Day Two Hundred Thirty Two 2013

Terrific Tuesday

A day without bubbles is a day without joy.

Grandson Knox lulled to sleep in his swing, holding a bubble wand that is his favorite color

A day without rain … would be a shock at this point

Grandson Elijah insisted that watching SpongeBob would not be a distraction while doing his math homework. He was wrong. Thank goodness for erasers.

Granddaughter Shelby gave her homework the raspberries ~ might be more fun if it was on her iPad

This evening, somebody [Neil] mentioned doughnuts, and we were all over it at Ralph’s. Knox knows what he wants. That one!

The full moon was gorgeous tonight hanging there in the clouds over West Side. Cell phone camera can do only so much ~

Just dump me in the box and I’ll eat my way out

Mm mm……it’s that good! Doughnuts help make a Tuesday even more terrific. Hope yours was, too!

Day One Hundred Ninety Six 2013

Monday Monday Afternoon With Knox






It was a beautiful afternoon. Grandson Knox braved the mosquitoes and spent some time jumping on the trampoline, blowing a few bubbles, and fishing in the watering can to see what he could catch [a very soggy leaf] ~ all of it fun. Except for the ‘skeeter  bites. [Hope your Monday did not bite]

Day One Hundred Fifty Three 2013

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Summer When……

…..your face is covered in mac n cheese at Cracker Barrel for supper………

…...you go for an evening stroll with your momma, grandpa, and granny around the block……..

…..you see the Red White And Blue on display on a neighborhood front porch. [Flag Day is June 14]………….

Mark 8:36  [KJV]   For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

…..the air is filled with the scent of honeysuckle and magnolia……..

……sunsets come later and later……..

…..you want to go just a little bit further down the road before you head home…….

…..lightning bugs flash around the yard……..

…..there is no limit to the bubbles you can blow…….Summer is coming fast [summer solstice begins June 21 at 1:04 a.m. EDT]. But it may as well already be here.

Day Sixty Seven 2013

T G I F ~ some randomness

Here comes the sun! If you click on this picture to enlarge it, you can see all the tiny sunbursts in the birdbath water, along with the sun’s glorious reflection. Pretty cool and totally accidental on my part.

Our birdbath hasn’t been cleaned out in a long time and contains a little eco system all its own. There are tiny bubbles in the water around that little feather (I think it’s a feather).

Our porches haven’t been cleaned off all winter, either. This is one of the rotting pumpkins from last Fall still sitting on the deck that will need to be scooped off with a shovel because it has turned to liquid. That should be fun.

The sun is new each day.
~Heraclitus

Watering can can’t water with a hole in the bottom.

All of our buttercups look like this ~ bowed down even in the bright sunlight. They bloomed way too early this year and have been beaten down by the recent snow.

You’re never too old to blow bubbles, which I did this afternoon, [even though the grand peeps weren’t around], just because they were still sitting out on the table where we left them earlier this week. Could not resist.

Little buttercup bud just can’t hold its head up ~ too weak from the cold and snow.

This little stone in our walkway commemorates the year we moved into this house ~ 30 years ago this month. Hard to believe I’ve spent half my life here.

We all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
~John Lennon

Good advice.
Happy TGIF, y’all! Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Day Ninety One 2012

Daughters and grandkids spent Friday night with Neil and me. We stayed up late and woke up late and enjoyed Neil’s homemade blueberry waffles for breakfast. It was an awesome spring day so we headed outside where grand daughter Shelby communed with neighbor kitty Lily.

We dusted off the jug of bubble soap and Shelby blew some bubble art.

Temporary bubble art, big as your head!

Grandson Elijah made friends with a caterpillar and named him ‘Jeff’.

‘Jeff’ was a pretty fast crawler. Elijah put him in a paper cup with some grassy weeds to climb on.

Grandson Knox was diggin’ the great outdoors, too, but didn’t get into the creepy crawly action. He’s a little wiggle worm in his own right.

Saturday (and everyday) Peeps! Daughters Kelly and Holly and grandkids Elijah, Shelby, and Knox, who found more interesting things to look at than my camera.

Bubble art with purple lilacs. Our lilac bush has lots of blooms this year.

Also pretty in purple, a gorgeous iris, which is the Tennessee state flower. The end of winter and start of spring has been so hot that only a couple of the iris plants bloomed. Made me sad. Love these.

Speaking of creepy crawlies…Neil was weeding around our house and almost put his hand on this snake. We think it was a copperhead which is poisonous. It was poised to strike, sticking its forked tongue out at us. I got close as I could to take this picture. (You can click on the picture to enlarge it if you like). Elijah said, “I hate snakes!” Shelby said, “Off with its head!” Neil obliged with his hoe. Gave all of us the willies!


Grandson Knox in a rare on-the-belly pose. Hard to believe he’ll be 4 months old on Monday. Good times, great memories! Happy Saturday, everyone!

Day One Hundred Seventy Five 2011

Blowing bubbles with grandpeep Elijah on a TGIF. He said the bubbles looked like diamonds. It doesn't get any better than this. Hope your day sparkled, too.

Day One Hundred Fifty Nine 2010

Bubbles, Peeps, Pops, Flips, Flowers

Life is good.