tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94687152024-03-29T08:05:19.589-07:00Slight DetourMutterings of a country hick.MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.comBlogger9867125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-79756214052211210612024-03-29T07:58:00.000-07:002024-03-29T08:04:48.301-07:00Flower Fix: Annie's Aussie Adventure<p><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></p><div class="x78zum5 xqtp20y x1emribx"><span class="xt0psk2" style="color: #d9ead3;"><a aria-hidden="true" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u" href="https://www.facebook.com/nnlove?__cft__[0]=AZWqM3-JKCzOD0mhZ5m2Ezn8N2Exx_ELqEcs0A22lvd12V6vToqPPSoxPxz-7zFZovx8p4Rfxx2r8lcSNa8fAH3HOUpPCRwqPHuXz78JO3Ra1L2NAU2RYSM2o31slBgIVQ4UXikBmWZj7zyBcOVj_OH9vdGyaghhTRTbhjuoWuDoHQ&__tn__=%3C%2CP-R" role="link" tabindex="-1"><div class="x1vqgdyp x1n2onr6 x100vrsf"></div></a></span></div><div class="x1iyjqo2"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xi81zsa x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="color: #d9ead3;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Yvf0yHe0OanJ05b0G3imMfPADxex_H-7QfmQ0ts2jKnON5SC5nw8lbF7VB468A2Gj0WgtC8EFqCQNcHZrTK9AyBCUcdLU4o-xu_3flhjcYjXCW23BCCzioYaklk96lLV4nm_H9x7PNoR-FJfaSHI8Rejxu6sG5p_ggyTktjDUYei9WlBpS8vug/s1737/daisies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1737" data-original-width="1476" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Yvf0yHe0OanJ05b0G3imMfPADxex_H-7QfmQ0ts2jKnON5SC5nw8lbF7VB468A2Gj0WgtC8EFqCQNcHZrTK9AyBCUcdLU4o-xu_3flhjcYjXCW23BCCzioYaklk96lLV4nm_H9x7PNoR-FJfaSHI8Rejxu6sG5p_ggyTktjDUYei9WlBpS8vug/w544-h640/daisies.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rPoSsTQiZgY0iiLWd5RC7KhZNEtAQoZusfVWiwkfFZ7UdhVnHZkV51vLsgRaIftBTSLSXlaccio9nfBIbsqASnB6jqhmuHvypGLUS4W9ORBw9RSHuVT2Y00Gp19MT3Hqq7FHdMIDf8_Cdb4evsskBm-1d7-9Jj4m3_OGMSu3HpAfZc1Qdi1uXQ/s2048/flower%20farm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rPoSsTQiZgY0iiLWd5RC7KhZNEtAQoZusfVWiwkfFZ7UdhVnHZkV51vLsgRaIftBTSLSXlaccio9nfBIbsqASnB6jqhmuHvypGLUS4W9ORBw9RSHuVT2Y00Gp19MT3Hqq7FHdMIDf8_Cdb4evsskBm-1d7-9Jj4m3_OGMSu3HpAfZc1Qdi1uXQ/w482-h640/flower%20farm.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Once again I had the opportunity yesterday to enjoy a preview of the spring beauty to behold when doors open Monday, April 1 at The Flower Farm on east Selle Road.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, that's no fooling! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">John and Pam and their staff are always very gracious when welcoming me and my camera. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was busy there yesterday as staff members were watering, picking deadheads and filling more pots with soil for more flowers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Daniel, who's working at The Flower Farm because he figures it fits in with what he wants to do for his career as a forest ranger, told me that one day he had filled more than 1,400 pots with soil. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pam and Akasha were quite please with their new variety of primroses. They're doubles and much showier than the regular primroses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Baskets are beginning to bloom, and the early blooming perennials were getting the color show started. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's fun and convenient to have this wonderful facility out here in the country, so when our addiction to flowers needs a fix, we can just hop in the car and go get some more potted plants. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's definitely a habit and a good one cuz the color brightens our moods after the dead season of winter. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, enjoy the photos, and mark Monday on your calendar to go get your posie fix!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iXsAsSjKdE7Eh-3QnR2mZ09wYfSgEG1_cBF-sxX4FQdKTLgBMRz_KTiY_VVFxg-bidCZvvap2JQYzVWRi-cMGcHV_t7YE8RLMHZFduGWQDeMcocWwc8uyC_8FamiXROvwJE6yk22WOmDlkwjd6SKiNbKxH19phFseefdLIyTyj0hRPjVktC5NA/s1661/pitcher.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pam Carlin, who owns The Flower Farm along with her hubby John. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pam says it's their fourth year of ownership, and they're getting the hang of the business AND those beautiful baskets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Daniel, the soil man. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">--photos and text by Annie Love</span></span></div><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="xqcrz7y x78zum5 x1qx5ct2 x1y1aw1k x1sxyh0 xwib8y2 xurb0ha xw4jnvo"><div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r1ch:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-style: italic;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another incredible day today in Australia! Did a 4x4 geocaching tour in the mountains outside of Canberra, which included a scramble through the bush to a T5 cache. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had amazing tour guides for the tour and had a special treat of getting to see a fire helicopter scooping up water for a nearby fire right in front of us. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-style: italic;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Ended the day speaking on stage in front of geocachers after the Chief Minister of the Canberra Region officially opened the event and just before a snake show.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Annie with Australia's chief minister, Andrew Barr.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The chief minister sits on the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> The current chief minister is <b>Andrew Barr</b>
of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), who was first elected by the
Assembly on 11 December 2014 following the resignation of Katy
Gallagher.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="color: #d9ead3;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz85emL2fk46upx6EFpBBXy4se6g1c19KUE1Cy1U8kZTq_gfzXK_4HUPtFAk9fkhyphenhyphen_dOZ0pE5-4iHqq6uRQ0azszH2_aOyW5EcZt5GSY4RHH4fGXuZ8ifON2qJHTqz9NmzTPAJBu36DPZ9TQLQTUl6jQqoERoosjmIP4wCwXGgE2b5zA3uNJ4cMg/s2048/annie%20group.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz85emL2fk46upx6EFpBBXy4se6g1c19KUE1Cy1U8kZTq_gfzXK_4HUPtFAk9fkhyphenhyphen_dOZ0pE5-4iHqq6uRQ0azszH2_aOyW5EcZt5GSY4RHH4fGXuZ8ifON2qJHTqz9NmzTPAJBu36DPZ9TQLQTUl6jQqoERoosjmIP4wCwXGgE2b5zA3uNJ4cMg/w640-h480/annie%20group.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCagVrwTYwIkLjfOSkw2H9-SkJgpRR6OvNOedctyG5w34q-YxxF7ZStuFV_dYDSHj6Sq32kGuSxmaOFYbgOh_wI2WN1obM3QRffT9VQ393UqTCAFbtYtbQi9ZAXAhcrfq4bAS47PctVnniq3B4tpP_0T8PGRjN2wPNXIX8wmUwTOSsFwMPOcGiQ/w480-h640/snake.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, it's a <b>BIG GAMES DAY</b> again. </span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our ZAGS men and women are playing in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen match-ups this afternoon. </span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We sure hope that they both get to play again Sunday. </span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The men meet Purdue, while the women will tip off against Texas.</span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Gonzaga Men vs Purdue: Tip-off 4:39 PDT on TBS/True TV or livestream via Sling.</span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">~~~~~</span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Gonzaga Women vs. Texas: Tip-off 7 pm. PDT on ESPN or livestream on Sling. </span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>LET'S KEEP GOING, ZAGS!!!</b></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀</b></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-80916740935224200142024-03-28T07:50:00.000-07:002024-03-28T07:53:53.488-07:00Thursday This and That<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk03aEAXP9JqWLg7qnnoDyw6jcGg9AFZZWSCfe0r8Qcu0fnZb-Yfb7azCmbog_forwzdTGKfmStSx65Km2p2ahjUVZ7AZtgBJFT8dNdWid1esgd-gfuoEGMJhQymUjaEnQXGUwaixVTQ6QyyNZkp1T6iF2lNbC95w0R-5OONQsdyEo4iMlp8JBQ/s2048/koala.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk03aEAXP9JqWLg7qnnoDyw6jcGg9AFZZWSCfe0r8Qcu0fnZb-Yfb7azCmbog_forwzdTGKfmStSx65Km2p2ahjUVZ7AZtgBJFT8dNdWid1esgd-gfuoEGMJhQymUjaEnQXGUwaixVTQ6QyyNZkp1T6iF2lNbC95w0R-5OONQsdyEo4iMlp8JBQ/w640-h480/koala.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;">--Annie Love Photo</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I couldn't resist leading off with Annie's wonderful image of a Koala bear in Australia. More Aussie photos below.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eQQMckuf2MMYz3m5JSPhnfsuGqVs6kfoyafhXUyNh27JSW_SX_1alyF3bZhhB-D7vKNEXeKecnwXrxFYBaEbwixdtf9qcp4M0nVeh7i3tQ7rE9BQd6PYNfHby8D3r-FKqB6kPxPOMcFp7mn8W57rI1ioTjXqjUTT1gZIVyEVqv1W63QLJCEm3g/s2048/worm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eQQMckuf2MMYz3m5JSPhnfsuGqVs6kfoyafhXUyNh27JSW_SX_1alyF3bZhhB-D7vKNEXeKecnwXrxFYBaEbwixdtf9qcp4M0nVeh7i3tQ7rE9BQd6PYNfHby8D3r-FKqB6kPxPOMcFp7mn8W57rI1ioTjXqjUTT1gZIVyEVqv1W63QLJCEm3g/w482-h640/worm.jpg" width="482" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The robins must be in their glory this morning. Pretty much everywhere I walked I did my best to avoid squishing angle worms which have risen to the surface after last night's rain. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I did notice that the robins were out and about earlier than usual. So, I'm sure they're enjoying a sumptuous breakfast. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This is the week the horses come home. While Laurie was riding CB yesterday, I loaded up a lot of my horse stuff which has spent the winter at Roxane's. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We'll bring Lily, Lefty and CB home Saturday morning. I'm sure they'll miss their winter accommodations, but spring is coming and the grass will grow and soon be green, so maybe that will help them forget all the pampering they received from Roxane. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We have to purchase a new water tank for the barnyard after discovering a leak in the main trough. As Bill sez, "You'll have a new planter for your flowers."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today we're hoping to learn what caused the geyser erupting from the waterer for the hay field. We're hoping it's a waterer malfunction rather than a broken pipe. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lots of outdoor stuff to be done, but we're still addicted to March Madness, and today the men's Sweet Sixteen games will begin. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, we'll have basketball to watch----we hope---for the next four days. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The two Gonzaga teams play tomorrow. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2kw4G3zYiGVQp0_BfG4Ip4kvSzxvLC32XULBi9vDySlFbiRcGPK7ZFXd3lPZIv71GklOjFUjbEPk-spOTRPSpe4_p0di25MGIOXa6Dl5JzR_oSt-dNbubAC-YUNLBN_WU17ONUs2JWEiDARce0hk1FPlDNS1up0SVFVz2RMCOyyFu-e96JdWyA/s4051/bridie%20gate.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1124" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PlCzZwE2MiFs55rKstHMoUT-9wy2JAqbIwi2n6hCcE5qZLNjmJSEqJ1gKWClT6txqJeLb0UIP-V-gHph4Uci6loMyKXLHMY25C_UnxK5QMc1Pnhw_pACN8ud_ok5wPjmcAsWreEBsZp104yvOW-enNi4qGrt0mdXC_KDlJbYVB0s6fkSH7X3kw/w498-h640/roxane%20horse.jpg" width="498" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Roxane Conrad visiting with my sister Laurie. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKr5pbRHMg09GTISlbM8uW408DFGfiTBbhIe9Cimx1lS87DFa5n3TL4Nwt2Oq5UprMG__pKPxAZiZPGpq50bd1i31VuUFD_3UweQTsKM-BraUeaQB6SWqcxDYdZyQyiDKlUIiBrS2ayoXDGN6xrjoZuKRuq6clNCVMAoNxZTtiTTkmEbIfhH8yQ/s1584/laurie%20roxane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The barn will start seeing lots of activity soon. It's been closed off for the winter. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Same is true for the dog run. Dogs aren't going to be thrilled, but it's spacious and a safe spot once the horses are back and when I mow lawn. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Border Collies have a tendency to be very aggressive herders when it comes to lawnmowers and side-by-sides. So, for everyone's safety, they'll be in the run when the equipment is running. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXCH6NfJxNlceGPEY1C-eZ_OmSV7aU25-fMkr4OA2zqhqfsrZaS9Az1JaI1-hSiNigV9YXLdc3eFF4gFSGsa7Z3CiXzSWLkeKBzoIEGhqYU9rWzIqPyF2TVkv4XhojlLM1_3yFS0-L3JnVnhPvVhdAi-wZuSavdmfx0s_fs2WvoM56fmb52NDKg/s1808/barn%20rainbow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1808" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXCH6NfJxNlceGPEY1C-eZ_OmSV7aU25-fMkr4OA2zqhqfsrZaS9Az1JaI1-hSiNigV9YXLdc3eFF4gFSGsa7Z3CiXzSWLkeKBzoIEGhqYU9rWzIqPyF2TVkv4XhojlLM1_3yFS0-L3JnVnhPvVhdAi-wZuSavdmfx0s_fs2WvoM56fmb52NDKg/w640-h442/barn%20rainbow.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnVYRs0wPPjZQ33nqRwMiD6HpUPJ-fyppbbSBID2F8LnJCdlKmJbiExXx0or_p9PKFcWsSbsRg7RCLQXQldeUSy1ARL2C9Vo0GMrn-T-XkDMpBAD8jQK_5HTu57yiiMiA4WaydeHq_zK66UX8FhxIVb9DyD_c3Mvuzv__LhSVz914CP2f-lljbQ/s2768/two%20crows.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="2462" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnVYRs0wPPjZQ33nqRwMiD6HpUPJ-fyppbbSBID2F8LnJCdlKmJbiExXx0or_p9PKFcWsSbsRg7RCLQXQldeUSy1ARL2C9Vo0GMrn-T-XkDMpBAD8jQK_5HTu57yiiMiA4WaydeHq_zK66UX8FhxIVb9DyD_c3Mvuzv__LhSVz914CP2f-lljbQ/w570-h640/two%20crows.JPG" width="570" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For readers who don't know, acclaimed actor Viggo Mortensen has had a longtime and strong Sandpoint connection. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Also, on Dec. 1, 2003, while standing on the red carpet in Wellington, New Zealand, promoting "The Return of the King," from the <i>Lord of the Rings</i> trilogy, he blew a kiss to Annie. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She was holding up a sign that read "Sandpoint Loves <i>Lord of the Rings</i>." </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Because of that aerial kiss, I eventually had the great opportunity to do a telephone interview with Viggo for <i>Sandpoint Magazine. </i>It was definitely one of the highlights of my journalism career. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.brego.net/article/a-visit-with-viggo/">https://www.brego.net/article/a-visit-with-viggo/</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Looks like a compelling and action-packed new movie which he has written and directed. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inlander.com/best-of/2024/sandpoint/best-of-sandpoint-27691141" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.inlander.com/best-of/2024/sandpoint/best-of-sandpoint-27691141" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xgv25Ni_jv0" width="320" youtube-src-id="Xgv25Ni_jv0"></iframe></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In other news, it's always interesting to know what the regional papers pick as the "bests." I never did figure out where the coffee shops are or if the coffee is just sold in stores. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My barbecue lovers in the family will be happy to know that Farmhouse Restaurant, where we often eat, received a high rating. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We love the food and staff there. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://www.inlander.com/best-of/2024/sandpoint/best-of-sandpoint-27691141" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> https://www.inlander.com/best-of/2024/sandpoint/best-of-sandpoint-27691141</span></a><div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">🎹🎸🎻</span>🍠🍔🍣🍰🍊🍆🍟</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Annie's Australian Adventure</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>--photos by Annie Love</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>from Annie: </b></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Had
such a fun day touring the Tidbinbilla Sanctuary. It’s absolutely
beautiful and filled with so many fun native animals including
kangaroos, koalas, native birds, bandicoots and even a fun snake! </i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Finished the day checking in at the Capital GeoBash Mega grounds in
Canberra and attending one of the side events. </i></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Fun to catch up with
caching friends and meet some new folks!</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-c1o16pVRO7mXo377CK9W654F3Ftd5bpeZlieOddYpR4N6YRK8sAF_h7K8FkOcGBrQwmkLUMztfR9aTH7LJi2NQbaw4AUXxMVLpZDE7opFbHsza_GKIu1-Ftg8v_PcbQtltyuGZlc_TbfGGuljkms6QsbrA3FPKeEFfrwfBC-Ha8NKCt1SiRaw/s2048/three%20koalas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-c1o16pVRO7mXo377CK9W654F3Ftd5bpeZlieOddYpR4N6YRK8sAF_h7K8FkOcGBrQwmkLUMztfR9aTH7LJi2NQbaw4AUXxMVLpZDE7opFbHsza_GKIu1-Ftg8v_PcbQtltyuGZlc_TbfGGuljkms6QsbrA3FPKeEFfrwfBC-Ha8NKCt1SiRaw/w480-h640/three%20koalas.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-eq0h5-ez_V7A6tTFOU_1Y4-4qjG1X3YePFNO4c8q97kXAd5tvzjYAA0VLOGIIBJFdAs4ginCipz5hFaVsOpt53qs_tIrHP2IB-Npvhaynxgzn6oN5p3MEL3_7h7hJA3PmlpueabRVIEume4PE-aMfcCQxA5PkTc5HMxGybPcvEbnA_39AANKg/s2052/easter%20bunnies%20me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2052" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-eq0h5-ez_V7A6tTFOU_1Y4-4qjG1X3YePFNO4c8q97kXAd5tvzjYAA0VLOGIIBJFdAs4ginCipz5hFaVsOpt53qs_tIrHP2IB-Npvhaynxgzn6oN5p3MEL3_7h7hJA3PmlpueabRVIEume4PE-aMfcCQxA5PkTc5HMxGybPcvEbnA_39AANKg/w640-h482/easter%20bunnies%20me.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I was about to doze off on the couch after dinner. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The dogs were snoozing, and Bill was on his way home from his conference in Moscow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Suddenly, Bridie jumped up and ran to the front door. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I pulled myself from the couch and followed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What did I see?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Not tiny reindeer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">No, these were three Easter bunnies, giggling away and one was holding an Easter basket. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Having known the generous habits of one of the Easter bunnies on past Easters and other holidays, I did not have to guess who it was. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, because one bunny was taller than the rest, I could assume that I knew him also. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But the third? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hmmm. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Robin had to take her costume hat off before I knew. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, so, I had my first-ever official Easter bunny visit from two bunnies I'd taught and a third that I just plain know. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These bunnies are of mid-70s vintage as far as their high school graduation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now, though, like me, they are older, but unlike me, they have no wrinkles---just adorable and happy faces with pretty pink noses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you, Karren, Lenny and Robin for the wonderful surprise and for your friendship. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My grandmother's name was Lily. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I named my Appaloosa mare Lily to honor her. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I love the name and love the fact that two "Lily's" made the news today. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They walk very different paths but both have the ability to light up our outlook on humanity by their amazing and inspiring examples. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Congratulations, Lily Gladstone. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Congratulations, Lily Richardson.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You both make us proud. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><div class="x78zum5 xqtp20y x1emribx"><span class="xt0psk2"><a aria-hidden="true" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u" href="https://www.facebook.com/umontana?__cft__[0]=AZX-no8lnZSevO1eEoj99_OLSL6KX1UvSInVEP-um66Pu-OweXgFnTnL34Pu9aBXpNQGApBDPswSd103g4QZBoeHGQBXqwCRnG04zPHjwSx4cM3a-Alkg5OKqHQV17us532C_SjJGon1CxabX1XVREWyI2WG0z3kZ_cykpvr-_uD94bJcXJOR-B2jZ8TJ_bOsJ1WV8jI-dBlcuTWvO7XXSok&__tn__=%3C%2CP-y-R" role="link" tabindex="-1"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><div class="xc9qbxq x14qfxbe x6s0dn4 x78zum5 xl56j7k"></div></span></a></span></div><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">If you are on Facebook, you can find the full series of photos, documenting a very special time for Best Actress Nominee and Golden Globes Best Actress Lily Gladstone. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><h4 class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">from the University of Montana, Lily's alma mater</span></h4><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">UM celebrates Lily Gladstone today as she receives a stand-up headdress in her hometown of Browning, on Montana’s Blackfeet Reservation. The ceremony marks one of the highest honors from the Blackfeet Nation.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">Lily, an enrolled member of the tribe, graduated in 2008 from UM with a Theater and Dance degree. In 2024, she won the Golden Globe and was Oscar-nominated for her work in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s amazing when our graduates go on to do big things, but it’s nothing short of inspirational when they travel full circle to make such a big impact on their community in traditional and contemporary ways. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">We couldn’t be more proud of Lily’s success, advocacy, and the positive impact she’s making — embodying the heart of a Grizzly the entire way.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nativegriz?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXDrwQIjv0es3IVVb_lGvJ5sz3cHRsybLT_-liKVqKZh2PBJ_UWi6SUKnn7hbUdcQ1BvZgignZWL8uvP8GmkR6CWet5dSqZJwb4V4zz8wA4uQQiEjHLHqAVEjgT5iUwqI3vjww5QJ-CMu87mHCO_YBBK-oj3XUAkfTM7u13gJToJfVP-4_ChJRDCDvKgUQK1HE&__tn__=*NK-y-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#nativegriz</a> <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mt?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXDrwQIjv0es3IVVb_lGvJ5sz3cHRsybLT_-liKVqKZh2PBJ_UWi6SUKnn7hbUdcQ1BvZgignZWL8uvP8GmkR6CWet5dSqZJwb4V4zz8wA4uQQiEjHLHqAVEjgT5iUwqI3vjww5QJ-CMu87mHCO_YBBK-oj3XUAkfTM7u13gJToJfVP-4_ChJRDCDvKgUQK1HE&__tn__=*NK-y-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#MT</a> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od"><img alt="📸" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tde/1/16/1f4f8.png" width="16" /></span>Tommy Martino</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">💚💛💓💜💗</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">Lily Richardson is a senior at Sandpoint High School. We have gotten acquainted with her over the past couple of years because she played on Willie's girls varsity basketball team. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">She's an athlete, a scholar and a multi-talented young woman. We wish her well in whatever path she chooses. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy the article about Lily Richardson in today's <i>Daily Bee.</i> </span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2024/mar/27/shs-senior-considers-military-academies/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2024/mar/27/shs-senior-considers-military-academies/</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">💪💪💚💛💜💙💓💪💪</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Annie Love, granddaughter of Lily Halter, continues to amaze us with her spirit, courage, independence and sense of adventure. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Knowing that she was on the trail and just a couple of hours away from a goal she had set for her Australian trip, I could not help but think of a day we spent on the trail in New Zealand in 2003, when I was 21 years younger than I am now. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We were walking the Tongariro Passage on the North Island. If I recall correctly, it was a 13-mile walk through a variety of terrain and foliage. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Twasn't easy for me, but I was determined to complete the trip, especially after observing that I was the oldest person on the bus filled with hikers---maybe even the oldest by about 30 years. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I struggled, but I also marveled at how all along the way, Annie would walk ahead and then she would walk back to be my cheerleader. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">In essence, by the time it was over, she had walked the Tongariro Passage twice that day. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, by golly, her ol' Mom made it through every kind of weather imaginable. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was a day I'll never forget, and so, I knew how special yesterday's trek was for Annie. I'm also betting she walked that trail only once.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill and I are very proud of her. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Annie's Australian Adventure: A High Point, Literally</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">From Annie: </span></b></p><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":raf:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Had an amazing time hiking to the top of Australia today! Though my legs are tired and clearly my sunblock failed me. </span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">But so worth the effort for the stunning views! Opted for the Main Range Track that included Mount Kosciuszko and a loop along and around other mountains in Kosciuszko National Park. </span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">14 miles</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;">2467 feet elevation gain</span></i></div><div dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>A <a tabindex="-1"></a>cool thing for me about this hike was crossing the Snowy River. When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was </i>The Man From Snowy River<i>. I realize the film featured locations from other parts of Australia, but still fun to see the namesake live.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">💙💚💛💜💓</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"> </i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Click on the video and scroll through photos. </span></b><i style="font-size: x-large;"> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYXz-CWDjY6LgygU-Rkbhiqk7EODvBkHbw8c2laQw2TIs-Rvn_7qqw8WfiVXSGMwIbF-mupHIH_Ql1lA0F8hS5SwZGPOamiO2-HXUtV2mLGMKfs4DrOxp3N2ES-5eTo1hYvcmZRtkRRYBTq-xG8Q3gSfVpyAg0MWpXxhIWwKnKX7ykLJkJvfj3Q/s720/made%20it.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Et. Al. <p><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_taKyur70I8b1UncIDdpgNC-vnQNAfGOGs9rCI_hbvzr8ZUdE5Q91BVBqT-2yoHaGmD9ar1jtSyeEIb-FmALKr5BtY8Sf9qzJHLfE2rt_HN_WO_OF9L-7ilEyGvPn7Jxo7SF0Rbpau1Eq1OKxotg4xE6gYWx61TFebtRetfRC-LgUN60qhdrrw/s2038/foster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2038" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_taKyur70I8b1UncIDdpgNC-vnQNAfGOGs9rCI_hbvzr8ZUdE5Q91BVBqT-2yoHaGmD9ar1jtSyeEIb-FmALKr5BtY8Sf9qzJHLfE2rt_HN_WO_OF9L-7ilEyGvPn7Jxo7SF0Rbpau1Eq1OKxotg4xE6gYWx61TFebtRetfRC-LgUN60qhdrrw/w640-h482/foster.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Where's Foster in that sea of green?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR_HJmlyqM6XQ7UtafATK0Ym-VnbGCKE7pM0RQdwNPgrvLFsOtgunU4620zAeN714uv1-dStiByQciNnuBsjC0zWlgJaqmBKTtnUJiy0Zaa1Zmf8DpFwe-mVkGGktpdnLYc_XrECTPjTzEB0M5IMHtXtx0wvv9JSuYJjD0mCKP5KNMTTx3hufxg/s2048/bridie%20grass.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR_HJmlyqM6XQ7UtafATK0Ym-VnbGCKE7pM0RQdwNPgrvLFsOtgunU4620zAeN714uv1-dStiByQciNnuBsjC0zWlgJaqmBKTtnUJiy0Zaa1Zmf8DpFwe-mVkGGktpdnLYc_XrECTPjTzEB0M5IMHtXtx0wvv9JSuYJjD0mCKP5KNMTTx3hufxg/w640-h482/bridie%20grass.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">We love our Border Collies 24-7 all year long, but we feel the passion even more while watching them run and play across green fields. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Those opportunities are increasing by the day as the grass begins to grow and turn green. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Bill has been gone since Sunday. He's attending his annual Family Forest Landowners gathering in Moscow. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">He'll be home tonight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Meanwhile, the dogs and I have enjoyed some bonding time both indoors and outdoors. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Lots of snoozing for them indoors while I watch TV. Last night's television viewing involved women's college basketball, which was topped off by Gonzaga playing Utah. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Bill watched from his venue in Moscow, while Willie and Debbie were in the Kennel for the game. I watched from the couch. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">What an epic game it was! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">As the commentators noted, the best from both teams showed up and played their hearts out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">It's just amazing to watch the skill and ease demonstrated by Utah's Alissa Pili as she methodically attends to her job and hits basket after basket from under the rim and and from far outside. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">She scored 35 points in last night's loss to Gonzaga.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> The ZAGS ran on all cylinders last night sinking three-pointer after three pointer in a packed and loud McCarthey Athletic Center. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Two great teams duked it out, and, happily, for the ZAG Nation, the Bulldogs now move on to the Sweet Sixteen, just like the men. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Bill told me this morning on the phone that both teams play Friday. Let's hope both teams will play after Friday too. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">For now, we fans are prouder than ever of the program that develops these players, sticks with the plan and entertains us throughout the winter months.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Gonzaga basketball is an amazing treasure for the Inland Northwest and beyond. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKG6bvBoNuL1H6HmryKVKKFn5I6VbC17H8UW98TmrVo66c79POCp5YZ7pRQ8F9-8mYKvzUus5uMbnTAiq_wrNYYI71KX5sfL8pd4RkmkFwSH5COhAWXVsneXHLedNzWBBhYjPDEO3ej2NLPYWIbE5QvTpATyesEm-ZXL3FA4-nWnKVuAVXSKmEw/s640/sweet%20sixteen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKG6bvBoNuL1H6HmryKVKKFn5I6VbC17H8UW98TmrVo66c79POCp5YZ7pRQ8F9-8mYKvzUus5uMbnTAiq_wrNYYI71KX5sfL8pd4RkmkFwSH5COhAWXVsneXHLedNzWBBhYjPDEO3ej2NLPYWIbE5QvTpATyesEm-ZXL3FA4-nWnKVuAVXSKmEw/w512-h640/sweet%20sixteen.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">And, then, this morning, we read about the dark side of the local NCAA tournament. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">According to reports, after one night, the Utah's women's basketball team had to switch to a different hotel in Spokane after experiencing a series of racist comments aimed at the team at their original hotel in Coeur d'Alene. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">In her post-game press comments, the Utah coach Lynn Roberts expressed dismay and shock at these incidents. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><i>"For our players and staff to not feel safe in an NCAA tournament environment, it's messed up . . .so we moved hotels . . . it was a distraction . . . upsetting and unfortunate . . when it is supposed to be a joyous experience. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><i>To have such a black eye on the experience is unfortunate." </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">This is both sad and maddening to learn that once again a portion of our population here in North Idaho feels the need to perpetuate the reputation for hateful behavior that has permeated this area for years. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I'm sad because such incidents are so unnecessary, unproductive, disturbing and downright despicable. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">My first thoughts: will we see this area hosting NCAA tournaments in the future? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">It is definitely an unfortunate black mark on an event that brought so much joy in so many ways to Spokane and the surrounding area. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Just my opinion, but I don't think I'm alone.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">From Australia . . . </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">photos by Annie Love</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Annie spent most of the day driving, so her range of photos is a bit limited today. Tomorrow, she hikes in the Snowy Mountains. </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><i><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Today
was mostly a driving day through some beautiful countryside. Did stop
to grab an EarthCache at Three Sisters before leaving the Blue
Mountains. Saw lots of warning signs for kangaroos, wombats and even
koalas, but have only seen roadkill versions of each so far.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Stay tuned. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekCQIdl5qoYySr3X0YztJFsqgWh7HIpsEyXQhtOoCgDVqZ3DF1XQTYErztt5ObRWRmMJy_DffdMjww8Ow0R_aSIi9wC2jj5euFMWWYsHKqSq3bEKb75taNccbj9beMh0XGgDMkucx-hI53Ortv4xlEZvXPQu8tK9lSdF_TIgKALukOjmsRaDT_Q/s2048/better%20countryside.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekCQIdl5qoYySr3X0YztJFsqgWh7HIpsEyXQhtOoCgDVqZ3DF1XQTYErztt5ObRWRmMJy_DffdMjww8Ow0R_aSIi9wC2jj5euFMWWYsHKqSq3bEKb75taNccbj9beMh0XGgDMkucx-hI53Ortv4xlEZvXPQu8tK9lSdF_TIgKALukOjmsRaDT_Q/w640-h480/better%20countryside.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Australia Blue Mountains: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Annie Love Photos</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Another day of hiking and geocaching in the Blue Mountains. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>GAME DAY for LADY ZAGS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hoping to move on to the Sweet Sixteen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Buy tickets and go to Spokane to see them in person, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">or watch tonight at 7:30 p.m. PDT on ESPN2</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>GO, ZAGS!</b></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXi9lI8IKjg2uLbdYkUzu3wfWtk9kCHmQnwEQDfgUsCwUPdVRvICde6UcE7kou8P0JU0JwiKQOf8AXNZ31NebvtuDWkHj8OVPyiaJBTLXm2rALUPByfpYAyByeXmSUXrloYlQMVo-ONvUhd1mpuOHmF9MoBgXM1ZeVOOZ8VbuUmmxrlURJxAyzHQ/s680/tickets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXi9lI8IKjg2uLbdYkUzu3wfWtk9kCHmQnwEQDfgUsCwUPdVRvICde6UcE7kou8P0JU0JwiKQOf8AXNZ31NebvtuDWkHj8OVPyiaJBTLXm2rALUPByfpYAyByeXmSUXrloYlQMVo-ONvUhd1mpuOHmF9MoBgXM1ZeVOOZ8VbuUmmxrlURJxAyzHQ/w640-h360/tickets.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-59969675183051435912024-03-24T07:59:00.000-07:002024-03-24T08:20:21.850-07:00A Fun Day for ZAGS Fans; Annie's Aussie Adventure<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q3WA-aBk0yWsMLPYme0bKTDspD4Pr7XjPhhQW0lAMeSR7mEIOWN4ymue0Bd07Jo3KjMyrgf0tz1L_R-vSs8uGs50pJW7eS5T66QwxP-UuxNmpCvTwGW5RXgROpvqaBGjPI4xFbBml1ldkux6DCal6Y_DNPWBwh_th7Ui6vzn9SqWOwPJ8OdLXQ/s2086/debbie%20clapping.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2086" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q3WA-aBk0yWsMLPYme0bKTDspD4Pr7XjPhhQW0lAMeSR7mEIOWN4ymue0Bd07Jo3KjMyrgf0tz1L_R-vSs8uGs50pJW7eS5T66QwxP-UuxNmpCvTwGW5RXgROpvqaBGjPI4xFbBml1ldkux6DCal6Y_DNPWBwh_th7Ui6vzn9SqWOwPJ8OdLXQ/w640-h486/debbie%20clapping.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It may have been raining for most of the day yesterday, but the ZAG endorphins were working overtime for us, elevating our moods to several states of pride-filled euphoria. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We watched the first half of the men's game, then climbed into Willie's car and turned on the radio play-by-play while enroute to Spokane and McCarthey Athletic Complex. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Gonzaga women's game started around 4:30. We arrived more than an hour early so took in a few minutes of Gonzaga baseball, where the Bulldogs were playing Loyola Marymount. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We learned later that they won after breaking a 2-2 tie. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Listening to the men's game as opposed to watching it was a bit of a disappointment but the details provided by Tom Hudson and Adam Morrison kept stretching to the level of supreme. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was a great victory for the ZAGS over storied Kansas, and I sincerely thank you, Mow, for your graciousness in what had to be a painful loss. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My dear friend had her two hats (Jayhawk and Zags) available for wearing during the game and she sent a nice note wishing good times ahead for the ZAGS.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D5cUSQDXOM3PyrLZf_JchXhMCJsZ0gdQwm0DY0X2jQ9GTm6ANlemmkk56g7Zv868K4zF33OCdzNgWBxc-iuEOg3M_b4ONQ493h5T6UENl28k3UCDCqCd2qWiE3dhbpRCuIGwF0wLJ7l8ruZohV6BvuvZ81ItaX7aCgooagwEF5dTqW0rI4ynYw/s909/jayhawk%20zag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="909" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D5cUSQDXOM3PyrLZf_JchXhMCJsZ0gdQwm0DY0X2jQ9GTm6ANlemmkk56g7Zv868K4zF33OCdzNgWBxc-iuEOg3M_b4ONQ493h5T6UENl28k3UCDCqCd2qWiE3dhbpRCuIGwF0wLJ7l8ruZohV6BvuvZ81ItaX7aCgooagwEF5dTqW0rI4ynYw/w640-h638/jayhawk%20zag.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The important part of all this is that there are great stories to go along with athletes bouncing or passing a ball up and down the court. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Over the years, those stories blend into what we call history. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mow loves the long history of her Jayhawks, and we are loving nearly 30 years of our history loving the ZAGS. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It all makes for great conversation and camaraderie during the long winter months. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At this point, for our men's team, we are thrilled that they notched another Sweet Sixteen, and for the women, their story of greatness is truly unfolding this year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We hope they also make it to the Sweet Sixteen. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Beyond that, in our minds, it's all frosting on the cake.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Whenever these stories of March Madness ends for Gonzaga teams, we'll be gearing up for next year. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">College basketball is phenomenal in so many ways. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Anywho, we enjoyed a full dose yesterday, staying after the Gonzaga women's game and watching Utah's Utes win in their matchup with South Dakota. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">The women play Utah at McCarthey tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., and the men travel on to Detroit later this week and keep on dancing. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Another pleasant aspect of our trip to the women's NCAA tournament came when I ran into Andrea Balch Boyle, my SHS 1965 classmate whom I'd not seen since our last reunion in 2015. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Later, Rick and Janet Anthony, also classmates came walking my way. We actually had seats just a row apart. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">So, there was some delightful frosting on the cake for a memorable and fun day. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Happy Sunday. </span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0swjI6UdWlglXi5yaA9WloPKT45pd4cL-CVv5jbTGig1IcT4tcHWOcfD98v9l_rDGbSIoUnyB8mn-Ta3MoWGDGLdLuLSUku5Tlf2doPYayEv9ycCXYkJvNt0CG9NxXrBY1ZOw0XgSZPACRRLAHESPTDzz74Yv6XC5T1FM-hBPULbTBPqCmTXpCA/s1860/lady%20zag%20score.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Annie's Aussie Adventures: </b>While we were captivated by college basketball from morning 'til night, Annie was hiking with some Camino pilgrims in the Blue Mountains of Australia. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>from Annie:</b> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Went on an amazing hike in the Blue Mountains with fellow Camino walkers…one I met on the Camino Primitivo last year. Always fun to reconnect with friends from the Camino!</i></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r4u:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>The trail was the Grand Canyon Track and it had the best variety of expansive views and a stunning rain forest gorge.</i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy the photos. </span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-28557603152352073882024-03-23T07:54:00.000-07:002024-03-23T08:18:17.590-07:00Saturday Slight<p><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6Gi33vDgCfrftf0lL63viSG8D4KPobu6m6QSS_vF3pOoFs1Vj-ZAjBXGCSAZEagT0_5TS4gheO62Nk1udlSaHN-GH3DKW0iuVpUFfQ9P2J7q1rC0Kmn4PpDXr3Z8qkVxR5LtJZsmZoq6uwhGxtG6vbvYrdjBOolkn55uwEsoKIfDWmazgXiLBQ/s3931/crocus.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3931" data-original-width="2567" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6Gi33vDgCfrftf0lL63viSG8D4KPobu6m6QSS_vF3pOoFs1Vj-ZAjBXGCSAZEagT0_5TS4gheO62Nk1udlSaHN-GH3DKW0iuVpUFfQ9P2J7q1rC0Kmn4PpDXr3Z8qkVxR5LtJZsmZoq6uwhGxtG6vbvYrdjBOolkn55uwEsoKIfDWmazgXiLBQ/w418-h640/crocus.JPG" width="418" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When my friend Ann and I walked past the Gardenia Center on our way to the Empty Bowl fundraiser yesterday, we marveled at the beautiful crocuses pictured below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I commented that it would be some time before we have crocuses blooming at home. