Yes, it is Christmas again and we miss those who are not nearby and we love to see those who are. Why don’t you take a little tour of our home this Christmastime. We hope you feel like you are here. Let’s start with a cozy, warm home. This is …
Family Gathering 2019 We love hammocks. We have three, as an afterthought I remembered how many times I had seen the children in them. Many, Many, times. Sometimes a child was reading and sometimes a child was sleeping. Now and then a child was hiding. We have had hammocks for …
Family Gathering 2019 Little kids like to crash. This hill, on the side of our home, is steep and long. Even big kids like to ride the small vehicles down the hill and purposely crash at the bottom. Of course, the bottom of the hill is covered with soft, summer …
Family Gathering 2019 (Maya, Quincy and Tucker.) Grandpa built our sandbox sixteen years ago. He has refreshed it with new sand now and then but the same shade cloth is overhead and a nice big bamboo blind slides down easily to block the afternoon sun. There are plenty of buckets …
Family Gathering 2019 By Special Request We have seventeen grandchildren. That doesn’t mean that all seventeen play with Moon Sand. A few are college-age and one is brand new. The best time to make Moon Sand is when only a few are on hand. Our grandchildren usually remind us of …
Family Gathering 2019 There is nothing unusual about feeding horses when you come to Grandma’s house. There are some favorites of course and for very good reasons. There are horses in the field and in the stalls and sometimes in the corral. Tucker likes Pip. Pip is a tiny horse …
Family Gathering 2019 Today I Learned About Slime Bubbles Three little ones stayed with me. The rest went for a hike in beautiful Brighton to the mountain lakes named Mary, Martha and Catherine. We at home started the morning with “Cloudy, with a Chance of Meatballs.” As the movie ended …
Family Gathering 2019 Our neighbors have lots of rocks. They have poured them in every spot where they don’t want to have grass. All along the parking strip are rocks. Piles, in fact. I asked Clara and Lydia to sneak out in the dead of night, with a silver bucket, …
Family Gathering 2019 We spent the better part of the day at Manila Lake. It is beautiful, reasonably small or quite large, depending on what you want it to be. It is clean and has a beach with sand and lots of little fish and plenty of room for many …
ARE YOU A ROBOT ? My computer asks me that question all of the time. I say “no”. What would happen if I said “yes” ? I could answer the question with a reference to my newest Robot Matching Game. It is already in my suitcase for three …
