Del Parson-Portraits of Love

BYU has a television program called 'Inspiring Lives' and they really are.  For lunch today I watched 'Del Parson-Portraits of Love'.  It truly is an inspiring life.  He had  some very sad and challenging occasions in his life and he made choices of what direction he would go.  Out of his testimony has come these remarkable paintings of Christ and other subjects.

Great watching.

Happy Birthday, Mom

It is a snowy day today in Lake Almanor and it is about 75 years since this picture was taken of my Mom with me standing close.  She would have been 110 today. We were standing in front of one of the two houses we lived in on the south side of Glendive, Montana.  I remember being very shy. The depression was still on and I was the baby in a family of five.  It didn't snow a lot of snow in Glendive like it does here but winter was long and it was very cold, much colder than it is here in northern California.  I do remember the sun shining in the winter though.

I remember sitting by one of the floor registers a lot as I played with my chalk board so I could be close to the warmth.  My first set of paper dolls was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  I would have been a little older than I was here.  I have only happy thoughts of my mom all the days of my life.  She never yelled or spanked and she smiled a lot.  I had a very happy childhood because of loving parents and fun brothers and sisters.

One thing I remember well from living on the south side is the root beer Mom would make in a large kettle and then put in bottles. I also loved the bread Mom would make and put butter and jam on for us. And the milk that was delivered in the winter would often have the lid pushed up by the frozen cream.  It was so good.  I had a big Tommy Cat that I loved or I least I treated him like he was mine, I was sure he belonged to all of us.

We moved from the south side just after my first grade.  It was a great time to move because we had a marvelous sledding hill right out the front door of our new home and I was old enough to learn to sled.  Happy Days. 

First Day of Snow

So much for snow down to 6000 ft.  We had it early this morning and all the geraniums are bowed down in submission--don't know if I can save them through the winter or not.

Old Slides..

So I found some old slides of the 60's, 70's and early 80's.  Fun to Reminisce.

Boys Day at the Zoo

How about those pants?

Happy Jimmy!

Tired? Bored? or What?  Like the boots, Richard.

How about that long hair on John and John?

Fun Times

Richard shows Jimmy how it is done...

Girls want to hug them too...

Love those gold miners...

Richard loved to take the children on trips...

Hmmm...

Wonder what book they are looking at...

At the Airport

Saying Goodbye to Gary at the Airport

Look at that Hair!

John Loved to Tease Jimmy

Jimmy didn't seem to mind it.

John and Jimmy Go To the Zoo



This buggy was Baby Jimmy's second bed -- I loved it. 

Linda and Maria Go to BYU Hawaii

 

Maria in Hawaii

John and Jimmy Play Badminton

Family Reunion in Utah

My Mom with Maria and Linda

Whose Baby?  Family Reunion in Utah

Gary Goes on His Mission

Sad Farewell at the Airport for Linda and Gary

Secretary Maria

Cute hairdo!

Lovable Richard

1981-2?

Everybody's Happy but Mommy

1967-8--Casual Suppertime--Peter living with us.

Handsome Guy in My Bed

1967-68?  Orange Pajamas?

A New Look?

Hair cut--dark hair--67-68?

Family Night 1968

Three Happy People--Three Grumpy People

Early 70's

My Darling Children--Where's John?

Better Days!

Polyester was In!

Wish I still looked like that from behind.

Oh My Gosh--Look at that Hair!

Early 70's- Late 30's??

Update on the Stewarts

Sweet Brynn

Ryan enjoying the great outdoors.

Kate ready for school.

Flannel Time!

Last night I felt the chill so it is that time of year--flannel sheets.  Love them.  Flannel shirts and sweat shirts.  Tuesday we are to have our first big storm of the year with snow down to 6000 ft so we will miss that, but time to plant the poppies and watch the needles and pods drop to the ground and leaves to turn yellow and drop.  One aggressive deer has found if he pushes my wire screen at just the right angle he can eat the birch leaves on the smallest birch tree.  May as well let him fill up while he can, they will soon be gone.  It is Fall in Lake Almanor.

Update on Keira

Keira goes swimming.  She loves to laugh.  What a fun baby.  Thanks for the pix, Meagan.

Good Two Days!

I really enjoyed Conference for the last two days.  And I especially enjoyed all the info between morning and afternoon conferences.  It is so amazing how fast moving the Church is as far as missionary work, humanitarian aid, Temple building,  Perpetual Education Fund, absolutely amazing.  It was exciting to hear about all the new Temples, especially the ones in Star Valley and the Provo Tabernacle.  It will also be interesting to see how far reaching the Perpetual First Temple Visit Fund will be.  There have been so many heart rendering stories of people's struggle to get to the Temple.

I also watched the MTC documentary and had no idea there are 15 MTC's and the one in Chili is 100,000 square feet!!  It was also very informational to know all that goes on there.  Excellent documentary.

Then I watched the 5000 Days project of Two Brothers--what an amazing project and so honestly stated about their feelings and their lives.  And I still have the 'Midway to Heaven' to watch later.  Good two days!  BYU TV, thank you!!

'Midway to Heaven' is a Dean Hughes novel about  a 43 year old widower--really good and a girl in it is from Bachlorette, the one who won a quarter of a million dollars on Bachelor Pad.

Update on the Twins...

Steph takes such interesting pictures of the  twins--they are two years old now.

Sage on the left and Raina on the right.  Sage has such blue eyes and Raina has the long eyelashes.

Kelly

I had not seen this picture before.  I love posing with my beautiful granddaughter Kelly.  What a lovely bride.

More Boxes!

Like me, with all their flaws, they look better in dimlight, than sunlight.  

Good Planning!

It has been so extremely dry here I was having a hard time breathing.  Then I remembered I had a humidifior attached to the furnace I bought in 2004.  All I had to do is turn the fan on, shut the windows and I can breathe, yea!!! Course the electric bill will be higher...

Tips for Janet for Spring

Next spring I want to remember what I did:
Front yard I lifted the iris on the right front as you look from the street--the left I did not touch but I gave them all bone meal.  Which ones bloomed if any?
I put bone meal in the daffodils and Laurie's garden--did it do any good?  Need some shade plants to put in Laurie's garden that the deer won't eat and need to keep deer spray on it.  Almost out of deer spray, buy some more before spring.

I lifted the iris on the hill and gave all of them bone meal as well as bone meal to the iris in the lower garden .  I planted a cedar three where the other tree I planted died.   Will it grow? I put fertilizer pellets in all the trees but one nearest the hill of plants.  Will be interesting to see if it grows less than the others.

I planted daffodils in front by the sign, in front of the stump and by the bird house.  The ground was so hard and root filled by the birdhouse.  I also planted them by the birdhouse closest to Laurie's garden.  I didn't plant them too deep and I used amend but not under them.  If they do not do well, I need to dig them up and plant them somewhere else.