We had a couple of very busy weeks, Kathy worked very hard at her work as they are closing the 2012 budget and opening the 2013 budget, she and her folks very hard to make the managers look as good as possible. Money is moving in many directions in hopes the budgets are met. She had to work yesterday, her normal Friday off so I went to Anderson to take care of the chores. On Thursday of last week I ran the 5 K fun run at LM once again and finished 2nd again in my age group. I did pretty good with my run, at the 2 mile mark I was 17 minutes out that puts me at a 8.5 clip and I normally run 10, that is what I did for the last mile and ended up at 27 minutes. It was fun and I did get to see some of my old co-workers. I got there a little early and looked around and did not see a soul that I recognized - - - many young faces. During the race and I did see several people that I knew. That was a fun outing but I did not enjoy the commute, it took me 2.5 hours to travel 64 miles - the traffic seems to be much worse that I remember, sure don't miss it at ALL!! The rest of the story is that the next day Ron was super sore. His quads were absolutely burning and he was hobbling like an old man. The reason for the soreness is becuase he hasn't run a lick in 4 months!!! I guess golf works a different set of muscles!
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| Runner Ron |
We had house guests last week end, 2 of the ladies from Redding came down to participate in the art show at Goat Hill in Los Gatos. They spent Thursday and Sunday nights with us - Kathy and the ladies had a great time. These ladies are also with the Redding Handmade group which Kathy is part of and she really enjoys working with them. They all had a good time and I suspect that it will be a repeat performance in the future.
We are looking forward to next several weeks, Kathy will be able to take some extra time off with long week ends and some vacation in 3 weeks to go with the Roses and Rust Show. Kathy will be busy as usual getting ready - this show will again be at the Redding Auditorium. She likes that venue last year and is looking forward to the same kind of turnout for this show. The last show was at a old barn and she was outside under a tent this venture is inside and much more comfortable for everyone!! It is much easier to get in and the vendors don't have as much trouble setting up their booths. It should be great fun!!
I've been busy doing some are journaling background pages and a mixed media canvas. Here are some pics...
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16 x 20 canvas. Count you blessings. |
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| Girl with a Pearl Earring - Original work by Johannes Vermeer |
We did get irrigation water last week and the pasture, yard and trees are doing very good. We have two of our starter trees that are starting to loose their leaves, night be because of last of water or it could be the change in the season. Some of the other trees are also starting to turn color. This was the 1st week end in 2 months that Mt. Shasta and Lassen were visible because of the smoke. There was a 200 acre fire just North of Redding yesterday afternoon which messed up the view once again but it was pretty clear this morning. Back to the yard - the grass in the back yard grows very well and I pick up the trimmings and give it to the horses - see previous posts, really enjoy the nice green cut grass. They pick on each other to get better position - they are all males so that is to be expected. This morning I thought there was a rodeo - all three of them came running from the back to the front pasture lead of course by Bronc who is very fast and feisty. I get a kick of out watching them and the way they treat each other. Bronc is the younger of the 3 and the other two won't have anything to do with him during the day, makes him a loaner. Guess he needs another horse to balance out the pasture?
Not much else for news from these parts - - hope you all have a great week(s).
More later
Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie
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