There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

-- Aldous Huxley (1864-1963) English Novelist

Dandelion Wish

Forever and Always...You're My Little Girl

Sean's Playdough Day...

Sean has begged me the entire summer to make homemade playdough and I always change the subject and pretend to not really hear him. So, I gave in today and this is the happy sight I came across when I went into the kitchen. Any day now he'll never ever want to make playdough again and make me a tray full of hearts. So, I decided that as long as he wants playdough I'll make it for him - no more changing the subject and trying to get out of it. He's definately my little sweet heart. Since posting this picture he has smashed the hearts and is making them into Star Wars figures, light sabers and ships.

Cocoa, Mint and Cream - Gold

"The summer night is like a perfection of thought."

-Wallace Stevens

My Idea of the Perfect Diet...."Cocoa, Mint and Cream"

No weight gain with this diet!

Friday and Saturday in Cambria....

Coming from 105 degrees in the valley...we were hit with 45 degree temps on Friday night...we were NOT prepared for the cold. We were all discussing how silly it was that we didn't pack better clothing....more appropriate to the coast. We're all in "hundred degree mindset" I suppose - shorts, tshirts, flipflops, etc. We had to buy Ryan and Sean sweatshirts at a local gas station. ha! It was nice to actually have a cold nose and cold toes for a change rather than a face (and body) covered with riverlets of perspiration!

Look at all the Sea Pixies we found at the beach!

Happy 4th of July!

Leslie on a beach trip with church friends last Saturday...

Nathan and Grandma Kim

When Life Hands You Lemons....

My mom's Gemini Rose

Can he really be 7 today?

Sweet little Bug. He IS seven years old today. It's been 7 years of joy having him in our family! Happy Birthday Sean!

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
Madeleine L'Engle

"The artist, if he is not forgotten how to listen, must retain the vision which includes angels and dragons and unicorns, and all the lovely creatures which our world would put in a box marked Children Only!

~ Madeleine L'Engle

Wish Upon a Star...

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

-- English proverb

Another Lucky Dragonfly for me this morning!

He liked having his picture taken - he let me get closer and closer until i was less than 12 inches away from him. Very cool.