http://www.jenwaldo.com/home daily 1.0 2019-10-02 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-05-02 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2025/5/3/the-utopia-treehouses monthly 0.5 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/34d26877-f846-4390-add2-a6fa2b30a7f2/IMG_0115.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Utopia Treehouses - Make it stand out Everybody needs one of these! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/69640899-d143-4965-bcae-e01da140676f/IMG_0104.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Utopia Treehouses - Make it stand out Again, why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7e0d7402-d4ee-428d-aba3-c55032948bd0/IMG_0109.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Utopia Treehouses - Make it stand out Where we stayed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/5d2f7f53-0d91-4eba-b581-bbe1caefa169/IMG_0110.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Utopia Treehouses - Make it stand out The house across the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/8a55de06-ba15-44ae-93eb-085c0dab5ae4/IMG_0116.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Utopia Treehouses - Make it stand out Why is this taking up space? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2025/4/21/the-flawed-system monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/5ae44093-ec1e-4df4-a696-98403c389b3c/IMG_0092.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Flawed System - Make it stand out This is a list I pulled off of Facebook. See? The Wedding People, right at the top of the list. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2025/3/13/good-times-with-hans-haenisch monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/55b41b4f-7881-4844-ad6d-1bdf5aa1ddd3/IMG_0085.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Good Times with Hans Haenisch - Make it stand out Sadly, this picture of him in old age is the only photo I have of my father. He married and again and it’s my understanding that all his photographs and documentation, like his citizenship papers and immigration records, are boxed in a storage facility in Amarillo. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2025/2/7/a-short-story monthly 0.5 2025-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/6dee44e6-9603-4741-991a-40846abb649a/IMG_6939.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - A Short Story - Make it stand out Panama City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/e80aab2e-c8de-4a09-ae4d-91e130697e6f/IMG_6693.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Short Story - Make it stand out A swinging bridge over a rainforest. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2025/1/18/ujyreyl6847k4ea0fme4hhhj5szm8r monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7876ecd5-6701-4c18-b6d4-48c11a51050f/tempImageIaRStG.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Costa Rica Trip - Make it stand out This made us laugh. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2025/1/6/i-meet-myself monthly 0.5 2025-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7a8b0882-fbb5-4f95-90d0-12700aa44533/IMG_0010.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - I Meet Myself - Make it stand out What does this picture have to do with anything? Absolutely nothing! I got the flowers and card from my sons on Mother’s Day and I didn’t have a picture to go with the blog. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/12/19/the-new-romance monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/e959715a-a42f-4ccc-9da4-97c7dd896c92/IMG_0067.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Then and Now Romance - Make it stand out What a romantic pot-boiler this was! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/10/24/jens-latest-reads monthly 0.5 2024-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/93c78064-7cda-4f31-9437-9d39299672c7/IMG_0058.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Jen's Latest Reads - Make it stand out My Kindle propped on our kitchen’s malevolent chicken. Why? For fun. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/10/7/word-problems monthly 0.5 2024-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/bd82c27a-ba39-42dd-a21b-9aefaeca60db/IMG_0041.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Word Problems - Make it stand out As I have no pertinent picture, I thought I'd show this baby quilt I made for my nephew and his wife. I fear there was too much black--but babies like color, right? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/8/6/picky monthly 0.5 2024-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/bffc727f-3c3d-4697-ba27-de7e61944e24/IMG_6243.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Picky - Make it stand out A great group of hard workers! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/7/3/the-reluctant-caregiver monthly 0.5 2024-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/a510b29b-086f-4d89-833f-534640c2e843/IMG_0032.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Reluctant Caregiver - Make it stand out A complicated sling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b7209820-e0e2-4a13-81b9-9472aab735b6/IMG_7337.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Reluctant Caregiver - Make it stand out And for no reason other than she’s beautiful, here’s my granddaughter, Clementine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/5df562b7-6f21-4a26-afd3-2a9df595a3df/IMG_0030.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Reluctant Caregiver - Make it stand out David doing his physical therapy using a pulley system. Before the surgery he couldn’t lift his arm higher than his chest. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/5/9/the-outstanding-student monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/152dd132-3e74-483d-8a36-ae04b39f5788/IMG_0010.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Outstanding Student - Make it stand out Happy Mother’s day to all my fellow mothers! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/3/28/singapore-revisited monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b5429553-1afb-4b5b-9f3e-1a5a71aba624/tempImagewDif6f.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Singapore Revisited - Make it stand out Nothing but beautiful views in the Botanic Garden. And look how clean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7dcf320f-7082-49c3-b514-9b3cba02e58f/tempImageEWm3jF.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Singapore Revisited - Make it stand out A lovely and whimsical shot of Julia, Clementine, and Sam on the way to Field Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/6fa23ba3-8bb0-40dd-865b-54ff44d8a589/tempImageqTEVAS.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Singapore Revisited - Make it stand out Isn’t she cute? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/2/21/cancun monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/9d5c3193-9358-4aa0-9e39-f5768629de2f/IMG_5507.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Cancun - Make it stand out David at Mayan the Mayan ruins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1c5f9104-b10a-42a7-a860-f9190d9149b1/IMG_5532.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Cancun - Make it stand out Flamingos, pretty but stinky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/23398505-21d3-498b-b4d5-dad64bdbd0af/IMG_5520.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Cancun - Make it stand out In the aviary. Colorful birds always look beautiful. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/2/3/the-project monthly 0.5 2024-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/dbfe22a2-6fae-4839-94d7-81757facfddf/IMG_1418.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Project - Make it stand out The old sink. It’s not dirty—it just looked like that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/64da6a20-6ad9-4032-b734-001cfa782fc4/IMG_1425.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Project - Make it stand out The Bright Kitchen. No nasties can hide from me now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/cffa2e4c-61b1-4381-9fec-b786184a76d8/IMG_1399.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Project - Make it stand out We got rid of the old-fashioned phone plug. It hasn’t been hanging like that this whole time. That was the result of the tile guy pulling it loose so he could see what he’d be dealing with behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/e6e92f4b-07ca-48f8-836f-fd984a8c4a14/IMG_1426.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Project - Make it stand out The new sink. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2024/1/9/people-and-houses monthly 0.5 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/baf8dbbe-56ea-49f3-82a3-ec14ee1a1c13/IMG_5392.