From a book I am reading

But there were the windmills, suddenly. My heart lifted. They were so beautiful. They made me optimistic, like I could still achieve something.

Sweet Sisters

Why, even huddling in a shelter out of the cold damp rain, does Maria always manage to look more elegant than me?

She really wants a stage

Or maybe a sheet of lyrics and some vocal training.

She really wants a dog

All the other kids were playing on the swings.

l'Artiste

My college friend Rina came to visit for a couple of days last week. She is still the bohemian artist philospher she always was; great great company. She obliged the girls by painting their faces and letting them paint hers.

Prizes if you can guess what she said after looking at a lush tree and saying this: "Oh, look at that. It makes me wish I was......."

Family Flambee' (flaumbay)

Here we are on a cold cold June morning waiting for the Olympic Torch to pass by. We should have brought our own just to keep warm. But it was all very exciting when it arrived. The wee man is Scott, a friend's son, who comes to us a couple of days a week. Olympic fever is hotting up in our house.

Laura, thanks to Charlotte

We've Been to a Wedding!!!