In Memory

In loving memory of Mike Gauchat and Donna Collum.

We love you and we miss you.  I hope you are safe, flying high in the sky.  Are there helicopters in heaven?  I hope there are.

[Pause the MUSIC on the left,
then play the video]



"Already Home", Marc Cohn

I can see the sunshine
Coming through my room
Breaking down the winter of my discontent
Looking out my window
At the people passing by
I keep wondering where my old companion went

On the steps of the museum
I wrote a line or two
But it took a while to find my way
Back to something true like

This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you've got to go back)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you don't know why)

Rolling down the window
Burning up the daze
Cutting through the veil that keeps on blinding me
I was only sleeping
Waiting here for you
Waiting for your touch that keeps reminding me

Well I've seen the world of wonders
Been underneath it too
But it took a while just to find my way
Back to something true like

This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you've got to go back)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you don't know why)

Why it had to take me so long
Just to find a place that really feels
This must be where I belong
Thinking about it
All I had to do was click my heels

This is where I lay my hat
This is where they know my name
This is where they show me that
A man's not so alone
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you've got to go back)
Maybe I'm already home
(Sometimes you don't know why)

May Swap Box

Andrea at Scrambled Legs Running puts together a monthly swap box where participants spend up to $20 (which, by the way, spends really fast) and you send a box of goodies to a randomly selected person. My randomly selected person is Dee in Tennessee. Dee and I have friended one another on Facebook, because we're cool like that, and we can get to know each other a little better.  We have a few things in common - cool.

USFS Keenwild Helitack, Mountain Center, CA

Mountain Center, CA.  The view from the helipad.
We're working with the USFS Keenwild Helitack crew this summer.

N911FS ready for wildfire season.

Inspiration

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Grocery store sunset.  

Postcrossing

Australian Kangaroos from Nikki in Australia

Talsi from Agnese in Latvia

Pomegranate fruit from Ola in Poland

Sunflower from Stacey in the United States (Maine)

Sakura (Cherry) bloom from Claudia in Taiwan

Summer freedom in Germany from Nicky in Germany

Mother's Day

My son, James.  I love him to the moon and back. 

My mommy.  James bought an iced coffee for her.  

Flowers from my son.

Flowers from my son.

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A song for my daughter, Jessica.

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then play the video]



"Twinkle Twinkle" by Jewel
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My Mommy Is My Hero - Happy Mother's Day

Bountiful Baskets

apples, oranges, honeydew melon, watermelon, iceberg lettuce, bananas, corn on the cob, green onions, avocados, cucumbers & cabbage.  

4x4 Trek: Playing In The Dirt With My Son

First stop: gas, diesel, junk food.

One wild burro.  Eine wilde Esel.  jeden dziki osioł.  Un âne sauvage.

Gen & James.

The wash narrowed down to a slot canyon.  Exit left.

Me.

Shade!  It was about 95 degrees today. 

If you need a laugh, or a tacky song stuck in your head, listen to this song about my son's Amigo: http://youtu.be/818JQqP_wiU

Looking down in to the slot canyon.