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - People and Houses - Make it stand out The hard dirt where the trucks are parked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/da903341-da6a-4e67-a361-a589b29b3121/IMG_5388.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - People and Houses - Make it stand out This is where they store their junk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/9c426702-0e7a-4047-a4c9-f9268d21fe16/IMG_1397.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - People and Houses - Make it stand out Trees, and the porch isn’t awful. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/11/30/9hzr0z7l14jp5z0twluyqm0mmrvyik monthly 0.5 2023-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/47219c05-e2e0-47ab-900d-2c30d9ec0f1a/IMG_1383.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Carwash User Manual - Make it stand out My car, clean; but was it worth the price? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/11/3/pb78yrj3hjthnd07yvnw1gbl957q9v monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/d0659c3c-e190-4931-80d0-579d56a084bf/IMG_1374.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - THE BEST CAKE - Make it stand out This is one of The Waterfront Grill’s specialty Halloween drinks. I hate it when I spend fifteen dollars for a cocktail and it turns out to be too yucky to drink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/2d2cf0f6-6437-447b-ba1c-ce2cb2f54498/IMG_1376.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - THE BEST CAKE - Make it stand out Here it is, a little piece of my history. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/10/5/six-months-of-reading monthly 0.5 2023-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/29ff0237-f104-4dc9-8139-74b94f8bb07b/IMG_1367.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Six Months of Reading - Make it stand out My Kindle’s is on the mantle. Why? How’d it get there? I have no idea. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/9/21/churched monthly 0.5 2023-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/711edb71-3951-43d6-a92a-66b9c4c40e33/IMG_9679.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Churched - Make it stand out For those who haven’t heard, my novel Old Buildings in North Texas was on the Staff Picks shelf of Belgravia Books in London a while back—a very impressive literary book store. Yay me! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/9/2/pickleball-drama monthly 0.5 2023-09-02 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/8/17/the-woman-in-front-of-me monthly 0.5 2023-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/92f8227c-1904-4a5c-992c-df4b7b74dd64/IMG_5084.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Woman in Front of Me - Make it stand out Another one of the many beautiful faces of Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/26da5692-a8e5-43e8-bc1b-dfcf32d9c2ac/IMG_4969.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Woman in Front of Me - Make it stand out In our cabin on one of the dressy evenings. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/7/23/the-iceland-tour monthly 0.5 2023-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/eb9ad3b7-7dd4-4376-94d1-afd2da1e7401/IMG_5069.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Iceland Tour - Make it stand out The two walls mark the clash between the Northern American tectonic plate and the Eurasian tectonic plate. The crevices were quite deep in some places and it was really cool to walk around in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/fa83a399-1460-4aa8-95bf-68de26e85eb4/IMG_5024.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Iceland Tour - Make it stand out Halfway back from this waterfall the wind and rain pounded us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/6e9bd861-ff45-43c2-9f2a-0bd04ca7bc5e/IMG_5074.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Iceland Tour - Make it stand out Beautiful pictures everywhere you look. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/7/19/xpm77hm9falutmo6u6zel2x62cnrg7 monthly 0.5 2023-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/61a4dc82-cb77-413f-b8e5-cd850fdcb50e/IMG_4988.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Appropriate Dressing and a Corpse - Make it stand out For a reason I’m unaware of, this sphere marks the Arctic Circle. They have to move it every year and it’s expected to be underwater in five years’ time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/36ecb31d-d84c-4851-9355-1da12be33b55/IMG_5024.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Appropriate Dressing and a Corpse - Make it stand out This shows how dynamic Iceland is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/103f9fe8-1f4b-47b8-ac54-31e4623ec6e1/IMG_4910.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Appropriate Dressing and a Corpse - Make it stand out Shouting in a Viking-like manner on an ice throne in a frozen cave. Why? Who knows? Then, of course, there’s the T-shirt. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/6/26/bug-of-the-year-1 monthly 0.5 2023-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/510ab8ce-1978-434e-b0db-2bc0962db536/IMG_1350.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bug of the Year - Make it stand out A spider is not an insect, but it kind of is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/908c8043-bd2a-495a-a9f4-8ca7a9226fa7/IMG_1341.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bug of the Year - Make it stand out This is a worm, which is most definitely not a bug, but it meets my criteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/55b4dc90-2dd8-460b-ab33-263ae071c8dd/IMG_1348.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bug of the Year - Make it stand out This is a dead fly. If you’re a fly and you come into my house, this is how you’ll end up. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/6/11/things-to-think-about-2 monthly 0.5 2023-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/310222a4-4a7d-4369-a9fc-e1cd9d58a6f6/9A4E6549-AB7D-4DFC-B5BC-3D44D6812023.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Things to Think About - Make it stand out For your joy, here’s a picture of our granddaughter, Clementine. Isn’t she a cutie? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/59796d7c-d8d3-45f3-8c28-c1888046d664/thumbnail.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Things to Think About - Make it stand out I’m obviously running low on pictures. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/5/4/the-buick monthly 0.5 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7ae17755-087a-4ae6-9d09-e30bf265bdcf/v25Ghz_EGlDowtzQmrlQIG6c0aLv8bpQV7gG5kUbidE.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Buick - Make it stand out Remember this? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/4/9/sometimes-i-go-to-london monthly 0.5 2023-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/06517959-944e-491a-b4c6-e997e707282c/EE9F918E-4FA7-423F-97B6-2EF81F821EBA_1_105_c.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sometimes I Go to London - Make it stand out On the streets of Greenwich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7f128a20-a5d2-4965-a147-9f31bac867ce/IMG_1311.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sometimes I Go to London - Make it stand out You can see the pokey up things and the dome of the O2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/4563ce51-70cf-42f4-9560-4148d2d6f764/IMG_1314.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sometimes I Go to London - Make it stand out Darling Clementine! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/3/7/on-our-way-to-san-diego monthly 0.5 2023-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b657e605-32b7-4e22-bc59-43c6bcaae0e8/IMG_1273.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Going to San Diego - Make it stand out Another pretty bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/8d0b17a0-b5a6-4a0d-ada0-35839e790d9e/IMG_1260.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Going to San Diego - Make it stand out A pretty bird at the San Diego Zoo http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/2/1/new-feet-and-winter-weather monthly 0.5 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/554fde24-041b-4e3e-8960-af8da3d74f0d/IMG_1246.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Feet and Winter Weather - Make it stand out The backyard on a cold and dreary morning. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2023/1/21/mother-in-law monthly 0.5 2023-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b95d74ec-799e-4471-9d77-0331300047af/871B8C0F-F7F8-4611-B572-65BC4C9C9F9F.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother-in-Law - Make it stand out Is this not the most beautiful baby you’ve ever seen? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/e8b38138-5837-477f-933d-a4278b5ab897/IMG_1403+2.