Strange treasures...

Not sure what these pieces of metal are. probably from some old mining equipment. but, they do look neat.

Question

does anybody out there know what poem has the line...
"and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep"
and who wrote it...

Santa Mail

This special mail box is waiting for our letters... Sweet!

shopping

Well, the shopping is finally done. a little behind schedule this year. watching the weather channel tonight. looks like we're to have a white Christmas. picturesque!

My latest creation

I call this one simply,

" Loon Lake "

Northern California

migrating swans in a rice field

Nevada

went through northern Nevada recently. These are the Ruby mountains. My questions were answered. Yes, It gets cold enough to snow in Nevada.

sweet photo

found this picture... makes me think I'd like a dog... but they shed more than I do!

Still a sweet picture. I call it "Sleepy Heads"

Recent travels

Off to the Northwest... Northern CA, Oregon, Washington. Truely beautiful country. So much diversity in landscape in each state from the west to east side of each one.

Only here...

Only here can people other than me get away with driving a car like this...

Me, I'd get pulled over as soon as I left my driveway.

Today's rantings..

Friday November 16th... I said Friday NOVEMBER 16th
3 different radio stations... 3 different CHRISTMAS SONGS!
granted -- I like the Christmas season. But, It seems to start earlier every year. I see the garland and trinkets out with the Halloween stuff. What ever happened to the days when you didn't hear the songs until the day after Thanksgiving!!?? Atleast then we are still hung over from all the turkey to care quite so much!

Full moon

was in Grand Junction CO Thursday night. caught the full moon rising over the book cliffs. was quite big! a very bright night. driving on full moon nights is always a favorite. Snowmobiling was a favorite, but alas, I no longer have one. now I just drive on tires.

Pumpkins Galore!

Went to the pumpking patch with D&D and the girls. wandering the fields.. in search of the perfect pumpkin... or the great pumpkin! D's girls are younger than P, and much more high strung. no suger added for them! lol, lots of fun and energy in the patch. It was a nice sunny day to start. clouds and wind build later in the day. a passing storm again. We all drive from field to field. five acres all together. D went down a little used path and almost got his truck stuck. thank goodness for four wheel drive. got a little mud on the tires. :) Well we picked out our pumpkins. the kids finally got it limited to one each. That is always a challenge. :) Then home ward to carve them out!

our first snow in October

the snow finally came, all light and fluffy looking. I still do like the first snow. We are at about 8100 feet elevation here. so I bet we'll get a lot of snow. although last weekend Denver had a wet heavy snow and we again seemed to be in a bubble and had none.

Sorry so long...

Well, what a last couple of months! School starts, we move, my father in law passes away, then we decide to put P in a different school. and finally I have internet again!

Sweet Corn

Mmm, had some of the seasons first ears tonight. I love it when it's fresh and sweet. Always a bummer to get it home and cooked only to find it is chewy. Fresh and crisp, that's the best.

August and everything after...

August is winding down... another 99 degree day. tomorrow will be a change of pace. 70 and T storms. This is the rainy season here. it's scattered showers mostly. P is back in class. high school now. My how time flies. She says in some of her classes, she is the only freshmen. I told her not to worry. soon enough the tides will be turned. Senior year comes up fast.
Remember when....

Harry Potter

I finished the book... Not exactly as I thought it would go. But a good story overall. Lots of action. Stop in your local Library on your back road.. :)

HARRY!!

lol, P has finished the last Harry Potter book.... Now it's my turn to read it. She has been sworn to secrecy. You should read the series... go to the library in disguise... I won't tell. :)

Observe

Sometimes I am not very Observant. Yesterday I was out back watering my flowers and the neighbor came out her back porch checked her grill and went back in. I said "hello"
She smiled and went in. a few drops of water later i realized I hadn't seen her before.
I went out front to pull some weeds.. There was a different car in the driveway and a guy pulling out a dent from the front panel. "Home mechanics". I went inside and asked P when the old neighbors moved out and we got new ones??!! She said last week. She said they brought in a moving van and moved in one day. Wow, that's got to be a record I'm thinking. I will have to find them again and take some notes!