By the Way…

March 29, 2006 @ 6:37 am | Filed under: Family Adventures

If I should suddenly disappear for a couple of days, here’s why.

39weeks

When the time comes, Alice will have the news.

"For the lover of truth, discussion is always possible." Care to leave a comment?   
Receive comment replies via email.

Subscribe to the comments in a reader.

Comments

Comments RSS | TrackBack URI

  1. Anne Marie says:

    Oh my, you look so beautiful (which I’d expect, anyway).

    I can’t wait to hear the news!

  2. Dawn says:

    Melissa what a lovely picture! You look *radiant* … We’ll be keeping you and the little one in our prayers :)

  3. Maria says:

    what an exciting time! can’t wait to hear the news

  4. Amy says:

    You are so beautiful! Prayers for a wonderful labor and delivery!

  5. Michele Q. says:

    Lissa what a great picture! Oh I have such baby longings lately. Praying for a quick and safe delivery!

  6. kristina says:

    Melissa,

    Thanks for sharing this beautiful photo. Your family must be very excited.

    Prayers for a wonderful delivery!
    Blessings,
    kristina

  7. Karen says:

    Beautiful lady! Have a safe and happy delivery and know that my family will be praying for you!

  8. Julie says:

    You look gorgeous and can I just say how jealous I am in memory? I loved being pregnant and number five turned out to be my last…. such a gift!

    Can’t wait for the news. Sorry I’ve not been around lately, but I think of you often.

    Julie

  9. sherry says:

    You look simply incredible! I’ve been praying for a safe and easy delivery! I will keep on doing so. We’ll miss your posts while you are away!

    Many blessings,

    Sherry

  10. Meredith says:

    What a beautiful lady!!! Best wishes coming your way for a safe and fast delivery. Praying for you and the family that all goes great!! Hugs. We’ll be anxiously waiting…

  11. Anne says:

    You look marvelous, Lissa!
    All the best to you all.
    Anne

  12. Mary G in Greenville says:

    All I can say is YEAHHHHH!

    You look great — especially trying to keep wonderboy out of the pic!

    Blessings to all — I figured you had gone when you didn’t update the blog on Monday morning!

  13. Cay in La. says:

    Elegant and simply beautiful…inside and out.

  14. Ron says:

    Looking both healthy and happy :)

  15. Love2learn Mom says:

    Can’t wait to hear your good news. We’re so excited for you and praying for a safe delivery.

  16. Melissa says:

    Melissa…not sure if you know this or not…but you are…well…let’s just say…you are VERY PREGNANT!!! Good luck and many blessings!

  17. Melissa Wiley says:

    Mary said: “You look great — especially trying to keep wonderboy out of the pic!”

    LOL–we were playing his favorite game (choo choo) when Scott snapped the picture…I was shocked when I saw it. I don’t see myself in profile often and didn’t realize how big I am!

  18. Kelly says:

    You look wonderful, Melissa. Good luck with the birth and the baby.

  19. Alice Gunther says:

    You are gorgeous!!!

  20. The LLama Butchers says:

    Blogging George Elliot

    Why not? Someone’s set up the Middlemarch blog. Via Lissa, who it seems is in a family way….

  21. Mary Beth Patnaude says:

    You are in my thoughts and prayers as you approach your big day. You look great.

  22. Karen E. says:

    You look beautiful! Glowing! I can’t wait to hear the news ….

  23. Silvia says:

    You’re looking great! I can’t wait to hear the news. I’ll be thinking of you.

  24. Rebecca says:

    How pretty and happy you look! I will be praying for your delivery! God Bless..

  25. Becky says:

    What a wonderful surprise to find this photo today : ) — you look so joyful, and babyfull lol. Love Wonderboy tagging along!

    Will be thinking of you…

  26. Andrea says:

    you look awesome! :)

  27. MaryBeth says:

    I just can’t wait.

Leave a Reply

Comment a lot? Register here. Already registered? Login here.

Want your own gravatar? Get one here.


Welcome to

the Bonny Glen—

the online home of

children's book author

Melissa Wiley


www.flickr.com

In the Archives

you'll find posts about:


and much more!



