Stick Horse Cowgirls

You don’t have to read this blog for long to know I am a big cynic when it comes to marriage.  I love the institution, believe it is totally the best thing for building families and relationships, but I just know the odds.  They aren’t good, and that tends to tarnish my whole view of everything connected with marriage, including weddings. Yesterday I awoke at my usual early hour.  I fixed my wake-cup coffee and switched on the news.  It was the Royal Wedding, about which I had completely forgotten.  Imagine this cynic’s shock to find that she could not tear her eyes away from it.  Literally.  I simply could not stop watching. I found this wedding to be just about perfect.  To me, it was a fairy tale with just the right amount of solemn, spiritual influence.  It was a picture of joy, on display for sharing with the world.  And, although there is NO TELLING how much money was spent on this do, in no way did I sense haughtiness at the display.  No, the participants seemed to understa

  When you see the first bluebird of the season, it just has to be a sign that it’s going to be a special day!   No, that is not a “texture”!  Hubby was trying out his new camera and it’s just out of focus!   Can a mother brag?!!!   Lovely eldest daughter won an Artist’s Choice Award for her hand painted egg for the Eggshibition benefit for Youth Home where troubled juveniles receive counseling and a place to stay during their treatment.  Artists and celebrities paint an egg which will be auctioned off during a gala event.  This year her egg featured thoroughbred horses racing at Oaklawn Park here in our state.  Here’s a shot of her winning egg!  It’s my favorite of all the ones she has painted!     The miniature horses have arrived at daughter’s farm!  They are so adorable—they look like toys!  If only their dispositions were so adorable!  They came from a herd of about 70 miniature horses, so they had not been handled much.  Hopefully with time and attention the

Who invented pajamas?  I’m serious.  Who is the person who came up with the idea that we must have something loose and comfortable in which to sleep?  Whoever came up with it, I am indebted to him/her. I am absolutely certain that it was a woman.  Men seem to relish things like sleeping in the outdoors on the ground.  In their clothes.  Now that I think of it, I bet women invented beds, too.  And three-hundred -count sheets.  Don’t you think? Could it be our Asian friends who came up with this wonderful attire?  Some of their clothing looks very pajama-like.  Geishas walk around in robes, don’t they?  (Don’t think about those awkward shoes and bound feet…)  See these stylish Asian pajamas, to the right? All I know is this: I have been working waaaaay too hard lately and waaaaay too many days.  I am troubled by this, especially since I am just coming over hump-day today into what should be the home-stretch of the work week, and I already have scheduled an “emergency” settleme