Pictures

Checkout the two sets of pictures Matt's visit in July and our trip to Boise.

Smiley

Joan has been hapilly volunteering at Mercy Hospital arranging flowers for sale. She has a talent for this and much to her delight is being trained by a retired Florist. Ask her about it - she loves to talk about it!

Keyed Up

World Flute Trio

Carl Dimow (bass flute), Nicole Rabata (Irish Flute) and Phil Nyuokai (shakuhacki flute) gave us one grand time last night. This was an amazing blend of Irish, Japanese, Jewish and European music. Ever hear an Irish-Japanese Blues? We did - I think the first time that they played it - so there is no recording of it, but it was some sweet music that left me feeling alive and soothed. I thought the opening footstomper (with an Japanese shakuhacki?-- ya!) was going to be the best, but it just kept getting better. Especially nice was classical guitarist Nathan Kolosko who joined Carl for 2 numbers. The most amazing piece was the last number where there was the most awesome blending of Irish flute and Japanese flute with a suporting bass flute melding into the turns the Irish flute and Japanese flute took at playing melodies that were hard to say were either Irish or Japanese -- they were both at the same time. It is like the music was made for each other's instruments! Here is a link to their site, but the concert was so much better than any samples I found. The World Flute Trio.

Flowers in Backyard on June 01, 2008

Allium

One of my favorites and one of more than 11 flowers in bloom in the back yard.

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Three in one

I bet not everyone can catch 3 woodchucks at one time in one trap!

Celebration Extraordinaire

If's off to Spruce Point for our 37th Wedding Anniversary!

Nestled away in the woods on the edge of the ocean.
We enjoyed some time on deck
Viewing and listening to the waves
Watching the schooners pass bye.
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Celebratory Toast

Joan is just getting over a wicked cold so we postponed the culinary celebration of our 37th wedding anniversary. We did however post a toast and bent the elbow with a good Smithwick's Pale Ale using the mugs Andrew got us while in Europe.
I wanted to include some words of wisdom, but the head to page translater isn't working this morning.

Budge wants YOU!

Scribbled on the back of this photo in Dan's handwriting is " I pity the fool who took a picture of me. Budge wants you for the U.S. Army."

Budge's 1986 Picture

I had a really neat picture of Budge to put here, taken in 1986, but his views have changed so much I don't think he'd want me to post it. He even gave the picture a title with a subtitle. Dan -- you want to take a chance and have me post it?

And Matt's smile hasn't changed much either!

Knight

I'm guessing that the carving on the mantle is not really randomly placed but was put there by an all knowing and seeing God. Dad carved the knight many years ago. Andrew's smile today looks much the same as it did in the third grade (1986).