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Later, while walking around the yard, I looked in the crocus/periwinkle bed, and, lo and behold, that single purple crocus in full bloom made a liar out of me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What a nice spring surprise!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vTl8iZZdljDdEx0ckLwnBG19NNSDsCUxQOHPMTtW_wzdRwP15207uIJIjjCBlCmwKBTfoDqjGkL-wBlhJsSo8bLoiDhW0PUGFJJ4gijF2InU6Fn0DWBSMf_S5NdTm9aMaA1lgP4Oj5eQbPSq0I_4mXJoJhNWB9JfGBoed-SzqXHWrSHLNX8Bjg/s1525/crocuses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1674" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9e7paXGnYTtD9_PAuGSpE9Db70rdjshef6CtHNJtl8fQ7ybmR1rOy8hetFC1oEv5pyN2Ks52gup3iqsgN9McGDPWdigX6kITVySocGiZwqKhRPVR4hLZ6CFDpUYPD1LGrXZ2rJvCxPPaRMVVqyE8GU0AzUMrcTaSPlnnVwo-n_SxPubUQSKAwg/w640-h514/ann%20cake.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday was Ann Gehring's birthday, so she was pleasantly surprised when the food bank ladies presented her with a beautiful cake at the Empty Bowl fundraiser. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Those in attendance sang a lively "Happy Birthday" to Ann.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Below: Ann and my friend Becky and yours truly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja24HH157T4bjuzazPLyyFMhVkSbqX2sXrARXCHi0Hn40PjtfXNRSJoAB0d6OWC1_fqsDyPO0t1qpW-OLsCF7VJ4VH6vqJADWwkz8QMumVvZMDP3WmqxZdClbu3uCda_QsCYgUDj5rU2sqbGuNtgXjpBaRuzNLtabJHQO_j8VlXWa8Wl_UulOjxA/s1782/me%20ann%20becky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1782" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja24HH157T4bjuzazPLyyFMhVkSbqX2sXrARXCHi0Hn40PjtfXNRSJoAB0d6OWC1_fqsDyPO0t1qpW-OLsCF7VJ4VH6vqJADWwkz8QMumVvZMDP3WmqxZdClbu3uCda_QsCYgUDj5rU2sqbGuNtgXjpBaRuzNLtabJHQO_j8VlXWa8Wl_UulOjxA/w640-h376/me%20ann%20becky.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQthjWgxmVgwWpjCG5dqJv8eMOpirKf88GcZvE62oCiunEI50iRILfg_PG3M2aQ6yfV50VZyrNhieKxuZs4_E8zqqGzGyrfWQOSCuIK4H1uU8XjDUnT-mXapr_wLwxC_b1YY33M6VKtOmVhaHZLlUMMixehUW1PnJOLcD5a0N7sbB43fyf871ixQ/s1885/debbie%20art%20kids.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1885" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQthjWgxmVgwWpjCG5dqJv8eMOpirKf88GcZvE62oCiunEI50iRILfg_PG3M2aQ6yfV50VZyrNhieKxuZs4_E8zqqGzGyrfWQOSCuIK4H1uU8XjDUnT-mXapr_wLwxC_b1YY33M6VKtOmVhaHZLlUMMixehUW1PnJOLcD5a0N7sbB43fyf871ixQ/w640-h490/debbie%20art%20kids.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Debbie from the Bonner Community Food Bank and three students representing the Brie Dillon's SHS art class. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The students crafted beautiful bowls for the highly successful Empty Bowl Soup luncheon fundraiser held yesterday at Tango Restaurant. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Funds raised from the event go to the food bank.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was a wonderful luncheon, beautifully organized with volunteers from the food bank. Twas truly a festive affair with lots of familiar faces. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Below: the Kincaid sisters Kay and Kit with Debbie. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRy6tpToCSxmUBqw-oAeUO7UhhLu2zUunjEe109d0Iy7t6zQ-c-miVFzhKpYFl20sQ8r_ZJCf6tAY5eCCyNSE-KatLYAfc2qVh6PL_YVVXPqRjo08v3gVXRY-9C4TyYtls_QbiTNRry_2h-OydEj7v8rjdQXD_hDX9zs59NDEA3LE8D1UCA2HgQ/s1703/kay%20kit%20debbie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="1703" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRy6tpToCSxmUBqw-oAeUO7UhhLu2zUunjEe109d0Iy7t6zQ-c-miVFzhKpYFl20sQ8r_ZJCf6tAY5eCCyNSE-KatLYAfc2qVh6PL_YVVXPqRjo08v3gVXRY-9C4TyYtls_QbiTNRry_2h-OydEj7v8rjdQXD_hDX9zs59NDEA3LE8D1UCA2HgQ/w640-h506/kay%20kit%20debbie.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZLNiM3pAqMrYRvAq_KzlG8pT-AUTbetRqqC4arkPLzdpQlev8H8A3KWwI0xIDKZKn_omh4mz9To8x9scvu09DPRU8xlaNsi7AIxytqw2DTnjdk5O4-8xY_ufFK9mSAGF0b7U8sfDNmzlyen27EYHshKOANeL6KsBqcaP6SEhi8r-j4g5lNlF8Q/s1562/gail%20me%20border.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZLNiM3pAqMrYRvAq_KzlG8pT-AUTbetRqqC4arkPLzdpQlev8H8A3KWwI0xIDKZKn_omh4mz9To8x9scvu09DPRU8xlaNsi7AIxytqw2DTnjdk5O4-8xY_ufFK9mSAGF0b7U8sfDNmzlyen27EYHshKOANeL6KsBqcaP6SEhi8r-j4g5lNlF8Q/w634-h640/gail%20me%20border.jpg" width="634" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My former student and friend Gail told me yesterday that if I puckered up, my wrinkles wouldn't show. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hmmm!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Don't know about that, but we enjoyed a fun moment at the Empty Bowl fundraiser, as we have so many times in the past. </span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZfQGn_IA8d3ii63oC9QH2VFYWjFF4cewtZJLlTOfVUvaBCSFIQkrClioNWeZhrxOz7O37ZgMWlUxjcN96WCDkhhnLNLeQcw0U2vYs4PswVPM4CD-_0dmoZRSmrA2vlNtdkGlf2s_sZqxHw_ViSiDHcRFY8lTW5weTineqDUpJfJ-4BVfw8qquQ/s2766/bull.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2469" data-original-width="2766" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZfQGn_IA8d3ii63oC9QH2VFYWjFF4cewtZJLlTOfVUvaBCSFIQkrClioNWeZhrxOz7O37ZgMWlUxjcN96WCDkhhnLNLeQcw0U2vYs4PswVPM4CD-_0dmoZRSmrA2vlNtdkGlf2s_sZqxHw_ViSiDHcRFY8lTW5weTineqDUpJfJ-4BVfw8qquQ/w640-h572/bull.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Just some neighborhood scenes, including a lotta bull and an outdoor dining room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxcsXInRME5Ck0d80DaLAza9JqawMP0pnIuY6gA-POXsOJwIHuqDjEqMt3Efe4Xb5eke40wHH_IGnvwMmoaw6cBMauDHJ0sQMHratRRC3UJMmjBhZogs71a5YQEJ5sMoCH25dwlLjxd1rS7ipeG9C9GUQ3VE7tyz0Eav2PzGLHGwo2XfQBw4MHA/s4080/bulls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2719" data-original-width="4080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxcsXInRME5Ck0d80DaLAza9JqawMP0pnIuY6gA-POXsOJwIHuqDjEqMt3Efe4Xb5eke40wHH_IGnvwMmoaw6cBMauDHJ0sQMHratRRC3UJMmjBhZogs71a5YQEJ5sMoCH25dwlLjxd1rS7ipeG9C9GUQ3VE7tyz0Eav2PzGLHGwo2XfQBw4MHA/w640-h426/bulls.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTvm7aWBFqcSUqMFmv092IcGnChSM0TE9G21Gxte2BUKVUqyEEbufcZDQNXPMe2B3D5_zlWRqrxN9ReCMkZPBHfn8Wqj6EYQylvLrYy6M5qAnk00YrZ6zWWaEMjyjnCWa6Q_oUOVEBYFPai7cKmJo51QsE1YzSioBB-aBw6mkakXTieSbkRsCqQ/s3727/goats%20hay.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2395" data-original-width="3727" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTvm7aWBFqcSUqMFmv092IcGnChSM0TE9G21Gxte2BUKVUqyEEbufcZDQNXPMe2B3D5_zlWRqrxN9ReCMkZPBHfn8Wqj6EYQylvLrYy6M5qAnk00YrZ6zWWaEMjyjnCWa6Q_oUOVEBYFPai7cKmJo51QsE1YzSioBB-aBw6mkakXTieSbkRsCqQ/w640-h412/goats%20hay.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2Wh5Eho7cspNhmNOc2Io7hE7-JJv-71yGTUHZDKuz4Dr65Eq_6D10l81ffAJ582kBYpFdcx8s37_Owp1hD01w8fz3LPk467LuTjnRZSmV7L_tFlFeC4-LUlsETACMYzUqkRKSQhBeyFsSEM15ReXRV-FG5weGtt8cgWqB2z_1P1-VJJjbVFiMg/s2048/annie%20opera%20house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2Wh5Eho7cspNhmNOc2Io7hE7-JJv-71yGTUHZDKuz4Dr65Eq_6D10l81ffAJ582kBYpFdcx8s37_Owp1hD01w8fz3LPk467LuTjnRZSmV7L_tFlFeC4-LUlsETACMYzUqkRKSQhBeyFsSEM15ReXRV-FG5weGtt8cgWqB2z_1P1-VJJjbVFiMg/w640-h480/annie%20opera%20house.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A great story here. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">About 20 years ago, I knew Annie was visiting Australia. I was also aware that one of my former students, Kelsi Camp, would be there at the same time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Kelsi and Annie knew of each other from St. Joseph's Catholic Church but were just acquaintances. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, I suggested they try to meet each other in Australia. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They did, on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qhjgOtuLDKXVBqZrzx-aSyeILMLHHm000A9qEzCqSwvh325cGAx3mpwLXwKGSvD35bbvjgi6Si9x_pTLnSmdcbBXri6MQzRYZvis_MmAYws5WGzrAApYohJi7m39RUUaUrOw3SgX_p2evfh3gmmpNRz-vUcl-gY7VyoDqOqaiw9RrGBSdAIVIw/s1824/annie%20kelsi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1824" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qhjgOtuLDKXVBqZrzx-aSyeILMLHHm000A9qEzCqSwvh325cGAx3mpwLXwKGSvD35bbvjgi6Si9x_pTLnSmdcbBXri6MQzRYZvis_MmAYws5WGzrAApYohJi7m39RUUaUrOw3SgX_p2evfh3gmmpNRz-vUcl-gY7VyoDqOqaiw9RrGBSdAIVIw/w400-h290/annie%20kelsi.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They've been good friends ever since. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Kelsi wasn't there yesterday, but Annie spent some more quality time at the Sydney Opera House and other points of interest during her 13-mile walk around the city. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">from Annie:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><i><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Walked
over 13 miles around Sydney today. Took a ferry to Cockatoo Island to
explore the interesting history there, visited the ANZAC memorial, the
art gallery and found several great caches. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><i><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><i><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Definitely love being back
in this fun city!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUnkHdxlM66Q6d9A8nsoigWNY2Lik_uJUKmXxRdpDtSJQn_r-MsKkcQGSKPHDhMRBXrkrbmumC-Io3hsp2R0R0LWPY23xwptmmwvDr_FZEVtNPy_IAlsYdbDS30HCpGCuu4-_BLMVyx1GulvoHeb5rfYtKwXTvPl9-84-xgi9fqXDk7S22uc3Fg/s2048/opera%20house%20inside.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUnkHdxlM66Q6d9A8nsoigWNY2Lik_uJUKmXxRdpDtSJQn_r-MsKkcQGSKPHDhMRBXrkrbmumC-Io3hsp2R0R0LWPY23xwptmmwvDr_FZEVtNPy_IAlsYdbDS30HCpGCuu4-_BLMVyx1GulvoHeb5rfYtKwXTvPl9-84-xgi9fqXDk7S22uc3Fg/w480-h640/opera%20house%20inside.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> Sweet Sixteen is calling!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">GO, ZAGS!!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi226VdZR1MN38z_ycP-wKM2j7YcjN7BNe39PrwSPiHw0VtEDBye2MVincMKAeZhT2AmywyRHYZLf669iHUvVcEVBR9iA3EUH-VED9zrG9MxsyJaI5Wq5wWSSETSZWV2iiXbtzW2dga_E4W0ySJDk7OR1UOVwmiZRCS-FU00eKY8I7dV7x3XMioQ/s1544/Go%20ZAGS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1544" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi226VdZR1MN38z_ycP-wKM2j7YcjN7BNe39PrwSPiHw0VtEDBye2MVincMKAeZhT2AmywyRHYZLf669iHUvVcEVBR9iA3EUH-VED9zrG9MxsyJaI5Wq5wWSSETSZWV2iiXbtzW2dga_E4W0ySJDk7OR1UOVwmiZRCS-FU00eKY8I7dV7x3XMioQ/w640-h572/Go%20ZAGS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></div>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-52024882318360721692024-03-22T07:35:00.000-07:002024-03-22T07:55:34.651-07:00Dancing and Down Under<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTnVkrTieEscyWcKfqEJBnZaDCNGqlAiuwEa5e9WSw70GL3GyIZ1Ztt4PjIr-gGSGA8ZQymsC2pB3reEh-AYbOlFVbGlaAYDIytUUVn64PhwENRYl5SJBP0RsD0B7OPQU0IFQ_PLqiLyNTZCybcpawCVFDkh2-JS2OZbMssbpj7YP7yfIH7c7Tw/s2056/foster%20lane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="1552" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTnVkrTieEscyWcKfqEJBnZaDCNGqlAiuwEa5e9WSw70GL3GyIZ1Ztt4PjIr-gGSGA8ZQymsC2pB3reEh-AYbOlFVbGlaAYDIytUUVn64PhwENRYl5SJBP0RsD0B7OPQU0IFQ_PLqiLyNTZCybcpawCVFDkh2-JS2OZbMssbpj7YP7yfIH7c7Tw/w484-h640/foster%20lane.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Supposedly, "Foster's" is the largest selling Australian brand of beer in the world. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Also, we'veoften been told that "Foster" is Australian for "beer." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Whatever the case, our little Foster has his Australian roots (mini Aussie), and now his best friend Annie is in Australia. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I do know that she has already sampled the beer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, she's probably sleeping now; as I write it's 1:16 a.m. March 23 in Australia. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Annie lost the entire day of March 21 on her flight down under. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Her adventures will begin soon, so stay tuned. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqbKcLbiL9Wvzm66TMx98j4VqVAU5pxxvkUliWaA2435zQVKGOC2UW1mXhFsKT7gD1AO7GcEmZW1iZxU5-3Y__N1hPtw-0Tfm3LxRksvbQaBlfuVZaAJX3hLm4HbFjYAKi_gNubYEncm4hzx7dZqpJARX34nLdSOu5XZxL7yfs0f33ZGDmja33Q/s2048/seductivity%20beer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">👡👡👡👡👡</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And now, once again, it's </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">GAMES DAY. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">March Madness continues with the second full day of match-ups in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Last night I read that just over one percent of the brackets filled out by millions are still perfect. That was before the last final buzzer had gone off, so maybe it's even less fewer now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mine suffered severe damage when BYU and Kentucky lost, but I'm still hanging in there with some 89-percenter brackets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There was no damage whatsoever to our spirits with last night's two wins by Inland Northwest teams. The ZAGS won, as did the WSU Cougars. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, then, yet another family conundrum unfolded. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A few years ago I sent my dear friend Mow a ZAGS baseball cap. She's an enthusiastic ZAGS fan,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">BUT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">she's also a graduate of the University of Kansas aka KU, home of the Jayhawks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Kansas won last night, and whom will they play?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Gonzaga</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So two game days in a row for the ZAGS we have a member of the inner circle who's torn between two great teams. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill survived the McNeese defeat last night, and his true ZAGS fan colors showed through when he didn't want me to turn the channel to watch the ending of the Kentucky game. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He wanted to enjoy every minute of the ZAGS game. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, we'll all respect everyone's alliances, and, of course, I'm not torn in the least----a ZAGS fan to the end, and it's okay for Mow to cheer on the Jayhawks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We do what we have to do. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The main objective: that we still have fun through all this college basketball insanity. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8fSk-VYp7rFiG8NKByMBcr5sRha9fusCQg7rDY-f0wvcn5olvYUkIuo1HgtGHDjO_U-wmd5jz7JySp7Vw0Hkl8rSgIeKlr7Q4hbEHGnvWpbn7_LplTSND2LjX0bxMgJOUsBjAxJ-CQowueaGaj7kiclZNkzYP1BoVgFGNa22Mj7HI0raG1Kw0Q/s640/first%20round%20wins.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">That's my friend, neighbor and dentist, Dr. Greg Prins in the photo below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">While I spent last night's ZAGS halftime outside walking the road, Greg came by and stopped for a short visit. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He was nice enough not to mention that he hadn't seen me in the dentist's chair for a while. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I sent the video below to Annie so she could listen once her plane touched down in Sydney yesterday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's so beautiful and definitely worth sharing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy Friday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7UFmwArST-I" width="320" youtube-src-id="7UFmwArST-I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-19693878886701146902024-03-21T07:46:00.000-07:002024-03-21T08:42:45.716-07:00Driving and Dancing<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7wzkW_3L7Qtm7k6mpOGxIWHoEyYU-A0nL8lNpVNk_LTdNR_8I8K2nQ4Ye-Oo_WznTKyUH4locDVa9JUm56yC9-s4Hu1KtZusZnyR3NVAmmA7YtJyMjYpgaWa8RaAmrqUNANI52DmUGaWV_Bm-9afBHHsTriX6VICTdgjM2vk_wUGvEOAlHgXIA/s1821/mural.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1821" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7wzkW_3L7Qtm7k6mpOGxIWHoEyYU-A0nL8lNpVNk_LTdNR_8I8K2nQ4Ye-Oo_WznTKyUH4locDVa9JUm56yC9-s4Hu1KtZusZnyR3NVAmmA7YtJyMjYpgaWa8RaAmrqUNANI52DmUGaWV_Bm-9afBHHsTriX6VICTdgjM2vk_wUGvEOAlHgXIA/w640-h454/mural.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's Madness on the Mind this morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But wait!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday was pretty calm. We went to Canada.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill announced earlier this week that he'd like to make a trip to Canada while the weather was still nice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, it worked out yesterday, and off we went, with two dogs in the back seat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill and Annie had gone geocaching earlier this year near Moyie Lake on the Eastport crossing. Plus, he and Willie had gone fishing in that same area last summer. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It had been a while since I had made the trip, so we decided on Cranbrook as a destination. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We enjoyed ourselves from start to finish, and I think the dogs did too. They spent time outside during a couple of stops, one at a wetlands area near Cranbrook; the other, a roadside rest stop on the highway from Cranbrook to Creston. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bridie's ball went along, so she had some quality chasing and retrieving, while Foster was in sniffing Heaven.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After driving around sections of Cranbrook, we parked and spent some time in Max's Place where, over coffee and treats, we visited with a railway retiree who had come West from Montreal more than 50 years ago. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had the impression he was a regular at the coffee shop because, being an hour ahead of Pacific Time, we realized that we had arrived not long before closing time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our friend announced he would help the gals behind the counter clean up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Later, we stopped by a fenced-in resort on the south end of Moyie Lake. Within minutes of turning in, we met Denise who has two lots at the resort. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It didn't take long for us to figure out that Denise was the resident Chamber of Commerce for the resort---very outgoing and informative. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Over dinner at Jimmy D's in Creston, we texted back and forth with Annie who was on a lengthy layover in Los Angeles, waiting for her flight to Sydney. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As I write at 7:21 a.m., she's been in the air for about eight hours----only seven more to go. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, so, we had a nice day in Canada, and we're getting revved up to watch as our brackets either explode with correct choices or implode with the message "You're done."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I've submitted multiples in both my groups: Friday Night Diners through CBS Sports and Big D's Big Time Bracket Challenge through ESPN and Sandpoint High School. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The latter is supplying half the profits ($5 per bracket) to Bonner Homeless Transitions, and last time I checked 200 brackets had been posted. So, it looks like it will be a nice donation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Besides the bracketology, we have our first big game today: Gonzaga Men's team vs. McNeese State University (Bill's alma mater). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I still don't know what he's planning to do as far as supporting the ZAGS or the Cowboys, but it will be a win-win situation---sorta. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I don't think he will be happy if Gonzaga loses, but he might be happy if McNeese wins, and I'm pretty sure he will be happy if Gonzaga wins but sad if McNeese loses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's a quandary, for sure, but, regardless of results, he'll just move on enjoying the tournament like the rest of us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy Thursday. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy9y84Ds_fsYAeJJ6zogh0RiuYPb7E9DwEhKHK1x7KwdNPOvvbkwSmzpwJAw_qFmLU9Al15hGbPI215rAoBhgcRDJuqu0hHuvRO5lFT01THfHl_dN8CA5VbnB8SHdmt7sr8Qs8x8bWUqSufFqFBxndMB8d_eOj9beeXuZr8C-p2zQKIvLZ5XuZA/s4362/daisy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4362" data-original-width="3127" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy9y84Ds_fsYAeJJ6zogh0RiuYPb7E9DwEhKHK1x7KwdNPOvvbkwSmzpwJAw_qFmLU9Al15hGbPI215rAoBhgcRDJuqu0hHuvRO5lFT01THfHl_dN8CA5VbnB8SHdmt7sr8Qs8x8bWUqSufFqFBxndMB8d_eOj9beeXuZr8C-p2zQKIvLZ5XuZA/w458-h640/daisy.JPG" width="458" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'm not really sure what this plant is. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earlier I called it a Jack-in-the-beanstalk geranium because it was in a pot among the geranium collection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since then, it's done anything but look like a geranium. