Let us be grateful to
people who make us happy:
They are the charming
gardeners who make our
souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Just Returned from a Fun Festive Wedding.

It was the first Spanish wedding I've attended.
They really know how to party.
Next time maybe I'll have a Spanish wedding.

I went alone about 7:30.
I sat at a table with Vaughan & Sheryle Austin,
Ron & Robbin Clegg, Teresa Griffin, Deanne
Helquist, Suzanne Hall, Anna Winkel and
Natalie Rhea. I enjoyed the evening.

No clouds, no rain today.
First day in weeks it was sunny all day.
I spent most of the day in the garden.

I nearly wiped out two squash plants trying
to maneuver the tiller around, but I did make
a difference. There are less weeds. It looks much better.

Spent some time organizing pictures. Fun to
see events I'd forgotten about. I love those precious
little children and grandchildren in those pictures.
Time goes by so fast. Sometimes it would be fun to go
back and hold and talk to them when they were little
again, but of course I enjoy them now too.
So thankful for the pictures to bring back those memories.

I enjoyed spending time in the Temple this morning.

This afternoon I drove this Smart Car.

I liked it.

Do Smart people drive Smart Cars?

Did some shopping and weeded the garden

in the cool of the evening.

Sweet Dreams.

A Good Day.

Sept. 2008

Tonight the rain is falling softly. I'm relaxing in my blue nightgown and fluffy slippers. The night is quiet. I feel relaxed. It is a perfect night to sleep with the window open and feel the gentle, cool breeze.
My day started out by cleaning the study. I still need to sort through some boxes, but the study is cleaned out. It feels and looks good. At noon Clark called for me to meet him and dad for lunch. It is always fun to be with Clark. He is a happening guy. He kept us entertained with his stories of his experiences at Sundance. I look forward to his arrival, but his time here seems to pass too quickly. He started packing up gear and sending it back today. He will be finished Sunday or Monday. He wants to feel the freedom of a short trip across the State in the convertible and then flies home the next week-end.
This afternoon a friend installed a new software system to help organize and manage my pictures. I've been working with the pictures already on my computer and it looks like a good system.
This evening I went to a Pressure Cooking Class at Macey's Market. Garlic Pot Roast and Vegetables, Four Cheese Italian Risotto, and Carrots Tropicana were cooked right before our very eyes. It was delicious. Pressure cooking saves time and electricity. I was impressed when she explained that using one cylinder of propane and a preparedness stove, will cook meals for three weeks with a pressure cooker. That would be great way to cook if the electricity were down.

Lights out for now. There will be more adventures tomorrow.

Ready for Father's Day.

Decorated shirts with fabic markers.

Wrapping paper from a brown paper sack

and a potato.

Cut down side seam of sack.

Open and cut bottom off.

Cut potato in half

Stick a small cookie cutter in the potato

Cut away 1/4 in. around the cookie cutter.

Remove cookie cutter.

Apply colored marker on the potato cut out.

Stamp on paper.

Stick to your task til it sticks to you.

Beginners are many, but enders are few.

Honor, power, place and praise will come

in time to the one who stays.

Stick to your task, til it sticks to you.

Bend at it, sweat at it, smile at it too,

For out of the bend, sweat and smile,

Will come lifes victories after awhile.

So stick to your task til it sticks to you.

Fast P-Nut Butter Cookies

1 yellow cake mix

2 eggs

1/3 C. oil

3/4 C. p-nut butter

Mix together cake mix, eggs, and oil.

Stir in p-nut butter.

Roll into balls and roll balls in a small bowl of sugar.

Place on greased cookie sheet.

Press criss crosses with fork.

Bake 10-12 min. or until golden.

Remove from pan and cool.

It's Just Plain Animal Abuse !

Poor K-Sunn.

May 9th, our 4-H girls had a lovely Mother's Day Brunch

for their mothers.

They made decorations, cards and prepared the food.

Somehow after,

we ended up across the street where we each had a ride

on Pat Hansen's horse.

