First Halloween

Looks like Jacob is quite pleased with his first halloween costume.

American Sovereignty

Lord Monckton is doing his best to warn us that our sovereignty is in danger. Let's hope our president has the brains not to vote for this insane treaty when he visits Copenhagen again in December.

On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty that is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Cousins Finally Meet

What a fun day we had this week. Len and I drove to Chehalis and his cousin, whom he had never met, drove up from Portland for a family reunion of two. Their dads were brothers who both immigrated from Sweden as young men. Her dad came first at the age of 17, working his way from Ellis Island to upstate New York, through Canada to Washington, finally settling in Oregon.

Len's dad came later, but directly to Washington where he stayed at first with family in the Port Orchard area.

These two had never met and her mother who is 99 1/2, made her promise she would give Len the family pictures and items from the family home in Sweden. That she did this week and what a hoot it was seeing pictures of the home that Len's dad grew up in in Sweden, along with pictures of his siblings. Len's dad passed away when he was very young so of course he missed out on all the stories that could have been told !!!!

Solar Germany

What a fantastic competition. If I were a young person and interested in studying architecture and solar power, I would have loved being involved in this .

While I am mentioning things I found on the internet, take a look at this video. I was disturbed by what she said, but more disturbed by the constant movement of her mouth and tongue. She reminded me of a lizard trying to catch a fly !!!

Kids Truckin

Remember the good old days when you could ride in the back of a pickup and not land in jail???

Found this pix among mom's slides. It's a sampling of her offspring and their offspring. One of them will be having her 47th birthday tomorrow. Where does the time go. Happy Birthday Bridgett :o)

Jacob At The Patch

Here he is...his very first visit to the pumpkin patch. He is now 4 1/2 months and rolling around the house. How fast they do grow !!!!

I got a kick out of the steering wheel on his cap.

New Glasses

Well my precious little Ingy has herself a brand spankin new pair of glasses. This was her first day wearing them and she was doing pretty darn good. She was blessed with a lazy eye, astigmatism and is near sighted. Here's hopin she will wear them and they will get that lazy eye workin hard.

Hollyhock

Hollyhock is one of my favorite flowers. I planted a bunch of seeds this spring and only two managed to grow and only one managed to bloom. On the package it says they bloom the second year so I guess I got lucky. I can hardly wait til next spring cause I am going to plant a whole bunch more !!

Playing For the EMT's

Two weeks ago our orchestra conductor was asked if we might be willing to play for the 1st annual Gig Harbor Celebration & Blessing of Law Enforcement, Firefighters, EMTs and their Families. Of course we were, and yesterday we sat in the beautiful warm sun and at times very strong wind gusts and played out hearts out from Gray Middle School music books. He figured they would be easy to sight read without too many mistakes and still be nice listening. It was a fun afternoon.

Dudamel

Maybe you have a bucket list. I spose most of us do and I've been checking things off mine as I go, but there's one thing I'd love to do and doubt I'll ever get the chance and that is to play the flute part in Mahler's 3rd Symphony, 6th movement. If you watch the video at 2:11 you'll appreciate the wonderfully smooth transition from flute to piccolo. Okay... I know...the director...Gustavo Dudamel is a kick to watch. He is from Venezuela and was only 21 years of age when he directed this incredible piece. If anyone has conductor aspirations, this is a good watch.

Go to the bottom of the page and turn off the music, then click the video for a great listen.