by Abby Shifriss, modeled on Kandinsky!

Earthquake day in Bloomington

Two funny coincidences about the two earthquakes felt in Bloomington today (just before 6 a.m., a 5.4 earthquake, and just after 11 a.m., a 4.6 earthquake):

--Pictured is the front page from the Herald-Times' environmental section, published this morning; and

--Today, April 18, is the anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake.

I'm just saying!

Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Getting started in the garden

What a glorious morning. I picked Malinda up and we walked at the Y, while I got to hear all about their family wedding -- of Kyle and Dylan -- last weekend at the Indiana State Museum. A Colts-themed wedding! It sounded wonderful and beautiful and personal. Then I stopped by and had coffee and an english muffin and a delicious microwaved egg. Healthy and fun.

THEN I went home and Jordie and I spent some companiable time working outside, getting started clearing all the leaves and dead stalks from the garden. Felt great.

I moved the blue windmill, which I love because my dad did, over by the mailbox and have some ideas to do fun things with it. More later on that!

And see the pile of old brown stalks by the mailbox! YAY!

And now, we're expecting Jan and Dennis Hamilton, parents of Amalia's love, David, to come over and have a picnic!

All in all, a perfect Sunday.