Hamilton Pool Preserve is a Travis County Park with a waterfall and pool (thus the name). It’s crowded on the weekends and many people are turned away, but on a weekday, you just might get in. It’s beautiful.
Selecting from the display
Ball points, rollerballs, even gels
Writing haikus on butcher paper
Sampling the viscosity
Pink, blue, purple, white
New pens are fun
What to write, what to draw? So many possibilities!
I decided to make lentil soup for a cold, winter day. When I got home from the grocery store (Whole Foods Market, in case you can’t tell) and opened the pantry, I discovered I already had lentils. A whole collection of lentils.
Lots and lots of lentils
Good thing I like lentil soup. Maybe a collection of lentils is a Lentil Lode? Laden with lentils. A leap of lentils. A line of lentils. A lentil loop. A lentil luau. A lentil lyntle. (Made that one up!)
Happy Valentine’s Day.
In Palmetto State Park
Ah, so sweet
One hundred years ago today, the world was at war. When I think of war, I don’t think of countries or governments, but of people, individuals: men, women, children; those fighting the war, those affected by war (which is everyone). I’m re-posting my favorite Christmas story. Peace to all.
Peace to all
In 1914, during the Great War (World War I), an unofficial truce took place on Christmas Day along the Western Front. Some German and British soldiers took it upon themselves to celebrate Christmas by stopping the war, greeting each other, exchanging what small items they had as gifts (cigarettes, chocolate, etc.) and playing a soccer game. Peace broke out in more than one area and in more than one year.
There is a memorial in Ypres, Belgium commemorating this truce that was lead by the soldiers themselves.
It's a long story ... 