MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

Momma and two babies were enjoying the cedar branch that fell so I stepped out to take their picture and the babies scattered but Momma ...

Last Tuesday I pulled out a filling from the back of my front tooth by sucking on a carmel, something I forget that I cannot do.  I called m...

No need to go to the gym today. Even though I have a snow blower I decided I needed the exercise so I have cleared the driveway three times ...

I saw the lowest temperature on my deck and in my car that I have ever seen--5 degrees in car, 0 on deck.  Since I was driving in the daytim...

I do my best thinking when I am driving--so two opportunities this week to think.  First, I drove to Susanville to take a test for Census wo...

Another beautiful lilly burst forth.  This one was just a tiny bud when I clipped it down and the bud grew and grew, then changed color...

Usually I just have the Mom and baby does wander through my property but today there was a big buck. I walked outside to take his pictu...

Great Job, Maria, thanks!

It was 13 years on November 27 since Richard took his journey to heaven and Bandido and I have been alone.  The years have gone quickly I mu...

Sleeping at Grandma's house.  All us ladies had a  bedroom but the boys slept on the couchs. Maria drove from San Diego with Melissa...

This is so reaffirming of life and the perfection of God's creations. Some lillies that were planted late this year never had a chan...

The trouble with being up here and all my children down there is that I miss all the birthday parties! I can still remember like yesterday t...

This is one of those lovely soft snow falling nights you wish you had someone besides Bandido to walk with!!! I bought some little slip on s...

Here is Grandbaby Raina giving her Grandma Carole a whooping big Happy Birthday!  Carole was #6 in our family and I was the b...

It may snow tomorrow, so I will get in the mood for winter on my blog.  Today I did well, went to the gym even though Marjorie stayed home a...

Flicker , the program that chooses which grand children will be shown on my blog from all of my 70+ pictures must like Kate--she seems to be...

Today I weighed in at the gym 4 lbs less than when I started last week!  We will see how I do when I really weight in at Weight Watchers tom...

Thanks to Karen I started Weight Watchers tonight! Yea.  So don't expect me to be making goodies for Thanksgiving and Christmas!  And ...

I thought of Maria as I read this message from Norma B. Ashton in her talk entitled "A Unique Melody" but it is really something i...

I am not one to shed real tears very often but for some reason this story really touched my heart and I was laughing and crying at the same ...

Kate and Ryan as Princess Aurora and Prince Charming and Sarah as the perfect Nerd!

What a great way to spend Halloween, watching the 1990 movie "Ghost" with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.  I don't remember li...

I haven't received any pictures of grandchildren or great grandchildren dressed up for Halloween but here are Sage and Raina dressed ...

Can you believe it, after living here for ten years, I finally have a front door that locks!!! Yea, thank you Matt, for putting new secur...

The birthday girl of the week is great granddaughter Kate who is 3 years old on October 28! Kate is a child who loves life and li...

Philip Rivers of the Chargers Watching NFL football is just a total positive feeling for me. I love it. I love watching these guys...

5 0 Years Married--even if Richard is up in heaven. Today I went to the Temple with Mary Anne and Jean and, yes, I did think of Richard. ...

This was written by Maria but I am sharing it here, great story. From Maria: "I don't have a current picture of our sweet dog B...

I am becoming the mail order queen. I can't believe how much easier, faster, and more efficient it is. I ordered printing cartridges f...

I wish I had some night vision goggles so I could see what goes on in my back lot at night. Today I raked the branches from the last storm a...

Now, Raina, that is what I call a smile! These cuties are still smaller than most babies are when they are born and they look like...

'Escape' is the name of a film made when I was only seven so I doubt I saw it. It starred Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer and, of c...

I also watched an interesting version of 'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne today. it was the silent version made in 1926 ...

I finally finished 'The Count of Monte Cristo'--only took me about a month to read 1462 pages!! Well worth it, though, I recommend i...

My plan was to finish my book 'Count of Monte Cristo' today but TCM had such good movies I couldn't turn off the TV. It was eith...

You can tell that winter is coming soon.. My neighbors on both sides of me and across from me have all been up this week and closed their...

Friday night we had a delicious barbeque at the home of John and Jane Goolsby in Chester. Their home sits right on the bank of the Feather ...

I just watched another biography of Judy Garland. This was a movie made from the book her daughter Lorna Luft wrote "Me and My Shadow...

It was so great to have Maria up here for the weekend. I get lonely up here and it has been a long time since she has been here. I like her...

Somewhere I read this list of "Movies You Must See" and of course, they are oldies, so you either have to find them on TCM, FX or ...

I have found a new way to amuse and humiliate myself. It was suggested in 'First for Women' magazine that there are 10 ways to get ...

My niece Sherry and her son Zach lived with us for a time in La Jolla when Meagan was a toddler. I think Meagan was two years older than Zac...