Thanks Guys!

A few weeks ago, I was invited up to the KSL tv studios. Luckily, Lyndi and Mr. Magoo came along, because I’m not particularly fond of big, huge adventures…by myself. And this proved to be a pretty big, huge adventure–indeed.

We got lost and so by the time we got to the right building, most of the people were already gone. But still they had piles and stacks of lovely food for us.

This was the closest that I’ve ever gotten to a real, live television camera, but they were turned off so it wasn’t too scary.

The TV people did have me stand between these two boards so they could take my picture…holding…(ahem)…the award they gave me. It was so sweet of them. In fact, I never posted about it because I was just waiting for the picture to come in the mail…like they said it would. But I haven’t seen it yet so you’ll have to just imagine me standing there trying to look very, very young and thin. It was a bit of a struggle.  :}

This will have to do.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Gr-Sig-right-size-e1547674736862.png

PS– Thank you to everyone who voted for Gracious Rain…it was very kind of you and made me smile positively for days.

Things To Love~

right this minute…

Mr. Beck’s little guy soccer game–that he simply LOVES!

A cozy comfort food of hash and hominy–a huge favorite dish from my childhood–that’s followed me to grown-up hood.

A couple of soggy water sprites that positively had to be locked out of the house.

Working on a few new patterns for the shop…more on that coming soon. :}

Patio lights on a warm summer evening.

A sleeping baby on your shoulder.

Musicians in the park just playing for the heck of it.

Meeting a dear, dear friend for the very first time…

and admiring all the gorgeous hats that she made by hand. This gal needs an Etsy shop I tell you!

 

Letting Miss Chompy check my purse for treats.

Finally, finally getting the coveted Root Beer Float Shave Ice–with real cream–before summer is totally…over.

Things I Love…

right this minute…

a little girl and her boy…

an old, hobbly cat that still loves me…

my favorite colors all wound up in one pretty place…

a nearly pink chicken coop…minus the chickens…for now…

the view from my classroom parking lot…

watching a naughty pony swipe snacks from a baby stroller, when no on was looking…

sweet baby pants from an old Polo shirt…

making granny square sponge cubes for the little guy…

making our own water slide…

finally, finally finishing the afghan and sending it home with the newlyweds…

finding a sweet surprise on my computer from a very sweet daughter.

What are you loving right this minute?

:}

The Farmer’s Market~ Gardner Villiage

 Ooooh–it’s that Farmer’s Market time of year again! If you know us, even a teensy bit, you know that we adore scoping out all the great local vendors every summer. Only problem is that we have so many to choose from!

There are a few close to home, some down a bit more south of us, and a couple to the north. We picked the Gardner Village in Salt Lake City this time. Pretty fun to have the booths, the vendors, the food, and all these critters right outside the pretty village shops.

When it got too hot, and it was really hot, we could duck into the shade of the store front or step into the air conditioned shop itself. I had a clever idea to buy the shave ice from one booth and pour pure carrot juice from another over it–instead of the sugar syrup, and believe it or not, it was fabulous! Magoo agreed with me.

While the kids went roaming around, I sat with Magoo listening to this guitar man playing old Kenny Rogers tunes with a touch of Eagles thrown in here and there. I had to wonder if these youngsters had ever even heard the songs before. Some of them were from my high school days–a million years ago. It was a soothing little time warp, I’ll tell you.

Mr. Beck got himself quite a ride on a feisty little pony…

while Miss Chompy found a fluttering butterfly in a jar.

April got a lovely henna tattoo–that will wash off in a couple of weeks…

while the kids got face paint that will wash off pretty much when they get back home. Heh, heh.

Oh, and did I mention the fruit? A huge box of peaches followed us home, along with some glorious cinnamon bread, squeaky cheese, honey, some colored rocks, a butterfly in a jar and a homemade bar of Grapefruit soap. I have to say– this was so completely and perfectly…

my kind of day.

Good Sports

Of course, when you’re dealing with twins, they go back and forth being calm and wild, and then sometimes, they are on exactly the same page and become real partners in crime…so to speak.

 But today, Beckham was the crazy guy, and Lily…well, let’s just say, she’s used to him.

In fact, she’s a good little sport about having lunch…

next to the Wildman from Borneo.

Speaking of good sports–later in the day– Lily decided Miss Petra needed a cupcake paper hat.

The cute thing sat there and let it go on and on, like she didn’t even notice.

But old Bali…

Yeah, not so much.

I told her she should try the hat on Beckham.

Heh, heh.