who knew that ordering
a new grocery delivery service
would lead to a commercial
and
a visit from
detroit lions’ player, golden tate
when he turned out to be
the surprise delivery guy?
another fun life adventure
for my middle daughter h, and her family.
—
“i’ll try anything. what are they gonna do, kick me out of show business?”
-penny marshall
a relaxed and wonderful evening
spent with my three daughters
dinner at the prickly pear cafe
then
movie and laughs and talk
just the four of us
enjoying each others’ good company.
because of them
i have always known
that
four is my lucky number.
—
“love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.”
-john lennon
—
image credit: google images
very proud of my brother, scott today.
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Make September Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
—
#collaboration #innovation #research #pediatricbraintumors #childhoodcancer
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to do list – style a:
play with the ponies 1.
pack the cars. 2.
go to bed 3.
get in the car to go on vacation 4.
do fun things 5.
—
a major contrast in approaches
both with the same desired outcome
two grandies
each with their own
style of list
and
way of getting ready
and
organizing things
to go on a trip.
—
to do list – style b:
(loose translation):
‘go around and around in a twisty circle and get some stuff done
and not some other stuff and then hide for a while
and eat something you find outside
and then get in the car to go on vacation and do fun things.’
—
(i am more of a ‘b-list style’ of organizer. what about you – a or b?)
—
“the process and organization leading up to cooking the egg
can tell you a lot about the cook.”
-david chang
feeding the team while on the road and riding
(using parade candy found on the ground along the route).
” it would be easier if this didn’t start off in slow motion going up a hill and behind a lot of tractors and dogs and babies.”
– felix (australia/u.s.a.) – team porter
– grandson and famous parade rider
feeding the team while on the road and riding
(using lab-tested high protein super food).
“i hope to continue doing well in the final stages. it’s good to hear that people have noticed i’m in the race too, even if i prefer to let my legs do the talking.
-fabio aru (astana) – team sky
– some guy who is just a tour de france rider
four of many aussie rescue babies
four of the six-pack of grandies
—
“love does not consist in gazing at each other,
but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
-antoine de saint-exupery
—
image credit: the kangaroo sanctuary alice springs
the house
the pool
the wheels
the drinks
the fire
the tables
–
the quiet calm.
—
“the next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.”
― sarah addison allen, – Garden Spells
the bride comes in with a song
the littlest wedding crasher
handsome in his checked shirt
grabs a bouquet from the bar
and jumps into the celebration
bride and groom
join as one
as they become a family
and the celebration begins
“love is not just looking at each other,
it’s looking in the same direction.”
~ antoine de saint-exupery
—
kennedy wedding, woodstock, ny – august 2016
glen frey the cat
has made a pretty easy transition
to being indoors
once again
and his
homecoming is complete,
though i’m thinking
i may have to send him outside again
for just a bit.
—
image credit: googleimages, hankin
yeti, in the wild.
—
just before i left for my trip
one daughter and her family
were moving from one house to another
waiting for a closing date
so
i turned over my tiny cottage to
one daughter
one son in law
two grandies
two in-laws
two cats
and
two hives of bees.
—
i
then
moved
into
another
daughter’s apartment
with
one daughter
two grandies
and
glen frey the cat not the rock star
as he was afraid of
other cats and people and bees.
and
besides
there was
no way
my cottage could hold
any more people or other creatures.
—
my third daughter
stayed put
in her usual home
with
one son-in-law
two grandies
and
one giant cat.
—
while staying at my daughter’s
glen frey jumped through her screen one day
and took off into the woods
we tried and tried to get him to return
but he just ran deeper into the trees
we called him, looked for him
we left out food and water
and finally one day
he began to emerge
for breakfast and dinner
and
quickly left again
without as much as a nod
before speeding off
into the wild once more.
—
upon my return
it was time to try to capture
the elusive woodland cat
who’d been living as a yeti
camouflaged
elusive
wild
deep in the trees
and my mission was to
bring him home once more.
we staked him out
during his most popular
evening feeding time
and sure enough
he showed up
but
as i approached him
he seemed to recognize me
yet
he ran back into the woods
always staying just beyond my reach
then
i saw him peeking out at me
and
he slowly returned
he must have remembered
and as i
offered him my hand
he began to purr
turned his back
i grabbed him
he yelled
it took two of us to wrestle him
we wrapped him in a blanket
put him in the giant cat/yeti carrier
and
i carried him off for home
with him yelling all the way
it felt like i had kidnapped
a reluctant member of bigfoot’s cult
and
he was not happy to say the least.
he stayed up all night yelling
yet
in the morning
he was resting
and
he’d found his spot at home once more.
—
i’ll never know
about his yeti days
and his time on the lam
spent with woodland creatures
and
wild adventures
of all kinds.
he’ll probably never tell.
glen frey, in his home again.
—
(along with the rest of the family, the other cats,
and the bees, all in their homes again)
—
“there is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti.”
– sir edmund hillary
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
