on top of ol' silly

 Now that the thermometer isn't sporting triple digits it's time to for Lily and I to resume our Silly hiking. Today was day three this week. I brought the iphone along for some picture fun along the way.

I wanted to try to get a picture of the two of us with the silly sign. Lily was acting silly by pretending I was choking her!

Then back home I had some fun playing with the free PicMonkey photo editing program.

 

 

Year Five Photobook

Here is my latest adventure in scrapbooking....

Click here to view this photo book larger

Shutterfly photo books offer a variety of layouts and cover options to choose from.

parasol

Natale showed up for school with a bright pink, fringed, paper parasol this week (it doesn't take much to inspire me into a photo shoot session). 

After I took her picture Natale asked if she could take my picture. I handed over the camera and encouraged her to take several shots while coaxing Lily to give me some love. 

I think they both did a good job.

Inhairtance

My dad used to get so frustrated when he came home from the store, unpacked the grocery bags, and discovered that once again the pop he had so diligently searched for had become "diet" pop during the ride home. 

I thought about him yesterday after I rinsed the coloring out of my hair and reread the box. When I was at the store it said Dark Blonde but now that the color was attached to my head it read Terracotta Blonde AKA Super Woman Red. 

Supplies!*

*69**

**a joke about a joke that my dad used to tell. 

blessing

Several months ago I figured out how to add new links to my list of blogs I follow  (I know, slow learner- seeing how I've been blogging for several years). As I follow links from one blog to another and I discover a post that speaks to an area of interest I've added it to my list. I have blogs on eating raw, being a minimalist (that's even funnier than the above comment if you know anything about Jay), homeschooling, art/decorating, and walking closely with YaHWeH.

When the calendar turned from 12 to 13 I read several articles on setting goals. Twenty-thirteen marked the transition to two students and three days to my homeschool routine. A simplified approach seemed a smart way to plot my course for the new season. I read posts about choosing one word...then applying that singular thought in all areas of life. I brain stormed a  list of words that I might choose but pretty-much knew from the start that I was going to choose  the word blessing.

BLESSING, I've become much more conscience of using words of blessing since my transition to a Hebrew Roots approach to my faith. 

All that to say....this morning as I was scanning recent posts I noticed the following blessing written by Emily at chatting at the sky . I want to echo her words of blessing to you at the start of this new week.


May your weekend be filled with people – the kind you love and the kind who love you. May you be brave in conversation, humble as you listen, lighthearted as you refuse to take yourself too seriously.

And if you spend a little time with someone who is hurting, may you be willing to offer your company without saying any words at all. And may you remember that really, everyone is hurting. Be slow to take offense.

paint day

After painting the trim around my front door, 

I painted my hair.

love

Jay's been working out of town a lot recently. 

I'm happy I have have Lily to keep me company.

playing with mud

My self-portrait 

taken during a post-rainstorm walk 
around the neighborhood.