your birthday couldn't be shared by those you love. But truly, it makes us appreciate our moments together a bit more.

    I'm, too, looking forward to the nursery visits. We wait soooooo long here in the Midwest. Pure bliss when we can go!

    Love to you,

    Jane x

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  51. Happy belated, sweet lady! Even though we have never met, I can tell that you are as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside

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  52. Thank you for reminding me to do this, they are so fun! I still have time. I love your red coat! It is fun going out to get all of the flowers to plant in containers. I pulled out my Birkenstocks this weekend when temps were in the 60's (then we got snow yesterday). I'm so ready for consistent warm weather. I hope you had a lovely Easter and birthday. That champagne trolley sounds like my kind of trolley!

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  53. Happy belated birthday!!! I am so sorry I missed it :( I took a blog break yesterday and I'm just getting caught up now. I hope you had the best day and your birthday was extra special just like you are <3 Sierra~Beautifully Candid

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  54. xoxoHope you had the Happiest of Birthdays, sweet and gorgeous one!

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  55. FIRST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sweet friend!! I hope you had the best of days and enjoyed it! looking lovely as always, we have a lot in common, as i love to walk outside in the spring, love the trees and flowers and hubby mows the grass.. ( eventurally!) Have a great week!
    thanks for linking!
    jess xx
    www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com

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  56. Your back porch was such a dream in that picture! I would love to have all of those flowers, but I just cannot for the life of me keep them alive!

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  57. Happy belated Birthday! I'm late making the rounds - stomach flu in the house has put me behind in everything. Your potted flowers are gorgeous and totally agree with you on those charming hummingbirds!

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