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| This is where I am and how I am for four of my favorite hours of each week. Try to imagine me swinging that stringed device at a hundred miles an hour with a little rubber sphere flying up and sideways and around and back (look out!) for much of those four hours. "Does it hurt to get hit by a racquetball?" an innocent beginner once asked. Well...better a racquetball than a racquet, BUT, let's just say, more than one of us have actually seen stars on these courts, ha ha! All of these players are members of the church, and all but 4 of us are full-time missionaries, as this is the early morning gathering place on "preparation day" for the missionaries. I get to play every Monday and Wednesday, with Wednesday being with a much smaller group--just 3 of us (me and two other friends who are not part of this group). It's a great workout, and LOTS of fun--lots of jokes, kidding around, and laughing at our mistakes. Can you tell I love it? |
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| I love clouds. And I like photography. Did you know? I like to try to be a cool photographer of anything that makes me smile. These clouds made me stop and stare for awhile, so I wanted to share. |
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| My one solo gig this season : ). Jazz is on the piano you can't see, and together we provided some background music at the community Créche event for about 30 minutes. I like getting to show off my favorite Christmas songs. |
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| Nature photographer me again...this time capturing a shot on my way home from racquetball (happened to have my camera with me that day) of the cutest tiny snail ever. I had to put a leaf there so you could see how small it was. Of course I wouldn't want to catch it and take it home for a pet (don't slime me!), but isn't this the cutest? |
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| This picture has to go in my "Evidence" file. One thing I love about living with children is finding unexpected evidence all over the house of their existence (aside from the miniature shoes, messes, diaper station, etc.). This was a funny moment for me--I had just finished washing all the dishes by hand (no dishwasher here), and when I drained the sink, there it was--evidence of our children. Who would ever expect to find a lion in the sink at the end of the day? It made me laugh. |
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| This was one of my favorite Christmas cards that we created at my stamp camp last month. My own design. I used a reverse-image technique for making the trees reflect in the snow, and a masking technique with a brayer to color the sky. |
| I am so grateful for all of my favorite things that bless my life! |
4 comments:
"Cute" is not a word I use in relation to snails very often, but that one I would have to agree.
This was really fun to see some of your favorite things.
Love your posts! Looks like you have a pretty full life! We're excited for you to come down!!!
I like your idea of "evidence" pictures! These were all great and I enjoyed getting to see some of your favorite things!
Oh. Those are all lovely favorites. Or, I should probably say 'Lovelly.' That card with the trees is really amazing. The clouds were beautiful and I'm glad you enjoy racquetball so much. About the snail. No, I do not think it is cute. Do you know how much destruction those 'little' critters can cause in a garden? They ate some of my very favorite plants to the ground this last summer and killed them off. I'm a little disgruntled. But I do have to admit that the tiny ones are kinda cute.
xo -El
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