Micke Grove Park & Zoo

In May Mike & I visited Micke Grove Park in Lodi. We were pleasantly surprised by all it had to offer, in addition to picnic areas & sports grounds there were museums, a Japanese garden & even a zoo & small amusement park rides for children. Next time I think we will plan more time to relax & not try to do/see everything in one visit.

Charlie's travels

Charlie loves to travel & has been to a number of interesting places around the world. Here are a few pictures that he took when he was in Central America in Dec. 2006.

a banana tree

Beautiful scenery

supa-stah

Some favorite photos

Geraniums in our backyard 

 

Looking out our
upstairs window 

(a neighbor's cat
sitting on a ledge
15 feet above our
front door)

Buffalo in SW Oregon 
(on our way to Baker City 2006)

Autumn in Yosemite

staying busy

In addition to 2 trips to Portland, here are some projects that have kept me busy since I quit my job in February. (trying to be productive at home until I find a new job)

painted the master bathroom

added a mural above the stove

painted the livingroom

made new cushion for the couch (& chair)






painted and decorated some chairs

Yosemite National Park

We love having company and one our favorite things to do when we have house guests is visit Yosemite National Park. Here are some photos of our visits there with friends and family.







2005 Mike & Teri
2005 Wanda & Sally
2006 Kevin, Shannon & Charlie
2006 Sally & Mike
2006 Jerry & Pat

2006 Glen & Kim

2007 Ben, Teri & Mike





2008 Mel, Teri & Mike


2008 Dexter & Nancy

first post!

I have been checking out a lot of blogs lately and have decided to start one of my own. So far it has required more thinking than I had anticipated, so I am regarding this as a trial run. If it takes too much time or effort .... who knows how long I'll keep at it. But I am encouraged by those who have gone before me and hope it "takes".

I'll kick this off with a couple of pictures of our yard and a quote by George Washington Carver: "I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in."