Airport Time

At Bradley International Airport. I was scheduled to leave here at 6:20 AM arriving Phoenix at noon. But the Dehavilland Dash 8 had some trouble starting an engine. Anyway, now I'm scheduled to leave at 1:20 PM, arriving in Phoenix 6:45 PM.

I don't really want to leave the airport and come back, going through security again, so I'm sitting in a very comfortable upholstered chair in a book shop, laptop plugged in, connected to airport wi-fi, a latte almost finished by my side. Bleary eyed, but patient.

Mom's Birthday!

All we siblings are flying to Arizona to celebrate Mom's 75th birthday! Her present to herself: a helicopter trip over the Superstition Mountains. And we're invited. Woo-hoo! The kids and I made a little present for her--hope she likes it! I have to get up about 3 AM to get to the airport. Oh my, I'd better finish packing. :-)

Ouch. I won't be singing with Novi Cantori this spring due to a conflict with my trip to Arizona and Texas with the kids. The trip's more important, but what a loss.

We're having wonderful light, long snows these days. It's peaceful.

Sometimes coffee can be just the ticket. I stopped at Esselon (somebody else's photos) this morning in between ferrying kids around.

Still Here

I haven't posted anything for a while. A brief rundown: Jean and the kids spent a couple of days on Cape Cod visiting with Grandpa Zimmer; Jesse's had a tough cold; I've been working on linux software, LFS and parted. I keep waiting for my apartment to clean itself, but it's very stubborn. Well, so am I. ;-)

Yet another glorious sliding day! And still no photos! I'm catching cold, but Lynn and the gang were kind enough to let me join them for an incredibly good roast chicken dinner with all the fixin's, followed by a bittersweet Valentine song by Livia.

Ice skating on Paradise Pond (Bruce's photo) with the kids and Jean. Oops, didn't take the camera.

Valentine Blizzard

We had a blizzard for Valentine's Day. Bruce took this photo.

Spot Light

Jesse is helping with spot lights for the high school play. What fun!

Jan

My beloved cousin Jan sent these hearts. Click on them for more detail. Forgive me for saying, and it's more than a pun, she is an artist with heart!

I spent the day in the hills at Red Gate Farm with Linnea and Tor in a kind of preschool farm program. Beautiful, cold day. I took my laptop and got work done in a chilly back room. Linnea and Tor helped "train" a sheep dog name Cuzco.

Marji took this picture at the valentine-making gig last Saturday. Tor, me, Jesse, Linnea. Thanks, Marji!