Today, November 12th, 2009, it was a warm 83 degrees with winds blowing in from the East. Around 6:00pm, clouds began to form and we had a wonderful spring shower shortly after. Lightning, thunder, the smell of damp earth, then it passed through and was gone, leaving the sky clear and bright with stars twinkling down at us. As I sit here writing, the crickets are singing, the cicadas are buzzing, frogs are croaking and Kookaburra's are laughing in the distance. It's loud outside - granted, all the windows and sliding glass doors are open, but some folks might complain about all the racket... not me. For me, it's music.
When I die, I want to have a Jacaranda planted as a remembrance for me. They are blooming now and I never get tired of looking at them. Look at the photo below and tell me that it isn't one of the most wonderful things you've ever seen. Granted, a photo doesn't do it justice, but it's as close as I can get.
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It was such an awesome day, Mitch and I decided to make some paper airplanes and try them out in the back yard after school. Here is Mitch letting loose on one of his favorites - note the toes up, flick of the wrist and wide open mouth! He was totally diggin' it.
At the moment, Mitch is totally in to making paper airplanes. We've got several dozen about the house in different states of hap hazard folds, some colored brightly with markers, some not. All have a common link - the first fold. Most don't fly, but some do just out of sheer willpower by Mitch and his right hand. Watching him build them and explaining the intricate details of each fold, the aerodynamics of blue color pen as opposed to red, is really fun and enlightening. The funny thing is, it all makes perfect, logical sense to me.One last photo of the Jacaranda flowers....
