Just a quickie this evening. Thursdays this month (and much of last month) have been very busy, between the boys each having baseball practice one after another. First Timmy has practice from 5:30-7:30pm, then Jacob’s is one field over from 7:30-8:30pm. It’s become a tradition — about 8-10 “little siblings” get together to play catch, … Read more
When I was in Nebraska earlier this month, I was immediately greeted by the wild sunflowers that I loved all over the edges of the highways and empty fields. I had planned to take some pictures but forgot. Oh well. At least I have this blog post from September 2008 to remind me of how … Read more
When my boys were doing the Turner Field Running of the Bases earlier this month, there was a photographer sitting just past 2nd base taking pictures of the boys. Some dude handed us parents a flyer with a website and asked us to note the time because the pictures of the kids are displayed by time.. … Read more
Photo by Fotomom. While Maryann AKA Fotomom was here visiting last week she took a really sweet picture of Howie in our kitchen. After she got home this week, she took some time to dress up the picture and wrote a lovely blog post about him and how she made the great picture! Photographers have … Read more
Imagine my delight when I saw N-Scale Magazine sitting in a magazine rack yesterday at the Strasburg Station train store in Lancaster, PA. And here’s Dave’s super-awesome front cover picture, and inside is his feature article! I wish I could share the whole article here with you, but from our vacation we can’t do it … Read more
We moved here in November, and by then most of the growing season was over. So we’ve been greeted with all sorts of surprises over the past several weeks. I’ve been taking lots of pictures of the pretty flowers blooming around here. Unfortunately, these past few days all my photography has been with my iPhone … Read more
Today I was in downtown Fort Walton Beach to pay a visit to the local running store. Between the parking lot and the store you walk through a pretty camellia garden. These variegated ones caught my attention. Enjoy! Click the picture to see it in better detail.
Today I went on a number of errands, including to our nearby model train store to pick up a boxcar Dave ordered, and to the local large children’s consignment sale that’s wrapping up this weekend. I decided to grab my camera and capture some of the pretty trees that are gracing eastern Nebraska right now. … Read more
Greetings from Norway, I mean, Nebraska! On Thursday night, after a couple days of melting ice and cold nights, and after a weak cold front moved through, saturated air near the surface brought foggy conditions to our neighborhood. On Friday morning, I saw our trees covered in heavy frost. From 2010 01 15 Rime Ice … Read more
A billion years ago, in one of my meteorology classes, I was taught the temperature ranges at which snowflakes will form their different potential shapes. I remember getting tested on the information, too. “At what temperature ranges will capped columns form?” Heck if I know now, but I can now find out with the click … Read more