Downloads and Clip Art Daniel, who knows everything there is to know about my computer, recently made the comment: Well, Mom . . . you certainly love downloads don’t you. You just might have a million. No wonder you want to rename them so you can actually find them. Well. …
Today was our day for the Lake. Little Lakes are popping up all over the place and we love Manila Lake. It is close, clean, has bathrooms, has a place to inflate tubes and boats, has beach, grass, trees and shade. This year Grandpa rented four paddle boards. We added …
hammocking. (n) hanging a hammock between two trees and lying in it So. We bought hammocks. Grandpa loved them so much that he put the old, canvas hammocks into the thrift store box. We bought one for each grandchild and then we practiced putting them up by joining them to …
clay. (n) an unknown substance that is squishy. Little did I know what I had done. Yes. I had bought modeling clay for my grandchildren many, many times. But, this was not ordinary modeling clay. This was magic clay. This was trans-formative clay. This was clay made from a secret …
journal entry: Years and years have passed and children have grown and grown. Some have left their homes to start their own lives. We have stuffed families large and small into our medium sized home on beds and cots and floors and played for hours on end in our very …
“It was during the virus of 2020 that I made your Photo Stories Gift Boxes.” – Grandma- Do you think there will be a time when we will refer to today in that way? Beats me but it sounds like a good opening for this post which is about the …
Why Do We Do What We Do ? I printout out my latest favorite motivational quote and displayed it for the whole world to see. Since the “whole world” will never be in my personal space, I will share it with you here. As I have grown older I have …
I love making little books and have for as long as I can remember. All it takes is a small adventure, any kind of camera and some people. It helps if there is action of some kind but even without it, you can tell a teeny tiny story about almost …
Mortality is about contrasts. We are here to experience them. I love powerful contrasts. Light and shadow. Fast and slow. Up and down. Happy and Sad. Well, maybe not “sad”. Andrew’s mother remembered the bags of birdseed. She had been to the park before. I’ll bet you can hear the …
At first there was Photoshop. It was and continues to be expensive and challenging to learn. Some people think it is cheating to touch-up a photograph and I admit that I hesitated when I started thinking about “touching up” because I didn’t yet know that I didn’t always agree. Then, …
