There is a 4 by 6 coloured photograph in one of my albums that captures the image of 3 cousins. We are standing on the gravel lane and dried leaves decorate that grey ground under our feet. Evidence that someone had been hard at work leans against the tiered retaining wall behind us; that old… Continue reading Favourite Thanksgiving
I remember the music. That catchy little happy sound that indicated the ice cream bike was coming closer. The heat of the summer was promised to melt away if you were lucky enough to have a bit of ice cream money tucked away. He would come around the corner with that ice cream cooler as… Continue reading It wasn’t Dairy Queen that brought us running.
What are 5 words you would use to describe your summer or summers? Why? Here are 5 words with reasoning that I would use to mark my summers: 1. Adventure: As a child summer was something that was often marked by a group of different friends then the ones I went to school with. So… Continue reading What marks your summer?
“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” – St. Francis of Assisi “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald,… Continue reading Quotes for Summer
Summer Sentiment – A 6 Word Post Capture sunny days with warm memories! By Shari Marshall – 2019
The way the mind stores information has always been a passion of mine since I was a child because I learned that my mother’s consciousness never rested. I remember waking to the sound of a startled cry. The dark enveloping me with its cold emptiness. I would peer into the night with frightened eyes and… Continue reading Rest
I associate fruit cake as a grandparent Christmas Tradition. Dad and I always celebrated the holidays with his parents. Looking back on it I see that there were a few things that I took for granted like that Christmas fruit cake grandparents love so much. Even now, when fruit cake isn’t something that makes it… Continue reading A Christmas Shade
With the utmost love I refer to my youngest son as a demon sent straight from hell to torment me. With that in mind, I can’t afford to be one of those parents who suffers with shame when my child does the unthinkable because I would be continuously ricocheting off the walls of those long… Continue reading Warning!
It was another of those Cat in the Hat kind of days where we were stuck in the house with “Thing 1” and “Thing 2.” We needed something to do so I got everything ready to make a picture for my younger son’s bedroom. A side note here: My younger son had a large white… Continue reading Don’t Leave Me Out
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 