Dear Grandchildren: I have embarked on a journey through all of the photographs I have taken of you over many, many years. I am determined to give each of you the photo stories that touch my heart every time I see them. Even without a word of explanation, the photos …
journal entry: This activity was a hit at our recent family gathering. Brett is the King and the slack line belongs to him but there were many who were ready and almost able to knock him off his pedestal. ( or knock him off of his line ) You would have thought that …
journal entry: How about more? I asked George what he was doing? He asked me why I couldn’t tell. I admitted that I hadn’t been looking closely enough. Then I made amends by saying that “George is a robber ! “ Look very carefully. What do you see? What …
journal entry: Mixed media and collage art have long appealed to me. Most of the examples I see on the Internet and other places are on the artistic side rather than designed to be personal. I have chosen the path of the personal by creating familiar, personal, meaningful and symbolic combinations. I will use …
journal entry: I don’t know a boy or a boy-grown-into-a-man who doesn’t love robots. Old robots from the Flash Gordon days and new robots from the scientific laboratories. From my robots and other space things folder of images I printed out 20 robots on 4×6 photo paper. I mounted each …
journal entry: It just isn’t the same on Christmas Eve without little children around. They make everything so exciting. They love mysteries and surprises. They love to ask “if I guess right will you tell me what is in the package?” The answer has eternally been NO ! Little visits …
journal entry: Little Skipper IS “all boy”. I could tell right from the start. Rather than make a “tiny tale” about Skipper I decided to let George do it. George is three. Skipper is going to his house for Christmas. A “You Tell the Story” book is my way …
journal entry: We took pumpkins with us when we went for a visit. And paints. And glitter spray. And glow-in-the-dark paint. Mom had painting shirts handy and dad set up a table in the driveway. I poured the paint onto paper plates and stood back. Some children hurry …
“The past is a source of knowledge and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.” -Stephen Ambrose- journal entry: My love of family history has opened my eyes to different ways of preserving it. Family History, that is. When …
{ this grandma blog is a fun way to communicate with grandchildren who live far-away. i can tell a story without being there and send the book along in the mail} The little nest was filled with chicks when Lydia found it. Pink chicks. She carefully re-arranged them …
