Owls Owls Owls

What's up with the owls? All of a sudden they are everywhere. I was looking through a craft catalog and I found pattern to make an owl quilt.

I look through a Pandora bracelet catalog and find an owl charm.

They have owl backpacks

The reason this has caught my attention, and why I even mention it is that I am trying to organize many years worth of pictures so that I can start scrapbooking again. Yes the procrastination extends to scrapbooking.  Awhile ago my mother had given me pictures of the family  and I am in the process of scanning the originals to keep them safe.  In the pile I came across a drawing of 2 owls that I had made for my grandmother dated 1970. That would make me 8 years old.

                                                            

My grandmother loved owls. She had owls everywhere in her house. The walls were covered with owl knick nacks.  There was even  an owl cookie jar in her kitchen. I never understood what the appeal was.  But now the memories that an owl evokes for me are priceless.  I can think about my grandmother  and her owl obsession and smile. I may even put that owl  charm on my birthday or Christmas wish list.

A New School Year! Arggghhhhh!!!!

Awww aren't they cute?!!!!

Boy this summer just flew by!  And what a summer it was!!!  I must say that it was one of the best I have had in a long time. I am so sad that it is over.  I treasure the time that I can spend with the kids, and it does seem more precious with each passing year. But now a new phase begins.
I can't believe that the kids started school yesterday. Once again they are in 2 different schools. Nathan is now in 7th grade and Molly is  a freshman in highschool! I can't even believe I am saying that. It really does seem like just yesterday we welcomed her into the world.  Even though they both have had several 1st days of school, I find myself having a breif moment of despair that they are growing up and they are not babies anymore.  I just can't get used to it. As it happens, I have to remember  to take a deep breath and move on. No easy task. It is so hard to begin the process of letting go. Even though I still have a number of years before they are adults, I feel there is an urgency when I think of them. I must spend all the time I can with them before they are not around as much. In any case I am so thankful for both of them. What a wonderful gift God has given to us!!

My high schooler!! She was so nervous to go to a bigger school. She was afraid of finding all her classes. But she did good!!