August 18, 2016

I got to babysit this little sugar!

He is so much fun!

The pretty church where LLQA meeting was held on Saturday in Champaign.

Took Jason and Shirley to lunch on Sunday at Anna Thai. Their first time eating Thai food and they liked it. They are all for Hillary now! 

Summer Solstice 2016

My beautiful granddaughter with her precious baby boy!

A lily from my garden from the plant I transplanted from our previous home 14 years ago.

Here is my great grandson Calvin 2 months old already!

And my cute great granddaughter a year and a half old who lives in Texas-too far away!

We went to a Kirtan led by Johanna Beekman from Oregon, at "Yoga at Connie's" held in her yoga barn out on the windy prairie! This is a group of us who bought her tshirts. Johanna is in the front row on the left. Her father played percussion, and I recognized him from Kitzie Stern's you tube video of their band in Corvalis, OR. It's a small world!

January 10, 2016

Filled birdfeeders. It's under 10 degrees with a light covering of icy snow.

Breakfast- oatmeal with apple, raisins and walnuts, an orange, and chai roobus tea.

Copying a recipe from Youtube- oops! It's 9:30, time to get ready.

7 degrees outside, time for leggings!

Ready!

Church

Drove through Fairview Park on the way home.

Got groceries.

Made bed with Scrappy Trips quilt.

Made Pasta in the Instant Pot I got for Xmas.

Took a nap and sewed-a good winter Sunday!

June 6, 2015

Attending my uncle Harry's funeral at First Presbyterian Church- Leroy, Il

My childhood church, first time in about 45 years. Singing a hymn, remembering my grandmother's voice. Wynters Staley playing the organ. Phyllis Bruce (who was there today) and Rosie Owens teachers in Sunday School rooms in "dungeon". Funeral dinner was in basement,  recalling Vacation Bible School when 8th grade girls made the Kool Aid.

On the spot  where 52 years ago I was the angel who appeared before the shepherds and proclaimed "Behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy..."

The podium and altar table that my great grandparents donated to the church

Stained glass windows

New York Trip 2015-Part Two

  

Arriving in Grand Central-beautiful architecture, the constellations are painted on the aqua ceiling. Lots of shops and dining, could spend the whole day there!

Times Square

Lunch at Blossom du Jour

Went to The City Quilter shop. This is their Row by Row strip-they were out of their kits, but I got a pattern.

Sightseeing Bus Tour:

The new trade center building where the 911 twin towers were.

Oldest building, the church that was the headquarters for 911 rescue workers. George Washington went here.

Native American Museum

The Statue of Liberty in the distance

Macy's

Empire State Building

Back to Grand Central Terminal to get on train back to Peekskill where Casey picked us up.

New York Trip 2015 Part One

Wednesday train ride into NYC 

Henry trying on my hat to take T and me to train station.

In the car Going over Hudson River at bottom of Bear Mountain.

Peekskill train station.

Grand Central Terminal.

 

July 16, 2015

The deer making herself at home in the backyard. Hope she eats up the poison ivy along with my hosta!

Back again this evening!