Christi and Leslie at the Baby Shower the other night

sorry the pictures are in such random order....wow...you can see how scattered my thoughts are tonight.....!

Another photo of my Dad....1960..... 

an old photo of my dad when he was a marine before I was born in 1961...i'm proud of my dad... 

The reason I probably gained back the 5.4 pounds i lost.......oh dear.........! 

Christi and Leslie....with Classic Pooh bedding.... 

Gill and Britten at Christi's Baby Shower 

Leslie and Christi... 

My mom, Ryan and Christi - together today celebrating my dad's 69th birthday and my son's 14th birthday.  

I'm W-A-I-T-I-N-G.... 

Ryan is 14 years old today!!!!

Ryan and Sean

The close of Summer.... 

I Shall Not Pass This Way Again....

Through this toilsome world, alas!
Once and only once I'll pass;
If a kindness I may show,
If a good deed I may do
To a suffering fellow man,
Let me do it today while I can.
No delay, for it is plain
I shall not pass this way again.
-Anonymous

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas.....

okay...is this just the most beautiful sight? 

This is what my son does for "fun"...he took all the dvds out of the cabinet and then climbed in to see if he could fit!

Another photo of my "happy" butterfly. I love digital cameras!

A Butterfly today after Church...

Beautiful!!!

Looking at this photo sort of makes me feel a little cooler......Isn't it stunning? All you New Englanders out there...you are truly blessed to have this to look forward to very soon....

Okay! I'm Ready!....

Bring on the Fall! I'm looking forward to Jack Frost Nipping Off My Nose already!

She sells seashells by the seashore...and right now...i wish i did too..........

Supremo Garden - Pemberly Style!

Makes you want to grab your hedge clippers and run right out there in your Bermuda shorts!

It's got to be obvious how I'm feeling about this 106* weather!

Pebble Beach, California
I could use a little day trip to this very rock. Better yet, a month of just sitting under this Lone Cypress Tree. It's always amazing to me that some people actually do spend entire summers at the beach......wish it were true with me...but until that miracle takes place...all i have is photos on the web of stunning places that help me imagine that I'm not sweating in this heatwave.

For the Beauty of the Earth...

For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light....

lovely.........