Warmer weather is on the way

American Basin Colorado

Here I am this morning drinking my coffee and planning my day out. Kris is off to school and now I need to put together a plan so that no time is wasted.
I have a front yard that needs mowing and a truck that needs washing. So much to do I just can't think what to do first! I wish that fishing was on that list but it wont be until I do all the other chores. 
The weather here is starting to come around. We have had so much rain and cold weather that we can't make plans to get anything done outside. Now that it is starting to look and feel better we have more things we can do. Sherri has drawn up a backyard walkway out to my studio that we can get started on. All we need is some extra money and we have not located that yet. LOL. 
I planted some trees last month and I noticed that some of them are starting to bud out. I say some are. I am hoping that they all will pull through this year. We so disparately need them to live. Our front yard has no shade whatsoever. It would be nice to have some shade to sit under in the heat of summer.
Well once again I have managed to ramble on...

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Away from my desk

Yes I have been away from my desk for some time. With all that is going on now days I have not had the time to post on my journal. The weather here cleared up for about a week and gave me a window to get some things done and I took it. Doing so did not afford me much time to type anything here but I did get some things completed around the property.
All three of us have had some health issues also in this back and forth weather. We all have sinus problems and with the barometer up and down as it has been our heads have suffered. I think that has passed for now but I still had to go to the VA for my yearly exam and Sherri to her doctor for her check ups. Kris has brought home the usual school yard sickness and we have had to keep him home for some time to get rid of that.
Other than that we are doing fine. I have been out in my studio doing what I love. Getting ready for the spring art sale and hoping that I sale enough to replenish my art supplies for next year.
Still have some projects to see to this spring. Don't want to get everything done too quickly. Need to leave something to do later...


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Today is my BIL Jim's Birthday

Happy Birthday Jim! Tried to call but you were unable to answer. I'll try you later. 

Temps plummet here after front blows through

 It was 75 here yesterday afternoon. Right now as I post this the temp is 27 degrees! Now tell me why my head is about to explode. I can live with cold weather as long as it stays cold. This up and down is a killer.
I have to drive to Canton Texas today to fill up my propane bottle. I bought and extra one the other day so I did not have to go every week. Now I go every other week which saves me time and diesel. 
I intend on staying indoors today once I return. I can find plenty to do in the warmth of my little studio. Kris said I could have his CD player so now I have music to listen to. I plan on doing some work out there today so I will be warm and entertained...


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Once again the rain is coming in.

It is getting that time again when the winter fronts start blowing through this part of the country. The temps yesterday were in the upper 70's and we will drop down into the lower 40's this evening. The barometric pressure goes up and down like the stock market and sinuses go crazy in the process.
I did get the lawn mowed yesterday and edged all the grass around the fence. Now I can just set back and watch the rain come and go.
I have to go to the VA on the 28th of Feb. for my yearly exam. They always find something wrong with me. You know you go feeling real good and then they tell you your not. 
I have started taking blood pressure meds now. I had high blood pressure when I went into the service and they did not say anything about it then...but now they are doing something about it? I think if I had hobbled in there on one leg they would have taken me. But then I left there on two bad legs and they are paying me for that. I would not trade for my time in the service. I think every young boy and girl should have to spend at least two years in the service.
Well I guess I will finish my coffee and then head out to my studio. 

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Started my Old House and Barn collection

These are the first of my "Old Home" series I have been working on. I have had many request for pictures of old home places and I hope they do good. I plan on doing a show this year in Colorado and one here in Texas. I wish I had better photos of my paintings but these will just have to do...

