Daily Archives: June 18, 2014
Walking the Wall . . .
Today was pretty much a rest up day after yesterday’s all-day road trip. We thought about sitting outside with our coffee this morning, and some of Miss Terry’s delicious homemade bread, but the chairs were still wet from last night’s rain, so we gave it a pass.
I mentioned right before we left Houston that I was helping my beautiful great-niece’s Stahlie and Darby get their visas for a visit to China. And now they’ve been and come back, so we have pictures.
The Great Wall
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This is Stahlie
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And this is Darby.
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Here’s Stahlie doing her ‘Praying Mantis’ karate move atop the Great Wall.
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And this is Darby doing her scene from ‘Titanic’, or maybe James Cagney from ‘White Heat’
“Top of the World, Ma!”
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The Forbidden City
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But I think this one is my favorite.
How many other people can say they’ve been photobombed by a Chinese Communist soldier?
Looks like Stahlie and Darby had a great time, and Jan and I are glad they made it back safely. Hopefully we’ll see them in about six weeks.
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Since we’re on family stuff, Brandi sent this photo of Landon making pizza at his daycare. (Landon says it’s not daycare. It’s SCHOOL!)
Doesn’t seem like he’s too enthused about the whole process.
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Later in the afternoon, I saw Nick Russell outside, playing like he was going reinstall the new locks on his rig’s fuel fill doors. After watching this pitiful display for a few minutes, I went outside to take over the project and do the job right.
I told Nick that I saw through his Tom Sawyer ‘Whitewashing The Fence’ routine, but that it was just easier to do it right the first time, rather than have repair the damage.
What I didn’t say was that I didn’t want to have to drive him to the emergency room after he hurt himself trying to use ‘Tools’.
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Looks like we really dodged a bullet storm-wise this afternoon. Weather alerts were coming on saying there was a line of thunderstorms coming through the area, with 60 mph winds and quarter-size hail. Said to expect roofs being blown off and hail damage to vehicles.
But although we got the heavy rain for a while, it’s looks like the really bad stuff stayed north of us. Good.
Don’t have anything scheduled for tomorrow. Good.
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Thought for the Day:
Talk about going two-for-two!
“Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.”
Lord Kelvin, ca. 1895, British mathematician and physicist
“Radio has no future.”
Lord Kelvin, ca. 1897
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