the end of our last home game
as
michigan beats indiana in our first snow
and
both are cause
for
excessive celebration
in ann arbor
“sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating;
there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. “
-john ruskin
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image credits: mlive
“i can honestly say i love getting older.
then again, i never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.”
-cherie lunghi
the perfect great outdoors backyard birthday
for grandie f
canoe, tent, tree swing, wood planks, campfire, tree house
whistles, slingshots, treats
sleeping bag sack races
donut challenge
kids happy and running everywhere
what could be more fun?
“i am unboreable in the great outdoors.”
-p. j. o’rourke
the house
the pool
the wheels
the drinks
the fire
the tables
–
the quiet calm.
—
“the next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.”
― sarah addison allen, – Garden Spells
happy 4th of july
—
“the boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
-thomas jefferson
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image credit: google images
i’m always hopeful.
i feel like I’m at the prom sitting against the wall
waiting for someone to ask me to dance.
-sarah dessen
“as full of spirit as the month of may,
and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.”
― william shakespeare
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image credit: May Pole (circa 1907). source: http://www.victoriantraditions.com
fat tuesday – the early days.
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image credit: pinterest.com
grandbaby b and i shared the wonder
of the magic snow that came from the ceiling
at her very first real play,
the grinch.
—
i think, at a child’s birth,
if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift,
that gift would be curiosity.
– eleanor roosevelt
at the halloween dance party.
happy halloween!
I didn't have my glasses on.... 