11/3 Anderson

We are having a great fall, very cool, a little rain, no winds and the trees are turning color.  The only thing wrong with this time of the year is that the days are too short!!  Already looking forward to the end of December when we head the other direction.  Yet again on a positive note - - we sure get great views of our sunrise and sunset, with the cloud cover it sure makes it pretty.

Sunrise
 

The trees down the lane will be spectacular in a few years when they're bigger.

Kathy and I are very busy with our fall projects - - she is finishing up the furniture for her studio and I have been working in the pasture and yard.  We got a lot of rain last week and the ground is very moist and that is perfect for pulling those nasty weeds.  I made an attempt to pull them several months ago and did not get very far as they were deeply embedded and hard to pull and even dig.  Kathy got her studio floor painted 2 weeks ago and now she is painting all the furniture ( table, chest, bookcase, etc.)  She is working hard to get it done so the project is behind her and she can get on with her other projects. 



I painted the tops in a color called "Graphite."  It has a little more blue in it than I like so I may replaint it in a brown.

Kathy colored her hair red...BIG RED!!!  Matches the autumn leaves.

Today was a burn day so I attempted to get rid of my burn piles - - did not work, the material was too wet and would not stay lit.  One of them has been smoldering for several hours and it may eventually burn everything.  I decided early not to try and keep the others lit - - wait for another day when things a much dryer.  I seem to always have a burn pile hanging around so don't really mind them. 

Over the last 3 weeks I have been fighting a earache in my right ear.  It started when some flying insect flow into my ear.  I fought with that little critter for a week and finally got it all out.  In the process I managed to block my ear canal next to the ear drum.  That was really dumb of me - - with all the poking around in my ear I used a q-tip and put a small amount of lotion on the swab.  That lotion built up, dried out and caused the blockage.  Last Tuesday I went into the doctor to check out the blockage and the nurse irrigated my ear.  They got the material out and I am on the mend - still a little tender but much better and I can hear again!!@@##. 

 Played golf several times the course is really in great shape - - they are laying down more fertilizer and seed and it sure does look good.  It gets lots of play and at the end of the summer is usually shows the wear and tear.  On Tuesday I cleaned up golf balls that have been accumulating  for several months.  That process takes a long time and I have been putting if off.  I got about 1200 done and have at least 2000 to clean.  Some time ago I did a search on most expensive golf balls - turns out it is a ball called Dixon.  I did a price check and you can buy 4 for a bout 55 dollars.  With all the balls that I have I have never seen one myself.  Well - - one of them did turn up in this batch.  It was a Dixon- Earth 3.  Now the rest of the story - on Wednesday I was playing and searching for golf balls and ran across another Dixon- Earth, it was in the water at the par 3 16th hole.  Now I have two for my collection.  I also had a sale here in Redding yesterday - I was contacted early in the week and sold 200 to a fellow in Redding - gave him about 220 and he was very happy with the purchase.  So  - the last 3 sales have been here in Redding and none in the Tracy area.

 

 

A little history for the Dixon ball - totally bio-degradable.  It is made from recycled material and the core is made of sea salt.  It is made by a small company in Tempe, Arizona, suburb of Phoenix.  They

just came out with a ball for the ladies - I think it is called the Spirit and it is a clear crystal ball.

 

More golf stuff - - some time ago I volunteered to teach the kids across the street about golf.  Last Sunday I met them in our park for their first golf lesson.  They all did great and I look forward to the next lesson.  The grass was pretty long so they had a hard time hitting the ball.  I need to find a park with shorter grass or maybe I will take them to the driving range.  We do have one of those not far from the Old River Golf Course I play on.  I think they had a good time and hope they enjoyed the experience!!??

 

Not much else for news - looking forward to the holidays - Kathy will be taking some more time off and that will be a good thing.  Halloween was busy a usual - seems like they bring more kids into the hood each year - we ran out of candy by 7:30, last year we ran out at 8:00.  We do have children in the hood but they are older and the average aged in around 12- 15.  The people totally trashed the hood - I went out on Thursday and picked up a bag of candy wrappers.  Guess the folks could not wait to get home - they had to eat on the run!!?? 

 

Hope you all have a great week - more later

 

Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie

 

 

 

 

 

10-20 Anderson

We finally found the fall season and we enjoyed the last 10 days here in Anderson.  The days have been very nice with temperatures running 75 or so during the day and 55  at night.  The fall and spring are really very nice in these parts - hard to beat it anywhere?!!

