Spring is here and Gram G's grass is green and yummy!! Bunny leaves his little droppings in return.
I've started calling him "Dinner". My dinner...
April started me off flying high...no fooling
Finally landing in Salt Lake City for the Easter weekend...
It's a few days to check out Jake's school and mosey around SLC. But first....
hope the 7 of us get enough to eat...
though Mic got the back, back seat...
When in Salt Lake City one checks out the Great Salt Lake!
And rocks...
Info says it averages 2,122 square miles and contains 28 million acre feet of salt water at 4210 ft. elevation.
I am now interested in more research some day.
I even had a sit and chat with Aunt Em...
She smiled but didn't have anything to say...
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We checked out the Mormon Temple
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Took a drive to Park City ski resort...
lovely mountains along the way...
The locals were beary friendly....
3 February B-day ladies...
And 1 Native American
Time to leave SLC after the plane gets de-iced
A lovely flyover the grand canyon on the way to Portland via Phoenix
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I've been home for 3 weeks. It seems I don't have much to show for the time.
BUT...
I did make a pan of twice baked potatoes. Ate one and froze the rest. Since then I've microwaved
defrosted and heated a couple. Works great and yummy.
Also got cleaning on my mind for family coming to visit in late June...and cause my rugs haven't been cleaned well since I got here. Cleaning fever is a dangerous time for me. I believe in no dirt left behind. Don't know when to say enough now...
Well, that's getting easier as my energy levels drop quickly these days. But my house stays in various degrees of disarray through all the weeks involved.
With the aid of the new flooring workers...they moved the table out of the way for me. (more on the new flooring later) and 3 cans of Woolite Rug shampoo I cleaned this reversible rug.
REFLECTIONS
I have had this braided rug for probably over 40 years. I bought it mostly for and from nostalgia. When I was 6-9 years old and lived with the Sperry family they had one like this, only in brown tones.
I remember the fun of running around it like on a race track. It was in their living room, the center of a cozy space with a large fireplace and huge built-in bookcases, sturdy country furniture and family activities.
This blue braided rug brings back secure, loving memories of early childhood. It graced a section of our large living room in Park Falls for over 30 years, giving me a sense of stability and roots. It was essential I move it out here with me to continue that legacy.
I am amazed it has endured for so long. It is intact, though I 'm sure a few millimeters thinner than at the start. I do remember sewing up a small split between a couple braids at some time in the past.
I hope the rug brings up loving, happy, silly, family memories, even though there were not nice ones as well. I hope it brings back feelings of their mom's love and devotion to them.
This has been a good 3 Geogram weeks in the life of Gram G.
"Those who trust in the Lord are like Mt. Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forever more."
(Psalm 125:1-2)
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