Saturday September 20 2008

Saturday Sunrise

Under the Fence

Woke up before 4 a.m. and finally just got up, read the paper, and saw the insert that they have made to inform the public about the community and art center special tax. It looked like they had done a nice job with that and I hope it works to get people to vote for the tax. There are lots more articles in the paper about crime and drug possession lately. Effects on a small town of the oil and gas field industry. I mainly read the paper online any more.

It's mostly cloudy and a sprinkle of raindrops is shining red on the window in the sunrise. I got a picture, but have to admit that I don't see too many sunrises. It's supposed to get cooler and the weather not be as nice as it has lately. The hunters will like that I suppose. It showered several more times during the day, never enough to hardly wet anything down.

Today got the house pretty well cleaned up and some laundry done. Brushed out Sparky the hair manufacturing machine and cut his toenails. It takes an hour. He loves it. Or maybe loves the slice of cheese he gets for being so good.

Am feeling some better than I was earlier in the week and am grateful for that. The swelling in my arm seems o.k. and just a little left in my foot. My toes had been looking like fat sausages. Neck is better too, but that odd pain is not gone yet - that's kind of what woke me up this morning or at least was the first thing that I noticed. At least I've been able to lessen the pain medicine and hope I'll be less sleepy during the day and less nauseous.

Bonnie lent me three videos and I've really enjoyed watching them, especially The Ballad of Cable Hogue. I don't know why I never heard of this movie before. It was just great - every part of it - music, the story and dialogue, the acting by every person in it. I never thought of Jason Robards being very romantic, but he sure was in here, and Stella Stevens as well. I didn't like that he died in the end.The other two movies are Conagher and The Other Side of Heaven. I guess I'm not missing TV too much because I still haven't rattled their cage again..... yet.

Later in the day I had a really nice visit on the phone with Joan. They were traveling from L.A. to the Phoenix area where they have another home to do some work on the house. She owns two Wheaten Terriers that at least one is a champion, Peppermint Patti called Snickers, and some fancy name ending with Biscotti, they call Biscuit. Either Peppermint Patti or one of her daughters is third highest ranked Wheaten in the US.

Surprise call from Judi in Texas, so far away. What faith she has in me - she called to ask me what was that word for the paper with the "pedigree" of a piece of art or an antique etc. Of course I couldn't think of it since she asked so suddenly, but as soon as she hung up I thought of Certificate of Provenance and googled it. That was IT!! That was really digging into the far depths of the old file cabinet mind. Maybe my memory's not so bad as I think. In the meantime we had a great visit.

Betty called and had made it to Nephi. Tomorrow she will visit three friends along the way with the final destination of Alpine before she comes though the Snake River Canyon to meet me in Jackson on Tuesday. She said she would call again tomorrow evening when she stops.

Sandra had asked me to go fishing with them. They went to Little Half Moon Lake and walked down the creek. They didn't catch any of the many cutthroats they could see, they just kissed her worm. She said: "Found lots of nice trout in one of the big pools but they just followed my worm and discussed it among themselves. (And she said also that her brother) Randy and Sally got married today at Sally's friend's house who's a minister. Cute little log cabin chapel." CONGRATULATIONS TO RANDY AND SALLY!

It was on this day in 1519 that Ferdinand Magellan departed on the first successful circumnavigation of the world, although Magellan himself didn't live to see the end of the expedition. He was looking for a westward route to the spice markets of the Indies. He was Portuguese but sailed for Spain. Five ships sailed and one returned with only 18 men left alive. He named the Pacific Ocean.