I had a great Christmas with my grandchildren this year. My son got called out to work because of some fleeting sleet problems, so he missed seeing the kids open their presents--such is the life of a transportation department employee. I took lots of pictures--as you can see. I even went next door to my daughter-in-law's parents home. Got some good pictures of their dog "Pudge". He's a character.
Also updated a page on John's Costa Rica land http://www.roadsidetraveler.com/costarica/Mollejones.html.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Christmas Day 2007
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Pillows I made for my grandchildren for Christmas
Above are the pillows I made for my grandchildren for Christmas. I've been lazy lately and haven't been keeping up with my blog. No excuses other than that. I am a Scrooge when it comes to Christmas. It's way too commercial for my taste. But I can't disappoint the grandkids, so I decided to make their gifts. My four-year-old granddaughter loves Dora the Explorer and also loves horses--she's nuts about them. My grandson is a hare scramble motorcycle racer and also plays basketball on his school team. Above are pictures of the pillows I made them. I thought about making a pillow for the 17-year-old, but if I put a picture of her boyfriend on it, it would only be obsolete in a few short weeks and she might not want to see his face on her pillow after that! So I guess I'll just have to figure out something else to give her.
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Labels: Dora the Explorer, hare scramble, horse, motorcycle, pillows
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
October 21 & 22, 2007 Pics
This picture was taken at a "turkey shoot". He says he will be shaving his head after Halloween. He also told me that last year, he had a Christmas tree with a candy cane on it and red and blue lights. He strikes me as a man who isn't afraid to enjoy the fun things in life.
I was hoping I could upload a bunch of pictures at once (using Picasa). I forgot the system doesn't work that way. It seems to limit me to four at a time. (So I am uploading them in groups of four at a time and copying the code into my original post. I save it as draft until I have finished adding and arranging the photos, adding text, etc.) I am using the smaller view so be sure to click on individual pics to see the larger version.
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Labels: autumn views, Cassie, clouds, dachshund, Jack-in-the-pulpit, man tree, moon, motorcycle, pumpkin head
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Fun and Friends
This past weekend, I attended a birthday party for the husband of a friend that I met when I first went to work at Cornell University. I have been retired for five years next month. The birthday party was really nice and a lot of fun. They had a band called "Radio London". The dance floor was full for most of their songs. They don't do "country", but they were really good and did a lot of the songs from my era. While I was at the party, my good friend Brenda and I learned of a lunch and wine tasting trip, and then a visit to Country Critters (which is owned and operated by another Cornell friend and her husband) planned for this past Tuesday by some of our other Cornell friends. We were invited to join them. We had a great lunch on the deck at Castel Grisch winery. The weather cooperated for lunch and part of the wine tasting. By the time we got to Custom Critters, the rain had subsided for the most part, but would have been too muddy to go through the 9-acre maize maze (my name for it). But I took a picture of the framed aerial photo of the maze. The maze amazes me!
Enjoy these photos:
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Labels: bulldog, chinchilla, cockatoo, Custom Critters, emu, goats, reindeer, turkey