Tee two weeks to full term....

I'm sure this captures how you are feeling, teresa!

rain in the forecast next 3 days

also, please pray for grandpa myers who is having heart surgery today, 

thank you.

Blessed feast of the Divine Mercy!

this week we got a lot of work done in the garden....

well, ken did the most of it....

But now the lattice is up around the base of the deck,

 the kale, dahlias, peppers and golden beets are planted,

the cyprus is trimmed, as are a lot of dead branches in the cherry trees,

the lawn has been mowed,

the blackberry vines are cleaned up,

and the big gardening beds in the back are cleared and the soil has been turned over.

mimi has also been a very big help.

there is oregano, lemon balm, thyme at the base of the steps, on either side.

the 5 little peppers and how they grew (we hope!)

 with volunteer sunflowers from

 last winter's bird seed ,

and golden beets planted in between.

the mint, in it's joyful exuberance, on its way to taking over the garden.

videos from today's visit with the greats

What Not to Wear, Catholic edition

No self respecting sinner can possibly start the day

without being ready to make a good depression impression on everyone around them:

Ok, so first thing in the morning,  i am sure to put on the boots of pride:

i can even put them on while singing,

"These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do

one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you."

....i seldom forget the latest Envy sunglasses:

they make the grass on the other side of the fence even greener than it already is!

I never want to be without my very own

Vanity plates, either.

these mirrors keep me focused on me!

they attach very easily to the sunglasses, too!

often, it is the Impatience elbow pads

that really move my day along.

they look uncomfortable,

but once i put them on i don't even notice they are there any more!

i am always ready to resolve the day's confrontations with 

 a well fitting pair of Anger gloves.....

hopefully,

 bigger and badder than everyone else's! 

and for proper head gear,

no self respecting sinner can't go wrong with

The dishrag of despondency

Oddly enough, all of these accessories really don't do a good job of covering me up, 

so i may just have to follow St. Peter's advice from today's first reading:

Clothe yourself in humility!

just thinking about Zoe, Cecilia and a couple other littles on their way....

from Facebook...

'Glorious insults', sent by Grandpa Myers in Houston :-)

 "He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

 "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I
 admire." - Winston Churchill


 "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with
 great pleasure." Clarence Darrow


 "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader
 to the dictionary." --William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

 "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no
 time reading it." - Moses Hadas

 "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I
 approved of it." - Mark Twain

 "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
 - Oscar Wilde

 "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play;
 bring a friend, if you have one." --
 George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
 "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if
 there is one." --
 Winston Churchill, in response.

 "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you
 here." - Stephen Bishop

 "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

 "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
 trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb

 "He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in
 others." - Samuel Johnson

 "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul
 Keating

 "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded
 easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand


 "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker


 "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any
 address on it?" - Mark Twain


 "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -
 Mae West


 "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they
 go." - Oscar Wilde


 "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts...for
 support rather than illumination." --Andrew Lang (1844-1912)


 "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder


 "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.But I'm afraid this
 wasn't it." - Groucho Marx

The Imperial Moth,

and the call to die to self.....

John found a cocoon at Crockett Park on Sunday.

He brought it home, and we all wondered if it was alive or not.

John smelled it and said, "It's alive, because if it was dead, 

it wouldn't have that strong insecty smell."

I can attest, it does have an extremely strong insecty smell.

Then Jeanne felt a slight wiggle in her hand.

After checking possible candidates online,

John is fairly positive that the cocoon contains

a male Imperial Moth.

The range of the Imperial Moth.

In a few more weeks, perhaps...

he will make his entrance!

This beautiful, magnificent creature 

was not always beautiful or magnificent.

The amazing metamorphosis began with a death of sorts.

good thing, right?

And as a Christian, I need to die to self,

denying selfishness,

pride,

envy

and anger.

so that,

through God's grace and mercy,

i can become a new creation in Christ.

hopefully, without giving off a strong insecty smell in the meantime!

Easter 2014

Welcome little Cecilia Marie!

Congratulations, Mary and Grant!

We are so very thankful, and Lia, you look beautiful 

in your Easter bonnet!

Picnic at Crockett Park with the Hillearys and Greniers....

It was a beautiful, breezy day, a little on the cool side.

besides the delicious food, there was football and baseball and fishing

Which Charlotte enjoyed very much!

It was great to see Patrick, and we talked about his upcoming trip to Rome next Easter.

Peter wanted to knock off mimi's hat.....

but she was on to him!

birds of a feather :-)

no fish were caught, and no littles fell in, though Charlotte tried!

The fishing dock is in such a pretty setting.....

Charlotte and her Ga

Also, we celebrated Teresa and Pat's second Anniversary!

What a beautiful couple!

Ken said, "You are moving on up! You got married on national pot day (4-20), and two years later, your anniversary in on Easter!"

The ever ready energizer easter bunny nearing the end of her stamina!

What a lovely, beautiful, blessed day!

We are so thankful for God's great mercies!!!!