Me too, me too!

This is one of the rare photos of my sister and I at a wee age. I think I am pulling her hair because I was so jealous that mom had spent so much time with her making those Shirley Temple curls.

I could tell you how she used to follow my brother and me shouting at the top of her lungs, "me too, me too"! And how we managed to overcome sibling rivalries over the years. But I just wanted to tell you she has written and published her first book, a real, bone-i-fied, true-blue book. You can get it over at Amazon. And catch her blog over here: J.S. Colley. If science-fiction and ET are not your cup o'tea I think you will still find it fun to read.

Networking...

At breakfast this morning with hubby looking out kitchen window:

With 8 month old I-Pad between us playing this video:

We looked at each other at the same time in amazement. Who knew that on this day in 2012 we would be eating breakfast watching this thing on an unplugged little piece of electronics, metal and glass?

I can understand why our grandchildren have that vacant look in their eyes when we describe the absence of technology when we were kids. Knowing there is still more to come can be a bit overwhelming.

It has come time for a new computer. I have a Sony Viao running WinXP that I purchased used five years ago for $100 bucks. Paid the same for a later model of same computer that I hooked up for my husband because it had Excel which I never use. Networked us together and believed we would be good for at least 10 years. Ha!

Of course, I am the culprit. With Photoshop, my picture and font files, videos and apps, I have pushed memory to its limit. So I ordered a ZT Infinity with 2 TB's and sporting a 6-core processor! Whoopee!

Should be here today. Now my old Viao will be just somebody I used to know. 

Senioritis, spring and serendipity = serenity

No, I have not finished my Pam Allen inspired art quilt. But I did get an e-mail from her and that tickles me pink! My efforts-so-far is lying safely next to my Viking that will do the machine quilting before I square it, attach the binding and cloth hanger.

I am having spring fever.
And a tooth infection.
I am having stress.
Forgetting things.
But finding things looking for what I forgot...

Ice Plant that grew and grew from a little sprig in a pot. The pot is still in there somewhere. 

 covered in bees and butterfly's  

pool in house next door that was recently sold. wonder who will be splashing there this summer

aloe vera baby shoot

I played around with the new filters in the recent Picassa update. So many ways now to change a photo! Technology is amazing but I so yearn to get back to pen and paper, ink and canvas, needle and thread.