Pondering

 

 

 What do I want to do when I grow up?  Here's the thing, I am 71.  Not really old, but getting there.  I am a senior citizen.

And yet I fantasize.   I think of all he things I want to do and places I want to be.

I would love to spend about a week with each of the kids.   Except maybe Chance.  Because he lives pretty close as it is.

 I love my quiet, boring days.  I feel somewhat guilty that I don't have to do anything.  And I don't do very much.

My life is full of "shoulds".  I should eat better.  I should lose weight.  I should exercise more.  More?   Ha I don't really move much at all.

 I've made a few potholders lately.  A break from knitting I guess.

 

 

Calendars

 Every year for ages I have been making calendars.  I use the online services like Snapfish or Shutterfly.  I make enough for all five kids to have one, plus nieces and nephews, in-laws, my sister and us.

I guess it's a labor of love.  All of the photos (with a few exceptions)  are pictures I have taken.  Most of the pictures are of "things" suck as flowers, birds or locations/ landscapes.

 I love going into the kids' houses and seeing "my" calendar there.    Nick's mother especially enjoyed my photography and calendars.

I started collecting calendars way before I started to make them.  I am pretty sure I have them as far back as 1977.  I recorded the first time I felt Courtney kick when I was pregnant!  They are a sort of diary of day to day life.

We have made photo Christmas cards for most of our married life as well.

Here are the 2026 calendar pictures: 

 This is the cover picture of the 2026 calendar

 

And each month's photo: