S'mores Anyone?

The fire pit is ready for company too.

 

 



a little front porch facelift on the cheap

From this

 

free to me treasures and a whole lot of spray paint

 

to this.

 

 

The front porch is ready for company!

 



Learning Something New

The super fun, rewarding, useful, pretty kind.

 

Socks worked from the instep forward to the toe and then around to the sole and heel.
Grun ist die Hoffnung by Stephanie van der Linden

 

And the super challenging, intimidating, scary kind.

 

It took me five days to get this far.
I now can actually make a call.
Answering, however, continues to be an issue.

 

Thank goodness we were all made with different interests and abilities.

The world would be pretty boring if we were all the same.

 

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Nests

The construction industry is alive and booming among the various species of birds here at our place.

There is nesting going on everywhere.

 

 

 Even in the grill.

 

In the very early spring, I scattered about all the snippets of yarn I had been saving over the winter hoping that some would be up-cycled in to insulation for the birds as they were  last year.

 

 

A few have been picked up.

The nest builders at Punkins Patch have even more clever supplies to work with. Those birds have an amazing array of fiber goodness to work with.

Such wonderful ideas we learn from bloggers.

 

 

I get so excited the day I see the eggs filling the homes built for them. Then quickly my heart sighs knowing it will be so short lived.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



First Ride of the Season

One of the side benefits of four children who grew up playing organized sports is time spent in the bleachers getting to know the other parents. We collected and stored quite a few deep friendships with like minded parents over the years (hey there BI gang!). So when we found out that some of the Lynchburg Lacrosse Dads rode motorcycles, it was only a matter of time until we met up with some and took the Long Way to a game.

 

 

                                   

 



 



 

 

Diversity!

 

 

 

 The winter cobwebs are officially cleared out of my head.

 

 I should be ready for whatever comes my way this week.

 Hope yours is filled with all the right moments.

~Joan

 

 

 

 

  

Happy Spring

 

Five Facts

* The sound of the human voice is beautiful. In song, a baby crying, laughter, idle chit-chat...It's all good. I wish I could hear the sound of your voice right now.

*I do not want conduct financial matters online.  I like to go to the bank, fill out the necessary slips, exchange pleasantries with the teller (note above), wave to the manager and greet the person who walks up in line after me.

*Nor do I want to conduct all communications online. I enjoy the walk to the post office, where I greet the window clerk (note above again!) and buy my stamps to afix to the hand written envelopes I carry with me. If I am lucky, I may even enjoy a conversation or two with other patrons. People are wonderful.

* My home is a tortilla, Frito, taco, burrito, etc. Free Zone. But please, feel free to stop by with lime juice, salt and tequila. Anytime.

* There's nothing like sitting on a beach with a frosted beverage and a book.
    For about an hour.  Then the book gets boring, the sun gets too hot, the sand gets scratchy, and the
    drink waters down.
    Which means it time to enjoy the vacation and go exploring, doing, experiencing, learning and
    discovering.



Cayman wall dive 2009

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