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| Mockingbird in the Japanese Garden "You cannot prevent the bird of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent it from nesting in your hair." ~Chinese proverb |
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Healing After Loss
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Happy 4th of July!
Wishing our beautiful country a Happy Birthday!
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| From Better Homes and Gardens |
I love baseball and thought this was the perfect centerpiece
for the holiday.
A little red, white and blue from my Flickr.
Have a wonderful, long weekend with family and friends.
Stay safe and cool!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Elephant Dancing!
elephant dancing
having fun with the adults
acting like children
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| Tess, Auntie, THE kids, Tupelo at the Houston Zoo |
THE kids and I went to the elephant open house at the Houston Zoo.
This was my second elephant open house and what fun!
The elephant we are dancing with is Tess, an Asian elephant.
Little Tupelo (Tess' calf) is running along behind us.
I've had great fun matching photos with postcards
and coming up with a haiku.
This is another postcard from the Memento box.
The back of the postcard reads:
Today's Art Lesson, 2002, mixed media, 48" x 60"
c. 2004 Inez Storer. From Mementos: 30 Postcards, published by Chronicle Books.
Smile today!
A big thank you to our hostesses:
and
Wishing YOU well and a joy filled holiday weekend.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Yarn Along!
It's been awhile since I've joined Ginny at Small Things for her Yarn Along.
She believes folks who knit and crochet love to read and I agree!
This is the Bear Blanket Buddy I finished yesterday.
The little blanket and all the bear pieces are knit.
Mary Maxim has a kit for several different Blanket Buddies.
He even has a tail!
My Grand God Son is due any day.
This little bear and a crochet blanket will be on their way soon.
I finished HEARTSTONE the fifth book in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series by C. J. Sansom. I love historical mysteries and this has to be one of the best series I've read. The detail in each book is amazing. You are in Tudor England while you are reading.
In HEARTSTONE it is the summer of 1545 and England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone wrong and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. Matthew is given a case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr which deals with the corrupt Court of Wards. Matthew and his assistant, Barak, travel to Portsmouth (where the French and English fleets are massing) to look into the case. While they are there, Matthew plans on looking into the mysterious background of Ellen Fettiplace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam hospital for the insane that he has befriended. Somehow, someway, Sansom weaves all of this together (in 600+ pages).
The other book I finished is THIS IS GETTING OLD: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity by Susan Moon. Susan is a writer and longtime Zen Buddhist who teaches popular writing workshops. This book is a collection of essays on the "sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over sixty." With chapter titles like "Where Did I Put My Begging Bowl" (those senior moments), "Leaving the Lotus Position" (joints that refuse to work), "The Tomboy Returns" (return to childhood), "Tea with God", "Alone with Everyone" (something I'm going through now after the death of Mr. Dragon), I really did think this would be the book for me. I was disappointed. I'm not sure what I expected, but I didn't get it ... then again ... maybe I did and I just haven't realized it yet!!!!! (I tried to upload a picture of the cover of the book and Poor Blogger ... it wouldn't let me.)
To see what fellow *yarners* are reading and working on,
visit Ginny at Small Things.
Wishing YOU well and a lovely day.
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