Week 39

"We are rare, not perfect...we need to soothe ourselves, not blame ourselves." ~ Mark Nepo

Walks, bike rides, art in the backyard, leaves changing color, clear sky in the west, Hurricane watch on the east coast, and these adorable grandchildren of mine. All is well and we're all okay. Thank you.

I love watching the Liquidambars change. 

Out for a morning adventure with this cutie.

Noticing.

I gave him a new pad of paper when I picked him up from school. 

He walked into the house, gathered his supplies, and went straight to work on his masterpiece.

My heart!

Straight out of my camera (phone).

Burn baby burn.

As we watched the weather channel all evening, I  made a little graphic from a screenshot.

Then we watched again the next night as Ian headed towards Melissa in SC.

Thankfully, all of our family made it through okay.

Paisley highly recommends this book. 

It is eye-opening. 

She liked my happy face Sun.

Got all three of them together. 

More Liquidambar (aka Sweetgum) leaves.

Those are some big eyes staring down at me - like I'm prey. 

This is one of the White-tailed Kites that has been hanging out at Hub's office. 

Week 24

June 13 - 19 everyday life and things...

Glitter is so pretty! I say, sprinkle this shit everywhere.

She's calling me Gammy these days. 

She can call me whatever she wants. 😍

Morning sun salutations with this sweet, sleepy-faced boy.

He asked me to take his picture to show off his kick 

before his Martial Arts class.

 Four-time NBA Champions!!

These guys are phenomenal and the reason I now love watching basketball.

photo copyright: Golden State Warriors

I played with a fun noise setting in Procreate on my iPad to get this gradient

Rainbows ALWAYS!

 

Melting pony beads in cookie cutters on the BBQ to make suncatchers.

The more I play, the more ideas and fun I have.

Father's Day kayaking with my man.

We watched from our kayaks as this Osprey dove for fish over and over.

It looks like this Great Blue Heron is trying to scare me away. 

He was actually not happy with another Heron getting in his personal space.

Week 20

This week was about bike rides, dinner with a friend, and precious time spent with my grandchildren. Plenty of other things happened yet, I want to remember these. 

The goslings are growing fast. 

Quack practice. 

She had to bring her backpack to school just like Brother.

She waves to everyone all the time.

He gets on the table, then she gets on the table, following Brother everywhere.

Saturday morning bike ride around downtown.

She had a blast on this hot slide. 

Lumberjack practice. I didn't capture his bullseye on his first round.

My second Sea Turtle. Faux batik/painted silk/wax resist in Procreate on my iPad. 

I like this one better.

Week 18

The first week of May and another fly-by-week. Where does the time go? Spent some time on my bike photographing flowers and birds. I love Spring!

Cleaning the house while listening to Taylor Swift and taking a break for a selfie.

Sally's roses are just about done blooming. 

Taco Thursday for Cinco de Mayo.

Bike riding selfie. Two for May because I forgot to take one in April.

Oh, and that sky though!

Our local family of Geese. 

A Saturday day trip to Lowes. 

The Garden center is my favorite.

The elusive Tufted Titmouse. 

The baby Bluebirds are here! 

Daddy Bluebird waiting for more mealworms to feed the kids.

My delicious Frittata for Mother's Day brunch at Vic's.

Week 16

What a fun trip! We took our new trailer camping, finally. We joined our son, his family, and almost forty of his friends in the Mendocino National Forest for his 30th birthday. Lots of dirt bikes, travel trailers, little kids, big kids, rain, sunshine, HUGE campfires, food, adult beverages, five dogs, a baby goat, a fox, and FUN. I have a gazillion more photos to sort, edit, and get into an album or gallery. I'll try to remember to update here with a link when it's done. 

Yep, we drove towards the rain clouds.

This was spectacular! And then...

...on the other side of the road, ELK! grazing in the rain.

Headed up into the rain clouds. It was so beautiful though!

One view of our group campsite. We woke up to snow, thankfully higher up in the hills.

Jesse and Paisley, cruising the campsite.

Birthday morning ride.

Bri and Paisley's turn.

Playing in the water in her snow clothes and living her best life.

Logan waiting not so patiently to ride.

The guys ride. Paisley wanted to go too.

Packing it all up to go home. Logan was "helping."

Happy 30th Birthday, Jesse!