Aunt Nelda and Wendy

I spent the day with my Aunt Nelda.  She lives in Sugarhouse. We met sweet Wendy at Kneaders for lunch.  My aunt has been one of the most important people in my life, influencing much of  my "growing-up" years. Wendy and I are good friends as well as mom and daughter. We finish each other's sentences and many times find we are doing the same things at the same time - even though we live miles apart.

All By Myself

Since the new kitchen has taller cupboards, I ordered this retro chair/step stool and it came by UPS the other day.  Of course it had to be put together, and I did it all myself with just a screw driver and some patience.  Lots of pieces! It will be used as a bar stool when not in use as a stepping stool.

Sunset

I almost missed this sunset.  I was coming out of a store and hurried in the opposite direction from going home to find some upper ground to take a picture.

Old House Tour

I was invited to tour this old house in Kaysville.  I've driven by many times, so I was excited to take a look. It's on 9 S 200 W. The original portion was built either in 1851 or 1855. I also got to see the old grainery, where the family holds parties in the loft.

Socked In

The clouds were amazing this morning.  So low you could almost touch them, and hiding the mountains.

Snakes in the Trees

We have two wonderful Honey Locust trees in the front yard.  They were planted probably 20 years ago. When they were young, one of the trees looked dead.  So Mike decided to cut it down, even though I felt like it was going to be okay.  It grew back and is now as tall at the other.  The problem is, when it came back, it came back as either a male or female - whichever one grows large seed pods.  So every fall, we have hundreds of these that drop to the ground, and have to be picked up! (From that tree only, of course.)

A Box is a Box

The old adage that kids will have fun playing with something not intended to be a toy is still true today.  Some of the grandkids dropped by last night.  I took the large oven cardboard box outside along with my camera.  For about an hour we all played with that box; dropping from the trees into the box, rolling down the grassy slope with the kids taking turns being inside...what fun!