Day 6

By the time we returned after taking girls to school and their mom and dad to airport there was little time for pondering 'tree lessons.' Email is caught up. Easum says mapping better than planning - I can accept that. Daily entry on this blog almost complete. Subscription blogs still to be read. Art (painting I think) with G-A-E yet to happen after school. Hope our schedule for the girls works out. On with the day!

Day 5

This is the tree that has been my guide these past few days, providing both relaxation and inspiration to my thoughts and soul. There is nothing special about this tree, I suppose, except that we share a common place and time. It is neither larger nor smaller than most, but it is present.

Day 4

Contemporary Service at Glendale First this morning with Brian, Leah, and the girls after sleeping in until 9:30 Iowa time. Then lunch buffet with our birthday granddaughter (just the three of us). In a few minutes we are off to a late afternoon adventure with girls and their cousins. This is a fine vacation indeed.

Day 3

A good day. A full day. Granddaughter Gabrielle's eighth birthday. Short desert trail hike while she, friend and sister went on their first trail ride (horses). Shopping with Abby in afternoon for art supplies for next weeks after school art classes with girls. Checking out cars and networking stuff with son-in-law before fixing a 'breakfast' supper. Time now to catch up on blog and posting pictures for the day. Oh yea, there was a nap in there between the hike and shopping - first one of those for a while also.

Day 2

This is the first time in a long time I have sat down and just listened to the birds sing. It feels good. I will do this more often. I'm half way into the second day away from the things that usually concern me (it's hard to call it work) and my goal is to not think about anything but family for a whole day. That will have to be later though as I still have a couple things I didn't quite get done Wednesday. I'll spend a few hours on that and then be open to whatever comes along.

Wednesday

The sun is shinning brightly today. It's a good day. Soon the youth will be here for a scavenger hunt (an early dismissal from school at 1pm). We're going to check out the church at Elberon and then back to Salem to see what we can find. It should be a lot of fun!

Tuesday

Monday has come and gone. And at the end of the day I was left with one broken tooth (from popcorn Saturday night) extracted. I'm sure this mornings swelling and nasty breath will eventually be replaced by a tongue's frequent appraisal of this new vacancy. It's time for the first antibiotic for the day and another cup of coffee. The thread's end tickling the inside of my mouth may only be imaginary after all. And then again...