April 30, 2007

I will return the end of May with pictures of the Ukraine, Russia, Estonia and Finland!

April 29, 2007

April 28, 2007

April 27, 2007

Taken from the deck of our daughter's house in Blaine.

April 26, 2007

Our daughter's birthday cake.

April 25, 2007

Dafodils at one of the homes I deliver Meals on Wheels.

April 24, 2007

Bruges, Belgium

I'm in "travel mode" getting ready for a trip to Russia, so here is a picture from last year!

April 23, 2007

The first tulip of spring!

April 22, 2007

The fishing bear looking down at us at Decoy's. We think he's been sitting in the bar for awhile!

April 21, 2007

The beach near Hana, Maui where our son is getting married in August.

April 20, 2007

The line waiting to get into the craft fair at Cantebury.

April 19, 2007

Lilac bushes budding!

April 18, 2007

Last week when I went to deliver Meals on Wheels, we were told that Trader Joe's had given them some flowers we could deliver to our clients. When I walked into the room, I spotted this orchid plant and just about exploded, "An orchid!" So they gave the plant to me!

This shows the size of the blossoms.

April 17, 2007

April 16, 2007

When I heard that Jodi Picoult, my favorite author, was writing for Wonder Woman comics, I had to get one. Well, I will not need to get any further issues and my opinion is that Jodi should stick to her books. Maybe I'm just too old!

April15, 2007

My grand daughter's watercolor for her school art fair.

April 14, 2007

April is Autism Awareness Month.

• Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the US.
• 1 in 152 children is diagnosed with autism.
• 1 in 104 boys is on the autism spectrum.
• 67 children are diagnosed per day.
• A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes.
• More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes, and cancer combined.
• Autism costs the nation over $90 billion per year, a figure expected to double in the next decade.
• Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases.
• There is no medical detection or cure for autism.

Check out www.AutismSpeaks.org

www.autism-association.com

www.AutismAwareness.com

April 13, 2007

April 11, 2007

April?

April 10, 2007

April 9, 2007

This is an ocean ball I bought in Hyannis. It is a hand blown glass ball which has a rubber stopper on the bottom through which some sand, small shells, and small stones were placed. The stopper also allows me to open it up and insert my own treasures. I did add two of the tiny birds found inside a sand dollar which my grand daughter had.

April 8, 2007

April 7, 2007

Last night my husband and I went to hear the Smother's Brothers at Orchestra Hall. Such an enjoyable evening-I don't know when I laughed as hard as I did! Even thinking of some of the jokes after the program made me break into hysterical laughter.

April 6, 2007

Flameless Candles which are on a timer, so come on every day at the same time and stay on for five hours. They are so realistic-even have a slight fragrance.

April 5, 2007

Last spring I was in Holland and Belgium in the early spring. This is in Antwerp, Belgium.

April 4, 2007

April Fool!

April 3, 2007

April 2, 2007

The rain has stopped temperarily and the sun made a feeble attempt to shine for a few minutes earlier today. The rain gauge shows two inches of rain in the last week.

April 1, 2007

Rhubarb. The last few days a good question to ask is, "Think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?" (That's a typical Minnesota question-along with the rhubarb.)