Day 151 - May 31

Baby pictures! I shot Carrie and Grant's engagement pics, their wedding pics and now family pics! I love it! We met up at the capital and shortly after this shot the skies opened up and it poured the rain. We got soaked, but I managed to get a few good shots in!

Day 150 - May 30

The chicks are back....and they aren't very chickish! They have grown quite a bit. Is there a special name for teenage chicks?

Day 149 - May 29

This little guy is all tuckered out! He played all day and never had a nap, but finally couldn't keep his eyes open one more minute!

Day 148 - May 28

As I was loading groceries into my car at Kroger's I saw the beautiful clouds and sky...pays to always carry a camera!

Day 147 - May 27

Jackamanii clematis...in my front yard...it's my favorite!

Day 146 - May 26

Morning, as seen from my deck

Day 145 - May 25

The garden is in!!

Day 144 - May 24

A little science dissection involving owl "up chuck"!

Day 143 - May 23

I went to the Farmer's Market today to get a few more plants for my garden. I love going there this time of year...so many flowers and plants!

Day 142 - May 22

I have been chomping at the bit to get my garden in. We have had rain almost everyday this month...finally, a few flowers are in the ground!

Day 141 - May 21

Apple cake, anyone?

Day 140 - May 20

Sick of the chicks yet? They are on a little hiatus from school for a while, so there will be a little chick break for about a week. They were getting too big and starting to fly a little, so one of the aids took them home until we make our "Chick Trip" in a few weeks. This is where we take the kids camping to deliver the chicks to an Amish family.

Day 138 -May 18

This is Phoebe, Amie's cat

Day 137 - May 17

We still have the chicks!!!

Day 136 - May 16

I'll bet I have driven past this old tracker for years and never noticed it. I think Project 365 has made more observant. If the grass ever gets cut, I'll try to get closer, it was mighty high. Anyway, it's not in the woods, it's sitting right in a field on a busy, main drag between a church and beauty shop!

Day 134 - May 15

Actually, yesterday came and went before I realized I never took a picture! Today...busy, too. But as I was sitting in my living room trying to think of something clever I thought of my ceiling fan at which I was vacantly staring! So I played around with F-stops a little!

Day 133 - May 13

It's the funniest thing ever to wear your teacher's glasses!

Day 132 - May 12

You may be getting chick pix for a while!! This little guy has a story to tell. He just couldn't break through that shell to join his friends. So our science teacher broke it for him...but the other chicks just started pecking at him. So she took him home for the night and made a little incubator to keep him warm. She brought him back this morning and now he is just one of the gang!

Day 131 - May 31

Rainy day

Day 130 - May 10

The chicks are here!! When we arrived at school this morning several of our chicks had hatched over the weekend and were chirping away. Our little yellow chick hatched during our planning period and I was able to shoot each step. When I left this evening, he was fluffy and chirping just like the others. One more hatched during the day...and a couple should be hatched tonight!

Day 129 - May 9

If Roses grow in Heaven,

Lord please pick a bunch for me,

Place them in my Mother's arms

and tell her they're from me.

Tell her I love her and miss her,

and when she turns to smile,

place a kiss upon her cheek

and hold her for awhile.

Because remembering her is easy,

I do it every day,

but there's an ache within my heart

that will never go away.

~Author Unknown

Day 128 - May 8

My friends' daughter, Taylor, at her dance recital...one of three performances!

Day 127 - May 7

The clematis in my backyard is blooming!! Last year it had about 2 blooms all season....it's packed right now!

Day 126 - May 6

Can you heat emboss, cut paper and make a card with 2 dogs on your lap? Vicki can! Tonight was my last stamp club of the season and Vicki was running late, so she came straight to stamp club after picking her babies up from the groomers.

My room runneth over!  I have a rather small classroom and this class just about fills it up.  Since we are working on tessellations, I thought they could spread out a little.....it's amazing what a little room can do to improve behavior!

Day 124 - May 4

My alma mater.....40 years ago today 4 students were killed and 9 others injured when the Ohio National Guard shot into a crowd of Vietnam War protesters. I was in the 8th grade, 14 years old...but remember it well. Kent State was not far from my home. I didn't go to college right out of high school, I attended from '78 to '81. I loved it there, I became a teacher there, I became an adult there, I met lifelong friends there. I will always remember the events of May 4.

Day 123 - May 3

Just cutting up at work.  I was trying to get a pic of the day and playing around with the remote...Kathy is the science teacher on my team...I'm lucky to have a friend at work!

Day 122 - May 2

Laundry Day!

Day 121 - May 1

This little pup was the most popular guest at the National Scrapbook Day Open House at Almost Heaven.  What a face!!!

Day 120 - April 30

Friday afternoon, full moon week....beautiful weather.....I told the boys if they finished up all their work and were good boys I'd take them outside.  They got 10 minutes!!

Day 119 - April 29

Bella, peaking out from her cube!

Day 118 - April 28

Guess he didn't want his picture made!

Day 117 - April 27

Day 116 - April 26

It's time for the chicks!  We'll be hearing the chirping of little chicks soon in the 8th grade hallway...stay tuned for more pictures as they hatch!

Day 115- April 25

Bella greets me everyday when I come home.  She gets so excited, she just falls over!

Day 114 - April 24

Look who came to get me at Yeager Airport!  Gotta love those jammies!!!