Late Autumn by William Allingham October – and the skies are cool and gray O’er stubbles emptied of their latest sheaf, Bare meadow, and the slowly falling leaf. The dignity of woods in rich decay Accords full well with this majestic grief That clothes our solemn purple hills to-day, Whose afternoon is hush’d, and wintry...
Monthly Archives: October 2010
I looked out the window to see McGee staring into the yard from the deck. I thought it odd to find him in an upright position. Usually I find him exposing his tummy to the sunshine, sound asleep with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and his eyes rolled back into his head. (He...
I’ve been really enjoying my Wednesdays lately. That’s when Lil Miss Emma from the Krew joins us after school. Emma makes me laugh real laughs. When she is here I LOL and ROFL ALOT…and so does everyone else. Today Elly, Nathanael and Emma played a game of Let’s Catch Popcorn In Our Mouths: Emma LOVED this...
Okay, so this a computer joke that no one in my family gets. I’m desperate to share a laugh with someone who will! Knock knock. Who’s there. (long pause) Java. Bwahahahahaha! Someone. Anyone. Laugh with me!
The kids found a snake and begged me to take photos of it. Yeah right. Nikon doesn’t make a lens long enough to coax me into snake photography, so Daniel took this photo which I happen to think is quite stunning. (Way to think composition, Dan! Way to know aperture and focal points!) Also, I am...
The only thing better than running 40 yards for a touchdown is having your big brothers celebrate with you on the sidelines.
So we made the two hour drive to Daniel’s varsity game yesterday. Half way there we decided to stop for a bite to eat and by then Logan had fallen asleep in the car. When he sensed that the vehicle had stopped moving, he woke up, disoriented, and said, “WHAT IS OUR LOCATION?” Not “where...
Nothing, not even being an audience member in Oprah’s Favorite Things show, excites me as much as this does.
Remember visiting grandma’s house and noticing the odd objects she used in her decor? My Grandma used to have ceramic elephants and an iron cast scale which held plastic grapes on each side. Apparently red grapes weigh more than green grapes because I have this memory of picking the red grapes off in order to...