Did someone say something about rain and snow? Mmmmm oh well

Salt Lake City :: Night Rain

The other night, while listening to This American Life, I decided to have a look at SLC from my windows. The set up my tripod and set the manual settings on my camera. The night clouds and the rain/snow were drizzly... something romantic about those dark clouds. The second image is from the trees blossoming near the bakery. A friend of mine asks me every spring to shoot these blossoms. I finally decided to.

Goodbye RAIN!!

i'm sitting on my bed in the residence inn in redmond, WA. i'm leaving seattle tomorrow to head down to slc, so stay with the king and queen of the clan for a while. as you all know, it so so hard to move! i'm so excited to have the opportunity to go to germany, but today i had to say the real "goodbye" to my dear friends....it is so hard to part with kindred spirits!

the moving company packed up our shipment to go to germany by "air" on monday. today, they finished packing our "sea" shipment and got it loaded onto the giant semi truck in our driveway...and then are going to finish the job tomorrow by packing and loading all our stuff that will stay in storage...

our house is getting bare...and that always makes me a little sad. so today has been very bitter-sweet. my eyes are burning and needing to close and get some good sleep...

i love you all and am looking forward to the next time i can love you all in person...xoxoxo

1st Great Grand child = Great Grandson!

Hooray! Estee and Lee are having a baby boy! She told me the news via e-mail last night and I figured this must be in the family blog! Congrats to the Ragsdales and also to Scott and Wendee! xoxox Mom/G.G.

Spiral Jetty

Last week I drove to the Spiral Jetty on the Vernal Equinox (21 MAR). It is quite a site. Robert Smithson, the artist, created it decades ago. It's at the north end of the Great Salt Lake. Beautiful and desert-scape backdrop, the edge of the lake brims and bubbly pink sand crowned with white sea-foam. Very interesting. Anyways. I had my tripod, met a couple other folks out there and just enjoyed the nature. I highly recommend it.

Aloha from Stan and Gina