Susanne's 365 Extras: May 2007

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

More Memorial Day --

From one of the oldest sections of Greenwood Memorial Park -- and changed to B&W....

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Memorial Day Extras

The boys' feet at my grandparents' grave...

My great-great grandparents' grave in Elk's Rest.

Statue markers in cemetery...

Another...

The elk statue at Elk's Rest in Greenwood cemetery

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Around the house....

Dash likes to play fetch with the soccer ball. Never mind that it's very nearly his size....

I also photographed some blooms from our locust trees. I had never noticed that they bloomed at all; this photo blog is really helping me to notice what I don't usually see....

We enjoyed lunch at Major's Diner today -- we were really there for a Creative Arts Council board meeting, and the boys came along and did their schoolwork at a table nearby, munching on french fries while working.

Major's is a tourist stop mostly, but some locals do hang out there, just for lack of another place. With only three restaurants in town, and one of them being a hamburger joint with picnic seating only, the choice is limited. Definitely an aspect of living in a town of 1200 people....

Monday, May 14, 2007

Around the house today...

My only yellow iris....

An old Mother's Day hanging; J made this in school two years ago, and it hangs in my kitchen.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

More San Diego Landmarks....

E and I attended the San Diego Homeschool Expo downtown today. After we finished selecting school books for next year, we drove three blocks from the Expo at Golden Hall and passed by the building in which I used to work. Back then, the entire building was owned by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Publishers, Inc., and I worked for HBJ in the bookstore in the basement right after graduation from college and again after grad school. Just as I was leaving the bookstore to start teaching at Point Loma, we found out that the bookstore was being closed and that the publishing company was moving to a nearby skyscraper. This may not be a tall building in the San Diego skyline, but it's a personal favorite of mine, both for the architecture, the paint job (looks like a birthday cake!), and for several pleasant years spent in a bookstore with 50,000 titles, the second-largest bookstore in San Diego at the time (before B&N and Borders, etc.).

First Presbyterian Church, built in 1898, is also a downtown landmark. Vera, Johanna, and I attended church here while we were neighbors, and we used to sneak in (late) and sit right in front of the GORGEOUS stained glass windows in the second shot. Best of all, Vera was married here, with Johanna and I as attendants and E as flower girl. It was extremely appropriate to take part in an 1890's style wedding in an 1890's church! Remind Vera to post a photo of her wedding dress; it's truly a work of ART.

Friday, May 11, 2007

More Summers Past Farms

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

I'm toting around....

Before I left for my chiropractor's office today, I snapped this photo of my Sonlight book bag I brought "down the hill": stuff for Bible study, homeschool, plus my own reading on saints. It's quite a load to tote....

Monday, May 7, 2007

Spring Day at the Park

B on the swing...

J jumps from a swing ... not an easy shot to catch!

Silly B!

Three little monkeys hanging from a ... whatever?

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Friday's Extras

An overblown rose outside Dr. Adema's office.

I drove J and B past the home I grew up in. My parents owned this house from 1972-1988; I lived here from age six until I married, and my parents sold it three years after that. I had the bedroom at the far, far right window.

I do have to say that the front yard looks MUCH nicer than when we took care of it! Oh, the HOURS I spent weeding that yard!

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The first primrose!

While I was gone, my garden went bonkers. Everything (especially the weeds!) seem much taller than they used to be. And my first primrose is blooming! They are taking over the garden, and I love 'em.