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother-in-Law - Make it stand out Brunch at True Food http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/12/17/a-serendipitous-two-minutes monthly 0.5 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/6986b38a-8d6f-4a3a-bffb-1ceb1eb629e5/25D2488D-32D4-418B-A7C8-0D9F609C2006.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - A Serendipitous Two Minutes - Make it stand out Here I am, giving Clem her bottle. As you can see, Dilly is a very needy dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/21f86d1a-9e31-4821-b4b1-674906445390/DSCN1515.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - A Serendipitous Two Minutes - Make it stand out During hunting season the most sought-after bucks hide in our backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/32fec2de-c6e7-4e93-bc56-e1fe2abf7fd0/IMG_1236.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Serendipitous Two Minutes - Make it stand out Merry Christmas! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/11/9/jen-on-her-birthday monthly 0.5 2022-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/3bf9ee65-9048-4c1e-ba7b-310fce3c0cf6/00C4FCA2-091B-4B9B-84DA-BFDCE6075224.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Jen on Her Birthday - Make it stand out Curtis gave me the visor for my birthday. Stylish, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/e9a433ac-699d-433c-bfc9-a4547f2755e0/A975ECFC-3D8E-4D1E-A47D-4CB9AE445178.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Jen on Her Birthday - Make it stand out Welcome to the world, Clementine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/baca8188-aa2c-4a3b-aa9e-2f64a94900a8/IMG_1232.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Jen on Her Birthday - Make it stand out Can you believe he asked me what I plan to do with it? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/10/13/koi8qufmrrvnd0q5hhb3z8nghe6rsv monthly 0.5 2022-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/7b122cba-1c2f-4ce7-8d5b-5a3a8432cec9/IMG_3976.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Price of Antagonism - Make it stand out Dunes on Lake Michigan a couple of weeks ago. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/9/19/dgc1lsx8m60pog8qwc6lpiqjuvy0qx monthly 0.5 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/051a6739-6211-4f27-835f-540d3af2383c/IMG_1210.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fun that Floats - Make it stand out The view from our hotel room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/2969075f-4b0e-481e-97f4-9a4a36e2563a/IMG_4071.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fun that Floats - Make it stand out This is an unusual fountain in Millennium Park. We liked it more than the bean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/2f1566d0-24a0-477e-b928-171d1ec4e3a8/IMG_3907.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fun that Floats - Make it stand out Isn’t she beautiful? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/45839ccd-9d88-4428-9458-953335d3d2dd/IMG_4082.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fun that Floats - Make it stand out I wonder how they clean this thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/0678ad9b-fa8c-408f-bf9d-094d9c4e86cf/IMG_4058.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fun that Floats - Make it stand out I mean, look at this ridiculously rich pizza. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/9/11/great-lake-cruise monthly 0.5 2022-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/fac47717-588d-4fde-a807-c92370493dab/IMG_1191.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Great Lake Cruise - Make it stand out Sometimes, just walking around a city, we come upon unexpected and fun events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/21561622-8f3f-4d1a-8407-e20b2b92290f/IMG_1187.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Great Lake Cruise - Make it stand out One of the falls. From where I stand there are three of these in view—roaring, mighty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/c8c9afa5-4328-4c34-8cc4-e7a251957333/IMG_1179.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Great Lake Cruise - Make it stand out A view of Toronto from the island. It’s a lovely city, though there are traffic issues—like last night it took us forty minutes to arrive at a venue when we could have walked in ten. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/8/19/cr-401 monthly 0.5 2022-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/ad26553f-7672-4c77-b6a8-92fd943e848c/IMG_1172.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - CR 401 - Make it stand out There it is. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/7/25/the-sane-voice monthly 0.5 2022-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/99696e34-a1e9-478a-be81-161c4735f16f/IMG_2450.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Reasonable Voice - Make it stand out Hot and Dry here. More interesting than another photo of the HEB. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/7/9/churched monthly 0.5 2022-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/867c6d0b-c967-4f58-9cfe-0d28ca1db6b0/IMG_1163.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Churched - Make it stand out The cross at the church we go to now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b13e6573-aea4-43ee-ad2b-b874cb724ea9/IMG_1161.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Churched - Make it stand out On a lighter note, I went shopping the other day. Peasant dresses are back in style. That’s a lot of flowery fabric! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/00a59e86-bef5-4d0f-ba2e-c092164ef676/IMG_1159.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Churched - Make it stand out You wear this one when you want people to confuse you with a Delft vase. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/6/22/the-canadian-experience monthly 0.5 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1c152a3c-92b3-4db7-b587-a3fec4759838/DSCN2049.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Canadian Experience - Make it stand out Requisite reflective view from Chateau Lake Louise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b01392de-f893-4de7-b399-ded281af04ee/EE7BDDF6-B6F2-4E08-A298-90B8D6D87788.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Canadian Experience - Make it stand out On the Athabasca glacier. Our third glacier. They wheeled us around up there on a huge vehicle. Thanks, David, for helping me upload these photos in a foreign land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/e84f833a-a2a1-42bd-aa9c-962cacec9f54/DSCN2044.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Canadian Experience - Make it stand out Chateau Lake Louise. A breathtakingly lovely hotel. If you’re ever in Alberta you should stay here. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/6/16/9kllp98dqksunaz47n6ah140nyn45b monthly 0.5 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/56f1f520-dc86-4ee5-8978-8d76fd9572fe/tempImageu2BJSs.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travel Day - Make it stand out A lovely city! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/b64cd46d-66dd-426a-acaa-af262e0c6353/tempImageQzQjaQ.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travel Day - Make it stand out Now I know where all the Recall Drugstores went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/3e1cb036-64d7-4455-bef9-5d6ad2bed798/tempImageGZzz8u.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travel Day - Make it stand out View from our room at the Waterfront Fairmont. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/6/1/distressing-incident monthly 0.5 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/2f6ff892-dbd5-44c6-a8bd-462492b7b0a2/IMG_1072.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Distressing Incident - Make it stand out A Marble Falls Sunset http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/5/7/working-hard-and-earning-money monthly 0.5 2022-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/85c4177a-5f7d-4f6f-a3f3-fe5f63591373/IMG_1091.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Working Hard and Earning Money - Make it stand out See? White skin, light hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/8041466c-df3b-498a-8181-a35e75af81de/IMG_1092.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Working Hard and Earning Money - Make it stand out Blinding light of the Central Texas sun. This is the little girl who was acting as hostess. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/4/18/what-jens-been-reading monthly 0.5 2022-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/89714c9f-5d56-4daf-b9e4-2c8f9d921b1f/j+15+%283%29.