v for valentine

Natale and I had a fun

Pre-Valentine's Day together.

makes me chuckle

No falling off the cliff?

ping pong perfect

Early Saturday morning we headed south to Sierra Vista for the third annual Ping Pong tournament. Jay had arrived home at 10 PM on Friday night after a long week working out of town. Because he was tired I drove most of the three hour trip. As we passed Tucson we encountered blizzard conditions with wet snow blowing sideways and covering the road signs. As my driving became more focused I tried to recall the last time I had driven in snow....it's been a long time. 


I knew before we arrived at the table tennis club that I wasn't going to be using my camera as much this year....just didn't have the desire to focus on table tennis shots again. I took a few photos but spent more time just watching Tim and Jay play their matches. That is until Tim pulled his new Rebel T2I camera out of the backpack and asked if I wanted to try it out. Ha-ha! Wood Eye! 

I had fun playing with the camera both at the club and again Sunday afternoon at the Frisbee Golf course. Sadly, I have none of the amazing shots to share with you.

Late in the afternoon I accepted Jay's offer to paddle a few balls back and forth on an empty table. Silly me, I should have known what would follow. I received basic table tennis instructions from John, the kind senior table tennis player (he received the silver metal in the 70 and older age group) and I'm quite sure he'll be checking up on me next year to see if I followed through with the strokes he taught me.

99

Wednesday was Natale's 99th day of school. On Monday we will celebrate the 100th day of school. I had Natale help me plan some of the many fun activities we will do to celebrate the monumental occasion. 

picnic weather

The weather has been delightful this week....beckoning me outside into the sunshine. After our morning work Natale and I visited the garden, made salad together and picniced on the front porch. I laughed when we sat down and Lily grabbed the "cauliflower bone" I had given her in the morning. She waited until picnic time to eat her treat. 

jr asparagus

I have two assistant gardeners in my greenhouse.

They love helping with the watering

and playing in the dirt. 

They each have their own garden tub.

When they come on Monday morning

they will discover tiny tomato plants

where they planted seeds two weeks ago.

bluish-gray

The gray weather

was making me feel rather blue

until this

rainbow 

showed up on my doorstep 

in the hands of a smiling six year old.