Juggling

  Steve and I attended another Sizzlin’ Summer Show, which Steve was really excited about because it was a juggler. Brian Wendling was the entertainer of the show. These pictures are Brian doing Chinese yo-yo tricks. The Chinese yo-yo is made of two plastic wheels connected by a steel rod. The yo-yo’s center of gravity […]

The Frog Family

When we were looking for cushions the other day at Nebraska Furniture we found this table and chairs. Steve REALLY liked them and said we had to get them. There were a couple of other sets but we picked this one because it had a crack on the side of the table. The crack reduced […]

Elegant Ester The Tree

This is a pin oak tree located next to the pool. We have talkedfor about three years that we should paint in the eyes and mouth that appears on the trunk. We finally got out the paintand ladder to do it and I realized this wasn’t going to be MYproject. I couldn’t reach that high […]

Drum Safari

The City of Lansing is offering a “Sizzlin’ Summer Program” at the Lansing High School auditoriums so Steve and I went over for the first program, Drum Safari. I knew the programs were set up for kids but they sounded like fun and a good price @ only $1 per show. Steve on the other […]

Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site

After we did our 6K walk around the lake at the Watkins State Park we walked down to the Watkins Homestead. Waltus Watkins built and ran a woolen mill on a piece of land he named Bethany Farms. In 1839 the family moved into a two room log cabin just right of where the current […]

Williams Creek Lake at Watkins Mill State Park

We did a 6K (3.728 mile) walk with Rick and Rumi at Williams Creek Lake. It was a very nice walk around the 100 acre lake. The path was paved with asphalt, which was nice compared to the last walk we took.The trail was through an oak hickory forest, with openings where the lake could […]

Kilroys – A Fun Place

When we went to MN to spend time with Samantha during her Spring Break, we visited a store, Kilroys, in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis. They have a huge selection of antique and replica memorabilia. They have juke boxes, 1950s soda fountain furniture, gumball machines, gas pump globes, penny arcade machines, antique toys and the […]

Train Trip

On March 23rd we went on a 5K Volkswalk in Jefferson City, MO.  We left home at 6:45 for Independence where we traveled by train to Jeff City. This is the gang waiting for the train to arrive. The depot wasn’t open so we had to stand out in the cold. We travel in the […]

Kansas City Car Show

We went to the car show to see what is being offered in vans. We were verydisappointed in what they had. They are just not making as many vans now.We did, however, find this van: Toyota Sienna – the second row seats are lounge chairs, complete with foot rests and fully recline (think La-Z-Boy) – […]

Dee’s Birthday

We went to dinner the other night with Dee, Katy and Bob to celebrate Dee’s birthday. Katy made reservationsat STIX. It was a restaurant set up with “restaurants withina restaurant”. There was the sushi bar, Asian cuisines and then the quick handed, knife wielding chefs of the flaming teppanyaki grill. We ate in the grill […]