2022 Posts

12-31-22 It Was Quite a Year!
12-30-22 As We’ve Said Before…
12-29-22 I Love It Here
12-28-22 Loving Winter
12-27-22 SAD?
12-26-22 It Just Passed Out!
12-25-22 Merry Christmas!
12-24-22 Think of the Money We Could Save
12-23-22 One of the Many Things I’m Grateful For…
12-22-22 So What Is Andy Doing?
12-21-22 In Case Anyone Thought…
12-20-22 Andy’s Christmas Tree
12-19-22 It’s About Time?
12-18-22 Be Careful What You Wish For
12-17-22 Danged Rodents
12-16-22 All’s Right With the World
12-15-22 Another Quiz
12-14-22 A Bit of Color
12-13-22 Never a Dull Moment
12-11-22 Vintage Items Quiz
12-10-22 A Different Kind of Puzzle
12-09-22 In Case You Were Curious
12-08-22 Not Just for Kids?
12-07-22 Notes to Self Socks
12-06-22 Andy’s Christmas Present
12-05-22 What Did I Use It For?
12-04-22 Adding Joy to a Dreary Day
12-03-22 Guess What?
12-02-22 Thirty-Two Years Ago
12-01-22 Another Dragon
 
11-30-22 More Than a Half Lifetime Ago
11-29-22 Birdhouse or Statue
11-28-22 Marie Kondo Birdhouses
11-27-22 Hurray for Cuteness!
11-26-22 Hurray for Silliness
11-25-22 Pondering
11-24-22 Memories and Contrast
11-23-22 A Good Meaning of the Word?
11-22-22 What Month Would You Guess?
11-21-22 Hoar Frost
11-20-22 I Love This Quote
11-19-22 Thank Goodness for Blankets, Warm Clothes, and Heat
11-18-22 Which Came First?
11-17-22 Does Your Mind Do This?
11-16-22 The Joy Diet
11-15-22 The Years Go By…
11-14-22 Not Infallible
11-13-22 No Complaints Here
11-12-22 I Can Relate to That!
11-11-22 What Did Tempi Want?
11-10-22 Simple But Brilliant
11-09-22 Coffee, Tea, Wine, or Book?
11-08-22 Keeping Andy Warm
11-07-22 Tempi Isn’t the Only One…
11-06-22 Unperturbed and Undistracted
11-05-22 My Happy Place
11-04-22 Worth Repeating
11-03-22 Happiness
11-02-22 Nasturtiums
11-01-22 Halloween
 
10-31-22 Medio Dia Canyon
10-30-22 Mom’s Mountain
10-29-22 End-of-Summer Changes
10-28-22 2022 Christmas Tree
10-27-22 Snow Forecast
10-26-22 A Few Days Later
10-25-22 A Cold Spell
10-24-22 Snow Flurries!
10-23-22 We Were So Lucky…
10-22-22 Precious Pups, Great Photos
10-21-22 Great Visit
10-20-22 Not Too Shabby
10-19-22 I Wish I Had This Guy’s Talent
10-18-22 Time To Go Dormant?
10-17-22 Social Media Darlings
10-16-22 It’s an Ill Wind…
10-15-22 The Elk
10-14-22 The Valle Grande
10-13-22 We May Have a Third One!
10-12-22 Even Bumpier
10-11-22 Bumpy Road
10-10-22 10-07-22 Nasturtium Update
10-09-22 More Pictures
10-08-22 Another Trip to See the Fall Colors
10-07-22 Fiadh
10-06-22 Impressive Cat!
10-05-22 A Beautiful Fall
10-04-22 There’s Still a Lot of Wisdom There
10-03-22 We Laughed at This One
10-02-22 Happy Autumn!
10-01-22 Playing With Colors
 
9-30-33 Still Thinking of Sandra and Bob
9-29-22 Ian and Sandra
9-28-22 Be Nasty to Nasturtiums
9-27-22 Greenhouse Update
9-26-22 My Retirement Heaven
9-25-22 Hurray for Retirement!
9-24-22 The Joy of Being a Geek
9-23-22 That Brings Back Memories
9-22-22 I Never Expected This to Happen!
9-21-22 A Fun Way to Exercise
9-20-22 High Hopes?
9-19-22 I Don’t Watch Hallmark Movies, But…
9-18-22 Wildflower Close Ups
9-17-22 They’re Not Perfect…
9-16-22 Fingers Crossed
9-15-22 One Thing Leads to Another
9-14-22 Defensible Space
9-13-22 Greenhouse
9-11-22 Routine vs. New Things
9-10-22 A Deep Place of Silence
9-09-22 Wilbur and the Baby
9-08-22 Does Your Mind…
9-07-22 A Late-Summer Day
9-06-22 Ruffled Feathers and Endless Squawking
9-05-22 Sometimes It Doesn’t Take Much
9-04-22 Bringing Joy
9-03-22 Singing for Joy
9-02-22 Poor Pine Tree
9-01-22 Bless Blogging
 