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - What Jen's Been Reading - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/3/22/katrina-charlotte-haenisch-march-3-1969-march-21-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/ce5fb099-bed1-4753-93b6-2223c4d8bc08/DSCN2529.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Katrina Charlotte Haenisch, Rest in Peace - Make it stand out This was taken three years ago, the last time I saw her before she became sick. It was obvious at this point that she’d given up. No make up, hair a mess. She’d stopped wearing actual clothes, but spent her days in soft nightshirts. She went to the grocery store at seven a.m. on Saturday because that’s when it was least crowded and she didn’t want to deal with people. Other than that, she no longer left the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/9de9caa9-f201-4798-8349-be64392339f1/DSCN1859.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Katrina Charlotte Haenisch, Rest in Peace - Make it stand out At this point she was still making an effort—make up, wearing actual clothes, hair cleaned and combed. I’ve got pictures of her when she was young and darling and carefree, but they’re too old to upload. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/3/16/irmuy22ji1vto375en36w0cz17hj18 monthly 0.5 2022-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/0f5522ba-f7a6-476e-a735-089c79a8f8a6/pexels-karina-badura-6982643.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures of a Dead Cat - Make it stand out Because the story calls for a picture of an orange cat. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/3/3/another-cat-story monthly 0.5 2022-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/6d340d3c-fbeb-47d7-afd8-0dc65956e93f/pexels-pixabay-357141.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Another Cat Story, This One Not So Depressing - Make it stand out This isn’t Panache. Panache wasn’t this healthy-looking. She was skinnier and her hair wasn’t this fluffy, but the coloring is right. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/2/11/the-lawson-king-cat-story monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/ade3487d-1630-4783-95bc-ae09c07ed8ff/DSCN1320.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Lawson King Cat Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/1/26/in-the-neighborhood monthly 0.5 2022-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/4e4aea37-581a-404d-97a1-89275f66a400/IMG_1070.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - In the Neighborhood - Make it stand out This is the sloppiest construction site I’ve ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/4a91205f-256c-4a46-afff-44e0896da597/IMG_6095.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - In the Neighborhood - Make it stand out Lovely cats, broken hearts. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2022/1/5/christmas-in-england monthly 0.5 2022-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/a04f478c-a5ed-4bb1-be56-04fa4862d19e/IMG_1031.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas in England - Make it stand out Our night of caroling at Royal Albert Hall—you should try to make it next year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/beadd067-a04a-4d50-932a-557d8c460d9a/IMG_1066.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas in England - Make it stand out The Royal Observatory perched over Greenwich Park. From there we were off to the pub for a pint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/d8aaf3bb-9902-469f-938c-21915942c302/IMG_1040.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas in England - Make it stand out The Bravo Eugenia. What is Jerry Jones’s yacht doing at Canary Wharf? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/df4abb85-7e4b-47cb-8010-b19256544602/IMG_1046.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas in England - Make it stand out London is a beautiful city, but some of the architectural choices made along the way have been questionable. This building hulks over the Thames like a massive hideous sea slug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/a5bd55a7-9904-4704-b10b-c937630cb74d/IMG_1043.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas in England - Make it stand out The Tower Bridge from the London Bridge. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/12/9/sweater-elegy monthly 0.5 2021-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/79675418-c5ea-4649-aa3b-e9d0e0856d8e/IMG_1003.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sweater Elegy - Make it stand out The sweater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/83a7dce1-6b6e-4a0d-8e01-25f43999d9e0/IMG_1018.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sweater Elegy - Make it stand out The damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/dee371fd-0e46-4730-86d2-ddb57c3bc74a/IMG_1019.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sweater Elegy - Make it stand out The names. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/12/1/indian-river-in-marble-falls monthly 0.5 2021-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/5d67484c-b5c3-4985-99c9-12bab5215559/IMG_1006.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Indian River in Marble Falls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/f6a534f8-d404-4bb2-807e-a5ade4e76c9b/IMG_1004.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Indian River in Marble Falls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/bb78c4e0-911b-45cb-9309-16e926691c4b/IMG_1009.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Indian River in Marble Falls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/14af3d90-3487-47f6-8805-eec0db889af0/IMG_1007.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Indian River in Marble Falls - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/11/10/down-on-my-birthday monthly 0.5 2021-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/5be06ec7-5f81-4b21-9754-bf5c1f9f3957/IMG_1001.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Down on My Birthday - Make it stand out The card I got from Curtis. Inside was a nice note and a gift card from a very nice spa, Milk and Honey—Yay! Will I have a facial or a massage? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/10/24/leaving-stuff-behind monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1635019607568-QH5ZGVFJBQC95PTIC6VV/IMG_0995.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Stuff Left Behind - Make it stand out The sander, sandpaper next to it. Surely it’s of value to someone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1635019708339-YB1YC383RWQSXWYQYCCE/IMG_0996.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Stuff Left Behind - Make it stand out The ladder. It’s simply too big to fit in the garage so we’ve got it on the front porch. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/10/14/from-the-lake-of-the-ozarks monthly 0.5 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1634155252472-4DUX63VOMRS0ERE2SS10/IMG_0988.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - From the Lake of the Ozarks - Make it stand out From the boat. Going out on the lake to drink. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/9/19/lingering monthly 0.5 2021-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1632061573888-OAKVC3ZOOE6DPZ3S0687/IMG_0661.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Vile Recurrence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/8/26/cora-the-betrayed monthly 0.5 2021-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1629919257587-130UBGWBHMR2NJ801IOG/tempImageHEwiK1.gif Too Wordy for Facebook - Cora the Betrayed - Make it stand out My photographer sister-in-law, Betty Waldo, took this in the Grand Canyon. Isn't it lovely? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/8/7/new-business-in-marble-falls monthly 0.5 2021-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1628282233836-99C57ZO57I7O8DO1R3NC/IMG_0961.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Say Cheese! - Make it stand out A wall of wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1628282276366-MXZOSPWBVIN1DTM4OVS9/IMG_0962.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Say Cheese! - Make it stand out Everything gleams and they’ve created a homey feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1628282102223-8ZDVYJSN7PC1ZU1X3VKA/IMG_0968.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Say Cheese! - Make it stand out Chances are I’m there right now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1628282160668-92WYF8TJ7UH16VFCNNTI/IMG_0967.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Say Cheese! - Make it stand out Say cheese! Meritt and Savannah are excited about their new adventure. Sorry, this isn’t the best picture of the menu, but I assure you that the choices are delicious and the prices are reasonable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1628282463773-EKMOPKXBZ3QPSH3XM6XY/IMG_0965.