Friday

It was on this day in 1912 that the RMS Titanic sank on it's first voyage across the Atlantic.

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This is from Lenore.

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I am going to work hard on the silverpoint drawing of an Indian woman today. Time to get it finished and on to something new - either a seashell or a deer skull.

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Barrie thinks we should go to Jackson tomorrow. Do the Smith Grocery and maybe KMart. Sounds good to me!

Wednesday

Now playing on XM radio, Luke Bryon, "We Rode in Trucks."

In his other life, Conley is a taxidermist. Today, he brought this Wood Duck to art group to show us. What a pretty duck!

Vicky brought cookies and carrot cake today, and Les brought muffins.

I didn't even take my paints to the art room today. I worked on a silverpoint drawing of an Indian woman. A true diva - in her fancy dance dress and her cowboy boots.

Tracy has this cradleboard hanging on her living room wall. Here is a picture of her in it when she was a baby. She really did like to be in there. Newborns feel safe and secure in a cradleboard.

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Tuesday

This picture makes me laugh.

Another truism from Maxine.

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When I was a kid, my Mom used to score all the baseball games we attended - and there were lots of them. Once in a while, if I was bored, I would ask her about how she did it. I was thinking about this while I watched baseball on TV last week. So I got on the computer and found a scorecard to download, and refreshed myself a little bit on the symbols - was ready to score the game last night between the Rockies and Mets.

Don't try to decipher this game. You will notice several little diamonds with nothing but a question mark. And I was at a loss how to keep track of the pitchers. Both teams used 4 or 5, and put in pinch hitters.

I regard this as a brain exercise.

Monday

Done, finished, through . . . .This is a silverpoint drawing on toned paper. I've been working on it for weeks.

A humorous picture I found on the Internet.

I love Maxine jokes, and a friend recently sent me a bunch. Judi will appreciate this one, as we both know a person who always types in uppercase. So she always SHOUTS!

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Bill and Alice are back home from points south. Said it was cold and windy at Riverton. He already misses traveling. He said they had 1500 e-mails, and I told him how to delete them in batches instead of one at a time.

I watched the movie Casablanca last night. (Wonder how many times I've seen it?" It's amazing how many glasses of booze were poured, and how many cigarettes were smoked. The actors were lighting one cigaratte off another. I still like the way Bogart says "Here's lookin' at ya', kid."

Saturday

Can you see the spider on the ceiling? After fussing around with it a long time, I think Kat finally managed to knock it down. Then she lost it. It will probably be climbing up my leg pretty soon. Yes, I know everyone is sick and tired of the snow. But it makes everything look so PRETTY!

I'm not sure where this picture came from - maybe from a musher in Oregon. That puppy looks pretty happy, but the chick looks disgruntled.

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I am reading a book Charm recommended to me - Bird by Bird, Some Instruction on Writing, by Annie Lamott. It's a good book. I also "checked out" another book using Tracy's library card.

Darned Rockies lost yesterday. Maybe Helton will be back in the lineup tonight.

Friday

Now playing on my iPod, Paul Simon, "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard".

Looks like quite a party, doesn't it? This is Paul and Tracy's big island between the dining room and kitchen. Well, it wasn't quite the party it appeared to be. If you look at the picture fulll size, you will see all these cans are connected to each other with fishing line. The purpose? When a cat jumps up on the counter, it will catch the fishing line, and the cans will all fall, like dominoes. Rowdy jumped up there one day, and those cans really make a racket. Both Rowdy and Sammy tore out of there like their tails were on fire. But I have a feeling that if the cans are put away, Rowdy will be right back up there. This is the corner of Paul and Tracy's living room, with the Dave McNally oil painting of Tracy's Grandad, and the cradleboard Daisy St. Clair made for her when she was born. Another treasure Paul received from his aunt. This is one of the seats from the old Yankee Stadium.

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I read a Dean Koontz book yesterday. I have Tracy's library card number from the Summit County Library. They have e-books you can "check out" and read on your computer screen.

Thursay

Finally got caught up with myself, I think. I had such a good time, but was really tired by the time I got home. Charm and I had good roads on the way home, just a little slush up on Rabbit Ears Pass.

Paul's uncle had something to do with Creedence Clearwater, and this gold record was given to him. His aunt gave it to Paul. It's "Green River", I think.

Another picture of Sammy that shows his huge tail.

And this is Rowdy.

And this sweety is Daisy. She is such a neat dog, and she likes to play with Rowdy. Sammy doesn't want to play.

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Had a surprise visit with my (step-daughter-in-law?) Judy LeClair Tuesday night. She stopped by Paul and Tracy's on her way to Denver. She had to leave early because I 70 was going to be closed most of the day. They were removing big slabs of rock that were in danger of coming down. They evacuated part of the town of Georgetown because of the danger.

Go Rockies!!

Paul and Tracy took me to the Rockies game in Denver on Sunday. Whooo Hooo! We had watched the game on Saturday on TV - warm and sunny in Denver. They live 60 miles from Denver. We took rain gear and extra jackets. We left at 10:30 in the morning, and it took us 3 1\2 hours to get there. And the game was cancelled. We still had a fun day. It was an adventure. We were on I 70, when we heard on the radio that the road was closed between Silverthorne and the tunnels. That's where we were, along with a whole bunch of other people. This is what it looks like when the small cars without 4WD or snow tires lose it - three lanes of bumper to bumper traffic. Paul is an excellent driver - picked his way through the stalled and stuck cars, some of them sideways.

We drove by the stadium as we left town so I could take a picture of it.

Paul and Tracy in Denver, waiting for the bus to the Tattered Cover Book Store, where we browsed for a long time.

We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. What a great place, and the food was delicious. Their menu was 26 pages long!

Street and Gonzalas (Rockies players) were having lunch there too. They still had their uniform shirts on with their names on the back.

We left Denver for home about 5:30, and I can't believe what an incredible job the Co Highway Dept did. It was slow driving, but the road had been plowed, and all the stuck cars were gone.

Sunday

Not a bad photo of Sammy, but it doesn't do justice to his huge hairy tail. Pictures of Rowdy and Daisy coming up.;

This is the view from Paul and Tracy's house - living room, dining room, kitchen, and the deck. Beautiful, huh?

Tracy went to get a haircut, then we went to the Borders Bookstore in Dillon, which is going out of business. We got three books, 90% off. They didn't have much left. Even the furnishings are going - bookshelves and all.

Then we went to the Tuesday Morning store, which is new. The only thing we got there was a bottle of Bloody Mary Mix. Just didn't see anything else we wanted.

Saturday

It's a beautiful morning in Silverthorne, CO. Charm and I had a perfect drive here yesterday.

The mountains out Paul and Tracy's windows are so beautiful they take your breath away. I'll take some pictures later. My objective is to take a decent picture of Sammy, their gorgeous black cat. He has beautiful yellow eyes, and masses of long, black hair. It will be a challenge.

Tracy was still on the phone for her job after she got home last night. She figured she made over 50 calls yesterday on one incident, two skirers who were caught in an avalanche. She was on the weather channel here twice, live, yesterday Breakfast is cooking - later.