Lake Superior

Four of our grandkids ran into the 40 degree water so Granny could take a picture!! Lake Superior doesn't warm up even though it was 97 degrees because of an unusual May south wind. Last week they were catching snowflakes . One of the girls asked me, "How close to ninety are you, Gran?" I am "only" fifty-nine so I wanted to know if I looked like ninety? She said no she was just hoping it was a long time yet before her Gran turned 90!

The Geometry of Sisters...

I wish I belonged to a book club. I enjoy reading. Sometimes I need to talk about what I read. This book by LuAnn Rice is about estranged sisters and a daughter who when she is in trouble patterns her behavior after her mom & her sister. The pain caused by these two separate but equally damaging behaviors is dreadful for the sisters. It makes me miss my sisters. We all moved so far from each other. We just barely keep in touch. See each other only a couple times a year. Not at all part of each other's daily lives. How, I wonder, did this happen? I love these people but I don't feel like I know them very well anymore. Now my own daughters live all over the country and have to work hard to keep in touch with their sisters. I hoped we would all be neighbors maybe live in the same town...instead we travel for holidays and vacations. They do a better job than I did with my sisters and they have a Mom to help. once in a while a book starts me thinking...

Federal Highway backroad surprise...

Just went for a ride on an old backroad today when I saw the most incredible sight. Trilliums everywhere. Miles of them. The woods were full of these white tri-petalled flowers. Also some pink ones! I have never seen the pink before...

Wine and whining on the porch...

I could have used a good glass of wine and a good whine today. I am feeling low and a little lonely and kind of old as in worn or faded. I really try to respect other people's (hubby, brother, friend) views, opinions and politics even though I know how wrong they are...I do most of the time. It wears on me some days though, not to give 'em the old what for. I have more often just told people how I feel then keep to myself...it does ruffle feathers.
It is not important at all to me for my home to be perfectly in order. I would rather play(edit) with my pictures or my camera or read or...But it is so important to my husband of 40 years. Sometimes I think I am so messy just to make him crazy for fun and he is so neat just because he knows it makes me so nuts to pick up all the time. I need some messy time.
I was surfing last night, late, and my sister,P, IM ed me!! First time ever! We are so far apart geographically and in life points but so alike I can't believe it. We are in parallel universes behaving in the same way!! Staying up too late , dropping cakes etc. There I've had my whine and my wine!

Flower girl is 2 mos old today!!

Love on the porch...

Today I was thinking about the people I love and it crossed my mind that some of the people I love are not perfect. My thought was " I have loved some less than perfect people in my life." It is hard to love people who are not right for you or who are not what you expected the people you love to be. But I have to admit loving the people in my life who do not fit my expectations is still a wonderful experience. The best thing about the life I am living is loving and being loved back. Oh, the flaws we have because at our best we are just human...

Still nothin' doin' on the porch...

It is still too cold to do any painting on the porch!

We spent time at camp for Mom's day with some of our grandkids...it snowed. The kids ran around catching huge snowflakes on their tongues! My daughter gave me Iris for the day Sunday as my gift. She is six and a lovely child, wise beyond her years. She is a good friend. Papa brought us breakfast in bed with coffee to her great delight. She said " I could get used to this!" The dress she is wearing in this pic is one her Mom wore in my brother's wedding many years ago!