Looks like the rain might be headed in tomorrow and then more to follow during the week.  We can certainly use the rain - great timing as we had our last irrigation water for the year last Tuesday.  I was able to handle that job for a change - 8:00 to 12:00 midnight.  We did not have much of a moon for light but I did not have much of a problem making my way around the pasture.  I got very good coverage and it was nice to do it myself for a change.  During the week I opened up some of the drainage areas and those improvements seemed to help a lot.  I still have a problem of getting water to the side and back pasture to fit that problem will require some additional piping. I talked with one of the land owners behind us and he said he applied for a grant to improve the drainage across the back pasture - not sure what that will do for us but anything will be a improvement.  I did look on google to check the height of our land from corner to corner - - at the main water inlet we are at 32 meters then we go to 31 m and finally 30 m  at the far opposing corner.  The pasture is pretty flat but we do have some natural drainage. 

We arrived in Anderson on the evening of the 10th.  Kathy had her Roses and  Rust show on Saturday the 13th.  She was able to set up on Friday and tear down immediately after on Saturday.  She did about 60% of her last years sales.  They had a good crowd but the folks did not seem to be buying much?  All the vendors experienced a reduced level of sales this year compared to last.  Kathy's inventory was a carry over from 2 shows last year with some new items.  She did not have bigger items this time and that may have been a factor in her reduced sales as well.  She seemed to have lots of interest in her stuff but fewer takers.  The verdict is still out on whether this will be the last show or if she will continue with this activity?  It is lots of work and the payoff is pretty minimal!!??  For pics of the show, click {here}


One of Kathy's projects this week was to remove the carpet in her studio and paint the floor - that is what she did  and the results are great - see for yourself!!??

Like all things - she worked very hard at doing the very best that she could and fruits of her labors certainly show.  The job is finished and she will be able to put the furniture and other "stuff" back when we return next time.

The other big project for Kathy was to take Rilee's high school pictures for the yearbook.  She started that project on Monday over 360 pics then they had to be edited which takes considerable time and effort.  The final proofs were turned over to Rilee on Thursday and then the final selection has to be made which will be put in a collage and send to the printer (school).

We have added cows once again to the herd - total count today is 3 horses and 5 cows and 4 of those cows will be having calves in the next 3-5 months. Those cows are certainly a challenge - we have little to no grass on the pasture so the cows naturally go through the fence to the neighbors who have plenty on their pasture that has not been grazed in 1 year or more. One of the mama cows - "Blacky" is the worst, nothing stops that beast, she goes wherever she wants even into my nice green back yard grass. It is a challenge to keep her out - when we are gone I am sure she will "make hay" of it as well. We are hopeful this cow situation is temporary, don't want to spend the winter and spring dealing with those critters!! Broc the youngest horse seems to stir things up - he always want to run and get the other excited. He that that today and Kathy was able to get the activity captured on her new I5. She did a great job and sure likes her new phone - - happy b-day early Kathy!!   Check out the video below taken with her new iPhone:

I did get to play golf once -went over to Churn Creek - - the other course Tucker was very busy.  Had a very nice time and it was nice to get out.  On Friday of last week I had a interesting experience with regard to the golf balls.  I got two emails from Craigslist for golf balls.  One gave me a phone number - told him I had lots of balls, he said he wanted 500, I said that would be fine and I would deliver  them.  Took him 650 total and he wanted them all - - very nice sale for me, I gave him a reduced price of $20 per hundred and he was fine with that.  The next  note came in call and it was from Redding as well - - - - - fellow wanted 100 balls and I delivered them to him on Saturday morning - took 200 and he wanted them all - again I sold them for $20.00 per hundred.  That total of 850 balls did not put a dent in the inventory here in Anderson - - - - - .  Funny thing about both of these - I have been advertising golf balls here in Redding/Anderson for 2 years on Craigslist  and have never had a request, got two on the same day and I was in town to make the sale.  That is what I call dumb luck!!??

Lastly - - so what have I been up too all week - you got it yard and pasture chores.  Major project was to physically dig up all the blackberry bushes in the pasture and put them in the burn pile.  I did that all except a few along the main road in the front pasture.  I think it looks great and I am now ready for the rain and more beautiful grass.  (Photo from iPhone)

Enough already - hope you have a great week.

More later

Ron, Kathy and Tessie

10-6 Anderson

Fall has finally arrived  yesterday we turned the corner and finally had a cool day - high at 78 and the same for today and into the week.  We may even get some rain on Sunday and Monday, that will be very nice for a change.  We got our irrigation water on Tuesday and we are at the end of the season for that as well - - run from April to October and we have mother nature to carry us through the rest of the year.  The pasture is doing very good, seems to be better each year.

