Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

This is the second time today I've posted this - the first time was a real mess, and I finally figured out what to do about it. ...

These are the beautiful yellow roses that Judy chose for Blood family contribution to Jenny's funeral.  They were a ray of sunshine...

Ron hasn't seen the birthday wishes in the posting  below as yet, but thank you (for him).  He did have a celebration or two while we ...

Powell’s trash heading to Cowley : Powell’s trash heading to Cowley Written by Tessa Schweigert Beginning today, the city of Powell will t...

Congratulations to Ron on his 80th Birthday  I went on a hunt for a photo of Ron and realized I need to take a camera and go to Preston...

The last couple of days have been full of conversations with kids who are trying to survive in the mountains of snow, while others are fight...

In part I, I explained where Dixie is and set the stage for what is to follow. When I returned home at 4:00 p.m., with a pasty $1.49 junio...

For the uninitiated, Dixie is the term used to describe southwestern Utah.  The term came from the late 1800s when Brigham Young sent a colo...

As you can tell by the depth of the snow on the roof of the chicken coop and run, snow has been falling in our corner of the world.  I sus...

In a conversation with Dwight I happened to mention some letters I have that Grandma wrote to Mother and Dad.  The hints of loneliness ...

I was five years old in 1937 in the heart of the Great Depression.  I had few toys, but my one most treasured possession was a little red wa...

This is the piece of marquetry that reminds me of Silent Night.  Maybe this is the old version and the one that is on the home page of th...

I have temporarily borrowed Steve's wonderful photo of snowy New York and have tried to make it large enough to spread across the top bu...

Who remembers December 7, 1941?  Some of us were playing in the yard in Ralston when we were called in to listen to the radio when the attac...

I feel ambushed, schnozzled, one-upped, and demolished.  All by a younger, less-mature sibling who is defending her panini pan.  It has take...

Hmmm, for an extremely bright, well educated economist, I can see there is a need for enlightening a wondering/wandering mind.  I feel a li...

Several days have elapsed since Ann's birthday.  The euphoria of being treated like a queen and being showered with love, gifts, etc., i...

   I'm sure this picture has been posted before, but here it is again.  The interesting components of this picture are (a) baby ...

I have flown over it and driven around it, but after all these years of being back east this is the first time that I have ever bee...

If you love music, are fascinated with what can be done with a cello, you have got to check this out.  Go to ThePianoGuys.com  . Beautiful m...

     I've been waiting for Dwight to come up with a Thanksgiving Memoir, but it hasn't happened yet, so I'll write about one T...

All right, everybody - where are you?  We either need an egg count from Ann, a book review from Dwight,  garden progress from Judy, or a qu...

http://www.youtube.com/MormonTabChoir I blithly followed the way to the above link and ended up spending a wonderful hour with uplifting m...

It is said a picture is worth a thousand words so -   Nesting Box #1 with golf ball in tact  Nesting Box #2 with golf ball tucked...

As I am putting the garden to "bed" for the winter, there are still carrots and beets to pull.  However, as I started that little...

I thought we needed some rainbows.  I know the background is too bright, but bear with me for awhile and I'll change it again.  This Joh...

To My Siblings: Do you remember these little gems? Mother: "Hurry up or you'll miss the bus!" The water bucket on the wash...

Much time has gone by since I updated the stuff I know that may have heretofore gone unnoticed, unappreciated, or just plain ignored, to wit...

Dear LizzyBeth, Welcome home.  I hope you get home today with your Model T Pacemaker and that you will cease your stubborn attraction to e...