A FEW THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE AND A FEW I DON'T

This is the name of my blog. As days happen, I always think of a million different things that I do know for sure, and then a billion more that I don't!

One thing I know FOR SURE is that family IS!!!! We are forever - whether we like it or not, we are tied together. No matter what! If you get along or if you don't.....If you agree or if you don't....If you love or if you don't......What it really comes down to is ......Family. We laugh, we fight, we cry, we yell, we scream, we alienate, we hate, we profess undying threats against one another...... we agree that one is wrong, while we believe we are right. Ultimately what do we want....we do want family..... At least that is what I want to believe.

Family IS: It just is: Nothing more nothing less! AND over my years, this I know for sure, family doesn't have to mean "blood". I have difficulty that family denotes name or blood, because I have not found that to be true. I have "SISTERS" that I have known for 10 years thru internet, but have never met, but they truly are my sisters. How we met is for another day! We love each other, nurture each other, help and care and devote our time to each other...we have been together thru death, marriage, birth, divorce, separation, and know more about each other that in some cases, we know about each other's families & THIS I KNOW FOR SURE..... we are not blood.................but WE ARE FAMILY....WE ARE SISTERS....

And what I know for sure on this day and any other if you were to ask me....Is that FAMILY IS!!!!!!!!

The Photographer

This is a picture of my #3 son Stephen and his family. His wife Tammi - is a fantastic photographer. You can look at her work at www.tamminowackphotography.com and see what I mean. Needless to say this pic is not one of her works, so just keep on looking!
She has started doing underwater photography and I think it is fantastic! This next picture is of my son Stephen and grandsons O & A! I do believe that she won a contest with this picture!
I want her to do a picture of my granddaughter Sloan with the long hair underwater cause I think the long blonde hair underwater would be beautiful. What do you think Tammi???

This is a picture of grandson AJ -- Isn't this cool! And I love that you can see his face & also his feet and legs!!!!! She really is "all that" when it comes to photography and definitely has her own style! I think she is fantastic, and I really don't tell her that enough. Like I said before, just check out her blog......

www.tamminowackphotography.com :-) Have a wonderful week-end everyone! God Bless.......

GRAMMA'S CHARLOTTE'S WEB

This post is for my Grandbabies: All 7 of them - from 14 years to 2 years: Check what Gramma had in her backyard!!!

Gramma always checks out the hummingbirds each morning when she opens the blinds.....well this morning the sunshine was shining just the right way and look what I found! Not one.......in the bushes, but.....................



but a second web right next to the hummingbird feeder! I hurried up and grabbed my camera, and never thought they would turn out enough to share with you, but I think you can see that Gramma's Charlotte did a pretty good job. Now it doesn't spell anything about Wilbur, but I'm just sure Gramma's Charlotte was a busy spider all night long & wonder if Gramma's Charlotte did both webs????????

Whichever it was, you have to admit that those spiders were busy, busy, busy! I thought the hummingbird would get tangled in the web, but fortunately that didn't happen! Gramma would have to have rescured her. Or him! :-)

So to all my Grandbabies, and you Charlotte fans ----Enjoy Gramma's Charlotte's Webs!!!!

SWANS!

The Swans are marching! I know it will be hard to see, but our house sits in between two lakes....When there are no baby swans - which will be called - swanlings from now on -- the swans fly over the house & on one occasion so far has crashed into the back of our house making their "swan dive" into the lake. No kidding....It's like watching a Boeing 747 take off, and as I just said their landings can be kinda iffy! These swans need a LOT of runway. SO, where there are babies (swanlings) they need to walk from lake to lake. I have seen them do this before, but never could get to my camera & today was not so good, but you can get my drift - I think. They come strolling thru our back yard.......

I'm assuming Mama Swan at the back of the bunch, cause she will "really" be taking care of the fam........ and they stroll.......................

And they have to cross a small walking path & then this pic is in the neighbors back yard and they are on the way to the lake. Hopefully you can see that!

Now you can see why I call them "Swanlings". Their Mama & Papa are beautiful. One of the babies as you can see looks like Mama & Papa, but the other three are "Ugly Swanlings"..... I'm assuming they will be beautifully white someday. But they make me smile every time I see them and their fam out for a stroll!!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!! Today is my birthday! So I decided to bake my own cake. Now what you have to realize, is that I really don't really like cake! I would much rather have a Coconut Cream Pie...cause that is my fav...but I decided to bake this cake.. Don't ask me why...I guess I just thought because today was my birthday that I had to have a cake.... So this is my Chocolate Cake/with Hershey Candy Bars...AND as I said.....I really don't don't know why I decided to make this....It just sounded like the idea at the time.. So will tell you what is is like when I try it.....after I get over my sugar shock!!!!!! I just thought at the time it was the thing to do........Call me crazy! And at the age of 65.....I'll be thinking that is what you want to call me!!!!!!!

PEACHES

I love Peaches! Peach cobbler, peach perserves,

peach muffins and Peach PIE!!!! This pie WAS very good! When I was little, my mother used to get a TON of peaches every summer (at least to me it seemed that many)! And along with her, and my grandmother we would peel peaches so that mother could can them! Now any of you who have peeled that many peaches know what I'm about to say, but for those of you who never have this is the scoop :-)

When you peel that many peaches the fuzz from the peaches gets all over your arms - so the longer you peel - the more you itch!!!! So each year when peach season comes around -it gives me the precious memory of those times with my mother and grandmother - which at the time I thought to be cruel and unusual punishment I was receiving and NEVER would have thought it would turn out to be such a memory :-)