8-31-22 If You’re Not a Data Junkie…
8-30-22 Goodbye, Tammy, We Miss You
8-30-22 Does Anyone Understand This One?
8-29-22 58 Years
8-28-22 Funny Signs
8-27-22 Oh, Oh!
8-26-22 Do You Agree?
8-25-22 So Far So Good
8-24-22 View From My Bedroom Window
8-23-22 The Nasturtium and the Mullein
8-22-22 The Greenhouse
8-21-22 A Beautiful Misty, Moisty Day
8-20-22 Dumpster Update
8-19-22 Miscommunication
8-18-22 It’s Not Perfect, But It’s Here
8-17-22 More Thriving Plants
8-16-22 The Plants Are Happy
8-15-22 Well, That Was Interesting
8-14-22 We’ll Have to See What Happens
8-13-22 Still Looking for a Printer
8-12-22 Second Childhood
8-11-22 Two Short Meditations
8-10-22 Perfect Timing
8-09-22 Toast and the Kitten
8-08-22 View from the Top
8-07-22 Six Days Later
8-06-22 Scaring Ourselves
8-05-22 Poking and Prying
8-04-22 The Deer and the Dog
8-03-22 Hurry, Hurry?
8-02-22 Thanks Again, Beate, Tim, and Kaitlin
8-01-22 A Potful of Elk
 
7-29-22 A Fantastic Visit
7-29-22 Wildlife
7-29-22 A Bit More Rain
7-28-22 An Old-Fashioned Thunderstorm
7-27-22 So Much for That Idea
7-26-22 It’s Nice to Have Options
7-25-22 Prayers and Snoopy Hugs for Tammy
7-24-22 The Defensible Space
7-23-22 It Was Worth a Try
7-22-22 Expensive Lesson
7-21-22 So True
7-20-22 Well Look At That!
7-19-22 One Adventure After Another
7-18-22 A Bit of Action/Excitement?
7-17-22 This Brush Cutter Works
7-16-22 It Was Worth a Try
7-15-22 A Better Strategy?
7-14-22 Another Experiment
7-13-22 Weeder Pictures
7-12-22 Weeder Update
7-11-22 These Plants Did Well
7-10-22 Grandpa’s Weeder
7-09-22 Making Color Sing
7-08-22 Our Last Plum Harvest?
7-07-22 Is Andy a Minimalist?
7-06-22 So What Was Zoe Looking At?
7-05-22 They Don’t Always Make It Easy
7-04-22 Well, That Was a Surprise
7-03-22 Tempi, Zoe, and the Waves
7-02-22 The Drive In
7-01-22 2011 Roadwork
 
6-30-22 The Four-Foot Culvert
6-29-22 The First One Was Worse
6-28-22 Flash Floods and Culverts
6-27-22 Jam-Packed Day
6-26-22 Another Montana Tornado
6-25-22 Montana Tornado
6-24-22 A Sense of Direction
6-23-22 Great Dad, Sweet Pup
6-22-22 Happy Anniversary, Zoe!
6-21-22 The Chomp-Chomp Tree
6-20-22 A Different Reminder
6-19-22 Mr. Personality Plus
6-18-22 Andy’s Forest
6-17-22 Five Days Later
6-16-22 Trees in the Orchard
6-15-22 I Wasn’t Expecting That
6-14-22 What a Great Mom!
6-13-22 Ponderosa Pine…Oops!
6-12-22 That Works for Me
6-11-22 Defensible Space
6-10-22 This Is Me Too
6-09-22 That’s Me!
6-08-22 A Reminder…
6-07-22 If Andy Wore T-Shirts…
6-06-22 And Your Point Is?
6-05-22 A Big Job!
6-04-22 It’s Still There
6-03-22 For Sandra
6-02-22 How Sweet It Was
6-01-22 Another Sweet Pup
 
5-31-22 Falling Safely?
5-30-22 Husky vs Border Collie
5-29-22 Pepper and Trout
5-28-22 Helicopter Pilots
5-27-22 Do You Go Down Stairs/Steps Without Looking?
5-26-22 Waffles and Hemingway
5-25-22 Other Possibilities
5-24-22 What Flower are You?
5-23-22 Andy’s Fruit Trees
5-22-22 More About Our Conifers
5-21-22 The Greenhouse
5-20-22 A Great Fire Lookout
5-19-22 Our Conifers
5-18-22 Watching the Helicopter
5-17-22 Great Timing!
5-16-22 Opportunities
5-15-22 Speaking of Fear
5-14-22 Learning to Steer My Ship
5-13-22 There Are No Guarantees, But…
5-12-22 Life Happily Goes On
5-11-22 It’s Still There, We’re Still Here
5-10-22 One Thing About the Weather…
5-10-22 Happy to Wait Patiently
5-09-22 More Wind
5-08-22 The Wind Report Looks Bad
5-07-22 It Depends on the Wind
5-06-22 It’s Not Over Yet
5-06-22 Even Bigger News
5-05-22 The Big News Here…
5-04-22 One Adventure After Another
5-03-22 Ready, Set, Go!
5-02-22 So Much for That Idea
5-01-22 I Know How to Pick ‘Em!
 
