"I Dig Dirt"

Eli loves dirt and diggers! A new parking lot is going in close to our house on Linfield College's campus and we make frequent visits to check out the progress. Last evening, Floyd and Eli spent at least an hour just hanging out over there - sitting in the seat of the digger, climbing on the rock pile, and just looking at the big machines. Of course, a good bath was much needed after that.

On another note, I just spoke with mom and it seems that her mouth issues are showing some improvement finally. Irene is spending time with her, as well as Lois spending nights with her. Blessings to all of them for caring for eachother.

Dad's nurse said that there were good results from an enema this afternoon which is very good news. They plan to do another xray series tomorrow to check the progress of the ileus in his bowel (a general term for a bowel that isn't functioning properly). In the meantime, he is taking small amounts of clear liquids by mouth, is getting IV nourishment, and still has low level discomfort.

Sure hoping things can be resolved soon for mom and dad!

Grandparenting...

We spent the afternoon visiting the animals at Portland Zoo. In spite of the fact that the sun was hot, and it's the middle of summer when everyone else decides to go to the zoo, we had fun viewing the animals thru Eli's eyes. Since the parking lot was full, we had to park and shuttle....and Floyd left his camera in the truck, so no pictures. We did have some ice cream when we got home, though!!

The Cowpath Chronicles

The Cowpath Chronicles

Matt's Pictures

Just in case you're not reading the comments down below, Matt put up some fine pictures on his own blog. You can find them by clicking here. And make sure you click on the pictures that he has posted. They each open up to larger galleries.

Celebration

Of course, such a reunion could take place now only because of the two special people at the center of it all who started it all more than 60 years ago. Congratulations and blessings on you, Mom and Dad, Grammie and Grampop!

Reunion

A memory already, and a very good one. Thanks to Jim and Beth for welcoming us all to the farm for several days. Only one suggestion for next time: Please arrange for lower temperature and humidity. Otherwise, it was perfect! (Click on the photo for a larger image.)

Some Instructions

Hi there,

For those of you just joining us...some have wondered how to create their own post on this electronic bulletin board. Well, wonder no more...

The simplest way to create a new post here is to click on the "I Power Blogger" button on the lower right. This will take you, most likely, to a log-in screen where you will type in your selected username and password. The next screen you see will display a "+" sign and a title above it that says "new post".

That pretty much answers that question, doesn't it.

You can upload pictures by clicking on the "add image" button. A variety of other options are also available. Click around. You can't break anything.

Ok, that's it.