Hidden Pictures

Grandson Roy and I walked down to the neighbors to see his yard art. Can you find the two of us in the photos?

More easily seen

Writing a Grocery List

We were sitting at the dining room table. The afternoon light was nice.

There’s just one item on this list.

And Laura wrote it.

Cantaloupe.

Roy (2 3/4) is busy writing down some other items he’s like to get at the grocery store.

This is the third time I’ve posted about grocery lists it’s a topic I think about frequently.

You eat. You need to shop again. Cook. And then again. You need ingredients.

Do you make a list to take to the store?

I write a list and then forget to take it with me. I love finding other people’s lists in the cart. (Click to see old post)

Grocery and other lists previous post in 2022 (click here)

Wordless Wednesday

Congrats to the 2025 Grads

Especially grandson Jack!

Caps in the air at the end of Commencement

Wishing You a Great Day

Photo on left B & W film by me
Photo on right by sister Maura 3/11/25

Silent Sunday

Look What Charlie Found!

Saturday morning Laura said to Charlie (9)

as he was taking this photo

“Make it art!”

Guest blog looks great, Charlie. Thank you.

Blown Glass Ornament Trees at Franklin Park Conservatory

Laura, Roy and I went to the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus Ohio.

The Glass Ornament trees were something to see! The weather was a bit gray and wet but our spirits weren’t dampened.

Close up of the glass balls

And here’s where the Hot Shop where the glass art is created

Hall of Fame Toys

A few inductees from the list. Every year more toys are nominated and inducted. I asked if there were a Slinky in the house. (No there was not? But they did find….

My grandson Charlie snd his friend and neighbor Cammie were a big help gathering the items for the photo in this post.

A kind of scavenger hunt for some of the toys that are on the list of the Toy Hall of Fame. Yes, there’s an actual museum in Rochester New York. The Strong National Museum of Play states “The National Toy Hall of Fame recognizes toys that have inspired creative play and enjoyed popularity over a sustained period. Each year, the hall inducts new honorees and displays examples in the Toy Halls of Fame gallery.”

One of the items is a Cardboard Box.

A bicycle and kite weren’t readily available and there was no Barbie on the premises.

Here’s what Charlie and Cammie helped. collect for the pic.

Etch-a-Sketch,a Puppet, LEGO, checkers and chess, glass marbles, Yo-Yo, top, ball, Teddy Bear,Crayola crayons, baseball cards, wooden building blocks with letters on them. Play-Doh, sidewalk chalk, UNO, Clue , Scrabble, a Rubik’s Cube, Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, Star Wars Action figures ,and a Transformer. No Little ponies in their house, either.

A partial list we were working from to find examples in the house

Bubbles in December

Roy (2) has mastered blowing bubbles