I am the eliminator this week end, all out attack on moles and blackberry bushes that rest on our pasture fence.  Talk about a love -  hate relationship, love those little blackberries during the middle of the summer but hate the wild bushes that they come from.  Each year I spend countless hours trying to eliminate them, not very friendly either, the prickly vines are hard to work with and I have to sacrifice my body to battle them.  OH yes - the little moles, they are creating a terrible problem in my back yard so I am chasing them out with poison, I have tried  some of the home remedies ammonia, caster oil, etc but that did not work, had to resort to the hard stuff, got some poison and baited the holes in the yard.  They are pretty smart critters and it will take some time to rid the yard of them - it will be nice to have them gone!!  Tessie should be doing that job she does sniff and dig a little for them but nothing very aggressive.

Kathy is very busy preparing for the Roses and Rust show in a week or so. The show is next Saturday at the Redding Civic Center - she is looking forward to it.  She has done several and likes this venue the best - working outside at the various barns is not much fun especially in the hot summer.  We will be taking off some extra time for the show them follow up with a little extra time to just rest and relax a little to get ready for the holiday season and end of the year.  We are not doing very good on vacation - need to plan more and make that happen.  Not that Kathy does not have vacation days - she seems to always be at the max and is probably loosing days at this point. 

Have to add just a small note about the debate or should I say lack of debate?  This whole election process has gotten to be a little out of control.  The money they have spend over a 100 million and it will likely go to 200 million with advertisements filled with false statements and innuendos.  Then we have the debate and neither candidate is able to give us much tangible information from which we can make a sound decision.  Our country is not in good shape and more needs to be done by both parties to make it better.  Excuse me - my phone just rang once again with one of those annoying folks who wants me to get out and vote - - the ballot will soon be in the mail so quit bothering me.  This next 4 years will be very interesting as the last !!  I have to admit the picture is not as gloomy as it was 4 years ago but we are still a long way from where we should be, hopefully we will get there without a 7 trillion dollar deficit.  Better stop now I am approaching enemy territory on both sides??!!     WATCH THIS SPACE!!

Golf was very good as usual - last Monday I was able to play with two of the older fellows one has been fighting cancer.  They are both 80 and doing very good - they sure enjoy their golf and I am proud of them both - they give it their best shot.  My game seems to be improving -finally decided it was time to slow tings down - back swing for starters and that really makes a big difference.  I have theory about this here golf game - - the thing that affects your golf swing the most is " tension" if you are too relaxed throughout throughout your swing it will not be very good.  Conversely, if you are  totally relaxed you will swing freely and your balls will drive straight and true - amazing how much more distance you get with little or no effort!!??  Yes - the secret is making it happen - you will have to figure that one out yourself??!!

Enough babble - - hope you have a great week.

More later

Ron,. Kathy, Tessie and Sammie

9/29 Anderson

To share our Saturday evening with us, click {here} !!  Enjoy!!!

Feels like we are in the middle of summer - temperature today is 99 and looking at the century mark tomorrow and no relief in sight for next week.  I can't remember going into the month of October with temperature at the century mark.  We had a warm period like this in 1996  - remember it well, we went to the lake with the jet skis on Thanksgiving Day, that was a kick. 

Out on the back patio last night, watching the moonrise.
 

Kathy is over her busy spell at work so we will be spending more of our time in Anderson.  We will be taking some vacation time in 3 weeks of which most of that time will be devoted to the Roses and Rust show at the Redding Civic Center.  Kathy has been working towards that show for some time.

I tackled the yard once again this week end - in both places.  Today, I took on the blackberry bushes.  I keep them trimmed up off the fence, so when they do dormant for the winter I am so tempted to set a match to them.  I may get the courage to do that this winter.  We have been under a burn ban all summer - high fire danger and we certainly don't want to burn out ourselves and the neighbors?@!!

Ron, tackeling the blackberry bushes.
 

Kathy has once gain taken on new and different direction in her artwork.  She is now devoting her time to mixed media, I am sure she will display with pics some of her pieces in this post.  I think she likes the creative aspect of this medium more than the other stuff.  Creativity is at the center of much of her work now and in the past  - she does get ideas from the many mags that come into our house.  She is keeping that business alive.  I see the newspaper and magazine business more in decline in he coming years.  The digital media will overcome it all with 5-10 years.  We are already in that direction - my prediction is that within 5-10 years our tv/monitor will serve us with all the news and entertainment we would ever want?  In Anderson we do not have TV - just Internet, I canceled the dish after 3 months because we never used it.  Had to pay a big penalty but it was worth it and we don't seem to miss the TV at all.  Kathy has taken on netflix for her shows and I watch the news and weather on the Internet as well.


