May 14, 2020

I'm pretty sure I've posted pictures of these little jewels before,

but Jed was looking at them today and made the comment

that he thinks they're the most beautiful thing we have in our home.

I feel like this bowl might give them a run for their money.  :)

May 13, 2020

This is what our school days look like in the afternoons in May,

when Jed and I work together...

this mostly means I'm reading to him, which we both love.

Jed's not usually smiling quite that broadly though.  :)

May 12, 2020

Jed picked up this nut half recently when we were walking.

I love things like this and placed it on my desk,

but it wasn't until today that I noticed the hollow interior

was in the shape of a heart.

That was a fun little discovery.  :)

May 11, 2020

Jed has developed an interest in learning to pick locks. 

I'm conflicted about it, 

but at least it's not video games.  :)

May 10, 2020

Our Sunday Lunch
This is my new favorite thing...

a white pizza with broccoli and spinach!

These two did something really nice for me today...

they bought things for us to have tea together.

The best part was sitting around and talking...

we don't do that very often, and it was a sweet gift.

Happy Mother's Day to all!

May 9, 2020

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.  :)

May 8, 2020

 My crazy-talented sister-in-law made this quilt for my birthday.

I've been looking for a bedspread I like for literally years,

and this is it!

I can't imagine the work that went into this,

and I am humbled and so grateful.

May 7, 2020 - Part 4

And lastly, a couple of background/foreground shots.

May 7, 2020 - Part 3

Just a few miscellaneous shots.

May 7, 2020 - Part 2

A few water shots...

Jed insists this is a log...

I think it's an animal.

I'd love to hear your opinions...

especially if they agree with mine.  :)

click on the image to enlarge it for detail...

you can see what looks like wet fur, but Jed thinks it's tree bark.

May 7, 2020 - Part 1

 Jed and I took a walk again this evening.

The light in the trees was so pretty!

May 6, 2020

 The light hitting this flower arrangement caught my eye this afternoon,

but by the time I got my camera the angle of the light had shifted,

so the photo is a little dark and blurry.

 

 Using the flash cleared up the blurriness,

but it's way too washed-out looking.

This was taken with an overhead light on, but no flash.

I'm still trying to figure out lighting.  ;)

May 5, 2020

 I went to the grocery store today.

Lots of chicken and pork...

...not so much the beef.

May 4, 2020

I found these lamps shades at a yard sale a while back and am still debating them.

I don't even recognize myself lately, being drawn to such froufrou stuff.

But I like how the amber beads dangling from the shade match the amber glass in the lamp,

and I kind of like the variation of the shade...

the lighter part has tiny beads,

and the darker part is actually furry!  :)

I only paid $5 for them, so what's not to love?

The darkness, for one thing...

they darken the light much more than the off white linen shades we've had for years,

but they've been damaged in our multiple moves.

Lampshades are so expensive,

so I'm thinking at this point that beggars can't be choosers.

I can live with the froufrou for $5.  :)

May 3, 2020

Jed and I have been playing Colorku during our lunch breaks lately.

And timing ourselves, because Jed is a teenage male.  :)

Our best time so far is 5:06,

but I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm slowing him down.  :D

If you don't know what Colorku is,

it's a 3D version of Sudoku -

and way better!

May 2, 2020

 Happy Birthday to my favorite brother, Tom!

Watch him grow up before your eyes...

 Some of these pics are hazy because they are pictures of photographs in albums,

behind plastic.

Still cute though, right?  :)

This pic and the next are a couple of my favorites of us together.

Our birthdays are only 8 days apart, 

and for some inexplicable reason,

instead of baking two birthday cakes in a week,

my mom would make us share a birthday cake

sometime between our birthdays,

which just happened to coincide with her own birthday.

Call me a conspiracy theorist if you want,

but that seems awfully suspicious to me. :D

May 1, 2020

My sweet friend from church, Rhonda, 

dropped off cupcakes and this beautiful plant

on my birthday.

I've never seen a flower like this before...

it's been fun watching it open this week!