Chrissy's Photo A Day

It was a cold morning, and one of my students brought her tiger outfit so I put it on to stay warm. It was like being a 2 year old in a o...

Today I worked at a local middle school with every single class from 5th - 8th grade on our Solar ArtBots. Each class had 30 minutes to b...

I'm working on a baby blanket for a former student who is pregnant with a boy. I hope I finish in time. I'm only getting about 2 ...

Went for a walk without sunglasses on purpose just to get as much sun in my eyes as possible. Great walk/run with lots of stamina. The ...

 I did some shopping today at Lowes and an antique store and did some porch decorating. Hung these three baskets I filled I filled with pa...

The lesson in tonight's class was DRONES. A great time was had by all. 

LACA and I were on a walk and noticed that the water in the museum pond is SO low, that a log or something is exposed and the geese are c...

More photos from the park on my walks. Fall is in the air-- it finally felt like fall today. 

My heart, my love, my son. Photo taken by JES while they were on a hike in Colorado. I have to pretend he is still here-- to pretend he...

I have lost 20 pounds this year. Whether that's due to: 1. walking 2. my TSH being basically zero for most of the year 3. t...

I go for a walk every Saturday morning with my friend from high school, LACA. She loves capturing inspiring moments with her camera too.....

Last day of the month. My wish and prayer for this fall-winter season is good health. I will be using my light box to keep the blue...

One little cotton seed made it this year, producing one little cotton flower and one little cotton boll. Little survivor of the drought...

The bathroom has drywall.

My mom cut down two trees in her back yard. We are not happy. We love trees. I put sticks all around this baby ginkgo to tell the ...

This is growing in my small little anchialine shrimp tank. I don't know what it is and must look at a sample under the microscope.

Update-- the drywall is going in!

Update on the bathroom renovation. Dan has framed in the shower and hooked up a lot of plumbing. Below is the wall where the sink will ...

Today I spent 10 hours at a research conference on campus. I spoke at two small meetings and presented this poster in the afternoon. I he...

And now I am 53. Dinner at Mom's with friends and flowers and lively discussions.

Moment of awe on walk in the park this morning.

They made it out of the wilderness! Squirt just sent me a little text message--- they are fine.

Today was better. I decided to lose myself in something, and finished a project I'd been working on for months. No, not the one in th...

Today I cried when I found his bedspread in the dryer. I thought he had taken it with him and I'd be left looking for a mis-matched c...

Today has hit me hard. I noticed that he left his key behind. Cried. I looked in his room. Cried. His shampoo and all toiletries ar...

A year of weight. Look at my weight loss since January 2016 when I dedicated myself to walking. Got my cholesterol checked today-- it...

Squirt liked to keep his cup here. Our shopping list is above it. He left today and left his cup behind. I cried like a baby and hugged...

Four years ago, I sent Squirt a text message from this restaurant encouraging him to apply to Auburn and move with us here. He did. He gr...

Taught tonight after a 12 hour day that contained some significant scary pain. But I survived and class went really well. The topics were...

Sunday. I felt good today. Walked this morning-- then went to the store, shopped, then cooked, and took a curry dish to a pool party potl...

The floor is gone. All of it. This is looking through our house into the crawlspace from the shower corner. Today I felt better. Worked...