Day 227 - Decadent dessert

The boys asked to go to Carrabba's while they were here and since they'll be leaving soon, tonight was the night. They each ordered the Pasta Carrabba (an alfredo-type dish with grilled chicken, mushrooms, and peas) but forgot to request that they leave out the latter two items. It was amusing to watch them each pick out every single piece of mushroom and every single pea!!

They had no problem, however, sharing and digging into a huge piece of chocolate something with brownies, mousse, whipped cream and chocolate sauce.

We had fun. :)

Day 226 - Movie junk food

You have to munch while you're watching movies, right? 'Course you do! Soooo, Christopher wanted popcorn and soda, Michael wanted chips and soda, and me? Oh, I just settled for a plain ol' dusty banana split (two scoops, extra whipped cream... and yeah, that extra cherry.)

Oh.my.God!! I knooooow I'm going to put on 10 pounds this week... but I'm sure going to enjoy doing it! ;)

Day 225 - Movie Central

We've spent the late evenings this week watching movies. Bucket List, Jumper, and Next took up Sunday and Monday nights, while Mr. Brooks and Gone Baby Gone are scheduled for tonight. American Gangster is on tomorrow night's agenda. I was wanting to see a couple of them but have enjoyed the boy's choices too.

Day 224 - A squirrel and its nut

Michael pointed out this little guy/gal scurrying around on our back yard oak so I snapped a few to see what it was all excited about. Looks like it found something tasty for dinner!

Day 223 - 13 year-old curiosity

As I've posted before, grandson Michael is enthralled with puzzles of all kinds. Not content to just work the puzzle, he wanted to know what makes it do what it does. Soooo, he took the whole thing apart, found out what makes it tick, and of course, put it all back together again! That's my boy! ;)

Day 222 - Bodacious bloom

After a visit to a girlfriend (and her hibiscus) in Florida several years ago, I wanted some hibiscus in my yard too. Originally, we bought six plants but two died and the remainder struggled for a few seasons before they decided that our yard wasn't such a bad place to live in.

We still battle some kind of munching critter, but for the most part they've developed into pretty plants and produce humongous blooms. Seriously, these things are at least saucer-sized, with or without munchers!

Day 221 - Green on green

I went out in the yard to take a picture of something with water and the birdbath, but got distracted by this little critter hopping around my feet. It was funny how it seemed to be hanging on to a blade of grass for dear life as I crawled around getting close-ups and its bent antenna was almost dapper - kind of Jiminy Cricket-ish. ;)

I also got this reflection in the birdbath water.

Day 220 - Water bowl

A last minute shot, the cat's water dish is about as creative as I got tonight.

Day 219 - Hose water

Didn't have to go far to get this shot. Just turned the hose on in the back yard and had at it. I did, however, play a little with some photo editing and added a bit of shadow and sharpening to emphasize the water flow.

Day 218 - Bell, bell, my Liberty Bell

A first for the boys, we took a trip to Philadelphia to visit our most famous symbol of freedom and independence, the Liberty Bell.

We had a full and enjoyable day that included a tour of Independence Hall, more sightseeing, and at the boys request, a taste of Philly's famous cheese steak sandwiches... which didn't impress us much. :(

Day 217 - Out for a ride

Another beautiful day in our corner of Maryland so we took the boys to Heritage Farm Park to expend a little energy. All went well until Michael took a slight spill and Christopher, being ahead, didn't see so kept on going. Michael was not amused. He suffered a small scrape, and a large bruised psyche. The former was repaired with some grandfatherly planning in the form of a First Aid Kit in the van, while the latter was repaired with some grandmotherly hugs, kisses, and gentle words. ;)

Starting off this week's theme of water, here's one of the three water towers that supplies the precious liquid to our town... when it's not being contaminated by a manure lagoon, that is!

boubou and her daughter were right on the money with their guess of the phone, just at the other end - hearing instead of speaker. ;)

Day 216 - What is it?? #6

Wrapping up mystery week - do you know??

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#5 - there's just no fooling you guys - my trusty ol' Pink Pearl it is!
(thanks, gawdess!) :)

Day 215 - What is it? #5

Mystery (maybe!) #5

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Aack! I'm so far behind with the answers! Sorry to keep y'all waiting...

#3 is the roman shade pull on our patio door...

and ding, ding, ding - we have winners with #4! Y'all are too good! :)

Day 214 - What is it? #4

What do you think it is??