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Say Cheese! - Make it stand out This all looks so yummy. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/7/22/flutes-ahs-76 monthly 0.5 2021-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1626950043407-3EHA2VY4QAKH5O6H2KI1/20210716_202851.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Flutes, AHS, '76 - Make it stand out Here we are. Good times then, good times now. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/7/8/saint-sea-world monthly 0.5 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1625760642198-H6RZP96SLLZ7BX130YDI/IMG_0953.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Saint Sea World - Make it stand out Our view of the Riverwalk from the hotel’s deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1625760583456-L7MMQG0NZDY8C18O3KQ4/IMG_0949.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Saint Sea World - Make it stand out We came across at least ten of these in the park. What’s the deal? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1625760444050-Z6A8Z1D950S8R29R04ZO/IMG_2599.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Saint Sea World - Make it stand out Yay! Magnificent! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1625760509546-RNGB7N7KRDELEA08LJF8/IMG_2589.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Saint Sea World - Make it stand out The grin makes him look happy, so it must be true. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/6/27/typically-texas monthly 0.5 2021-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1624810413873-J0HYHONA13PQM9Z4IMBL/IMG_0937.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Typically Texas - Make it stand out These guys are heavy, made of ebony, and quite old. Considering the subject of the blog, I thought that they were quite delightfully inappropriate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1624810110362-0ZCWW9OO3CEJ2PLK99ME/IMG_0946.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Typically Texas - Make it stand out An indication that construction’s fixing to start across the street. From this moment on, they have six months to get their house built. The guy moving in is Sgt. Sam, a conservative talk radio host in Austin. Predictably, he’s quite popular in this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1624809844800-W4R6KJ94ZUOFWAPYED6C/IMG_0939.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Typically Texas - Make it stand out The hat is a rather weak symbol of Texas, but it’s all I had at hand. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/5/24/cant-be-unread monthly 0.5 2021-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1621794979296-8UWG8URH8AL0IJXJYV7L/IMG_0930.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Can't Be Unread - Make it stand out Seriously. Whose? Why? The shoestrings are clean and white and tied in neat knots. Is the cigarette butt a deliberate placement? If so, what’s it meant to convey? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/5/3/gullible-and-not-thinking monthly 0.5 2021-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1620047679002-OEORJSCEKIDLKT85LZEO/DSCN2302.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Gullible and Not thinking I didn’t have a relevant picture so I just went with something colorful. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/4/7/mortification monthly 0.5 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1617799874364-SF9RCAFCFXXQ50CHPNAU/IMG_0924.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mortification Not nearly as cute on the hanger as when I’m wearing them. But you get the idea. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/4/3/how-great-thou-art monthly 0.5 2021-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1617445843599-HHT9OR914R83BH44UA82/IMG_2450.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - How Great Thou Art Between Lubbock and Sweetwater, one of too many. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1617445801290-BQKTZ62WL3D2K4WDQWFQ/IMG_0914.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - How Great Thou Art Because you haven’t seen me in a while. Not as thin as I was before the pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1617445742989-6NKNJTJURI0IMZEBKENB/IMG_0915.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - How Great Thou Art And it goes on and on and on. . . http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/3/11/things-my-father-told-me monthly 0.5 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1615408741690-VYOE978OMYU0UXU20GB4/hansonly.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Things My Father Told Me Taken at our wedding, this is, sadly, the only picture I have of my father. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/2/18/freeziness-and-outages monthly 0.5 2021-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1613595828122-JTBM9RIT07J1802O79IV/IMG_0892.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Freeziness and Outages This was a beautiful tree. I’m afraid David is going to have to re-landscape the whole front of the house after this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1613595883508-B4AZ11BZKGZMLRE3DQLJ/IMG_0885.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Freeziness and Outages Dilly hates this. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/2/1/comfort-to-relieve-lethargy monthly 0.5 2021-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1612112270327-26W6WA9NG923H0ELAOIM/IMG_0872.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Price of Comfort Apparently they raise armadillos in Comfort, and they’re for sale in this shop. Want one? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1612112539887-E4J3LBTUTINKQV3Y1W6T/IMG_0881.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Price of Comfort As I said, a piece of wood that looks like a fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1612112187908-ZXIRQOCW542EEQUF5KHS/IMG_0868.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Price of Comfort At only thirty-five hundred dollars, everyone needs one of these! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1612112096358-DF8IXM9QISIZ9ZRCYVZX/IMG_0856.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Price of Comfort Dry, right? Typically German. Daddy would have fit in beautifully in this part of Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1612112416625-C2NH9VRY6KDLYCU5GFGF/IMG_0879.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Price of Comfort Oddly, a camel is the logo for Camp Verde. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/1/11/from-charity-to-thugs monthly 0.5 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1610311714865-TRPBLYIJ470J95WAZPZZ/IMG_2293.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - From Charity to Thugs On the upside, it’s snowing in Marble Falls. Unusual and lovely. I’m indoors drinking apricot tea, which makes me think of the Arabic phrase, fill mishmash, which translates as “when there are apricots,” colloquial for “it’s never going to happen.” And now you know that. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2021/1/2/a-preview monthly 0.5 2021-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1609620260915-46JSQFUAA6ED7MMQKQPX/DSCN1744.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - A Preview I had no eye-catching picture to go with this posting, so I give you The Window at Big Bend, taken on our last trip anywhere before Covid. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/12/14/christmas-scandal monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1607945208141-8ZR2M3ZF3DI6MG2RBE10/IMG_2242.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas Scandal It’s a lot of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1607945300689-075AJWG28SZJ1TIU6CVH/IMG_0836.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Christmas Scandal On a different topic, a mystery. David received this in the mail. It came in a small square envelope and the return address was a PO Box. The wire'’s so jagged that if you run your finger over it, it’ll cut you. His Habitat friends think it might be some sort of survivalist saw, but I think it’s a garrotte. Who would send us such a thing, and why? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/11/21/horrifying-nonsense monthly 0.5 2020-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1605891427456-IV5P2SVG3XE9TOXCJJPE/IMG_0818.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Horrifying Nonsense Just for fun, and because it makes a colorful picture, here’s the back of a quilt I just made. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/11/7/no-spontaneity-here monthly 0.5 2020-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1604697941141-W611G5Y1VQ1HABUB2L4A/IMG_0828.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - No Spontaneity Here And here’s a change I do like. This little guy boosts our house internet so I get better television in the back part of the house. Yay! