show & tell {hula hoop}

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real. good.

you've gotta try these chips made from popcorn

just corn, sunflower oil, & sea salt,

but i swear they taste buttery.

{they are gluten-free}

♥

duck update

we have not seen pip or patito

for several weeks now.

{not since the week of my last duck update}

i'm not worried, though.

most of the females have vanished,

as they are all sitting on eggs.

we walk along the ponds every day

with our eyes peeled for our girls.

{wouldn't it be great to see them with their own ducklings?}

this couple visits our front yard each day.

yesterday they pecked at our front door.

today, we saw our first batch of ducklings

{i love how the babies can run on top of the water}

lots of canadian geese are on the ponds now.

they have learned that i have corn in my backpack

and come to greet us, too.

and look what's on my kitchen counter

yes, three eggs.

each found on different days.

marian convinced me that we can't just

walk away from an abandoned egg.

i swear, these mallards must not get the memo.

ladies, please!  sit on your nests!

i do not expect all 3 of these eggs to hatch.

{one of them has a weird smell - not a good sign.}

i will keep you posted.

♥

:: 2nd place ::

sweet little 2nd place trophy

from la grange, kentucky, 1977

{i am the SUPER STAR furthest to the left, with matching barrettes.}

♥


p.s. did you read sandi's comment?  too funny!

i never knew me a better time

wow.

elton john is

amazing.

for almost 3 hours straight,

he played all of our favorite songs.

some with the most beautifully fun variations.

i leaned over & said to marian,

"this is why you come to see live music."

he opened with this

he played this

{he's still got the same incredible drummer, nigel olsson}

i think it was during this song that i told marian

she would remember this for the rest of her life

he also played this 

from his new album with leon russell

{i loved it}

did you hear his four sensational backup singers?

they were there last night.

two of them are stone's 

from sly & the family stone.

other songs he played: 

saturday night's alright for fighting, daniel, levon, rocket man, tiny dancer, philadelphia freedom, goodbye yellow brick road, madman across the water, sorry seems to be the hardest word, sad songs say so much, i guess that's why they call it the blues, crocodile rock, candle in the wind, don't let the sun go down on me, 
bennie & the jets, the bitch is back

then, for an encore, he played my song

marian & i had a really great time

♥

p.s.

do you remember this?

it still makes me cry.

saturday night!!!

please note:

the following post is in ALL CAPS

{plus purple, bold, and italics}

to indicate to you, dear reader,

that i am

SCREAMING!!!

because... 

I W☼N THESE!!!

I L♥VE HIM!!!

I AM TOTALLY WEARING THIS!!!

!!!♥!!!♥!!!♥!!!

P.S.

YES!!! STILL SCREAMING!!!

I'LL BE BACK HERE LATER

TO POST PICTURES!!!

show & tell {punch balloon}

this was hard to keep hidden at school today

ned loves punch balloons so much,

he told me that he is already planning to

give them to his children & grandchildren.

:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::

here's what ned was up to yesterday afternoon

batman, dinosaurs, safari animals, snakes & lizards: 1

happy meal bad guy: 0

♥