Spring Flowers

On Saturday morning, I started the day out by carving myself a new signature stamp. My old stamp (a custom made one) is starting to show signs of wear and tear...plus it's high time I did this anyway. After this, I went in search of two boxes in Nacogdoches. I started out by finding Batty placed by Josephine. She placed this box close to an area where bats exit in the evening and it's a great stamp with a cute little poem to boot. After encountering this friendly bat, I went in search of New York City. After I found the park and the hiding place, I decided not to go after the box since I was boxing alone. The climb up the rocky slope seemed a little scary for someone as klutzy as myself. This is a nice park, however, and I'm thinking of placing a stamp there myself.

After this, I went home and did a few chores, then headed to meet Blue Butterfly and Stinky Monkey. We headed to Martin Creek Lake State Park to find BB's Spring Flower Trail Series. We had so much fun finding all of these flowers on this trail. Even though there were a lot of people in the park itself, they all seemed to be out on the lake swimming/boating/fishing, so we had the trail to ourselves. The stamps in this series are well done and the boxes are cleverly hidden. Even this afternoon, Stinky Monkey still wanted to look at his "pretty flowers" that he got yesterday. I hope others can get out to enjoy this series!

When we got back to the trail head, I left SM and BB resting in the amphitheater while I hid my newest box, Coffee Break. After hiding it, I met back up with this dynamic duo who didn't want to leave the park without finding this box. So, I followed them as they deciphered my clues and took a short "coffee break". Then, we loaded up the van with our inky fingers and headed home. However, we stopped at a convenience store to get something cool to drink. As I was paying for our refreshments, the clerk looked at me and said, "Have you been coloring Easter Eggs?" I just chuckled and told her no, but it was something else I'd made a mess of.