Lamppost

Love these lampposts--not your normal, boring city lights but posts with personality.

Lamppost

Stand up and be counted

There comes a time in one's life when it is necessary to take a stand.  A time when one can no longer worry about the social and peer pressures.  A time when principle and truth must prevail and be shouted from the rooftops.  A time to ignore the consequences.  A time to stand apart from the crowd if necessary.  A time to stand up and be counted.  Do you know when that time is in your life?

Stand up and be counted

Little Girl's Room

If you like pink and if you are a little girl or are two little girls and have a mother who helps teach you to be organized and loves to decorate, then your room might look something like this.....

Little Girl's Room

These eyes melt grandpa

One look like this and grandpa will give you pretty much anything you want.

These eyes melt grandpa

Chocolate? What chocolate?

Missing my chocolate.  Round up the suspects.  But grandpa, what are you talking about?

Chocolate?  What chocolate? 

Dusty Road

My home away from home for our week off the grid--a study in marked contrasts.  Dusty roads between campsites all right next to the 72 degree water in the lake....

Dusty Road

Big Fish Expected

I guess they expect some big fish around here.  Too bad no one in our family likes to fish.  I honestly tried once.  When the kids were little and thought their fishing cousins were having all the fun I took them to a fish hatchery.  They each caught their own trout.  After I cleaned them all we cooked them up.  Not one would touch the cooked fish.  Not one would eat any of it.  Since I am not a big fan of fishing either, I decided right then and there--no more fishing for our family.  They won't eat the fish, I won't take them fishing.  Besides, fish just stink up the boat anyway!  So now we just curse the fishing boats that sit in the middle of the calm water when we are skiing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, surfing or tubing.

Big Fish Expected

Self Portrait -- at the lake

Being off the grid for a week of vacation with family and friends was the best!  Lots of sunshine, good company, plenty of on-the-water time with no email or cell phone connections.  As the result of the plentiful sunshine, the campground trails were always in their dusty road status.  The sunshine and the dust makes for today's post--a self portrait at the lake.  Lucky for me that I finally found a sunscreen lotion product that does not cause an allergic reaction rash on my skin.  Only those using the active ingredients of zinc oxide and titanium oxide are tolerable on my skin.  Too many years of using the other stuff has taken its toll I guess.  So by staying coated with the right stuff I avoided coming home with any sunburn after seven days in the sun.  Now if I could only find a product that would give me back the body of my youth to make it through the week without needing another full week to fully recover from the activities of the vacation week.....

Self Portrait--at the lake

  

Off the grid

We spent 7 glorious days off the grid last week.  Camping on a lake front at our favorite boat camp on Flaming Gorge Reservoir.  No cars-one must boat into this campground.  It even has flush toilets to keep the women happy.  Nice to get away, play on the water, be off the grid with the family and relax for awhile.  This is early morning on our front porch for the week....

Off the grid

Mirrored Wall

A wall fitted with mirrors makes for an interesting view.

Mirrored Wall