This is just a short note of thanks and praise for all the mothers out there. Hope u have had a great day and been celebrated by your family!
Nobody deserves it more than Mom!!
Rock on!!!!
Category Archives: Praise
Wood is Good 10 – Primitive Pleasure
Here is one of my favorite activities when the weather is cool but not too cold. Once its hot outdoors this is not a good choice for something to do. BUT sitting by the campfire is one of the BEST things to do when u can. It’s relaxing, warming, even comforting. It has been done for as long as mankind has had “control” of fire, to make it when and where he wants to. A nice fire is like meditation – watching it will take your mind to a blank peaceful place if u let it. This little movie is looking into my Chiminea, all you can see is the edge of the opening and the fire within. My son and i spent a few hours enjoying the fire and chatting. Doesn’t get much better than that. Hope u enjoy this brief clip. And hope u can enjoy your own campfire soon. (Click on picture to join me at the fire!)
Winter and Construction
Hey have u been enjoying the spring? Its really starting to green up here, the tree buds are visible and soon will burst forth. Reminds me of something that i learned when i used to go to school in Minneapolis Minnesota.
The northern Midwest of our country is noted for cold snowy winters. So much so that in downtown Minneapolis many buildings are connected by walkway bridges across the streets on the second floors. U can enter a building and walk for blocks crossing over the roads to other buildings all day without going back outside.
The climate there was described to me as really only two seasons:
Winter and Construction. It was either too cold to go outside or warm enough to be building. Of course there are truly 4 seasons but its accurate from a general point of view.
So that leads me to this – the construction of my own garage. Still in the very early stages i am looking at the necessary steps to build a garage. I’m psyched.
Will keep u posted.
Busy Busy
I must apologize for my lack of entertainment lately.
There is so much to do when u are recovering from a sucky too long winter and prepping for a busy summer in the middle of still earning a living by trading your hours for pay and wishing u could be done with that and trying to get the yard ready for building a garage while being slightly jealous of two-thirds of your offspring who already have one at the same time as watching Netflix too much becuz u love scifi and fantasy and then weeding out some of your cue as it seems too long a list even though the stuff u got rid of would likely b entertaining if only i could stay up 24 hours straight maybe i could get more things done.
hey who says long sentences r bad, confusing, fragmented unclear etc?
i just found this cool parable for writing, i like it take a look.
Two Gatherings
Well i haven’t done a post in a few days becuz it’s been busy here. This past Wednesday we had a party for my son & granddaughters birthdays. It was not on either of their dates (of birth) but just a convenient time for us to gather and eat, celebrate and just in general share a good time with the family, and sing the birthday song. and eat. and etc u know all the good stuff u do with the family on such an occasion.
Then yesterday we celebrated Easter. similar crowd but not exact duplicate. again food and joy of family and Easter. a good time had by all and more food than wed. The kids played on the back porch. and in the backyard, grandma was pitching the wiffle balls to them.
So i hope you also had a good Easter and time with your family. And overeating such as we did here.
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So here’s why people go to the Aspen area – the skiing! these r some shots of the slopes and views from the ski area. What a great way to celebrate the outdoors!
Here’s why they call the area Aspen:
These r aspen trees i believe. During Autumn the leaves turn beautiful golden yellow. They are taking a winters nap in this shot.
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Here’s the rest of the room –
And here’s how to get the most out of your checked bags. 50 lbs max, this was obv weighed at home first!
Next up, the slopes!
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Here’s a look at the hotel amenities where my correspondent stayed in Colorado.
Lobby Fireplace
Nice room! The Viceroy if u r interested.
April Morning
Well it truly is spring. earlier this week it was close to 80 degrees (i think 77 one day and 78 the next. Then the cold front came thru yesterday. in about 1.5 hours the temp dropped from 64 to 44. after another hour it went down to 34.
Here’s what else came through with the cold front:
When i cleaned off the car i discovered we had gotten about 4 inches of snow. April snow is not really expected here. but not unheard of either. A friend got married April 16th about 30 years ago, and they were blessed(?) with a storm of 18 inches of snow.
So i guess this isn’t too bad. at least i didn’t have to go to work last night or today.
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So here’s one reason why the roving correspondent was there – the awesome mountains!!
Where i live the mountains are not so high. I’m ok with that, and later this year i promise to get u some awesome shots of our mountains here.
Till then . . .