P52 {WEEK 20}

SLO County Writing Celebration 5.20.13

Celebrating & recognizing

first-twelfth grade authors!

Last evening, our office (San Luis Obispo Co Office of Education) hosted an awards ceremony to recognize 126 selected authors for this year's academic writing event. ArtsObispo, our local arts council, assisted with the expenses of the event & designed the programs, plus an anthology of winning entries. 

As much as I LOVED formatting, creating and editing this ANNUAL PUBLICATION, it was a great relief to have someone else produce an anthology! Kristi (support staff for this project) & I would spend at least 4-5 weeks putting the SLOCOE publication together. With budget cuts to education, those days are gone, so having agency support was crucial to keep this academic venue preserved.

POETRY OUTLOUD flags

ArtsObispo also coordinates the local Poetry Out Loud Competition (for high schoolers), a national poetry recitation competition sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. 

One event completed, another to go! Tomorrow evening, our local ADL (Anti-Defamation League) advisory board will recognize all the schools & after-school programs who participated in three student-identified projects.

Other than painting & putting our condo back together, I haven't had my camera out...

master bedroom & this bathroom were both painted last weekend... 

Ecru... a nice color to tone down the previous "sage green" tones in these rooms.

the "Creole Cottage" color really warmed up the guest bedroom...

still need to bring in books, hang pictures, etc...

but, the bed is made! 

OKAY Mom... book your visit for June!

I'm participating in Tamar's P52 Project... posting pictures from the previous week (similar to Scavenger Hunt Sunday)... You can see the other participants HERE!

Tomorrow, I'll share details about my next camera adventure! See you Wednesday!

SOMEONE... HAD A BIRTHDAY!!

that SOMEONE is JPE!!!

He's 60 years young!

{a Virgo! born 8 - 27 - 52 in Cincinnati, OH}

loves travel

{the Peruvian dust has been cleaned off our walking shoes

& we're dreaming of our next trip... Russia? Morocco?}

is a fabulous listener

{people of all ages gravitate to JPE}

finds pleasure in puttering around the garden

{the worms in our compost love him too}

enjoys learning

{spends hours reading & researching}

has a quirky sense of humor

{sometimes causing laughter at inappropriate times}

loves his family

{scattered wide, but close in heart}

is a superior baker

{who makes time for afternoon tea, everyday}

meditates daily

{gets the kinks out by running or doing yoga stretches}

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JPE!!!

Sharing my life with you

feels like opening a BIRTHDAY present every day!

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 5.6.12

ELECTRIC METER BOX ARTWORK
San Luis Obispo, CA

Although my favorite day of the week is Saturday... on Sunday, I LOOK forward to stopping by RAMBLING & PHOTOS, to check in with ASHLEY & my SHS friends... 

...this week's SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY words...

SHADOW, KEYS, SMILE, UNEDITED (SOOC), & FISH

SHADOW

SHADOW... how about the variety of SHADOWS on this purple iris? 

KEY(S)

Bear with me! Rather than take a picture of KEYS or a KEYHOLE, I went a different direction. When our relationship began in January 2000, JPE & I lived two hours away from each other {& JPE traveled... A LOT!!! so our time together was treasured}.

We began writing notes, cards, emails to stay connected... what we didn't count on, was really getting to know each other! Looking through my stack of ribboned memories is such a treat. BTW, we continue to write notes & cards to each other!

JPE... you really knew how to capture the KEY to my HEART!

SMILE

Lydia doesn't like the WIND! on our last trip to Big Bear Lake {YES, I pulled this picture from my photo archives}, the WIND was howling!! after watching the changing weather, Lydia pulled on her sock-monkey hat, zipped up her jacket & told us she was going outside to "FACE HER FEARS"... as she rounded the corner of the cabin, she was surprised by the icy raindrops that pelted her face!! her SMILE is priceless! 

UNEDITED (SOOC)

We celebrated Administrative Assistants Day this past Wednesday. A walk on the Avila Beach pier, a tasty box lunch, great conversation & early release from work! This UNEDITED photo was taken at the Avila Beach Yacht Club, where we enjoyed lunch! Sweet peas were purchased from Farmer's Market --- a love-ly day!

FISH

Artists were commissioned to paint the electric meter boxes in downtown {San Luis Obispo, CA}. San Luis Obispo is pretty kick-back place to live... this FISH is a lot more colorful in real-life! BTW, the heart-shaped bait reads "We love SLO" {SLO is pronounced slow}... 


Drop by ASHLEY'S to peek at all the a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e SMILES captured by the participating bloggers.

Next week's words are:

SIDEWALK, INSPIRING, TIME, CLOSE UP, & WITH MIRROR