Hello Blog Friends

I know I have been negligent in my blogging. I REALLY have been busy. First I took a little trip to Scotland then since my return I have been meeting myself coming and going.
First let me share a little of Scotland. I had a wonderful time. This is what I remember (beside the fact I had fun) little winding roads, rolling hills with lots of sheep, old and quaint buildings and really friendly people. Enjoy a little of Scotland.

Staying in the Present

Do you ever have trouble staying in the present?
I do.
Today is especially hard.
The Not-Present is very unpleasant today so I am trying to only think about the now.
It is not easy.
I keep a running mantra going of whatever I am doing. "I can put this cream on my face. I can seal these envelopes..."
I am exhausted living in the present.
p.s. the photo is from a very pleasant past---the beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan.

Mother-daughter look-alike search

The local newspaper is having a search for Mother-Daughter look-alikes. For years people have told me how much I look like my mother. These are my entries. It would be cool to win. What do you think? I know the one picture of me is awful (no make-up) but oh well.

A Time to Laugh or A Time to Cry?

After church this morning I changed into something more comfortable. Tom and I went to lunch at Zios. On the way home, I looked down at the floor board to make sure the left over Italian food was still upright and this is what I saw. I had a HUGE laugh but Tom said, "This either means you have too many shoes or you really need glasses."
I remember years ago a very old, sweet, blue-haired English teacher at Clark who came to school one day wearing two different shoes. Wow! Now it has happened to me.
I am calling about the glasses this week.

Rebel Mountain Laurel

Those in the Hill Country know of the wonderful tree, the Mountain Laurel, that produces beautiful purple fragrant blooms that smell like grape. The blooming season for our Mountain Laurel is over, but we have the beautiful rebel blooms. At first Tom, my husband, thought it must be some type of fungus. Part of these growths look like Staghorn Ferns. Tom took a piece in to get some advice and was told that when the bloom does not form correctly one year, this is what they look like the next. So we have these beauties dancing for us on a tree full of green leaves. They don't seems to have the strong fragrance that the regular blooms have but wow, they are so interesting with their horned and spiked additions. Hope you enjoy them.