I was going to post something serious before I took this picture of ducks swimming in our pond this morning. They aren't really afraid of me, they just kept a cautious distance between us. I really should not be so tickled by their presence. I am pretty sure they are responsible for the disappearance of my koi from the pond. We are going to redo the pond later this spring and provide more hiding places for my fish. In the meantime, I will enjoy the ducks.

This is for the "Blue" color challenge. The grape hyacinth aren't technically blue, but I liked these best of all the shots I took this morning. These plants used to be all clumped neatly together, but now they grow wild all over the yard, which I like even better.

The Kitchen Sink

This weeks challenge was a picture of your kitchen window sill. This includes my kitchen sink. What actually would be more telling with this photo would be all the junk I removed from my little shelf to take this photo, than what you see in the picture. I think the learning tool from this exercise was composition. I took a set of pictures in the evening when it was dark outside, and then this set this morning. The scene of my yard through the window was what I had in mind. My windowsill itself is quite prosaic. Lucky Bamboo, jars, measuring spoons, nothing unusual. But it is my sink and no one else's.

The photo is of my new handbag and Palm next to my old handbag and planner. The difference in size and weight is amazing. However, my brilliance at getting this post right leave a lot to be desired. I am just amazed at all I can do with the PDA. I put my entire grocery list in it today for shopping. It worked just as good as a paper list. I spent a lot of time entering prices, so I will have a reference when I go to the commissary again. I really am glad Ray got it for me.

The Start of Something New

 

Lazy Saturday

This has been a good day. I haven't done much, we went out and bought Ray a Rototiller for a belated birthday gift. I had been going to buy him a golf club, but he wanted the tiller more. I am here to serve. He is out digging up the garden. We are going to do some major redesigning of the garden space this year. That means I will have to have my annual gardening frenzy weekend in the next week or two. I go out and get the garden planted, spend lots of money, and then we just have to water and weed the rest of the year.

I have been putting stuff into my Palm the last several days. Every day I learn a new trick. If I had known how great it would be, I should have had one sooner. But this was one of those times that Ray knew what I should have more than I did. There are many benefits to have been married as long as we have and this is one of them.

I am going to get my last Secret Neighbor package put together tonight. Secret Neighbor is a fun swap. I get things that I would never have bought for myself. I really like my Monthly club too. Always an excuse to spend money when you are a scrapper.

This is for Marcel...

The best thing happened to me today. I went to Scraplove this afternoon, and there was a private message for me. It was from one of our exchange students; Marcel. He stayed with us in 2001. Somehow he found me there, I know that you can usually find people, but to have it happen to you is really different. Marcel is from Germany and is going to the university there.

Anyway, I am all excited about hearing from him. All of our students were great and do good things when they go home. I love to hear that.