This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.
Esta es una parte de la foto grande. Hay que adivinar lo que es. En una semana regreso con la respuesta y otra foto. ¡Suerte!
However it is not a child.
We live next door to a nursing home. A number of the nurses smoke. They are not allowed to smoke on nursing home property. So they cross over into our yard to smoke. When I see them, I take their pictures smoking in our yard, and in the dry leaves of the tree heavy land behind our house. Just in-case they set the place on fire, I want there to be evidence of what they are up to. BTW, I do not hide that I am taking their pictures. And when ever they see us outside (with or with out the camera) they imediately throw the cigarette down and head back to the nursing home or cross the street. This picture actually shows her at the barrel. She normally is not there, but at least if she sets it on fire, it is semi-contained. When we first moved in one of the nurses came to the door and asked if we mind if she stands out front of our driveway to smoke. We told her we would prefer that she not, as I am allergic to the smoke. It was nice of her to ask, we appreciate that. She is not one of the ones we have caught smoking here, she goes in the other direction in fact to have her smoke-break. I am pretty sure she passed on the word that we would prefer them not smoking here, but I suspect she is the only one with enough respect to care that it matters. To her I say, “Thanks!” As for the rest of them, I am sorely tempted to collect all their cigarette butts in a bag and take them and pictures of the ladies smoking on our land to the managers/owners and ask them to take care of the issue.
This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.
Esta es una parte de la foto grande. Hay que adivinar lo que es. En una semana regreso con la respuesta y otra foto. ¡Suerte!
I do not know how or when or why it started, but I do collect these and jokers.
Saturday when we went up on the train to Chicago, there was a little family sitting in front of us. On the way back, we happened to be sitting across the aisle from them. They were a family of 3 and in the next couple weeks they will be a family of 4. Brave woman traveling at 8.5 months pregnant. They are expecting a little girl. They have an almost 3 yr old girl. She seemed to think I am nice or something…. She was very well behaved and quiet on the ride up. On the way back she was a lot of fun. She started the return journey by sharing all the bad words she knows (at least I hope that is all she knows, and I am sure her parents hope so too). Her dad was laughing and her mom was appalled. She took to calling me “Lady” Here are some things she said (no, not the bad words):
~ Lady get out of Chicago ~ Lady where are you going? ~ Lady go to sleep ~ Mom did the Lady wake up? ~ Look Lady! (she just wanted to show me some toys she got while in Chicago, but it totally sounded like I was in trouble) ~ Lady you are bothering people ~
The last one was followed by me telling her- I can’t be bothering him I am married to him. (I was kneeling in my seat talking to Jacob and John-I am married to Jacob.)
Girl – gives me a funny look
Dad – Stop calling her Lady, I am sure she has a name, ask her what it is.
Girl – Lady what is your name?
Lady – Marcia
Girl – Marcia, can you come to my house?
Lady – Do you have toys for me?
Girl – Yes
Lady – I’m sorry, I don’t think I can go there, I don’t know where you live.
Mom – (in disbelief that her daughter is talking to a complete stranger -mostly, she did see us on the train earlier) She will probably tell you.
I think Gavyn and Aiden would have had a blast with this little girl!
While in Chicago we visited Millennium Park, I had never been there before.
Here we are in the Bean.
Here is our reflection in the Bean.
The green arrow points to us.
I did it. Yesterday. Can you believe I cut off a foot of my hair (well, Betsy actually cut it), and I haven’t cried yet. I really do like it. I think it is cute, and while it is odd to have my hair so short, I am not having second thoughts. Here are pictures of the haircut.
That is a lot of hair!
Back view
First cut
The foot of hair
The votes are in and the popular vote says either hair C or F. I think there was one more person who said C than F. However, I love F. I have since the first time I saw it placed on my head. That is what I went with. I hope you like it, if not, too late, it is done. Also, if you don’t like it, please pretend to.
“CHEESE!”
Flipped out
I did not color it. I would love to color it bright red, perhaps some day. The coloring is off because I took this under bathroom lights. But you get the idea.
This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.
Esta es una parte de la foto grande. Hay que adivinar lo que es. En una semana regreso con la respuesta y otra foto. ¡Suerte!
This is from our last visit before Jessie and Aiden moved away. The kids all had fun playing and we adults had fun chatting. I just love the Smile on G1
We all know that I have long hair. We also know I love long hair. Some of us know that I stress the idea of cutting my hair. Some of us know that I often “get really sad” after cutting my hair. However winter is coming. I hate winter. I wish I liked autumn. But I don’t. Sure it is pretty with all the colorful leaves and the white snow that blankets the earth. But it is cold, and often wet, and generally the wet is cold. This leaves me with migraines. And I do not enjoy them. My hair (I bet you are all wondering how this relates?) does not cause the problem, but when I am suffering, my hair is heavy and hurts me more. So, after the last couple weeks of unpleasantness, and almost chopping off my hair, myself, I have decided to get a cute cut. I am not quite sure how I want to cut it exactly. So I did some research and found some hair-styles. I put them on my head, and I want to know what y’all think.
Multiple choice:
A: 
B: 
C: 
D: 
E: 
F: 
This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.
Esta es una parte de la foto grande. Hay que adivinar lo que es. En una semana regreso con la respuesta y otra foto. ¡Suerte!