Shades of Blue

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Parenting

Yes.... it happens.

Labels: Parenting

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Poetry

I have often maintained that the best poet is ... the baker who ... does [the] majestic and unpretentious work of kneading the dough, consigning it to the oven, baking it in golden colours and handing us our daily bread as a duty of fellowship.
- Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and 1971 Nobel Laureate in Literature (1904-1973)

Labels: Ponder This, Wisdom

Monday, November 09, 2009

Rules to live by

Little magnets from Hallmark.

They are all daily efforts I make.

Labels: Ponder This, Wisdom

Sunday, November 08, 2009

The sun sets in the desert

By 6 pm the sun is set in Phoenix.

Before then...

this is ...

what you see. And so we gather outside and admire a nature's show of splendour.

Labels: Nature, The Desert

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween

Pictures from around the neighborhood.

Happy Halloween.

Labels: Celebrations, The Calendar

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Tomatos

Home grown and tasty.

This one I got from Lowes already full of these beauties. Now I just have to keep them coming.

Labels: Gardening

Monday, October 26, 2009

In Spirit and in Truth

God's acceptance and forgiveness does not say that everything we have done and left undone is all right. It says that we can pick up from here and move on. Freed from the burden of guilt, we can live with our real, sinful sleves, accepting ourselves because God accepts us and esteeming ourselves because if God prizes us, how can we do otherwise?
- Martha Graybeal Rowlett, from her book In Spirit and in Truth

Labels: Ponder This, Wisdom

Friday, October 23, 2009

The best kept secret

We had our first exposure to the Corona del Sol's Band program last night.

The Percussion concert and the Orange Men Group were phenomenal.

And you can't beat the $5 admission price.

Riveting!

Can you tell I reallllllyyy liked this experience? :-)

And the Stick Men were perfect too.

Labels: music, The Desert

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Just because

I have so many words but none for here.

I like images of Halloween.

Labels: Celebrations, The Desert

Monday, October 19, 2009

Fall in the desert

In the middle of October the temperature reached 100 again. Mind you, this is Phoenix, the below sea level city in the desert.

This is what I saw this weekend.

Fruit grows here too. The senior citizens at this place will enjoy some watermelon soon.

Labels: Nature, The Desert

Sunday, October 18, 2009

GR Herberger Park

I can name a bunch of reasons why go here for a little bit...

Here is GR Herberger Park in Phoenix.

It is the site of a station in the Arizona Canal.

It has a bunch of waterfall features.

And it has shells, not featured here, for picking by 2 little girls.

So, if you are on Fall Break and are bored with staying home, take a drive here to get to know your city.

Labels: Field Trip, Parenting

Friday, October 16, 2009

Boo to you too

In these hot again Arizona parts we are getting ready for Halloween.

Snowden and Grasshopper are having fun.

Labels: Celebrations

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Remember my name

If necessary, much resolution with parents happens when they are gone.

I find the need to capture her as I saw her, as I loved her, and place her in my space where compassion, understanding, and life exist.

Labels: Beloved, Mama

Monday, October 12, 2009

Becky Saratoga

She is my newest friend. A comfy bike that I have ridden plenty since her arrival on Saturday.

She is Becky and Saratoga for its model name.

So far us three girls can't get enough of her. She is a smooth rider... and the color rocks!

Labels: Biking, Living