Yosemite

Dave and I visited Yosemite way back in the days we were living in Josey. When we go to Tahoe next week our condo reservation starts on Monday night- which allows us to take the scenic route there over the weekend- via the East side of Yosemite- as in, not The Valley- which we didn't see on our last visit due to the snowed in pass to Tuolumne Meadows.

From the resurected Jelly Bean- a few photos of our last visit, looking down into Yosemite Valley proper.

Jelly Bean

Having Jelly Bean back is like glancing at a moment of my history. She malfunctioned not long after we moved to Prescott Valley.

At the time two different computer folks couldn't fix her and we bought another and set her aside. When the new computer needed attention (read D spilled beer on the keyboard) I found another place- and in the course of taking it back several times (after they failed to replace screws and funny things kept happening) I chatted up the owner about what was wrong with JellyBean and he thought he could fix her.

So that's why I finally decided last month to take her in and see if he was right. He was right- it just took him three weeks...


Now I look at the links I had bookmarked, the files prominently placed on the desktop, etc. And I have a reverse sneak peak at what my priorities were almost exactly one year ago. It's funny- it's not like they show huge treads or anything- just the little things that had me fascinated at the time- the sort of things you've forgotten about and replaced with new interests in a year.

Then there's the small matter of the following picture as the desktop wallpaper...

That's a carbon fiber Tea Cup, folks :) After converting currency- I believe it goes for about $250 for the set- spoon included of course.

As opposed to our other computer- which has the following as the Wallpaper. Which goes for about $490,000- and is our future home in Silverton, Colorado.


Details.

A bit o' sewing.

I showed D a few things about how to use one of the computerized sewing machines I have for The Business, the other day before I went to work. I came home to find this formless green ripstop blob. (Which Snad immediately crawled into.)



This morning D attempted to ellucidate what on earth he was doing.

Quick action on my behalf rescued the endeavor- and with D's wild gestures as to size and needs and my own adept skills at 3D modeling and flair- we managed the following piece.




Look at me slave away...


This is D examing the template and thinking- "Wow- my wife is way smarter then me." (Don't worry- this is a regular thought for him.)



I also just got Jelly Bean back!!! Umm- that's my old computer. Which appeared unfixable to several computer geeks in town- till I found someone new who thought they could handle it. After three weeks of absolutely NO communication- they called Friday at 4:20pm to say it was done (except they left a screw off and the keyboard isn't fully attached... I'll get it corrected on Monday). This computer place is better then the rest- but every time they've done something for me they're forgotten to replace screws inside or out of the laptops- leading to all sorts of odd behaviors on the computers' behaves. So far it appears to just be this minor screw on this occasion.

However- now Jelly Bean's back- I'm uploading to Flickr all the pictures we had on her from when we were living in Josey. Including these choice ones of Josey after I backed her off a pull-out just outside of Zion National Park while D was off hiking. At the time it was like driving our house over the edge.

D just realized!!!

When we go to Tahoe the first week of September- we'll be driving through the Owens Valley and Bishop- home of one of the best bakeries around- Schat's Bakery (pronounced Shot's).

They stopped doing mail orders a few years ago- so you have to go to Bishop or Holland to buy their products... this is their location in Bishop.

What on earth-

is wrong with these stupid people???

Complete idiocy.

My number-

So I had this 50 year old, drunk guy demand I give him my phone number at work tonight-

which would normally leave me slightly sketched, and muttering things about my husband.

However this occasion was slightly different- as he wanted my number so he could speak to said husband... not me. I made the mistake of getting too involved in a customer's conversation (and a drunk customer at that... I should know better) and it turns out this fine fellow has an elk hunting permit in the same zone and time as D's. At which point he demanded a way to discuss this with D- as we'll be neighbors in the middle of nowhere Arizona for several days in October.



Dave- his name is Steve, and I have his phone number written down in my book if you want it (I don't give my number out to customers for anything- elk included).

Primary Silliness-

What on earth is going on???


I've always maintained that if you have 50 states- in any relative evaluation- one of them has to be 50th.

However in our society- where one high school graduating class can have 4 or 8 or 12 valedictorians... cause no one wants to be second best- no state can stand being 50th, none the less 4th.

And now people are suggesting that Iowa will be forced to have their caucus in December if they want to be first. However- if there's one thing I know- it's that American Consumerism will out do Politics any day. No one will interrupt their Christmas Shopping for a Caucus- talk about a disaster waiting to happen.


I can't imagine a greater example of an institutional inferiority complex- and I think it's all the worse that the institutions in question are state governments.


What is wrong with you people???

La la la...

Monsoon!!!


This is looking off our deck on the front of the house- looking South, I suppose.



I like that in this picture all the prayer flags are flapping up...