Summer break 2022
/With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror and the summer months gloriously spread out before us, it’s time for my annual summer break from blogging!
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Grandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, reviews, recipes, grandma profiles, and more.
With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror and the summer months gloriously spread out before us, it’s time for my annual summer break from blogging!
Read MoreThe spectrum of fall colors in Colorado can range from brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows one hopes remain on tree branches all season to crunchy, crispy, brown disappointments offering satisfaction only once raked, bagged, and gone. It all depends on the when the first hard freeze arrives.
Despite most everything else about 2020 causing dismay and despondency, fall colors in Colorado this year are the best I recall in my forty-plus years in the state. Thanks to no hard freeze yet. (Knock wood!)
Read MoreRemember those photos of fall I shared right here only eleven days ago? Well, the very day that post published, winter moved in just as I feared and my pretty leaves turned crunchy brown.
In the ten days since, winds picked up, crunchy brown leaves hit the ground.
Plus…
A glimpse of the season as seen from my deck. (And only from my deck, only with my iPhone camera, as I was being a slug and chose not to roam the yard nor get my DSLR).
Read MoreFall has long been my hands-down, very most favorite season of the year.
I’m certainly not alone in my autumn adoration, as there are plenty of grandmothers and others who’d answer fall if asked what’s their favorite season of all.
We may not all give the same answer as to why fall is our favorite, though.
Read MoreGrandma's Briefs is for grandmothers and others. Bits on life's second act and the empty nest: the good, bad, humorous and heartwarming of being a baby boomer, grandparent, parent to adult children, wife and writer. Features include lifestyle articles, movie reviews, recipes, product reviews, auto test drives, grandma profiles, and more.
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Jim (aka PawDad) and Lisa (me)
Brianna (oldest daughter) and hubby Patrick with Benjamin, Robert, and James
Megan (middle daughter) with hubby Preston and Declan, Camden, and Brayden
Andrea (youngest daughter) with me at a recent concert
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