This is a traditional style Sailors Valentine that I made for my husband office.  I may enter it in the Sanibel Island , Florida Shell Show this March.  I entered for a few years and have not been able to go for several years now.

Sailors made or bought this type of Art Work while on sailing trips long ago.  The modern art pieces are amazing.

I was delighted to come across this yard full of pumpkins in Orem, Utah.  

  I took some photos  and then of course I had to buy a few. Some of them had warts on the outside which added some extra personality.

The children were drawn immediatley to the unusual warted variety. 

All that orange was irresistable.

I am a advocate of Food and other kinds of emergency storage.  I was made aware of this Free Sample of Daily Bread and decided to pass it on.  Give it a try. 

I have been planning to do some posts of Emergency Storage and maybe this will get me going on that.

My first attempt at a slide show.  I will have to give it some more tries on home listings etc.

I have title it Utah Sky.

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/107638/fabulous-freebies-2009.html?mod=banking-budgeting

To go along with the quote  "The Best Things In Life Are Free"  I ran onto this article provided by Kiplinger.com.  This is their 3rd Annual list of Fabulous Freebies.    There is alot of variety and no junk allowed.  There are vacation ideas, food on to financing help.  Hopefullly there will be something that will help you.

The 36 Hour Day   If you are caring for aging parents (particularly with demensia) than this book will give you some greatly neede insight.  Not only into their feelings but your own.    I can see it will be a reference book as time goes by.  Also reassures you on some of the choices you are making. Sometimes as I am reading it answers just the question that I have that day.

Be sure to get the 4th Edition for the most recent reference information.

I enjoy watching the Perseid Meteor shower every August in the Vernal, Utah Sky.  This year the best time is between 2-3 am August 12  MST.  Just lay outside and watching the sky as the lights pass by above.

Sometime we go up on the mountain to watch away from the city lights.  A much brighter show.  It is seen for a few nights before and after the prime time so take a look.

My Son's birthday is August 12! and I like to think it is a show in honor of him.

It is time again for the annual Uintah County fair in Vernal Utah. This year the fair will provide lots of fun starting Saturday August 8, and ending Saturday August 15, 2009. The theme is "Fishing for Fun" and if you are close to Vernal that week, stopping by and checking out what the fair has to offer would be a sure bet for a good time!

Some of the activities the fair is boasting this year are a magic show, food eating contest, city of fun carnival, baby contest, demolition derby, lego building and cracker stacking contest, farm exhibits, candy drop, and much more!

Come try your hand at eating a ten pound hamburger, catching some goodies, pulling the tug-o-war, or just enjoy the great atmosphere and a show. Not matter what, you will be sure to "catch" a good time, and some fun memories, at this years Uintah County Fair.

                                                 Recently heading toward Vernal I could not pass up snapping a few shots of this incredible double and full rainbow!  It was the most brilliant rainbow I have ever seen in my entire life.  The dark sky was an excellent backdrop....Other drivers were by the road with their cameras taking memories of the rainbow.

I always believed growing up in Billings, Montana was a wonderful thing.  We owned our first home when I was starting grade school.

We had great fun at that House.  The cement pads were handy for roller skating and skate boarding.  I remember being able to roller skate in the basement before it was finished.  We had the old fashioned key type of roller skates that you had to make fit over your shoes.

My Dad always said we were to put our roller skates away or he would take them away.  I forgot one time and my skates disappearded.  I did not dare mention that fact as I knew I had goofed.  I went several weeks before finding them under a turned over and upside down bushel basket off to the side of the back door step.  I did learn a lesson because it was hard to go without the skates and not say a word.  I sure was glad to be back with my wheels,lesson learned.!