He knew what to do

Hopscotch drawn on the concrete at the
Super Playground

(He’ll be three on the third of November)

You take a favorite toy and …

You photograph your child/grandchild’s toy around the house, “doing” different activities. You can create a photo book and add some text. They will love it!

Meet Lyle.

I bought Lyle at the Carnegie Museum when grandson Charlie visited about 8 years ago. Charlie gave him his name Lyle.

Charlie is 11 now.

At the Carnegie Museum of Natural History outside the gift shop

I did it for granddaughter Prema’s (now 11) stuffed ballerina dragon, too but that’s another story

What a Thoughtful Neighbor

Spotted by my Grandson (2 1/2) so I Photographed it

Look he said A rainbow! We were at a Toy Lending Library Play place in a church basement.

The windows were covered in translucent contact paper so the rainbow is muted.

Happy Birthday Lala

Laura is celebrating her birthday Friday August 7th.

May your birthday be the start of a happy new year❤️ love, Ma

With her family on Roy’s 4th birthday August 1 2026
1984 First Birthday in Grafenwoehr Germany

Four is going to be Fabulous and Fun

August 1st Roy is turning four Happy Birthday Roy

His mom Laura took his photo trying on his custom birthday shirt.

Charlie is a wonderful big brother to Roy

Happy Families Reblog

Post from

July 26, 2020. I usually keep my blog posts current in real time. I’m still getting my phone in order. And then WordPress is showing what I’ve posted on this date over the years.

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Some grim tales. A card game from my Childhood. 

Each family is made up of 4 cards.

Have you ever played Happy Families?


Happy Families
 is a traditional British card game usually with a specially made set of picture cards, featuring illustrations of fictional families of four, most often based on occupation types. The object of the game is to collect complete families, and the game is similar to Go Fish- Wikipedia

Hiding in the Very Eric Carle Exhibit at the Children’s Museum

Shanti and I had a great day at the Children’s Museum on the Northside.

At the Children’s Museum Very Eric Carle

In case you couldn’t find her in the grass
Making colorful Butterfly wings

Finding a firefly

Happy Birthday to my Brother David

Wishing you a happy birthday, David .

Love, Ruthie

Playing a song for you today

On our dad’s lap Montclair NJ in 1955

An old pic from Twisp WA in Hank’s Market

Fresh Sidewalk Chalk