Day Sixty Six 2012

Earth 's crammed with heaven...
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I wanted to take off my shoes this afternoon and settle underneath one of the lacy green willows growing around the pond where my mom lives and soak up this little piece of heaven. No one could have asked for more perfect weather today. The cherry trees there are blooming, too, and a couple of geese were on the bank of the pond, probably enjoying the wind and the sun and the sky as much as I was.

Day Two Hundred Sixteen 2011

Grandson Elijah only had a half day of school again today, so after a "delicious hamburger" (I'm quoting him) at McDonald's for lunch, he was ready to settle in at Granny's house to play video games on the Wii and watch Pink Panther cartoons on Netflix. He was none too happy when we made a detour to spend some time with my mom/his great granny. No cousins there to hang out with today. His mom came to the rescue and loaned him her iPod which he enjoyed for a while. But the thing he probably enjoyed the most was getting to throw rocks in the pond on the grounds at my mom's place. He loves to do that. Plus, walking under the willows and getting to say hello to the resident cat is fun, too. (The cat-- whose name is Snuggles, I think, but we call him Persian and sometimes Elijah calls him Butter-- got a shave and a haircut for the summer.) So the afternoon wasn't a total bust for Elijah. Anyway, he'll be stuck inside a classroom all too soon when kindergarten classes start full days next week.

Day One Hundred Fifty Four 2010

An Ordinary Day ~ I Think Not!


Grand kids Shelby and Elijah snuggled together watching 'Spongebob' from floor level this morning. Shelby was softly singing a Taylor Swift song she likes and wrote out all the words to using the music video from You Tube. It took her over an hour and about four sheets of paper, but she got it done.

Chocolate pudding kisses at lunch at KFC.

Monkey see. Monkey do.

While visiting my mom at her place this afternoon, sister Ann, niece Julia, grand kids Shelby and Elijah threw rocks in the pond, then discovered cherries laying all over the ground. Light bulb moment: wouldn't it be fun to toss cherries in the mud by the pond and hear them go Splat!? Well, of course. And it was.

Julia holds cherries picked fresh off the tree. Elijah gathered his off the ground. I bit into a red one. Very sour.

The willow trees that grow around the pond are beautiful--fun to just sit under and listen to the wind blow through the long limbs and fun for making wreaths to wear on our heads. Someone (might have been Julia) told Elijah his was an emperor's crown. He liked that and wore his even when we went back inside.

I forget we have plants like this in our back yard until they suddenly bloom, which is always a nice surprise--something extraordinary. Nice day.

Day One Hundred Ninety Seven

We visit our mom at her place every week for lunch, and
on Summer days like this we end up outside on the porch
swing, in the rocking chairs, and of course out by the pond
and the willows.

Ann always takes the kids up on the hill to throw some

rocks in the pond. This is Elijah's favorite part of the day.

Elijah gets a closer aim at the pond with his rocks while

Ann watches and Julia snaps pictures of the day. She always

takes such great photos. Check out her blog at

http://imagine.blogspot.com

Elijah relaxes under one of the beautiful willow trees that

grow along side the pond.

Most of the gang is still here after lunch--that's brother Ken,

niece Sarah, Elijah, sister Jane, sister Ann and Mom. I always

enjoy our time together. Good times, great memories!!