Journal pages, Eastern influence.

Journal pages, this one reminds me of the Colorado Aspen.

 

I like the juxtaposition of a classic 17th century portrait in a 21st centry mixed media piece.
18" x 24" canvas

Speaking of communication, we ordered a I5 cell phone for Kathy for her birthday.  She wanted one and it should arrive in a week or so.  She is looking forward to the camera and other options the I5 has.  I saw a video which was a drop test for a Samsung - Galaxy III verses the I5.  They were both dropped on the cement at various heights, the Samsung broke after two and broke apart after the 3rd drop from 6 feet.

I was able to play golf twice last week - had a good time per usual.  I am dong pretty good, my short game has improved lately and my putting was very good on Monday, Wednesday was  not so good.  In fact the round on Wednesday was not as good as Monday overall, noticed it during the round and could not put my finger on the difference.  It is really comfortable in the early morning - temperatures are running about 55 and when I finish 27 holes around 11:30 the temperature has climbed to 90 or so.  I do have to wear a light jacket when I start and usually shed it by the 5th hole.  I did wear my new shoes on Monday - I thought they may have cut back on watering so much at night and that the course would be be flooded per usual.  I was correct they did have water but is was not like a swamp per usual.  I like the new shoes and hope they hold up - - I will give them a water repellent treatment and that may help to keep them from getting cracked across the toe as the last 2 pair have? 

Not much for news - hope you all have a great week. 

More later

Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie

9/22 Tracy-Anderson

1st day of Fall and it feels like the 1st day of Summer?  The temperature is still hanging around 90 in these parts it will be nice when we get some cooler weather and great when we get some rain.  That may actually happen next week - - we are ready. 

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!

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...

16 x 20 canvas.  Count you blessings.

 

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

9/8 Anderson

Very nice week end in the North country - the temps are hanging around 90, sky's are clear and for the first time in a month we don't have that much smoke.  It is definitely getting cooler at night - close to 50 last night.  Spring is just around the corner the trees are starting to loose their color and you can certainly feel the change in the air.

Missed the blog last week, still on the fence on this medium?  I would like something that is informative but not boring or self serving.  I may go to ever other week instead of each week as I have done for many years?  We did achieve one of our goals which was to get Kathy's input with pictures, she has certainly came through with those and I hope everyone has enjoyed them.  We always here that a picture says a 1000 words and for her pictures that is certainly the case!!  This does make for a complete package, hats off to Kathy for making that happen!!

Got the pasture mowed this week end, moved the back and side last time we were here and finished it up yesterday.  The fellow that maintains the irrigation system saw me on the little tractor and said " that is a big job for that little tractor"  yes in fact that little tractor does get a work out along with me!!  It always looks nice when completed.  I was a little disappointed this week as we missed out irrigating water - - - have to wait another two weeks for more water.  The folks that turn on the irrigation for us dropped the ball.  They had a 2:00 A.M. start time and missed the curtain call!!  I am more concerned about the trees than the pasture - have to water the trees by hand (buckets) in hopes that it will help.  On the flip side of that water issue, we have water running down the canal in the back pasture - that runs across our property and down the field in the adjacent property.  I have taken the opportunity to capture a little of that water with our small pump - it does pretty good and it appears that 3 heads going is about max for good coverage.

Driveway (lane of trees that Ron hand waters)
 

sideyard and front pasture
 

Sump pump  -  watering from irrigation ditch.

Today, I am headed over to Red Bluff to see and old co-worker, he is still working at LM and he is 71 years old, not sure why but he is?  He and his brother have a plum tree orchard and they are harvesting this week end, interesting process very automated, a shaker grabs the tree and another vehicle on the other side of  the trees catch the plums, some drop to the ground but the process is pretty efficient.  It will be nice to see and talk with him to get caught up on things at LM. 

Kathy is very busy with her project plus getting ready for the next show which will be here in 4 weeks or so.  She is also very busy at work with the annual old and new budget process underway.  She is pulled in lots of directions sure nice that she is able to put some of that behind her escape for the long week ends!!

Almost finished.  Need to make a cushion and then it's done!
 

$15 thrift store end table given a shabby chic makeover.
 



Working on these removeable lampshade covers.
 

