Hope Valley October 30, 2010

In my class, we have to make up some postcards of where we were on our class. Hope Valley is about 1-1/2 hours away and it always has good color in the fall. This was the beginning of the color. The rain came a few days ago and all the color is gone.
I found this on line from a 90 year old woman of 45 Life Lessons. So I will send you one a day if I remember.
1. Life isn't fair but it's still good.
That is what I will have to tell myself when I hit that 17 degree cold weather in Utah.

Terrie's office October 29, 2010

Terrie is Sandie's (Avon order) daughter. She lives in a very expensive pent house in San Francisco. She has great views of San Francisco out all her windows. This is from her little home office window. She now has the place for sale. I loved going to see her. Something new was always being done to her place. Plus I enjoy going to San Francisco. Sandie is the person I usually go camping and hiking with.
Today was exercise day and going to Costco for food for company and refreshments for Church. Not much going on.
I looked at some of the quotes and I will leave one with you.
"Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first or last time."
Betty Smith

tin type picture from Aunt Velma October 28,2010

This lady is a tin type photo that Aunt Velma gave me. Do you know who she is? I think she is a great grandma. Does it look like someone Grampa Lockard married?
I am all excited about your trip. It sounds like they give you some time to rest. And you are going to need it.( after your Avon)
I will miss your tree. It was a pretty tree.

Father's Day October 27, 2010

This was a father's day card for daddy sometime back. I think the watch I borrowed from Mother.
I hope you were able to get the Avon problems with Sandie fixed. I got home from class about 10:30 tonight. I didn't see an email from you so I assumed she wasn't home or you were continually being interrupted. I liked my class but it is going to take some time to get it all down. So much is going on next week and after that I will be at your place. I am glad you joined the place where you walk. I am going to put in my tennis shoes and walking clothes.
I made jam out of green tomatoes sugar and raspberry jello today.. It taste just like raspberry jam. Very sweet. I pulled up all my plants so after these tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are gone. I have to clean up the garden plot and that will be it for awhile.
I looked at changing the airline tickets to your house and the ones that Bud and I have for the Rose Bowl parade and there were no $30 tickets.

fog October 25, 2010

Monday! I found a message on my school email today from 10 days ago. I have never looked at it. It was from a fellow camper. He wanted to start a darkroom and the photography teacher told him that I was interested in getting rid of some of my things. I have 2 enlargers and I thought I could get rid of one. I haven't done any black and white (film) in 2 years. My dark room is a mess! I was wondering what would move me to start cleaning it. I worked all afternoon it and still have some to go. I found all the stuff that goes with it and the instruction books. I feel good about it and if he doesn't buy it, at least I have a good start on cleaning the darkroom, throwing away things I don't need and all that. We had over 2.5 inches of rain the last 2 days. That is a lot for us. Supposed to rain on Thursday. My class in Auburn is on Wednesday night. I am glad I don't have to drive in the rain at night.

Bridge at Thanksgiving Point October 24, 2010

Thanksgiving Point is so pretty. This picture was sitting on my computer desktop all by itself. I guess it was meant to be the picture that I send tonight.
We had lots of rain the last 2 days. I think it has quit now for a few days. We did need the rain. Yesterday was a memorial for one of our close friends. He had pancreatic cancer. All the kids, spouses and grand kids got up to say their memories about him. It was really a nice service.
I dehydrated tomatoes yesterday, they came out pretty good. I am running out of freezer space. I almost used upp all my green apples. I made a apple pie. Tomorrow is work on more tomatoes.

Rooster October 13, 2010

I went out to eat lunch with some friends last week in a nice restaurant. I hadn't been there in a long time. It is in a nice old house with a great patio for dining. It is in a little town by where we used to live---2 blocks long and a community park and community center. This town is known for the fact that they have all these roosters and chickens running around. Roosters can be pretty loud when you have more than one. I happened to have my camera around so I took a few chicken pictures. Also the lunch was very good.
So glad you can "have your cake and eat it too." Your trip sounds so great and you can do it and all the other things that you wanted to do. Plus you get to see Norma and me!!! Everything worked out good!

