“The Daily Grind” Weber’s dad was an attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. This pencil sharpener, which is probably nearly as old as I am, sat on his desk at work. It now sits on ours at home. This is a great pencil sharpener! It’s sturdy and its little knob on the handle is real wood! There is no plastic or parts to burn out on this. And, its opening is big enough for Weber’s “My First Ticonderoga” pencil –…
“A is for Apricot” . . . and D is for dandelion as well as for my success with today’s prompt. There were no dandelions anywhere in our neighborhood today. I remembered that I had taken a picture of a dandelion awhile back on a day when the prompt had something to do with flowers in the garden or something like that. I looked back through my archives to find that picture. It was taken on February 17th! It doesn’t…
“Let Me Entertain You” All the kids were here for dinner tonight. I didn’t have to cook a thing! I did, however, have to clean the kitchen, but I would have had to do that if I had cooked so it worked out well. In the process of the evening’s discussion, Offspring No. 2, who works in childcare, was ranting about how kids these days can’t entertain themselves for more than thirty seconds at a time. The girls were remembering…
“Do Pass and Go Directly to Summer Vacation!” This week is Weber’s last week of school. They have finals all week long. The kids are done on Thursday and the teachers on Friday. Lucky them! I have been off for two weeks but because I am teaching Summer I, I go back to school on Wednesday. That is kind of a downer thought right t the moment.
“TGIF!” It’s Friday, the last day of the work week and the day of the month of May. It is also my last week off before starting summer school next week. I could have done without that realization! Oh well, it is only five weeks. It will go quickly. We had a fun evening with friends tonight – pizza, fireworks and ice cream. Good, clean, adult fun. Carrollton, the city adjacent to us is turning 100. To celebrate they…
“Not A Butterfly” . . . but pretty nonetheless. I noticed today that first of our day lilies has bloomed. These are my favorite! I love the shape and I especially love their color.
“A Family That Smiles Together . . . .” Today was a great day to capture smiles at our house. Brooke is home with us to stay. Yah! We spent her first day back shopping and eating. What better way to celebrate a homecoming? Before Erin and Edgar headed off to work this evening, all three of the kids agreed to help me out with today’s prompt. It was even fairly easy to get Brooke in front of the camera….
“Warning, Warning, Warning!? Who knew that making that morning cup of coffee could be so dangerous? Not one, but two warnings alerting me to the presence of sharp needles. I never would have guessed that it took something sharp to poke the holes in the otherwise sealed K-cup to allow the water to be forced through. And, oh my gosh, I never would have expected that it would take very hot water to make my intentional very hot coffee. Ya…
“Wisdom for Today” I don’t know that this is truly fitting for a catch phrase, but it is the quote that came in my daily email of meditations. I like it a lot and find it to be true for so many people. It also gave me an appropriate opportunity to photograph my new Lego clown. My apologies to Erin and Weber; I know how you two feel about clowns. How much different would our lives be if we all…
“A Clean Kitchen:” Today’s prompt asked us to focus on what goes on in the kitchen – food being prepared, consumed or just displayed. As you can see, nothing is going on in our kitchen today; that is the point of my photo. At this moment, the kitchen is clean. There is nothing being prepared, cooked or eaten. This is definitely not its normal state. Though it is usually clean with regard to sanitation standards (except for an occasional cat…