and showing me how to recreate it at home. I am grateful for a
fabulous hairdresser and wonderful friend.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A new haircut
and showing me how to recreate it at home. I am grateful for a
fabulous hairdresser and wonderful friend.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Three things for Whimsy
Whimsy is a friend-of-a-friend who has a delightful blog and an adorable daughter. She is feeling the dearth of summer-time postings, and has started three things in which she posts three of her favorite blog posts and invites others to do the same. I was unable to participate in her first three rounds of three things, but I'm here to catch up now. Her suggested theme this week three things written by the selector. Please don't view me as completely self-centered for picking this week to play along. And, if you feel so inclined, play along at home.
To help narrow the selection, I've picked one post for each year I've been blogging. Two come from November, when I participate in the NaBloPoMo, a challenge to post every day in November. (NaBloPoMo grew out of NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month, a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Yikes!). Probably the main reason the third selection isn't from November is that it is only July.
Without further ado, here are three things for Whimsy:
To help narrow the selection, I've picked one post for each year I've been blogging. Two come from November, when I participate in the NaBloPoMo, a challenge to post every day in November. (NaBloPoMo grew out of NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month, a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Yikes!). Probably the main reason the third selection isn't from November is that it is only July.
Without further ado, here are three things for Whimsy:
- 2007: On Stories: In which I relate my theory on which stories we tell and why.
- 2008: Happy Birthday, Katie!: Thoughts on sisters and memories of the day my sister was born.
- 2009: The Unexpected: In which I proclaim my goal to enlarge my imagination.
Alaska on my mind
Thirty-six hours back in Georgia. The suitcases are put away, laundry clean, and I've even put in a day at work. Of course, there is still more to be done, as there always is when returning from vacation ... grocery shopping, bills, sorting and printing pictures. It was a wonderful trip, and I am glad to be home.
It's kind of hot here in Georgia, and even spending a week in Chicago's warm humidity didn't prepare me for this. I'm adjusting to being back in the heat, but I do miss the cooler weather.
One more Alaska story for now: The last Monday that Clint and I were in Alaska, we headed to the Mendenhall Glacier with my family to take some pictures. As we got out of the car, we noticed a crowd, went over to investigate, and discovered this small black bear. I know she appears brown in the picture, but did you know black bears come in a variety of colors? This one is a cinnamon black bear. She was pretty small, even for a black bear--I would guess it is her first year away from her mother. While we were busy taking pictures--I used the camera's zoom to get the picture below--several park rangers kept the crowds and the bears away from each other and eventually encouraged the bear to meander into the woods, away from all the people.
After the bear left, we started taking family pictures and relized that our camera was out of batteries--I had forgotten to charge the camera, and used the last of the battery we did have taking pictures of the bear! Luckily, my dad had a camera in his car, and he was able to take a few before his camera battery died.
It's kind of hot here in Georgia, and even spending a week in Chicago's warm humidity didn't prepare me for this. I'm adjusting to being back in the heat, but I do miss the cooler weather.
One more Alaska story for now: The last Monday that Clint and I were in Alaska, we headed to the Mendenhall Glacier with my family to take some pictures. As we got out of the car, we noticed a crowd, went over to investigate, and discovered this small black bear. I know she appears brown in the picture, but did you know black bears come in a variety of colors? This one is a cinnamon black bear. She was pretty small, even for a black bear--I would guess it is her first year away from her mother. While we were busy taking pictures--I used the camera's zoom to get the picture below--several park rangers kept the crowds and the bears away from each other and eventually encouraged the bear to meander into the woods, away from all the people.
After the bear left, we started taking family pictures and relized that our camera was out of batteries--I had forgotten to charge the camera, and used the last of the battery we did have taking pictures of the bear! Luckily, my dad had a camera in his car, and he was able to take a few before his camera battery died.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
A Happy Fourth of July
Our holiday celebrations began late last night or early this morning, depending on how you look at it. Juneau's fireworks begin at 12:01 AM on July 4, so last night, we went downtown to celebrate with the community. The display was lovely.
Today, Clint and I watched the Juneau parade, especially long this year because of the 50th anniversary of Alaska's statehood.
We've had a great time with my family and in Alaska.
Happy Fourth of July to all.
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