News for May 2014

Wow, another month has slipped by me! May was a good month. It started off with Cody and Adam playing at the world famous Amity May Day Celebration! Cody also sang in a quartet singing the National Anthem.

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For Mother's Day Cody and I worked on the back walkway and decks, sprucing things up a bit and planting a few flowers for Lorelei.

For Memorial Day weekend we headed up to one of the Fishing Club properties for some fishing and relaxing. Jon and Corina came down from Seattle and our friends the Hake's joined us.

Lorelei with a nice rainbow.

 This one wasn't quite ready to pose for a picture.

 Jon and Corina trying their luck.

Cody

The Hake's!

On Sunday afternoon it started raining so the kids headed for the shelter of the trailer for a game of Settler's.

Here's a short video of the Upper Lake.

Here we are on a hike, lost somewhere in the deep wilderness of the coast range. I found an old machete that I used along with my survival skills to bring us home safely.

We ended the month by attending the awards presentation for Amity High School, where Cody came away with a few! 

That's about all for now. Keep the cards and letters coming!

Glynn Jr.

Fishing, a tree and Cody

My brother moved from Arizona this month to Oregon! He wasn't quite ready for all the rain we get in our part of the state, so he dropped his stuff off in Medford and drove on up north to visit. It didn't take long for us to find some water and as luck would have it, we had fishing poles along too. He will only be about 3-1/2 hours away now, so hopefully we'll get more fishing time together!

 

This last Thursday the 24th I arose at 4:10 (my normal time for work) and staggered out to the kitchen to start the coffee. Queenie wanted out, so I walked over and opened the front door. Queenie just sat and stared out the door but wouldn't go out. I start to scold her and then I look up and something didn't look right? It took a few seconds for my brain to comprehend what I was seeing! After realizing what had happened, I knew there was a little clean-up to be done and we weren't going anywhere until the tree was removed from across the driveway!

 Lorelei and I worked all day. She needed to go down the hill to pick up Cody from school at 4:30. I didn't want to cut the tree at the driveway until the top (that was on my car) had been removed, for fear the tree would "tip" downward. Finally about 3:00 in the afternoon I started on the main trunk attempting to clear a path.

We worked dodging rain showers. Lorelei was a trooper.

 Lorelei gives some scale to the root ball!

 

The car didn't fair too well! The appraiser came out and it's a total loss. Hmm.....now I'm without a car.

I had Cody help me with the tape measure. 85ft from the base of the trunk to the house and there was at least 5ft more that hit the top of the house and tore part of the rain gutter loose.

  Cody and I spent the better part of yesterday continuing the cleanup and it's still not done!

Friday night was Cody's Piano Recital! A great show put on by all the students. Cody played 3 pcs. The last one, his own alteration of a song from Lord of the Rings. If you'll notice, Cody didn't use sheet music but memorized everything. He's been playing piano a little less than two years.

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 Next weekend will be a busy one. Cody and Adam will be playing in the annual May Day celebration at the high school. Cody will also be singing the national anthem in a quartet! Then on Sunday Cody has been asked to be the auctioneer at a local church in town for their fundraiser.

That's about all for now!

Glynn Jr.

Lots of rain, a new to us boat and fishing!

We've been short of rain this season but I think we've made up for it this last week. It's been pouring! In Feb. we upgraded (I hope) to a bigger boat. It's a 2002 model with a windshield and a full top (which Lorelei really likes). Adam and I have been working on it every weekend trying to get it up to safety standards so we can take it out in the ocean. We've moved the seats around and added storage. We are now adding a battery and an additional bilge pump. We put in a VHF radio. We've had it out twice now, working out the bugs. So far I think we're going to like it!

Lorelei on the maiden voyage trying out the Captains Seat. She found out it's not adjustable so we threw a couple of cushions behind her. Note to self, replace Captains Seat.

 The boys with Adam at the helm.

 Adam driving the new ride onto the trailer.

Feb. was Member Appreciation month at the Air Museum. We got to tour Air Force II

I told Lorelei to call ahead and move out our reservations at the country club.

Inside Lorelei took up with some shady characters. It's a good thing I had my light saber.

Jon was home for only 4 days on Spring Break. We headed for the coast one of the days. We had great weather and we found some fish! Lorelei with a keeper greenling.

 Adam with a nice rock bass.

 Jon with a couple of nice ones!

On Monday before Jon left for Seattle we went over to our farmer friend's pond. The bass were biting! 

It's been a busy Spring thus far. Lorelei is working a one on one with a sweet 5th grader that suddenly last year started having seizures. The doctors don't know why but suddenly it's like you just flip the switch to her body off and she goes down. It's stressful and Lorelei follows her around all day trying to keep her from hurting herself when her body suddenly shuts off.

Adam and Pam are in Vancouver WA and working their E-bay business. Jon is getting ready to finish up at Seattle Pacific! Cody is doing great. He's in a quartet that will be singing at the annual May Day show put on by Amity HS. He has a piano recital next month also!

I'm way behind in my yard work but oh well.

That's about all for now!

Glynn Jr.

Snow..............

On Thursday the 6th it started snowing. I heard the forecast on Wednesday night and decided to take the Expedition to work (I carpool with my boss and it was my turn to drive). I tossed in the chains, a shovel and some extra clothes and gloves. Work is 32 miles away. It started snowing and sticking around noon. Our normal 45 minute drive home turned into 1-1/2 hrs but no major mishaps. A couple of cars in the ditches. Once I got home it continued snowing all day Friday (my day off) and most of the day Saturday. We got 10 inches in all. The most we have had since 2004!
Most of the weekend has been spent indoors with board games and watching the Walton's but we did manage a little outside stuff too!

A couple of Lorelei's shots.

A couple of mine, having a little fun with HDR

A Redwood in the snow.

 Cody, the truck needs some attention so we can try and make it to town.

A birdhouse I made out of an old mailbox had an interesting pattern on it from the snow.

We played scrabble, pinochle, chess and Settlers of Katan all weekend! At least the power stayed on, now the job of digging out and trying to make it to work.

That's about all for now, time to start digging.

Glynn Jr.