Vessey's Orchard

Guess what I did Saturday?

Funny thing--I took this picture to show how desolate and brown everything looked--so I didn't actually get any trees in it--and when I loaded it up I only saw the beautiful sky.

Mr. Vessey filling up cider bottles. After I asked for 1 gallon and 1 1/2 gallon--he went in to pour them up--and I took his picture through the screen door.

Mae and I picked 7 half bushels--it was a beautiful day.

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big eyes

Swing Time!

Last week, we had a very pretty day to go outside and play--swinging and sliding--

Family Man

Jack came home while I was babysitting--sooooooo--I thought I'd ask him to pose with his children! I have some more of the kids to post--but another time!

wedding cake

I think this was like a pound cake with almond paste between the layers--very tasty!

Mr. and Mrs.

We had the joy of seeing Stef marry Ben this past Friday--

Beautiful Bride--

Cool Groomscake--Rocks spell Colorado Bound--very clever--a little grrom stood on top--we can see his feet!

here today gone tomorrow--or rather--here yesterday--gone today

This should have been posted about 5 days ago--

I was looking out the front window and "Look! some fall leaves--right across the street--Last year they weren't that colorful--and it has been so dry and hot--wow!"

so I walked across the road to take a picture ----they really were turning and not just browniish yellow, either--

Then a few days went by--and you know what? (MAN, I just thought--I SHOULD have taken another picture--what is wrong with me!?)

The leaves look a dull green again--the branches don't appear to be naked--just back to dull green--of course--the pretty ones MUST have fallen--but I think it is weird--

I will post a DULL picture of what I now see if I remember.

Autumnal Ode to Ludi

(...the new look)

weather break

We took advantage of some cooler weather and went outside this week--a very pleasant day--Jack has the Backyard all put together--even new sand in the sandbox-This was Krue's first ever time to play in the sand--He really liked it!! The first thing he did was eat some sand--oh, brother!
In reality--He is not quite as big as Bright--but he's closing the gap fast!!

Bright found "BEES!" trying to set up housekeeping on the top of her slide.--Thankfully they didn't find her first--Daddy (Jack) has since sent them to bee heaven along with some spiders.

babysitting

"Work is easy when done for friends."

--Entwhistle on "Last of the Summer Wine"

A tale of Morning Commute.

I left just a little late for work . That's okay--I can still make it--done it before!


Soon I approached a red light--all lanes already had 3 or more vehicles.


I needed to turn right--at the front of my lane was a cumbersome big truck (I usually avoid getting behind them at lights--they are slow out of the starting gate :-)


I thought--he is really big--he will go straight and not turn onto cramped mill street...


Wrong.


Thru next light and ...


He will go straight and not veer off to riverside the way I always go---no reason for him to go that way.


Wrong.

25 mph...mmmm... no passing here--


By this time I started noticing--he is really HIGH--He is clipping leaves off trees he is passing under.


Instead of being impatient--my usual response--I started to enjoy watching him go under trees.

Looking ahead for trees--watching leaves flutter down like October as he passes under.


I do need to get to work though so I am glad to turn left up here where I always turn left and get away from his slow self!!!


What?! HE is turning left??


What?! What?! He is turning left AND keeping to the right??!! NO big truck should ever go this way!!!!


OK Next turn I should lose him (Still clipping tree limbs to my amusement)

NOPE--turned my way again!!


About now I think-

I could post this--I wish I had a picture...


WAIT!!! MY wonderful little camera is in the front pocket of my purse--right there!! Next to me!! Don't even have to take my eyes off the road--I can just point and shoot..

HEY!!! A left turn signal!! 1 street before I have to turn left-didn't expect that-woohoo--byebye!

ahah!!!

As you can see--I figured out some of this on my own--
and now I have no time to post.

good night , my friends.

living the FAST life

I've heard that Life comes at you fast--

but Life seems to go past me fast.

2 weeks? Is it possible? The calendar says yes. 2 weeks ago, almost to the minute- the lovebirds were waiting out a downpour (with hail, even)--so they could try to find hidey-holes in the packed car for "a little this and that" and begin the flight to their new nest-

I was glad for the rain that day-

for one moment more. . .

My Front Room

Pictures are reversed--of course-- I thought I'd add a visual to my comment on seeing the carpet of my front room again.

not so interesting observation--Long before the romances started, during their respective moves to different riversides--I bought the china cabinet from the Taylors (Ben's family) and the cream couch from the Ogburns (Stacey's family).

NOW

Still not pristine--but I don't feel claustrophobic any more!!

THEN

This is only HALF of the room--yes--there was more!! This was taken the day Linnea and Ben were leaving for ND.--and the car was part-packed at this point.

If you look closely--Bright is in there somewhere!!

Gettin 'er done

Well, No picture this post--but you can actually see the carpet in my front room--The lovebirds have flown the coop and taken about a third of their stuff with them:) The other half is in or about to go in the attic and about 1/6 is in boxes--about 9--most big--all heavy!--ready to be taped and labeled--soon on the way to North Dakota. Whew--and a bit here and there of tulle and leftover wedding stuff--and my regular clutter that I would love to conquer.

While I think about it--does anybody out there know how to do the neat things with the posting set-up--neat headers and stuff--I'd love to jazz this baby up--but I have no idea--and not any patience to sift thru all the "help" files.

More to come--of what--I am not sure--but there will be more...

Oh , and I am ashamed of myself--how seldom I use my wonderful little camera--even at LIFE EVENTS---

A Little More Wedding

Thanks to friends and family who took pictures--I have lifted some of them--I hope it is okay--

Our much anticipated photographer pictures will be available very soon--I hear!

Daddy's girl--

Who gives this woman to this man...? Jason did!

Then and now--

Ben and Linnea danced their first dance the summer their courtship began.

Somehow, I love seeing these 2 pictures side by side--or is it top and bottom?




Wedding Photo by Nancy Anderson

almost there!