April 30

This is the last day of the 2017 IFJM journal.  I enjoyed being a 10 year-old, just as I knew I would.
This page was dedicated to my daughter, Karen, who ran her first marathon today.  I hope there were some smiling kids giving out water for her and her fellow runners. 

April 29

April 28

April 26 and 27

April 24

April 22 and 23

April 21

April 20

April 19

April 18

April 17

April 15 and 16

I did the tulip page with my 3 year old granddaughter, Mary, hanging on to my legs, borrowing my markers, and asking a lot of "why" questions.  ☺

April 12

April 11

Day 10

The first time I saw that Giant Blue Whale, I was about 4 or 5 years old.  It was the thing I remembered most from my museum visits.  So, of course, my young alter-ego would find it fascinating too. 

Day 9

Day 8

Day 7

Day 6

Day 5

Day 4

Day 2

I just noticed that I already missed the detail that "yesterday" was Saturday, so Miss Jones would not have seen any misspellings yet.

Day 1 - A Big Step Back in Time - IFJM 2017

I just turned 72 a few days ago - but I've been known to say that I haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up yet.  Everyone laughs, but I'm not so sure that I'm joking.  So for IFJM this year, I'm becoming a 10-year-old.  I've noticed that my grandkids prefer using markers to the crayons that I grew up with, so (details) my medium will be markers, although who knows, maybe Crayolas will make an occasional appearance too.  I'm using a Strathmore Visual Journal.  My first choice was a typical lined student notebook (details), but it seems that markers leak through too much to the next page, and even as a 10-year-old I wouldn't have liked that.

Okay, let's play!