2015 - 365 Project. Day 265, September 22

365 Project. Day 265, September 22: So, pomegranates are my absolute favorite fruit. But they have a super short season, and they're extravagantly expensive. Two of the most touching Christmas gifts I've received were a jar of pomegranate jelly from Karen Laderman, who made it herself from fruit gathered in her mom's back yard. Her mom has been gone for many years now. Having lost my own dear mom, I know exactly how it feels to slowly run out of things that directly connected me to her. So this gift had special meaning, because I understand and fully appreciate its value. The second was from the other Laderman sister, Kathy Laderman Wright, who gifted me the very biggest and best pomegranate from her own tree. It was huge, flawless, and the best pomegranate I've ever eaten.

Furhermore, I realized on my morning walk that I've neglected Haikuesday lately. And I saw TWO pomegranate trees on my route! So I'm honoring both Haikuesday AND my fruit in my pic of the day:

Pomegranate trees.
Favorite fruit is coming!
Alas... not my trees.

2015 - 365 Project. Day 264, September 21

365 Project. Day 264, September 21: New season of Dr. Who is here at last. Down-side: first episode was a doozy of a cliff-hanger and we can't binge watch to see how it comes out. But it looks like this season will be exactly two episodes long, at this point.#oooooWEEEEEOOOOO — with Jennifer Philbin.

2015 - 365 Project. Day 263, September 20

365 Project. Day 263, September 20: As this picture was taken just past midnight, it totally counts as my pic for today. At the Harborlites afterglow (translation for you muggles: think "cast party"), Jennifer was hanging with some of her teen friends (including Kath Anderson's son George, his girlfriend Vickie and an Russian guy named Nico) in this artsy alcove.

2015 - 365 Project. Day 262, September 19

365 Project. Day 262, September 19: Tonight is the Harborlites Show! Crossroads gave us a song when they arrived. Gorgeous!!! Special photo bomb by Jeff Baker. Come join us at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach - 7:30!

2015 - 365 Project. Day 261, September 18

365 Project. Day 261, September 18: Pictures taken five years apart. Price Morgan and Jennifer in leading roles for "Boris and Bella", a homeschool theater production written and directed by Viola Jordan Weissand her hubby Mark in 2005. The other was taken tonight at our weekly paddle tennis/potluck dinner, as they reminisced about Price breaking Jennifer's thumb on their trampoline. Good times... — with Price T. Morgan and Jennifer Philbin.

2015 - 365 Project. Day 260, September 17

365 Project. Day 260, September 17: This one is for Chelsea Nazarian. She's our church's "Supreme Overlord of the Kiddos" (she took a class at seminary for this, I think), and she said that my daily picture ought to include ME now and then. So today, Jennifer and I apparently chose the same shirt to wear. The really scary thing is that neither of us noticed it til the afternoon. Even though I drove her to school this morning and we both looked like this. So here's our geeky "WE HOMESCHOOL AND WE'RE THE VERY BEST OF FRIENDS AND WE DO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE AWESOME!!!!!!" selfie. For Chelsea. She took a shot of us when I was getting out of the car to let Jen drive home tonight, but it did not do justice to our nerdiness.

— with Jennifer Philbin.

2015 - 365 Project. Day 258, September 15

365 Project. Day 258, September 15. Tonight I killed time at BJs while Champinellies rehearsed. I wrote a blog entry, which I just posted, but it's way past my bedtime and I haven't done my daily picture, so sorry for the one-two punch. If you've never tried a "pizookie" at BJs, do yourself a solid. They sell mini-sized ones too (that's what this is). Hot cookie in a little pizza tin right out of the oven, topped with ice cream. This was a salted caramel one with dark chocolate chips. Be still my now-racing heart.