 Subscribe to my feed

Or for updates by email, enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner



Subscribe to my comments by email or feed

I am melissawiley on del.icio.us and bonnyglen on Twitter and Flickr.


Every Face I Look at Seems Beautiful






My Bonny Clan


Jane, 13 yrs old
Rose, 10 yrs
Beanie, 7 yrs
Wonderboy, 4 yrs
Rilla, 2 yrs
baby eagerly expected Jan. 2

and Scott, the love of my life




Book Log 08


In progress:


Damosel: In Which the Lady of the Lake Renders a Frank and Often Startling Account of her Wondrous Life and Times
by Stephanie Spinner

Lots of picture books
for the Cybils
(See my mini-reviews at Twitter)

Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
(reading this aloud to Jane)



Recently enjoyed:


Bend-the-Rules Sewing
by Amy Karol

Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
(read-aloud to Beanie)

The King's Fifth
by Scott O'Dell
(middle-grade novel about a young Spanish cartographer's travels with Coronado in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola)

A Murder for Her Majesty
by Beth Hilgartner
(I posted about it here)


haystackcover

Haystack Full of Needles
by Alice Gunther
(Here's my post about it)

The Highwaymen
by Marc Bernardin and Adam Freeman

Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry

Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransom

A Street in Marrakesh
by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Knight's Castle
by Edward Eager (to Beanie)

(a sequel to Half Magic)



The Creative Family>
by Amanda Soule

The Losers (Vol.1): Ante Up
by Andy Diggle and Jock

Green Arrow: Year One
by Andy Diggle and Jock

Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places
by John R. Stilgoe
(here's a post about it)

Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage
by Madeleine L'Engle

Dogger
by Shirley Hughes

As for the rest:

They're at GoodReads


Widget_logo




Hey, what happened to all those booklists you used to have in your sidebars?

They're still accessible at melissawiley.typepad.com, where this blog lived from January 2005-March 2008. You can also find all my Lilting House posts there, or try the search bar here. All my previous Bonny Glen and Lilting House posts have been imported to this site.


My Big List of Booklists


Favorite Fictional Families


The Quiet Joy


Scary Junkyard Dogs





Books We Love

(a work in progress)

Picture Books


The Story of Ping
by Marjorie Flack

My First Mother Goose
illustrated by Rosemary Wells

Blue Hat, Green Hat
by Sandra Boynton

The Maggie B by Irene Haas

James in the House of Aunt Prudence by Timothy Bush


Fiction


Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling

The Tintin books
by Herge

Showcase Presents
a line of comic books
published by DC Comics
(I posted about them here)

Whinny of the Wild Horses
by Amy Laundrie

The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall

My Father's Dragon series
by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Understood Betsy
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The Wheel on the School
by Miendert Dejong

The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis

By the Great Horn Spoon
by Sid Fleischman

The Swallows & Amazon books
by Arthur Ransome


Many more to come, when I have time!




Twitter Is a Kind of Daybook





    Recent Posts





    Recent Comments

    • Elizabeth McCullough: I saw a whole lot of acorns a few weeks ago in Charlottesville. Maybe from just one kind of...
    • Kathy: I love it for the same reason. I originally signed up with Twitter so our far-flung family could enjoy regular...
    • MelanieB: Our two year old managed to fill her little pail with “haycorns” on our walks round the block...
    • Penny in VT: Hey Lissa! Nice big fat squirrels here, but of course that could be because they polished off a 25lb bag...
    • Meredith: That was awesome Lissa, I don’t always get time to check out your tweets so this was delicious for a...




    Be Like the Bird


    Be like the bird
    Who, pausing in flight
    On limb too slight,
    Feels it give way beneath her,
    Yet sings,
    Knowing she has wings.

    —Victor Hugo




    Our Family "Rule of Six"

    Six Things to Include in Your Child's Day:

    meaningful work
    imaginative play
    good books
    beauty (art, music, nature)
    ideas to ponder and discuss
    prayer

    Whence It Came




    Links






    Meta



     Subscribe in a reader