all the lemons decided to let go. I wonder if that feels good to the tree?
looks like it’s time to make lemon meringue pies
Archive for February, 2012
Today is the day…
Monday, February 27th, 2012Library card of the week
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
amoeba weather
Friday, February 17th, 2012When the weather is perfect and you can’t tell where the inside of yourself ends and the outside begins — that is what I call amoeba weather. There is no sweating, no shivering on such days. Just amoeba, perfect state. I’m striving to make other dynamics with my world reach an amoeba state.
Days when inner fears and outside threats are in check. When I don’t feel too young, old, restricted, scared, filled with self-loathing, or flip. Just days when I am amoeba. The inside and the outside in harmony and I drink orange cream soda.
Happy Weekend!
I also wrote here this week:
Happy Centennial Arizona!
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Arizona turns 100 today. Happy Birthday Arizona! Since it falls on Valentine’s Day too, I decided to post a picture of someone I love, someone who spent her whole life in Arizona — my grandma. Here she is a Rodeo Queen in Winslow, AZ sometime in the 1940s.
My grandma was a beautician. In 1942 at the age of 24 she started her own business — “Thelma’s Beauty Shop” located in downtown Winslow . . . There was a bar right across the street from her shop and Thelma had it fixed so that at 4:00 o’clock the bartender over at the Four Lanes would walk across the street with a cocktail on a tray and deliver it to grandma. Word was you sure wanted to get your hair appointment made before 4:00 just to be on the safe side.
Tiny Valentine Boxes
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Wax paper, melted crayon bookmarks
Monday, February 6th, 2012This weekend it was time for some fun Valentine’s Day crafts. Emerson and I made wax paper, melted crayon bookmarks.
First, we took old crayons and shaved them onto a sheet of wax paper (waxy side up). You can use a pencil sharpener or even a potato peeler. Then, cover with a top sheet of wax paper (waxy side down) and iron them together lightly over a moderately low heat. I covered the wax paper with an old dishtowel before ironing to protect my iron from any stray crayon wax.
Next, we cut the wax paper into bookmark shapes, hole-punched the top, and added a ribbon. If you’d like — add stickers to decorate.
They turned out great, especially because no two are alike. Don’t they look like stained glass?
Spotted: heart house loves you back
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Welcome February!
Here’s a mantra I come back to from time to time:
“Let Good Things Happen To You”
(try it out if you’d like, I don’t mind sharing)
