A New Friend

I enjoy using the clothesline.

Not for everything.

Mostly for sheets, towels and blue jeans.

Yes, the towels are rough.

But they are so much more absorbent!

There is a tree next to my clothesline.

Perfect to shade me in the hot AZ sun.

It has also become home to pigeons.

Lots of them.

Not a good over your laundry.

I miss using my clothesline.

Last year I read:

buy a plastic owl.

Birds are afraid of owls.

Move it around your yard to keep them away.

I never got it done.

About a month ago

an owl moved into one of our trees!

We heard his sound first.

Whoooo.  Whoooo.

Only in the night.

He's outside Katy's bedroom window.

She's not thrilled.

I'm beyond excited.

The real thing!

I hope he stays!

I think I'll go to the store today.

Time to re-string the clothesline.

Might even spring for some new clothespins.

Thankful

I was thinking about how long it's been since I've written on here and came across this post I had started before Thanksgiving and never used.  Decided "thankfulness" should be a year round event so here you go. I am so thankfull for my girls.  They bring a lot of JOY to our home.  I can't imagine life without the spark they add.

Who ARE these old people and how did they get that way?  I am thankful for the man that has loved me all these years!(My mother in law, my girls and my mom.)

Thankful for family!

(Marlene, Mark, Karen)
Thankful for my brother and sister.

Thankful for friends.
Alice, on the left, has been my neighbor for more than 25 years! 

Kathi, on the right, is a friend.  Kathi and I sit together every Sunday in church.  Someone asks almost every week if we are sisters!  It always makes us laugh.  We do look a lot alike. We also have the same hairdresser. :-)

I'm thankful that my brother works for the airlines which allows me to travel to my mom's house every year and play in her craft room!

 

I'm thankful for my friend, Janelle, who got me started card making this year.  This was an especially difficult year for her.  I think the crafting was therapudic for both of us!

Thankful for my friend, Marilyn!  Lunches out, shopping trips, hair appointments, decorating advice, etc.  Friends since before I had children, wrinkles or a middle age spread!

If you are reading this, I am thankful for YOU!  Blogging is a new challenge for me this year.  I am thankful for your comments, imput and help along the way!

 

Wishing you a happy 2011!