Busy Making Memories
I don’t have time to write a post…or much of anything else. I’m too busy making memories. I’ll share a few pictures to give you glimpse of what I mean. I hope you are getting a chance to make lots … Continue reading →
Category Archives: summer
SUMMER IS….
Summer is … SHORT: A time to do all the outdoor maintenance, repairs and building. A time to enjoy the flowers and the lawn (weeding and mowing) How is it that days that start so early, end too soon as … Continue reading →
What Happened to the Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer?
Summer. The most delightful season of the year. Or that’s what the song writer would have us believe. For me, there is no lazy about it. Crazy, yes. Crazy busy. Every outside chore must be crammed into a few weeks … Continue reading →
SUMMER IS
Summer is picnics and parades and plays written by little boys and girls and performed by cousins. It’s Canada Day and fireworks and wiener roasts. Summer is splash parks and river and lazy days at the beach. It’s flowers and … Continue reading →
AT THE LAKE
I spent a week at a nearby lake (one of my favorite places) with 2 daughters and 5 granddaughters. There is something about the water, the beach, the many benches and chairs along the promenade, and the ice-cream stores—Big … Continue reading →
NEW LAWN ORNAMENTS
We have two new lawn ornaments. The first is a Rock Island steel wheel tractor. Can you imagine riding that thing for hours? My father-in-law used it. My husband operated it a time or two. And now my son has … Continue reading →
BUSY DAYS
I wish I had something important or profound or even interesting to post today. I don’t. It’s not that my life is boring. Quite the opposite. Maybe that’s my problem. I’m too busy. I have had 3 major projects to … Continue reading →
FRUIT OF MY LABOR
There is something supremely satisfying about working really hard and then seeing the payoffs. For instance, in the garden. Take these sunflowers. I dug seedlings out from the front of the house and transplanted them to the garden—in the futile … Continue reading →
THE PERKS
The perks of summer. Sunflowers and goldfinch enjoying the sunflowers. My favorite flower. I grow lots of them outside my office window (seen behind the flowers) and leave them there for the winter so I can enjoy birds feeding there…so … Continue reading →
SUMMER TIME
It’s been a busy summer as it always is. Last weekend, a family reunion where are my siblings got together. Two have passed and we missed them. Kids here, kids there, kids in raspberry patch. Kids at the waterslide. Kids … Continue reading →