Some Very Nice Days . . .

I watched little great grand Oakland for a few hours the other day.
Delightful age, jabbering away like crazy, ready to do, go, be . . .
I said, "should we go cut some flowers" . . .
Yup, shoes back on, out the door we went . . .
(I gave her my "teacher instruction" of how to carry a scissors, POINT DOWN.)
Oakland tried the "correct way to hold the scissors to cut"
so she must have had some instruction along the way about using a scissors!

BUT . . . when I pointed out the first flower to cut,
she held the scissors with both hands and snipped it right off at the top!
So, I let her use that method while showing her where to cut the flowers.

We took the flowers over to a neighbor, she walked right up to the door, knocked,
handed her the flowers, and said, "have a good day!"
Sweet as can be . . . she is very polite . . .

Then we came home to do her favorite thing of late . . .
painting with my water colors . . . she told me she likes "purple" . . .
So we mixed up some purple and she painted big purple blotches . . .

Could life be any better!
(Her mommies photo from another day, not mine.)

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On the same day, same time, granddaughter Amanda sent me a text,
wondering if I might like a a visit . . .
How wonderful was that . . . she lives about an hour away . . . works even further.
I said, "love it . . . how about we go walk, sit by the beach . . ."
So, Amanda arrived while Oakland was here . . .
fun for the three of us to paint purple blotches together!
(Reminder: I must get a three generation "girls" picture!)

And then off to the beach . . . fun to be there, watch the volleyball, people, activity!
We visited about life and memories . . . very, very nice relaxing, pleasant time . . .

Then we met up with "mister Irish" at Muskegon's famous Fricano's . . . for pizza.
Amanda's first taste of a Fricano pizza.
A favorite . . . maybe once . . . or twice a year . . .

Then back to the house to look at photo albums . . . and visit some more . . .

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The next day I went to the opening day of a new cutting garden . . .
Beautiful curved flowers beds of snapdragones, cone flowers, zinnas, sun flowrs, lavender and more.
I brought my own containers and scissors, no need, everything there, self serve . . .
Four dollars worth of flowers, back home, cut some more flowers from my gardens,
added some ivy, fern and hosta leaves, presto, a few little bouquets . . .

One other person there . . . I hope more arrived later . . . I will return for sure!

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Investing in our families, children, grandchildren, greats,
with our time, our thoughts, our caring . . .
is a very fine investment indeed . . .

Happy Summer Days My Friends . . .
Love ~
Lynne