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1604698247310-HCNYAWMGKE4BIUXG7PTV/IMG_0778.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - No Spontaneity Here Here’s David, who wants me to tell everybody that he didn’t drink all the vodka! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1604697863410-YCNUTA8GCTCNABG5KMKD/IMG_0826.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - No Spontaneity Here Here’s a change I don’t like. They seem to be taking all the Almay products off the shelf, and I love their mascara. And again, why? Why? Why? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/10/18/domestic-surroundings-and-low-on-vodka monthly 0.5 2020-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1603026928776-MBKE5PYJJE699FWKX31V/IMG_0786.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Domestic Surroundings and Low on Vodka Whoa! Some artistic designer’s pride. Too busy for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1603026802025-7A63VRB8T0OGN7NGW5PK/IMG_0767.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Domestic Surroundings and Low on Vodka Taken a couple of months ago. The skirt is now covered with handmade shingles which will be painted to match the house. The red touches are unexpected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1603028462924-US1NDN9OXE1NB2WWQ8S2/IMG_0823.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Domestic Surroundings and Low on Vodka A grouping of three of my favor artsy possessions. The oil, by Vietnamese artist, Lam Manh. The African busts, purchased in Kenya over thirty-five years ago. The antique bowl, from Singapore. I look at these things when the clunky chandelier gets me down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1603027001096-JV1PEAEPCA51CNDULG48/IMG_0791.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Domestic Surroundings and Low on Vodka I have no idea what I’m looking for, but this isn’t it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1603026732930-9BLZX1L50NW1G8EWU4HS/IMG_0821.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Domestic Surroundings and Low on Vodka Overwhelming. I’ve been complacent long enough! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/10/5/it-sneaks-in monthly 0.5 2020-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1601898636083-1QOB7H05ETR2BK1M6L14/IMG_0806.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - It Sneaks In David takes painting seriously. The weather’s beautiful this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1601898738538-HWLIFNUFIJPREORCWAN0/IMG_0802.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - It Sneaks In The finished deck. Much better. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/9/17/the-call-of-colorado monthly 0.5 2020-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1600343817531-ICRH7E3MM4Y7ODG8S1QB/IMG_0796.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Call of Colorado Why? It’s ugly. And I don't even know what to call it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1600343873853-NRZ2Q5MS54LQL19ZEOQ3/IMG_0794.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Call of Colorado Evening dresses on invisible bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1600343970365-S7DTSFCUASELVSIBI024/DSCN1905.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Call of Colorado Independence Pass. David has his hat string in his mouth because the icy wind’s blowing hard and he doesn’t want to lose his adventure hat. Our ten minutes there gave me enough winter to last the rest of my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1600343768878-RTIYXH6BF4KKS193JX95/DSCN1896.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Call of Colorado Always lovely. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/9/5/what-next monthly 0.5 2020-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1599315426374-GQSGHZDEX8J2MNUBL0DN/IMG_0792.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - What's next? Good-bye Louisa and Henshaw, Callie and Don, Mason and Stacy and Sloan! I’ll miss you. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/8/17/what-i-read monthly 0.5 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1597663835523-ZFNOE2HAEKN58OLX2DJS/IMG_0783.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - What I Read A few of my favorites. As a humorist, my own writing has been heavily influenced by these authors. If you like them you’ll like me. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/7/20/happening-in-waldo-world monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595174784771-NAZTCNHQ8USYOQYYWOH9/IMG_0763.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World Sadly, the first thing you see when you cross the Colorado River into Marble Falls is this water treatment plant. While I suppose it’s placed efficiently, it’s not attractive, which is too bad because this is really a pretty and welcoming little town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595175249618-XLN3VSIHQ8GEUKLQUD0Q/IMG_0759.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World 326 Capstone Drive. Currently for sale. Interested? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595175182938-879EXJUMANXLXI1TK74U/IMG_0777.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World David and his Komodo Joe. Thanks for feeding us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595175360234-U9ME12UZ25TPFW835MF4/IMG_0780.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World A little sporty with a smooth drive. I don’t know how most of the features in it work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595175116918-TO0WF3QAU6JLG7OPJ2Y1/IMG_0766.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World Currently being renovated, this purple house is owned by an artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595174987032-0BMVZC8RAC3VKVK5XH6R/IMG_0768.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World It’s hard to believe this charming house was carried into town in two pieces on two trucks. And that barn in back belongs in the country, not the town. Why is it there? I fear I’m becoming obsessed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1595175326266-BCKMH5YWECRMWOUT3AZM/IMG_0761.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Waldo World See? I didn’t make it up! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/6/25/the-whole-world-watches monthly 0.5 2020-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1593030041179-P99QCP917OQVUZW6CB0Q/IMG_0442.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Whole World Watches I had no picture to fit the blog, so I chose this sunflower, which planted itself in the middle of David’s tomato cages. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/5/29/the-symbolic-mask monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1590767772087-CXXCCCRLZSNGIEY3XZMA/IMG_0732.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Symbolic Mask This is my face cover of choice—lightweight and comfortable. Not sure how much protection it provides for others or for myself. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/5/14/drinking-in-the-time-of-corona monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1589400257181-N62JD5XQ4GZS7ERY084V/IMG_0714.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drinking in the Time of Corona A drink with old friends. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/4/18/fabric-an-odd-thing-to-care-about monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1587221811159-SHWWYCWF07QD3FRVBAOC/IMG_0683.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fabric History I ordered this from Joanne’s. Rayon, very comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1587221876364-6AXRV5KS4BT6QDRCKIU5/IMG_0680.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fabric History Here’s another top I made recently. Lovely fabric. You can’t tell from this, but it’s got metallic threads running through it that are sometimes green, sometimes turquoise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1587222257918-ZY0DOYWNC6TSM38QE2G5/IMG_0682.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fabric History Here’s the top I made from it. A stylishly sloppy look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1587221963623-SUK4V0025C8H7NDLS29X/IMG_0689.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fabric History The Cambodian silk. This sure looks like hair to me. The zig-zagged edge it so keep it from fraying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1587222065561-E4FZW2HPYV84JG0WP1J6/IMG_0693.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Fabric History Here’s what I did with it. Every little rough spot represents a gnat or bit of grass that’s been woven in. Seriously, it’ll probably fall apart after only a couple of wearings. