Showing posts with label grandparents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandparents. Show all posts

All Together

For a couple of days, we were--
All Together.
As one family was leaving,
someone had the idea that we ought to take a family photo!
(Wish we'd thought of this in advance so as to clean up/dress up, etc.)
Hastily we gathered, handed a phone to a relative, and this is the result.
Of the four of us siblings, 
our family was the one 100% present.
Wonder when that will happen again?!?

Christmas Extended

 Our Christmas-ing continued on Tuesday
 when our daughter and son-in-law and their six children
 came to spend a few hours with us.
Great-Grandpa joined in playing "Would You Rather",
 and Silas said HE would rather talk like Elf than laugh like Santa!

 We sure had fun!
All of us from 1 to 90!


Some persistently (but unsuccessfully) attempted to solve the Nine Square Puzzles.
A few good conversations were had, too!

The time together was short but packed with people, pizza, pop, potato chips and pineapple!

Hiatus

Hiatus:  A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break.  
 I'm on a blogging hiatus.
Being a long-distance grandparent is NO fun!
But for a few short days, we're up close and personal.
Here we are reading some of our favorite stories.
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle!
Oldies but goodies.
Honestly, I can't think of any more entertaining stories to read!
They're funny and instructive....both at the same time.



The Old is Just Fine!

I suppose I should think twice before I show you my un-ironed pillow cases.  
No, I don't iron them - especially for everyday.
And, yes, I do use these for "everyday"...
These are fresh out of the dryer!
I believe I found these three particular pillow cases at thrift stores. 
Any time I find see them, I find them hard to resist.
They remind me of my grandmother who lovingly crocheted the trim
on the hems of some cases I'd embroidered while a young wife in the early 70s.
She lovingly selected blue variegated threads
to match the blue and white pattern I created
and variegated green threads for the shades of green in another pattern.
I happily sleep on these.
It's hard to improve on the beauty of these hand-worked pieces.
It kind of reminds me of Luke 5:39 
(which refers to the old/new wine and old/new wineskins).

But no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. 
'The old is just fine,' they say."

 

8.  Furnace winterized

Writing a Song a Week #3

Writing a Song a Week #3
♪ I wait for the Lord; my soul waits and in his word I hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning ♪ (Psalm 130:5-6)