anne of the grey submarine

anne is one of those unforgettable people who nat king cole would have sung about.  she charms, challenges, listens, creates and laughs-- so much.  it's like she exudes sunshine.  she draws people to her and does something that is so hard for many people to do: she listens.
anne has so many things about her that are refreshing and i believe her open frankness to be one of them. she is blunt, but in a tactful way... hard to picture, but true. she amazes me in her ability to make a little anything stretch a long ways and be cuter or tastier, or prettier than the thing you had full supply of.  until last year we shared a room and it's surprising to me how much difference that makes in the amount of time we have spent together.  we still spend a lot of time together, but not as much and i don't take it for granted like i did. between her school, my work and time at home, we follow each other around catching up and telling our secrets and funny, clumsy stories, and about uncanny coincidences, odd teachers, bumster/mondoamaze  days and everything else sisters talk about.

i thought she looked cute today and really just meant to post these pics but it's kinda hard not to talk about anne. ;)