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Never………….

Never – and I mean never – let Danielle try to untangle a skein of yarn – beautiful baby blue Amore’ – it was a perfectly good skein until she got her hands on it.  Now it’s just a pillow for Zach.

Daddy, come home and play

Zach was waiting for his daddy to come home for lunch.

Cute as a button

Cute as a button – understatement.  This kid is perfect – and yes, I know every grandparent says that about their new grandbaby.  Here are two pictures of him in an outfit made by his mommy, Danielle, and myself.  We got an iron-on that said “cute as a button”.  Somehow, even with following directions, it melted to the iron so Danielle traced what did appear on the onesie with a sharpie and sewed the buttons on, with Great Grandma Carol teaching her how to sew on the buttons.

The hoodie and the hat were knit by me.  All yarn was I Love This Yarn worsted.  The hat pattern is basically the Rainbow Marley pattern in Itty-Bitty Hats by Susan B. Anderson, with a few changes.

Corey is a sweetheart

Here is a rose Corey picked for me from their back yard.  He wrapped it in wet paper towel and foil and gave it to me to take home – this was on Danielle’s first day back to work and I watched Zach while she was at work……….very special when my son gives me flowers.

That was nine days ago – it’s still beautiful today – I just took this pic…………..

A beautiful morning walk

It’s hotter than heck and I like to take a walk 5-6 days per week.  Keith suggested the obvious when I was complaining about how hot it was when I take my walks………….walk earlier in the morning.  I used to do that but now I enjoy laying in bed longer.  Today may have reverted me back to my old ways.  I LOVED my early morning walk.  The weather was still hot and humid but much cooler than walking at 9 a.m. or noon or whenever the mood would strike me.  I had shade from the big arborvitaes on one side of my track (our walking track is .19 miles per lap).  The big payoff was the beautiful dew hanging off the fence wires, arborvitaes, grass, spider webs – just a beautiful morning.

Here’s our a pic of our house and shed from the back of the track………

…………here’s the beauty looking back toward the woods………….

…………and a gorgeous spiderweb (why do spiders freak me out but the webs are gorgeous???)………..

Plums anyone??????

Look at these gorgeous plums……..they are from my plum tree.  Last year I got maybe six plums.  This year I got many more and there are still more ripening on the tree.  I am excited for the larger crop in years to come.

Uncle Keith on diaper duty :-)

I’m not sure if Keith has ever changed a diaper, but 4th of July weekend was as good a time as any to give it a shot.  We set him up though……..we didn’t tell him it was a #2 diaper……….here he is innocently changing a diaper…….

………here he is starting to figure it out………

……………and here’s the money shot…………….he figured it out and Corey and Danielle were hiding and watching too – Keith grabbed me and threw me into Zach so he wouldn’t have to change him……….Keith………..you crack me up…………

No…….

No……………..I can’t be any cuter………….

Uncle Keith took a bunch of pictures of me with his new camera…………

It looks like Uncle Keith thinks I’m pretty special…………

McAmish

There are no pictures in this post.  That’s out of the norm for me.  However, Mark and I decided this weekend that we are McAmish (McDermott and Amish).  We helped Don and Amy work on their new house on Saturday (so did Corey, Danielle and Zach).  We think that’s how life should be – just like the Amish – people helping people with no thought of getting anything in return.  Sure, the Amish get paid for whatever they do by way of jobs – some work in factories, or handcraft furniture, or sell their produce……….but…………..as a community, they help each other.

Why can’t everybody just help everybody and not expect something in return, like when the Amish help each other with a barn raising, for instance.  Wouldn’t this world rock more than it already does?

Just thinking…………