End of the Road

This last trip to San Simeon allowed us to make some hard decisions. I decided to sell the fifth wheel and truck and perhaps downsize. ML feels she needs an emergency alert call devise. I need to have my knee replaced and my hip evaluated. UGH!!!

I've posted our rig on Craig's list but anyone out there wants to see it; here it is. I'm asking $30K for both.

Happy Easter!

I grew up in Virginia where the state tree was the dogwood. My great aunt, Nin, had a huge one in her front yard and we often took pictures there for Easter. Here I am "just the other day".

(After 3 hrs of trying to transfer a photo from my memory card to the tower, I gave up. If I get it right I'll put it in later. ugh!)

My church here in Fresno has one on each side of the entrance and here's a picture of one.

If you don't know the ledge of the dogwood, it is particularly interesting to know at Easter. Check out this link:http://www.the4cs.com/~cathy/Photography/dogwood.html

House Painting

Sam, my dear brother, volunteered to help me paint my house. It took him nearly a week but he got the job done with one weather delay due to high winds which kept him from spraying. Here's before and after pictures along with the process shots.

A big thanks to Mike for providing all the tape for masking the house; we really appreciate it, Mike!


In the middle of all this, Sam made MaryLou a raised flower bed so she could see her flower from the kitchen window. She was really happy about this.

When he was almost finished, Mom came over to check out the process and was really wow-ed by it all.

Sam really wore himself out and deserved a good rest.

Thanks a million Lord for a great brother! Thanks a million to Mary Lou who through it all supported us by cooking and keeping us going. I am so blessed with such love from them both.