Gallery of Camp memories

Everywhere we went Matilda was sweet, polite and active.

At the zoo she took my camera and became Camp Photographer. It was wonderful. Enjoy some of her shots below.

She came home and made the next door neighbors a shrimp Pizza. (and old recipe and now Matilda knows how to make it!)

Camp Robi 2020 was fun. A good time was had by all. Now, only the memories remain.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Focus On Today

I am taking a little break today from Camp Robi postings. Just a little moment to check on you. Since I left Facebook, I do not know who is out there any longer.

Larry and I are doing good. We go to the lake daily and kill ourselves walking 3 1/2 miles. That is about the only place we go. We go to the market once a week. I have to be more organized than I was before because I hate going to the market now and do not want to go twice. What about you?

The new normal is distracting me. I feel grumpy about it and just want life as I knew it back!

Below is a video that I took last week at the Dallas Zoo…..I hope that it makes you smile.

Video: At the Dallas Zoo

Have a good day. Focus on today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Camp-Robi~ Day Three

Day three of Camp Robi was Arboretum day. (where there are statues all around the gardens) We got up early, packed sandwiches and went to the Dallas Gardens. We had to wear masks and we social distanced. It was a beautiful day. We made memories for sure.

The Word Of The Day on Wednesday was ZEAL.

After all activities, Matilda made a shrimp pizza for our next door neighbors. It was a beautiful thing and she delivered it with a package of crackers. The neighbors liked it very much.

Day three. Our week was half over. We were playing games, learning camp songs, Matilda was filling out the note book she was creating. Two days left to go.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Camp Robi-Day Two

Day two of camp found us at the Heard Natural Science Museum. We hiked, gathered leaves to identify , social distanced and had a good time together.

Each day, we had a detailed schedule. It also had options to fill in for projects and games.

Tuesday’s Word Of The Day was….CIRCUMFERENCE.

Trivial Pursuit Family version was a hit this year. We played it daily.

Dinner was served at 5:00 and then it was time for bath and reading.

Matilda is an excellent guest. When camp is over, I do feel blue.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Camp Robi~ Day One

Last Monday was the first day of Camp Robi. We picked up Matilda at 9 AM and brought her to the cottage. She unpacked and was sweet and happy.

We were all excited. Even Larry had taken a vacation week for camp!

Each year we do a camp puzzle and we also do the Word Of The Day……

As we all were happy and excited to be together, we stuck to the schedule that I made and even had time to, go fishing!

It was a long, fun day. We ordered Golden Chick for dinner and settled in for the night.

It was a perfect first day at camp.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Only For Me

Yesterday was wonderful. Larry and I caught up on all of the chores and then we had dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant in Dallas. We are required to wear masks in Dallas but not in Plano. We wore our masks to dinner last night. It was still awesome.

I am hoping that followers soon find Blog. Weeks ago, I would post the link to blog on Facebook daily. Since Facebook is closed up, not many people hit the site. When I shared the link it was very convenient. Larry laughs at me, reminding me that I write this journal only for me…and no one else. It is true.

Have a lovely day. Please be kind and share the love.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Today’s Potato Salad

Hi.

Camp Robi is over for this year. It was perfect in every way, except for the ending, which means that Matilda has returned home and the cottage is empty.

This has been a terrible year for me. I find myself just focusing on the positive and moving forward the best that I can. I also dislike that the world is changing and I am 66 years old. I want to see how this all turns out, but it will be many, many years before the world settles down with its brand new version if itself.

I am angry at myself for a few things this year. (remember that it is my “new year”) I have spent so much time making things (ART, Quilts, Sweaters) for people, who do not even say thank you or seem grateful. (the projects were gifts, not paid commissions) Quarantine has changed friendships and aren’t you amazed at the power of social media?

One day I said to Larry, I have not heard from so-and-so I hope that they are ok…..he said: Why are you worried? They only made fun of us, calling us names of prim and proper TV sit-com people, laughing at us behind our backs. I said:Gosh. All this time, I thought they were just teasing us. If I used the word BUMMER, I would put it right here.

I am completely off of Face Book now and have a private Instagram with only my favorite of all people as friends and I have a public Instagram where any Tom, Dick or Harry can check out what is happening. I will try to put a widget for my public Instagram on the side…….how do you do that? I giggle.

(Look for robintoujours on Instagram. It is public. ? Wink.)

I AM tired. Exhausted in fact. I see my oncologist next week and hope to figure a few things out. Till then, I thank you for reading blog, remembering my birthday, sending good thoughts, texts and sharing happy moments.

Life is a tricky balance. How are YOU doing? Email me of you need to talk. If you need a friend, in fact, even if I am like June Lockheart…..I am still a good friend. (I honestly did not know that our friends were making fun of us. Perhaps that says it all)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Lockhart

The rant is over. I am boiling potatoes for potato salad…..have to scoot.

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Another Day

It is Thursday. My days are so busy that I don’t have time to gather thoughts and photos for Blog.

We are at day 4 of Camp Robi and all is well. Matilda is a gem and each moment with her a complete joy.

I am taking photos of each day and will share next week, when my house is once again quiet.

It is early. Campers are ready for another big day, but as we become weary, our view of life, kindness and love have become evident. Being kind and thoughtful is free and loving each other is a joy.

Have a wonderful day. I hope that someone shows you much kindness today…..

Love you beyond the moon.

Robin & Matilda

Birthdays and New Years

Weeks ago, I had another birthday. It was the best birthday ever and I will remember it for a very long time.

I am re-naming my birthday. It will be called my New Year. Each year in the future, the day before my birthday will be my New Years Eve and on my day, it will be Robin’s New Years Day.

This year is the year of The Bird. (for obvious reasons of course)

I must get Miss Camper ready for another day of Robi Camp….

Love you beyond the moon.

Me

Camp Mail

It is true. I have a passion for REAL mail. I love to write it and receive it in our sweet mailbox. I think that Matilda loves to write letters too…

Camp has started. It has been amazing and to be honest, just being with Matilda is a joy.

We have a camp mailbox and every day, we write notes to each other.Matilda made the mailbox and gave us instructions for the notes to kind and full of happy. (She made the box on Fathers Day and filled it with notes for Larry. We are recycling).

The mail is opened each evening. We are keeping our own mail, I will save the notes in my memory book and keep them forever.

Life is truly about the simple things in life, isn’t it?

Love you beyond the moon.

Me