Macro Monday ~ 6-20-11

My Eldest Grandson’s Feet at His Brother’s Graduation from Kent School,

 Chestertown, MD

I just love the loafers and NO socks. I was sitting next to him and just couldn’t resist the temptations to shoot the feet...grandmother’s get to do silly things like this.


"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.”
~Dr. Seuss


This post is linked to Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos.

Lavender and the Butterfly ~ 6-13-11

Lavender and the Butterfly

If you enlarge the picture, I think you will see a “happy couple” instead of just the single butterfly. Not until I read one of the comments did I realize there were actually two on the flower. Amazing!

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” 

~Richard Bach

This post is linked with

 Lisa Gordon’s "The Creative Exchange.”

and

Marco Monday over at Lisa’s Chaos.

Daily Photo ~ Pink Saturday ~ 6-11-11

This week my son and his daughter, Eloise, took me to my 3rd oldest grandchild’s graduation from 8th grade in Chestertown, Maryland.  Outside of DC, we stopped for gas and E. got one of those blue icey slushies. A little later we stopped again at a great outlet mall outside of Centerville, Maryland, to do a bit of shopping. Before getting back on the road, E. and I made a took what turned out to be a photo op pitstop. I took these shots while she was looking at her blue mouth and teeth and washing her hands....some fun, quality Baga and granddaughter time together on the road. Click on the mosaic to get a better look at E’s mouth. It is pretty funny.

"Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.”
~Lois Wise

This post is linked with:

Pink Saturday

and

Mosaic Monday

Mellow Yellow Monday ~ 6-6-11

Mr. Cameron

Bustleburg, VA

Many mornings on my drive to school I see Mr. Cameron -  age 96 - out on the road for his morning constitutional walk. He is amazing. Many days I stop and and we exchange a few words. Last week I finally got up the nerve to ask him if I could take his picture, and he said I could. I think he got a kick out of it considering the grin on his face. We all need to take some advice from my friend...get your exercise and you just might live to be 96.

"Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

  ~Mark Twain

This post is linked to Mellow Yellow Monday.

Pink Saturday ~ 6-4-11

There is nothing nicer than walking about in the woods during spring...especially when you have the added pleasure of a creek or river.


"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.”
  ~John Ruskin


This post is linked with Pink Saturday.

Pink Saturday ~ 5-21-11

Every once in a while we all need a good chuckle. Well, here is your “have a laugh” post. Several weeks ago I had to have ANOTHER upper tooth pulled, but this time it was right smack dab in the front of my mouth. I could not even imagine going to school with a huge hole staring at all of the kids who are sent to me for in-school suspension, so I came up with a plan. Go to Wally World and buy some hospital face masks and cover one with fabric. That is exactly what I did, and here are some silly photos of my creation. I had to have the librarian take the photos so I need to give her credit. It worked really well, and the kids got a great big laugh out of it. They called it Ms. R’s "Michael Jackson” mask!

FYI....This is how a teacher feels after day after day of SOL testing!This is the sofa is in the library reading nook and not in my room.

I think I need to give my friend, Joanna, the school librarian, some photographic credit for taking my pictures, so here is my shot of her taking the end-of-the-year inventory.

Oh, to be so young and cute as this. If I climbed up the foot stool, I would probably fall flat on my face!

A  HAPPY AND LAUGHING PINK SATURDAY TO ALL OF YOU FROM GENIE...THE TOOTHLESS WONDER!

This post is linked with Pink Saturday over at “How Sweet the Sound.”

The Creative Exchange ~ 5-17-11

Everyone Needs a Little Lavender in Their Lives

(I used 2 layers of Dahlia texture - the first with “multiply” at 56%, the second using“soft light” at 26%, and several levels adjustments."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”
~Marcus Aurelius

This post is linked to The Creative Exchange sponsored by Lisa Gordon

Mosaic Monday ~ 5-16-11

A Special Lapquilt for My Dearest Friend, Weezie
(Click on mosaic to enlarge.)

Weezie’s feet get cold in the evenings due to her RA, so I thought it was time for a new lapquilt to cover them. The top is of wonderfully soft cotton from our local quilting shop, and the back is of the softest flannel you have ever felt. I followed the lines of the pattern and machine quilted it. I did not want the back to be blank so came up with the idea of blanket stitching tulips and hearts to it in addition to the signature square. Here are the results. To be 72 and still talk daily to my best friend some 300 miles away is a dream come true. My kind principal allows me to call her each day at 1:00. This way we each know the other is OK.

"A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.”

  ~Leo Buscaglia

This post is linked to Mosaic Mondays sponsored by Mary Carroll
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M.E. Monday ~ 5-16-11

M.E. Fabrics I received from my swap partner. How lucky could one gal get?

This lost is linked with M.E. Monday sponsored by Vicki, the Cherry Chick.

M.E. Monday ~ 5-2-11

Genie’s Desk.....

Believe it or not, I got the upstairs office cleaned up enough tonight that I was able to actually make an M.E. post for the first time in weeks. It still has a long ways to go, but I can work at my little table now. Am in the middle of some genealogy research so have had papers in piles all over the room. Now it is clean enough for me to go and mess it up again. Ah, such is life. 

 “If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door, greet him with, “Who could have done this? We have no enemies.” ~ Phyllis Diller

Happy M.E. Monday to all of you.

Stop by Cherry Chick Jewelry to see other M.E.Monday posts. Vicki is our host, and she has more M.E. goodies than anyone else I have ever known.