Am I coming apart or did I lose my head? October 19,2010

Do sometimes you feel like you are falling apart or you've lost your head (with your mind in it)?? There are days like that for me.I thought that I was losing it last night when I couldn't get that password to work. But not today, I think I got everything together or was I just LUCKY!
On my first camping trip I went to this art gallery in the middle of nowhere. No houses, town or anything close by. Her place reminded me of Kenny's. No tractors, just lots of stuff all over. Everything everywhere. Nobody was there. Most of her art that she was selling was in ceramic pots and similar things. They were beautiful and the prices ranged from $5.oo to $200 or $300. As I said no one was there. There was a pot to put your money in or credit card number and write down what you bought. There was lots of money there. Very trusting people.

Mono Lake Overlook October 18,2010

I was going to blog last night but went to bed at 8:30. Our church had a potluck yesterday, I felt like I ate too much so I thought omelet would be good for dinner. Then there was one piece of green tomato cake left, has coconut on top. Both eggs and coconut gives me diahrrae and stomach problems. But there are times I really want a omelet, seldom ever have coconut and I know I will suffer for it. Anyway, I got lots of rest. I have a doctor's appointment this morning about my hand which is looking much better and the rash on my arm.

I like your enthusiam about your Avon. Having goals to shoot for makes it so much easier and when it is monetary it really is easy. We are alike when it comes to competition. Mine was more channeled into sports. You are right about daddy, you can do what you want and be at the top with it. I also see that with Phil. It is like something that drives us. No matter how old we get, we will always have a goal. Age is only a number, right now my number is pretty high. (I can't find my mail in voter's ballot). I am going to ask the doctor about about B12 for memory.
We got our first real rain yesterday. I love a little bit of rain, sorta like the summer rains in the south.

Marisa, me and Andrea October 16,2010

What do they feed kids these days??? I must live in a land of giants! I had to stand on my tip toes to tap Marisa's boyfriend on his shoulders. It was fun tonight doing the pictures of the girls and their friends. They were all so excited and so pretty.Nobody had a date in that group except Marisa. I think it is great that you don't have to have a date to go to the dance. It was interesting that their dresses were all about the same but different.
I made a green tomatoe pie today. It was ok but I don't know if I will make more. I did make a good tomato sauce for the spagatti squash out of the red tomatoes. I was out in the garden for about 3 hours trying to clean out the summer plants (mostly tomatoes). Maybe I will plant some winter veggies.
I got the books back from Robin tonight. She said she ordered yesterday and I will tomorrow. Good luck!

Granny Smith apples October 8 ,2010

I started this yesterday and forgot to save it before I left it so here I go again. I have to do something with the apples, and the tomatoes. It has been in the 90s so I don't want to do much cooking.
I guess you are getting in your walking. Sorta like the politicians. I will be glad when the election is over. I still have to figure out all the little things to vote for.
I am glad you could get back on the blog., You will probably be so busy for this campaign that I won't see you again for a few weeks. Robin has my book but I see her tomorrow night when I go take some pictures for the girls and their friends for homecoming dance.
I went out to lunch today with a couple of friends. It was good and pretty fattening so I decided to eat today. I was doing pretty good the last few days. Since I couldn't write this down, not knowing calorie count, I decided to go ahead and eat what I wanted today. Hopefully, there aren't too many days like this.

2 bedroom tent October 12, 2010

The gray tent is 2 bedrooms. Can you imagine camping in that? I didn't go in but I could imagine a whole house set up in it. They are a young couple who love to camp.
I found a way on line to record what I eat and have it broken down into calories, fat, protein, fiber, carbs and sugar. I can usually do better if I am accountable to something. It is almost 11:30 and this is when I feel like snacking. NOT TONIGHT! I don't want to have to write it down. The web site is www.fatsecret.com I had nutrition today and that is where I found out about the web site. We got a list of how much fructose is in fruit and they wante you to stay at 25 grams or less. It counts up fast.

