Sitting in a Chair in the Sky

The picture doesn't do it justice, but this is why I like to get a window seat when I fly.  This is the Grand Canyon in early morning,  and the slanted rays of the sun brought out the stripes of color. The canyons were a deep blue violet color, and the red and yellow rock appeared to be floating in a surreal sea.


Someone, I can't remember his name right now, said about air travel something like this:  You ought not to complain about the inconveniences of flying.  Hey, you're sitting in a chair in the sky!

Keep Gate Closed

Tribute to John Denver

You fill up my senses...
What a powerful beginning for a love song.


John Denver has been a favorite of mine.  His luminous lyrics expressed his love for the mountains, of nature.  How fitting it is that he is memorialized at his beloved Aspen, Colorado, in a grouping of stones by the mountain river.

Visitors pause to read the song lyrics on the stones, and perhaps they sing softly.

Thanksgiving Visitors

We enjoyed a visit from Debbie and Jeff a few days before Thanksgiving.  We had a great visit.

Then on Thanksgiving Day, Cindy, John, Liam, and Miles came to visit.  Instead of going shopping the day after Thanksgiving, we did something much better.  We visited the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and later went to see a great movie, "Hugo."

The Climbing Kenny Men

We drove our Thanksgiving visitors up the wall.  Literally.  The Kenny men scaled the rock wall at the community center.
John went up first:

Miles ascended the wall:

Liam reached the top and rang the bell:

Visiting the Farmstead

Herb and I had a great visit with our e-friend, Rhonda, in Homer, Alaska.  There's a wonderful view from the porch: the mountains across Kachemak Bay.  We met the dogs, Rocket Boy and Gwennie.

Photo below:  We also got acquainted with the geese, Baxter and Harry.  Baxter, closest to the camera, was the more sociable of the two.  Harry has suffered some unfortunate experiences from predatory animals and is understandably more cautious.

He's a Lumberjack and That's Okay

The Lumberjack Show at the Alaska State Fair was great!  We watched competition involving axes and saws, also balancing on a log, and a whole lot of clowning around.  It was fun, and we had a great time laughing and going "Yay" and "Boo" despite a chilly wind.

Below:  The guy in the black shirt really got soaked doing this.