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April in Photos (even though we are a third of the way through May...)

Asparagus soup (because I just can't get enough of asparagus this time of year) A field of grape hyacinths in our neighborhood (I have only been meaning to get a photo of this brief bloom for 14 years)Finches in our Gravenstein apple tree:White Bleeding Heart at Hendricks Park:The way I'm trying to be:The way they are trying to be ;) All we need is:A blurry turkey who was trying to find a girlfriend (he is out of focus because it was raining so hard that my camera would only focus on the rain.)Big ol' jet airliner:My neighbors lilacs (every year he invites me over to pick a basketful)Molcajete at Los Dos Amigos(even better as leftovers the next day) and a much needed night out with friends:Painted Lady butterfly that our preschool class raised and released:

Lovely night sky:

Easter 2013 in Photos

A new favorite family photo (thanks Joe!)Pretty cloudsa nature walk near Delta PondsA Great Blue Heron catching a snakeSpeed racer egg huntA really busy week so we colored the eggs Easter morningWaiting...The finished productThe Golden Egg (someone's one request from the Easter Bunny)Deviled Eggs 2 Ukranian salads made by my brother JoeRoasted Potato/Veggie medly

Chinook Salmon

Oven roasted Asparagus Black Forest Chevre Brownies
Marionberry Cobbler (berries from my parents backyard)
And of course, Happy Lego Easter

Delta Ponds

We took advantage of a really sunny spring day and walked down a nature path about 10 minutes away from our home- so many cool sights to see including this turtle:wooly-bear caterpillarour state flower- the Oregon Grapechecking out birds through the spotting scopemore turtles on a log2 garter snakes sunning themselvesegret looking for foodLove that my parents still hold hands after almost 45 years of marriage.More nature walks as a family are defintely on the list this year.

Celebrate

I love birthdays, yours, mine, his, hers.  I love shopping for gifts, and making a card, and most of all getting together with that special someone to celebrate them.

And this year I came down with a nasty virus right before my birthday, so my family postponed our get-together until we could all be together- here is a little taste of my birthday:

2013- the cake: The cake bakers: Lunch with my family at one of my favorite Eugene restaurants, Noli:Me, the one who usually takes all the photos, ready to have the camera back (yet secretly happy to have a photo of me at lunch):Salad,shared with my mom:

"Pirate Pasta", aka penne, with cheese for Emma:
Spaghetti with extra meatballs for Ben:
Minestrone soup with a grilled veggie sandwich for me:
Pasta with seafood for my brother Joe:
Carbonara Pasta for Dave: dessert at home...The best kind of birthday, filled with really delicious food, lots of laughter, and people I love.  Oh, and cake, of course.

Here's to year 43!

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Love Hoops

Just a little hoop obsessed around here, no excuses, just the facts.  And since I have more hoops stashed around the house I see a few more of these in my future.

Homemade Ornaments 2012

This years homemade ornaments-

for Ben, Bacon made from felt:for Emma, a cone with a vintage snow couple:
family cones:a San Francisco Giants cone for my brother:a felt hoop of Oregon that headed all the way to the Ukraine: a bird hoop that also went to the Ukraine:and hoops for my coworkers: And every year, despite my good intentions of working on Christmas all throughout the year, I always seem to be working on these until the night before I need them, but I love making them just the same.

Cousins, DD, Thirtieth and Thirty First

Surprise Trip, DD, Day Twenty Nine

Christmas Merriment, DD, Day Twenty Five