Murphy Family Reunion "The Book"

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Conttinuing Pat's B-day. Looks like a forest fire

FIRST PICTURES OF SPRING 2010. MARCH 17. 80 DEGREES. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?

Okay, all but Kathleen failed the test, no one else commented on my blog. It is hard to be inspired to do any blogging when there is little to blog about other than to say "hi, I'm still here". I'm sure as the weather gets better and I get out in the wild outdoors more I will have more to say. Thanks for playing my game.

As always, hugs to all,
M

Good morning all. I decided after harassing everyone else to blog I should at least acknowledge the fact that I too have a blog. It will also be interesting to see how long it takes for anyone to notice.

I, like the rest of the world, am anxiously awaiting spring and some adventures. We are planning a trip to Las Vegas in the early part of April. That date was chosen so to meet up with Glen and Maria who will be visiting from Germany. I'm so excited. I broke the news to one of my doctors and he said we could work around it, now just have to coordinate with the other doctor and the road is clear. According to my calculations it should work out just fine. Plus, those who know me will understand it is already a done deal as far as I am concerned. And if that isn't enough I am working on a trip to Nampa in June for a couple of weeks or so. Having said all of that I am in the best health I have been in more then a year and look forward to many such adventures. "They" are telling us that because of all the rain and snow in the hills around here we are in for a wonderful season of cacti flowers so will have to start looking for those on my walks. Also, this morning was the first warning about looking out for rattle snakes, so we know spring really is in the works.

Will look forward to seeing all the blogs.
Hugs to all.
The Mom

Nothing like a fire, cocktail and someone to share it with on Jan. 11

Well the holidays are completly over and we can settle down into what is left of winter. Down here in Arizona the worst of it is over and the "snowbirds" are looking for pansys and tunies to plant. I didn't make any New Year resolutions to break, but, I have found myself and Bob out walking every day since the first and I feel great. I don't feel the pressure not to break a resolution and it sure makes it easier.
If this looks familiar it could be you saw it in Facebook, just ignore one or the other, it is just me trying to get used to more ways to use the computer.

Meanwhile, let me know how you are all doing with resolutions, etc. Hugs to all.

This is the finished product. Note the snow on the branches.

Even tho we live in the desert we still have the spirit. MERRY CHRISTMAS

Here is our tree with the lights and all the ornaments.

Full moon & storm clouds. How pretty is this.

Well bad as I hate to admit it I made a mistake in identifying the hawk in the last blog. After using the bird book we decided it was a "Cooper's" hawk. But, you have to admit it is still quiet exciting to have all this wild life in ones back courtyard, and I promise I will do more research nest time I see something like this.

Has been a while since blogged so I thought you might get a kick out of the Harris Hawk we had on the back wall. The big tree you see in the background is where we hang bird feeders for all the little birds, which we enjoy immensely. However, of late we have been seeing hawks in the neighborhood so they have discovered a very fertile hunting ground. When one of these guys show up all the other birds scatter and it becomes silent in the area. Gee, I wonder why. Anyway I hope you enjoy the pictures.

This is me, come enjoy the ride.-----Libra
If there's a banjo, chances are you're going to be strumming it. If there's a drum set, you're going to be banging on it (with the drum sticks, of course). If there's a synthesizer, you're going to be synthesizing. If there's a flute, you're going to use it to whistle a little tune. You are a creative person, and you love to make noise, especially if it's harmonic, beautiful and musical noise. Have fun!

Once again we have been enjoying the beautiful sunsets from the bridge near the house. It is so nice to take a glass of wine andwatch the last of the day slip by. I took these with my phone camera because it is always a spur of the moment thing and I didn't want to miss the light bygoing in to get a camera. I am very pleased with the quality of pictures I get from the camera in my phone. The light was fading fast, but, I hope you can once again see why I am so happy to be living here in Arizona. Come on down and enjoy with us.

Hugs to all.

I hope this shows up enough to see what a nice idea it is for something to brighten peoples lives.

As promised some more pictures of my flight over the valley. This is Arrow Rock . The one below is up the Snake river between Melba and Murphy. The bottom one is heading back to the aldwell airport. Of course all the pictures are through the window so hope you can get a decent idea of the day and the view.

I highly reccomend putting this on anyone's Bucket list.

Love to all.

Thought you might like a quick look at my flight that was on my "Bucket list". Sylvan took me on a lovely flight around the valley in his Kit Fox plane. It was a very nice day and the views were spectacular. We started out from Caldwell airport then up over the Bogus Basin ski resort. It is quite a complex, much larger than it appears from the ground. Then we headed on up to Idaho City where we had breakfast.
Who wouldn't enjoy a trip with a good looking pilot in a snappy plane like this. He took a route off around the east side of the valley and over Arrow Rock dam and Lucky Peak dam, then on around the Boise air space. We headed off across the desert toward Murphy and Reynolds Creek where we saw and chased a band of wild horses. Of course I was so excited I didn't get any pictures of the horses, duh.

It was a great day and I couldn't ask for anything more. Will try to get some of the other pics up.

As I know most of you know I got to spend a couple of weeks in Idaho with my family and what a treat that was. Westarted out with a family get together at Dawn's new home. It is a beautiful place where the whole famdamily can get together, however I don't know how much damage was done. Of course we don't get together without a lot of great food and this was no exception. With all the girls i the family it is a given.
Upstairs is what I think is called a great room or perhaps a family room, (at least there wa a lot of family in there) which served as a studio for pictures.
After much cajoling we managed to get all seven of Dawn's kids in a picture with various other in-laws and grandbabies in one picture.

It was a GREAT DAY