Blue

Photo 52, Week 38:  Pick a color 

I've been pretty smitten with the beautiful blue skies of the changing season.

The clouds themselves appear to be using them as a dance floor.

It only made sense that the week I had settled on blue as my color of choice
was the week I also got the call that my sweet grandma passed away.
So blue colored my inner world for a time as well.

Grandma was 95, and ready, she said at last, to go to Heaven with a smile on her face.

Truly, it was time, as she had suffered much.

And so it was, that we buried her beside Grandpa.
Wouldn't you know the frugal Norwegians picked the section of the cemetery
with no fancy tombstones, but with a nice view of the lake?

Rest in peace Grandma!
May we all learn as you have taught us
to meet whatever challenges life brings our way
with courage, resourcefulness, endurance, and a sense of humor.
We love you!

Learning

Photo 52, Week 37:  Learning

This was the week I learned that hummingbirds will actually land outside the window, but they need a perch.  I also learned that if I'm going to take advantage of that knowledge, I'm going to want to put the little wind chime decoration in a more colorful pot next year.  Too late for it this year, the little guys are gone now.  I enjoyed them so much!