Another Day With Fuzzy...

I have been out of town for a week and a half with only intermittent Internet. I'm glad to be back. I missed my Fuzzy hugs. Here are a few pics from yesterday. Anytime I take pictures of Fuzzy they're always on the run. Him from me. Ha!

Waiting on MeMaw to do his laundry.

 Playing with his toys.

 Watching cartoons.

Morning hair.

 Dressed and ready to go with MeMaw to the dentist.

 Showing off a Fuzzy smile.

 A pensive moment...

Have a nice day!!!

Happy Birthday Brown Hawk...

Ten years ago today my daughter presented us with a little brown bundle of joy. Today he is a big brown bundle of joy.

Happy Birthday my sweet Brown Hawk!!!

My Summer Reading...

If I were to give my summer a title I would call it "The Summer of the Classics." For months, with the exception of two books, I have read either classics, or those that are, shall we say, getting along in years. I enjoyed those two, yet the feeling of satisfaction never quite rose to the level that it did as I read of the escapades of the March sisters, or the romance between Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson, or the adventures at Mole End. I couldn't shake the feeling that something unexplainable was missing. I started "The Kite Runner" and a Mary Higgins Clark, but sat both aside in favor of another oldie.

This is my latest endeavor. It is approximately 4 inches thick and by the time I finish it I expect summer to be over, cooler weather to have set in and my choices in literature to be back to normal. 

  Have a great week!!!

Summer's End in Sight...

I'm beginning to think the "dog days of summer" are winding down. When we arrived home this weekend the dirt was dotted with what must have been a bit of rain and a tad of green was emerging from the dry, dead grass, but the best sign was the fact that it only registered 104 on the thermometer today. I'm thinking positive here.  

It is 9:30pm and 91 degrees.

The silver lining is the fact that the humidity has been low most of the summer with very few mosquitoes. There is always something to be thankful for.

Have a great week in spite of the heat!!!

Saturday Night at the Movies...

Just returned from seeing  "The Help". If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. The book was better, but then it always is. They did a good job with the casting of characters. Hubby and I both enjoyed it.

I Am Determined...

To learn to knit.

I've been trying to learn off and on for about 6 years. Each year at our family New Year's Eve party my mother would pack up her knitting, bring it with her and try her best to teach me. This went on for three years. I still haven't mastered the art of knitting. I've ripped out all but two of the projects I started. One was a little white baby cap and the other a Prayer Shawl. I still haven't progressed beyond the beginner stage, but have decided to try again. This time I am determined. Wish me luck! 

Mother Goose...

I found this treasure at a yard sale for $2.00. When I looked it up on Amazon turns out it really is a treasure. Copyright 1913. This edition published in 1985 by Chancellor Press in London. (The used ones started at $38.00).

There are 12 beautiful color illustrations

and many, many drawings like these. This is a favorite of mine. How many of us have wiggled our baby's toes while reciting "this little piggy"?

As kids we used a variation of this one while stirring the doodle bug hole with a tiny stick.

"Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home:

Your house is on fire and your children will burn."

Sure enough that little doodle bug would come wiggling out.

Some of the illustrations are a little scary, but most are adorable like this one,

but then on the end page of the book comes the sad part of my story...

How could anyone part with this. It's a family heirloom.

I know there was a divorce, so that explains it, but every time I read this inscription I want to anonymously mail it back to the grandmother. I can just feel the love that was sent with this gift.