MERRY MONTH of MAY

“Sopping, and with no sign of stopping, either- then a breather. Warm again, storm again- what is the norm, again? It's fine, it's not, it's suddenly hot: Boom, crash, lightning flash!” 
― Old Farmer's Almanac

A sure sign this little boy is having fun ~ Grandson Knox at his cousin's baseball game

the barefoot artist

Some of us (me) like a little coffee with their (my) creamer

Pretty clouds

Pretty clouds through a dirty windshield

Grandson Knox (in the red shirt) and three of his Mother's Day Out classmates earned the title of Bible Memory Master this year ~ our minister announced their accomplishments before worship service on a recent Sunday ~ the list of Bible memory work is on the screen above them ~ these four and five year olds amaze me

Grandson Elijah's 5th grade spring band concert

Elijah plays flute ~ they all did a great job and improved so much since their concert in December

Granddaughter Shelby and her cosmetology class visited a school of cosmetology ~ Shelby got her hair done ~ so pretty!

Daughter Kelly joined the band at a local Mexican restaurant that was decked out for Cinco de Mayo ~ we were there the day before on Star Wars Day ~ May (the) Fourth (be with you)

Enjoyed the high school's production of Phantom of the Opera ~ this is the only time I've ever seen the play but I've heard that this amateur production rivaled any professional production ~ the talent at this school is impressive ~ who knew there were opera singers in high school?!

Congratulations to my niece Sarah who graduated summa cum laude from TTU last Saturday

Here's your sign ~ and yes please

JACOC church building foyer last Sunday

Grandson Elijah's 5th grade classes studied the different decades this past week at school and got to dress up to represent each decade ~ the first picture is the Fifties (greaser), the second picture is the Sixties (hippie), and the picture below is the Nineties (grunge)~ I don't have pics of his outfits for Seventies and Eighties (please send them Holly) Elijah had a good time putting his outfits together ~ he said his were the "most extreme" 

Lots of baseball games in May ~ Elijah plays third base for his team Game 7 and sometimes pitches

E at bat

Grandson Knox at bat playing T Ball

A little dab'll do ya ~ (I think you have to be over the age of 50 to get that reference)

Peeps



Shelby's cosmetology class group project ~ Disney-character-inspired make up, hairstyle, and outfit ~  Tinker Bell! ~ all she needed were wings and some pixie dust

Day lilies blooming in our yard

Lovely Shelby

Shelby and mom Holly ~ ready to head home after work

Knox is loving his tree swing

 Lilies ~ looking forward to the beautiful pink blooms

The kids in the back yard this afternoon ~ a little baseball training ~ (hubby Neil is the big kid on the left)





"Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun."
- Kahlil Gibran

PIECES OF APRIL

April 2 ~ God paints awesome sunsets

April 2 ~ Dogwood bloom (shot at night with flash~turned out not too shabby)

April 4 ~ random backyard sky pic ~ sky is one of my favorite subjects

April 6 ~ my beautiful granddaughter Shelby shakes things up and goes blond

April 7 ~ sunset sky at the ballpark

April 12 ~ Crows have been showing up in my backyard lately to enjoy the birdseed that's fallen to the ground ~ I'm always amazed by how huge these birds are ~ this one was at least a foot long from beak to tip of tail feathers

April 12 ~ Can you find the crow in the tangle of tree limbs?

April 12 ~ our meager Iris crop this year

April 12 ~ grandson Elijah showing his cousin Knox some moves on trampoline

April 15 ~ I enjoy the drive to daughter Holly's house out in the country

April 15 ~ Electric department has been moving our phone/electric/cable poles out of the street and into our front yards, which means the lines will stretch right over our front yards and in a lot of cases run through trees ~ Nobody on our street wants this or likes it, but nothing we can do but accept it ~ some kind of city ordinance that says the poles can't sit in the street ~ where they've been sitting for decades, no harm, no foul ~ seems totally unnecessary to us, but again, nothing to be done about it ~ I feel sorry for those who will lose trees just to make room for a pole

April 15 ~ That's one big drill

April 15 ~ when he's at our house, grandson Knox and his grandpa build cool stuff with wooden blocks and Tinker Toys, the same ones our daughters played with about three decades ago

April 15 ~ This is the castle they crafted where Star Wars creatures, bad guys, good guys and droids line the castle walls and battle it out in a galaxy far far away ~ for some reason, Darth Vader and Han Solo are on the same team ~ see, if they can get along, then there's hope for all of us earthlings

April 16 ~ This is a new growth fern unfurling its fronds ~ that tall one in focus looks like it has eyes and is shaking its curly fist at something (probably me for invading his space and taking his picture)

April 16 ~ One of our gorgeous deep pink Azaleas ~ Neil has planted more of these this spring

April 18 ~ Another day in the bucket for the electric company as they move the poles back ~ just under the bucket, you can see the new one about to be set ~ this is our neighbor's yellow maple ~ the lines will run through it now

April 22 ~ Full moon

April 23 ~ Niece Julia, dressed up for Prom and looking like a Greek goddess, poses in the family backyard with her dad Don, sister Sarah, and mom Jane before she heads off to enjoy this night of nights with her date and friends ~ so hard to believe she's ready to graduate in three weeks

“ 'April, April, laugh thy girlish laughter, and the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears, April.' ” 
― Angus Wilson, No Laughing Matter

Almost done with April. Not sure where it all went or how it got away from me so fast.