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/4/1/drawer-of-shame monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585742226604-31LUP9VSODOCMLTF30PR/IMG_0674.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame All done, never to be messy again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585740955657-6S9CC0G4UZH6ETJKAW2J/IMG_0675.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame The Joy of Cooking, which David possessed before I came along, has ancient greasy food gunk all over it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585742085106-KHRT5DR9606F71OC6NRX/IMG_0670.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame This is what happens when you remember you need plastic forks while you’re at Costco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585740756417-SXDACOVW96TY6BCUZ43J/IMG_0665.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame Here it is. Shameful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585740857949-FE66QUI7UDHXKTH3ZC9A/IMG_0668.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame My kitchen is this shiny and organized any day, any time, likely because I spend so little time in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585741213254-6120MS4UZP3SNLMAQFHZ/IMG_0673.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame Written in my mother’s hand, the out-of-order instructions are a clear indication of how muddled she always was. She pulled it from an issue of Redbook in the 60’s. It’s absolutely delicious and I was asked for the recipe every time I made it, and my response was always, “It’s the only cake I know how to make, and I’ll happily give it to you as soon as we’re transferred to another country.” Hah. That never happened—but here it is for anyone who wants it. What the instructions don’t say is that it should rest in the refrigerator for a couple of days before eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585741583498-RY7ZP4SHAFBJU4WW9T4H/IMG_0672.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame This brought back memories of going to a Thai cooking class in Bangkok with cousin, Georgia, and sister, Resa. That was one good time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585741085551-Y94NJDUOAJA9MC2E11RT/IMG_0671.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Drawer of Shame I can’t look at this cover without humming a happy tune. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/3/26/wedding-pictures monthly 0.5 2020-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585230412609-OYV6I2IP271KO7NZT8N6/2020-03-25_15-39-24.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! And these are Julia’s friends. The way she handled the dresses was clever—she simply gave each girl a sample to match, then they went their own way in choosing, which meant that no one had to wear something that was hideously unflattering. The guy on the end acted as the flower boy—he danced gracefully up the aisle and was quite fun and charming. In this group are businesswomen, diplomats, and foreign aid workers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585229472486-ALA5HGLYZLEWAGLOVZ07/2020-03-25_15-31-20.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! The first married kiss. Julia’s sister, Alex on one side; Sam’s brother, Curtis, on the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585228970355-JV71KC1N8WK5HNHTTF2T/2020-03-25_15-20-46.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! Sam and Curtis watching Julia and her parents’ approach. Look at our two boys. Gorgeous, right? Curtis is currently the senior counsel for Norton Rose Fulbright’s Energy Disputes Division in Houston, and Sam is on his way to Stanford to earn his Master’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585231587220-UJX8TA0MILLX5XWPUAKP/2020-03-25_15-47-08.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! On a personal note, meet Mary Ann and Phil, Jimmy’s parents and years-long friends of ours from Sugar Land. During her busy years Mary Ann was a powerhouse, a social activist working against the tobacco industry. She was a leader among the many who fought for laws banning smoking from bars and restaurants in Texas; and if you feel ostracized every time you light up, it’s due to her. Where would we be as a society without our Mary Anns? And then there was dinner with toasts and speeches and an afterparty. Much dancing and joy and laughter. Of course all the guests aren’t shown in this simple and limited selection. Tons too many pictures for me to post, so I restricted myself to the ceremony. Best wishes to Sam and Julia! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585228064467-J5RS5HB9UBQI3Z0LJYGM/PastedGraphic-1.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! Again, Julia in the dress, plus Julia’s father, David; sister, Alex; and Mother, Khim. We were thrilled that they could come and stay with us in Marble Falls for a few days after the wedding. Before retiring, David was the IT manager for Plymouth (UK). He is soft-spoken and thoughtful and was kind to my little dog, which is definitely the way to my heart. During her working years Khim was a mid-wife, which says it all—sensible, reassuring, open-minded, and compassionate. Julia’s sister Alex is the definition of exuberance. She’s an English teacher in South Korea. We thought she was crazy when she flew home amidst the unrest caused by the virus. But I spoke to Khim the other day and she says that Alex is doing well and that Korea is handling the crisis with equanimity and compliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585229215211-KJGQLYG4RQ5QRDQH9KMM/2020-03-25_15-24-04.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! And this shot in profile is perfection. The bridesmaids were quite attentive toward the train and veil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585227599313-N2AASRZ84HHI4OP43CSK/2020-03-25_15-08-26.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! I mean, check out the back. Delicate, alluring, mysterious. Of course, not every woman’s backside could make it look this good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585229140132-FP6PBK9QMGB4PR917DJX/2020-03-25_15-28-15.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! I couldn’t resist this front view. You can see the tips of Julia’s cowgirl boots—a touch of whimsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585229619436-JCVZZF8SWDVJPVP0FLUM/2020-03-25_15-35-20.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! The new couple. See that smile on our Sam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585229758269-HZZKW8I40TUNQAORVJXP/2020-03-25_15-42-49.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! These are Sam’s “people”. On the right of Sam, Curtis. On the left, Jimmy, a friend of Sam’s since third grade. The idea of having a woman in the line of groomsmen was new to me, but I like it. The guy beside Curtis held his two-year-old son in his arms throughout the ceremony, which was adorable. The one in the gray suit is the officiate, Andrew, Sam’s business partner from Beijing. On the opposite end is a middle-eastern humorist author, with whom I had much in common. Sam and Julia have some interesting friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1585228893159-BVJK1GHXOUF8K0QUTUGS/2020-03-25_15-16-45.png Too Wordy for Facebook - Wedding Pictures! David and I walking Sam to the altar. We were so happy for him on his big day! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/3/16/the-death-of-fun monthly 0.5 2020-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1584364074908-0QOBRSQZYZSDR9VDGTTI/IMG_0661.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Hugging I look pretty good considering that I’ve been humidity hiking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1584364029222-XZMWKQ5K6WEPALX5635L/IMG_0662.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Hugging As promised—my meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1584364125350-PZ7AHS75DL41VJDDPII5/IMG_0651.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Hugging Enjoying his morning off from ushering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1584363463633-M1YU2YJQJ7WD9RVDUX3B/IMG_1863.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Hugging This was once a vacant weedy field. David oversaw all this work and now he’s been told not to recruit people to help in the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1584363404022-Z2NFICDT10VKU0AHD6SY/IMG_1867.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Hugging Artistic work on a column of a bridge crossing Lake Austin. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/3/2/the-smirk monthly 0.5 2020-03-01 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/2/23/howd-the-wedding-go monthly 0.5 2020-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1582563634366-K6V92E6PM8B4F0FRBJMR/96e46139-d66f-4ca6-b170-e962839d0f40.