The mess is beautiful!
Today’s background photo is from a few weeks ago, when the leaves were still falling. I had just been out on the back deck the day before, sweeping all the leaves off … and the next time I…
Grocery store joys! #3
I headed to the grocery store to pick up the items we needed for Thanksgiving dinner: * a small bag of potatoes … for fluffy Thanksgiving mashed potatoes! * a small bag of cranberries … for the cranberry…
November joys … Thankurrito!
My son went out to lunch with his coworkers … and he sent me this photo of the menu board from the place where they went out to eat. A Thankuritto! That’s awesome! I would definitely try that! …
November joys … Beanbag chairs!
My daughter is having a spa party/movie night at her place! And she invited me to come! I’m so excited! I’ve never been to a spa party before! We’re all going to munch on tacos, make raspberry Italian-cream…
November joys … Great new music!
One of the great joys in my life is when my kids share with me their favorite new songs which they are listening to. My kids have completely different musical artists whom they enjoy listening to, so it’s…
November joys … Glorious sunrises!
I was sitting here typing up yesterday’s blog post, when I noticed the darkness of the early-morning sky beginning to turn gorgeous crimson and orange and purple! I had the fleeting notion of getting my coat on and…
Mom Umbrella
I was walking loops for exercise around my front drive when it began raining. Normally, people in Seattle do not use umbrellas, because it only ever lightly sprinkles. We just pull the hood of our jacket up and…
November joys … planting tiny trees at my son’s house!
Last Saturday hubby and I went over to our son’s house to hang out together and help with a few house fix-it projects. While hubby and my son were crawling around in the attic fixing bathroom ventilation fans,…
November joys … Sunday-evening hangouts with my daughter!
Near the end of October, as cold weather was approaching, I tidied up the garden and got it ready for its winter rest. In the process I gathered the few remaining pumpkins … although two of the little…
November joys … Nature Challenge!
The guys were busy doing manly things. So, my son’s girlfriend and I decided to take a walk. The morning had been thundering and dumping rain, but now the sky had cleared, and the sun was coming out. …