Turning 61

Whoever thought that would happen!!!  Could I really be that old???  It's not possible!!!  I thought I should be acting old, feeling old, and looking old now.  Maybe I look old, but I don't feel old and just ask Roz or Arly if they think I act old. 

Coach Roz decided I needed to  go cross country skiing for my birthday and since she's on the Apple Valley Cross Country Ski Team - she make sure that happened, that I would do it safely (in other words - find a flat course) and that she would show me the proper way to navigate the course.  She was a very good teacher.  She showed me the proper position to navigate hills and she'd always be ahead of me to warn me of any upcoming trouble spots!

See - I really did this!!!

After an hour, I was way to0 warm (I overdressed - look at me then look at Roz) and my legs were like rubber!!!

I learned  - it's time to go again Roz!!!!!!

More Sunsets

So here's a couple more I've played with - what do you think?

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Enjoy!!!

My Oh My

I read a blog once that said that to have an interesting blog, one must be out and about living life - well you can see my life must be boring - no new blog since Chirstmas!  YIKES!!

Let me see if I can do something about this.  I just bought a new camera for my birthday so last night, I decided to take some shots of the farm at sunset.  This is what the photo looked like straight out of the camera:

Since I have Lightroom I thought I would practice my editing skills so now the picture looks like this:

So, what do you think - does it look better now?

One More Chrstmas Post

Me Playing

OK, I have to figure out a better way to post and add pictures so this is my trial blog.

Dad and his Terriplane ( I think)

Dad with his tools - That's where he was most comfortable.

Arly enjoying her birthday cake Mom made.

That's all Folks!!!!!

Reviewing Christmas

Well, the hustle and bustle of the season is slowing down. What a nice feeling. I spent Christmas Eve at Curt and Joyce's. Arly and George were there too. We went to Curt's church for Christmas services, back to Curt's for a wonderful supper and then we did our tradition - we went Christmas Caroling. By then the roads were pretty slick, but we did a few places and really got in the Christmas spirit. If anyone wanted us to come in and visit - Roz was prepared with her line - "We would love to, but we have Christmas presents to open yet!"

Naturally, that was next on the agenda. It's so fun to see how each of us are thinking and determining what gifts to purchase. We definitely had some themes going! George got 2 books on Northern MN!, Arly and I gave each other books on Paris (each was different), Joyce got crafting supplies for her Cricut, and Curt got golf stuff! Roz got stuff for her hair, books, and most important - American Girl stuff - clothes, a locker, school accessories, and most fun letterman jackets for each of her dolls that Arly made from Curt's old letterman jacket! So cute!!

Christmas day I spent playing a new card game with Roz (I think it was called Flinch) and helping her with her new computer and Bamboo pen and touch pad.

When I finally got home, I had a huge pile of wet wet wet snow at the end of my driveway to remove (sorry - no pictures). My neighbors were gracious to come and help me. After we got me dug out, we dug out a few of our other neighbors!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Thanksgiving

So what do you think of my first video attempt?