A brilliantly-colored dark pink and purple fuchsia blossom You would think that by the time a person reaches my age, she would not be surprised by the passing of time, yet I find myself nearly constantly amazed that a certain amount of time has passed--whether that be a week, month, year, or couple of decades. Earlier this year, I planted a garden. Yesterday I harvested my first strawberry. Earlier this year, I also planted fuchsia starts, and now the flowers are blooming. How is that possible? (And why am I surprised?) Sometime around the turn of the century (and it still seems strange to use that phrase about the year 2000), we bought a circa 1935 dresser. It needed some TLC, but had a cool curvy front. This past week, I finally got around to applying some Restor-A-Finish and Feed-N-Wax, and now the dresser still looks old, but not dilapidated. I still need to apply some hide glue to some loose pieces, but I'm counting progress as a win. For as long as I can remember, I've be
Nice job - I've enjoyed these posts.
ReplyDeleteYEAH!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
ReplyDeleteYour grand kids will love their homemade alphabet book.
Thanks. I hope they do. :-)
DeleteI have loved your book! Thanks for sharing with all of us.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading! :-)
Deletethanks for the good alphabetitacious posts! fun participating with you in the blog challenge
ReplyDeleteMaybe next year you should do made-up words as your theme!
DeleteZealous series of blog for a wonderful gift for the grandbabies!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Z? Zzzzzzzzzz for sleeping ;-)
That sounds really good right now. Good night!
DeleteOh, Kristi, this has been the BEST A to Z Challenge theme! You really should publish this book. It's so creative!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I will "publish" the book with snapfish or some other photo book company. If I do it soon, I can feel really prepared for Christmas! That's a big "if".
DeleteLoving your theme :) I think it's really interesting seeing what everyone chose for their themes!
ReplyDeletePopping by on the A to Z Road Trip
Debbie
www.myrandommusings.blogspot.com
Hello there.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on completing the challenge! I did not get to visit your blog during April. Nice photos though. Just popping over today from the Road Trip.
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