Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
our trip to the fair wasn’t JUST about bev’s multiple entries in various contests. we walked around and looked at stuff, too. this was the best thing – it’s the “world famous redwood log house.” you could go right inside, where it...
Aug 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
here are bev’s BLUE RIBBON BRAN MUFFINS. she entered many, many, MANY things in the fair again this year. these muffins are just that all-bran recipe, but they did look very perfect and symmetrical, which i’m sure counts for a whole lot. i think there...
Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
it was sad to take our very last boat ride – the lake level has just been dropping and dropping, so we decided to take the boat out. plus it’s not working so great, ever since we ran out of gas. this is what the sky and the water looked like when we...
Aug 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
mom and i went to the fair parade, mostly because randy was going to be in it, but also, of course, because we got to go to the fair for free and we even parked for free, even though we drove by many people with paid parking on their lawns. people were parking there,...
Aug 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
do your remember that brave little willow tree that jim planted, that a very hungry beaver chewed right down? then it came back and dragged off the huge top of the tree. well, now it’s sprouting new branches like crazy. i saw it when i was taking les for a...
Aug 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
kevin took these pictures before i was out of bed one morning. i WISH i could deal with getting up really early because it is SO PRETTY early in the morning, with the sun coming up. one morning i opened my eyes and sat up and put on my glasses and saw the sun coming...
Aug 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
kevin and i went up to sterling to visit his mom, who had pneumonia and was in the hospital. by the time we got there she was doing much better, and it was really nice to see her, and i’m happy to report that she’s now back at home. it’s been too...
Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
the other night randy said to me, “so you’re not writing on your site any more, huh?” nope, i said. i always say that when he says that. problem is, the more days that pass, the more i think I MUST WRITE TODAY, and then i don’t, and then...
Aug 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
last monday night, garrick and janice and max joined us on the boat for dinner and a cruise around the lake. we went under the Vachel Lindsey Bridge, which is being renovated and repaired in a big, big way. they closed it on july 5th, and it’s not supposed to...