It was a hoot to get me on that horse.

I've never had a Mother's Day week-end like this before.

Later in the day I went to the big V,

and spent special time with families there,

and new baby Sutton.

Sunday, I enjoyed church and a super delish B. B. Q.

with our family and Craig's family.

Life is good.

I enjoy the unexpected experiences.

This Seemed Like the Longest Day.

I worked around the house this morning,

4th of July '99

and organized a box of pictures to distribute to the family. I looked at the clock at 1:15 and expected it to be 5:30. It seemed like the day was really dragging. I did find this hammock picture that I was thinking about. I realized that my hammock isn't like C & D's. Mine is the cotton rope style.
There swings some of my greatest blessings. That was a fun stage of life. The cousins have had such fun together. They still do in their teen years. They have protective uncles that love, are concerned, and set good examples for them. The uncles always make it fun when we get together.

Low called just before 2 p.m. and wanted to ride to Heber. He was stranded in his office for about 15 minutes because of rain. It was one of the strongest downpours we have ever seen. In Heber we shopped and ate our lunch in the car at the park. We noticed an old beat up yellow truck parked with the lights on. We decided my good deed for the day was to alert the owner. After explaining the situation to the woman who answered the door, who was about my age, I mentioned what a lovely yard she had. She replied, "Oh, you should see the backyard". While Low talked to her husband, who recently retired from working at a power plant where they had lived "on the mountain" for years, I had a delightful tour and visit with her. It was a small yard. She has a knack for creating out of the unexpected. She mentioned she has won awards for her landscaping. She invited me three or four times to bring some friends and visit her again. She wants us to enjoy her yard and to see what she has done inside her little home. Which I am looking forward to .

Blessings to all . . . and to all a good night.

4-H Day Camp at Canyon Glen.

It was a glorious day to be in Provo canyon this morning. It was beautiful and refreshing. The camp started at 9 a.m. The theme was "Cowboys & Indians". We were divided in groups with war paint on our cheeks. We were the white group. There were six classes that changed every 20 minutes with a lunch break between the 4th and 5th class.

Our first class was archery. It was mainly about safety.

The kids had some hands on experience and

shot four or more arrows.

Many of them hitting the target.

Next was a teepee making class.

Little sticks and a hot glue gun were needed for this project.

The third class we made "Cow Pies".

Each of us put 1/2 c. powdered sugar, 2 tsp. cocoa, 1 T. butter, 1 T. cream cheese

and 1/4 tsp. vanilla into a plastic baggie.

We worked it with our fingers until it was a rich creamy chocolate brown.

Squished it to a corner of the baggie. Cut a little

hole in that corner. Squished it into our mouths.

It was a yummy camping treat.

Beaded necklaces and bracelets were then made.




The fifth class was tie dye bandannas.

Outdoor games were played for the last group activity.



There were 6 different groups and everyone including me
had fun at summer camp.

I'm glad I went.

An Errand Day.

Low needed a ride home from dropping off the red truck to Steve Whitlocks. After I picked him up, we ate at Chuck -a -Rama, shopped at Costco, the Good Earth and the Real Food Market.

When Clark & Dee lived with me years ago, they had a hammock in the backyard. All the family enjoyed it and since they left with their hammock I've missed being able to swing lazily in the cool of the summer evenings. I have wanted to buy one for a couple of years, but couldn't find one. Yesterday in the paper Cabella's had a hammock sale. Low and I rode to the point of the mountain this afternoon and now I am the proud owner of one that looks like Clarks. There is an old family photo of Dave, some of the grandchildren and some of the neighbor kids all on the hammock one summer afternoon. I need to find that picture.

We are having the wettest June ever. Everyday this past week it has rained. The forecast is for storms to keep rolling in this next week. This evening is a bit chilly so I have my winter blue flannel snowmen P.J.s on. They feel warm and comforting.

I have felt blessed today. The day is winding down with a beautiful double rainbow seen from the back porch. Til tomorrow . . .