Saturday January 24 2009

One of our Boulder neighbors was accidentally killed on his ranch last Thursday. We were both so shocked and sorry to hear of his death. A memorial funeral service for Wayne Jensen of Boulder, Wyoming will be held on Tuesday, January 27th at 2:00 p.m. at the Boulder Community Center.I have to go to Jackson that day, but Joe will probably go to the funeral.

Not one interesting thing to write about today. I've been to the clinic and went to get groceries. So maybe now I'll take a nap. Am having trouble keeping my eyes open. The weather is warm enough to be melting snow - we are having some snow showers and just another skiff has fallen. The mountains are supposed to get 3 or 4 feet, but we're not having that here. The streets and parking lots are wet or slushy.

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Putting these links in the blog instead of forwarding them all on email.

There are a bunch of the flamenco program photos now on http://www.pinedaleonline.com/.

BLUE-SKY FIREBALL: Last week a meteoroid of unknown size hit Earth's atmosphere over Denmark and exploded with a flash so bright it turned the nighttime sky daytime blue. A video of the remarkable fireball and eye-witness reports may be found at Spaceweather's fireball sighting page: http://spaceweather.com/glossary/fireballreports_17jan09.htm

America's Untapped Energy Resource: Boosting Efficiency By Michael Grunwald Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1869224-3,00.html

YouTube - Irena Sendler -VS- Al Gore (other videos are listed featuring her too. A movie should be made of her story. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVw1PANUcdg&feature=related

Friday January 23 2009

I definitely do not know this person!

She is here anonamously.

....But in case you want to know the story,

she ate the flowers and leaves off

her husbands birthday cake.

This is after eating the leaves.

(Unknown Person - you are a very good sport.)

(Still laughing here.)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DICK.

He turned 80, and wants to go sky diving in the spring.

But in the meantime went skiing.!!!

Zeke's family got a new puppy, his name is Rusty.

Just getting started this morning. Don't know what the day will bring. Joe has been downtown for his coffee, and its garbage day so he put out the garbage. We got about 1/4" of snow during the night and they are predicting snow for the next several days, a little more over the weekend and chances after that. Its warm enough that the icicles continued to drip during the night. Right now its gray and dreary. ..... Oh no, wait a minute ..... now there's blue sky and sunshine.

I have plenty of things on my list to do, so am going to attempt getting something constructive done - probably mostly paperwork today. Beverly called and things are fairly o.k. down there. So we caught up on what's been going on lately. They are having a church group sleepover for the young men and young women in a big warehouse type building - they will just camp out there, have pizza and snacks and breakfast in the morning. Bet it will be fun. My sister Gloria is going to visit the family in Las Vegas, so they will all be together next weekend ..... all except for me.

James said there are direct flights to several places from Jackson on Delta now. Maybe I should use my credit card air miles and go somewhere. He said if he takes Kathy to the airport, maybe stops by Smiths for groceries and drives back to Pinedale that Kathy will already be in Atlanta by the time he gets home. James and Kathy are back from their holiday trip to Georgia. Was sorry to hear her dad is having more illness and surgery, and she will go back to help her folks real soon.

James and I will go sometime next week to get all the house repair bills straightened out and present our list of problems with the house to the realtor and seller. Hopeful that won't be too bad. It has been a stress so it will be good to hopefully get it all behind us - and this visit should at least initiate that closure. So I need to sort out the paperwork and receipts for that.

Thursday January 22 2009

This is the Entrance to the New Clinic

The House from Fremont Lake Road

Zoomed in a little but we aren't far from the road.

The Snuggler

Joe suggested going to Rendezvous Pointe for lunch and also Joe had an appointment there to pick up his hearing aid which was being repaired. They had a nice roast pork dinner. They give you so much there was lots to take out to the dogs. I bought a huge loaf of whole grain bread that was still warm from the oven for $1.50. I took my camera to get a few photos of everyone at lunch. However..... had forgotten to take the photo card out of the computer and replace it in the camera. So didn't get any pictures. I checked in at the art room to see if any cleaning out of the clutter was happening, and was pleasantly surprised that YES they are cleaning all that stuff out of the room. Progress was being made there.

After bringing Joe home I went to the clinic while the car was out instead of later. The nurse who changed my picc line dressing yesterday (a once a week thing) got the line pushed in further than it was supposed to be and also slightly twisted, and it has sure been stinging. It hurt all night. Barb fixed that and boy does it feel better now. We both learned some more new things - about the adhesive which is irritating my skin, - and that you can't undo the plastic wings on the patch, which holds the picc line in place (I didn't have another patch - get them in Jackson) but you can lift and move the whole patch, which is how the line was allowed to back out a little. We managed to get the whole thing back together and taped down. Have to be careful of infection with it, and so it is back the way it should be. Yeaa Barb! The adhesive covers used to protect and keep the site clean are beginning to irritate my skin. I have been a little worried that was going to happen since certain tapes have really blistered my skin at other times. Not a good thing for long term use to have your skin breaking down, blistering etc.

Another nice day out but they are predicting a few inches of snow today/tonight and chance of snow for about the next week.

