116/365 Coffee and the News

We power washed the deck last night. It is warm enough to sit on the deck for his morning coffee and the news. It feels so good to be back out in the yard after 6 long months.

 115/365 Good Morning

I am loving the warm sun streaming in the windows in the early morning. The windows are finally open and I can hear the kids playing. Spring is here! 

 114/365 Snap Cut

The Seymour Smith original #119 Snap Cut. I gave them a workout today. Spent over five hours in the yard pruning trees and bushes. I lost them a few times because I put them down to collect all the clippings.  This amazing tool is older than me.... and that's pretty old! 

 113/365 Spices

Because no trip to the USA is complete without a stop at Trader Joes. 

 112/365 Hamburger

My husband and I are on the "plan". That's code for getting ready for bathing suit season. This was actually really good! 

 111/365 Gracie is ONE! 

Love watching this family grow up. Their third girl and I get to photograph them all - newborn , cake smashes, fall family sessions.  :) Pretty sweet! 

Gracie is full of spunk! And on the move!! And she is ONE!! 

 110/365 Enough with the Snow! 

Had to drag the shovels out of the tool shed in the back yard! 

 109/365 Chocolate Chip Cookies

Not sure if I had more fun making them or setting up this shot.....

who am I kidding I had more fun eating them! 

108/365 Sprinter

WHERE did this come from? It's a little depressing but it WILL melt by the weekend! 

 107/365 Jenga

Are we good or what?

 106/365 Martini

a very dry martini but a very delicious one!

 105/365 Wild Flower

They were all along the banks of the pond/lake just outside our condo. Must be in the Gerbera Daisy family. 

 104/365 Carnation

....in an empty gin bottle. How creative are we?!

 103/365 Sunset on a very warm evening. 

Saying farewell to Palm Springs...

 102/365 Mom Water

Or Grandma Water. It was calling my name. Only 90 calories...and it tasted like only 90 calories!!

101/365  Date Night at John Henry's, PS

 

 100/365 Chuckwalla Trail, Palm Springs

 99/365 Gosling

 98/365 Las Casuelas Nuevas, Palm Springs 

 97/365 Murray Canyon Panorama

 96/365  Murray Canyon Hike

 95/365 Palmer Eclipse

 94/365 Beamer

Cause Jesse loves cars and I saw this and it's a Beamer so I had to get it. 

 93/365 Mango Chutney

 92/365 ICE

We all know about the huge double whammy dump of snow in March!   We came  home with a narrow access to the garage thanks to our son and some neighbour boys and some shovels. Each day we go out and chip away at this huge pile of snow to widen our street access. But these last six inches of solid ice are crazy hard to chip away. The temps will be into the balmy teens on Thursday (60s and 70's for all my new friends from Texas) so here's hoping this mass of ice on the street in front of our driveway goes away this week! 

My back would really like me to stop! 

 91/365 More Beads

I think we are well supplied for some serious beading at our family reunion in May! 

 90/365 Easter Gathering

We normally meet in the school gymnasium, but the school is closed for Easter so not available. So after 4 hours of cleaning and set up, the garage turned out just fine. We can easily fit 50 people in here, but we will be more like 30. I am looking forward to Easter morning - Resurrection Sunday!

 89/90 Spring

Despite all this snow still hanging around, there are signs that spring will come. 

 88/365 Crafting with the Grandkids

 87/365 Crafting

Lord willing I will be spending 9 days with my 8 grand daughters (6 of them old enough to craft!) so I am stocking up! YES! Another amazon package due shortly! 

 86/365 Evening Craving

 85/365 Nasturtiums

I bought seeds...hopeful that these minus temps will turn to plus temps soon and the ground will thaw!

 84/365 Police Car

Jesse and I looked for a good 30 minutes for his beloved police car but it could not be found. It will show up I am sure - somewhere in the toy room, but I saw this at the grocery store and decided maybe he should have two of them! ...cause Grandmas can do that for their favourite grandson! 

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 83/365 Juicing Day

 82/365 Oily Martini

 81/365 New Grocery Store

I am pretty happy to have a grocery store in the neighbourhood now and it is a really good one! 

 80/365 Roses

From my sweetheart

For my birthday.

 79/365 Jessie

This boy loves his cars, his car garage and being goofy among other things. 

 78/365 I am NOT Sharing!

 77/365 Presents and Sisters! 💕💕💕

 76/365 Happy Birthday to Me

This is what 67 looks like! 

75/365 Happy Birthday Norah

Cannot believe you are 12!

 

 74/365 Birthday Preparations

All excited to celebrate her BD tomorrow. 

 73/365 Chillaxin'

In freezing cold water. Thankfully it was about 28C out so that made up for the cold water. 

 72/365 I Lost

Isla was not wanting to do her parallel bars at gymnastics. So we made a bet. If she did it I owould et her put chalk all over me. I lost. 

 71/365 The Math Game

 70/365 Fruit Salad

She made it all by herself!

 69/365 Houston!

It takes two hours to drive through Houston. Two very nerve wracking hours for these old prairie folk. 

68/365 The Captain and the Mermaid

We wish....