Photos of the Week: October 14

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“Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment.” – unknown

I sit down to do the photos of the week and most times think that I’m going to have a picture or two at most to go with the heart and sign of the week. Then I look at my phone and am amazed at all our memories from the week. It’s good thing I wrote about time this week, because it seems to be passing at lightning speed.

This first set is training Cooper. When he ate up more of Miss O’s homework, I regretted the word hanging of his mouth wasn’t “sitting” because wouldn’t that have been priceless?

And then we move on to the other animals we found this week. Two baby snails and a worm so long (by the picture, it appears he’s 4 feet long… 🙂 ) . We had to stop, take a picture and lift him into the grass because he was working hard to haul that big body across the sidewalk.

A perfect fall night at Greenlake. It’s kinda like a fairy tale except our castle is made out of sand and the flag is made of feathers.

A heart made by removing the oxidation with lemon juice on the original copper galley table of an 80-year-old boat. Ahh, our hearts are full.

47 thoughts on “Photos of the Week: October 14”

  1. Looks like another busy and wonderful week. And how nice the kids reacted with kindness to the snails and worms. 🙂 I often pity the snails who work so hard to just move and sometimes get crushed when they’re almost at the very end!

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  2. The kids at the lake, at sunset, is my favorite. Reminds me of a photo of my kids when they were around that age, at the lake, with their grandpa – the sweetest man who loved them dearly, and who has not been with us for many years now. Sigh…

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      1. My homework right now is “be gentle with yourself,” and I am reminded multiple times daily. But it turns out I needed to SEE it here to go, “Oooh, I get how this is important!” 😀

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  10. Greenlake was my place to decompress during college. I love that you spend time with your family there. Cooper does the same thing with his leash that Angus does. He’d jump to take it and be in charge of his walk.

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    1. I totally thought of you when I was taking those pictures. Had a feeling that might resonate with you. It’s a nice little community.

      Ah, Angus. If Cooper is following in his footsteps, we must be doing something right.

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      1. I have many memories of riding my bike to Greenlake, studying on the grass and playing frisbee. Beautiful place to be. As far as Angus and his walks, when we’d be a few blocks returning home, he’d jump and grab the leash and run home!

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  16. I have so many questions. Do the happiness crumbs have to rise before they can be turned into a loaf? How long must they be baked? Is the crust soft or chewy? Is contentment best served buttered or with jam? Can you dip it in a bowl of tomato soup? Does it make a good PB&J? If you don’t want to go to the trouble of baking a loaf, can you just let the crumbs sit out on the counter overnight and then turn them into contentment croutons? What if the crumbs are pleased but not quite happy? Would that make a loaf that was merely satisfied?

    You really need to include more thorough instructions when posting a recipe like that, Wynne!

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    1. That’s probably why the quote is anonymous because the author didn’t want follow-up questions… 🙂

      Here’s what I think. If you are an optimist, you eat it raw and even if some unhappy bits get thrown in, it’s all good. If you are a pessimist, you have to chew on it for a while and even then, it might not seem like contentment but it might be at least filling…

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  18. “”Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment.” – unknown” love this!

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