Boy did I sleep good the last two nights. Really zonked out. Don't know if its the angelica Bonnie gave me, or just pure exhaustion.

I swear I'm going to finish that commission painting today.

Guess they think there is a possibility of this happening: A new NASA-funded study details what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a 'super solar flare' followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. Some of the conclusions might surprise you.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/21jan_severespaceweather.htm?list953085

Wednesday January 21 2009

So.... here I am back. We didn't go to the slide show. I decided not to go and instead to use up those apples that were about ready to all go bad. I made the crockpot about 2/3 full of applesauce and an apple pie. The peeling and slicing took a while and before it was all done I was pretty tired of standing and doing the work. They turned out good though. I'll cook us a pork chop with some pasta and the applesauce. Joe has already eaten 1/4 of the pie.

Jackie called me this morning and we had the best visit. We usually email, but every once in a while we talk. She is my friend who lives on the wheat farm up in Eastern Washington and is an artist. We have quite a bit in common. Sheral also called a couple of times. She has been shopping for canisters as a housewarming gift for us, but I'm about decided that the miscallaneous containers I have stuff stored in is working just fine. I like the counters without much on them and seems like there's enough on the counters.

Got showered and down to the clinic. Today the dressing was changed as well as getting the line flushed. So am tired enough that after dinner I'll get into the pjs and just lay down to watch some TV. Its been a long day. My eyes are in their burning watering mode the last couple of days. My nose is getting much better since Dr. Meno said to use vicks in it morning and night - it's working. Everything else is fine with the both of us and "the boys".

The applesauce going in the crockpot.

Building a pie.

Pie and Coffee

The weather is warm, calm and sunny! I woke up very early and just stayed up. Today there is a photo program at Rend. Pt. by a lady who went to Antarctica to work I might go to, Maybe Joe will go too. And the clinic later. Kay's asked me to send 36 photos of her paintings to a collector of hers. (Kay doesn't have a computer and doesn't want one - she's probably a lot smarter than the rest of us). The photos are very big as they are, so I'm going to have to resize them all to send them in emails. I guess how many emails depends on how big the buyer wants to receive them. By evening she hadn't called me back, or emailed either.

Sally sent me this picture - neither of us can believe we've received two "dog in stroller" pictures in one day! Bernie just had rotor cuff surgery, then the next day Bridget broke her leg. Sally said they're "getting ready to go rock hunting" or maybe walking around the block.

There are tons of great blogs to read, although I actually do very little of that. If you go to http://www.blogger.com/ and then look for a link called "Blogs of Note" you will find a lot of neat stuff by bloggers to read and look at. The are the best of the best chosen by the blogger crew. (Just in case you wonder, I couldn't be in there because my blog doesn't go out to the whole world, just to my family and friends.) Some people must sit and blog or read blogs all day long from the looks of it. I have found a few I like and here is one I thought you also might find interesting right at this time of the inauguration because she lives in Washington DC, apparently 10 minutes walk from all the famous places and monuments. So she is giving an interesting insight on things going on there right now. Her photographs are also quite good with rather unusual views and nearly all of downtown D.C. http://thegoldpuppy.blogspot.com/

Another on the other side of the country - Seattle area. This guy's a very good writer: http://dampdog.blogspot.com/. I was reading a blog at the ranch about an American guy who moved to the Pyrenees to live, climb mountains, hunt and farm organically. His adventures were great to read and had photos of his area. But the address is in the computer at the ranch and I don't have it here.

Maybe we should go rock hunting more often! Mammoth tusk found in So. Ca drainage ditch, sent-by-Sandra: http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_fossil21.4cd7f80.html

Tuesday January 20 2009

SO CUTE! Judi sent this to us dog lovers on her blog today. She doesn't know the guy but the dog in the stroller is too old to go on walks now, so he takes her in the stroller. Pretty neat. Thanks Judi.

Inauguration Day - so far I've escaped hardly any mention of it, which suits me fine.

It was another beautiful day. Not sure how warm it got, but probably around 30 degrees. The streets are trying to clear off. NO WIND! I only wore a down vest and felt comfortable.

Before leaving the house this morning I had a call from Sally in AZ. See her blog to know what we're talking about, because she is showing very interesting photos. She wrote in her blog that on one of their outback trips "all the jeeps had wenches". I said "Sally - do you mean wenches or winches?" She said yes wenches, which you pull things out with. I told her wenches were like... ummm... harlots - i.e. all the jeeps had harlots. So we had to laugh about that and if you know Sally she had a few choice comments.

We had our Mixed Media meeting at Rendezvous Pointe today and didn't counted them, but we had a room full of artists - maybe twelve? I worked on one of my commissions and it is all but finished thank goodness. Justine and Dee came from Jackson to join us. Dee is leaving for Antarctica on Monday and I'm sooo envious.

That art room has been becoming a storage room for everyone's "junque" in the name of doing arts and crafts, and I went and complained about it today. It's been getting worse for most of a year. You couldn't get close to a counter top, much less try to use one if you wanted to. It isn't conducive to a creative spirit for certain. There's been a popcorn machine just sitting in there for two years. They said they would work on it.

