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| ATN - There are 12 little crackers in the basket....I know because I counted and put them there! |
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| MEB - While eating at a local restaurant, there were a dozen square wooden blocks for children to play with. |
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| MEL - I got a dozen pieces of "coal" in my stocking! |
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| ATN - Happy Birthday Mother....I miss laughing with you... |
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| MEB - Grandpolly was a very large part in our lives. She still is... I miss and love you! |
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| MEL - Happy Birthday, Grandpolly. I miss you everyday. |
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| ATN - Honest Abe! |
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| MEB - Honest Abe |
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| MEL - Let's be honest. I have never been good at cleaning my room. |
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| ATN - A lighthouse on Margaret and Bill's Christmas Tree! |
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| MEB - A house for a toy owl would be a toy nest! |
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| MEL - My favorite house in the entire world. |
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| ATN - Wonderful Christmas with Margaret, Bill & Rebecca! Thanks for having us...we had a super time. |
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| MEB - Merry Christmas from South Georgia! |
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| MEL - Christmas gift! |
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| ATN - Wonderful little shop in Thomasville....could have stayed in there forever. Especially fun on Christmas Eve with Margaret. |
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| MEB - I would love to have this candle lit lantern to use as decoration in my front hall. |
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| MEL - Silver candle stick with a glass hurricane...one of my favorite decorations. |
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| ATN - This beautiful orchid is on Carol & Bob Neumann's porch in Florida. |
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| MEB - One of the nice things about living in the Deep South is that we almost always have something in bloom. |
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| MEL - Not much in blossom in VA right now. But, I have always loved this needlepoint pillow at Mount Airy of daffodils in blossom. |
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| ATN - Where in the world was I going to find an OWL?? We stopped just over the border in Florida yesterday and there he was! A carved coconut husk owl!! (say that fast three times) |
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| MEB - My husband's grandfather gave him an owl call when he was younger. |
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| MEL - Robert got a new puzzle game on "Mommy's PiePad". It amazes me how well he can use it. But, today's puzzle happened to be an OWL! |
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| ATN - My BEST next door neighbor is my sister, Courtenay. She broke her leg a month ago and is still gimping around on crutches. |
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| MEB - I have wonderful neighbors who make living in This neighborhood great! |
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| MEL - We got this adorable Christmas card from our next door neighbors. |
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| ATN - This was easy! |
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| MEB - Since it is warm and feels like Spring, what better way to cool off than with a cup of lemonade. |
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| MEL - Robert is so excited to see his cousin Grace Lemmon tomorrow! They have been great friends since he was born. |
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| ATN - It is really annoying to find a dead leaf on a plant that I thought was alive and well. |
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| MEB - It is becoming very annoying to have barricades around the house to keep Luke out of certain areas of the house |
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| MEL - Poor Mako has some sort of allergies. I feel pretty bad for him since we cannot figure out how to help him. But, seriously, the most annoying sound is the sound of him licking and chewing his feet. |
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| ATN - Only goldfish around here are the baked variety. |
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| MEB - Our goldfish pond... Minus the goldfish! Our local fish eating critters had them for dinner. |
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| MEL - Robert's goldfish, "Baby Fish". |
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| ATN - My friend, Brother Mark, lives in this wonderful mid-1700's house outside of Tappahannock. That's his dog, Snow, on the front porch. |
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| MEB - In the age of technology and all kinds of cutting machines, sometimes the primitive way of doing things are the best. |
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| MEL - My very first "good" camera looks so primitive. Film? What is film? |
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| ATN - Good for Tommy. His tie now hangs below his belt! |
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| MEB - Somehow shoes and toys always end up below the coffee table. |
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| MEL - Below the lid is my favorite Earl Grey tea. |
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| ATN - Pans of cooling cashew brittle! DELICIOUS! |
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| MEB - In celebration oft daughter's birthday we had ice cream. A hot fudge sundae for me please! |
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| MEL - Lost Sock only feeds animals delicious cereal. |
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| ATN - Only 3 minutes apart....they are both my 'firstborn'! This was at Margaret's rehearsal dinner and Geoffrey has just arrived, unannounced, from Alaska!! |
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| MEB - My beautiful daughter... My one and only! |
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| MEL - My first and only! |
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| ATN - This abandoned building is on route 17 north....wonder how it is still standing. |
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| MEB - A paddle boat that is never used anymore... |
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| MEL - Rudolph is at the Richmond Animal League. He was found in Cumberland with a busted leg that Animal Control had to amputate. I know his back end looks blurry, but he was so happy that he never stopped wagging his tail. www.ral.org |
