Happy Anniversary, Fr. W.!

One year ago today, one of my favorite students was ordained!

Here I am kneeling, after having received his blessing.

(His other claim to fame is that he helped me name this blog....)

Congratulations!

Happy Mother's Day!

Thanks, Mom, for so many blessings, large and small.  God has given me many, many gifts, and you are definitely one of my favorites!

This Time Last Year - Hail

The last hard frost date in our part of Nebraska is supposed to be May 10.

This is hail from May 9, last year:



And this is why it is always hard to tell when to plant our garden!

Biking Resumes!

My husband and I biked to work together for the first time this year. 

Not gonna lie - a wee bit sore.  But worth it.

We left early enough that we didn't have to hustle, and I really enjoyed it.  I'm also treating myself - on the days I bike, I can skip my lunch-time walk and read the whole hour if I want to.  So that's a nice relaxing bit of the day to look forward to.

Here's to sun and summer!

Bird Bath Transformation

As usual, the joke is on me.

When my husband was in Germany last time, Mom and I dumpster-dived an ugly bird bath from some neighbors down the street.  It was resin or fiberglass or plastic, or something and a hideous color somewhere between brown and burgundy.

As a joke, I put it in the backyard and told my husband across the ocean that I had "put in a water feature" while he was gone.

And then he got back and actually liked it!  Oh no!

So with some spray paint, glass gems, and liquid nails, we effected a transformation.  (Actually, it was mostly him....)

As I type this, it's raining like crazy, so we will soon see how it holds up.....

My husband says every time he looks at it, it makes him, and isn't that one of the great purposes of art?