Have you ever seen?

Have you ever seen your Congressman up close and personal?

Ours showed up in the little mobile trailer (which we call a bank) and proceeded to shake hands and answer whatever the people asked him (wasn't but 10-15 of us there). He was driving his own black pickup truck. (It looked like it had seen some wear.) Based on the way he talks ... and on his actions (how he votes in Congress) ... I like what he's doing.

A walk in the Jungle

One of the grandsons has really taken to the idea of walking thru the overgrown backyard of one of the homes here in town.

This backyard is VERY OVERGROWN!

It will take a sharp machete to hack your way from the side of the house to the back steps ... an almost impenetrable jungle.

One of the joys to be found in the jungle are this Chevrolet Pickup truck next to a VW sedan.

Somewhere past them you reach the piles of old junk ... and the bamboo stands.

School Bus Pre-Trip

The above foto is of one of those cats that seem to hang around
just scrounging for food ...

Having passed the written tests for Passenger and School Bus ... I am currently studying for the hands-on portion which comprises the pre-trip inspection and the driving around test. I'll see if I can go back and practice again today.

Next week I have to sit in class for 4 days and on the 5th day do the driving test.

Then we'll see what kind of employment I can get ...

Artist Drawing Class

This fellow was the model at an artist drawing class that I attended today.

He had to hold the pose for 30 minutes at a time ...
And you can see that he used several different outfits.

He actually STOOD still for 30 minutes while wearing this skirt thingie

This was the last outfit he wore ...
a dishdasha, tea towel, and beads.

No Break for the Weary.

Yesterday was the normal grandkids visit day ...

The boys and I trimmed all the growth from around the oak trees, ate lunch, took a bicycle ride around town (to include a scenic trip thru the cemetery). Rode the bicycles over some dirt piles, took a walk thru the jungle down to the bamboo growth/stand. Took a walk thru the cow pastures down to the woods, along the creek, saw the waterfalls, back up the hill thru the pastures back home. Then they used the swing blade to knock down a few weeds before we had to shop at Target, take the kids home, eat dinner, and toss the whistling, nerf, football dart back and forth for half an hour (playing catch). Grandpa was pooped!

Since their mother just worked an all-night 12-hour shift at the hospital ... I just learned that they are coming back over for more today!!

Takes a lot of energy to keep up with grandkids ...