This butterfly is for all the mothers out there who have done a great job with their children. The purple is a sign of royalty. I hope all your families treat you like royalty on Mother’s Day. Flowers, candy, dinner, and a movie sound good to me. Enjoy yourselves. Thanks, too, to all the Mothers now in Heaven. May Christ celebrate with you at a great banquet!
picture of Napa Valley in California..
Someone read my last blog from South Africa….did you?
Have a beautiful Mother’s Day!
Good Monday to you! Do you feel like you are in a bird cage with people always looking at you? If you feel that way, think of yourself in a beautiful oriental birdcage like this one in Old Town, Wichita, Kansas! Remember to look your best and be ready for photos! A bird cage is not so bad. Think of all the little lost birds outside who are tossed in the wind. You are safe!
Have a great MondAY!
Picture of me and one of my creations. I made a new one this week, and I’ll try to get a photo to show you. I love to decorate hats and purses…sort of a hobby of mine. I am driven to create something all the time. That is another reason I write! Anyway…Sat is the Derby and all the ladies get out their biggest, prettiest, most unusual hats to wear. Don’t forget yours!!
I took this picture a few years back when I visited Alaska on a tour both by land and by sea. It was a fantastic two week adventure that I’ll never forget. Alaska is a wild, wonderful place to visit. Everything there is bigger and better than anywhere else on Earth. I saw grizzly bears, eagles, caribou, mountain sheep, and even a huge moose.If you get a chance to visit, it’s worth every bit of your time and money! Enjoy!
This is a photo of my mother about 8 years ago. She used to come to the campus with me once a week and file. She is putting new tests in my testing manual. Mother loved to keep busy and she was until the last three years of her life. She was a classy lady with lots of talents like writing poetry, organizing events at church, and of course her job at Savings Bonds Division of the Treasury. She used to travel all over the US and teach payroll clerks how to do Savings Bonds deductions. I miss her. She died of Alzheimer’s, a cruel disease of the mind.
This is the cover of 1 of 4 Text books I wrote when I was Ann Hill for DBCC and my HS classes. Since then I have written one other text book with another author and two children’s lap books. Right now I am looking for publisher for my next two books…From There to Eternity: A Believer’s Story of Survival with reflections by her daughter and Milligan Mayhem, a short mystery novelette that takes place in the 1960’s at Milligan college, my Alma mater. Look for them soon. I may publish with PublishAmerica again.
Picture of 4 generations…Pop, my Dad, me, and RonnAnn. All of us the first born in each family. My dad was first generation born in US. Pop came from Greece when he was 17. It’s good to remember our heritage.
My father carried around this picture during the war. He met Mickey overseas and someone took their picture. My dad has been gone for 15 years, but today Mickey joined him in heaven. I know they’ll have a lot to talk about. Thanks to all the WWII veterans. There aren’t many of them left on this Earth. God Bless.
This old photo features my Greek grandfather on left and his brother Meechus on right. My grandmother is holding Uncle Don and my father John is sitting at Pop’s knee. Aunt Helen is standing in the back and Aunt Carrie must be sitting on a stool at Granny’s knees. My “Pop” came to America when he was just 17 with his brother. All in the photo are now gone, but they will never be forgotten.
Thoughts on Turning Seventy 