Mendon Roads

Foggy nights do beautiful things to the Valley.

Bird Count

 

I was so happy when Dave Kotter and his son Kurt invited me to come along on the mid-December 2012 BIRD COUNT.  The Birdwatchers in the area sign-up to cover an assigned area, and with list in hand, the literally count all the species they see on their list. I LOVED it.

We had to dress warmly. "Do you have Sorels?" I was asked.  Thanks to Gabby and Ben I could say yes.  

They spend all day at it and they're good.  A flock of little birds lands in the distance and Kurt can tell by they way they fly what sort of bird it is.  He gets out his scope to be sure.  In other cases he'll say, "Well, the eyes are yellow so I think it's a ________."  He can see the eyes?!

They use their phone app to call out certain kinds of birds, too.  SO interesting to me.  Since the bird count, this year they were so excited to tell me that they'd spotted a Snowy Owl.  A great find.  Birders from all over northern Utah came into the Valley to try to  catch a glimpse of it.

Snowy Owl picture from here.

Party, Party

After giving up on finding a cute pinata here in Logan, we made our own. JayCee Jensen, a YW in our Ward, helped me. The flower petals are made from slices of oatmeal boxes and each one holds a small bag or two of chips.  The candy is all in the center.  It was a HIT! (heh heh).

Altitude Design Summit - January 2013

The Makers of the Magic - Gab and Sara

Alt made me happy, seeing everyone at work and all the creativity and forward thinking.  Thanks to Sara and Gabby for all the work and for their generosity.

I love the family photo--everything from the colors to Zella's cute legs.


And thanks to Kenny for making me look good.   "When I am old I shall wear...a red hat."  --Jenny Joseph


photos: Jesse Engle, Justin Hackworth, Kenny Miller

Pack's Place

GG with Paul and Robin Rodgers. Missing my mother.

Oldest and Youngest

Robin Emily and Emily Jane, baby blessing day.

Snowboarding

Ben on the south side of the Mendon house, trying out the track.

Tree from the Yard

             We left our tree up into January when Salem and Megan came.  It's definitely more fun to decorate if you have family and everyone to share it with.

1989

Christmas "Bush" on Christmas Eve 

This belongs to:

     While sorting things at GG's I came across this box on a closet shelf, a Halloween ceramic neatly packed, labeled and taped in her careful style. 

     The box inside had been stamped with purple ink in the corner, but the writing was illegible.     Mom, knowing we would be dividing up her things, had put this one away with an inscription. Over the smeared stamp, in purple marker she wrote, "This belongs to..."

     When I found it I had to stop working to laugh out loud.  Then I cried a little, knowing she was thinking of us.  : )

Sorting

My mother used to talk about her friends who had the task of sorting a loved ones' belongings and how they often got a laugh out of what their dear departed had saved.

In her case, she thought ahead.  As we opened cupboards and closets, whether it was a neatly packed box of dishes or a drawer of towels, she made sure there was a Christmas item or similar trinket tucked in--to entertain us when this day came.  : )

In this small box, neatly labeled, were pieces of Fostoria glassware...

...along with the tiny figurine.