Monday, September 27, 2021

If not now, when........

More sock knitting.    I do work on other projects but I always revert to socks for





 meditative knitting.   


And company came for a visit.   Brother Tom, Regina and the talented and smart grand niece Jesse Ann.   How fun to catch up on old memories.   Tom toggled my brain about places and people that I had long put away in my memory bank.   We are 8 years apart so didn't have equal memories of growing years but 
interesting to hear another side of things.   

And then we did the almost 6 hour drive to the east to see the grand girls.    Lizzie had asked me to join her and Becca in getting matching tattoos.   Lizzie wants to get a matching tattoo with her siblings and parents (I want to be around for that one when Michael agrees !!  )   I didn't hesitate and said I would.   Altho I have never considered one before, I had no strong opinion about it for others....altho I do wonder if those young persons with their arms , necks and other body parts covered will ever regret that much "art" someday.    I think some can be tasteful and artistic but my 78 year old opinion is that a little sometimes goes a long way.      Anyway, the tattooist is booked at least 3 months in advance.    She is very talented, the studio was spotless and her disinfecting between clients is meticulous.   And it was not as pricey as I'd expected.    It took all of 10 min with just some pin pricks.   I didn't get pictures of the others but here is 

 


my tiny bumblebee.   It's cute .... you need to look sideways to really see it. 

  




And if you ever need an excuse to visit Colorado, this is what you'll see....... I took this a couple years ago but it returns every fall.        This is about an hour from the house.   (It's right out of the camera, no adjusting of color)

Thursday, September 2, 2021

A good trip......

It was a memorable week.      We headed East once more.    Mason, a Jr,  stood tall for the annual 1st day of school pic.   
       The tree is no longer a tiny shrub either.    Usually there are two in front of that tree but


this year, Andy left  for college.....just how did that happen !!!

We've seen 4 other grands go off to college and each time they are still only 4 years old in my brain.....Andy is no different.    He and his red car will be at Clarkson University up near the Canadian border in NY.   




Prior to flying out of Denver, I did some dog walking..... Aspen preferred the comfort of the recliner (love that face) while her sister Tellie, made a marginal effort to walk with me.   I finally had to call the sag wagon to pick her up as she sat and refused to budge.    I know how she feels but I had new walking shoes 
and had to keep going.  


   

Once we got to CT, I continued the dog walking.
  

I was almost pulled off my feet when Murphy spied a deer ....it was well camouflaged but he saw it and refused to budge.   


He liked the boat but I think he prefers cars.      

 A nice respite at Denver Botanic Gardens.