Snow Woman Sighting!

From the Weather Desk: Big Snow arrived in Missouri recently and some of Jeanenne's second and third generations built a Snow Woman...

The Snow Woman Team.

Good Morning, Snow Woman!

Yay! for all you young, future women and, not least, young Oliver--you are part of making a new day as you enjoy the fun of building a Snow Woman with your sisters and cousins.

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A Santa toy that was under the tree at Wendy and John's on Christmas Day was a drone. Yes, a drone! As soon as breakfast was over three of the family went outside for Drone Practice that started like this...



I wish I could post a later video they made (it failed to send to my phone, I later discovered) of the drone's live "eye-in-the-sky" video sent to their iPhones. John gets to look at his home's roofing without a ladder now and, of course, all are enjoying amusements of lesser natures.

Sonja shared some early Christmas morning smiles..

Elijah.

Dimetrios and Kingston.

Aidan's school district allowed only the days between the holidays for a break. We got to have Keoni here longer but he headed back to Georgia on the 6th. This time, without extraordinary travel glitches. Next, there are all those grad school audition travels, and Rome again, too.

Keoni's department had some ensembles they were playing live on FaceBook. He sent these pictures of his ensemble (he had a viola solo portion in one piece), and of all assembled afterward...

A dish looked sort of pretty one evening...

Whole Meal Purple Potato Salad. Recipe? Don't ask...Whatever happens to be in the fridge that tastes good with potatoes. Is "fridge" in the dictionary?

From the Health Desk:

Early morning at the pre-op testing site.

It would be so nice to send a drone instead of me to the outpatient department of the hospital where I am scheduled next Tuesday. Alas, there are no "selfie drones"... yet.

As of sometime a couple of days ago, the many alignments that make this lumpectomy and radiation procedure possible have settled into some sort of coherence.

From the Mental Health Desk: Beginnings, middles, ends. Yep, now I noticed there is an end game. But, I don't have to know when or how. I'm here peddling away like everybody else.

I want to saddle up Subaru and loop through America again.

From Keoni, of his dad and the drone. Alas, Blogger software cropped the drone.