Life is Funny Sometimes

No sooner than I post about doing nothing creative does my neighbor show up on my doorstep asking for my help with a sewing project. One of her husband’s coworkers just adopted a baby with almost no forewarning. Apparently the new mom signed on with an adoption agency and was almost instantly matched up with a bio-mom who was due to give birth only a few days later. Unfortunately, the bio-mom is a 15 year old girl. This is her third pregnancy, the second that she’s carried to term. The other child is currently in foster care as the mom is addicted to crystal meth. She did drugs well into the second trimester of this most recent pregnancy.

So, how could I pass up an opportunity to help my neighbor make something useful for this baby and his new mom? I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to help. Apparently my neighbor is the baby equivalent of a horse whisperer. She knows a particularly effective method of swaddling babies and can make even the most colicky baby go to sleep and stay asleep. Apparently these receiving blankets that I hemmed for her are part of the charm…

Independence Day Photo Essay

Mick and I spent our Fourth at Dodger Stadium, we had a great time! Originally we thought our seats were in the nose-bleed section, but it turned out that we had really great seats in between the Dodger dugout and the foul ball pole.

Everyone sitting in the outfield for the fireworks show had their cell phones out recording the action:

I shipped out my first Etsy order!

A few days ago, I made my first Etsy sale. I am so excited! I shipped out the thank you cards today. Thanks a million Elaine!

p.s. I put a little surprise in there for you, I hope you like it.

David The Archaeologist in Israel

I haven’t seen the kippah I made in a while. I assume that he is wearing it under his hat. I hope he hasn’t already lost it though!

Here he is at some sort of archaeological dig:

And here he is at McDonalds. I’ll be interested to hear about the different menu items in Israel (McDonald’s always has a few local items, especially at international restaurants).

You can read all of the posts in this series here: Tracking David’s Kippah Around the World.

The Photography Game

I’ve loved photography for a long time. My mom was just showing me photographs that I took when I was 5 or 6. That means I’ve had one eye behind a camera for two decades! I don’t claim to be an excellent photographer but I do get a lot of enjoyment from it. A lot of times I think of things I want to photograph while day dreaming in the car. I usually write the idea down and then quickly forget about it.

Recently looked at my list and it was quite long. So long that if I photographed one idea a week I would be occupied for 6 months. So I decided to come up with 6 months worth of more ideas and make my photographic “to do” list into a full year’s worth of photographic challenges.

I thought it would be fun to share my list and invite other people to shoot a long with me. Consider yourself invited! I created a Flickr group to collect all the photos in one place. Please feel free to join and share your pics. I’ll post a new prompt each Monday.