Overworkedjanet

 You get a twofer. I went to a concert tonight with DD2. We both love jazz. This particular concert was awesome. It featured the Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Trio. Banjo, harp and drums.  Check it out: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZr0eoSu8xE Bela Fleck Rhapsody in Blue at the Grammys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvlnl9X0zik

 Yeah, it's been a while. I've been to Oklahoma and Texas in the past few weeks on another road trip, gaining another state for my map. OK was OK by me in OK City. We went to the bombing memorial and museum On to Dallas for JFK memorial, the "grassy knoll'' and the 6th Floor window view. George W Bush Presidential Library Waco Texas, not just for Magnolia Farms   a boat tour on the Brazos River. Dr Pepper Museum,                      An oil rig in Galveston TX Duck boat ride and the view from our room! Another good time was had by all!

 Val's post and pictures brough back lots of memories for me. How to get a cast horse up when you are by yourself. Yell at the horse. That doesn't work. Sit on the floor amongst all the horse stuff and pull on various parts.  It took me a while but we managed to make it work. Lucky for me said horse loved me.  Here's for you Val, proof of my past. I WAS a lot thinner then, about 1970. This is Fancy, my Heinze 57. Her ears were always back.  She wasn't the brightest bulb in the barn and only liked you if you had food. That was then and this is now. I'm a lot older and bigger. I still think I could get up in a saddle. It wouldn't look too graceful, though! 😁

 Well.. I do have two photos. I think I've been spending a lot of time living the moments that feel wonderful and not capturing them, as they feel routine. Make sense? I also think using my phone is great for those candid shots, but when I have my camera, it feels more intentional to take pictures. Maybe I should start lugging around thing I can't fit in my pocket.  I don't even have Christmas day photos this year! I have one lonely one of my completed tree that I sent to DD2 as a joke; she sent her photo back of her naked tree. As for the kids, they engage me so much that pictures are forgotten...except when Little Miss takes over Mom's phone and texts me selfies. I will NOT post the ones I send her, LOL! My honey got me flowers for our 47th. The colors in the picture are off, they have a bit of a whiter interior and more dark purple than what appears brown. Two weeks and they still look good! Little Miss is the drummer in the hot pink jacket.  There you go!

 Hello, peeps. I've been in shutdown for a while. Nothing much and everything.  The current 'climate' has been most of my angst. I'm powerless to do anything about it except write my congressman and senator, who seem to be hog-tied. I defiantly check my retirement funds and question the possibility of resuming mattress storage of said funds.  Back to the Future. The unelected second in command has possibly ensnared every iota of data on every person and project in the USA and it is now at his disposal. The elected in command looks as though he's attempting to start power grabs of other counties and remove us from all things stabile. Any moment I expect to see camps of youths starting up across the country in support of die fuhrer. I almost expect a knock at my door after I post. Sigh. Drugs hit my extended family this week in a hard way. A beautiful woman, so beautiful she was on a TV show about models, friend with my child for 20+ years got in trouble. She'd sp...

 Yes, ladies (and gents), I'm alive, I haven't felt very bloggy. All is well in our household. The new sewer and water lines are doing what they should; in and out! My garden is quietly compacting during this season of rains and now snow. I'll be busy digging and turning the earth in a few months and adding nutrients to the soil in preparation for the new season.  The holidays have been well-peopled and yet quiet. Almost everyone was at my in-laws home gathering, minus two college students and a someone working. Not having our family party in the cabin has changed how we interact and the younger set spent a lot of time in small groups or gaming on their phones.  Here are the patriarchs and matriarchs of the households The "game room" was the garage stuffed with usual garage items, 4 folding tables and enough chairs to fit us all.  We still had a good time and were well-fed! I'm busy planning our next trip, trying to knock off the last few states of the 8 left ...