Golf is very good, this week I had to get a new pair of golf shoes.  I purchased new news in the middle of August - decided to go with Nike this time, previous 3 pair were Foot Joy.  In less than a month I saw cracks in the toe - - not sure what the problem with that was.  I did treat the new shoes with water repellent but that could not have caused the cracking - at any rate, I took the shoes back and got decided to go back to Foot Joy.  The good thing about that - the Nike shoes were a little narrow in the toe and with heavy socks it pinched my toes together.  The new shoes, FJ have a nice wide tow box and I like that much better, I have not played with the new shoes but look forward to that next week.  The golf game is doing great - lots of golf balls, good exercise and lots of practice.  I did feel like a big jerk on Monday, played with 2 other fellows, 1 of them purchased a new Taylormade Burner - $400 or so, very nice club.  We made the turn on the first 18 holes and were getting ready to head off of number 1.  The marshall ( Vern) was talking to us and he also used a burner.  The fellow with the new club laid  the club gently down on a lava rock as we waited.  I picked the new club up to give a better view of the new club and proceeded to drop it on the lava rock and put a nice bunch of scratches on the shaft.  The owner was not a happy and I felt like a fool - - - - - he did get over  it after several holes.  Lesson learned, I will not be touching anyone's club in the future.

Babble - babble - - enough already.

More later

Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie

8/25 Anderson

The temperatures are coming down a little - - just slightly cooler each week.  This week end we have had warm weather - 98 yesterday and 92 today with very little breeze, clear sky and lots of smoke from the fires that are burning around us.  They have the Ponderosa fire about 75 percent contained and it has been burning for over a week.   The air is definitely thick with smoke - you can taste it and smell it on your cloths.  They about 1800 firefighters working the Ponderosa alone - not a good job at all.  My hat goes off to them protecting people and property.  In this part of the country there are lots of animals, most of them go unprotected unless the owners are able to move them.  They are pretty smart but often are constrained by fences and their exit in the wake of a fire are not existent. 

Smokey haze {pasture after Ron mowed}
 

I did get the lawn and pasture moved yesterday when it was a little cooler.  The horses like it as they get the clippings and seem to enjoy them.  For some reason the amount was almost double this time around.  I suspect it was the extra water that I got from the canal two weeks ago - none this week maybe next time.  I am prepared to water the back pasture, that area does not get any extra water during irrigation and it looks pretty bare now.  I want to get it an the side pasture green and that takes time and lots of water.  The water part of that equation will take some work on my part.  I left the front pasture as it has a pretty good stand of grass and the horses need the grass.  I am hopeful that we can do something with the pasture this fall to prepare them for the Spring.  My goal is to have a green pasture - don't see many of them around here in the Summer with the heat.



Ron rakes up the clippings and feeds them to the horses.  They love it!!!

Kathy has projects as usual - she is making a bench out of three old chairs, she is ready to put on the webbing but our electric stapler does now seem to be strong enough for the job.  Have to look at another unit or another anchoring method?  She is also working on making custom lamp shades - they fit over the original shades and fall into the artsy category?  She has a big show coming up in a couple of months, she is pulling her inventory together to see what she has and organize it accordingly.

I need to finish the webbing, add the other arm and make a cusion.  I think it'll be real cute when it's finished.

Had to take the Focus in for brake work this week - should get it back early next week.  I did change the pads in the front and for some reason the calipers on the front right seemed to be hanging up.  I had purchased shoes for the back but never got around to putting them on.  I turned the job over to the shop - they have the right tools and the expertise for that stuff and I don't have to mess with it.

Last week we showed the two organic waste containers full from all my yard work in Tracy.  Those cans were picked up on Tuesday and by Thursday the cans were full again - won't be emptied for two weeks, bummer.  I trimmed all the orange trees, they are really going strong and I wanted to get ahead of their growth curve.  I also trimmed some more on the big trees in the front and still have more work with them in preparation for the Fall.  Something wrong with this equation -retirement equals trees - someone forgot to tell me about what I signed up for at all!!  Mother nature is out to get me!!

Golf was very good - played twice and it was fun - got out early and beat the heat.  Many of my golf buddies are having medical issues at this time - wish them a speedy recovery.  It is amazing what golf means to many of them - especially those that are 80 plus.  They all seem to be challenged to out drive me - many of them do a good job it, most of the time!!??  Each one of them amaze me each time I get to play with them, my thoughts are " I can only hope I am as good and healthy at 80 as they are"", watch with space : } !!  

Have a small dilemma - wondering if this blog really meets our needs and intentions.  We have had over 700 hits on it in 3 months   Getting visibility was not really the purpose of our blog but it comes with the territory.  I am wondering if there is another media that could serve us better?  The information we share does reach our target audiences to the best of our knowledge but is there a better way or process to make the information more readily available to those that may have an interest.  We have been generating the Saturday Evening Post for many years - - the bottom line, should the Post continue?  If anyone would like to weigh in on this - feel free and it would be greatly appreciated.

More later

Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie