It's A Picture Blog

I have practically nothing to say this week - no words of wisdom, no entertaining stories to tell. Instead, I've picked out some of my favorite pictures since moving here almost three years ago, and I'm going to put captions to them.


January 17, 2019 - My kids (minus Matthew) and my sister-in-law's kids. This was at a joint birthday party for Bryan and Grandpa. It's not very often we get a picture of the cousins together.



May 10, 2019 - Matthew put a No Smoking sign on the deck doors, right where I go out to smoke.



July 8, 2019 - The love Tea has for her little brother will never be matched.



July 21, 2019 - This frog traveled everywhere with my sister Holly and I. It became severely faded by the sun. Sadly, it got lost and never traveled again.



August 12, 2019 - My mommy and me at the Tall Ships.



December 11, 2019 - Everyone seems to think Mom is open 24 hours. I don't think I've ever contradicted them.



February 17, 2020 - Rose heads that had drooped from the bouquet Nick had bought me for Valentine's Day. I clipped them and put them in a candy dish of water.



July 28, 2020 - My sister Dawn and I having shots at sister's week. Cheers!



August 6, 2020 - Tea in the dentist's chair. It took 18 years for her to become this chill.



August 29, 2020 - Burnouts at the e-RAT-icate Cancer Cruise.



November 16, 2020 - A sunrise from my bedroom window.



April 28, 2021 - The sticker I had bought for Karen, my new car. I was so proud of that car.



June 15, 2021 - The deer in the yard at work when I pulled in one day. He just watched me as he ate. I don't even know if you can see his buds of the antlers starting in this picture, but he let me get pretty close to him to take the picture. It was amazing!

Until next week's dirt...

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