Chrissy's Photo A Day

3-28-15

I planted about 40 bulbs in this area in the backyard today. Did a little yard work and some shopping at Walmart and the yarn store.

Frisbee got a new memory foam bed and it's taking some getting used to. Our landscape designer came out today to see about some new plants and we saw this mushroom in the garden. It's a basket stinkhorn.

3-26-15

Little furry creature I'm knitting.

3-25-15

Azalea afire in the back yard.

3-24-15

Dinner at Live Oaks was pretty good. Hamburger with lots of stuff on top and really good fries. We were celebrating the Texas order tonight.

My Gingko is doing well!

3-22-15

Saying goodbye to Grandma. I knitted her an alpaca furry pillow to hug. My heart aches.

3-21-15

Out of mud comes... Food

3-20-15

A day thinking about life and death. A day punctuated by small joys. The smile on my grandmother's face when I told her I loved her. When she said she was waiting for her husband to pick her up. When she winked at me.

3-19-15

I knitted Grandma some little socks because she has sores on her ankles and heels but her feet were cold. I made cookies. I made chicken soup, and she had some from a spoon. This is not easy. I had nightmares last night.

3-3-15

I made alpaca mittens for my friend Drunken Waffle.

3-18-15

We arrived after an 8 hour drive at my grandmother's house. She is preparing to depart from this world. It is sad and surreal and makes me feel deep things.

On the way here I found out I was awarded a grant I had applied for. I was elated!

3-17-15

My students working on performance assessments.

3-16-15

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3-14-15

Fund raiser for the local Habitat chapter. I was surprised at how many people I knew or recognized.

3-12-15

Party for the 100th anniversary for the C of Ed. Orange and Blue style.

3-10-15

I got a new computer! This is my office at school.

3-8-15

Crab gumbo. Literally.

3-6-15

No sleep for many nights. Migraine so bad my student Kat comes over to bring me flowers and bananas and yogurt.

3-2-15

My students learning engineering design.

3-1-15

Dinner at The Hound

2-28-15

I finished this little outfit today so that my friend, drunken waffle, can use it in a photo shoot she has coming up. I'm looking forward to the time when I can make little things like this for my grandchildren.

Dan came home today. Then my mother came over with a cake that she made during a cooking class she taught. I got to watch all my favorite TV shows again with Dan since he missed them week.

2-27-15

Drunken Waffle and I went on a road trip to Camp Hill, Alabama where we saw some Tibetan monks making a sand mandala on the floor of an old Unitarian church. We also drove around and looked at decaying small towns.

2-25-15

Tonight a friend of mine from work came over to learn how to knit. She was a very good student, and after three hours I had her doing all the basic stitches. It was really fun to get to know someone new out of the work setting.

2-24-15

I making this hat for my friend to use in a photo shoot, and I tried to figure out how to put pink fluff in the ears. This was not the best way to do it. I taught class tonight, and when I came home and had a terrible headache and really needed my evening dose of medicine. It was difficult to get through the day. I didn't even go into work until it was time to teach, and I couldn't find a place to park because there was a basketball game and a baseball game going on. One of my students had to take my car out of a loading zone and move it for me.