Becca's Buzz hosts Give Me Five Monday each week. Today's five is: Give Me Five ways you like to de-stress, relax, wind down or kick back. For me I like to :
Sit in a handmade chair in the recycled brick, recycled fireplace, gathered rock, inexpensive gazebo designed by JEJ.
Sip tea in the morning while sitting on the deck.
Go camping to a quiet place surrounded by trees, quiet, my dogs and husband.
Take the camera on ten-mile road trips around the area and capture peaceful photos.
Read a good book in complete silence.
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Each spring I visit nurseries in search of different types of geraniums. I love unique bloom colors, but also enjoy searching different color combinations in the leaves. The light caught this bloom in a way that it seems to glow. All of these geraniums are moving toward the light in the greenhouse and eager for spring also.
I still love the look of traditional pink geraniums in a summer basket. For other photo hunts on 
Once a year our gym at school turns into a traditional carnival. Since we are a K-12 school the middle school and high school students set up booths that include games of chance, balloon sales, a lollipop tree,and Bingo. Elders that remember taking their children to the carnival are now watching their grandchildren and great-grandchildren enjoy the games and fun. I have been here long enough now that I have former students bringing their young children in strollers to try the Fish Pond or Tiger Basketball.
Of course there was also a cake walk, but now the cakes all have to be baked at school by people who are certified food handlers. It was a popular event all evening. There was also a jail that people used tickets to have someone thrown in . That also was very popular. Whew! I escaped being thrown in jail.
These are the booths our middle school students were in charge of tonight. They did an impressive job decorating them with bright colors. This was right before the doors were open for customers. 
My favorite booth decor was the Fish Pond done by a few of my artistic students. 
Each class in the high school has king and queen candidates. The king and queen are chosen by the amount of raffle tickets they sell. The stage is decorated beautifully for the crowning held at the end of the evening.
One of my students came to get the staple gun again, but had to show off his prizes: a great smiley face hat, pink sunglasses, and handcuffs. Bingo continues long into the night until all the prizes are given away. Kids go home with bags of prizes and tired smiles on their faces. A fortunate few will go home with raffle prizes. Staff members keep an eye on the clock knowing soon they can go home and sit in an easy chair and put up their feet!
I also remember watching "The Miracle Worker" and being in awe of the patience Annie Sullivan displayed toward Helen during the famous dining room scene. We didn't have many handicapped people in our town. Patty Duke so skillfully played young Helen Keller it almost scared me to see somebody with disabilities.
