Winter photos. Full Moon at the end of January appears a glowing globe of ice cruising slowing across the cold night sky. The pine trees in my front yard wore the snowfall with a serene beauty.My Mother smiles warmly while visiting the living room for lunch. The gift of a rose deepens the warmth of friendship. Trooper Cat basks in the warming gift of sunshine.

Holidays 2007

Family gathered at my home to celebrate Christmas. Four generations ages 15 months to 84 years. And Bella's t-shirt proclaiming "big sisters rule" announced the anticipated arrival of an August baby for Tim, Allison and Big Sis Izabella. Proud Aunt Beth -Me- is surrounded by her favorite kin; nieces and nephews. And that's Bella and Uncle Ryan making friends with "Rocky" the horse I gave Bella; she discovered Rocky under the dining room table whinnying &"wagging" her tail. No, that is not a flag Ryan has around his neck; that's the scarf - in IU colors - I knit for him. All the nefs & neis have scarves in school colors from me now. I think I will start Bella's now....what are Harvard's colors ?? In honor of Auld Lang what's -the -song, here's a photo of my MPlan co-workers; a hard working, intelligent and fun group of women I worked with for one sixth of my life. What a great work environment ! Bless them all in 2008 ! There's my cat Trooper posing in the window with Santa and that's Izabella caught in the act of snagging the TV remote. My Mother had a great Christmas with her small but mighty family (seen here beside the tree with granddaughter Lauren, grandson Ryan and son John ) celebrating together. Dear amigos Miranda and granddaughter Amazing Avree show off their beautiful smiles for my camera after the Birthday Party for Jesus celebration at our church.
Looking back(already! ) on 2007, I must be grateful for what was a year of ups and downs,laughter and tears, pain and progress. And looking forward, I will welcome 2008 thankful for health & home.
May God Bless Us All.

Trooper's Photo Op...

Giving Thanks for Our Abundance

We have a full house again with Mother arriving back from the nursing home on Thanksgiving morning! Praise the Lord for our many blessings ! There is always room at our table for you !

New Pictures

I just want to share some new photos of my great neice Izabella and my great cat Tropper greeting the sound of the alarm clock. Also, how 'bout a pic of my Mom in her Colts gear ?

It's all happening at the Zoo 11/10/2007

Here's some photos from another real adventure ! My young friend A and I had a "play date" over the weekend and took advantage of the beautiful weather to explore the zoo and meet the critters, large and small,who live in the zoo's authentic environments. We enjoyed the playful giant Polar Bear cavorting in his windowed pool. The ride on the train was a big hit; we saw the giraffes eating out of food dishes hung in trees and an elephant waving to us as we traveled by.

A really wanted to ride an elephant ! She has really wanted this since she saw children her age riding one at the State Fair in August. A applauded the train spontaneously when it came to a stop. Five rides on the carousel and a dozen trips down the slide in the playground seemed to take A's mind off of the elusive elephant ride.