Do You Have A Junk Journal?

Do you know what a Junk Journal is?

I do...I have one.

I didn't really know that it had a name, or that other people save the memorabilia I do.

But they do and they put the items in a "Junk Journal".

Before I started my blog, I enjoyed preserving my memories into scrapbooks.

I have a lot of handmade scrapbooks.

I started blogging in 2010, my blog became my scrapbook, my journal.

But I was used to saving all the things, tickets, room keys, brochures, menus, business cards...

and I included them in my scrapbooks.

Not wanting to throw those things away, I started making "Memory Jars" for all the memorabilia. 

I wrote about those memory jars and their contents here, here and here.

At some point I realized I never opened the jars to revisit the items 

and thought perhaps it would be better served in a book.

- so long story longer...here's a look at my Junk Journal -

I can't really close the book, 

it's a store bought journal and I would like to recover the out side and make it pretty.

The hubs ran into the food store, just to pick up a few things...

he came out with these flowers...aren't they gorgeous?!

Talk About A Good Egg

 She was sleeping when we arrived to check on her, to see if the cygnets had arrived. 

I was hoping she would recognize our car or my voice...

I called out to her and she perked up.

I spoke to her...

she moved to the side...

to show me her eggs.

I counted 6.

She fluffed up her nest a bit...

posed for a picture...

and went back to sleep.

This nest is on Glimmerglass Lake in Manasquan, New Jersey.

I told her I would be back tomorrow!