Once There Was A Snowman...

Emery came over the weekend- she is so dang cute and so much fun. See what she and GpaZ made on their date with Mr. Play-Doh.

I just had to share one of the splendid "things" she made. At first it was just a white snowman with a hat. She said, "Grandpa, the snowman needs some eyes". Then, "Grandpa, he needs a mouth". Later after she looked at it, "He needs some arms".


As I look at it, the snowman kind of reminds me of a "Mr. Bill" snowman, for those of you who remember Mr. Bill.... "Oh no!!!!!!"

Dark, Light Side of the Moon

This doesn't happen very often, but when it does, I like to be part of it- a total eclipse of the moon. I've always enjoyed astronomy, the stars and all the mysteries that are out there. Can't wait until we can travel the galaxies... anyway, I digress....

I got up early in the morning when all was quiet, bundled up with several layers, and "slunk" out the door... after all, I didn't think anyone else was as weird and would like to brave the frigid temperatures that early. I walked north then west down the street to where there would be no light pollution- down by the cows, where they were gently mooing- no doubt a bit agitated seeing some stranger walking the street and disturbing their slumber. I wish I would have had a good camera to capture the event- maybe someday we'll be able to download that stuff from our brains. Now, that would be sweet, but again, I digress...

Here are a couple of pix I downloaded for you to enjoy- taken in Arches National Park in southern Utah.




...And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon....The Floyd