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Ha-Friday Fragments...how could you tell?
I went with some friends to see the film 42 this week. What a great story, so inspiring. Sometimes I think about all the hate in this world, and wonder how we got here. Then I see a movie like this, and am reminded hate is nothing new. I'm also reminded that one or two people being brave, acknowledging that words do indeed matter, who do the right thing when doing nothing is so much easier, can really and truly change the world, or at least their little part of it.
The road I travel to the gym every day takes me by a small horse farm. I am totally in love with the little bitty colts I see when I pass, all hanging close to their mamas. Yesterday I had to stop and snap a few photos, because babies grow up ya know!
I love presents. Just thought I'd throw that out there-ha! I won't have either of my girlies home for the Mother's Day weekend (sniff), but they did send me some wonderful things in the post which I've already opened and enjoyed.
Hello Jordan Almonds.
When Daughter2 was home we were browsing through the Harry and David catalog and I mentioned to her that I have a thing for all their beautiful packaging. I love their pears, but what I really love are the boxes they come in, the way they're stacked and all tied together with a pretty bow.
Look what I got!
I almost didn't want to open it, because seeing all those colors stacked one against the other, and then wrapped with a soft pale blue ribbon, made me inexplicably happy.
Rest assured I did open it eventually...fresh pears, yogurt covered pretzels, buttery cookies with raspberry filling that will be perfect with a cup of afternoon tea...strawberry chocolates, a gourmet popcorn mix, and of course the Jordan Almonds.
Another box arrived from my girls too, and inside was this-
I love it! I phoned them to say thank you and they explained that a very good friend of mine in Maryland made the bag. She's a talented seamstress who also makes jewelry and baby stuff and costumes for your kids when they're in a school play if you ask her nicely. Anyway, Daughter1 went to a little party she had in her home and bought this bag for me.
I love the color orange, chevron, good friends, sweet daughters, and Fridays. Also beautiful boxes, fun bags, and pastel colored candy coated almonds. I'm still on the fence about hedgehogs.
My girls also sent these-
Hot pink notecards with a tiny little hedgehog emblazoned on the front.
The three of us lived through the Great British Hedgehog Caper back in 2006, and they've never let me forget it. I've written about it before, but in a nutshell I reached into our backyard pond to pick up what I thought was a leaf, but which was in fact, a dead baby hedgehog floating upside down.
I went temporarily insane and my girls came running. They had to fish that thing out of the pond themselves using the tried and true shovel and bucket method while I cowered behind the back door, shrieking "I TOUCHED A DEAD BABY HEDGEHOG! EWEWEWEWEW!"
Since that day, whenever any one of us stumbles across hedgehog themed gear, we buy it. I got them each a hedgehog ornament for Christmas this year, and they bought me these sweet little note cards for Mother's Day.
I know some of you are scratching your heads thinking, 'what's the big deal-hedgehogs are so cute', but you pick up a soggy dead one without realizing what you're doing, and I guarantee you'll see them differently too.
That mama bird I mentioned last week has been like most mamas I know-busy! She's constructed a nest and she and the mister are hangin' out in the tree just outside my living room. No pretty blue eggs that I can see yet, but she's definitely 'nesting'. She's still occasionally flinging herself into the window, so I did a little reading in my bird book and learned that robins can produce three broods in a single year. Hmmm...that might explain the head banging.
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms reading here today...I hope your day is blessed!
