Archives for July 29, 2018

Birthday musings

This morning as I awoke from a deep slumber at 5:37 am, as the sun shown thru my window, I made a very important decision. I felt I wasn’t getting anything out of FaceBook any longer - it’s been about ten years (more, or less), since I first joined, I’ve not been getting any likes, or thumbs, or even fingers to any of my posts the last several months. My self-confidence and approval rating have … [Read more...]

FaceTime call from The Little Girl

I had a FaceTime call a few minutes ago. It was the little girl, her baby sister, her mom (Katie McCormick), and her cousin, Kenna, calling to wish me a happy birthday. It was so nice to see and hear from all of them. Warmed my (crazy, sentimental) little heart. They truly make me feel special. I love all of them to the moon and back. Thanks, Katie for dialing my number for Lailah. … [Read more...]

Loring Park Art Festival – part 2

As posted earlier today, we went to the Loring Park Art Festival yesterday. These are the two photographs I picked up. The photograph of Lake Calhoun looking toward the MPLS downtown skyline is truly awesome, and was the first one that caught my eye by this particular photographer. Its 10x14, with a 3” mat surrounding it, meaning I’m going to have to get a 16x20 frame for it. I know exactly where … [Read more...]

Loring Park Art Festival – part 1

Forgot to “check in” yesterday. Had a really nice day, looking at all the creative art that people produce. I came across a photographer who is local to the twin cities so he had a lot of downtown MPLS photos, and I had chosen one photograph print to buy (either 11x17 or maybe 16x20), unframed since the framed version was three times the cost of the unframed. As I was paying for it, another … [Read more...]