4-30-22 Watching It Grow
4-29-22 Never a Dull Moment
4-28-22 Guess Where Andy Was…
4-27-22 We’re Not Sitting Around…
4-26-22 It May Be a While
4-25-22 The Reason Andy Came Home Early…
4-24-22 Replanting?
4-23-22 Windy, Dusty, Noisy
4-22-22 Come Home Montana
4-21-22 A Great Question for a Personality Quiz
4-20-22 What a Difference a Haircut Makes
4-19-22 It Could Have Been a Lot Worse
4-18-22 Dang Critters
4-17-22 Happy Easter!
4-16-22 So Much for Picking Colors
4-15-22 Promise Yourself
4-14-22 Promise Yourself
4-14-22 Old TVs
4-13-22 Message From Andy
4-12-22 Update Now?
4-11-22 I Did It!
4-10-22 Humans Are Good for Something
4-09-22 A Quote Worth Pondering
4-08-22 The Days Dwindle Down to a Precious Few
4-07-22 Booster Shots
4-06-22 How Weird Was That?
4-05-22 If Only All Parents Were That Understanding
4-04-22 That Was a Surprise!
4-03-22 These Rescue Foxes Live Outside
4-02-22 I’d Still Rather Have a Pup
4-01-22 It Helps to Be Cute
 
3-31-22 Do You Like This One Better?
3-30-22 Maybe They Would Prefer John Dryden?
3-29-22 What Doesn’t Kill You…
3-28-22 Animals As Teachers?
3-27-22 What About This Tweet?
3-26-22 This Tweet Made My Day
3-25-22 Not Getting Any Younger
3-24-22 Partnachklamm
3-23-22 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Day 2
3-22-22 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Day 1
3-21-22 A Sign of Spring
3-20-22 It’s Not Just We Humans
3-19-22 Binge Watching?
3-18-22 Daylight Savings Time
3-17-22 Mirrors
3-16-22 I’m Glad I Looked
3-15-22 One Thing About Life…
3-14-22 Not Paranoid Enough
3-13-22 Speaking of Stuffed Animals
3-12-22 Crazy Test, Crazy Me
3-11-22 Ten Hugs a Day
3-10-22 Moving Right Along
3-09-22 About 60 years Ago
3-08-22 No Winter There
3-07-22 March Weather
3-06-22 Friendly Seal
3-05-22 The BLT
3-04-22 Two Great Reminders
3-03-22 Modern Technology
3-02-22 Persuasive Pup
3-01-22 Social Distancing
 
2-28-22 Smart Pup!
2-27-22 I Don’t Know About You…
2-26-22 A Simple Definition
2-25-22 Beautifully Said
2-24-22 Sammy the Slug
2-23-22 It Needed Some Help
2-22-22 Andy’s Third Hand
2-21-22 Andy’s Third Hand
2-21-22 A Beacon of Hope?
2-20-22 Tempi
2-19-22 Well, That Was Unexpected
2-18-22 Andy’s Snow Day
2-17-22 It’s A Great Day…
2-16-22 The Lure of Smell
2-15-22 Just Because We Wouldn’t Buy It…
2-14-22 Love Is in the Air…
2-13-22 So How Did It Change My Life?
2-12-22 Growing Old
2-11-22 Making a Difference
2-10-222 Judi Dench
2-09-22 Sorry, Miss Manners
2-08-22 Animal Tracks
2-07-22 On the Way Home
2-06-22 Traveling On Our Own
2-05-22 So How Did I Wind Up There?
2-04-22 They Encouraged Us to Leave
2-03-22 There Was Some Snow
2-02-22 Andy Stayed Home Today
2-01-22 The Burg, Our Campus
 
1-31-22 Dogs and Snow
1-30-22 Miserable People and Happy Dogs
1-29-22 The First Great Adventure — The Beginning
1-28-22 I Figured It Out!
1-27-22 I’m Having a Blast
1-26-22 Sweet Obituary
1-25-22 Note to Self
1-24-22 Decisions
1-23-22 A Quote I’m Pondering
1-22-22 The Variety of Human Beings
1-21-22 Home Sweet Home
1-20-22 Hurray for Questioning
1-19-22 Another Rubinstein Quote
1-18-22 Annual Road Closures
1-17-22 What About This Quote?
1-16-22 Pampered Pets
1-15-22 Thanks,Sandra!
1-14-22 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
1-13-22 Can You Relate to That?
1-12-22 Plato Quotes?
1-11-22 He Took It Down
1-10-21 Speaking of Sheds
1-09-22 I’m Not Even Going to Have You Guess…
1-08-22 Sleeping Pups
1-07-22 The Last of the Squash
1-06-22 An Answer and Another Question
1-05-22 Can Anyone Guess What This Is?
1-04-22 Pictures of Plowing
1-03-21 Bless Our Neighbors
1-02-22 New Year’s Resolutions
1-01-22 Happy 2022!