89: Birds

I was sitting in my La Z Boy after school and noticed these two birds sitting in a tree across the street so I went out on the porch and took a picture.

Notice that there are no buds on the trees yet!

88: The Message

My husband hates to have his picture taken. 

Since I have detention duty at school this week, he's taking care of suppers.

When I got home, he was cooking away so I took my camera out and tried to get a picture for posterity.  Unfortunately, he saw me coming and sent me a little message.

87: Hydrangeas

I had a dentist appointment today and noticed these leftover hydrangeas next to the front door.  Luckily, I had my camera with me so took the time on my way out to take a picture of them.

86: Sherrie's Bathroom

My siser-in-law recently redid her bathroom in turquoise and purple.

So bright and pretty!

86: Daffodils

The American Cancer Society sells these every year about this time.  They're always closed up tight when they're delivered to my school room, but once I get home and put them in water, they open right up.

85: Bulletin Board

This is the bulletin board I designed in my classroom a few years ago. I add and subtract from it a bit each year.   

84: Last Year's Lilacs

We had some warm weather last week so I went out into the back yard to see if the lilacs were budding yet.  Nope! All I could see were these dried out old remnants from last season.

83: Ice

I don't have much tonight. 

I was sitting on the couch feeling lazy and could see these little icicles hanging on a tree outside one of our living room windows so I snapped a picture of it through the glass.

82: Rain Droplets

It's been raining all day.

81: A Bowlful of Pennies

For about 8 years, now, we've been saving our change.  On Saturday, we decided to roll all the coins except for the pennies.  Tomorrow my husband is taking them to Walmart where they have a machine.  He tried the bank today but they said they don't take pennies any more.

80: First Full Day of Spring

Look what I spied peeking their noses out of the ground!

79: Squirrels

Saw these two guys scampering around in the old snow this morning.

78: Thin Mints

These are my husband's Girl Scout cookies.  He keeps them in the freezer and eats a few every night until they are gone.

77: Bird

I saw a couple huge birds flying around the school so I grabbed my camera and snapped a picture forgetting that it was set to manual.  I thought it came out kind of cool, though!

76: Mt. Washington, NH

I took this from Cascade Flats around 6 pm this evening when we were going into Mary's Pizza Parlor.  The sun was setting and shining on the west side of the mountain.

Still lots of snow up there!

Check out Scenic Sunday for more awesome scenes.

75: Late Afternoon Sun

I love the way the sun paints the inside of the living room just before it sets.

74: Boot Jack

My husband uses this old boot jack to take his boots off during the winter.  He thinks it's about 50-100 years old.  (So, basically, he doesn't know but we do know it's old!)  It came from a farm in Vt.

73: Cedar Tears

It rained all day today.  I went out on the back proch to snap this.

72: Computer Coma

Kylie is visiting this weekend and we played all afternoon.  Finally, Grammy needed a break so she let Kylie use the computer.  She loves playing PBS Kids.

71: Lilac Update

I'm feeling really lazy tonight and didn't want to get up to take pictures so I just went to my good old stand-by and took a picture of the lilacs I'm forcing.

I change the water every day to keep it fresh and they are doing really well.  I don't know if they'll acutally blossom but it's been fun trying.

70: Necklace

My daughter made this for me for my birthday.  I wore it to school and got lots of compliments.  I took the picture by holding my camera out in front of me and hoping for the best.

69: Camera Purse

It's a combination camera bag and purse.  The inside is lavender so it's easy to see things and there are lots of padded velcro dividers to keep my camera snug and safe.  Plus, there's lots of room for all my other purse stuff.  

I've been wanting something like this so I can take my camera with me all the time.  So often I see something that would make a cool picture but don't have my camera along.  Now, I will!

68: Nansen Ski Jump

I took a ride up by the old ski jump today.  It's so sad that it's all grown in.  I remember going to the ski jumping events when I was a kid.  We'd take our hibachi along and my dad would charcoal hotdogs on the back of the station wagon.

67: Monday Morning Gift

I glanced out the bedroom window when I got up and saw this amazing sky so ran downstairs, grabbed my camera, ran back up, opened the window, and snapped away.

You can check out more awesome skies at SkyWatch Friday.

66: A Sunny Afternoon

It got to 49 degrees this afternoon so I sat on the porch reading for awhile and noticed the jewels hanging from the spruce tree.  I ran in the house, grabbed my camera, and took this picture.

65: Saturday Morning

I went outside in my pajamas at 6:45 am in 14 degrees F. to take this picture.

64: A Blue Sky Day

I took my camera for a walk after school. 

This is taken from the Botanical Garden on the east side of town looking west toward Mt. Forist.

63: Cookbooks

These are more than just cookbooks; they are works of art!

I have them on top of a quilt my sister made which is on top of my grandfather's old steamer trunk.

62: Lilacs

The lilacs I cut from the tree in our back yard did fine for a while then started to die.

When I was walking one night, I saw a lilac bush near an abandoned house so cut a few young branches and brought them home.   It's been just over a week and look at them!  There's even baby flowers tucked away inside.  See the top one on the left? 

61: Peacefulness

Right in the middle of town is this peaceful scene.  If you use your imagination, that red garage could be a barn.  And just ignore the name of the river: Dead River!

60: Outside My Classroom Window

I took this with my cell phone so the quality isn't very good.

It was just so darn pretty with the snow on the tree limbs that I had to take a picture.

Even the kids commented on how gorgeous it looked and they don't usually notice things like that.  They're teenagers!  'Nuff said!