more fun with Wordle

 


So many other things I should be doing....but instead I played around with Wordle (and Paint) to make a collage of the places we have lived over the past 40 years.

having fun

Today I found a new site that has kept me busy for much too long.  I have already made one gift from this site and decided to share the fun with those who visit my blog.

If you want to try it out, visit Wordle, but be warned it will steal your time.  Have fun.

Colfax

 

We stopped in Colfax, CA a couple of weeks ago on our way home from Fallon, NV.  We looked around a bit and stopped to eat at Basement Wines.  The meal was great and the people were friendly.  They highly recommended the Auburn Ale House, so next time we are passing through that will be on the agenda.

We loved the old theater (now empty) and of course had to visit the candy store with the cow outside.

the Printer wins

I posted earlier that our printer is having issues, it is now to the point that it won't work at all.  I got a few more days work out of it, but now it constantly insists that there is a paper jam, which is an out and out lie. This message comes up even when there isn't any paper in it...or anywhere close.  I suspect a sensor has gone berserk.

After checking at one more store and being told they would have to send it out for repairs, which would be very costly, I contacted the manufacturer. I spent about a half an hour "chatting" online with a technician before being told it was a hardware issue and since the printer is out of warranty the only option was to buy a new one (sigh).  They did offer me a 30% discount at their online store.  So, I looked around and found that for just over $150 we can get an new and improved version of the one we spent $300 on three years ago.

This just doesn't make sense to me.  Is the world becoming more environmentally conscious or not?  Now we have his big hunk of office machinery to get rid of and that is a whole new project in itself.

People! in Hawaii

 OK the first photo doesn't have any people in it...

but isn't that pretty?

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The next few are at the rehearsal. 

 

    The Bride 

 

Parents & Grandmother of the bride    

 

Mike with the Bride & Groom

 

"the girls"  

Bride & Groom with her brother & his wife

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And the Wedding Day

Father & Daughter

Watching the Bride approach

Married!!

Mother & Father of the Bride

Before the ceremony
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 silly father of the bride...walking toward the pool
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More Hawaii/Wedding

Here are some shots of the houses, the pool, the reception tent being set up, the setting for the ceremony and last but not least the bride & groom.  The next-and final one of Hawaii-post will feature people - close enough to actually see their faces!!  enjoy

Happy Birthday to the USA!!