SIGNS of the Dimes...and dragonflies...and dreams...

SIGNS OF THE DIMES

Signs:

Dreams

Dragonflies

Dimes

All signs pointing me in the direction of something quite lovely, and I had a feeling it was on the horizon... sure enough.. it is here. And the signs telling me that it is right.

With a grateful heart, I embrace and welcome these signs with love.

Summer Half Full and Half Empty

The lake house

Quartsville

River Bend

So, summer is half over...

Half still left...

Love

My new collection, I have decided, is going to be
snapshots like these, of couples looking
happy together.

I went to take a look at my friends booth in
Beekman's, and happened upon these two
photos. They were the only two, in separate
places, all over the mall, that were actually smiling
and looking happy.

I walked away from them...gave it a second thought...
and went back for them. I'm glad I did. I decided
I would be framing them somehow and
making a collage of them in my bedroom.

Hopefully I will have a whole wall of sweet couples
smiling... and it will give me hope.

When I got home, I decided to play around with the pictures a bit,
and here you see the result. So far.

Ah, love is grand.

DILEMMA!

It's nobody's fault but my own.

I can't cry about it if I'm not willing to do anything about it.

I'm talking about my recent dilemma about getting a new job

or sticking with the one I already have.

I need more money, that's certainly true.

I also really love my current job, low pay and all.

It has it's perks... a summer off to enjoy house sitting someone's

gorgeous lake house piece of heaven.

I'm with my family.

Sure, being broke sucks. But having money isn't everything.

And I always survive.

I'll try not to complain, if I don't take a new job.

It's coming, this I know. But I do love these summers....

maybe just ONE more?

On My Mind

On my mind:

Thinking about the last day of school and missing "my" kids. Will I see them again?
Going back to summer term. Dropping math. Am I doing the right thing?
Get a summer job? If I like it, don't go back to the "school" job?
Work vs. college?
Quilly getting old.
Matt going off to Job Corps. Our last summer with him?
Emptying the garage.

Just to name a few.

Yet, even with all this "thinking", I know that things ALWAYS work out, no matter what.

So, instead of worry about it, I just think about it, instead.

Childhood memories.
Up top, I'll never forget those dining room curtains. Oh the things we remember.

Take for instance, above. On my birthday at Grandma & Grandpa's. I'm 7 or 8 here.
My favorite gift: Grandma's specially wrapped (in tin foil) hunk-o-cheese.
Her cheese always tasted better, even though later she told me it was the
cheap brand at the store. Oh, that Grandma!

She told me that Grandpa insisted on some certain brand of coffee. But it was
expensive, Grandma said. She started buying the cheap brand, put it in the other container.
Said Gramps never knew the difference. Oh, that Grandma!

Here you see, above, Jimmy and I. I think I was about 10. Jimmy looks
so sweet ~ a devil in disguise!
This is in Medford on Shaefer Lane.

This one, above, one of the few it seems of us with Mom. This picture
reminds me of life as it truly was: boxers, beat up Barbie dolls and old fake fur coats.
Might as well throw in Franklin Street and that old VW bus. Let's not forget those
home hair cuts...

This one? Ah, fond memories at Grandma's again. Dad has that table now. And I want that Barbie doll.

LIFE GOES ON. Make good memories, and be sure to write them down!

Family Beach Memories

We climbed over rocks to find a secluded beach (above) that was
a little slice of heaven!

Wonderful!