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Last Friday I got a call from the front desk that someone wanted to see me, can I please come down? That sounded weird, but I went anyway and found this. Someone (also know as Peggy) had bought a half dozen new arrows, taken them to the florists and arranged to have them make a 'bouquet' out of them. Then each had a
carnation in the top end, and there was a little cupid type bear holding onto the arrows. A fabulous Valentines gift from my sweetheart!! Today I remembered another famous
Valentines day that was not so pleasant...
Saturday we went to Rapids to attend the annual wild game feed put on by a local historic group in the
Nekoosa area. We attend every year as we used to go to their "Point
Basse History Days" event in early June each year. We met up with Chris, Ashley and Hailee at the supper and then we went to their house afterward.
By the time we got back to their place, Hailee was asleep for the day! So we visited with Chris and Ashley for a while and settled in for the night. Sunday morning we all headed out to a local restaurant and had breakfast. Hailee sure does like pancakes!
Back at home, there was plenty of 'horse back' riding, and Hailee had a good handle to hang onto.
We watched an interesting show on
WPT this evening. Told about the annual
Tundra Swan migration that always makes a stop along the Mississippi, most notably near Alma,
Wi. They also talked about having an unusually large number of gray owls in Douglas County. And have you heard of
this trail? Hey, Bob, I know this is a little north of you, but do you ever see these birds in your area? These Swans stop along the river for a while, then they head to Chesapeake Bay for the winter.....
March Madness? Give me a break!! That ridiculous hoopla over some kids playing basketball gets on my nerves more each year. Here is the music community's
answer to those blasted college basketball tournaments... Last year I happened across this event and will watch it again this year. Some incredible performances by some young folks.
I still get the occasional cartoon (I call them 'blasphemy') from people who know I used to play the bagpipes a little.
People also send me all sorts of airplane related stuff as well. This was the latest from
Jabe, at work. '
Cmon, dude, I know you read this, how bout a comment??????
I gotta go, Carlo
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Well, it was looking pretty good outside... til that last snowstorm!! I guess the clays will have to wait, even though I'm on schedule for pheasant hunting this weekend. We'll see how that goes.
Oh, yeah, this must mean a birthday. This is the main dish at children's birthday parties, so.....
Food's all ready, table set, watching out the window....
Here she is!! This is unusual, because for as many years as I can remember, we have been having Rose's and Bryn's birthdays celebrations on the same day, midway between their birthdays. Don't worry, Bryn, we can have a repeat when you are able to get up here......
We also cut down on cake size.... to cupcakes! They were O.K. with a little ice cream to go with them.
Hey, I finally got my renewed passport, in the form of the new 'card'. It works on land to Canada and Mexico and by water to the Caribbean. If I ever need to travel anywhere by air, I'll have to do another renewal and get the book as well. Not likely.....