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Discipline

 I have not been very disciplined on writing in my journal. I do just about the same thing every day so not much to write about. Since we have grounded ourselves here to the lake property we have not been creating many new adventures. 
Kris is attending public school and really enjoying it. He is the most important thing in my life now so I get a lot of satisfaction out of him being happy. He is not doing too well in Science and I have not figured that out so far. I always loved that subject and when someone is not getting it I don't understand.
My real downfall was English. I guess you can tell that by my writing skills. All the rules involved in using words confused me to no end. I before E except after C? And then you have all these words that don't follow that rule? Now math...2 and 2 is always 4 in addition with no exceptions. Now that I could understand.
Fail and Fell...Sail and Sale...Mail and Male...I can see why English is the hardest language to learn! 
OK so I have made another meaningless entry in my life after retirement journal...LOL. All these words I that type in here are for my kids and grand kids to see what I did in the winter of my life. Like they are really are going to give a big hoot!
Heading out to do more nothing...

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22...32...29...65....34...58

This has been  the temps for the last few days here in north Texas. Wonder why our heads feel like they are going to explode! I have to squeeze time in to prepare for the next day. Tank heaters on tank heaters off. Water pump on water pump off. I just don't like this time of year. What do I have to look forward to....Tornado season! After all this up and down temps then we will get hit by tornadoes. 
We are getting along fine otherwise. Sherri is just getting over a sinus infection. I have had the gout along with my arthritis in my knees. What more could a guy ask for.
Spending more time in my studio. The wind here has been too high for me to work outside. We can't put too many days together for walking. I guess we just have to contend with this type of climate.
We hope to find someplace a little more stable...

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Birthday

Yes...I had a Birthday the other day and I did enjoy the attention I received from all my family and friends. I had several phone calls and Sherri and Kris took me out to eat.
It took the some persuasion to get me out of the house but when Sherri said she would fix me a Birthday meal here I told them that I would go out so she would not have to work in the kitchen.
We went to out to Dairy Queen and had a late lunch. I really not into eating out so when I choose to eat out I don't pick big restaurants. I hate having someone wait on me and then tipping is not my thing. I realize this is how some folks make their living but you could have an extra meal for what the tip comes out being! When I pay almost $3.00 for a drink!...well that is enough.
OK I don't feel any older than the day before. I do have a problem with Arthritis but then I have had that since my early 50's. I thank the good Lord that I have been good health for as long as I have.  
Today I am heading to the VA to have my yearly check up. Seems like after I get my check up I feel worse than I do all year long? They tell me how over weight I am and what I have to do to lose it. I know I need the check up but then I feel fine.
Well thank you all for the well wishes. I will spend the rest of this week working on a line of paintings I have come up with. My Facebook art page should be on line...

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I get a lot done when the weather is bad

For those who wanted see some of my latest paintings. My Granddaughter is setting me up a page on Facebook to sale some of my paintings

WOW! I have been in the studio for the past week working on paintings. I have a show coming up in the next month and I have had to build up my inventory. Almost finished off the pictures I brought back from Colorado. I will have to dig deep to find some. I wish the weather was where I could paint on site.
Been working on some frame ideas. Need old barn lumber. Been on the lookout for that. 
We have some snow coming up in the next day or two. I guess I will have plenty of time to paint some more...

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OK I have had it

No more listening to the news. I decided last night after I heard for the umteenth time that the President is a Nazi and a hateful bigot that it is time to exit the news and find some other way to find out what is going on in our country. Don't know what source that will be but it has to be better than the organizations we have reporting the world events now.
What happened to the Walter Cronkite's that reported the news and did not give you their opinion on what or why things were the way they were?
OK nuff said. I am proud of the President for putting me first for a change. Being a VET and being treated like I was not deserving of my benefits for so long...it is nice to have a president that cares about me and has done so much for me in the last two years. I really don't see a racist attitude in President Trump. But as politics goes that is the worst thing you can say about a person. If you want to end someones reputation just tag them as a racist and they are toast!
I love this country and I have respected all the presidents that have held the office since I have been alive. I might not have voted for them but they were my president and they got my respect. I might not have agreed with everything they did but I never disrespected them. 
I don't know what has happened to our country,,, I wish it would change...


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