Lunch was pretty tasty - turkey ala king with rice, veg, wonderful wheat rolls, and salad and dessert. I bought a couple of Sue's big cinnamon rolls. Just have to remind Joe that one of them is MINE !! Hiding it is an option as well.

After the meeting about 4 p.m. I headed for the clinic, and had to wait there again. They were pretty busy, and didn't get out of there until about 5:20. Then home and stuck some stuffed sole and twice baked potatoes in the oven.

I thought I heard the door bell ring a few minutes ago, but no one was in sight when I answered it. Maybe it was on TV. Discombobulating anyway. The dogs thought it was the doorbell too and got up to go see who was there. It's happened again, me and dogs answered the door, no one there. It's a Pizza Hut commercial for gosh sakes!

"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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"Genius," said Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "is the power to express individuality."

Monday January 19 2008

Ducks on East Fork

Its about 7 p.m. and I'm pooped. Probably because just haven't been getting much sleep. Yesterday Bonnie thoughtfully brought me over a homeopathic sleep remedy, angelica in lotion to rub on the bottom of your feet. And I tried it last night but it didn't work yet. I'll keep trying it and see it it might build up a little and be effective.

Today was absolutely beautiful although still pretty cold - it could be worse. It might have finally reached 34, but most of the day was below freezing. Just no wind.

Today we went out to Bonnie and Craig's leaving here about 9:45 a.m. they had us to lunch. Craig and Joe drove on out to the ranch to feed the cats, and said the road is great all the way in to the house. They saw Smokey the all gray cat and said she was really fat. Bonnie fixed us chicken enchiladas that were delicious with the toppings and chips. And she had unusual and yummy orange brownies for dessert. I loved those. Never had seen such a thing. Usual visiting went on, and then we went home - I think got back at about 1:30.

They came on in to town and stopped by here. Craig and Joe fixed the garage door and it should be permanently good now. He gave us an extra door opener that he had, and programed it so we each have one in our vehicle now. He also fixed the back door so it latches. I can't remember what else they did. Bonnie and I got to visit together some more. Jim Allen finally came back over and finished sealing off the foundation with caulking of some kind. It didn't take him very long so that's done now. Soon after they left I went on down to the clinic and for the first time waited about an hour before they took me back to flush the picc line. In fact, I went to sleep and had a nap for a while. Then I went to the grocery and drug store. Fixed our dinner, fed the boys and I'm ready for bed if not to sleep.

Tomorrow we are having our Mixed Media painting meeting at Rendezvous Pointe and lunch there. I was going to get all my stuff ready tonight, but now I'm going to do it in the morning. And not sure if I'll do pastels or oils.

I'm missing Duene's blog - guess she's having some computer trouble. Hope everything else is o.k. with her.

Sunday January 18 2009

The Boys on the walk

Photomerge of mtns to the east.

Gives and idea of what the neighborhood is like

The house today with mtns.

Bob's house with mtns. Ours is just behind
and to the right. Fremont Lake sits in that
"hole" about in the center of the picture.

EVENING UPDATE with pictures: Bonnie came over after lunch and we took a walk about the loop road, maybe went a mile and a half. The sun even felt warm for a little bit without a wind blowing. Dogs sure enjoyed it. We ran into the neighbor family walking their two schnauzers - So the dogs got acquainted. He is Bob, the one who lent Curtis a bunch of tools when he was here building the fence. They are from Houston, their first winter.

Bonnie brought me a homeopathic potion – angelica in a lotion – to rub on my feet, it’s supposed to help you sleep so I'll try it and we will see if that works …. Or not. They had to dig a new well and it’s got bacteria in it, and they are trying to get rid of it. So they can’t drink the water. I feel bad for that happening. She has some kind of distiller she is using for their drinking water that takes everything out. We’re invited over there for lunch tomorrow, and Joe and Craig will go on out and feed the cats. After Bonnie left I mopped the wood floors.

This picture of today's jet stream was sent by Betty. Neither of us has ever seen the jet stream go this high north and dip this far south (at the same time). So this is why the weather is the way it is now.

Venus is sure making a spectacular statement in the western sky after dusk. It's very beautiful. Guess that's why they named it Venus. The weather here was quite cloudy this morning clearing off by noon. We were forecasted to have frost and freezing fog for several days, but haven't seen any yet. Maybe a dog walking day.

Been watching TCM old movies lately. Need to get motivated to do something constructive. I got out my stack of papers to finish the house notebook project. Its going to be another quiet day though. So nothing interesting to write about - yet.

Judy has some really neat pictures on her blog illustrating their visit to San Antonio. They've been visiting the old missions there. I knew about the Alamo, but she says there are five of them in the city. A link to her blog is up on the sidebar.

A strange thing has been happening for a while, I keep "forgetting" to take my camera with me everywhere. Don't know why. I ALWAYS used to have it next to me. So I'm not getting much new material to post on the blog. I'll try to do better.

A cute video about the Truckin Duck:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/weird/Trucking_Duck_All__National_.html