A Day At The Movies...

would be too hard to do in our town, so, on Monday, when we were both off from work, we watched a "double feature" at home.
Milk, the true story of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk, is a must see for anyone who's interested in civil rights issues.
We found it especially hard to grasp that the setting of this movie is San Francisco, and that the double-assassination occurred in 1978, shortly before we were born.

Following that, we enjoyed Cadillac Records, which portrays the lives of musicians Little Walker, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Vicksburg's own Willie Dixon. Yes, it's a tear-jerker as well, but, in the end, the producer gets his just reward after years and year of scamming the talent. The youtube clip that follows cuts off just before something climatic occurs in the movie.

Disappearing Act

Now You See It...Now You Don't.


Lauchlin stands in the "before" image for scale. We had some helpers come on Saturday who work on the impeccable yard down the street from us. Within about 3 hours, they had cleared years of poison ivy and trash trees from our hillside.



We still have some work to do because we know that the poison ivy will come back, and we plan to plant some sort of ground cover, like periwinkle or strawberries, for phase II.

A Day of Dyeing

We spent Good Friday dyeing Easter eggs...first with the Spangler family and later with the Gamble/Mullen gang.
In between dyeing sessions, we surprised May and Ellen with their first ever kites. It was the perfect day for kite flying!










-- Post From My iPhone

Happy Home

We enjoyed one of the birthday gifts tonight...a gift certificate to Anchuca. Very
very good!













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Who's 32?

Happy Birthday!!!



Olivia's brother, Rodger, is 32 today!

Oh the Possibilities...

If you haven't heard, Lauchlin bought herself an iPhone for her birthday this week.
Since then, we've been exploring the possibilities.
Tonight Olivia cooked dinner using a recipe from the AllRecipes.com app.
Not too shabby!



-- Post From My iPhone

The Big 3-0!

We had a blast celebrating Lauchlin's 30th birthday this past weekend with family and friends at The Ware House. We wanted to share some pictures with everybody. Just click on the link and enjoy.


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