I had a fun walk on my way home today. My school day was short so I was able to head home at lunchtime. It was warm, but not too warm, and there was a gentle but definitely present breeze that caused the newly fallen leaves to skip along like happily dancing children. The animated leaves made me want to join in the dance; I exercised a little self control and just walked. A few minutes into my walk that childlike spirit…
This afternoon I received the following text message from my youngest child. At nineteen, this is her first time to cast a vote in any election. I sure hope I raised her right!
Today was the first work day after the time change. The fall time change from daylight savings time to standard time should be a good thing in that we got an extra hour of sleep Saturday night. Don’t get me wrong, I treasure that additional sixty minutes of sleep; however there was something a little “not right” about this morning. When the alarm clock went off at the normal 6am, it was still dark, very dark, outside. I expected it…
This photo, too, was taken at the arboretum. It doesn’t look like any of the others, does it. When I was looking through the two hundred plus photos from Friday, this one jumped out at me. I just kept staring at it. I can’t decide whether it is really good, really bad, really creepy, really weird, or what. Any thoughts?
I am happy to share here some pictures of the work of Dale Chihuly that is currently on display at the Dallas Arboretum. The fact is that matter how good the pictures, they can’t capture the whole beauty and grandness of seeing these magnificent pieces of glass in person. The sheer amount of glass alone is amazing. Add to that the incredible detail in every piece and I realize that both words and pictures come up short in their abilities…
Today was an awesome fun-filled fall Friday. Weber and I both took a “mental health” day, which translates to he took a personal day off from school and I did not teach my normal Friday knitting class. We have been planning this day for a month or so. Our schedule has been such that we haven’t had any time to just have fun together. Our plan was to go to the Dallas Arboretum to see the Chihuly exhibit. First though,…
1. Cauliflower Mac and Cheese Sometimes you have had a hard day and all you want to eat is some good old-fashioned comfort food. You try to combat these urges by telling yourself, “I will really regret it if I eat a huge plate of cheese fries or a big bowl of mashed potatoes or a whole batch of chocolate chip cookies.” And then, you open the refrigerator and you see two big heads of cauliflower staring at you. They…
It was a dark and stormy night . . . and . . . Oh wait, that is the wrong scary story! Let’s try this again. It was the middle of a sunny but crisp October afternoon, just ten days before our next presidential election. I was at home making chili and butternut squash bread to take to a Halloween party later that evening. Weber had a few errands to run. While he was out, he decided that he would…
The weather front that is supposed to drop our temperatures thirty degrees today is looming in the background. A sky full of gray clouds is heralding its arrival. As I walked home from school today at lunch time, however, it was still quite warm. I passed this tree on my way. For some reason, I found this image beautiful and comforting. It just looks like fall to me even though it doesn’t have all of the wonderful colors of changing…
Wow! It is the 24th of October. Where has the month gone? I know that I have been busy but I didn’t realize that it has been so long since I last posted. One of the things that I have been doing over the last month is taking an online photography course. It has been a great experience – low pressure and I have learned a lot. I will share more on the class in a later post. For now,…