Charlie’s pajamas glow in the dark. And in the morning, too. I took out my portable Ott Light (thanks Marlene) to charge up the stars so they’d glow even brighter.
Tag: grandson
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday 
Silent Sunday
Silent Sunday-
photographed by grandson Jack, 12.
Fourteen Years Today
Happy 14th Birthday Michael.
Love to you on your birthday and wishing you every happiness, always.
FF Ruthie
Handmade card by Froo Froo Marlene, his other grandmother
Henry the Airedale Photographed by Michael
Henry the Airedale Photographed by Michael
Fantastic Four
Happy fourth birthday Charlie. 
2019
The Persistence of Maple Seeds
You know the seeds I’m referring to- the ones like helicopters that twirl in the wind or if you peel the end you can stick it on the end of your nose.That is if the seed isn’t too dry already. There’s a bit of “sticky” to adhere to your skin. My grandson likes to pick them up off the sidewalk and hold them high, let them go and like a rotor they go round and round to the ground. The maple seeds are all over the city this time of year.
Last week on our walk around the neighborhood, we saw a lot of the seeds and quite a few tiny maple trees. I told Charlie that wherever a seed lands in some dirt, it has a chance to grow into a tree. I find these “volunteer” trees in my pachysandra ground cover and in other unexpected spots. You have to pull them up and out before they get too deep. And of course volunteer trees pop up from acorns and other seeds. Right now I have a grove of young ailanthus trees in my back garden..And if you want to purposefully plant a maple tree from seed, click here for instructions.
On a manhole cover
On the road
Unintentional trees
Stuck to cars
Lacrosse Game in Berlin
Lacrosse game in Berlin. Berlin, Ohio!
Not to be mistaken for Berlin, Germany.
Waiting for Jack’s game to start.
The morning drive out to Ohio was gray skies and rain so it was good to have sun and blue skies in the late afternoon.
Michael Caught a Rainbow at the Dam
Sunday afternoon, some of the family went to the Alum Creek Dam to take the Airedales for a walk.
My grandson Michael took this photo of the rainbow he saw. I asked him to text it to me for the blog.
My last night in Ohio.
1984 Quilt Started With a National Geographic Map
We lived in Clarion PA in 1981 and I created this State Capitals Quilt for my 5 year old son Mark ( he’ll turn 43 next month). Bicentennial baby. My grandmother actually knit a red white and blue Afghan to match. Anyway, Mark learned all the capitals of the states at an early age thanks to my dad. It’s fun to hear a two year old say “Sacramento.”
I’ve seen the quilt in grandson Michael’s and also in Jack’s room but today it was hanging over the banister here in Ohio so thought I’d post it.
I used a National Geographic map as the template for the states, machine appliquéing them onto the squares in the order they entered the union. Delaware and Maryland State the First square. I embroidered the capital on each. Texas and Alaska are on a different Scale so they’d fit onto the their square. I wish I knew how many miles to the inch The last square I embroidered a bit of the Nation’s Capital.
Then my Aunt Rhea and my cousin Beth (both whom have passed) took it to their church quilting group in Illinois and the group hand quilted it, completing in 1984. We were living in Germany that year. I can’t remember having it there but must have been reunited with it in 1986 when we moved stateside to Kentucky.
