I took this photo while on my rounds yesterday. It's from the home of one of the four subjects being featured in my next "Love Notes" column.
Kathy, her hubby Ken and their two golden retrievers have to look at this view every day.
Must be tough.
Some big black draft horses live next door at the barn.
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Yup, I spent part of yesterday tracking down senior pictures of the subjects for my October column. The column focuses on people who've grown up in Sandpoint, left after high school, spent many years working and living professionally somewhere else before returning to their beloved hometown.
I can confidently say all are happy to be here, and they have some fun stories to tell.
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Old habits die slowly, especially with old codgers like me.
When Trish asked me to get their senior portraits to be superimposed with their current photos, I immediately went into the mode of doing it the hard way.
When my sister had already left school and her classroom where all the old yearbooks are stored, I figured I was going to have to borrow a yearbook from each of my subjects, give it to Trish, get them back in a few days and take them back to their owners.
That's the way we would have done it maybe twenty years ago.
Fortunately, my mind slowly fast-forwarded into modern ways.
Why not use my digital camera, take the photos and email them to Trish? Yup, that would work for at least one because I had her yearbook here at home.
It dawned on me that I could go to the museum, where they have a yearbook collection and take the rest.
The museum idea turned out fun cuz I got to have a nice visit with Ann who's been really busy for the last year preparing for the David Thompson Bicentennial and all events connected with it.
She was there alone yesterday. After finding two of the three mugs I needed, we just had a good ol' gab session.
I came home with three of the four needed photos and sent 'em to Trish.
Figuring I'd have to wait until Monday to get the fourth, I went about my business. Then, the brain started working again, considering current, very easy methods of getting a job done.
Why not contact one of my Facebook friends who graduated the same year as Toby whose photo was needed, ask her to take a picture of her yearbook, send it to me and I could send it on to Trish!
Duh, why hadn't I thought of that in the first place??? Old habits connected to the hard way to do things die slowly, that's why!
I sent her a message. A few hours later, she did even better. She happened to have Toby's senior photo among her collection.
She scanned it, sent it and I sent it on to Trish.
Job completed----in a heckuva lot less time than my original scenario and a lot less frustration.
I don't know why my mind hasn't come full scale into the present. Sure would make things a lot easier.
I guess I'll have to work on reminding myself that computers have taken a lot of the miles and hours out of old-time drudgery.
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It's another gorgeous Sunday. I'm hoping to saddle up again today. Bill took the pickup yesterday to Boulder Creek and came home with a load of pinus contorta aka lodgepole pine. Willie went to Coeur d'Alene to shop for clothes and to meet a friend to watch Boise State beat Bowling Green.
I spent part of the day digging potatoes, collecting flower seed, and clearing out more dead garden. The problem with having so much garden space and such abundant growth is that the clean-up process involves a lot more work.
Is there a computer program available to ease up on that project? I wish!
Have a wonderful Sunday.
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