I discovered this website while looking for pictures to go with vocabulary words for the literacy group I run on Tuesday mornings. http://www.geekalerts.com. Also the librarian at my school has found that the MacLife subscription is not utilized by any staff or students and until the subscription runs out she is giving them to me; [...]
Archive for March, 2009
A couple of fun websites
Posted in Cool Things, artwork on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bad Dog
Posted in Shrubbery, nature on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My dog is seriously awful these days, he is into the trash basically all the time, and I don’t know what has gotten into him but he is really hyper. The last couple days too he has barfed somewhere everywhere because there is the all pervasive, ubiquitous odor of dog barf everywhere in the house. [...]
Cara Johnson
Posted in Books on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This children’s book author has been to our school three times. Most authors charge ridiculous fees to come to schools and do a brief talk $1500 a day…or more, lots more, as a poor urban school it just isn’t something we have capital for. Not Cara Johnson, she comes and just tries to get the [...]
Large Blessings and Serendipity
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was given a marvelous gift for my birthday. I have a bit of a tendency to procrastinate sometimes and in this case it paid off. (it also paid off this month when my insurance agent recommended getting an annuity with AIG and i never got around to it. auspicious?) My birthday is in October [...]
A daughter
Posted in Birdwatching, birds on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have told the story many times. I was pregnant, single, and scared to death. I wanted a baby girl but like a good parent told people, I just want a healthy baby. It was true but really a girl. I was dreaming and in the dream a deer jumped in front of my path. [...]
Excavating the Yard
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite things to do is meander about the yard looking at all the new things that are sprouting. Today it is absolutely gorgeous and I raked most of the dead leaves that I had left on the garden to help the plants winter a little better. My hyacinths are up and doing really well. The [...]
Robins and Red Winged Blackbird
Posted in Birdwatching, birds on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Robin
It was uncharacteristically warm today. The sun just blazing and the air warm with little wind. The ground is not yet greening up and even the willows are lacking the true golden green color of spring. I was walking again at Berry Park and the Red Winged Blackbirds were everywhere, singing out. I also saw a [...]
Simple Things
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michelle went to Geneva to work on her willows on Saturday and on Sunday when she came over she came bearing an armload full of pussywillow branches. I imagine that the average person would not be impressed much, but I was absolutely thrilled. I love pussy willows. When we were little my brother and I [...]
Crocus in Full Bloom
Posted in Bees, Flowers on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friends Corey and Michelle and Chris and Azusa came over for dinner. We were sitting on the front porch enjoying the amazing sunshine and warm weather. I had to take a picture of this year’s crocus. Shortly after I noticed a honey bee too. Corey and I both noted that last summer we didn’t [...]
Eye to eye with a Crow
Posted in birds on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All winter I have been waiting for a crow to be close enough to take a decent picture. This morning was so beautiful that I hesitated at the door, realizing I didn’t have a camera, but said “Nah!”. So this crow is sitting in a tree and I am cooing at it, he was ignoring [...]