Birthday cake October 11, 2010

We always have a tennis luncheon on the months that someone in our group has a birthday. Another lady and I have one in September but we celebrated the 4th of October. This was our cake. It was pretty. I didn't have any though but I had a cookie.
I didn't do too much today. A recovery time. I must have been dehydrated. I have had so much water today and I am still thirsty. Also sleepy. I am going to bed Just wanted to let you know I am still alive.

Andrea's friend, Andrea, Kindra, Joey and his girlfriend Oct. 10, 2010

We only had 12 for dinner, how did your 23 work out. That is a lot of people. I got a stomach ach for some reason that I don't know. This was hours before every one came over. I have had lots of tums and then I remembered the ginger for stomach problems. I think it may be better. I hope so.
I would love to work with Courtnie and pictures. I think I could help her. I will bring some older magazines that she can have that might help. I hate to see people being negative.. If they can only get a passion for one thing, it will often get them to be more positive in other areas too.
I am going to bed. My stomach is much more setteled.

Bodie after the rain October 9, 2010

Bodie is a ghost town near Mammoth or Mono Lake. It came a downpour while we were there. I got drenched, my rain coat was in the van. This picture was taken shortly after the rain quit.
I hope you are having a good time tonight with everyone and the dogs. How long do you have the dogs? We have everyone tomorrow afternoon. NO DOGS though. I got hamburger meat. Robin is doing the rest. I didn't get all my camping stuff put away today. One thing I missed. I went to Sam's and then over to Walmart. Made me think of Paragould. I don't go to the superstore very often.

Reflections October 8, 2010

I love reflections! We got so many in late afternoon at Lundy canyon. None of us wanted to go back to camp.
I was tired before I read your blog. Now I am tireder(is that a word). You have more energy than anyone I know. Do they call you Ms. Avon yet?? Rod had better take some pep pills before working with you. You deserve to be at the top!
As I said, I am tired. I am going to bed earlier tonight. Bridge is over. Tomorrow is a free day!!!

October 6, 2010 Tufa on the lake

Tufa on Mono Lake. It is very striking. This is another early morning shot.

Today was a very sad day for me. I dropped my membership in the tennis club that I have belonged to for over 20 years. I don't think I will be able to play tennis again but I do a lot of exercise there and most of my friends are there. It is pretty expensive and where Bud goes is much less. They don't offer as much but I will give it a try. In the meantime I can finish the month where I am.
I got a30 % off card from Kohl's so I went shopping there and to Sam's, also got gas. The gas is now up to $2.81.

Tomorrow I have to bake and clean house since I am having bridge at my house friday afternoon

October 5, 2010 Sunrise over Mono Lake

5:30 both Mornings so we could get there a little earlier than sun rise and then we would stay until 8:00. Then back for breakfast . We had a good group of people-------all ages. Of course, I was the oldest! It is late again. Off to bed after my shower.

October 4, 2010 Our driver on my school camp trip

I got back from the school photography camping trip. It rained each night but just as we were going to bed. It also rained part of an afternoon. I learned some things about the digital camera that I never understood before and I saw the value of the tripod more. I enjoyed the people in the class, I had no trouble with my knees and the scenery was nice. The bad thing was, it was dirtier than most school trips and we were up at 5:30 in the morning for sunrise pictures. I was glad that I didn't mind getting up early. The sunrises were great. Today was our monthly tennis luncheon. There were 2 of us for September birthdays. I couldn't make it at the end of the month so we had it in October. The other birthday girl had it at her house. She has done some extensive remodeling and it looks real good and she has lots of room.
I need to brush my teeth and get to bed. It is already after midnight.

Days from the past October 1, 2010

A quick note before I leave for the weekend. Off to my photography class. The teacher said it wouldn't rain, just cold. Checking the weather, 30% chance of thunderstorms all 3 days. ugh-you know how I love thunderstorms. EXCEPT there is the 70% left. I guess it is like the glass being half full or half empty.
How are you doing? I will be glad when you get all your medical appointments finished. Norma seems to be doing ok.
I need to empty the dishwasher before I go. Talk to you after I get back.