Happy Birthday!

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. - Charles Schultz

Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. - Anna Magnani

Happiness is good health and a bad memory. - Ingrid Bergman

Birth may be a matter of a moment, but it is a unique one. - Frederick Leboyer

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art. - Garson Kanin

Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come. - Lucy Larcom

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend. - John Lyle

There are days of oldness, and then one gets young again. - Katherine Butler Hathaway

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage. - John Andrew Holmes

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it. - Golda Meir

It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen. - Brigitte Bardot

If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people. - Jim Eason

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. - Unknown

When I passed forty I dropped pretense, ‘cause men like women who got some sense. - Maya Angelou

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these. - Susan B. Anthony

To me, old age is always ten years older than I am. - John Burroughs

The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. - Plato

Lead me not into temptation; I can find it myself. - Unknown

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. - Mark Twain

We grow too soon old and too late smart. - Pennsylvania Dutch proverb

Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. - Chinese proverb

Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. - Unknown

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho Marx

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Happy Birthday, Maxine!
Also, Happy (belated) to:
Ellen - Amanda - Melanie - Stacie - and all you other wonderful birthday people out there!

Clock Works!

(here's the revised version)

We have recently become the new owners of an old, old, clock. It is dated 1907! Imagine the stories it could tell. The glass in it has a wavy look--hopefully and most likely the original. The picture on the top right is what it looks like so far.
There are a few more details to be added yet--a minute hand for one--but I will add those at a later date. "Time is ticking!"

Boys And Their Toys!

Get a city boy to the country and what do you find for them to do? Four Wheelers! They could last for hours--or until the gas tank runs out! We had a fun afternoon this past Sunday with our company. Jacob had 4-wheelers, Aaron had a Game Boy, and Brittney had dolls! (Sorry I didn't get your picture, Brittney!)

To Grandma's House She Goes....

It still seems unreal that summer is upon us (in a couple of days)! Where has this year gone? Deidre left today for her annual trip to Grandma and Grandpa's in MN. This will be her eleventh summer there! Am I ever feeling old?!

Happy Father's Day
to all of you dear
Father's!
Hope you all have a
wonderful day!

Keeping up with the Jones's!

I took the opportunity to get some pictures of Kyle's stunts on the trampoline. He had seen the IN folk's blog and wondered if Luke could do these moves, too?!

Just About Like Building A Boat In A Basement...

Sorry these are horribly out of order! Maybe I'll fix it--later!
(Above)Bringing the shed into our yard
(Below)What gives? Neither the tree or garage!
(At this point, it is off the trailer and on dollies)

Nope--No room on this side...

...nor on this side!

Let's give it a shot! Maybe it will fit!?

Back on the trailer

Guys and their remotes...working the trailer

Finally....It's where it is supposed to be!

Lookin' good and ready for use!

Lookin' bad and ready for demolition--almost!

...once you get it built, how do you get it out?!
Wayne has had some serious storage woes going on here! Something like too much woodworking stuff and not enough garage! (Except he says you can never have too many woodworking tools!)
This weekend his new shed arrived. The only problem--as it was making its way into the back yard--neither the oak tree or the garage was willing to scoot over to fit the shed through.
While I look back over the pictures I can tell about the time I got too nervous to watch what obviously wasn't going to fit! There is NO other way into our backyard!
The guy that was delivering it kept saying they would get it back there NO PROBLEM! They finally unloaded it off the trailer and put dollies under it and pulled it through. Once the eaves cleared, it was clear sailing into the backyard!
I'll post a picture of the old shed that we are emptying out. It hopefully will get torn down this summer! The new shed is much improved!

End of Year Performances

These are some videos from Carlin's Youth Orchestra. It's been fun seeing the change in their playing each year. This is his third year on violin. You can't see him very well. He is in the 2nd row from the left--but the music stand blocks him. His hand and bow can be seen!

...And More Happy Feet!

This must be a continuation to others stories around the country, referring to Happy Feet and our little piggies! I had just taken these pictures of my guys working in the garden when I read Amy's post!
I was quite impressed with the boy's helping Dad weed vegetables. They are not fans of beets, onions, spinach, or carrots, but they helped weed them all and didn't even pull them all out in the process!
Nothing like the feel of warm dirt on bare feet!