Hanging Out

with Grandma Gail

*sigh*

So, my kitchen windowsill is getting rather full.
In addition to the nice bottle of dish soap, the jar of fresh cilantro, and the pot of mint we have quite a collection of friends.
We have Frederic the Caterpillar, Leo the Ant Lion, and Katie the Katydid.
Each has his, or her, own container.
The plants and bottle have doilies under them, of course.
Maybe the bugs should, too.
It is possible that we've taken our Nature Studies a bit too far...

Come

Come said the wind

to the leaves one day,

Come o'er the meadows

and we will play.

Put on your dresses

scarlet and gold,



For summer is gone

and the days grow cold.

-Victorian Rhyme

Cupcake Cuteness

real post soon!

a few more pictures of Cupcake

Cupcake--22" long 80th percentile for height, 9 lbs. 4 oz
Growing strong!

Cupcake and Dumpling- Lots of Love!

this morning-Cupcake

sweet girl

Cupcake it is!

Another (Few) Years of Dickens...

I laughed when I saw this post the other day. That was from 2007. I took a break from reading through my Charles Dickens collection. A two year break it turned out to be. I did read some of his Christmas Stories last year, but dove back in full force this summer. I have completed Dombey and Son and Little Dorritt and am currently three fourths of the way through Bleak House. As they average 1200 pages, it takes a bit more time and thought to read than say, the Mitford series I reread last month. I do read and nurse the baby at the same time when it works out.

Dombey & Son has been my least favorite so far. Not that it isn't wonderfully written. It is just a sadder story to me. I adored Little Dorritt and begged Sweetheart to get the movie when I finished. We both loved it. Do watch it if you can!

All this Dickens led to watching an old BBC version of Bleak House that we've had for years but hadn't seen. Now we own the new version as well. *ahem* Both are good, but the newer version is filmed in a more up to date fashion and very well done as well as being easier to follow with better audio. It is an amazing story. I will be a bit sad to finish reading it.

I think next I will venture off to The Curiosity Shop for a visit. By then it will probably be time to finish up the Christmas Stories. As my set of books is quite old and worn I sewed, a book cover that I can put on each book as I read them. I hope this will help them to last longer.

Though at over 135 years old, I think they've paid their dues, don't you? Maybe I'll get a picture of the cover I made taken and posted soon. As computer time varies wildly these days, we'll just have to see. I am keeping quite busy these days and loving it all. Well, except the crying. And I am a wee bit tired today. Therefore, I am going to sign off for now wishing you all the best. Maybe I can get a few more pages read...

What are you reading???? Do tell!

pictures

My Dad and Stepmom came over on Saturday to meet the baby. To them--I'll try to post the individual pix soon. The collage just lets me put up a bunch quick.

Dimples

While the idea does make me smile, it is not for the reason you think. You see, she does have a little dimple on her left cheek, but she also has a second dimple on her BACK cheeks. It's a Sacral/Pilonidal Dimple just above her cute little cheeks. Ahem. So I just can't go with Dimple for a nickname...

:)

We are all well. I am just busy taking care of everyone. Wouldn't trade it for anything.