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's been transplanted into a bigger pot and now instead of extending skyward, the stem has started curley-queing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, I'm thinking now that it's a black-eyed susan. I planted a few of those seeds so maybe that's it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One thing I do know for sure is that this morning's sky at dawn was glorious. We have to enjoy this last day of lovely spring weather and then get ready for the daylong excuses to occupy the couch in front of the television set. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">March Madness begins a full schedule tomorrow after the play-in games are completed tonight. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_L-4HybbcCjMh82agH8s37R_8k0X7xSbo9PloaEKCER_S0-eFDBTVNBjyvL6uCgx8sTsRaFfTkJnNGwDMCl5JvbAxs0w4k-gWzmaGuAZILOYJkxcMrVmz6znuVPipDD7OifiQg4vA6_-hra9-gM9Q3muo5Xud2B4ppbID4T4P4f3ERmdWfKnJkw/s2002/dawn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2002" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_L-4HybbcCjMh82agH8s37R_8k0X7xSbo9PloaEKCER_S0-eFDBTVNBjyvL6uCgx8sTsRaFfTkJnNGwDMCl5JvbAxs0w4k-gWzmaGuAZILOYJkxcMrVmz6znuVPipDD7OifiQg4vA6_-hra9-gM9Q3muo5Xud2B4ppbID4T4P4f3ERmdWfKnJkw/w640-h410/dawn.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Speaking of play-in games, Boise State takes on Colorado tonight for a chance to continue dancing. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, for the Boise State University grads in our family (Willie, Annie and Debbie) and anyone else who is pulling for the Broncos to move on through the NCAA tournament check out the video below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Their coach Leon Rice has some significant ZAGS experience in his background AND apparently a good sense of rhythm. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">GO, BRONCOS!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tip-off 6:10 p.m. PDT on Tru-TV</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sIlE89OrH1Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="sIlE89OrH1Y"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1383" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSW7CDdS7jd6O_7XWnKqhmfT2AH4MFFzf_SQPUICYEpdSHVdJwsXD3eysQoMckfrBpferUN0igq3s1bviI1HnEXmU9d6-Q6jR1s1QG7pE4Voeb_SY1bCuwiVpK3i3V7cRvZodkOtUP1cPQ21ItL5qrgTKb2wp5shNmr03lUJvNpUYd9n7uHCDhWQ/w640-h430/cb%20lunging.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Twas another round in Roxane's indoor arena for CB yesterday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I spent some time working at his stockings, and for the most part, with mud drying up, they were fairly white when he was ready for Laurie to ride. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He seems to thoroughly enjoy his grooming and ring workouts, so much so that when Laurie asked me if I wanted to ride him, I thought a second and then thought why not?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, she held him while I climbed aboard. Talk about a relaxing experience. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As I told Laurie, if the body parts didn't hurt, I could ride forever. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But, as she said, "No reason for anyone to hurt," so it was a short and very satisfying ride. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'm feeling confident enough about him now, that I'll probably ride him occasionally over here at the Lovestead-----with Bill close by, of course. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He's a great horse for an old lady because he loves what he does. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvjEnaTVwCvxUDhSMr_f8jA_9Ga1UEZp63UIYVNvJ4iyJa-_LoNMj7vEhKMHM5nZcgKkIe9d2lNL0rL0rylHy5qMVTybVL-y9MVN1Go2nnGYY9hf9iJbFuNdLoCN6mYO4OHFVkqzdJ7Y9TYk2l7mSxyCQukAaC70EbcAsm733vB2h8h9o-_BVMQ/s2094/laurie%20cb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">I don't know the full story yet, but another member of the Sandpoint High Class of 1965 seems to be getting his spring horse fix. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Twice this week, I've seen my classmate and neighbor Gary Finney cruise by with his Percherons, his driver and a training cart. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's gratifying that us old farts can still find ways to enjoy our horses, especially on days like we've had this week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The shovels and big broom are staying until we are absolutely sure that we've seen the last snowfall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The pruning shears, rake and pick have been getting regular use this week: shrubs, lawn debris and doggie do, respectively. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, the little broom has been available for cleaning snow and mud from boots. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🌈🌂⛄</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Below:</b> there's a fun fundraiser for the Bonner Community Food Bank this Friday at Tango Restaurant. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Art classes at Sandpoint High School have made the beautiful bowls, and there will be soup from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, if you're around the area, it's always a good cause to support the food bank. See information below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🍔🍈🌽🍌🍎</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN-Qb-euvgC68Gm1eZr3M8xzzz-HmOFtxZEOiCrwRTN-2IzzABz9Gk3pPDqiF5sMf1vq58VrhFXS_bPLoZxYu8O0SKri4GyeJbCiSmVqd4rve0a0MiFSkWL8seZJGnLtq7eaBubNB-rnyKNqCMqbllQYw6uUPCHDITvr-sRIghty6rY83r4TPoA/s1502/bowls.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1142" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqN-Qb-euvgC68Gm1eZr3M8xzzz-HmOFtxZEOiCrwRTN-2IzzABz9Gk3pPDqiF5sMf1vq58VrhFXS_bPLoZxYu8O0SKri4GyeJbCiSmVqd4rve0a0MiFSkWL8seZJGnLtq7eaBubNB-rnyKNqCMqbllQYw6uUPCHDITvr-sRIghty6rY83r4TPoA/w486-h640/bowls.JPG" width="486" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2030" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fLPXBxf2joE6RP3D15hO3RB5pHtIiRLIHga4huCRWy0fmIg_F3fuJ9wpcyqb2aYVHsUp_k_uHRYQfetsvXJRWrK5nojyA5dryLUiMMn58uPojmszN9uPY1oAo_scNz4UQQsP4sOL2cdiDmSiGlKhADaXKjTdBWywvkN0XF9qSDyt0jbtEmOArQ/w640-h482/love%20lights.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, I want to wish our daughter Annie aka "Adventure Annie" safe travels as she leaves later today for Australia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's part work and part adventure with the highlight being some serious hiking early next week in the Blue Mountains and the Snowy Mountains where the classic movie "Man from Snowy River" was filmed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She'll be looking for a geocaches, of course, including one on Mt. Kosciuszko. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, of course, I'll post some of her photos. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Have fun, Annie. Stay safe. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I hope you have the time of your life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy this segment from the movie. </span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fAEIbUmhloM" width="320" youtube-src-id="fAEIbUmhloM"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-78431439141853879442024-03-19T07:58:00.000-07:002024-03-19T08:01:50.773-07:00Springsense<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEy3AJj_J-C6bcs04V69aVbbKqQttuS1oOYMjXUeF_LiEn8D1r-j-UeN9b7uSV5ukloESZG15RCUI1zcQR9yQx8HnG0uV7j-1mOp0lLkSAygpOYzDpqstY9lMqLlZQAXr9EmQtd8YiSLDrRQlqQz2SrauXXUc7T1Q__A7BuyUs759LzvlHLEDOA/s2050/fence%20plum%20bush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2050" data-original-width="1546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEy3AJj_J-C6bcs04V69aVbbKqQttuS1oOYMjXUeF_LiEn8D1r-j-UeN9b7uSV5ukloESZG15RCUI1zcQR9yQx8HnG0uV7j-1mOp0lLkSAygpOYzDpqstY9lMqLlZQAXr9EmQtd8YiSLDrRQlqQz2SrauXXUc7T1Q__A7BuyUs759LzvlHLEDOA/w482-h640/fence%20plum%20bush.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This photo is fairly ordinary, but from my perspective, it displays a beautiful sight: the snow is gone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We still have snow around the place, but the hold-out areas are not surprising---under roof eaves and in the shade. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For the most part, however, the majority of the winter's drop of white stuff has vanished. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill and I were noticing yesterday morning that some grass is even starting to turn green. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Spring seems to be on time this year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As does the indecision season or "what's to do, what's to do; so much to do."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Now is the time of the year where our eyes see too many things that need to be done with too little time to do it all. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We have broken free of winter, but we are now shackled by the indecision of just where to start on all those spring "must do's." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's potting soil and plant time, it's clean-up/tidy-up time, it's painting time, it's horse winter-hair removal time and it's just "get out there and enjoy spring" time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Plus, we're also in the transition period of no more excuses to sit inside and hibernate. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our minds are telling us that more daylight means more you can do outside and the more exhausted you're gonna get because you've been taking it easy and loving the couch and TV for several months. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday, I finished my housework, did some planting in pots in the green house, tidied up the last of the flower beds and made plans to paint some fence during the afternoon sunshine and warmth (which, of course, we all know is the spring teaser that's not gonna last). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Of course, in between all that stuff there was the need to sit down on my beloved couch and watch my TV, mainly to give my old body a break before the next outdoor task. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Eventually fence-painting time came, but the plan for the fences never materialized. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For two days in a row, I've opened the paint bucket to find a big, solid white chunk swimming in oil. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Two days ago I put the buckets out in the sun, hoping the paint would soften as it warmed up. Surely it would be ready to go by yesterday afternoon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But not!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill says to take those paint buckets down to North 40 and ask them to shake 'em up with their machines. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, I probably shall, which adds one more thing to the scurrying around list---those runs to town to get stuff so you can do stuff at home. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With no barn paint available, I pulled out the spray cans and picked out a metal gate at the end of the lane to paint. When I started, the gate was three colors---blue, white and rust. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After sticking with it for about half an hour, the gate is mostly blue. I'll do another touch-up today.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another dimension of spring came last night when, right after dinner, the deer began to appear in the hay field, like they do at the same time of day about this time of year every year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When the day had ended, between Bill's experience tending his fire in the woods and my trips down the lane with the camera, we tallied up eight deer all together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Six made their way through our field, while I never saw the others. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, now that the deer are making their twice daily treks around the place (I saw some passing through the woods this morning), dogs noses have gone into overdrive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This morning's first trip down the lane in the dark, triggered some barking when some of those deer scents were so strong that Bridie thought she needed to scare them off. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And so, with the disappearance of most of the snow, many other aspects of spring have exposed themselves in rather dramatic fashion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Idle bodies are becoming working bodies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">More temptations for dogs's noses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The appearance of wildlife in the fields. Their appearance near the gardens will come later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For now, we get the gardens started. Our challenges of keeping the deer out will also come later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For now, the deer look pretty in the fields. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Ahhhh, spring!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fortunately, the weather's going to change and the excuses for those couches and that TV set will return. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bad weather; March Madness: a good team. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We can rest our bodies up for the next burst of spring sunshine, indecision and work. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1271" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQfrdKIamf4J5yzEAUXfABo2dmvtqIv3GbHaL3xyejDLjOgHb_3s8TtrzS-IgYeFiQZMnpxkKGpsnmwDMB2Wnh4uhKnL07_xBnCxoGBpOb9uv71P1AXo6RrVKAyatmhougzQFGd7uruyyi-BwRBt9MDzri0_ZLuCPx7Ulc2At-oN9H0p85p2Kog/w548-h640/tom.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Bill and I thoroughly enjoyed St. Patrick's celebration overload this weekend. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Two parties on two nights and extra helpings of Irish tradition at each. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Last night's version involved some family "outlaws," all of whom have visited Ireland. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">We both appreciated our first visit to Tom and Kirsten's beautiful new home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">The menu included corned beef and cabbage, soda bread and delicious desserts. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">It was great fun sitting around the dining room table sharing stories with Bob, Sig, Tom and Kirsten while enjoying dinner. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Plus, we also shared with each other our own samples of meaningful and poignant poetry. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">It was a lovely evening and a perfect way to celebrate the last hours of St. Patrick's Day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Thanks so much, Tom and Kirsten. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Today we move on from the upbeat <i>craic </i>of Irish celebrating to the near insanity of the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments aka March Madness. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I told Bill yesterday that, with the men's division this season, it's been like all the teams were thrown into a container, shaken up and then left to fall wherever. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Rhyme and reason with the 2023-24 teams has hardly existed with so many upsets all along the road. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">That said, it seems like an even playing field for anyone who wants to try their luck at bracketology in this year's March Madness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> Even the pros who determined the brackets said it was one of the most difficult challenges ever to try to get it right. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Before the pairings were announced yesterday afternoon, Bill had two scenarios on his mind. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">1. That the Gonzaga women's team would get to host the first two games in Spokane. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">2. After learning that his alma mater team, the McNeese Cowboys from Lake Charles, Louisiana, had made it to the tournament, he wished that they would play in one of the Spokane men's games. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">He would then contact McNeese, as an alum, and see about getting tickets to their games. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Well, Bill's wishes definitely ended up with a totally unpredicted twist. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Who does McNeese play in the opening round in Salt Lake City on Friday? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Gonzaga!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Bill's definitely got a problem with that situation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I reminded him that he's been cheering for Gonzaga a lot longer than he's even paid attention to how McNeese is doing in basketball. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">That problem aside, he's thrilled that the Gonzaga women fulfilled the wish. They will be playing in Spokane, and, as a season ticket holder, he'll be on the phone at 10 a.m. this morning to purchase some tournament tickets. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">We have also enjoyed the stories of the Gonzaga-related coaching brotherhood: Mark Few, Tommy Lloyd (Arizona), Billy Grier (Colorado), Leon Rice (Boise State and Mark Few's Gonzaga predecessor Dan Monson (Long Beach State). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">All have teams competing in the tournament. Kinda says a LOT about the ZAGS program. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Lots of fun for all of us fans, and we are, indeed, looking forward to the craziness, which will include filling out some brackets. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I do the high school pool and our Friday Night dinner group, which my sister administrates. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Lots of work to do to figure out match-ups that make sense and then match-ups with the right result.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I've included the brackets this morning as well as the TV times for the men's games. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Gonzaga women play the Anteaters from UC Irvine Saturday afternoon at 4:25 p.m. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">A fun week lies ahead for basketball junkies. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Happy Monday to all. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Great fun, great food, great entertainment and great peeps, as always. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These annual reminders of the heritage that many of us share bring both understanding of who we are and joy to our hearts that we can celebrate with great big Irish smiles on our faces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy St. Patrick's Day to our Irish relatives and friends, to anyone else who wants to be Irish--even if just for a day--and special wishes to those in Ireland whose friendship we cherish. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you are reading today and you live in my neighborhood, do you own this cat?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's a total mystery to us about how this frequent feline visitor could hang out like a stray but look like someone's well-cared for house cat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It has been sighted out in our barn off and on for the last year or so; it's also been seen occasionally around the peripheral of our yard and most recently, it loves to stay under the front deck. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We don't worry about feeding the cat because it's well fed somewhere. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We also know it's domesticated because on a couple of occasions rather that running away at the sight of humans, it embraces the opportunity very aggressively, dancing around one's legs and rubbing with a feverish obsession. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We are concerned about the cat's presence around our house because of our little Foster and his blindness. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When his nose alerts him that the cat is around, Foster takes on an obsession of his own to sniff down that cat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday I watched him sniff all around the south end of the deck where there are openings (which we have mostly blocked).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then, he moved to an area near the steps in front of the deck. The next thing I observed was a hissing from under the deck and an apparent quick strike with a paw and claws from the cat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Foster moved away momentarily, but quickly resumed his nasal pursuit of the cat. