About those fish...

We went to a small aquarium this past month that had a really fascinating touch pool. LB just loved all the sunstars, starfish, crabs, sea cucumbers, scallops and whatever else was in there! We must have spent at least an hour at the touch pool - and as you can see - he pretty much had the place to himself! He also really liked the frog exhibit.

Outside there were 2 huge tanks... here is a photo of him looking into one of them. Oh but wait - what does that sign say?

Can you read it? "Caution! Sharks! Sharp spines and teeth! Please do NOT touch the spiny dogfish!" About those fish - they bite! Once I read the sign to LB - his little hand went right behind his back.

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Not that the picture of a hand had the universally(?) understood red circle with a slash through it. LB thought the hand sign meant that he could touch the fish in there - afterall, we had just come from the touch tank!

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It was actually an interesting exhibit about giving the fish more oxygen to make them grow bigger. Some of the sturgeon (in the 2nd tank) must have been 6 feet long!

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Just a small place, but LB sure had lots of fun!

Hopewell Mud!

I am sure that most visitors to The Hopewell Rocks have photos similar to my little photo collage here... the collage feature does crop some from each photo - for example, the full photo of that amazing cloud does have some rocks in it too! These are still unedited - some time this winter I will probably play around with my favorites in Photoshop. Maybe! I am always soo busy - I just keep taking photos and figure that some day I will get a chance to organize them and play around with them, etc. Kindergarten is right around the corner afterall! Right now I figure the important thing is actually in being out there and doing, doing, doing... I can sort and organize photos later - or who knows, maybe I will just leave that task to my grandchildren, LOL!

So - back to the Hopewell Rocks - my big question is this - how many people have photos of such a muddy Little Boy in their Hopewell Rock photos? Oh - he had a GRAND time smearing mud all over himself turning into a mud monster. I tell you - the Japanese tourists (must have been a tour bus) were lining up to take their photos with him (after politely asking, of course!). And this behaviour would perfectly explain why a full 1/2 of his limited wardrobe usually lives in my car! That mud is well known in the area!

With a little break in my schedule we scooted off for a 3 night getaway. Hopewell Rocks is one of our favorite destinations and once again we weren't disappointed.

Photos like these sure are nice to look at after coming off a long series of double shifts. Was that 2 weeks ago already? I tell you - time flys. Go out, take photos and enjoy... today - because today will be gone tomorrow.

Stack of Quilts

2 ladies asked me yesterday if they could come over today and see my quilts. All of them or one in particular, I wanted to know. All of them. So, here they are - minus 1 still to add to the stack. The ones I've kept anyway - many have been gifted. These are the quilted ones - I have another stack of just tops.

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They gave me a big hug when they left so I guess they had a good time!

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Almost all of these quilts are BIG, bed sized quilts. Just recently I have started to make smaller quilts - they still fit the top of my queen bed but with no overhang. The smaller ones are definately easier to show, but I do love my big quilts!

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Little Boy loves ALL of these quilts, big and small - here he is giving the pile a big hug!

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And just an interesting not on the usage of the word "love" in the English language... unfortunately my memory is only good enough to always let me remember just enough to get things mixed up and into trouble, but I seem to remember that it was maybe the Ancient Greeks who had 3 words for love... eros, agape and something else? So, you could love your new boyfriend, love your Momma, love pizza, etc. and each individual word for love had its own defination/level of love associated with it. How cool is that? English actually does not have as many words in the vocabulary as some other languages.