MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

Giving my eyes a rest, I have been listening to books on my Library To Go on my computer.  I listened to two so-so mysteries and then looked...

Matt and Johnny fixed the snowblower and spent a lot of time widening the driveway and Johnny made a path to the Propane Tank.  ...

Miraculously we were ready to sit at 6:30 PM with a full Thanksgiving Dinner. Matt had just arrived from Tahoe. We did the White E...

The snowblower broke and Michael had to shovel every day for three days before help arrived. Melissa and Sean arrived around 3 f...

 

  View from the back deck. View to the left View to the right. Across the street. Picnic anyone?   Birdhouses styled...

What a big smile from Brynn as she opens her Christmas present.  Thank you, Sarah, for sending.

Two hours later...you can't see how much snow is coming down.  Schools are closed and snowplows cannot keep the roads clean...says ...

So tomorrow my Reverse Mortgage closes and I will get some cash!!!  Of course, being the sensible person I am, I will not be spending much e...

...Happy remembrances of Bandido ...Beautiful messages about Bandido ...Listening to Andrea Bocelli singing the Lord's Prayer ...Keir...

I am so proud of myself that I worked all day.  I had to keep stopping and resting but I usually have to quit after a half day of physica...

Some of my fondest memories from college: Christy and Allen Hall, sunning on the deck, going to the dances, endless talking and laughing, ...

Today is a beautiful sunny day that is perfect for cleanup after the recent storms.  As I work for an hour and then have to rest for a half ...

I never realized what a beautiful song "When You Wish Upon a Star" was until Rod Stewart put it in his Christmas album this year. ...

Recently I watched the movie "Great Expectations" and have been thinking about expectations and the problems that can come from ou...

I haven't had a Christmas tree for a long time and this is a really strange one.  One of the top branches of a tree fell off in the re...

Such a beautiful picture of Kathy and Martin (Richard's brother) with their children Mark, Susan, Anne, Lauren and Jim.

Keira had the exact same reaction to Santa as Linda did in 1963--it actually seems like a very sensible reaction at that age when you thin...

Early in November 1996 Richard and I were on a drive in Rancho Bernardo when we were attracted by a "Puppies for Sale" sign.  We...