Wide Open Spaces

This afternoon we were free.  No chores, no agenda...we were free to enjoy this great January California sun! I have to remind myself of these days, when I say I want to move out of state.
There is a big open area near our house we went to, & let the kids & the dogs live it up. I was tempted to run through some of the tall grasses & spin around (like The Sound of Music), but kept picturing finding a Tick in my pants. I refrained.

I was trying to capture Persimmon's flat little profile, in the car.

Hope you enjoyed this day, & got a chance to just breathe...feel the air out there. Or maybe dance, or run wild in a field(tick free of course)!

Yesterday's Snapshots

Oh the things we do, to pass the daylight hours around here.... sometimes(as you will see), it involves posing a doll with the cat. Yesterday after the usual daily errands, & a trip to the park, we found ourselves goofing around with the camera.

                          Here is Cody, checking himself out.

          Fast asleep. He's cute when he isn't peeing on things.

                                 Chowder's plastic friend.

Weekend Away & MLK

Just got back last night, from a great weekend, in the mountains.  It was a good time to catch up on my scrapbooking, hang out with friends, & I got time to make another little project. It's always good to get away, every once in awhile...but it feels good to be back with my family too.

Maya & Debbie

Snowlady

Caught up some. These are India's 2nd birthday pics(she's almost 5 now)

A little something I made

Amusing myself....& maybe having a moment of homesickness

Pretty drive on the way home

Glad to have had a fun & a safe trip!  Sage & India had written me little notes telling me they loved & missed me, that they gave me when I got back....ahhhh.  Today there is no school, because it's Martin Luther King Day.  He is a hero of mine.  I admire him, & think he did so much good while he was on this earth!  So we are reading our book on him, & will talk about helping others & standing up for people being treated right.