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I walked over to the area, and when the cat started coming out from underneath the deck and Foster would not give up, I had to pick him up and carry him away to the house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's obvious with spring and the lack of snow cover that these interactions could turn into a daily obsession, and I worry that the cat's claws could inflict a serious injury to Foster's face. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, once again, if you're a neighbor who owns this cat, it would be nice for it to stay home. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKskQiKMhE-jmIXjLYanOGu7RCu3TcB3BVQDsL3iLVFfN7pB2gyCEekI8WxvzDsQyE5DKu0qa77eEm7YIpItWY9I1JOCwCl54mvqjAHjbmVFdI3v4NniDy9wwlx5Ldzfj7AxLpzLDoXcQPODGQIFsJIDYfRi2ID2cglRehW-fCNnJpM-bCk2oDA/s1624/farm%20stand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1624" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKskQiKMhE-jmIXjLYanOGu7RCu3TcB3BVQDsL3iLVFfN7pB2gyCEekI8WxvzDsQyE5DKu0qa77eEm7YIpItWY9I1JOCwCl54mvqjAHjbmVFdI3v4NniDy9wwlx5Ldzfj7AxLpzLDoXcQPODGQIFsJIDYfRi2ID2cglRehW-fCNnJpM-bCk2oDA/w640-h522/farm%20stand.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday, I visited Homewood Farm Stand over on the connector road between East Shingle Mill and West Shingle Mill Roads.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was 10 a.m. and only one brownie with Irish whiskey-infused frosting remained from the morning's shopping spree. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A nice assortment of Irish soda bread with raisins and Irish soda bread without prompted me to buy two loaves. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Jennifer assured me that today there would be an ample supply of brownies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I took the goodies home, and right after I left my car to go to the house, I saw Dr. Jenni Grimmett's veterinary truck cruise by the driveway, come to a halt, back up and then turn in. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Jenni, her vet tech Lisa and Jenni's beautiful Irish Setter Tormund had come to extend St. Patrick's Day greetings. Never mind two days early, but who doesn't want to extend St. Patrick's Day the year around!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Their appearance and their Irish attire definitely begged a photo or two. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As we took the photos (Jenni was the selfie expert), I informed them that I had a treat for them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'd already cut off a strip of the Irish whiskey brownie and had sampled it. Tasty as ever!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With just one brownie and one bite already taken and plans for Bill to have a sample, I told Jenni and Lisa this handout would be a definite sacrifice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As they took their first bite, it was obvious that their tastebuds had come alive. Those brownies are that good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Anywho, their brief visit was loads of fun, and I later learned that the well is not empty for the Irish whiskey brownie lovers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Homewood Farm Stand will be open today with more Irish treats, et. al., beginning at 9 a.m. If you beat me there, please leave a couple of brownies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdvv7Ql9MJPiHfcc3_8XW9aOdDum-MJqxBfF7VKlhS2Hk59z6xtiiFeDOlh73OmeHk4PnEL5K1R2y43hvcL322c-kF83ImqXnOtF1jelqpeEb66ibmC41h103RH4JXWG_t5GC-_HkqZFFnVnXXufRrsCCgk6ESKBR1GYkJfVG8BDIhWHQgl8vZA/s2066/tormand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="1562" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdvv7Ql9MJPiHfcc3_8XW9aOdDum-MJqxBfF7VKlhS2Hk59z6xtiiFeDOlh73OmeHk4PnEL5K1R2y43hvcL322c-kF83ImqXnOtF1jelqpeEb66ibmC41h103RH4JXWG_t5GC-_HkqZFFnVnXXufRrsCCgk6ESKBR1GYkJfVG8BDIhWHQgl8vZA/w484-h640/tormand.jpg" width="484" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Later, I saw another welcome vehicle passing by: a road grader. Our road is far from perfect, but its surface improved significantly with the day of drying out and the grading. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Speeds will probably start increasing from 5 mph to who knows what!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks, as always to the county workers for doing your best. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All in all, it's fantastic weather and St. Patrick's Day joy is definitely in the air. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy Saturday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcs1rZMLTjqNrUfGB2Q1CjAOitQWjbw-f9Bgsfx_WlU4L8d0eCTlmb0gXpPwDxPsVzwDkb77TJLpX6glp2s3CIZ15ba1teXsTCv5D4ihZSR8F9Hcz83nlv-nFMzeyh1_I-htZCBtWFFqd8_6kwMTFR4lgoePxGys8fZQrNQspBP3jfSxWK8xBatg/s1928/grader.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaz_6NDWTLclNOG21qNLDrGv-vkfk303U4-qOip9oX3Ik3-zP_V56aa3RtgCbuRINPd-TbPErKCwrChloyOzGEp-j_gtTPnphn_KjSlzaqoRmscFZDqGXQFNABK5pqv4Wd7v4QeVTLWTaZBakdsKFEtDF2ZWRh2tN4wkbdhBRv_u1C04zylBc3A/s1757/cb%20standing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="1126" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaz_6NDWTLclNOG21qNLDrGv-vkfk303U4-qOip9oX3Ik3-zP_V56aa3RtgCbuRINPd-TbPErKCwrChloyOzGEp-j_gtTPnphn_KjSlzaqoRmscFZDqGXQFNABK5pqv4Wd7v4QeVTLWTaZBakdsKFEtDF2ZWRh2tN4wkbdhBRv_u1C04zylBc3A/w410-h640/cb%20standing.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Dirty feet and all, it was a beautiful sight. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My sister Laurie rode a horse for the first time since October, and CB was that horse. Twas his first time ridden since last August. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We've waited until better weather for this to happen in Roxane's indoor arena, and, happily, it came yesterday on the first of a string of lovely spring days. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Obviously, it will take a few more spring days for that mud to dry up and those pretty white stockings of CB's to shine, but the rest was good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">CB seemed as happy as the humans. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overnight, my friend and family "outlaw" Kirsten posted a piece on from the </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Washington Post </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">by Annie Lamott on her Facebook feed.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It hits the nail on the head about our aging population and how---even with all the aches and pains and memory lapses---we can still find ways to enjoy what we have always enjoyed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Plus, we're at an age and mindset where we easily forgive ourselves and each other for increasing number of slip-ups. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With Annie Lamott, these enjoyable moments come on walks with her friend and with her temperamental hip. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The latter always lets her know when it's time to turn around and go home, but in the interim, she and her friend enjoy precious moments of laughter and nature. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I have always liked to remind my 60-somethings, who love to and still do some serious horseback riding, to "wait until you're in your 70s." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But, still, over all these years, I'm continue to enjoy my horses: maybe not like I did . . .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">when I wasn't supposed to ride them as a kid and had to sneak. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Or,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">when I was a teen, and my friend Susie and I waited until we were out of sight from MY parents to race Major and Largo down country roads. Susie's parents, who didn't know much about horses, didn't care. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Or, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">at a later age, when I tried riding in a few horse show classes at the old fairgrounds and the new. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I never had the same talents or determination of my younger sisters, but I still loved my horses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then came trail rides with Lily, often all by myself with a cell phone in my pocket for just in case. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then, came fear. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I had heard enough stories of other friends who had gone off from their horses and had spent months of rehab. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fear develops with age and from hearing those stories. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another perspective that hopefully develops as we age is called adjustment. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It usually evolves after we have put up self-imposed walls signaling to us that we can't enjoy the things we love like we always have. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Been there, done that. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Two years ago, with knees crying out every time I got off the couch, I was silently suggesting to a small circle that I would "give" my horses away cuz I could not do this anymore.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well, as they say darkness comes before the dawn, and last year while still suffering the aches and pains of a body that was refusing to cooperate with my horse chores, it suddenly dawned on me that life isn't always "all or none." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I could still enjoy my horses if I could find a way to lighten the load on my body. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The rest is history and the last month of boarding them over the winter is almost history. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They'll come home soon and spend the summer and early fall here where I won't have to clean barns and haul off and dump loads of manure by hand. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, the best part of their coming home will be the most recent means I've adopted to still enjoy my horses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Aren't they pretty out there in the field?" I'll muse day after day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Occasionally, with a committee of support staff, I'll climb on and ride one of them around the yard, or relatives and friends can come and ride them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I don't know if "Aren't they pretty out there in the field" will be the last chapter for me in a lifetime of loving horses, but for now, it suits me just fine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Like Annie Lamott, my endurance is limited, but whatever joy comes from her going on her walks with friends or my moments of leaning on a board fence marveling at the beauty of my horses aka my equine friends---that will be just fine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thank you, little Sis, for your talents and your willingness to put a little more polish on CB. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another source of joy for me comes each morning as I marvel at how much my indoor garden is growing. These are 'maters above and geraniums below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Slowly, they'll be moving to the greenhouse to get the full-meal deal on sunshine. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnU8o7F1f70iaPNjx4XcbGVJHiLN1hBoNwgDuaeXPdCAUXQ5BQK8L0P78b-qSDxL6aleTYz0C9NzHNabM0HCkF5bQNjwGGYFGbtFw8ulYVr6rs0ixVsXiu4U_8GgV1okH7OtZrAYuOQkFap7oHio4refA4zLsxpevCWuF17eVvhaPU2PXtM604Q/s2116/geraniums.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="1612" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnU8o7F1f70iaPNjx4XcbGVJHiLN1hBoNwgDuaeXPdCAUXQ5BQK8L0P78b-qSDxL6aleTYz0C9NzHNabM0HCkF5bQNjwGGYFGbtFw8ulYVr6rs0ixVsXiu4U_8GgV1okH7OtZrAYuOQkFap7oHio4refA4zLsxpevCWuF17eVvhaPU2PXtM604Q/w488-h640/geraniums.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z5wS7C8rGrpq7rCXThu4WNRIRJyYMyGIdC91dDd2WupkIs_xnzb0YDqAhDrjUmY1G4uqgvoJpFN5xrtKZQIUF-olL0HOFzZjN9PHzTl5ZtpKWahz1QkOzpnOFgY1AcTi9nbTtafce9-z4egVd4LcQLLd37Md8U4jLGP1b-yudANul-LV1zhnkw/s2044/fence%20barn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2044" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3z5wS7C8rGrpq7rCXThu4WNRIRJyYMyGIdC91dDd2WupkIs_xnzb0YDqAhDrjUmY1G4uqgvoJpFN5xrtKZQIUF-olL0HOFzZjN9PHzTl5ZtpKWahz1QkOzpnOFgY1AcTi9nbTtafce9-z4egVd4LcQLLd37Md8U4jLGP1b-yudANul-LV1zhnkw/w640-h482/fence%20barn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zr1rzSSMsac" width="320" youtube-src-id="Zr1rzSSMsac"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-46377943119045341582024-03-14T08:01:00.000-07:002024-03-14T08:05:53.016-07:00This, That; TBT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgiwpO-QjV6-yyOc8yc-AVI9O44Mogc3DwFy3CuaKVlQm54cvOr5YatfdD770U9u3gHO8J9L0UW5dtWYs9e-lQA-PVdgRtuhsea9OoodVaxWVaz0ueW2z0SqUGk0n6EFvZM-q2M8O9k2xT5ys3ehi0_lNKm994_KVx5whdUxzXKlm1EkGS6ZV0A/s2054/goggles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="2054" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgiwpO-QjV6-yyOc8yc-AVI9O44Mogc3DwFy3CuaKVlQm54cvOr5YatfdD770U9u3gHO8J9L0UW5dtWYs9e-lQA-PVdgRtuhsea9OoodVaxWVaz0ueW2z0SqUGk0n6EFvZM-q2M8O9k2xT5ys3ehi0_lNKm994_KVx5whdUxzXKlm1EkGS6ZV0A/w640-h482/goggles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We waited a while to put the sunglasses on yesterday, but eventually, snow clouds left and blue skies and squirrels dominated the afternoon hours. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today we're ready to roll on work projects. Bill has plans to burn some brush in the woods, and I'll work away at whatever I can outside. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday's highlight for me was spending some time at an open house at the newly opened Family Pet Urgent Care for area veterinary professionals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Dr. Michelle Ward welcomed them and gave them an overview of what to expect from the service she and her staff will be providing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The clinic is a beautiful facility with lots of open space and windows. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I enjoyed seeing a few familiar faces from my own veterinary experiences with our pets. Besides Michelle, another former student turned veterinarian showed up with her best friend. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Dr. Talitha Neher, seen below with her dog, also endorsed my first book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was also fun to meet Michelle's staff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Besides urgent care, the clinic offers microchips and dog tags. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As you'll see Family Pet Urgent Care, which serves small animals, is open Friday through Monday from noon to 10 p.m.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS7EJN0gg-RATTNdyWM8VjNkwkHq7-wth-t7ZxE7WAj2jVfJsMMc7DkSzwUTmIZMTJ-zufBLdYR6pyQLe5V-p2GfoKDFYoZHtKJvAcP5KiZAZITv0TC8kgbb29yCvX9ymYbUmq8pQRFqTF85au-n64qETjlB-hO1XfxwjErTSVb99LxqQbz3qJQ/s3476/pine%20squirrel%20five.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1905" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanhLpJs5dq59tIkz4kcPyttaFv-9diGmmzwn_6tACciXR6iT7o0D05OAsvKf3DaGH8XG6pwi84GvW6WL71K4SNFA_cyG1uZOQ5jYa6eiTH7gumzziWF1wQ6YAZF54TtpcfRv3cx6Q0HkFEL4y795iknrmJzOINoxeUZc8JIhlOCMm8t5yCvu0ew/w640-h428/marlo%20kim%20border.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Marlo from Family Pet Urgent Care and Dr. Kramer from North Idaho Vets. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKG9YY7xdd-x3iFmdo6VRfDnTRPkF0juBIyliAdaYzsfohZVMBAM-6gS0gmhJ-NXGGt5lgQsZAmqEx_7MIQik35fyjuqlbJ7krz2QGENZ9q1FKx_u5QdGJ6TJNQ2X1cjqk09Gn8nNjGqra-dBmVKnzO_flORQHGILZCc8v5dCMcccTOBfLfSGRA/s1688/laura%20and%20schultz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1688" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKG9YY7xdd-x3iFmdo6VRfDnTRPkF0juBIyliAdaYzsfohZVMBAM-6gS0gmhJ-NXGGt5lgQsZAmqEx_7MIQik35fyjuqlbJ7krz2QGENZ9q1FKx_u5QdGJ6TJNQ2X1cjqk09Gn8nNjGqra-dBmVKnzO_flORQHGILZCc8v5dCMcccTOBfLfSGRA/w640-h440/laura%20and%20schultz.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Two of Michelle's staff members, practice manager Kelly and vet tech Laura. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCbuNq3wh7rKZWVk2QSgmD4Aur6lGAqAn_ozQ_kXhVbmwN-kS0jI8AIJlHwzqUuEe4iU6RHdGV9u_jOg6o9DoMW6hybNNoO-PeBktHOWRDaUd5XEnrJE_CIXKtvfkdni4euZW-2XZMqgHagIfyo_b3ZuyJloQ022QWwPooEDpneZq_ToNOpU7-ew/s2048/marvalee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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good peeps </b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxJxF60V9nOytlEqNMefnJQseLlNBbuDBQ0LX0RRCdCbXfptGRLTG3m7wlQU6wYzjYw20SU8ZGAxtPNF3mH4oF3TqGzGFi2g5RRlPB4CWa7Lp2Ezdrb9O9F3qfHzXW_5kMne6o06kODPGPP03b4ipgGqZcEmjjfPR6pKSLobGq7zRes0dB12f1w/s2281/berkleys.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2281" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxJxF60V9nOytlEqNMefnJQseLlNBbuDBQ0LX0RRCdCbXfptGRLTG3m7wlQU6wYzjYw20SU8ZGAxtPNF3mH4oF3TqGzGFi2g5RRlPB4CWa7Lp2Ezdrb9O9F3qfHzXW_5kMne6o06kODPGPP03b4ipgGqZcEmjjfPR6pKSLobGq7zRes0dB12f1w/w640-h434/berkleys.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Mayor George from Dover is also a tractor man. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DjFbRcbMK1kquZdoNMuYmDs18Bwpi4Bee4qLm4b3fpEU-dU4rO23I9B7mMfVX6i_hkh8vxUnrJv4wUo1UvINQ2HULR8J5PuWkh2PvBhzul0L798cLgbw31CcC9IW9W24n6YdXLUsgsbxuPKp03euMFBdagX6Wn84rSA6HW-STgUumEn8Tc_v2A/s3932/annie%20two%20lily.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3207" data-original-width="3932" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DjFbRcbMK1kquZdoNMuYmDs18Bwpi4Bee4qLm4b3fpEU-dU4rO23I9B7mMfVX6i_hkh8vxUnrJv4wUo1UvINQ2HULR8J5PuWkh2PvBhzul0L798cLgbw31CcC9IW9W24n6YdXLUsgsbxuPKp03euMFBdagX6Wn84rSA6HW-STgUumEn8Tc_v2A/w640-h522/annie%20two%20lily.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Annie and Lily at a Spots of Fun Horse Show. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGRsmGHj-dWOlSppohsotOclok3Cuzxqwu_9J12kxM8HUQhKnFnP_enjHx6D3BIQOx5COLoQWmqz-9Rt7TteyDpa6PBcjeaTXItMCqvrycXETGG8iGeHiXM_2t13doh6fk5qQ6a_28y8q5YCjHFIdx2X5_B9PzJcw_kMWG5GsHR5mP-zOnMMmmA/s4322/wood%20pile.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="4322" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGRsmGHj-dWOlSppohsotOclok3Cuzxqwu_9J12kxM8HUQhKnFnP_enjHx6D3BIQOx5COLoQWmqz-9Rt7TteyDpa6PBcjeaTXItMCqvrycXETGG8iGeHiXM_2t13doh6fk5qQ6a_28y8q5YCjHFIdx2X5_B9PzJcw_kMWG5GsHR5mP-zOnMMmmA/w640-h430/wood%20pile.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Ron's from my class, by the way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEZdnTZ8UmsiN2WpWrE-OxTufr3Z3AEAz_jcWQ3qg8yk6YecwEKwkyZm4gr4B9fBzQv41N3M2oW4RBt-JgBWYgxPtVLfxmGOeqAe7UvDRoLzLyD3RzxOFEYzxQI15PGgi00KzIr-o18F3bKVdbCnIIrHFNolmrjBq_UhlUtD7YlPkyTP1V7fdeA/s3582/john%20snedden.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="3582" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEZdnTZ8UmsiN2WpWrE-OxTufr3Z3AEAz_jcWQ3qg8yk6YecwEKwkyZm4gr4B9fBzQv41N3M2oW4RBt-JgBWYgxPtVLfxmGOeqAe7UvDRoLzLyD3RzxOFEYzxQI15PGgi00KzIr-o18F3bKVdbCnIIrHFNolmrjBq_UhlUtD7YlPkyTP1V7fdeA/w640-h434/john%20snedden.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgY2150PLzDd-qZfYOdYZtCA7d7StpRRV5o8CGUDWuSXD2PFe2T0MfWBZqFJlPiIAdBZi_7sE1Wodggto6htTt5Qph5soooNm1BY8F1TgZ68Od5pZUysG4mbNI1GyynYejHEWXPGiqs4IyizZeJU6LWpQbh8PDgSJ6IoTQueblbKqp4CzoA_Zhg/s2156/lori%20steffani.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2123" data-original-width="2156" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgY2150PLzDd-qZfYOdYZtCA7d7StpRRV5o8CGUDWuSXD2PFe2T0MfWBZqFJlPiIAdBZi_7sE1Wodggto6htTt5Qph5soooNm1BY8F1TgZ68Od5pZUysG4mbNI1GyynYejHEWXPGiqs4IyizZeJU6LWpQbh8PDgSJ6IoTQueblbKqp4CzoA_Zhg/w640-h630/lori%20steffani.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Lori Jasman and the late Steffani Lippert at a draft mule show. </span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYisKNspPocGyM8YhSrUvWb129bTZefcyyaEOmWvlW17qlHym_Jv-h_92Q7OekZiYJ29EjzRkhYt1ZboP2XY3Kf82lzX6ORDNFoHthcWb8gkgaD_YTMQpcR5ii4d0ssqugpf3q2v16qi6IJHEOzcBy2pwNq3SHja6_zfWBFruXPDxfymfDv1CBg/s2445/angela%20jeff%20dolsbys.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2445" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYisKNspPocGyM8YhSrUvWb129bTZefcyyaEOmWvlW17qlHym_Jv-h_92Q7OekZiYJ29EjzRkhYt1ZboP2XY3Kf82lzX6ORDNFoHthcWb8gkgaD_YTMQpcR5ii4d0ssqugpf3q2v16qi6IJHEOzcBy2pwNq3SHja6_zfWBFruXPDxfymfDv1CBg/w640-h442/angela%20jeff%20dolsbys.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Former students and dear friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Angela and Jeff graduated in 1992. That's Angela's mom and her son. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Gale and Vicki Dolsby devoted their lives to youth and local sports. </span></div><b style="font-style: italic;"><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vkKQA6An_phJmiGRwNcRZmANyzNvm9nLb9_w4nW0IwPx4Z3M0nNYmgyKJlBYQqy3fgOhZ3Gq6BinDhXZBlzc7lFLygjmd1aeiFBBpduZlKKAaHfNGa3OPLgUqV_d9ybodE8EmUsNcU1CnYfOFPXEB4AovFkQymSWOK51OLUk6ntGQrZBg9fWcQ/s2984/bill%20me%20dogs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2984" data-original-width="1887" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vkKQA6An_phJmiGRwNcRZmANyzNvm9nLb9_w4nW0IwPx4Z3M0nNYmgyKJlBYQqy3fgOhZ3Gq6BinDhXZBlzc7lFLygjmd1aeiFBBpduZlKKAaHfNGa3OPLgUqV_d9ybodE8EmUsNcU1CnYfOFPXEB4AovFkQymSWOK51OLUk6ntGQrZBg9fWcQ/w404-h640/bill%20me%20dogs.JPG" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Bill and me with Kiwi and Kea at beautiful Boulder Meadows. