Mobile

Finally got a mobile for Grace's crib. She is getting really into pictures, grabbing at things etc... so I thought she would appreciate something to look at in her crib.

I just couldn't settle on one to buy, so spent the other night cutting out felt flowers and hanging them from an embroidery hoop. It was a fuzz fest on the couch, but pretty fun and simple, and now she has some bright colors to look at while in her crib. I have a handful of extras, so pinned this one on for kicks.

Flowers are weirdly appropriate for February this year, the cherries and apricots are blooming all over, the crocuses are up as are the daffodils, the weather is balmy and we have been getting the yard ready for spring.

Books

For those who know me, in the last many years I have been much more apt to listen to a book on tape than pick up real paper and type to read. However, since I have been at home, no longer tethered to a microscope for a good part of any week... and have had a few books in hand, just a record of the really good'uns...

Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shores... such a beautiful love story around the building of the Taj Mahal

Having Faith by Sandra Steingraber ... just finished this, terrifying and fascinating journey of motherhood from the view of an ecologist with a heavy toxicology bent (the scary part)

The Ghost Map by Steve Johnson ... story of the Cholera outbreak in London. Really cool detective work

The American Horticultural Society Pruning and Training ... well, just so informative and emboldened me to take on our yard with the awesome new pruning tools Auntie Gigi gave me

The Creative Family by Amanda Soule .... just a great reminder to appreciate time with the kiddos and how to do it so that it is fun and fascinating for everyone!