Sprouts!

Sunday, the sprouts were started to soaking. Overnight.
Monday, they were drained and rinsed often.
Tuesday, today, I have been rinsing them frequently. Here is a picture.

They have grown a lot.
Cassie bought the seed at the coop so I don't know exactly what they are. Something exotic I am guessing. I told her I wanted alphalfa but it is not only that. We will see.


 I snapped a pic of Mishka and Dave's foot.

And, by the way, isn't it a good feeling to have the dishes done at the end of a day!

Good Night.

A Giraffe, a Horse, a Lion and a Sun. A Rich History. December 29, 2014

A changing table was made by Carl and Mae for Sharon. A generation later they made this changing table modeled after Sharon's for my baby, Eric. Now Eric and Angela will use it for their baby who is due in April.

Here is a picture of the changing table that Dad made for Eric when he was born. It has pictures that I drew when I was seven years of age carved into the wood. Sharon was a tiny baby and they needed a changing table. But Mom and Dad wanted it to be personalized.  So they asked me to draw something that they could carve onto the changing table that they were making for little Sharon. So, feeling happy that my parents valued something my second grade self made, I drew a horse, a sun, a lion, and a giraffe. 

So here are a few pictures of the changing table that I carried up the stairs from the basement yesterday to prepare for our new little light of our lives. 

 I scrubbed it down and used some steel wool to spruce it up a little. I just love the generational history.

A happy lion.

New subject:

I soaked mung beans overnight, then this afternoon pressure cooked them with rice. Mmmmm. Here they are soaking.

Tomorrow I will add another picture of the sprouts we have going. Here they are just getting started.

Good night.

Gratitude practice and our new kitten

I dunno, this one is sorta crazy but I like it. Any suggestions?

I used a gloss medium for gluing and for the same purpose used Golden soft gel medium (matte). For glueing I like the gloss medium better.
I may cover the whole thing with the gloss medium.
Enjoyed using the oil based gold sharpie paint pen. It was fun.

Then I just want to show you my kitten. She is sweet. She just appeared at our house meowing loudly and insistently in October. I could not even find her the first day. But when I came home from work the next day she was still crying soooo loud. So I searched and saw her hiding. She was so afraid and hungry. So the next day Dave got her some food and she has lived outside in our garage ever since. But I do invite her in our house often because she is so sweet, and she is a personality. A bit aggressive and not used to being around people a lot.

Tomorrow she visits the vet and we will see what she thinks. I'd like to find her a home where she could live inside all the time. It's so dangerous out there with wild animals and cars and trucks. 

Christmas art journaling

Happy Holidays! 

Love you, sooooo much! 

I am so grateful for you.

I am also grateful to God for loving and caring for us.

I am thankful for a strong mom, a dad with integrity. A husband with intelligence and kids with their own busy lives.