No. I didn’t make a mistake in naming this post. All we could say to each other as adults, as we rolled our eyes, was GOOD GRIEF. We took a chance buying the guns and it paid off. Laser Tag guns without all of the extra pieces such as vests …
We usually rent a bounce house/slide. This year we decided against it simply because we didn’t feel comfortable with our ability to disinfect it in light of the COVID spread. Nevertheless, the kids made it clear that it wasn’t our summer gathering without a shaving cream fight. Lindsay was in …
Oh, I loved these little crocheted beach bags when I first saw them. I bought one for myself . . . a mustard-colored one and clipped a large pink flower on it. Because I loved it so much, I kept thinking about it. I thought and thought until I thought …
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 …
I love little tins. I love, love clip art. I sort-of-collect-it on my computer. That means that I spend a lot to time looking for it. I put things I find together in files so that I can find the images again and again and make things out of them. …
I sat on the grass, quite far away. When she picked it up I raised my camera. She asked what it was while knitting her brow with concern and confusion. I said it was a sprinkler like it should be obvious to everyone and proceeded to tell her more than …
Dollar Store Water Bottles This was several years ago. The green jeep has long since quit working, the bottles from The Dollar Store are long gone and these two 14-year-olds of today still enjoy each other’s company but like to do very different things. I love this photograph because of …
