Priceless!

Gotta love it!

Too Cool!

Did Somebody Mention Jazz?

Good Canine Citizen!

For 10 weeks Red (and I) have been going to obedience class. During that time we have learned the building blocks to make a “a good canine citizen” Every Saturday we have met ,rain or shine to learn ten areas that we would be tested on. Then ,during the week we practiced like mad to try and master all of them.
Today was test day. We arrived at the training area early to prepare (which means getting red tired out) to help him concentrate. Well, concentrate he would not! There were probably 20 other dogs there to make sure he was really distracted! After all the weeks of drilling, he would not pay one bit of attention to me. As we entered the test area I was muttering “This is hopeless”But when we started he went through everything flawlessly! Other dogs had balked on one phase or another but not Red!

So here we are in our moment of glory! Now we have just two weeks until the next level class starts AAAIIIIEEEE!!!!!

Latest Change in our Garden

WILL IT EVER BE THIS GOOD AGAIN?

Rowan Atkinson---Genius!

Early Jazz Greats

Sharon and I were married here 36 years ago April 10

Another Blast form the past

What a sound!

Re forestation Progress

For a few years now Sharon and I have been working to restore the forest on our second acre next door . The front of it had been cleared over 10 years ago to improve the ocean view. Since then it developed into a real mess of tangled vines and weeds. After weeks and weeks of pretty intense labor (not to mention a rash that took quite a while to clear up) it was cleared. We since have added native plants and over time have roughly worked out planting areas and even some paths! Maybe one day we will even figure out what we are doing! Even if we don’t we have achieved a fairly good record of keeping plants healthy. This is more rewarding than I ever imagined!

Weaver of Dreams Sonny Rollins1959

Illusion

Monday night just as I was getting ready to go on line our power suddenly went off . It seems that some nitwit had been speeding nearby and knocked down a power pole. The power company replaced the pole and power was restored in a respectable 4 hours. The rural area where we live is pretty independent. I guess having a volcano erupting nearby is a part of that. Many areas are “off the grid” meaning no power , phone or public water supply. Our house has power,phone and catchment water .Water runs from the roof to a 10,000 gallon tank. It is then filtered and pumped into the house . Back to the power outage. When it happens not only does the power go ,the water does too ,because the pump will not work . This situation always makes me think how interesting it is that One minute you have all that energy brings - tv – stereo –computer- internet etc - etc and the next you have candle light . Makes me wonder at the illusion of it all!

SF REVISITED