Not-Quite-Country Girl

I've been playing tennis for 20 years now, and my love for this sport started at these tennis courts at Shenandoah High School.

Our 5-year-old grandson Krew can often be such a serious little guy and melts Gramaw's heart in so many ways, but oh....

...when he smiles....

Saturday the whole clan got together in Ohio for a dual birthday celebration for Lucy (who turned 3) and Abram (who just turned 5).

Behind Kyler and Kara's house is a wonderful wetlands preserve, a fun place to take a walk and look for beautiful birds.

Sometimes a girl's just gotta stop and twirl!

When I asked my just-turned-5-year-old grandson Abram what he wanted for his birthday and he told me he wanted a retractable beach with sand and where the water moved over the sand, I was pretty sure I couldn't have that delivered from Amazon.

"Daffodils, daffodils,

Our beautiful sweet Linda is having a knee replacement next week, so our coffee girls decided to do a pre-celebration lunch.

A bowl of ice cream watching "Tom and Jerry"...right down Gramaw's alley.

Old school fun.

And for today's ornithology lesson, I present to you a pileated woodpecker.