In 4 months Sean will be headed up to University Park. It doesn’t seem possible! The two of us were sitting next to people we know from church (by chance) at a restaurant on Friday called ‘Cheeburger, cheeburger’. They have two sons, one of whom graduated with Sean and their other son was about to graduate from high school. We were talking about empty nests. The younger son then ate the 16 oz burger and made us laugh a bit and forget that childhood truly does fly by.

I didn’t do much yesterday and today I am home from church with the sniffles. I am pretty much finished the following ATCs one of which is my grandmom Ruth (see her marriage license below) and me at about the age of 1. That is my Uncle Don’s house without all the trees way back in 1960-61. I didn’t care to go there as my aunt would stick me in a playpen for hours on end (so I’ve been told). I don’t look too happy here, do I? This was at a time when my mom was expecting my brother Don, and me being the baby already here, well I guess she needed a babysitter once in a while.

The clock face came off of a CD of images I purchased at eBay. The ‘fly’ in green came from an online image generator where you type in the word and you get an image like this back. The bird is from an old book and is a Cape May warbler. I added zinnias (also from an old book) to the one of my grandmom and me as they were her favorite flower and I still grow them. They are easy to grow and I recommend them!

Speaking of Uncle Don, he had good blood work and will probably be headed back home after 3 months in the nursing home.