Friday, July 12, 2013

My Summer List

I have been checking activities off my summer to-do list and adding new things as well (read a book, go to Canada, fill my sandbox...). Whether or not I'll get to everything on the list is not really as important as setting some goals and seeing that I really did have a great summer, even though I might have normally forgotten  half the things I did had they not been written down. I should have started doing this long ago, although I will say there have been times when I looked back at my blogs just to see what I had done.

I've painted my toenails for the second time. My husband, upon seeing them, asked why I couldn't just be normal. (He was smiling when he asked...) I told him I was normal for the first half of our marriage, but what I'm really thinking is, "Normal? What does anyone in this family know about normal?" Maybe this counting backward thing is really working... (Judi, I am getting loopier every year!)

I'm still "counting" gifts, though I haven't been writing them down like I should. This morning's gift came in the form of tiny mushrooms that had sprouted in the grass overnight. I found them on the way out to fill my finch feeder and returned to capture them with my handy dandy gift recorder, otherwise known as a digital camera. What really amazed me was the dewdrops on the blades of grass. I never knew water droplets could be so very small.

My darling daughter, the youngest of them, should have arrived in Grenada this morning. She will be on my heart and mind for many days to come. For now I am being kept busy and distracted by baby dolls and little girls.

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  1. You just can NOT help but smile when looking at your toes! lol!!!!

    love the tiny mushroom...that's a gorgeous photo and awesome little creation to sprout overnight.

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    1. If I can make someone smile, then my mission is accomplished. Besides, I'm smiling too. :)

      I keep finding myself looking at the mushroom and dewdrop photos over and over. Incredible!

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  2. You do have smiley toes. I'm smiling. I think I need a happy face on my big toe! And yes, that little mushroom photo could win a contest.

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    1. I'm never too sure about entering contests, but the thought is fun. I'll likely just have some of my photos printed and give them as Christmas gifts. They fought over them at the Gift Exchange last year. :)

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  3. That photo is awesome!!
    I love it,Martha!
    And the toes...don't get me started!
    Hope you had a great weekend!

    Cheers!
    Linda :o)

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    1. Thank you, Linda.
      I had a very nice weekend.
      In fact, I had a very nice week, oh so much better than the week previous.
      :0)
      Cheers!

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