Spring Walk

What do you get on a beautiful Spring day when you put two little boys on a trail through the woods, sprinkle charred twigs along the path that need to be thrown into the pond and allow time to throw them?





Two happy but very dirty little boys ..............................







....................... who need a bucket of water..................

.......................... or a hose before they can even ...................



............... be bathed in the house .......................

Happy 2nd Birthday Hanman !

Blur .............

If this blog is in any way reflective of my life, it is very appropriate that it sometimes skips segments of time. My life seems to jump from Monday to Saturday or more likely from Friday to Monday. Does yours? In this case it was from February until mid April and everything in between is a blur. While these days may have become a blur, some hours were very long and memorable. Many of those days the hours from 7:35 until 3:35 spent in a classroom FULL of eighth graders were among the longest hours I have ever spent.

But by far the longest hours of this time occurred during the early morning of March 12 after John called to inform me that my BFF Carol Ann was being wheeled into surgery to remove part of her skull. Carol Ann's brain was swelling due to a major stroke she had suffered on the morning of March 9. Surgery was a success and on March 19 she was moved to the Shepherd Center (in Atlanta), a non-profit rehabilitation hospital for people with catastrophic injury for rehab where I have visited as often as possible including a great visit today. She'll be coming home soon. More on that later.

We have had cute smiles, heard cute quotes, celebrated a couple of birthdays, skipped over others, and had happy times with little ones and had other note worthy visitors. I hope to share those soon.

See ya soon!

Winter Walk

There is a young Hispanic woman who walks on our road every morning. Well, she seems to walk every morning that I am on the road about 7:30. I've seen her walk in the heat and in the cold. Rain or snow! (Just assuming she walked the snow morning.) When I first saw her walking she had a partner, but now..... she has been joined by a pack of small dogs. I don't think they all belong to her. They just seem to join her as she walks down the road every morning for her early morning walk. I don't know why only small dogs walk with her when we have large dogs all around. But there is one little dog that makes me smile every time I see him. He wears a sweater. Just a little dog out walking on a country road with a pack of dogs ..... wearing a sweater!

February Flowers

In February when we feel winter has lingered too long , but we know it's not over, the daffodils and tulips break through to remind us that spring blossoms are coming. (If one had the foresight to plant bulbs, that is.) While I love and enjoy the tulips that are easy to pick up while shopping, I have an even greater love for daffodils, dating back to the flowers that bloomed in my parent's yard during my early childhood. Even when David and I had the measles and were not supposed to be in any sunlight I needed to pick the daffodils. And I did. My mother was hysterical! She had carefully covered the windows so we would not be blinded by the sunlight, but I saw the daffodils blooming and just had to run outside to gather a nice bouquet to brighten our sick room. I am thankful to say I did not go blind at the time but today at church I thought it had finally (and very suddenly) happened. I put on glasses to read and could not make out the letters. Amazing how quickly your eye sight can go. When I put on my own readers instead of Laurie's glasses my eyesight was restored. Maybe next fall I'll work a bed of bulbs. Or just learn to love the tulips even more!

HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY

Mallory's 2nd Birthday ( My blog has gone crazy. Can't add words.)