Little Green Man

Isn't he cute?

I bought one for JS and I at Christmas.

I told JS that instead of arguing with each other

we could us them to illustrate our frustrations.

Let me demonstrate, you hold them in your

hand and squeeze.

This ones mine, Ops !................I blew an eyeball.

I really need for spring to get here.

A Day With The Boy's

Saturday JS and I picked up one of the workers

(at 6:30am) and headed to son Shane's, a nice hour

and a half drive in and out of the fog. Shane's been

working on his house painting, new carpet and is working

on landscaping the yards. For his Christmas gift

we told him we would come down and help with the

woodwork.

Meet sons Shane and Zach (with the hat). All three kids

spent summers threw high school and college working for

our construction co. Shane is a good framer and

concrete man and Zach is a pretty good finish carpenter.

The boys put this floor in and are doing all the base board,

but needed the pros to come in for the windows,

paneling and chair rails and Dad was glad to help.

Mom helped too..................... filling nail holes,

and Shane bought lunch.

It was a long day, but I have to say it really looked good

when it was done. Only 10 thousand nail holes to go.

Just between you and me, I think renting is

under estimated.

"Really Mom, again with the camera?"

Let me think, did I take this picture in the morning

or when we got home?

Pretty Picture Monday

"I just needed something other than gray !"

Sunday Stills, Macro Pics

Hows everyones weekend, good I hope. The challenge

this week was for inside shots. To get the camera

as close to your subjects as possible, so heres

my take on a few items around the house.

Fog.......

The only good thing about fog, is standing in the sunshine

looking at it. Yesterday it rained but this morning the

fog had returned. I took the camera and drove up the

hill so I could share with you.

Thats the Coast Rang over there on the other side

and the north end of the Sacramento Valley is under

that sea of grey.

This little mountain range is the Sutter Buttes,

they look like an island. My house is right down

there in front of us.

When I got home these Cedar Wax Wings were setting in

the top of the oak tree, waiting for the sun. Their sure

cute and make a really nice sound.

The plan for the weekend is to go to son Shane's and help

him finish base boards and trim in his house. I'll take the

camera, and show you the progress.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Thursday's Thoughts

"It is the memory that enables a person to gather

roses in January".

CATTLEWOMEN'S, Beef Ambassador

Yesterday Sarah Deforest hosted our meeting and

potluck at the Chico State Farm.

We purchased these new activity handout for the kid's

programs we participate in threw the year. They

were created by the Kern county Cattlewomen's and

the Fence Post Country Reader.

This is a sample of the new billboards that the

Cattlemen and Cattlewomen are putting up around

the county. They look nice and to the point.

Sarah is also our unites Beef Ambassador Chair

and held the competition for our county at the farm.

We had seven students participate, they sat in on our

meeting while they each waited their turn.

The Beef Ambassador program is a speaking

competition held at the high school level,

and highlights the positive impact the cattle

industry has on our economy and families.

It trains youth to speak not only to members of

the industry but to critics and the media, by

education them on facts and dispelling myths.

Each states winner gos on to the

National Beef Ambassador Competition.

To find our more about this program go to

www.cattlewomen.org or

www.nationalbeefambassador.org

X Marks The Spot

Not really something you want to see over the top of your

house. I like to know what the time span was between

those two jets

DONE ?

Those beautiful blue skies made everything icy white

this morning. This is our third freeze and the damaged

fruit is starting to show on the trees.

We picked two orders today and will just have to see

what the feedback is from my buyers.

About half the orchard is pick and this could be the last.

It starts raining again tomorrow.

AWESOME

Pretty Picture Monday

"Blue Skies Smiling At Me,

Nothing But Blue Skies do I See"

Sunday Stills, The Letter W

It's been foggy for a solid week,

and ever thing is "wet".

A Little Brighter

It is foggy, gray and gloomy. The wet drippy kind.

This whole week has been gloomy, in part because

of the passing of a friend who's service was held this

Wednesday. It says a lot about a person, when there

is standing room only and every story told by

family and friends ends in laughter.

I took these shots at the beginning of the week and

thought this little yellow bird would just

brighten up the day.

Thursday's Thoughts

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog

without dispelling it.

The Best Thing About January

Did my regular morning routine, then the appliance guy

came late morning and put a new water pump in the

dishwasher. For those of you keeping track, that's one

new toilet, one new kitchen faucet, septic and Oh ya

the wood stove still has parts setting along side of it.

Then I went to town. Farm Supply, Staples, Big 5

and the sports club. JS bought me a membership

to the sports club so I could go with Lorna, but never

actually got around to purchasing the membership.

(?????????)

When I stopped at the mailbox I had a nice surprise.

"Seed catalogs, the best thing about January"

Pretty Picture Monday

Sunday Stills, Best Shots of 2010

Best shots of 2010,

that's the challenge ED has for us this week.

Ed for the past two years has been hosting the the

Sunday Stills web page where people from all over the

world post their photos for each weeks challenge.

I really enjoy it, but my photos are OK at best.

Here's to you ED and Thank You for giving us all a fun

activity and looking forward to your challenges in 2011