Frisbee is done!

Well the season is over for the "grape" team and we had a fantastic season. It took us a few games to get used to how each other played and to learn the rules (in my case). It was so much fun!!

Last night was the coldest we've had to play in, and the latest at night. We were actually really lucky with the weather this fall and didn't have to cancel any of our games. And we only had to play in the rain twice.

In the picture, you can see me straining to reach for the frisbee. In this photo, I wasn't successful in the catch.

Pushing Daisies

I've started watching a new show which is very different, but very interesting. It's called Pushing Daisies.

It's about Grown up Ned who puts his talent to good use by touching dead fruit and making it ripe with everlasting flavor. He opens a pie shop. But his gift leaves him wary of becoming close to anyone, as beautiful waitress Olive Snook finds out.

His life as a pie maker gets more complicated when private investigator Emerson Cod finds out about Ned's secret. Emerson convinces the cash-strapped Ned to help him solve murder cases (and collect the hefty reward fees) by raising the dead and getting them to name their killers.

Then Ned is handed the case that changes his life forever. His childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, is murdered on a cruise ship under strange circumstances. Her death brings him back to his hometown of Coeur d' Coeurs to bring Chuck back to life, albeit briefly, and solve the crime. But once reunited with Chuck, Ned can't bring himself to send her back.

He helps her escape after her grieving aunts, former synchronized swimmers Darling Mermaid Darlings, think they've buried her forever.

Chuck becomes the third partner in Ned and Emerson's PI enterprise, but she encourages them to use their skills for good, not just for profit. Ned is overjoyed to be reunited with Chuck, the only girl he's ever loved. Life would be perfect, except for one cruel twist -- if he ever touches her again, she'll go back to being dead, this time for good.

It's very witty and different than any other show I've watched.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

I have just finished reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.

It is such a trivial book about a new father making a difficult choice for the better of his family. He kept a secret from his wife, and hadn't told her when he died.

He lived vicariously through photography thinking it would fill the void and make him feel less guilty. He attempts to live his life helping others and fails to help his own family from destruction all because of his quick decision making one snowy night.

Next book will be determined when I can get my library card to work!!