Dear Ma;
I was thinking about you today and wishing I could just pick up the phone and call you. I miss you so much every day and there are always things I'd like to ask you.
I miss afternoon tea with one of your famous rolled molasses cookies with
Dream Whip on top.
I miss watching you water your plants in the greenhouse and how happy you were when the Camilla and Amarillas would bloom. Or when those sour little oranges would come on and you'd pick some and bake an "Orange Meringue Pie".
I miss hearing you talk to the hens and threaten the rooster.
I miss tagging along with you over the hill to the church and Grange Hall when you'd go over to mow the lawns. Or we'd drive down to the "lower place" to the old barn foundation to pick raspberries. Your little riding law mower with matching cart took us all over that hill.
I miss walking "out back" to the sap house and into the woods behind to gather sap or pick black caps depending on the time of the year.
I miss pulling down the pole beans and putting them in the old carriage shed to dry.
I miss talking with you about what I learned in school and will never forget how curious you were about reproduction even after having 9 children of your own. You were so fascinated to know exactly how your body had worked to produce those children... even in your 70's.
I miss helping you hang clothes on that long line that we propped up with cut trees with "Y" at the top to hold the clothes off the grass.
I miss oh so much of our time together and hope that you enjoyed your time with me as much as I did with you.
Love Rebecca (You never called me Becky)
Last night Scott was in desperate need of a "mental health" break so we took a nice walk along the river. Of course I grabbed the camera and was well rewarded. So many lovely blooms, fungi and the Geese. Always a TREAT!
After our walk we stopped in at Zestos for a couple Chocolate Sundays with nuts and a couple iced teas. YUMMY! After that we drove out past the Amazon warehouse and I caught some AMAZing sunset photos as well as an accidental shot of our tea cups in the cup holder...
For anyone that is new to following me here on my blog I just want to let you know that occasionally I will put a months worth of comments into a hat and pull out a name and send out a hand-made goodie package. It's just my way of thanking those that read and comment and hang in there with me through all our ups and downs here at Life for Us.
Yesterday I worked on a project for a little while and will work on it some more today. It's to be an "Altered Fall Frame" for a swap I joined on a site called 2 Shabby Sisters Studio. This is my first project using Crackle Medium.I'm planning to paper piece/Modge Podge the little owl. I'm also planning to add some Fall leaves and perhaps some vintage laces to the frame. I'm supposed to have it in the mail tomorrow so lets hope the Modge Podge dries quickly! I'll post another photo before I mail it off.
I had Scott drive back by there this afternoon so that I could get some photo's of the outside... perhaps next time I will photograph my beverage and food before I devour it. 