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaodBkpbhhVOfjsgMmE8Q-MTvqKrDW3BActF1mZhoHRn2aA530922V-rZt1TCdcC9VrKOWb2ddHicDDlJ5Hn52JPQb3QYmhktsVRwSvo11ODpPSyUMtSAcAv4VCUqN7fC79eoLlDXb4_aKoi2fR4PY7DyXuSBhFkOn7m7mjPKDg6lab9zDep6Ww/s3078/wilma%20ina.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="3078" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaodBkpbhhVOfjsgMmE8Q-MTvqKrDW3BActF1mZhoHRn2aA530922V-rZt1TCdcC9VrKOWb2ddHicDDlJ5Hn52JPQb3QYmhktsVRwSvo11ODpPSyUMtSAcAv4VCUqN7fC79eoLlDXb4_aKoi2fR4PY7DyXuSBhFkOn7m7mjPKDg6lab9zDep6Ww/w640-h354/wilma%20ina.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">A Selle Club meeting with some wonderful women. </span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ptoXWQb4le_Zy-fw97QgzPELY3cNbCvCSvJ2MGuVSx4KYbFkCuNKpIb6u_kmSUXXRdOcJQGfAhZF_fAGtsmseUaI-r0yRRxZ70GGSF_lThF8P2wGfetsutXqBAOn727k6cqDNNU0acmKoMTzPmG5uomfJArGcig1tb3velf5wKhoqGjM7IJYEg/s3194/wilma's%20birthday.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3194" data-original-width="2426" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ptoXWQb4le_Zy-fw97QgzPELY3cNbCvCSvJ2MGuVSx4KYbFkCuNKpIb6u_kmSUXXRdOcJQGfAhZF_fAGtsmseUaI-r0yRRxZ70GGSF_lThF8P2wGfetsutXqBAOn727k6cqDNNU0acmKoMTzPmG5uomfJArGcig1tb3velf5wKhoqGjM7IJYEg/w486-h640/wilma's%20birthday.JPG" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGYbrrqR3zEJB0BiBg8AzEAxBBTuPmS-NMtXHSNHrJXVmh1ht83pEeLVRTeqW5GEv-klG_yMAS4uJgrkhNOHy90ZHyEA4nBRqllYNUnLqyFfoyVs3hiGgrqBOAaN8xg70r02fJdKaF0UIaWC7jffukeEgAq6j7nzKjzN7Itb9l4oQ49csKZv-dg/s3072/flower.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGYbrrqR3zEJB0BiBg8AzEAxBBTuPmS-NMtXHSNHrJXVmh1ht83pEeLVRTeqW5GEv-klG_yMAS4uJgrkhNOHy90ZHyEA4nBRqllYNUnLqyFfoyVs3hiGgrqBOAaN8xg70r02fJdKaF0UIaWC7jffukeEgAq6j7nzKjzN7Itb9l4oQ49csKZv-dg/w480-h640/flower.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fun to scroll the pictures while listening. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What's the town you love so well?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Betcha can't guess mine!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y5u3gcKR_IA" width="320" youtube-src-id="y5u3gcKR_IA"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-48413142053980097922024-03-13T07:34:00.000-07:002024-03-13T07:35:44.119-07:00Here Comes the Sun, Fun<p><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiec53zDMJaGfY3U1ESYSGhs6SVRfw8o8QOARF08oZCNSy_hYU_V3qc7btRD6x22ufkfb5hH6sAvGcgzMPPkWZM-X_FRfNAcmUQ81UqQlXtfpJDdErN6DO0awGojomi6pUz3EtarTBNtm1O1Edr96Be9krUR56XqP4D8wG0xTFwkvBxRE3lpuUYsA/s5091/rainbow.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3254" data-original-width="5091" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiec53zDMJaGfY3U1ESYSGhs6SVRfw8o8QOARF08oZCNSy_hYU_V3qc7btRD6x22ufkfb5hH6sAvGcgzMPPkWZM-X_FRfNAcmUQ81UqQlXtfpJDdErN6DO0awGojomi6pUz3EtarTBNtm1O1Edr96Be9krUR56XqP4D8wG0xTFwkvBxRE3lpuUYsA/w640-h410/rainbow.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrdxsr5SAc8c7W2f1GEvjPLVZfY8J1zFZ2Tp_WSye-nlSjVKxvkZCQ34p5bgkOvsBxBAM-TO-PSrUnglhmzzyWmwg0kinmlPlNxNmIjCdy_kTmpfLymlxZd_ymTyW_rsvpVVy1SBKomRghxq3hSAm3qVkv0VXsniykeHS4YABAHJsk-ojMUGwSw/s3368/sun%20beams.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3368" data-original-width="2392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWrdxsr5SAc8c7W2f1GEvjPLVZfY8J1zFZ2Tp_WSye-nlSjVKxvkZCQ34p5bgkOvsBxBAM-TO-PSrUnglhmzzyWmwg0kinmlPlNxNmIjCdy_kTmpfLymlxZd_ymTyW_rsvpVVy1SBKomRghxq3hSAm3qVkv0VXsniykeHS4YABAHJsk-ojMUGwSw/w454-h640/sun%20beams.JPG" width="454" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our arms are sore this morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> We're disappointed about the double-loss day for ZAGS men and women basketball players.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">AND . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> . . . there's new brand new snow on the ground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">BUT . . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">. . . unless there's the BIG LIE in the upcoming weather forecast, the soreness from our Covid boosters, the sting from the ZAGS losses and the new snow will quickly become memories. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're looking toward good times ahead with the sun coming and hanging around for at least a week. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're also excited about major plans for the rest of the year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In a few days we'll be following Annie's travels to Australia where she'll be hiking and geocaching in the same country where the movie classic <i>The Man from Snowy River</i> was filmed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One of these days soon, Bill will go to town and pick out his new barbecue grill, and we'll start having dinners from the deck. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'll be tending to my garden starts in the greenhouse instead of the house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, the paint brush will come out to dress up the fences and other lawn accessories. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My horses will come home at the end of the month. </span><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">More work, yes, but it will be nice to have them around to enjoy---even if that's just watching them show off in the fields. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Speaking of horses, there are also horse shows coming to the area in the months ahead. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For the first time ever, the Emerald Empire Arabian Horse Club is bringing a breed and open horse show to Sandpoint in September. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLETFem6aFYiNzxNPE2Y_KkZVeTePlco39qW8FqXz0Hh2L5-5WlUfwRqOnT3AS5FJNLlAnyxXX2yo8qsDJX1OUHRAY7VUkPXyHLTbGELaZtcynku1K1a4YAO26mlczV3Im0cLWvTzak_KL8QQ89xrAGe_x5kFTRQ0EMgSvEhC6EZX7jThxDToItw/s5184/chestnut%20driver.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLETFem6aFYiNzxNPE2Y_KkZVeTePlco39qW8FqXz0Hh2L5-5WlUfwRqOnT3AS5FJNLlAnyxXX2yo8qsDJX1OUHRAY7VUkPXyHLTbGELaZtcynku1K1a4YAO26mlczV3Im0cLWvTzak_KL8QQ89xrAGe_x5kFTRQ0EMgSvEhC6EZX7jThxDToItw/w640-h426/chestnut%20driver.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>September Showcase</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">~An Arabian value show and All Breed Open Show~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Dates: Sept. 20-22 </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Bonner County Fairgrounds</b></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Guaranteed to be some gorgeous horses participating and colorful classes.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Put it on your calendar. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you'd like to participate by sponsoring a class or two or even volunteer to help and would like information on how to do so, send me a note. Or, call sponsor chairperson Sarah Mitchell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>208-263-8204</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Or email</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><b>emeraldempireahc@gmail.com </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sponsorships range from $40 --$2,500. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🐎🐎🐎🐎</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I also signed on yesterday with show manager Moriha Yetter to announce this year's Spots of Fun Open Horse Show the weekend of <b>July 13-14</b>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's always a fun show, which has been held every year in Sandpoint for nearly 40 years. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Information about these shows and others will continue to unfold on Facebook. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Before all that begins, there is still March Madness, starting next week, and, yes, both the Gonzaga men and women <i>will be playing</i> in the tournament. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, Selection Sunday on this year's St. Patrick's celebration will be fun to watch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then, the next day comes bracketology for the men's and women's tournaments. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We always love to make our guesses on at least three copies. The past couple of years my brackets have been ruined by the first day of the tournament. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Anywho, lots of fun times ahead, once this snow melts and that big sun starts shining. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fun time of the year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-24026542451411476262024-03-12T05:59:00.000-07:002024-03-12T08:02:29.668-07:00A Tuesday Potpourri<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhh36RVA0E8DW4fBA3VnKubsCtXu73Fx4fRIeolx4R0huJKTa_TL-_kcWp0a_EhZhi5VEqZYtOecGcAxymOmXm6R1jw1Pz2eEIM56HcfhFuz8vHifgvff8VANTUvDBDOcFIShc4M5vrE82LZiUhkKyM65WrhfME9YXfceVlHmWIhb0MlL9nrhrA/s2849/robin%20four.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="2849" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhh36RVA0E8DW4fBA3VnKubsCtXu73Fx4fRIeolx4R0huJKTa_TL-_kcWp0a_EhZhi5VEqZYtOecGcAxymOmXm6R1jw1Pz2eEIM56HcfhFuz8vHifgvff8VANTUvDBDOcFIShc4M5vrE82LZiUhkKyM65WrhfME9YXfceVlHmWIhb0MlL9nrhrA/w640-h434/robin%20four.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lots of robins out and about yesterday, along with an assortment of other birds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">🐤🐤🐤🐤</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yesterday turned out to be a busy day, starting off with the frustration of someone driving their rig through our front lawn and then vamoosing out our driveway as fast as the pickup that left its tire tracks could go. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We talked to a sheriff's deputy. We also have a witness who was driving by at the time and wondering why <b>WE</b> were driving through our snowy and soggy yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We're hoping for two things: that the person has a conscience and decency enough to come by, admit to their mistake and take responsibility or that the sheriff's deputy will track them down. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Time will tell, and if no information comes today, we'll post a complete description of the rig tomorrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After the deputy's visit, we were able to get back into some sort of routine. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One of my projects for the day involved going to the library to see the second portion of a display which its creators are calling storied futures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The group involves avid historians, writers and an architect. Their mission is to influence local developers into considering preservation of history while removing and replacing remnants of the past. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The group has used the Racicot home which once stood on North Boyer near the airport as an example.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Anyone who has driven that road for years knows that, like our farm, no hint of the Racicot's existence there for decades is to be found. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thankfully, the local museum has preserved some of that history. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We knew Fats and Ardis Racicot very well. Their home was about half a mile from ours. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That brings me to this significant date a long time ago when my mother gave me a dollar bill. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Seventy years ago today, when she handed me that dollar bill to carry with me to school for hot lunch, I thought I had truly arrived as a responsible human. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Money in my pocket was very unfamiliar as a first grader, so it was a big moment in my life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Twas a bigger one, though, for our mother and all three of us Brown kids. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mother was heading off to Montana to marry Harold Tibbs, who, up until that day, had lived at the Racicot farm down the road for a number of years. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fats was his boss at the City of Sandpoint. Harold worked for the city water department. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We had gotten some good opportunities to know our new stepdad. Most memorable were the times they'd go to the Motor Movie on HWY 95 to watch movies with three kids in the back. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Quite the date nights! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, on March 12, 1954, I had my dollar bill, Mother would soon have her new husband and we kids would all have a new dad. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mother and Harold were married in Thompson Falls, Mont. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">While they were on their brief honeymoon, driving around Montana, I stayed with the Crockett family in town while Mike and Kevin stayed with the Clarence Best family who owned a Holstein dairy across the road from us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Bestville" has long since turned into a high density housing development. Our farm is owned by folks who have fancy planes and big hangars, and the last time I looked two new houses had gone up on the Racicot property.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hard to believe it's been 70 years since that day, but time does fly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Check out the exhibit at the library. Maybe you'll be inspired to do your part in lobbying for history to be preserved in the most feasible way possible. </span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fmNgjRcDdvN5jKUB7xLw-tDtVJ6JggYj52vAHrbD_gWaVI45MPs4JowKzE9ZAGwW5dm-Bvo_83UxFDYl82wrVtUNs_hJtVWxKYnk5BbQggBnmy4K26rlgenU1I9UXrJ7QO5dHBonyDRKPiOgvNnP4wW7cUCfHKJJn8FXO3kuEXaBCg390sWdpA/s1859/fats%20and%20ardis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1859" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fmNgjRcDdvN5jKUB7xLw-tDtVJ6JggYj52vAHrbD_gWaVI45MPs4JowKzE9ZAGwW5dm-Bvo_83UxFDYl82wrVtUNs_hJtVWxKYnk5BbQggBnmy4K26rlgenU1I9UXrJ7QO5dHBonyDRKPiOgvNnP4wW7cUCfHKJJn8FXO3kuEXaBCg390sWdpA/w640-h290/fats%20and%20ardis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Join us on June 13th, 2024 at OMSI Oregon museum of science for our annual Miss Indian Northwest pageant.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Support our contestants representing Oregon,Washington & California Tribes as they vie for the prestigious & Elite cultural title that began 54 years ago in 1969.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: x-large;">💚💛💜</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our family members are enthusiatically supporting Jade Mokry of Coeur d'Alene Tribe in this pageant. We have watched her grow up right alongside our family triplets from Plummer. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We are all very proud to know Jade. She is an amazing young woman and definitely a rising star within the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As you'll see below, Jade and my Appaloosa mare Lily spent some quality time together while preparing for, participating in and winning a Heritage class at a local horse show a few years ago. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Jade wore Coeur d'Alene regalia while Lily's trappings came from the Nez Perce Tribe. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These days, as a junior at the University of Idaho, Jade is studying ecology and ecosystem sciences with an aquatic focus. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you would like to support Jade's efforts in this pageant, you can purchase raffle tickets for prizes to be awarded at the pageant. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Simply contact Jade through the contact information listed on the poster. I know she'll appreciate your help. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Good Luck, Jade. We are proud of you. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdQLEilqOo1J_V6XhiyJV_E1AushJwohue69hy3rKyvVdVB0YzCK4_yC1gaKt23HzrDYBAoR4CKWbmZVkIxPg_2Hx60d_EgJvI46hmTx97FM5RUw6UFk-O_I9kXWKhmar4_2nPgNAwqPx2N7JX-KrGhMceu3ba14oPWjsKcj1zQE6qTOCCqPfiA/s526/jade%20tickets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdQLEilqOo1J_V6XhiyJV_E1AushJwohue69hy3rKyvVdVB0YzCK4_yC1gaKt23HzrDYBAoR4CKWbmZVkIxPg_2Hx60d_EgJvI46hmTx97FM5RUw6UFk-O_I9kXWKhmar4_2nPgNAwqPx2N7JX-KrGhMceu3ba14oPWjsKcj1zQE6qTOCCqPfiA/w640-h640/jade%20tickets.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tip off: 1 p.m. PDT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">ESPNU</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">🏆</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏆</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Gonzaga men (25-6, ranked 17th) play Saint Mary's today for the men's WCC Championship. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tip off: 6 p.m. PDT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">ESPN</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; 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Bring home the hardware!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM1OkRbxGAobzPdy8wEmYeCZLgH0ALQYK2_BvChCkCiWjQcci4ulgxMkKL_BSNfXmZIIkMShDkjxcuVQxtu6128dgjJwmP4_AkdakU-SsSaYCcCbepufLUl1ddqearqgi5AgQGbr5uxjVuPU8y3zzDj-C1-tLssOg6uLbus5wPQS5yxMdnsB-Qg/s640/ben%20gregg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIM1OkRbxGAobzPdy8wEmYeCZLgH0ALQYK2_BvChCkCiWjQcci4ulgxMkKL_BSNfXmZIIkMShDkjxcuVQxtu6128dgjJwmP4_AkdakU-SsSaYCcCbepufLUl1ddqearqgi5AgQGbr5uxjVuPU8y3zzDj-C1-tLssOg6uLbus5wPQS5yxMdnsB-Qg/w512-h640/ben%20gregg.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-59949160666785087222024-03-11T08:49:00.000-07:002024-03-11T10:05:15.451-07:00Monday Reflections<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS2BLwj4Lykvro_Q1eGdNsBbdwg0SgBSL3H97nqKQv1YEi2CGe01qLO5KCrnXQftt1F2kc6p_Yt9cHQfFloZplZcddnCWi2hcY97Wyq4g4JRgNjifY_Ibo_HHljpUiPAikcnbnNU8KQoVz4xTeFch6TgIFxnlcS5TsdqKneiVwsIBffzgsPUSHA/s320/lovelydayfor%20guiness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS2BLwj4Lykvro_Q1eGdNsBbdwg0SgBSL3H97nqKQv1YEi2CGe01qLO5KCrnXQftt1F2kc6p_Yt9cHQfFloZplZcddnCWi2hcY97Wyq4g4JRgNjifY_Ibo_HHljpUiPAikcnbnNU8KQoVz4xTeFch6TgIFxnlcS5TsdqKneiVwsIBffzgsPUSHA/w276-h400/lovelydayfor%20guiness.jpg" width="276" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On this day in 2011, Annie and I were visiting Northern Ireland on my first trip to Ireland. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Since it rained too much yesterday to take any photos and since it's now less than one week until St. Patrick's Day, I decided to post a few photos from that day where we spent time in Derry, Belfast and the Giant's Causeway. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">At the time Dolly Parton was due to be in Belfast in the fall. We both said we needed to come back again and bring Debbie with us to see Dolly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That didn't happen, but Debbie has now been to Ireland twice; Annie, countless times and I've visited eight times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The place and its people tend to capture one's heart and never let go. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> </span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYePE8oqWd7jTJQJd2qESyoxrXWJDV_cGh-QeiQ0-9OMcWzVXd_IIrKOLHCzjU74K3U_RhRxRoRzYg5lSw6Ll-K7Rm0mT-ZivOrePC1fbj9ULu8qxdJmv87BIGC8FUbrGAuZfyCsFtQb9zHBQPXNQoKchAjQGtmRuUwsfY1sFxbdwDBndGOFXNA/s320/crosses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYePE8oqWd7jTJQJd2qESyoxrXWJDV_cGh-QeiQ0-9OMcWzVXd_IIrKOLHCzjU74K3U_RhRxRoRzYg5lSw6Ll-K7Rm0mT-ZivOrePC1fbj9ULu8qxdJmv87BIGC8FUbrGAuZfyCsFtQb9zHBQPXNQoKchAjQGtmRuUwsfY1sFxbdwDBndGOFXNA/w640-h480/crosses.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Tf1l-j-OdieF1F9I97swz87mmeSXrZWE7PEAWYLQEWoR4AD_mji2DoLtIR9-Z_Nva1rZ2kaU2OvLsWPxq8VCLmP0MHR_ragbPPs7XJ08TAiGUd0vSMDl_o_MQ07je7La-2bFcGkop88dR2hmVHOnYLOqVStpZHDqe5TY-29qr2b-Pb1cCXaWRA/s320/dolly%20in%20belfast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="320" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Tf1l-j-OdieF1F9I97swz87mmeSXrZWE7PEAWYLQEWoR4AD_mji2DoLtIR9-Z_Nva1rZ2kaU2OvLsWPxq8VCLmP0MHR_ragbPPs7XJ08TAiGUd0vSMDl_o_MQ07je7La-2bFcGkop88dR2hmVHOnYLOqVStpZHDqe5TY-29qr2b-Pb1cCXaWRA/w640-h430/dolly%20in%20belfast.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On this day, four years ago, March 11, 2020, the world entered a phase unlike anything we had ever experienced. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">From this morning's New York Times newsletter:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Shortly
after noon Eastern on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization
declared Covid — or “the coronavirus,” then the more popular term---to be a global pandemic.
