Here's to Something New.

Dave; I think you have a great idea there. I'll bet all of you guys have pictures that you can post for the rest of us to supply captions for. Why not put them on the blog and challenge all to caption them. ?




CAPTION THIS.
Granny

Spring!! Or what?

Phillip and I took a drive up Limestone canyon. Jeannine and Bruce aught to remember it, it was where we were down over the embankment picking petrified wood out of the fill across a wash. Well we found out where they got the fill dirt and did some poking around for more wood.
Took a lot of pictures and found a few arrowheads and a mono. Saw a cave where the Indians stayed but was fenced and on private property. We did find the remains of some very old wiki up bases that somebody had excavated already. Got pics and will post them another time .
We wondered if the road might still be a little muddy but even though there was still some snow under some of the trees, the road was deeply rutted but fairly dry.

Coming out we stopped for more pictures of the local flora. The cactus fruits on this one above look like tiny pineapples. They are edible. This flower was quite unexpected since there was snow not 6 feet away from it. Haven't the vaguest idea what it is.

To change the subject, I had another brain -echo that struck me as being very strange.

I dreamed Phillip and I were out hunting meteorites. I found one shaped like an elongated egg , coal black, very heavy and showed it to Phillip and then put it in my pocket. Then Phillip found one and showed it to me. It was identical to the one I found but it was cream color and light weight . I took the one from my pocket to compare with his and held it out on my hand next to his then both meteorites flew off swiftly in different directions. We picked them up and Phillip tried to hold them together but he did not have the strength to get them closer than 2 feet. They were not magnetic to each other but stuck to a magnet. I got to thinking of the power they gave off in repelling each other might be used to make a source to power a car

or something. Strange dream.

Speaking of dreams, it's past my bedtime......Granny

Something new

The day before yesterday on my hike I took this picture. I want to try something different by displaying this picture. I want family members to give this picture and caption.
While giving this picture a caption keep in mind the Constitution, Bill of Rights and first and foremost, political correctness. Have fun, play short caption in your comments. Good luck!

A Montana Christmas!

It was nice to be with the family after having our Thanksgiving plans dashed by crummy weather. Since the five of us are in the same place once a year it seemed like a good idea to take a family picture. I'm trying to catch up with Dad in the beard dept. but I have a long way to go.

Christmas afternoon we got together to open some presents. Judging from the looks on Steph and Sis's faces I think they liked their gifts. I know Steph will enjoy her fleece snuggy on those frigid single digit Montana winter nights.

We did manage to get some time outside to avoid getting a bad case of cabin fever. On one such outing we checked out an old historic ranger station.

The road to the H.R.S. was a bit sketchy but Sis handled the snow and ice with expert skill in her new vehicle. Of course Dad was there to provide some tips that he has acquired from his 4x4 adventures over the years.

A little closer to home Steph, Lisa and I decided to break out the planks and do a little x-country skiing under the power lines. Despite the snow being a tad on the sticky side the skiing was pretty good.

Out with the old and in with the new.

This year went out like a lion, I just hope the new one comes in more like a lamb.

Tuesday we were in shirt-sleeve weather and the next day we woke up to a blizzard. 10 inches of blowing snow and last night it was 9 degrees. This is the coldest it has been since I came to AZ. Damn!!! I left Idaho for this? Only got to 27 yesterday but up to a warm 30 so far today. It cleared off so It will get a lot colder tonight I bet. Sunny right now and snow is still here. Gonna take time to melt this time. Probably not this cold up in Idaho right now.

Hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR............Granny

2nd day of winter.

Well it's that time of year again. Don't really feel like Christmas down here. No snow here yet but lots of rain.



Phillip has gotten into the spirit of things and made some candy. He made the Tuttie Fruttie creams, fudge and cow pies. Hey! I been eating it in spite of the fact I was given a new sure fire weight loss diet..... " If it tastes good, Spit it out"....... In fact he has been busy cooking and baking up a storm. We got a huge turkey for thanksgiving and he has turned all the leftovers into pasties and pot pies and froze them. He also made a big batch of lasagna with the last of the chard from the garden and put a bunch of it into small disposable loaf pans and froze them as well. When we take off for the day he puts them in the cooler and takes them along with us to thaw. When we get home they can be popped into the oven and baked. We were given a bag of oranges and he juiced most of them because they were on the almost too ripe side to eat. He made a pie with some of the juice and if you think I spit that out you're crazy. First time I ate orange chiffon pie. Boy it was good. I know what he can do with the rest of the juice. It's so nice having someone else do the cooking. Right guys?
Really raining out there now. Even a little lightning a while ago. They have posted flood warnings for most of AZ for this evening.
Winter storm warnings up in north country. Wet here but not real cold. One good thing, it will wash the dirt off all the rocks we dug up last week and laid out. Had a bag full and wished I had water to wash off others so I could see if they were good enough to pack out. Now after this is all over and things dry out a bit we can go back in , look at them and pick out them best ones.

Hope all of you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS.......Granny

Wow!! It's been a while since I have posted to the blog.

Phil and I went out to Bagdad this morning. Even tho it is at a much lower elevation we saw that the trees had freeze dried leaves down there as well. Never got a chance to change color. Still lots of yellow flowers still blooming and lots of bees around them. They are some kind of tiny blooms that smell like mosquito repellent Phillip says but I think they smell kinda nice. I had my chair setting right by a couple of the plants and the smell was pleasant and not overpowering like some flowers can get. There were some plants with tiny pink buds that were still closed. I don't know if they will bloom out til it warms up again or not. Didn't see any snakes this time out but there was a few chipmunks and a horned toad running around. Oh yes and the ever present ants.

This is a strange area out here. Some of the hills and mountains are basaltic and some are granitic. Lots of sedimentary areas and it makes one wonder what came first. All I know is AZ has had some mighty changable geo history. I would like to go back in time and be able to look down and see just what it looked like down thru the millions of years as it happened. You know, kinda like time lapse photography. Damn interesting I think. I did find a bag full of interesting rocks and specimens.

Had a brain echo a week or so ago. Dreamed that we were up at Dave's. I told Phillip and Dave I wanted a car that would go on a lot less gas and how we could make it. We got it made ( dream never showed me how) and it looked strange. Had a large scoop on the roof and 2 smaller scoops on each side of the hood above the lights. Darn thing started to run on gas then as it started moving the air going in the scoops powered turbines that ran the car as long as it moved over 35 miles an hour. under that speed, the motor used gas to run. I never even got a chance to drive it. Dream must have went on another route and I don't remember it. Kookie but interesting while it happened.

Well it's getting near my bedtime. I want to take a shower and hit the sack. I'm pooped out from pounding the hard ground with my dull rock pick. Santa better bring me a new one .

Granny