Author: Jill

Finding it fun to dig up old pictures. 😛

Here is 2013, a bike trip down to our “Catfish Pond”. I guess it was a warm spring day! Today is cold and rainy. But maybe the catfish are thriving again.

And 2003, Ben playing mandolin at UML. Looks like it was a performance requirement. 🙂

Just for fun I wanted to see if I had pictures from 20 years ago and 10 years ago today.

Here’s what we got! 😛

Highlight of last week was probably the “Grand Prix” at AWANA. Like Pinewood Derby. Ben and Alice had worked on this car and it brought home a 3rd place trophy. They were pleased!

And I guess we’ve been pleased with our gluten this week. 😛

Stacked pancakes were a nice start to the day.

Then I’ve been working on my 2 breads, one ‘Beautiful Bread’ and our Sourdough. Anyone have tips on how to make the sour taste even MORE sour? That is what we are aiming for. I’ve just been keeping it in the fridge for an extra long ferment.

And the staple tortilla chips! The guys meet here tonight so we try to keep them stocked. 🙂

Nice job Alice getting the Granny Square down this week!

Solomon may have been correct in saying, ‘there is nothing new under the sun’. But there are indeed so many new things to learn and try each day! A few of my new ones…

In my head I hear Satchmo singing, “just don’t get around [to blogging] much anymore”.

Better late than never I guess! Special family party in November for my Moms 80th birthday.

For the last two years or so I tried to get modern and use a camera from a smart phone. I thought its portable nature would allow me to bring it more frequently and capture more photos. However, it seemed to be the opposite. Plus, it smoothed out everyone’s faces and imperfections and that feature could not be turned off. Now, I am reunited with my point and shoot, my beloved find from the dump, and it feels good to take pictures again with a camera of weight and substance! Feels good to capture some nice pics again. 🙂

We’ve also been getting back into the woods for walks and exploring. A curious sight is all the GREEN leaves that have fallen. Have the trees just given up? They have fallen without turning color, pretty unusual.