Stocks plummeted in the afternoon.</i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i> In the span of a single hour that
night, President Donald Trump delivered an Oval Office address about
Covid, Tom Hanks posted on Instagram that he had the virus and the
N.B.A. announced it had canceled the rest of its season.</i></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Love family (Bill, Marianne, Willie, Debbie and Annie) was all set to take another trip to Ireland, leaving March 26. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We held a family meeting and eventually agreed to cancel our plans. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That gathering was the last time we could see Annie until Bill and I drove hiking trail near Wenatchee a few weeks later where we met her and visited while keeping our distance while hiking. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was a strange, sad and disturbing world for all of us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thankfully, life has returned to a somewhat normal. The family evenually met in Ireland in 2022 and we no longer have to keep our distance. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Bill and I will be getting our Covid boosters tomorrow in hopes that it stays that way for us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We all love to travel, and we hope to continue our adventures, thanks to being careful and keeping boosted. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOvKiIIwIvG6MQxi0bVFO5F2hxbnnb2t4iQD1p-t_C7v-cGgRgV9_31ESkr8QU1_YIeaaJRSJfW3MPu6qlsS6YK0QxSnfpov4nha_tAZXpWlQrlWb0apUKoiJ_4mY1asjtaidtgT7w6b4Rc9Dt-mZVTo9EWYN0GeVBUs7nAGcwlkxxvXCbi29Zg/s320/pedar%20o'donnells.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOvKiIIwIvG6MQxi0bVFO5F2hxbnnb2t4iQD1p-t_C7v-cGgRgV9_31ESkr8QU1_YIeaaJRSJfW3MPu6qlsS6YK0QxSnfpov4nha_tAZXpWlQrlWb0apUKoiJ_4mY1asjtaidtgT7w6b4Rc9Dt-mZVTo9EWYN0GeVBUs7nAGcwlkxxvXCbi29Zg/w640-h480/pedar%20o'donnells.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My blog is late and not quite complete because we had an incident in our yard this morning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> A white truck went off the road, drove into our field south of the yard and then continued on through our beautiful yard and tore out of our driveway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, we've called law enforcement and have actually talked to a witness who saw it all, as both Bill and I did from different vantage points. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Not a great or happy way to start a Monday morning, but we'll do whatever is necessary to resolve this situation. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In the meantime, I have included a video from yesterday's CBS "Sunday Morning." </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's about using closed captioning as opposed to listening to television shows. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, it features the family of my former student and Bill's former Boy Scout Jason McMunn. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As Jason said yesterday on Facebook, he can cross "appearing on national television" off from his list. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thought you would enjoy, and it's always neat to see former students, especially on national television. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You DON'T have to turn on closed captioning; you can actually listen to what they have to say. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Happy Monday.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H6u-f69-J-U" width="320" youtube-src-id="H6u-f69-J-U"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>GAME DAY for ZAGS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>West Coast Conference Tournament</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="849" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZenrihNbclNvfusw2UZljogYEEr2NGTbepuREOhGCIdN6HjHmzMgPZFa81nj7zDF9qlPuxk7mpzFkh9EvHBobhHhJpkA-ApRM_oHuQk-S6wd4HIj9M0aiZa-oHD3Ce7x9f194Nh1l5LdcqrObBF4gMJJi_z5hEPI9fq8GH1FKs5GueeM9vDCbA/w412-h640/cb%20nine.jpg" width="412" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It seemed like a pretty simple question. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> I figured a little bit of horse sense would help me decide if many of us are losing touch with reality so I asked my beloved horse friend a question. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But CB had to do some serious pondering before sharing his response. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All I asked was what he thinks of the present state of politics in America. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yup, CB, I agree. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When we would not even need script writers for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and SATURDAY NIGHTS LIVE, I think we have some serious absurdity in our real world. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">What's with it, America? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can't we do better?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Just wonderin'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">😕</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On the "good stuff" side of things, I read i</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">n the morning paper that Billy Bopp is going to be inducted into the North Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizejuWUXWH8gO9G1GDb2bbVpbHTwxDt-Yg_Q2cmQxQoaZYV0I9HJiVLjXJGD50k55YVjs4NhxIUDc64mFrt-1MjbA3Y-HV59j7l7wCFrWebKBFuV_jX5H8X0ge0OtMBuWhSybpN1eDC2NQXlhSiRAFrCOus7aYJiIFDegzcozPKBVFq8-g_DWZEQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1170" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizejuWUXWH8gO9G1GDb2bbVpbHTwxDt-Yg_Q2cmQxQoaZYV0I9HJiVLjXJGD50k55YVjs4NhxIUDc64mFrt-1MjbA3Y-HV59j7l7wCFrWebKBFuV_jX5H8X0ge0OtMBuWhSybpN1eDC2NQXlhSiRAFrCOus7aYJiIFDegzcozPKBVFq8-g_DWZEQ=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> --Jason Duchow photography<br /></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I think everyone loves Billy, especially now that he is a "retired" referee. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We longtime oldsters have watched him grow up and, as an adult, earn great respect as a basketball official for both high school and college games. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">from this morning's <i>Daily Bee:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bopp was a high school basketball official for 36 years before he
retired in 2021. He also spent more than a dozen years officiating
college games.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bopp, who lives in Cocolalla, graduated from
Sandpoint High in 1978 and began officiating games in 1984. During his
time, he worked roughly 38 Idaho high school state tournaments,
including 20 boys tournaments and 18 on the girls side. He probably
would have worked more if not for a rule that prohibited referees from
working more than one state tournament each year.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bopp also
officiated junior college basketball games in the area during the 1990s
and early 2000s before going back to doing only high school games.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He did miss the 2004-05 season officiating because he dislocated his hip after an ATV accident while elk hunting.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In 2022, he received the IHSAA Distinguished Service Award for District 1. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Billy, we are proud of you. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I've always had a fondness for Billy and his extended and fun family, almost considering them part of my family. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That fondness increased when I learned that Billy's birthday is April 1---same day as our Willie's.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Both are basketball lovers and both, proud Bulldogs. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With that in mind, here's some more good news. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Our Willie spent some time in Jackpot, Nev., this week where he was asked to give three different presentations to an annual coaching clinic. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I asked him how it went, and he said the presentations went well and it was a lot of fun. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, two loveable April Fool's with similar names have done well with the discipline they love this week. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We are getting closer to March Madness and the matchups have been set for both the Gonzaga men and the Gonzaga women in the WCC tournament. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tomorrow at noon, the women play Pacific in a semifinal, while at 8:30 p.m., the men take on San Francisco in their semifinal. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next Sunday (St. Paddy's Day), the selections for the NCAA tournaments will be made and then we can all be "madly" obsessed with basketball for at least as long as our teams stay in the tournament. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Fun stuff, but before getting excited about basketball, we have tonight's Academy Awards. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill and I both agreed that there's one moment important to both of us, and we hope it happens: that Lily Gladstone wins Best Actress. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The rest can go any way it wants, but if she does win, it will be a shining and wonderful moment in American history. We need these moments more than ever these days. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, I was happy to see that cabbage is becoming royalty in the food groups, even outdoing bacon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I can't fathom that, but if they say it's happening, I'm really happy for cabbage. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Will head off soon to Co-Op and get me some cabbage seeds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Speaking of Co-Op, remember that the new emergency veterinary hospital, just north of Co-Op on HWY 95 is opening tomorrow at <b>noon</b>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikncE3p7R9zEodkp_nFwwLRf1-MgKpGIuLTuVsftcJ7GDQBV4pbnXJEC0K_m_kIXhK-vbPKJLsTaMySSuNZsPitReQSCLWyQYSJ4_ChXPyPOgUjqBCN-u-mzPWrWJ4OCgd2bb3uxxvjn0BTHPRrnUlTEZ14YxXWqJzs6rtOBZnYfVOODBdgowS7A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikncE3p7R9zEodkp_nFwwLRf1-MgKpGIuLTuVsftcJ7GDQBV4pbnXJEC0K_m_kIXhK-vbPKJLsTaMySSuNZsPitReQSCLWyQYSJ4_ChXPyPOgUjqBCN-u-mzPWrWJ4OCgd2bb3uxxvjn0BTHPRrnUlTEZ14YxXWqJzs6rtOBZnYfVOODBdgowS7A=w640-h180" width="640" /></a></div><br />The clinic will be open until 10 p.m. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">GO, Michelle! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You've got this! 💓💓</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy Sunday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-50156705178521632382024-03-09T07:57:00.000-08:002024-03-09T08:26:28.004-08:00Saturday Slight<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVwysWps0RGVKZlQ0Yamlq3Hgifz-ALb8Xuh1R7Ad7OTNiaU4yXlEVVQp91DznyK8PgBw66kyjBRTv0ehzIDQXSBvmS1LBwo5za58TIeKdamrMw1wLSFcMrH3ZI8ctaXZuosqt-ZyfB4xGGtUqFj8dyb80bsLL4AFcNRqktT6kAR2ZPO-NZE4lg/s681/bowls.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVwysWps0RGVKZlQ0Yamlq3Hgifz-ALb8Xuh1R7Ad7OTNiaU4yXlEVVQp91DznyK8PgBw66kyjBRTv0ehzIDQXSBvmS1LBwo5za58TIeKdamrMw1wLSFcMrH3ZI8ctaXZuosqt-ZyfB4xGGtUqFj8dyb80bsLL4AFcNRqktT6kAR2ZPO-NZE4lg/w494-h640/bowls.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sandpoint High art teacher Zabrielle Dillon was one of my journalism students way back when. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Most readers know that we Love's have a close connection with the Bonner Community Food Bank through Debbie Love, its beloved director. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, of course, it's exciting to feature the announcement above on this Saturday morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A fun event for a meaningful and important purpose. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Looks like a winner for all sides to me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mark it on your calendar and pass the word. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">~~~~~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Drum roll, please. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Area pet owners, here's some news you've been anxiously awaiting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGYjEHiwjDMc1pK8IDtwxH5ymYd4kdUvggjkjGdi9k0z6sxabRrcV8CkXxB0bfWV-FDQmu3eZkdkx_wAAUiXz-spihIHvP95zX41XCh87oAv4NBokSOxPzxG77FexbYAmYuQjPtY1emF0fUz5_t_I-vQCzB1cdYwfaLQzr8kZi972Ew-Zmzq_Ug/s5184/biker%20dog1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGYjEHiwjDMc1pK8IDtwxH5ymYd4kdUvggjkjGdi9k0z6sxabRrcV8CkXxB0bfWV-FDQmu3eZkdkx_wAAUiXz-spihIHvP95zX41XCh87oAv4NBokSOxPzxG77FexbYAmYuQjPtY1emF0fUz5_t_I-vQCzB1cdYwfaLQzr8kZi972Ew-Zmzq_Ug/w640-h426/biker%20dog1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtRfWP8PB2yhxhOYUYOgaAuW8n6udvVr1DKc3uAbL60zweS_bDZ4nAB_1GgLTndcDbyI7TsWS6ol82v7HqQ51ulePQBkUEwDke9CAYPDFQUtBYXVNrDnvUoy2-4q9hKfVhSaATUN7Bat9W0RVgl4QK3oby-OW1kIzfKtBvo6lmNr2iNm6UIIv_g/s640/family-pet_urgent-care_9_1_final.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtRfWP8PB2yhxhOYUYOgaAuW8n6udvVr1DKc3uAbL60zweS_bDZ4nAB_1GgLTndcDbyI7TsWS6ol82v7HqQ51ulePQBkUEwDke9CAYPDFQUtBYXVNrDnvUoy2-4q9hKfVhSaATUN7Bat9W0RVgl4QK3oby-OW1kIzfKtBvo6lmNr2iNm6UIIv_g/w640-h180/family-pet_urgent-care_9_1_final.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Opening </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday, March 11, 2024 </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>🐶🐱🐶🐱</b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">🐶🐱🐶🐱</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Noon to 10 p.m.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>100 Tibbetts Drive </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Ponderay, Idaho</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Just north of Co-Op Country Store. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Website will go live that day also. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.familypeturgentcare.com/">https://www.familypeturgentcare.com/</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>(208)946-4100</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2Lgs802U8G7wqgB8CRD8-DhuMlNl094xjLht_IDsRX-iqU9vyjPXyqRsGtEA4pa6mayWjhR9CdYMyKHE4_mFbgP15g9hSlc0QftSwmbNoIhl8_om5rnVO8aHTMDbW8MxQjmtnWkVQ56IFjDJ7xh81ouOyr7TUpNVFcamB3TrNb4WcitWnxnIHw/s1578/michelletwo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1188" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2Lgs802U8G7wqgB8CRD8-DhuMlNl094xjLht_IDsRX-iqU9vyjPXyqRsGtEA4pa6mayWjhR9CdYMyKHE4_mFbgP15g9hSlc0QftSwmbNoIhl8_om5rnVO8aHTMDbW8MxQjmtnWkVQ56IFjDJ7xh81ouOyr7TUpNVFcamB3TrNb4WcitWnxnIHw/w482-h640/michelletwo.JPG" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Michelle Ward, DVM</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">owner of Family Pet Urgent Care. This photo was taken in Guatemala last year while Michelle was serving on a volunteer mission for World Vets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>🐕🐱🐶🐩🐕</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I know I'm not the only one in Dr. Michelle Ward's vast cheering section who is thrilled for her and equally excited for the Sandpoint area community of pet owners. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When the doors open at Family Pet Urgent Care this coming Monday, pet owners will have a local venue for emergencies. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, Michelle, an accomplished and experienced veterinarian who has practiced in the Northwest and in missions around the world, will be realizing a long-awaited dream come true. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As one who has known her since her teen years and marveled at her energy, enthusiasm and devotion to animals, I can attest that we are lucky, indeed.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Michelle, a hometown product, will make us all proud and provide us a service for our beloveds that has been needed for some time. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Best of luck to you and your staff, Michelle. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pets and their owners are thrilled. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiUIjXxl12pZG_haXTlJN4ChRZDcWCM9wohs43esfg2WGErMPIQ3mnGJb0coe24YKVwulnJQqAxX1rBmiySoOo0qvnf6JyFRDDzPj88D7YTRBNhRQ6Esss99-nfrmKaWSxcmDNGl81slJ2bLcGqU_ycsYbi1IWHwfijPn0kIeV1dz1OPnwfsLpQ/s3171/lady%20dog%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Passionate speeches, personal stories, cars honking, messages on signs, symbolic displays, some chanting and quiet support highlighted the Reproductive Life Rally on International Women's Day in downtown Sandpoint yesterday.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The event came one year after Bonner General Health announced in 2023 that it would no longer provide labor, delivery and obstetrical services. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Approximately 200 attended the event held at Third and Cedar in front of the hospital's south parking lot yesterday afternoon. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I spent a few minutes at the event taking pictures and hearing the repetition of one prominent four-letter word aimed toward all who continue to feel the frustration of this community loss. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKu-87xw5YD4bfWBqlWALPSkiETrxzdPmTRo4qThyphenhyphenSbIrD7Dgczfz2nA69mwtLrN8hLJmOS26jPWSrLhOfTkQYPPJ11_wpIvFjHoOm0M-ycAGY7osi09FTequi1KdhaJogi_BSXu0dfa_LFvFz2illvxF1DaMozFvjjnPvm8nwfIx1cU75mQSzPQ/s4037/red%20chicken.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="4037" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKu-87xw5YD4bfWBqlWALPSkiETrxzdPmTRo4qThyphenhyphenSbIrD7Dgczfz2nA69mwtLrN8hLJmOS26jPWSrLhOfTkQYPPJ11_wpIvFjHoOm0M-ycAGY7osi09FTequi1KdhaJogi_BSXu0dfa_LFvFz2illvxF1DaMozFvjjnPvm8nwfIx1cU75mQSzPQ/w640-h452/red%20chicken.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well, Mama said there'd be days like this. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All my text for today's post disappeared. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blogger gremlins are at it again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, rather than sitting here typing it all over again (20 minutes' worth), I'll just wish all a happy Friday and hope that tomorrow's a better day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was neat to see in this morning's paper that the Popsicle Stick Bridge has gone through a makeover, thanks to some folks in Ponderay. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I had a story from the 1950s associated with that bridge, and maybe later I'll retype and post it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, then, the title to this post might make some sense. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Thanks for your patience. Maybe check back later in the day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Update: </b>I did have time to retype the story. You will find it below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Happy International Women's Day. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3puLx4d1DnMfy1dRjYF5umG-abEM7TNSh_iMgL4qlKgqej8cU7iMTKgui4zO0D2qNCEY1p7fRMvKsVkxDwtHFkThwrSlbZtZ02yIFLJAXcfBSVAy_uBwguHAQPM4RML4GDpGRaBRdtx1t4EqdzKhx6FwxI62tXwUmwwATN2e3ksVY60QnWD2hw/s1749/mud%20puddle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="1546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3puLx4d1DnMfy1dRjYF5umG-abEM7TNSh_iMgL4qlKgqej8cU7iMTKgui4zO0D2qNCEY1p7fRMvKsVkxDwtHFkThwrSlbZtZ02yIFLJAXcfBSVAy_uBwguHAQPM4RML4GDpGRaBRdtx1t4EqdzKhx6FwxI62tXwUmwwATN2e3ksVY60QnWD2hw/w566-h640/mud%20puddle.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliLHXALxLNrB5udkhpkMtXKNr4KJtZxqGlEYQuWDB3OlCmov82NmC6yB_eFHvSHCKwflICeRIFmq8cyOfVfV26U20MO62tDp67lCfqb0flIWPy0ZPh6z4-WoY8aFdtC1B1bCojzSHY5QJb_MapF_ylajWbX_N9BFn2A8AmzWHYsq8n5Tj0m8fQQ/s1170/bridge%20now.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1170" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliLHXALxLNrB5udkhpkMtXKNr4KJtZxqGlEYQuWDB3OlCmov82NmC6yB_eFHvSHCKwflICeRIFmq8cyOfVfV26U20MO62tDp67lCfqb0flIWPy0ZPh6z4-WoY8aFdtC1B1bCojzSHY5QJb_MapF_ylajWbX_N9BFn2A8AmzWHYsq8n5Tj0m8fQQ/w640-h456/bridge%20now.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> ---Photo by Evie Seaberg</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2024/mar/08/popsicle-bridge-receives-makeover/">https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2024/mar/08/popsicle-bridge-receives-makeover/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>A Memory of That Bridge</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">On most summer days
during our preteen era, we left the house about 10 a.m. as Mother rolled out
the wringer washer and hooked the hose to the kitchen faucet. Our morning itinerary took us about a mile
away to the Sand Creek bridge (now known as Popsicle Stick bridge) connecting
Boyer and Highway 95. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">We rode our bikes and
took homemade fishing poles to go after penos, suckers, trough or
bluegills. In those days the creek,
which originated near the top of Schweitzer Mountain and fed into Lake Pend
Oreille, teemed with a wide assortment of fish. The boys usually pulled in at
least a dozen per day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">I was never so lucky. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">It was a rare day when
the fish---or my fishing equipment---cooperated. My tackle consisted of a stick pole made from
a willow or aspen tree, almost ten feet of line and one No. 4 hook. Hook and line usually conspired to find some
ingenious way to grab hold of a snag within the first thirty seconds of use. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Either my habitual
impatience or the knowledge that some mess-up was bound to happen triggered the
same reaction. As soon as my hook
snagged hold of the first stick bush or log that came into view, I jerked the
pole back, pulled with all my might, uttered a few obscenities and stomped my
feed in the sand as I heard the inevitable snap that ended the day’s fishing
venture. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Mike and Kevin always had
a supply of extra hooks and sinkers in their tackle boxes, but they never cared
to share with their little sister. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Fully aware that I had at
least three hours to kill while the boys continued their quest for the largest
lunker of the day, I found other projects around the bridge. Throwing rocks into Sand Creek lasted about
as long as my fishing; with the last splash, an older brother instantly
reminded me of my mortality, convincing me to consider some other pastime. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">“You’d better not throw
another one, or I’ll come over and slug you,” was all the warning needed. I then wandered up the hill and began
searching for ripe thimble berries or long, thick strands of timothy to chomp
on. Often, leaves from the cottonwood trees suggested another activity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">“It’s time to try a
smoke, I sometimes decided. Ripping off several leaves, I sat down in the road,
shredded the leaves into tiny pieces and created a pile large enough to build a
homemade cigarette.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Then, I looked for some
paper to serve as a wrapper. It never
took too long because that area was where pickup trucks owned by grown-up
anglers parked during the evening hours.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Since there wasn’t much
concern about the environment or many Idaho litter laws in the 1950s, these
folks usually left behind an ample supply of cans, bottles, and paper for
youngsters like me to gather and recycle the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Choosing the most likely
litter for cigarette paper---with no concern for its origin, history or germ
count—I returned to my pile of leaves and attempted to copy Harold’s (my stepfather’s) roll-yer-own
technique. I never quite mastered that
skill either, but my end product sort of looked and acted like a cigarette. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Never mind the fact that
bits of leaves dribbled out as I ambled down the road toward the bridge to ask
Kevin for a match. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Kevin always had
matches. They fascinated him. He always kept at least a couple of books in
his pocket. After a little pleading I
could usually convince him to hand over a few so I could light up my smoke. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Whenever I managed to get
them burning, I would fail to get much enjoyment out of my Sand Creek specials.
