RIP, iPhone!

I accidentally left my phone in my raincoat pocket, while at work, last Tuesday.  Which may have been fine, had it not poured buckets for hours.  I was soaked through several layers of clothes, and when I went to peel them off, I realized where my phone had spent the soggy day.  It has spent a week in a bag of rice but it's gonezo.
So my quick photo-a-day has been postponed!  On one hand, being phone-less this week has been frustrating, but on the other, it's been liberating.  No pressure to check and return texts has been nice, I admit.  :)
I will probably just wrap this portion of the, "Things that Make Me Smile" but will resume taking and sharing pics that do make me smile, as I'm able.  Even though a water-logged phone did not make me smile, there has been, and is, a lot to smile about, all around me.

After manually turning 20 eggs, 3x a day, for almost a month-

We all got to witness Duckie #1 hatch!

Logan asked to transfer it from the incubator to the brooder: "I'm so excited that I'm a little shaky!" Best.Ever.

A silly shirt that I was excited to finally wear!

First blooms on my new Mardi Gras rose

Bittersweet

Drove up the driveway to the last homeschool coop event, today- my final homeschooled kid's final, "Year-End Celebration."  This place has been a blessing to our boys, these last six years- and it will always hold a dear place in our hearts.  

Blue sky, puffy clouds, green buds on the trees!

When I had the four males watching the courting hummingbirds with me~

Snuck a listen (and look) while the music kid recorded a new song.

A little bike ride

And a couple of turtles along the way. 

The firstborn's first girlfriend-

-and the flowers he cut from the yard, for their one "monthaversary." 

Denim Blues, today:

I spy, with my little eye...

...the faintest blue starting to show up, on my Denim Irises(given to me at work, last summer)! Yay! 

Starting to look really look like spring, at a place I love!

Celebrity Selfie

Ok, a local celebrity.  Had a great run this morning with a bud from my running group, and as we came back to our vehicles, we nabbed a selfie with Ray Brewer, who was on the scene with WMUR, reporting on a local story.  Fun way to start the day! 

Beauty, anyway...

Any tulips that aren't sucked completely underground by the voles, are munched at the stem. I try to check on the remaining ones, each day, and try to snag the ones that have been chewed but not totally stolen, and I put them inside to enjoy.  Each day I add at least one more that I find! Not my original intention for these tulips, but I'll take what I can get!

Gardening, people I love, and music =

A great day! 

Half-Marathon Day!

Mark did an awesome job! 

Final Homeschool standardized testing(bittersweet)!

Mailed this out on Friday- last time administering this! 

Throwback cuteness!

First treadmill run in ages- a speedy 5K!

Spring!

An hour, a shovel, a hatchet, muscles, and sweat =buh-bye dead shrub.

Brotherly Love

Franconia Ridge Loop Trail, with a bud from high school days.

3:45am wake up time, 9 miles of serious hiking, water-crossings, 3 summits, great day! 

A few daffys and tulips made it, so far!

Haha, voles- you didn't eat everything!!