August peaches and pumpkins

We have been waiting all summer to see these words. 

 

I think what makes these peaches tasty is that they are infused with extra sunshine.

This pumpkin vine grew up the trellis intended for our grapes and now we have a hanging pumpkin.
The 'garden geek' in me loves it when the unexpected turns out so well.

There are two decent sized giant pumpkins growing in the front yard.
What are the chances that they'll still be around come Halloween?
I say...slim to none.
At least we have the pumpkins out back.

thumbs up

The cutest thumbs up ever.  (2009)

This past spring my friend Meredith and her husband, Jeff, came out to Utah to do some skiing. It was great telling stories and catching up on how the kids are. Meredith asked me about the latest ALS happenings and I filled her in.

 I then told Meredith about a strange trend I had noticed. Recently there had been a sharp increase in the number of thumbs up people had been giving me. We hypothesized that perhaps people were giving me a thumbs up because they didn’t know what to say otherwise.  They see it is increasingly difficult for me to speak and not knowing what to say to me they become uncomfortable. 

But, hooray for those that are patient with me!

While it takes significant effort to enunciate and speak, there is good news, which is:  My hearing is fantastic! This means that you don’t have to get really close to me and then speak in an overly loud voice.  It’s awkward if you do.

I recently had a conversation that went something like this:

Woman “How are you.”

Me “I’m doing great.”

Woman (as she pats my shoulder) “Well you keep hanging in there.”

Apparently she didn’t believe my response.  Between you and me, I'm glad THAT conversation ended quickly.

Back to the thumbs up. Meredith and Jeff laughed about it.  Later when they were leaving, both of them gave me double thumbs up… this WAS funny.  

Meredith and her Jeff