12-4-25

 We are ready to get home. Today we drove from Hot Springs all the way home, stopping for lunch in Tupelo, Mississippi at the King Chicken Fillin' Station. I had the BEST smoked chicken sammich.

We got home around 6pm, very tired.... 

12-3-25

 Today's destination is Hot Springs, Arkansas. But along the way we stopped in Fort Smith, Arkansas where a federal court hung people who did crimes in the wild wild west.

The National Park in Hot Springs was really interesting, and I made a cup of tea from the hot spring water.

We camped in the most beautiful spot in the National Park campground. We only have to pay half price since Dan got a lifetime senior citizen pass. That's our truck before we popped the camper up.

12-2-25

 Today we drove through west Texas and Oklahoma. We went to the Washita National Monument in Oklahoma where another horrible massacre happened. 

Along the way we smelled all the smells of West Texas and saw the poor cows herded into feeding pens.

It's hard to see, but the black things are all cows.

We also went to a really neat place in Texas called Alibates Flint Quarry where the native peoples used to mine for flint to use and trade. It was strikingly beautiful in its own way. White dolomite sticking out of red hills...

We camped this evening near the Foss Reservoir in the truck for the first time. It was really comfortable. Dan ran the heater but we had to walk to the bathrooms.

12-1-25

 OK, we are driving home from Colorado. Today we stopped to see two National Park Monuments.

The first is an old fort on the wild frontier where people would stop to buy necessities or get their wagons fixed. This is Bent's Old Fort.

It's a reconstruction but very realistic. 

The next site was a Japanese internment camp called Amache Japanese Internment Camp.

It's all mostly gone, but there are a few things left to see. What struck me was how desolate it was out there in the middle of nowhere, and how horrible it must have been for people in California to have been shipped by train to this remote site.

Note the moon in the tree branches. We read that the Japanese could purchase a tree to plant and you can see them dotted across the barren landscape.

 Finally, we tried to go here but it was closed.  It was the site of a horrible massacre of native peoples by the US troops. The Sand Creek Massacre. It was cold so we stayed in a hotel this evening in Springfield, Colorado, after having dinner at the Cow Palace in Lamar, Co. 

11-30-25

 It's our FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY!

We are walking around Idaho Springs on our way back to Denver and decided to have a hot cocoa.

11-29-25

 Today was so cool- we took a walk, all of us, at this nature preserve that had trails and an indoor play area.

It was just gorgeous out, and I was in 7th heaven. J Bird was not supposed to climb on this teepee.

Then J Bird found a "fossil" that he just had to dig out.

Little Rose and her daddy.

Little Goat. I'm not sure what his nickname is (Ozzi), but now it's goat.

11-28-25

 Today we took a bus up the mountain to the town of Beaver Creek to see an ice skating show and just enjoy the festivities. Little Roo and Rose enjoyed the bus ride.

11-27-25

 Thanksgiving, 2025. I cooked a turkey and made yummy yams and a green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie. We went for a walk in the little village of Vail, and I finished crocheting the spidey stuffy for little Roo. 

11-26-25

 We left our one-bedroom condo and moved into a two story, three bedroom one for a few days so taht the Brew Crew can join us.

11-25-25

 Today I needed some nature so we went for a walk along the river. We also took the boys to a gym for some indoor playtime and a park for some outdoor playtime in the cold.

11-23-25

 Dan met us in Avon, Colorado for a week in the mountains with the Js and with Aza's crew. Today we took J Bird to the dino museum there while Little Roo was skiing with his daddy.

11-21-25

 Here is the fort with a raised roof. It was SO MUCH FUN to build this for the boys. I loved problem solving and cutting wood and putting it all together.

11-20-25

 I have been at Jes's house while she works and the boys are in school, and I decided today to build the boys a fort. Here they are in it. They said the ceiling is too low, so I said I would raise it. While home alone, I've been writing thank you cards for the synagogue and painting and straightening up the yard.

11-18-25

 This is not my photo-- but Dan got the camper put on the truck today!

11-17-25

 I've been working on creating these two signs with grandparental advice. The advice was sent in by several of the boys' grandparents.

11-16-25

 Today I went to Dinosaur Ridge with Jes and the boys. Dan is driving the truck to Washington State to get a camper put on it.

We saw dino footprints!

11-14-25

 Our adventure begins.... we are driving the truck to Colorado. I am knitting a mitten. WE will be gone 3 weeks.

11-12-25

 Today I decided to make a dreidel from air-dry clay to see if making a "kit" would work. It did! The dreidel dried very hard.

11-11-25

 Here is another font designed by my new friend Avram.

11-8-25

 Today Dan and I went fishing with little Cracker and his folks. He didn't really like fishing-- he liked collecting acorns. Child of my child... heart of my heart.

11-6-25

 I'm collaborating with someone I met on Instagram who has designed a Hebrew font. I made stamps from it.

11-3-25

I dreamed last night about my grandparents. The dream was that they were still alive, still living in the same house, and I'd forgotten about them. I asked Chat GPT to interpret the dream for me, and it gave me this. I cried. I really cried. I think that the spirit world can influence AI. 

11-2-25

 I was hanging out with my grandson Cracker today and made a cup of coffee--- and what did I see,  ut a cup made by my friend Little Acorn!

10-30-25

 Aza and family decided to use two of the three penguin costumes I made THIRTY YEARS AGO and make two more for themselves for Halloween. I just love this so much!!! I stayed in the house while the rest of them went collecting candy because of my bladder hurting.

10-22-25

 Update on the construction next door. A fence is coming soon--- this is our existing fence.

10-19-25

 Sta is visiting this week for B's birthday. Here she is with the three Auburn grandkids playing with the dehumidifier.

10-15-25

 The neighbors had a huge live oak delivered today.

10-9-25

 I'm making socks with some yarn I bought from the new yarn store in Opelika.

10-7-25

 This is the pipe that was laid in the trench. It carries drainage from the back yard to the street. And for that, they probably killed two trees.