It's just that miraculous and evolution-promoting passage of time......and all the changes that us hu-mans and womans must go through because of it. God (or whatever higher power that you believe in if there is one for you) has a pretty mindblowing and humbling ordeal going on. Though the passage of time can be sad, it brings the truth about. That's what I love about it.
I just got back from a trip to Provo, Utah and Twin Falls, Idaho. I took the train out of the sweet little old-fashioned pickup in Colfax over the Sierra and crossed beautiful and desolate Nevada into Utah all the way to Provo. I got there at 5:30 am and had to call the only cab in Provo to get to Matt and Amy's house since they were in Africa, of all places! Actually, I was visiting to see their kids and my mom and sister, who had been kid-sitting for the 2 weeks. I had quite the bout of PMS by the time I arrived in my brother's living room. I think I must have cried for 15 minutes, quietly, to myself, for no good reason other than the cab driver in Provo seemed too creepy and I had just recovered from a hangover due to a very very fun Coal Beautiere show the night before my train. Sleeping on a train is full of starts and stops. But all my emotional displeasure was worth it to see the childs, Jarom, Bella, and Oey. I had a beautiful time!
And Mom and Heather were great fun. Matt and Amy's return from Ghana on Monday evening was quite a hit. We hid out for about an hour, waiting to surprise them with a group "Welcome Home!" when they walked through the door. And then mom and H and I were off to Idaho to visit Uncle Dan at the care home he lives in currently. We had a very sweet visit with him. I want to get him out of there if I can ever help it though. But he put on his Civil War coat and even made some jokes with us. Idaho was the last state in the west I had not been to! It was quite beautiful there, alot of farmland, open open vast skies, friendly people. Mom and us girlies had a great time. Mom met some cowboys along the way, most notedly in Ogden, however she has THAT picture and I can't wait to take a look at Roy and Eugene again. And I thank the stars of Burger King for FINALLY putting veggie burgers on their menu list nationwide! And Self magazine for reminding me that was even a possibility! Fries, chips, nuts and diet cokes can't sustain. A lady's got to have some REAL food....and that can be kind of hard on a fast road trip thru Idaho. So thank you, BK.
My train's a'comin! The station at Colfax.
See the gorgeous view from "Cape Horn". We are in the train 1800 feet from the American River below.
A little Target extravaganza.
Bella and I at the Penny royal Cafe and then Bella took some portraits of Mom and Heather and I.
We decorated with chalk and made welcome home signs with construction paper and posterboard and got all ready for the big moment of Matt and Amy's arrival home and their wonderful stories and photos of Ghana. They looked beautiful upon entrance!
We stayed up late hearing tales of Ghana and it's peoples and traditions and Matt and Amy's Tro-tro drivers and hikes and elephant sightings and then we slept a few hours and awoke to drive to Idaho. After a lunch at Bajia of course (where one of these kids was doin' his own thing).
Not without good reason of course. The poor little man just had a surprise from the dentist......1st tooth pulled! You can't really tell cause his permanent tooth was growin' in already, right behind it!
The Snake River Canyon!
Mitch is Uncle Dan's roommate and he is an absolute nicey. I really liked him. Uncle Dan was very sweet as well. I wish we could visit him more often, and that I had come sooner. But also, it was perfect timing cause Mom said this was his best visit ever there. Perhaps someday he can live a whole hell of a lot closer than IDAHO!
I think Mom and Uncle Dan look great in this photo.
Happy May!
3 comments:
great photos! especially the polaroid of bella, aw too cute!oh, and the view of cape horn, wow...
i love it and it was so fun being together with you girlies and seeing mom's inner flirt emerge triumphantly. that's for sure. we need the photo of roy bell and eugene...two dashing gents in ogden. bella singing AFRICA is the sweetest thing ever...she takes singing pretty darn serious and i hope she'll sing for you on one of your songs. jarom too. i wish we had them singing "i wanna walk up the side of a mountain, i wanna walk down the other side of the mountain." what a beautiful april experience this was. love you darling.
ADie!! I'm so glad you came out! The kids love you! I really like the photo of you and bell. Little twiners! I love all of your photos, you really captured everything so perfect, I need copys of them all some how. I can't believe we didn't do that before you left. I have been missing you from the blogging world. Yours is better than theirs. Who ever they are. Love you xoxo And love to May day!!
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