Difference of 14 years

This picture of L popped up in my Facebook feed, asking if I had a current picture to compare it to - and I did. I didn't post it, but did take this screenshot to send to L. Her response was "Oh, wow." I'd say. Kind of funny that she was at Disney in the first pic and now she works there. Quite a difference 14 years makes.

As for her vacation, they had brunch with the family. She didn't send a lot of pictures but W looks nice in his new cowboy hat. When in Colorado ...

Lucky quarter?

I know finding a penny is lucky but now that pennies are no longer being made, are quarters be lucky? I found this one by a (stupid) speed bump when I went out to move my car at work yesterday. The wildfire smoke has cleared up so maybe it is lucky?

The neighbor kids texted me to say there was a three-car wreck in front of the house that took out a stoplight. Yikes! So I came home a bit early to work on the next newsletter and got a closer look. The question is how in the world did that happen? And it's the second crash at the corner this week. We get regular crashes but two in one week is unusual. Maybe they didn't have a lucky quarter.

L's Friday was shopping. She loves that!

Yet another cat puzzle

This cat puzzle was a hot mess. The border is all the same color, so I took B's suggestion from years ago to do the inside parts first. I'm not a fan of that process.

Done, but missing five pieces! I've been good about keeping this one covered up when I wasn't working on it so I must have received it incomplete. Boo!

Colorado wineries

Today L and W went to wineries.

They were riding in style. Went with his mom, her friend and his grandma.

Enjoying some wine.

And W cooked dinner for his family. I thought that was a pool behind him but it's a pickleball court.

Meanwhile in Chicago our air quality is horrible because smoke from Canadian wildfires has moved in. It smells smoky.

CVS had one job

CVS had a special - 100 4x6 prints for 12 cents each. That's a pretty good price especially since I don't end up using them all when I'm scrapbooking. Of course, one of the three CVS stores near me weren't available to print them so I sent them to a fairly close store in Cicero. We picked them up the other night and I come across these ...

10 pictures of strangers that obviously weren't part of my order ...

and doubles of 12 of my photos. At least the 100 I wanted were all included in my order so I guess there's not much to complain about? I was annoyed from the start when I was trying to upload the pictures to the CVS app. It wouldn't work and my phone or iPad so I had to sign in on the desktop and it took me an hour to go through the photos and place the order. It was nearly impossible to enter the coupon code too. I think I'll be sticking to Walgreens for my photo-printing needs.

Colorado Monument

I'm loving that L is sending me pictures of her trip. She said this was today on their way to the Colorado Monument. I had no idea what she was talking about but a quick google search and I found out it's a national park.

And a pretty one at that.

Picture taken by W's mom.

They drove through the park. She said it was too hot to hike.

Not sure if this was on the drive to the park or in the park but what a neat picture going through a mountain.

So pretty.

Be careful! That first step is a doozie!

Close-up.

In Munich?

I'm still in the process of figuring out all of the things Canva can do. The other day I was playing with its photo editor. I took this picture of us, stripped the background and set us in Munich. Andy and I have been trying to travel to Germany since 2020 (you know why that didn't work out) so I sent him this and said I just saved him $10,000. Maybe 2027 will be our year to go.

L and W in Colorado

L and W left Orlando early this morning to fly to Colorado where they're staying in Grand Junction, with his mom.

She wasn't able to join us in 2024 for Cousin S's wedding in Colorado so I'm pretty sure this is her first time seeing mountains ... except in Japan maybe.

Their first stop was apparently a Mexican restaurant for dinner. More to come.

Delayed b-day card

This card went through it. Darla never mentioned receiving the birthday card I sent her and I was telling her some of our mail mishaps. She did receive it so when this arrived at my door yesterday, I thought she sent me one just because I had sent her one. Then I noticed the July 3 postmark in St. Louis. It took 10 days to travel 300 miles? I had to send her a picture so she'd understand my mail concerns.

Always nice to get a card from my oldest (in years as friends, not age) friend. Looking forward to a short road trip we're planning!

Sunday gardening

We bought these two pots of Black-eyed Susans at Costco on Thursday. Got around to planting them on Sunday.

While Andy was digging, I was weeding the hostas. They do so well. Hopefully in the spring I can divide them again and bring more from outside the fence into the yard.

My clematis seem to be done blooming but now the side of the garage has coneflowers!