“A Love of Reading” Pictured here is a first edition of Robin Hood given to Weber’s father in 1924. Weber remembers his dad reading it to him when he was a little boy. The oil lamp has also been in Weber’s family for a long, long time. He thinks that it once belonged to his great-great, or maybe great-great-great aunt. Either way, it has been around a good long while. I love having all these pieces of family history as part…
“In Big Trouble With the Big Cheese” Rick Maxwell, aka the “the big cheese,” is our division dean and this is a photo of our shared refrigerator in the faculty workroom. I think someone had the wrong idea about what shared really means! How could they take the boss’s cheese sticks?
Pie of Berries and Pile of Berries” At the beginning of each month Katrina Kennedy of Capture Your 365 publishes the list of prompts for each day of the month. Then, each day she sends an inspirational email with photo tips of tidbits of inspiration. I had been looking forward to the “pie” prompt all month since we have our family baker at home with us. When Katrina’s email came this morning, she said that she had actually intended for…
“Dinner Sprouts” I wish the sprouts that I had photographed today were sprouting plants in my garden. Sadly, I have planted nothing. I was feeling OK about that last week when we had temperatures in the upper 30’s. Today the high temperature was 90. This is good garden weather. I guess I will break down and buy some plants rather than starting from seeds. I’m not sure when that is going to happen. Since I had no sprouting plants, I…
“Stairway to Heaven” This is not “my” church; it is Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas, the church that kindly allows Resounding Harmony to rehearse in their sanctuary. I like the red steps and the places where the paint and the concrete are worn. I like the way the steps lead to the doors. Even the lens flare is starting to grow on me. This is a beautiful building. When I saw the the prompt of “stairs” fell on a…
“Yes, It’s Natural” It’s that time of the month again. No, no THAT time, although I hate it almost as much. Today was the day for April’s self-portrait. This month we were supposed to focus on a specific feature of ourselves. I asked Weber what I should do. His first suggestion was one for which the photos would have been inappropriate for a public blog. The alternative was my hair. When you have hair the color of mine it becomes a…
“Herbs” I think today’s prompt was intended to be a nod to spring with a touch of yellow coming from spring flowers. None of our outdoor flowers are yellow and I used my indoor cut flowers for yesterday’s prompt so I was kind of stuck today. So here are some fresh herbs waiting to be minced and placed in the prep bowls. Bonus Yellow Picture! “A Pucker and a Smile” Knowing that today’s prompt was a touch of yellow, Weber…
Sorry I forgot to post this yesterday! “Flower Power” Weber and Brooke went to Sam’s Wednesday night while I was at choir. They had what I thought was a short list, but Brooke seemed to add to the list on each aisle so they came home with quite a few items that they had not originally intended. One of those items was a bouquet of flowers for me. I love fresh flowers on the dining room table. They don’t have…
“One Hundred Cents” I remember when the girls were little and they celebrated the 100th day of school by taking one hundred items to school to share with their classmates. One hundred pennies, paperclips, M&Ms, stickers, erasers, and so on. When it came time for me to come up 100 somethings for my own project, I had to think hard. Today became a music theorist’s idea for 100. Yes, I know that the piano has 88 keys, not 100….
“Ears Looking At You, Kid?