Sacred Dreams of Father Sky.
No snow, although it could have powdered the mountains and we wouldn't have seen it from here. Deb said 108 in Vegas and Gloria said hot and humid in Green Valley. The wind came up strong from the north and nearly tore the back door off the hinges every time we tried to go out. It cleared off by evening and the full golden moon was exquisite shining through the dark remnants of the storm clouds.
Carrie and Lorraine came over late yesterday afternoon to see the art show. They had been interested in the painting on rawhide of the tipis in an aspen grove for the reception area of the new Marbleton Clinic. I'm very pleased to have it go there. It will be interesting to see how it is displayed - we discussed possibilities for framing or how it will be presented. They also took some prints.
Carrie also kindly brought us homemade soup, bread and jam. We had the bread for dinner and it's absolutely delicious. It tastes wonderful to my out of kilter taster, so I really enjoyed it. And so did Joe. Carrie gave me such a caring hug in the yard, it seemed like a special blessing out under our Wyoming sky. I enjoyed seeing her again, and meeting Lorraine.
For dinner I had made chicken and noodles for dinner from a Ridley's roasted chicken with Carrie's bread and Melita's fresh lettuce and Bonnie's greenhouse tomatoes. Nothing tastes as good as home grown tomatoes. The dogs got all the chicken skin and scraps so they had a good dinner too. Puttered around with different chores today, mostly still taking it easy. I got the last pile of scrap reference filed away into the file cabinets. It was tempting just to throw it in the trash, but I went ahead and saved them. The stack had been waiting ever since before I went for surgery. Another thing to scratch off the list. HA!
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Leaves in Late Summer
Cousin Iris called from Houston this morning and it was really nice to talk to her. Clayton is getting braces on his teeth next week. It's already time to go back to school and they have been shopping for new school clothes. Tayler will leave for college in Reno in a few days too. I think they said she wants to be a publisher. I know she's going to do well with her schooling and college years. They are all going up together, and Debbie and Curtis will stay several days until she gets all settled. There are lots of parent meetings and get togethers. She and her high school friend Angela? have a dormitory room together, so they will get that all fixed up too.
Last night I watched Lawrence of Arabia. I just can't imagine what it took to make a movie like that. Where ever did they get all the camels, wonderful horses and Arabians to act in the huge group scenes. It said they thought it would take 5 months and it took two and a half years. How would they feed and house all those people? Tonight it's Casablanca and then Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
On this day in 1977, Elvis Presley died at 42 in Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis Presley said, "Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine."(I didn't admire his kind of ambition, but he had a good voice.)
