We do go to these fireworks every year. Lori used to invite us. After supper, we’d trek down some kind of goat trail from her house to the boulevard viewing spot. This year we went to the park near where Alicia’s brother and his wife live. It was quite a hike, but also quite do-able. “Make […]
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My camera was left at the lake, so all I have is the camera on my phone. It’s actually not a bad camera. The other night at Target, as I was looking at cameras–they have no cheapies there, all are over $100–the clerk told me he uses only his phone. Only he has
These are flowers kids picked in the field. The field is what’s at the end of this trail. The reason so much sunshine is on the trail is because this big tree snapped a few weeks ago. When it fell, it took out a couple of other trees. Here’s the field, freshly mowed. Someone suggested
Yes, indeed. We’ve known each other a very long time. A few weeks ago I participated as a guest blogger. http://julia-transition.blogspot.com/2014/05/moms-make-it-work-valarie-mom-to-ten.html Here’s an excerpt: “Here’s what I did not know while I went around with a baby tucked under my chin and a house full of rowdy goofballs: They were going
This girl came to spend the afternoon while her mom was hosting a wedding shower. She was a little scared of the college guys in the house, so she camped out on my bed, looking nervous. That’s completely fine. Outside Jay and the kids were rehabbing the doll house. My parents bought this for the
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This is the prettiest picture from last weekend. It’s John amusing babies at the sandbar. After I took this, I wandered down there too, along with Sam. Lovely June. love, Mom
My Sweetie graduated preschool today. That’s him in the middle, fourth from the left. His mom teaches this class, and she made a speech, short, encouraging, and kind. That’s him, receiving his diploma. We were headed to lunch at Burger King before John had to go catch another kid program and we had to head back
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We have a weird situation going on with the washer in the kitchen. It works fine, but it’s leaking all over the floor when it fills and when it runs, but not when it drains. So there have been a lot of towels involved in this problem. Finally I chased the kids outside to play,
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