Saturday

I have a new (small) clock radio - one that resets the time when the power goes off.  Also takes a backup battery.  I haven't had a radio for a long time, and am actually listening to KPIN this morning.  Got this for the whopping price of $13 on Amazon.

 

It wouldn't be a trip to Jackson without driving out to look at the peaks.  There was a rain storm on the southern end.

 

And the rain was moving toward the peaks.  I never tire of looking at these.

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Tracy went to the football game last night and saw some old friends, Nat and Ward.

 

Today we plan on driving up Skyline, around the lake, and probably a late lunch at Lakeside.

 

 

A happy traveler.

Friday Road Trip to Jackson

Tracy and I went to the concert at the library last night.  His name was Terry Hill, and he was VERY good.  I guess they have concerts every Thursday night during the summer, and this was the last one.

Tracy, Barry, Kasey and I went to Jackson today. 

 

Someone broke a white petunia off in the planter outside Café Genevive, where we had lunch, and Tracy put it in Kasey's hair.  Wonderful lunch!

We strolled around the downtown area a bit, and spent time in Mangelson's Gallery. The only thing I bought was a window sticker that says "I saw Grizzly 399.  They had a lot of photos in the gallery of her and her three cubs born this year .

 

We played like tourists and I took a picture at one of the arches of Barrie, Kasey and Tracy.

Kasey made a new friend and they played chase around the base of the arch.

Wednesday

We hung the work today for the silent art auction at Rendevous  Pointe.  The time of the Blood Draw is always a good opportunity for those of us who want to sell some work.

 

Conley and Lenore hanging some of Conley's paintings.

 

 

Judi acquired some Lynn Thomas prints and is putting them in the auction

 These are the things I am putting in the auction.

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Tracy got here about 1:00 this afternoon.  She hadn't eaten yet, so we went out to eat.  Just as we were leaving the apartment, Barrie brought Kasey, so Kasey went with us to the Patio.  We had excellent Mexican food, and Barrie and KC are coming here for meatballs and spaghetti tonight.  Fun Times!





Tuesday

 

Bad babysitter.  The minute Kasey walked in this morning, she headed straight for the iPad and has been on it ever since.  

 

 

 

This is what she SHOULD be doing, active and running around outside.

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This morning when Barrie started to work, Kasey asked her to help her open her window in the sprayer pickup.  She couldn't find a button.  The kid has never seen a window on a vehicle that you have to roll up and down!  Thanks to Judi, she has seen a turntable and vinyl records.  It makes me wonder how many other things we take for granted that she has never seen.

 

 

When I was teaching kindergarten, a little boy found a bobby pin on the floor and was scared he had found a weapon of some kind!

 

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Tracy is coming tomorrow and will be here a few days.  No Paul or Daisy this time, just Tracy, but we will have a good time.  I am making enough meatballs for twenty people (don't ask me how that happened), so I guess we will be eating lots of meatballs and spaghetti while she is here.

Monday

Kasey was with me today.  Judi found several sheets of stickers, and I bought her a little notebook to put them in.  But of course we had to put some on our faces first.

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Barrie started working with Kay Malkowski today and did some yard work.  She is going to be taking over the lawn care part of Kay's business, and  Kay wants her to eventually take over the tree care part too.  Perfect job for Barrie.  I wish she had the whole summer ahead of her instead of just the fall work. 

 

She wants me to make her some business cards, so I came up with a few ideas today.

 

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Kasey brought "Boomer" with her today.  This stuffed toy has a lot of miles on him.  Barrie played with him when she was little.  He was named after "Boomer", the late great St. Bernard we had.

 





Sunday

I am always making fun of "studies" and "research" and "findings".  Here is one that was on my Yahoo news page this morning:

According to a new study, single men on average only clean their bed sheets four times a year.

Now that is information we all should have, right?

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I baked a loaf of bread today, and made a batch of cornmeal mush.  And I burned my fingers twice!  Kitchen Klutz, that's me.

 

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I stole this photo from Tracy's Facebook post.  She and Paul were at the Broncos game yesterday, and she took this picture of the opening ceremony.

Saturday

Today I am listening to music on my Kindle Fire.  I have never paid any attention to the Amazon Cloud Player, because I have iTunes and my iPod, along with XM Radio.  I was amazed to find that every tape or CD I ever purchased from Amazon is floating around on a "cloud" and I can listen to them on my computer, or the Kindle Fire.  There is a Grateful Dead album there, lots of Chris LeDoux, Tom T. Hall, Johnnie Cash, and a couple of tapes I bought for Kindergarten years ago. The kindergarten music is fun  - Raffi, Joe Scruggs, and Barry Lou Polisar. 

I don't have any tapes or music CD's any more, and nothing to play them on.  I don't even have a real radio. 

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Two different people came to get me to go to a 90th birthday party in the Heritage Room.  The second person threatened to drag me so I decided to go.  It was okay.  I had champagne, cake and ice cream, and saw a former kindergarten student whose grandmother is in the nursing wing. I visited with Tom, who gives talks on his travels, and met his two St. Bernard dogs, who are regular visitors to Sublette Center. 

 

The woman whose birthday it was just sat in her wheelchair and didn't seem to be aware of what was happening around her. 

Thursday

Kasey is staying with me for a while today while her mom has a job interview.  She is watching "Curious George" on the iPad.  Sounds educational to me, so I'm sure it's good for her!

Su cleaned my apartment this morning.  She comes a little earlier every week.  I wanted the quilt washed, and a different quilt put on the top of the bed.  She washed it, but made the bed with the same quilt. She is from China, and doesn't always understand everything I say.  Oh well, she is so nice and eager to please, it just makes me want to be nice back to her.  It doesn't matter which quilt is on the bed.

 

I like this idea.

Wednesday

We had a nice morning at Art Group today.  Pat was back, but we missed Judi.  Her granddaughters were flying home out of Denver today.

 

When my friend Mel stopped in at Rendezvous Pointe to say hello one day, she mentioned I hadn't donated anything yet to the SAFV auction.  This watercolor was on the wall in the art room, and I told her to take it.  Then I forgot all about it.  The auction was last weekend, and I was told this painting brought $425.  I thought the person who told me that must be mistaken, so I called SAFV when I got home, and sure enough!  It had been matted and framed, but $425 is still a lot!!  That made my day.

Time to paint, maybe?

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Sally stopped by last night to show me how to upload a video to YouTube and then embed it in my blog.  It worked really well. 

 

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