Lesson 641: Half

A snowy spring greeting from 

the Lamp Post!

Spotted this half moon behind the trees this week.

She sure is pretty,

as well as pretty representative of a word for my week.

I think it started with feeling like I had half of my energy.

I think seeing my precious Goddaughters 

only through the window on Easter morning

instead of meeting them at church,

vacuumed out most of my juice.

No family gathering meant that

Ellen's clever centerpieces 

went unnoticed.

Finding her Easter basket 

in the same exact spot it's been in for 21 years,

and being so excited--

well, 

that did put a band-aid

on my holiday halfheartedness.

The day prior to Easter

I looked at half of our beloved tree house

as I took her last photos.

I video recorded the timber as the tree fell

causing a lump in the throat 

for many who watched her fall.

Erie weather was an issue this week.

I went to the cottage on behalf of my parents

to survey the pounding their lakefront cottage was receiving

as a result of Monday's high winds.

In the morning,

after a night of half sleep,

we returned again on behalf of the family

to survey the damage.

Thankfully, the residences were wet,

but still stood.

Our neighbor's tree,

their beloved I-Lean,

survived.

I spent a long week at the computer screen 

with my students,

or getting in-serviced,

or trying to apply what I've been learning

as to how to use technology to teach remotely.

It's left Eloise half-baked!

By Wednesday,

Mother Nature liked to play 

her April Fool's joke a little late.

With snow falling on Wednesday,

Thursday,

and Friday--

it's left me feeling half crazy.

I have been getting snippets of time to follow the birds around.

My  hubby's keen eye for nature

spied 4 heron in the creek

as we drove over the 20 Mile Creek bridge.

Homework for the weekend:

I Spy With My Half Closed Eye....

See them now?

And this little bird

decided to build its next 

on the shelf above all of our shoes!

Joe Paterno

and the W.B. Mason paper company van

should keep the five tiny, white eggs

safe and sound.

I want to crawl into my nest tonight,

and take some of tomorrow to recharge.

Too bad I can't fit in your nest,

little birdie,

or I'd join you.

I don't think he likes that idea....

Eloise