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Skriven 2012-03-25 21:38:04 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22779 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: almost baseball time                                     [1]
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> Actually Anne is a great help when
->  HN> doing nature shooting, she's a good
->  HN> PA most of the time and has a good
->  HN> eye for finding interesting things
->  HN> for me to shoot. Amanda is the same.

-> Got them well trained? Of course you have to be really quiet to get some
-> nature shots; do you use sign language? (G)

 HN> (grin) Very Big Very Expensive lenses!

I meant to communicate with your assistants.

->  HN> We stop to rest our feet too!
->  HN> A nice glass of ice Tea and
->  HN> a shady spot to watch the
->  HN> world go by is a great way
->  HN> to spend some time together.

-> And it can be really intersting people watching. I used to (don't do it
-> as much any more) like to observe what people put in their grocery
-> buggies; there could be a lot read into the contents of one.

 HN> In Tucson there was a botanical garden
 HN> we liked, had a nice place for sitting
 HN> on a shaded veranda with a nice breeze
 HN> most of the time. Great for watching
 HN> folks wandering among the different
 HN> plantings!

Noticing who was smart enough to bring a hat to keep the sun off their
head and a bottle of water so as not to dehydrate? Hats work better than
visors; with the latter you're still exposing a good bit of the head to
the sun. The former shades all of the head and, depending on the
materials used in construction, can be an improvised evaporative cooler
with the water bottle.

->  HN> What is the differences you noted between
->  HN> St Louis dry rub and Memphis dry rub?

-> I'm not sure, have to do some research on the spicing of them. But,
-> these are the squared off ribs.

 HN> Ahh, they cut off the extra meaty
 HN> "tips" and probably offer them as a
 HN> separate menu choice.

Didn't notice it on the menu, have to look when we go back. But, it was
brought up that the St. Louis spicing is sweeter than the Memphis
version.

-> -> HN> We don't have friends in Sierra Vista, HN> so we'd have to go
-> somewhere else instead (grin)

-> We still know a lot of folks in the area. Steve sent one, a cat lover, a
-> link to an internet clip of a cat piano today. Should be interesting to
-> see how the area has changed since we were last there in September of
-> 06. Savannah had (in the area where we "ran around in) quite a few
-> changes we noticed when we stopped briefly in January, first time back
-> since August of 09.

 HN> Yep, time changes most things...even
 HN> us!

And in some cases, it's a case of the sands of time drifting downward.
(G)

->  HN> For a one time excursion we say
->  HN> forget the wallet. A new experience
->  HN> is often worth the price!

-> We still like to keep things to a reasonable level for the most part.
-> Right now, trying to save up for a move by not doing a lot of travel
-> (much as I'd like to get out west to see grand kids again) and paying
-> off credit cards completely.

 HN> If I had had the money at the time
 HN> we were in California for Amanda's
 HN> Doctoral presentation, I would
 HN> (and had made plans to) have liked
 HN> to have done a dinner at the French
 HN> Laundry, Thomas Keller's flagship
 HN> restaurant in Napa...my guess is it
 HN> would have run between  $600 and
 HN> $1000 for the meal for the four of

Well beyond what we ould have chosen. Not sure where we'll celebrate
Steve's graduation but will probably have some family in and will take
them out to eat after the ceremony.

 HN> us...however Amanda's beau is beyond
 HN> regular shyness and borders on
 HN> it being a medical condition. So we
 HN> thought it best not to put him into
 HN> such a situation...but I would have

Does he talk to you? Our son in law didn't talk much with us when he
first started dating Rachel, then opened up to me more, then Steve. Now
he's at ease with both of us.

 HN> liked to have eaten there!!

You nmay get a a chance yet.

-> And add in Gilbert, Queen Creek, Peoria, Glendale, etc, etc.

 HN> yep...Phoenix is surrounded by them to
 HN> the extent that one wonders what the
 HN> original intent was!!

We've got lots of open land so let's build out, not up. Seems to be the
rule in that part of the country. Look at LA. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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