Nature Walk

The lowly dandelion is a weed or a wildflower depending on how you choose to look at it. Its a pretty yellow color and plentiful so something to behold on field of green grass. To Bianca its all good.
The woods, flowers and creek are right across the street at the Dragonfly Pavillion and Longfellow creek trail.

Getting up close and personal with nature

Adventure to be had at every bend in the trail

Lets kick back grandma and enjoy the sun

Smiley face

February to March Days

Hairdo of the day by Bianca

Another good book

Sitting

To standing - just watch me now

Bilingual Baby

Grandma do you speak Brazilian Portuguese too??

Well no I don't. This was not the exact moment but Bianca had a similar look of surprise and curiosity when I slipped in a Portuguese word. While she was playfully handing me her sock I was saying 'thank you,thank you' - then when I said 'obrigada' she looked up at me as if to say "grandma,I didn't know you could speak that language??!!" At 7 months, she recognized the difference. She and mommy speak Brazilian Portuguese together always. So when Bianca travels to Brazil someday she'll be able to talk with her grandmother, aunt, cousin and uncle there as easily as she'll speak English here. Pretty neat! I wish I was fluent in my parent's language. Maybe I'll sneak in a German word once in a while to my little liebling Bianca.

TOO CUTE FOR WORDS

The best and the worst of my week

The best as always is watching little Bianca discover new things. This was the day of the ball. I found this ball at Alki when a new grandchild was just a gleam in my eye. About 2 summers ago while walking along Alki, I saw this cute ball drifting out to the sound at the edge of the beach. After looking this way and that and when I was sure that I wouldn't be snatching it from some little child I dashed across the beach and into the water and claimed it for my own. Yesterday, I brought it out for the first time to the delight of Bianca and her adoring grandmother.

The Worst......... This less that well groomed sidewalk became my

walk of doom as I made way home from work last Wednesday night. In the daylight you can see a broken sidewalk up ahead. I took a nose dive there that left me feeling battered and bruised. A scraped nose that made me look like I had been the loser in a nasty fight. I have pictures but they are too gruesome for polite company! I'm definitely on the mend with apparently no broken parts. Part of the reason for this post is to prove to myself that I haven't just turned clumsy...

If you can't see much in this photo neither could I when I walked toe first into the uneven pavement. Tree limbs obscure the light precisely at the broken pavement.

Thanks to Matt who has been forwarding pictures and advocating for a quick response from the city. Customer service is #1 per Mr. Mayor's office. Here is their chance to come to the rescue!

January 20th 2009 Inauguration Day

I was so happy to have Bianca Lua share this day with me! Some of these pictures were also sent to CNN's 'this moment' picture site with the tens of thousands of others. So don't spend time looking!
Received a letter back from CNN saying they have the right to use these pictures world wide in perpetuity - thats a long time Bianca!! You may end up on the history channel someday. I told Bianca her big sister Amanda was somewhere in Washington DC being part of history today. Hope she had a wonderful day there.

Bianca seems to like her new quilt.Can't wait to get back to the fabric store for the next one.

Our first visit from Amanda 2007