Move

Here are Angie's cuties.   They made the move from Truckee to Newport Oregon without a whimper.  They found new smells and sounds to keep them happy. 

A lovely golf course on the Columbia River.   Looks like a nice spot to visit and enjoy.    

It didn't take long for this puppy to find a new favorite spot.   A window seat all his own.    

The quiet of a sunset.

Here it is Sunday morning and it is very quiet around here.   It is dark and cold outside and not a creature stirring right now.   Anyone with any sense would be sleeping in.    I tried but the body clock went off and the feet decided to cramp up so here I am wide awake and wondering what kind of words I have for you this morning.    We have contact news from Erin and she is in training presently and preparing for a special trip to a deaf camp in April.    It is going to be a very interesting and busy year for Erin.   

I spent some time yesterday at Sears looking for a white hood to replace the old yellowish one that is in need of replacing.  It works but not well and is extremely noisy and shaky as well.   There was one on the wall that would do just fine and I had my newspaper with their ad showing two discounts for the day and date.    I was about to sign up for it when I asked if they would deliver and install;   yes, for one hundred and fifty dollars to install; delivery would be extra and I should buy another thirty dollar to insure it, in case something went wrong.   When I objected to the prices quoted she immediately came down fifty dollars on the installation.  Needless to say, the hood is staying there and I am going to look around.   When she told me I had to spend three hundred dollars to get the advertised discounts I decided I was not happy with the way they do business.     No wonder the stores are hurting for business, and that old adage of 'buyer beware' is coming back to haunt us..

As you know, I am a book lover and have collected books at yard sales for years.   I have read a lot of them, have lots more to go, but the latest mystery or adventure story gets my attention.   Lately there have been few books at the sales.   I had to resort to some of my old books and  I finished "Below the Salt"  by Thomas Costain, which came out in 1957 originally.  I was looking around for something to read and remembered that I had a collection of Westerns by Louis L'Amour which I have never read.   I love cowboy movies, so why  not a book. . . so I opened one and wow.....what a writer, a two day read and I'm ready for more.  I think I have twenty three of the leather bound set.  I was going to put them on my next yard sale but now I think I have discovered my summer reading.    So take time to find a book and relax in a quiet spot and let the world go by.    A 'down' day is very good for you.    Hugs to all.