Wednesday, August 14, 2013

PRIME TIME!!!

What a treat to be the guest of 
our "daughter" Sarah McHaney 
at her workplace!
And what a great workplace that is...
 We got to meet some of our favorite 
reporters & anchors...
Like David Brooks of Brooks and Shields
 Jim's "crush" Margaret Warner...
 who shared some of her favorite foreign assignments
and favorite local restaurants.
 And Judy Woodruff who was the special speaker at... 
 Abby's Montgomery College graduation in 2005.
But it was great fun to watch Sarah at work...
 And to be part of the control room excitement
 when the show was on the air...
 And then we got to pretend we were journalists...
LOOK OUT ESPN!!! 
 Not Quite Ready for Prime Time
 IT WAS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR US!!!
THANK YOU,  dear Sarah!
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Then this morning when Jim and I woke up
 We were wondering what to do with our day...
SEEMED LIKE A FAIR KIND OF DAY...
 Funnel Cakes and Ice Cream...

PIG RACES!!
 Jim was emotionally spent after 
his favorite swine won!!
WHERE ELSE CAN YOU FIND A PINK TRACTOR??
 Helping Chief with a wooden puzzle...
Getting up close and personal with...
 some raptors!
 But the best thing about the fair...
 our favorite---Flower Hill String Band...
 The fiddling, 
 and strumming 
 and vocals...
 and the pigs...
And....
 
Learning hard to swallow facts... 
What a great, but exhausting day...

Friday, August 2, 2013

COLORADO VACATION 2013


ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
NO---actually 
Fort Collins High!!!
45 Years Ago We Were Not So Old!
 
And we were blowin' in the wind..
 
 At the House of the Rising Sun (aka Tico)...
Along the Lambkin Way....
                                      Now we are 63...
                                     Spending our time...
                                 replacing our body parts...
                                   Will you still need us...
                                 Will you still feed us
                                    When we're 64??
 
 
 

 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
actually
Breckenridge--9,600 feet high!
GOT OXYGEN???
 Fishing with Papa
Snuggling with Nana
 Enjoying Family
as well as the view!!
 
 and some great food!!
 
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
actually
Fort Collins 5,003 feet high
but full of family and friends...
 
 
 

 
  ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
actually
Denver ---a MILE HIGH!!
and cousins!!
 
 
and Frontier Airlines... 
Bye Bye, Rocky Mountain High
HELLO MADISON!!
 
and Sara!!

 and my chance to meet her sweet mother Jane...
 and try some Wisconsin cheese at the airport
before leaving for D.C.
Home Again---Home Again---Jiggety Jig