Green Things

Happy St.Patrick's Day...

I know it's not a Leprechaun...but it is...Green!

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A green dragon...
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that my daughter Annette made for

a summer reading program at the local library where she works.

There's a lamp shade...

a large trash can with wheels...for mobility

and other strange objects I can't remember...
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under all that paper mache!
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She's very talented in many different artistic ways!
She also keeps me supplied with library books!

This is us "Several" years ago flying a kite in the field!
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Four leaf clovers are associated with March 17th...right?

Plus...they're green!
...or at least most are...


This little plastic box contains a few...
found over 25 years ago...they are not green!



For my birthday back in 1999...

Annette gave me a nature journal...



I jotted down notes about the different birds or
animals I saw and the timing of their return each year. .


I kept track of the greening of the field and
flowering of the trees and plants!

Little by little... it became the keeper of
4 leaf clovers the grandchildren...I...and others found.






Remember.....if we hadn't found...picked...and

and saved them...


this bunny would have eaten them!


Click to enlarge...there may be some there yet to find....


...in all that green....


...but I doubt it...




because my journal has 58 pages of 4 leaf clovers!






These are...




just...




a few...





Eventually...I had to start another journal...

As soon as it greens up and Spring fully arrives...

I'm sure more will be found...picked...and saved.

As you can easily see...Katie finds the most!

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I'll end with another look at the...jolly green dragon...

"Leprechaun Substitute"

Back Down The Drive

This morning's 7:05 sunrise was tinted lavender...like a hint of Spring.
Plus, warmer temperatures are predicted for a few days.....
which means more comfortable walks for me and our grandchildren.

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All 9 of our grandchildren live within walking distance;

some just take a little hike and cross a creek to get here.....

while others can come down this easier path to our home.
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Yes, that's a cemetery adjacent to our driveway.....

that they have to pass by.....on their way here.

It's an early 1800's cemetery.

Sometimes they don't even make it here.....

.....but end up in the field chasing butterflies like Amanda!
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This is granddaughter Katie and great niece Alicia

helping granddaughter Alivia, their cousin, down the drive.
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They gather here in the summer and sometimes play a game of corn hole .

That's Nick, Katie, Nathan, and Tori (not a grandchild...but Katie's cousin).
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Katie and Nick
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Most are all teenagers now,

except for Andrew and Dylan...

but when younger they all

had fun in this small pool.....

and often ended up on the back porch

......eating s'mores.....like Dylan here with

Jacob (another cousin, but not a grandchild).....

and sometimes they could be convinced that reviewing

some school work, with Grant's help.....could be fun!

I enjoy all of them coming to gramma's for

warm summer time fun, being all together .....
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or for cold winter time snowball fights.....
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or like Katie and Tori.....

to play monopoly... with Alivia looking on.....
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They can come and camp out in my living room anytime,
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or just for quick little visits...like Dustin.....

before they go.....back down the drive.
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Deer.....not grandchidren.....

going back down the drive!!!

Valentine Gifts

It's Valentine's Day

So, Happy Valentine's Day to all nine

of our grandchildren..... here in this collage of photos-

and here's a collage of just a few Valentine cards saved over the years.

This next photo is of the unusually bright planet Venus.

It was taken during that very brief thunderstorm we just had.

Because of my "shaky camera syndrome"-

the blurred image came out like this -

-HONEST-

"a heart shape I will be keeping "

Another heart shape I've had for a while is this

"enormous"

pink heart shaped box, which was full of chocolates back in 1962.

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But our favorite St. Valentine's Day Gift is from February14,1965.

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Our daughter--- Annette Marie!!!

Happy Birthday Annette!
&
Happy St.Valentine's Day!