Rain, rain go away

If you can't beat it....get out your camera and try and figure out how to photograph it. I finally learned how to set the shutter speed and aperture. I just love those young, whippersnappers who are so willing to answer every question about everything you ever need to know on the internet.

But really, snow--I can photograph that without anyone's help.

P.S. Did anyone read CJane's blog today--interesting--I bet she loses sleep though.

Saturday is a special day.....

Saturday is a special day;

It's the day we get ready for summer.

We hose down the chairs and we hose down ourselves;

so we can be ready for Sunny!

We build a coop;

and we fix the fence;

We call it our get the work done day!

We plant some pot...

Whoops, we plant some pots;

So we can be happy all summer!

(And when Jake asked me why I was taking these pictures and I told him so Jessica would know what we were doing he said, "Oh, so she can be that much more happy in the Bahamas!)

And, he did a flip off the wall!

Here Comes The Sun....

I am in my happy place.....

But I am so sore :-)

Achy, Breaky Hearts

My sweet sister, sensing that I was having a rough day, brought me a "bleeding heart" to plant in my garden. It is one of my very favorite plants. As I was setting it in the ground, I thought, "I wish that these lasted longer." It is such a fragile plant with an extremely short life cycle. Then I wiped away my tears as I realized that nature was sending me a message in the language of flowers. Snows melt, clouds lift, the rain eventually stops and bleeding hearts quickly pass away.

"Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning" Psalms 30:5

Nana Time!!

Since my motherhood overlapped my grandmotherhood, I get the best of both worlds.

I was invited to Isaac's Mother's Day Tea at the beautiful Deer Valley resort. The food was scrumptious and the service amazing. Isaac goes to a school that prepares them, from kindergarten, for a life on the slopes. He learned to ski during the winter and how to wait tables in the spring--Look out Uncle Zac and Uncle Trevor-your competition is in the wings!

Cheryl, I got my five servings of fruits and veggies at the tea!!

In case you can't read Heather's placemat. It says,"She needs a new car because ours is getting stinky--and she smells like vegetables--very chic if you are a granola girl I would say!

I could live at Deer Valley!

The rest of these pictures were taken with blurry eyes and a runny nose as I tried to capture my last afternoon with the boys together for a while.

To every season turn, turn, turn...

Dog Pile....(I hope not anyway)

I am one lucky Mom and Nana--more of my Mother's Day ramblings can be found at ColleenDown.com

Two Dimes and a Nickel

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong;
but sometimes it is letting go."
~Herman Hesse~

In our home growing up, we used the words “two dimes and a nickel” as a code word to describe “change” –not always in the most loving manner-so sorry Mom-I am sorry about quite a few things. “Two dimes and nickel” pops into my head often these days….there seems to be a lot of loose change lying around the house right now. I have fantasized having an imaginary “older” sister, ten years ahead of me, that I could call up on the phone and ask a few of life’s questions....

How long does “the change” last? When should I lighten the color of my hair or my lipstick, so that it does not accentuate the fine lines showing up all over my face? At what age do you stop accumulating extra pounds and begin drinking Ensure? How old is too old to “start over?” Can you begin saving for retirement after you pay for everyone’s college? Do the beautiful floral dresses in the mall make my butt look fat? What should I be when I grow up? Do mother robins cry when the nest is empty or do they redecorate or fly away too? Are these the last snows of spring or the first snows of fall? Is half way across the country or half way around the world the new ”next door,” in our globally connected world? Have two dimes and a nickel become four quarters in this down economy? So many questions……

"You can only lose what you cling to."
~Buddha~

If you can conceive it and believe it, you can achieve it....

Come on Spring...I believe.....pleeeease......you can do it!