it is officially hot here! we have finally hit the full texas heat and are in the 100 plus degrees of summer… needless to say, the pool is about all we do outside anymore except for some backyard play in the mornings while it is still only (only! ha!) in the 90’s…
but we manage to [...]
Archive for June, 2009
26 Jun
a little bit of this and that…
26 Jun
miss independent…
here are a couple more examples of how jasper lilith is just too independent for my own good – yes, my own good since i know it is for her own good… that sentence was rather confusing, wasn’t it? oh, well, moving on…
yesterday morning, i hear, “mom, i need help!” from jasper’s room so i [...]
22 Jun
oh, the horror!!
we head on back from natchitoches on sunday and when we get home, the first thing jon does is go to check on the garden!
he calls me out to show me that the two tomatoes (from the sioux and the arkansas traveler) i have been eying have finally ripened completely (!) and we both get [...]
22 Jun
jasper and i…
arnetta has been trying to get a good shot of jasper and i but i am afraid that we don’t make very easy subjects to capture together!
jon and arnetta did their best but, well, we move around a lot and plus i never seem to be wearing makeup or have my hair down so i [...]
22 Jun
bits and pieces…
natchitoches has a green market every saturday and whenever we are down there, jasper and i like to tag along with arnetta…
going to outdoor markets always makes me want to go home with my arms filled with fresh flowers, homemade sweet breads and local honey! it also always makes me feel the urge to go [...]
22 Jun
lots of love here…
as you all know, jasper lilith and her pop have a special relationship so here are a couple of shots showcasing that sweet friendship…
jasper is showing her beloved giraffe to pop and he is dutifully petting it
she loves this giraffe so it needs a lot of petting!
and here she is showing off another [...]
22 Jun
happy father’s day!
okay, so despite my best intentions, i didn’t make it online on father’s day proper but here i am today!!
with a very happy father’s day to all of you father’s out there – you know who you are
arnetta found a wonderful card and then gave it a personal touch by cutting out and [...]
17 Jun
imelda marcos should be so lucky…
i always let jasper pick out her own shoes (lord knows she has plenty of choices!) and other than making sure they are on the right feet when she comes out (and, yeah, they always are!), i don’t worry about whether they match her outfit or not… i mean, really, what does it matter?
anyway, today [...]
17 Jun
the rabbit hole…
so i hear, “momma!! don’t come in, ok? i play by myself, ok?”
and then i hear a door shut so i walk around the corner to see what the story is and i see this:
a very shut door to jasper’s room… with a little girl telling me to “not come in” from the other side [...]
17 Jun
neena and jasper lilith…
mom came to visit us for a couple of days and jasper totally monopolized her time
nah, the three of us had a great time hanging out with each other but i was frightfully lax on the taking of the pictures!
in fact, i only have one:
here are mom and jasper lilith playing with their [...]
