well the passion vines are taking on a life of their own

I can feel them grow

we are starting to get one or two flowers a day

the vines are filling in thick

they are over the top now

don't stand near them for too long

you wonder what else have we been doing this summer

playing barbies (is that capitalized?)

watching movies



swimming in the Gulf of Mexico

 sometimes sitting in the shade

going to the casino with my parents for mom's 81st birthday

they don't call it sunny Florida for nothing!

Bob Dylan turned 70 today!

70!! 

Thanks Bob, I couldn't have done it without you.

Arbor Up-date

the vines on the arbor are growing like crazy

this is the right side looking out

it is filling out nicely

so is the other side

is is hard to show the power of their growth

you can feel it, sometimes it seems if you stand there too long

they start heading toward you...

 they are normally wrappers, they send out long tendrils that wrap around things

to help them climb

the arbor is too big for them to curl around so they have various

methods to hold themselves on

it is like you can see them think

amazing.



On a lighter note......

We just celebrated Miss Emily's 9th birthday on April 30th

Very birthday like in her hat and lei

Lunch at Red Robin is great on your birthday,

they give you balloons and sing to you

opening presents with great grandma is pretty good too

great grandpa liked the cards

Beth made this gorgeous cake

it was do delicious.....

She blew out all the candles

Mr. A. thought is was pretty cool too

Happy 9th year sweet light of my life!

Is it just me or is anyone else uncomfortable with the murder of Bin Laden?

I just can't get into cheering.  Isn't the US all about justice.  Shouldn't he have been arrested and put on trail?  What, now we just murder those who know are guilty?  His body is dumped in the ocean so it can not be what- identified?  Then photos on every news station of the rooms they were murdered in like it was an NCIS tv episode or something.  Just the day before we murdered the youngest son and 3 grandchildren of Gaddafi's.....is this where my tax dollars are going?

I do no want to be part of some world wide secret covert espionage suspense movie and I certainly do not want to pay for it.  I want our leaders to get real about the problems in this country for most of the people - good jobs, fair wages, better education, environmental protection, alternatives to fossil fuesl and affordable health care.  Hell, even Mexico has affordable health care, that should shame us into doing something right there.

 The sad truth is that humans have not evolved, they are as self centered and blood thirsty as ever and have not learned to control or curb these impulses, no matter how civilized we think we have become.  We should be sobered by this event.  For a supposedly christen country, thou shall not kill - we have taken a lot of joy in killing. 

I am in no way saying that Osama did not need to answer for his crimes, I am just saying that I am not inspired by our actions and disappointed in our reaction.

Tell me it is not just me.....       

Imagine there's no Heaven

It's easy if you try
No hell below us

Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

                                    - John Lennon


Thanks John.  Let's all sing or hum a few bars of this tonight, we all know the tune.........