Just rearranged the flower and herb pots on my porch for about the 114th time in the last two weeks. Still not sure I like the configuration, but I can fit a chair in amongst them now… So, maybe I’ll find one and go sit with my plants and think of another way to rearrange them.

Thought my coffee looked pretty from above. I prefer purchasing beans that I know were roasted pretty recently, but sometimes I don’t order in time and it’s tragic to run out. 🤪 So, I’m currently using (and like) Kicking Horse Coffee Three Sisters and Decaf mixed together for a homemade half caff.

Auto-generated description: A frothy beverage topped with a generous amount of cinnamon, viewed from above. A strong regular coffee latte made with maple syrup, half n half, and topped with a lot of Ceylon cinnamon

3 years ago today: My girl hunting for Easter eggs in the clover at home 💛🩵🩷💜💚

A young child wearing a blue cap and colorful boots holds up a pink basket while standing on a yard full of clover.

We got school done early so we could have a “LEGO party.” Kids have their own new sets they’re working on, and I’m doing this set I recently got for my birthday.

A LEGO instruction booklet featuring a floral design and a numbered LEGO bag are displayed on a wooden surface.

(Happily) Flew through some school this morning. Then, we might have got the order of things wrong, but so be it… Chiro then trampoline park for the kiddos. Welcome time with sweet friends (both theirs and mine).

A trampoline park is seen through a chain-link fence, with kids playing on the trampolines.

From our trip last week

March 27, 2025: Houston Museum of Natural Science

Such a good museum. My two favorite exhibits this time were Fabergé (first two photos) and Gems and Minerals. Ancient Egypt is pretty cool too. (Third photo is from the Hall of Paleontology 🦖.)

A detailed, intricately designed egg sits on display in an art exhibition, surrounded by glass cases.A girl in a red skirt walks through an ornate, museum interior with intricate flooring and display cases.A large dinosaur skeleton is displayed in a museum exhibit, mounted in a dramatic, dynamic pose.

Busy, busy last week and a half. Baseball practice for the bud, pack for trip, go on trip for 4 days, travel home with baseball game next day, church and house care, another baseball game, my week to teach at our co-op, grocery shopping, eye appt. for me, packing for another trip soon, + homeschool.

March 26th, 2025: Houston Zoo!

Ro’s favorite animal was the meerkats. And I didn’t get a picture of her with those even though she sat looking at them for a while… And asked to see them one more time before we left. But allll the other animals were close seconds. And we had a great time!!

A seal gracefully swims underwater while sunlight filters through the surface above, with a child watching from below.Two children are observing a pelican through some fencing at an outdoor enclosure.A child is observing mongoose from inside a transparent dome in a zoo exhibit.