Pretty Winter

Here are a few more photos for you from our snowshoe outing last week.

 Liberty and I liked the way the bent-over trees seemed to form into groups. Praying trees?

 A fellow all by himself, with head bowed.

 Then we caught a glimpse of Mt Hood through the trees...

Another form crouched on the left. It was all so pretty. I don't remember ever seeing the forest look quite this way before.

Score...fail

In digital photography, it's called a "score" when you aim the camera at yourself and take a photo.

On Veterans Day, I tried taking several score shots. They failed. However, I thought they'd give you a good chuckle, even if they are a couple of days late for Veterans Day.

So I present...how not to take a photo of yourself.

Hahahahaha...ugh. I was trying to get a good shot of the shirt.

Have a great day! Love you!!

A Tale of Two Toes

Can you tell which big toenail is getting ready to fall off?

Sigh...yes, the left big toenail is not long for this world. I guess that's what I get for playing hard this summer. Must have banged it too hard (or too long on a downhill hike) on one of the summer's hikes.

Luckily, it doesn't hurt or anything. It just adds to what my friend Liberty calls my "interesting" feet. Haha! I slapped some bright fuchsia nail polish on my toes this morning, and you can hardly tell.

Wrist update - feeling better now that I've been taking it easier with the wrist activities for a couple of days. Makes me hopeful that it's just a sprain and some healing time + physical therapy will mean that I will be back to "good as new" before too long.

Cousin Connection

Marilyn and Wayne stopped by for an hour or so today. It was earlier in the day than we had expected, and they said not to feed them anything, so we just chatted in the house and out in the back yard. Then they were on their way to Ashland, where they will see a play tonight.

Here is the lunch I had planned to make for them. Mark and I enjoyed it as a delicious Father's Day dinner instead. We'll have lots of leftovers!

Salad (with lettuce from the garden), salmon, asparagus, rice, yummy bread.

Good times

I had such a good visit with you! Thank you so much for including me in your lives during a challenging time. I love you!

The True Meaning of Mother's Day

Kendra sent this message along with the photo of Lily:
Happy Birthday and Mother's Day. I hope your card arrived in the mail. Enjoy your company and this picture of Lilly this morning. She was ready for her nap. Love you!

Guard Cats

Here are the neighborhood cats, watching for the mole...

...and waiting, and waiting and waiting...