wednesday

[egg_shell]

Jan and I had a good hike in the woods at Two Mile yesterday. Just what I needed. Time with Jan and nature. I'd been getting into a place of self hatred. Sick of myself - my body, my mind, my thoughts. But we had a good time. She's interested in learning the names of plants and things about nature like I am. It reminds me of when I was little and would go on walks with my dad and we would wonder at all the ins and outs of nature. Why was that doing that and how did that happen? Yesterday we figured out something about may apples. The only may apples that have a flower are the ones that have a double leaf structure. When they branch into 2 stems then there is always a flower in the join. May apples that aren't strong enough to make 2 "umbrellas" never have a flower. And the most tiny may apple plants just have 2 leaves in their umbrella. They are so cute.



Women's group today. I'm still working on weaving the placemats for a wedding gift for Candy's son Tom. I'll take that with me to work on. I did finish something yesterday though. Dave said he'd like a cloth glasses case. It was pretty quick and easy to make - satisfying: