officially on vacation

dear readers, as i'm on vacation, i'm not getting to my computer much. Which is good. So, it's not that there's nothing fluttering by at the moment. There's lots in my mind. It just isn't going to be typed out, except when it is.

Yeah.

And meanwhile, I'm watching other things that flutter by, white and black butterflies and a few hummingbirds. I've also seen at least three herons recently, doing the glide by. Summertime is so lovely for plant and bird observation, and i'm making the most of it. I hope you can too.

all those photographs

Over the past five years, we've had three weddings and two funerals in my immediate family. The wonderful aspect of all these is that our family gathers together for the occasion.

At the end of June, we had the first anniversary of the most recent marriage. Thinking of that special, happy time I decided to bring out the photo album to enjoy the images again and the memories they precipitate.

Then I thought this was quite a good thing to do. A great many of our photographs lie stacked away in boxes, a drawer, hidden in albums. Yes, we've accumulated lots. And now, in this digital age, we've many more. And if we never look at them, what's the use of keeping them?

So I'm going to start bringing them out on birthdays, deathdays and especially wedding anniversaries. I'll look back, reminisce and begin to harvest the blessings of life.