There is much more to planting a garden than pushing seeds into the ground. If you plant a garden with someone else, especially with someone you love, you just might find yourself talking about important things. That is because there is no clock in a garden and people forget about …
The List is Long and the Mountains Are High (And, Heather took the pictures.) Grandpa is 75. If you are five, that number is very very big. You will want to remember how Grandpa just kept going. You will want to know that he overcame some obstacles to keep doing …
journal entry: Just a quick post about Grandpa and his painting. This summer he shifted from Watercolors to Oils and is having the time of his life. He has chosen to paint in the garage rather than in his office room because he doesn’t have to worry about spilling on …
That is the problem with moments. If they were minutes or hours or days it would be easier to fill them up with things to remember. If a moment lasted longer you could gather your wits about you and have some warning that the moment would matter because you could …
Hey, kids: You are the kids who know about “unusual things before breakfast” but I, too, have looked for such things all of my life. Most of the time things that appear on the surface to be ordinary, are in fact not. Here are a few more examples of not-so-ordinary …
Dear Grandchildren: I have embarked on a journey through all of the photographs I have taken of you over many, many years. I am determined to give each of you the photo stories that touch my heart every time I see them. Even without a word of explanation, the photos …
Before digital there was film. Film was a little roll of negatives, tightly wrapped and protected from the light, which slipped into a camera and advanced around a spool as you pushed the button. If you want to know more about negatives, I suggest you ask your parents or look …
Ivy, Grandpa and the Great Salt Lake Now that there are seventeen of you I am struggling to keep up. It was only recently that I looked back through all of the photographs on my computer and found these. These are scanned photographs since my non-digital photos are not on …
Fifteen Years Ago My first really nice camera was a Canon 35 mm. It was a beautiful camera and required actual film. If you don’t know what film is you may ask your parents because they will remember. * I was very careful about the number of photographs I took …
You can stop now. That is what I always say to the little people in my life who are called grandchildren. Stay four. Don’t turn five, yet. Every parent knows the feeling when a sweet and special child gets too big to do things that are cute. Naturally cute. How …