The usual result was a few singed fingers because most of the time only the
paper caught fire while the leaves cascaded to the ground. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">What was left inside
generally got stuck between my teeth or on my tongue as I took each puff.
Occasionally, my brothers left their fishing poles propped against the yellow
bridge rails and joined my attempts to enjoy a cigarette. Their efforts always
matched mine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Our disappointments at
Sand Creek only fueled our need to have a good smoke. So on several occasions we resorted to what
we knew best: household intrigue and
creative theft. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Note:</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the rest of the story can be
found in the story “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette” in my book <i>Pocket Girdles.</i></span> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><i><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">💚💗💜💛💓💖 </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Many thanks to the people
of Ponderay who led the effort for the Popsicle Stick Bridge to have a
makeover. That bridge, like Lincoln
School, remains as one of the few remaining visible remnants of my childhood
memories of growing up on our North Boyer farm. All signs of our farm are gone from the
landscape but not from my memory. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxYVWUn9OD2VCVO_zjB57FQYuyRxizemoxD-T3IEqW33ZKYffTLHfWwqoLHOI6bokIqwo4DAPuhLHel17R3wLhWNdGiqBd-9fDryjl5_fKWMgxx9fflk9TSKpHQRiSwXJfd0PQrvTWpeLSPLvL7EbPst3AAKejQKIAbEfFePZ8_6ehXJsXell9Q/s640/bridge%20winter%20two.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="640" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxYVWUn9OD2VCVO_zjB57FQYuyRxizemoxD-T3IEqW33ZKYffTLHfWwqoLHOI6bokIqwo4DAPuhLHel17R3wLhWNdGiqBd-9fDryjl5_fKWMgxx9fflk9TSKpHQRiSwXJfd0PQrvTWpeLSPLvL7EbPst3AAKejQKIAbEfFePZ8_6ehXJsXell9Q/w640-h434/bridge%20winter%20two.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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TBT<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScbNgUTL5E9Na-y15eKjN7haNhfEPUsvpvRG2Mip9Jg7tboDjKZcvSy1tdHMof1xFwSN5U9jrDUx2b6q-KPW8py22dMS8uismF5s3S9FuFmK0h-eIgovHGOyIj6dGxc4Mkg6SHPUtoVfLA3AwVQ0hrr9plYkK-Lu7qRfxCna3EQ0fdjygxyISlg/s2780/chickadee.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2780" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScbNgUTL5E9Na-y15eKjN7haNhfEPUsvpvRG2Mip9Jg7tboDjKZcvSy1tdHMof1xFwSN5U9jrDUx2b6q-KPW8py22dMS8uismF5s3S9FuFmK0h-eIgovHGOyIj6dGxc4Mkg6SHPUtoVfLA3AwVQ0hrr9plYkK-Lu7qRfxCna3EQ0fdjygxyISlg/w640-h406/chickadee.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGqUkRhlA9dfcOvpfuZrqLxM8aOj-P4onCVHRUwW_ovxSO50nR70AsvNMmC6GhwOL_GU80rY4lF8ava_Jx1tdZixPLk6kL3Yq3o7P7uHdd8dyOWLCaDbeJhyphenhyphen7rE3Rqq7wyq4oEA4ZkCVL8kVxdrVplt-kQpn2pBGnCOW8GNPS7Uj1FW-1LNBTug/s5226/pend%20oreille%20peak.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another cold, crisp morning and another day filled with beauty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And, another gorgeous day ahead. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Can't complain about that. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I've had fun taking pictures and on this beautiful March morning will let the pictures and the video at the bottom do the talking today, including those images from past times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Enjoy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tbPltND67NunfSA0um2xR2uwL7mUEyHSPag9POqQjn0KCMLw4jlfoHrO-WhBHYD9NqPJ7RaHbE0rxWzRTUINSPBnus97MAH-nbGBmlMxmCguaNQ7N8_lbl6-EGa5pYa_puhPhldydY55Z55EIG0Wm7DCpQ3Kr8BoVE-kqKZf8m8KfehMv90bog/s4288/horses%20sun.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3b4G-Eaa9XB_4-ebLz5jgz5X7BBncplIJU4G0HtvPx8NUKonQm7Aneotdtk3m7o1e3_Ge4XuNRINP1bNNhuLk9LJ08YML-ziFybfgFJfaqn4olDPpqT5oEIM_ak8lXLSohd856bkje9-F897gJUhSBPkBlHIjA-860EDzf-m975sDGQK9raiGw/s2068/needles%20lake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2068" data-original-width="1564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3b4G-Eaa9XB_4-ebLz5jgz5X7BBncplIJU4G0HtvPx8NUKonQm7Aneotdtk3m7o1e3_Ge4XuNRINP1bNNhuLk9LJ08YML-ziFybfgFJfaqn4olDPpqT5oEIM_ak8lXLSohd856bkje9-F897gJUhSBPkBlHIjA-860EDzf-m975sDGQK9raiGw/w484-h640/needles%20lake.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bill, the dogs and I spent about 15 minutes walking the shoreline of Lake Pend Oreille yesterday afternoon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We drove to Talache, south of Sagle, parked the car and got out, pretty much walking silently, both experiencing a familiar awe. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.idahogeology.org/Uploads/Data/MineDocs/SA0267_013.pdf">https://www.idahogeology.org/Uploads/Data/MineDocs/SA0267_013.pdf</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Everything was perfect for my cameras. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, I took advantage. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This morning I found a folder on my computer, filled with notes taken while working on a project from several years ago about the white settlement around Lake Pend Oreille. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Apparently, I got desperate one day during those months of work and tried to be creative. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The results weren't great but not TOO bad. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I attempted to convey the common feeling deep within me every time I stand in awe of the lake which has defined and nurtured the souls of so many of us long timers aka natives. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy the thoughts and the photos. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8X3YdFKxIVN4g7rJ0cb6mgsqG2MSdoFkd7O-dLgPR9jDClt80hXLeDGTZiTtOOhhgVkd3zVsFSy9AarNfoEqTHL06Ux5AX_PTMVVf2KYXoz2rfmZ5Fqh4vYFKN7ZQIuhR_IdMgYhekgcxEvO4K3SscILyJa4lKXGTC9Un6mS_vSN4yYXIBPtVA/s974/bill%20foster%20looking%20border.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="974" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8X3YdFKxIVN4g7rJ0cb6mgsqG2MSdoFkd7O-dLgPR9jDClt80hXLeDGTZiTtOOhhgVkd3zVsFSy9AarNfoEqTHL06Ux5AX_PTMVVf2KYXoz2rfmZ5Fqh4vYFKN7ZQIuhR_IdMgYhekgcxEvO4K3SscILyJa4lKXGTC9Un6mS_vSN4yYXIBPtVA/w640-h482/bill%20foster%20looking%20border.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16pt;"><b>The
Pend Oreille Zone</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Don’t
run for your map. There’s no geographical setting called the Pend Oreille
Zone. A person can be anywhere on the
lake for it to occur. It can happen at
any time, even at night.</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Pend
Oreille Zone is actually a state of mind.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The only
requirement for it to take hold is that you be situated somewhere on or near
Lake Pend Oreille. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I’ve
experienced the Pend Oreille Zone hundreds of times in my lifetime. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">How do I
know I’m there?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I’m
silent. My eyes fall into a gaze. I feel like I’m at one with a controlling
natural entity. My heart fills to the brim with exhilaration. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I think my eyes have never looked upon
anything quite so beautiful. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For once, I remain speechless because I know no
words can describe how I feel during these moments in the zone.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some of
my more memorable Pend Oreille Zones have occurred at Talache, Lakeview and Sam
Owen. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I’ve also slipped into this state
of mind while driving along the lake at Sunnyside. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In all cases, waves slap against rocky shorelines, and the
deep, blue, gigantic lake seems continuously busy as if furiously trying to finish a
project. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is then that my workaholic self slips into total relaxation in the midst the almost magical scene.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This scene before me certainly cannot be for real, I often think. It's gotta be a dream. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Better pinch myself and wake up because surely I don’t really live in an
environment so artfully sculpted.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I’ve also seen others fall into the Pend Oreille Zone. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Many years ago, one of my friends from Kansas sat on a Farragut picnic
table at the south end of the lake and quickly succumbed to the magnetic lure of the sight before her. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As if hypnotized, she rarely moved for many
minutes, stared straight ahead, then said, “This is so magnificent.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yup, she
had submitted to the Pend Oreille Zone.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2gNSdZtsFqJ07ayTsiVnqyGS7XGbIWWiKq5OCSUU2xTy9c8AXdf2pDXmLHe9K5JK8a_lTBDpsPNKZyRIOwKTs0BwNl3q0MgQE0Q8YwtQHKxGt5i_al69Rzfasikp-1-QRf6AOX9F2yWU939JMlspSyVyOQP3xi2AqZxVJpjrZyy5k1NU8o6bwA/s2036/beach%20lake%20mountains.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2036" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2gNSdZtsFqJ07ayTsiVnqyGS7XGbIWWiKq5OCSUU2xTy9c8AXdf2pDXmLHe9K5JK8a_lTBDpsPNKZyRIOwKTs0BwNl3q0MgQE0Q8YwtQHKxGt5i_al69Rzfasikp-1-QRf6AOX9F2yWU939JMlspSyVyOQP3xi2AqZxVJpjrZyy5k1NU8o6bwA/w640-h482/beach%20lake%20mountains.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Talache Landing</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It's a popular put-in area for kayakers and canoeists
coming from Sandpoint and Sagle. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">From the water, it’s a short paddle to
reach Forest Service public lakefront north of Mirror Creek (the
original landing from which iron ore was shipped by barge) or south of
Talache Beach, towards Maiden Rock and past several homes. </span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is also a
convenient put-in for those paddlers who would like to try primitive
camping on one of the colorful pebble public beaches in either
direction.</span></p><p><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> ---from sandpointonline.com</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36tE5CUSucjORoFIG9id1rH_wwlFEuzh7FQXKG79_n5QnsLdC47nhzHazVgvmZwa9DsW7D1gUU6nP5-rbG8oKjvnBeTixfyihnFEMDhd899nndeppRlW-1CZLmln1AiePmSU41nfJ40DeTRxOGcLpG4GYL8mmPNGauiMjSRc-sZhPaTvki11YxQ/s5234/limbs%20lake.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3506" data-original-width="5234" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36tE5CUSucjORoFIG9id1rH_wwlFEuzh7FQXKG79_n5QnsLdC47nhzHazVgvmZwa9DsW7D1gUU6nP5-rbG8oKjvnBeTixfyihnFEMDhd899nndeppRlW-1CZLmln1AiePmSU41nfJ40DeTRxOGcLpG4GYL8mmPNGauiMjSRc-sZhPaTvki11YxQ/w640-h428/limbs%20lake.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Mining history notes around Pend Oreille Lake</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There are three principal regions where mining activity has
successfully taken place in Bonner County:
the Lakeview area, on the southeast side of Lake Pend Oreille, the
Talache area about 20 miles southeast of Sandpoint, and the Hope/Clark Fork area.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bonner County was once a big silver producer. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Between 1922 and 1926, the Talache district was one of
Idaho’s leading silver producers, grossing about $2 million back when silver
was less than a dollar and ounce. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Once a
thriving mining community with a large mill and company town, the Talache area
was dormant for 30 years----not because of lack of ore but because of
substantial drop in silver prices. 32
cents an ounce</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> ---from notes taken during my project</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fFmK1UMtskzDHvg5Rusy52gTtJCwCxXgi60rKPbWfdwVS41xho0p_mYlsP4PRaL87Thk-sCxKhzVLQY4bcQ8bzHXXZlEgrMcrM5YYbHYuqRqLMgF5aNe27ImOA_U1Eskznt0S1-kQ-Z8PVJuD4LYT7iOUMtWpo8PX0V2GRX_BkC6a_mR45BcLw/s1868/sandpoint.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1868" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fFmK1UMtskzDHvg5Rusy52gTtJCwCxXgi60rKPbWfdwVS41xho0p_mYlsP4PRaL87Thk-sCxKhzVLQY4bcQ8bzHXXZlEgrMcrM5YYbHYuqRqLMgF5aNe27ImOA_U1Eskznt0S1-kQ-Z8PVJuD4LYT7iOUMtWpo8PX0V2GRX_BkC6a_mR45BcLw/w640-h524/sandpoint.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was pretty as we passed by Sandpoint on our way home yesterday. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVYWtP3GmBkXcQz6_y8iCOdJ57L2f5ea62okqITErmDnQcb6KUJEUAZj5hNE9mcVYzR6PXSgX7UcFwB1fN9hEOQxc-NOYYb0b-0aEKqgKXZyFmMPdj2TepuNiU-rWI2iEV1PZObWHsG9kThnV_GK_6O3jA489vijwjf3OieMEH3VJtMLfMwLvnQ/s5234/storm%20over%20lake.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3506" data-original-width="5234" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVYWtP3GmBkXcQz6_y8iCOdJ57L2f5ea62okqITErmDnQcb6KUJEUAZj5hNE9mcVYzR6PXSgX7UcFwB1fN9hEOQxc-NOYYb0b-0aEKqgKXZyFmMPdj2TepuNiU-rWI2iEV1PZObWHsG9kThnV_GK_6O3jA489vijwjf3OieMEH3VJtMLfMwLvnQ/w640-h428/storm%20over%20lake.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>MLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821062147483953813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9468715.post-9120792770455267652024-03-05T07:49:00.000-08:002024-03-05T07:51:24.712-08:00Crisp, Cold, Pretty, Always Different<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2LEwbN-lK8Hoj6I_6IvXpYjwV3182v0iv6asjG40VRMJg7OUZsUgHw6b6er-75ZKdzcL4FopwzDA1Zq-Ccy9vautjezTCdTLWwNS-dby9366ZM4LLTaf_y2PQN0IsYS3jY30NQ7cN2SLd2x45B8shkJePbVx8KmP9AHwbrYhw6pgrD-5NKNUmw/s3982/geese.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="3982" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2LEwbN-lK8Hoj6I_6IvXpYjwV3182v0iv6asjG40VRMJg7OUZsUgHw6b6er-75ZKdzcL4FopwzDA1Zq-Ccy9vautjezTCdTLWwNS-dby9366ZM4LLTaf_y2PQN0IsYS3jY30NQ7cN2SLd2x45B8shkJePbVx8KmP9AHwbrYhw6pgrD-5NKNUmw/w640-h326/geese.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For eight weeks before I retired from Sandpoint High School back in 2002, I changed my morning routine eight times. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With each week closer to retirement, I left the house a minute later than the week before. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The route to school involved about three miles: Great Northern Road, Baldy Road and then Division where the high school was located about a mile south of the Baldy Road turn-off.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My motive for these changes allowed me to enjoy some impending retirement rebellion more than anything else. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was just plain fun and pleasantly impish to know that I was breaking the strict regimen I had followed as a teacher for 33 years. Everything in teaching, it seems, revolves around disciplined regimentation. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bells ring, then ring again. Students must be in their seats on the second ring and, in those days, stay there for 55 minutes before another bell rang. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I always tried to arrive at the school early and usually at about the same time to allow for classroom prep and for the general morning miscellany of kids coming early or meeting with other teachers, etc. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, to come to school a minute later each week felt good, especially knowing that soon I wouldn't come to school at all. Plus, I was slowly turning into a retirement renegade by bending my own rules a bit. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, that was one good aspect of pushing back my home departure time by a minute every week. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This soft rebellion offered another benefit. As the weeks passed by, I became aware of the subtleties of how different roadside scenes that I saw every day could be when I observed them a minute later than usual. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">By the time I was driving to school eight minutes later than usual, I was truly amazed with the activity, some of which I'd never witnessed before while arriving at school the same time every morning. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I passed different cars and waved at different drivers on my way to work. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It was late May and shrubs and trees were flowering and new flowers were appearing in people's yards. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I saw kids walking down sidewalks where eight minutes earlier each day before my experiment the sidewalks had been empty. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A dramatic scene never observed prior to this experiment involved the arrival of the yellow buses in the school parking lot. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On my usual arrival time, very few cars were in the parking lot, and I saw no buses. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But the hustle bustle of students, staff and buses arriving all at the same time made me realize one of the reasons I had always preferred showing up to school a bit early. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Inside the school, activities were different also---more kids walking the halls or sitting at their lockers and not much quiet time in my classroom before the first bell rang. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Twas all okay with me cuz I knew I was a short timer and soon, I'd be outa here . . . forever!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, what does the story above have to do with another batch of winter pictures this morning?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"You never stand in the same water twice."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That thought came in an interview the other day with Best Actress nominee Lily Gladstone. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Because of my experiment at the end of my teaching career and because out my kitchen window and I see a different Schweitzer with virtually every look, I totally understand the statement. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We never stand in the same water twice, and we'll never see exactly the same scene twice. Our natural world and our world of peeps is constantly changing, and we are the beneficiaries. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Meserve's barn has been standing there across the field from us more than 100 years. Yet, I'm sure everyone familiar with it sees the structure differently almost every time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The one constant: its rustic beauty, but the light of the day, the weather of the day and the angle from which we view it is always different. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This morning, my eyes focused on the barn with its surrounding trees and open white space from the now crisp snow from yesterday interrupted with zigzag series of dark shapes of what was standing but now iced-over water.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">The exquisite scene seemed like nothing I'd ever observed in all my trips down our lane.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Same is true with Schweitzer and with my front yard and with all my other favorite scenes around the Selle countryside. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">I'm really glad we never stand in the same water twice because the earth and its inhabitants always offer a new perspective, if we only take the time to look. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Often, it is so beautiful. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;">Happy Tuesday.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwB9YAMGoV-6wLfAIdALj5zKn2z7wix296WDQkOxUM-TMLKKqG0G1MtlpinkI2-YT5-ory0ypJqKHnhLCNvXa-IDVmkwLALTj1K3NhSzrOFAxAEuqVhaAHxoDx6Rl2cPru6Hx34VOlpke0azTQeJEntYOLSIWJ-8GHR64nvGss2Ry4jciYfohF_w/s2030/schweitzer%20blue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2030" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwB9YAMGoV-6wLfAIdALj5zKn2z7wix296WDQkOxUM-TMLKKqG0G1MtlpinkI2-YT5-ory0ypJqKHnhLCNvXa-IDVmkwLALTj1K3NhSzrOFAxAEuqVhaAHxoDx6Rl2cPru6Hx34VOlpke0azTQeJEntYOLSIWJ-8GHR64nvGss2Ry4jciYfohF_w/w640-h482/schweitzer%20blue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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