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - How'd the Wedding Go? Just married. Notice Julia’s cowgirl boots. In the background officiating is Andrew; and acting as best man is Sam’s brother, Curtis, who did an excellent job handing over the ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1582563779294-IX08UNVVIN7W9FAOCZWD/IMG_1712.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - How'd the Wedding Go? Afterward, a lovely picture of Julia, Sam behind her. The coordinator is at the mic. The professional pictures haven’t been released yet. I’ll post more when I get them. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/1/30/written-and-unwritten monthly 0.5 2020-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1580388052060-HRUFZRWDC7DB5UQBWMRN/IMG_0601.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Written and Unwritten There’s been curiosity about my dress for Sam and Julia’s wedding next month. The color at the shoulders is navy, which gradually changes to periwinkle at the bottom. I’ll wear it with black boots and plenty of diamonds and gold. Pearls, do you think? Comfort and style, my eternal dual goal. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2020/1/4/annual-catch-up monthly 0.5 2020-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1578142254857-AHIVFID3MY37VBQY3LNX/IMG_0049.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Annual Catch-up Meet Gaius, Sam and Julia’s cat, twice Dilly’s size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1578146097011-UGGCTCOLCDXI3NJZR1NB/thumbnail.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Annual Catch-up This isn’t the greatest picture, bit it gives the general idea. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/12/11/still-not-getting-it monthly 0.5 2019-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1576069871857-VW9UMR9GKCMSAQULXO50/DSCN1515.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Still Not Getting It This beauty, right in our backyard. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/12/1/why-stuff-matters-more-and-more monthly 0.5 2019-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1575143855894-67G5PCQWGPMD4M7UKYQN/IMG_0491.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Why Stuff Matters More and More http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/11/24/adventures-in-volunteerism monthly 0.5 2019-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1574600405421-T2WGNS3PEOB7PTD1KXI2/IMG_0582.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures in Volunteerism Of course, there are always ladders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1574600227504-5QTY2CJWC8MVF38N8SDA/IMG_0577.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures in Volunteerism We spread the decomposed granite which will make up the floor for the pole barn and the shed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1574600313334-K26N4PET9DWMM8XGU7B3/IMG_0579.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures in Volunteerism People cooperated and the work got done. Perhaps the tall people were of more use than the short people in certain areas. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/11/7/the-dallas-trip monthly 0.5 2019-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1573130729907-R72YRYPNKWCIPSH7LNXU/IMG_0549.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Dallas Trip This is the theme color for the wedding. Sometimes cameras and ambient light don’t work together to give a true picture, but this is clear enough to give an idea, right? This color is being called “teal” in the stores, which I find puzzling. I think of teal as being more of a turquoise, a light shade of blue-green. Thoughts? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/10/23/bye-and-hello monthly 0.5 2019-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1571836675602-R21N98M5U21YW5W76T99/IMG_0084.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bye and Hello See? Though the lines at my lips aren’t as apparent as reality in this photo, and perhaps you think I should have tended to the deep lines between my brows. Maybe those’ll be next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1571836750598-EXGBWIM23QBF43MMH4C1/IMG_0117.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bye and Hello The publicizing goes on and on and on. This is the last of it until a new book comes out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1571836584400-MJTGWABGH0LD7602B4ZV/IMG_0350.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bye and Hello An excellent wine at an excellent price. Available at Costco. Most importantly, a high alcohol content. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/10/1/big-bend monthly 0.5 2019-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569929043772-WW7GNLJIB3NDXDVSDOFW/IMG_0527.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Big Bend In Marathon, the Gage Hotel is worth a visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569929089202-SZY8PLLH3ZCNZMPZN3BW/IMG_0525.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Big Bend Hat, walking stick, Mahjong combinations, and coin bag. With me everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569928895738-UEEL0J2K7E3ZOQN1T93R/DSCN1737.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Big Bend Spectacular views in every direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569928836473-0FCKJR39S3S2GZ0Z4DBS/DSCN1744.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Big Bend The view from The Window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569928971181-CNPWCWXG02IH0DVLY5TF/IMG_0537.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Big Bend The bag. Want one? There are a thousand others just like it in Boquillas. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/9/25/last-hurrah monthly 0.5 2019-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569344702294-NL5VBDRMTEP3F6J2A8RA/IMG_1364.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah Mary Ann on her new slalom. The picture doesn’t do justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569344627385-1VSL3BOZ4HH61HALULVJ/IMG_0504.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah We docked at Ski Shores and enjoyed a meal and some good music. I had a great bloody Mary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569344514067-2TP4TZ0904FJXRNH142S/IMG_0516.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah Mary Ann often steers with her foot! I’m sure this must be against all boating rules! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1569344749908-EY9W8G3SF3F2EM5RTNSZ/IMG_0512.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah We just had our thirty-fifth anniversary. Yay us! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/9/16/0cuz8n6h0v5kgpy44pimi3pv8vef63 monthly 0.5 2019-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1568639871430-9SDXNKCTLDQ25KDYUBWB/IMG_0496.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tricky Communications The ginger goes crazy every year. It’s been in the local gardening magazine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1568639818545-WWTAZS05J4LOASGH7OL9/IMG_0494.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tricky Communications Just another view of our back deck. David has a green thumb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1568639740826-2AF8D466PA8Q320TDF2J/IMG_0493.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tricky Communications David and the hummingbirds really like this firecracker plant. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/9/6/yay-a-book-club monthly 0.5 2019-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1567716980791-7RFGKG4HLGTYKQLH4I0C/IMG_0491.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Yay! A Book Club! I was gratified to see my book arranged on the library shelf in prime viewing position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1567716934313-LHPJUMC08J3WCLHTF2NI/IMG_0488.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Yay! A Book Club! I thought this statue on Main Street was appropriate. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/7/29/the-library-thrift-store monthly 0.5 2019-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1564347374568-RCLDBWDVA58X32ZJC73K/IMG_0446.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Library Thrift Store Always crowded, lots of stuff inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1564347458507-N5LRNJ8EMP72WZDMG34T/IMG_0450.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Library Thrift Store These canisters were in good shape and only fifteen dollars. I’ve seen them for three times as much at the antique mall in Burnet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1564347575062-6K0XKPNC094OZ4SUG1SQ/IMG_0462.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Library Thrift Store The Marble Falls Public Library, where I’m not appreciated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1564347527555-I12QQAILK9ZUS8WH05QB/IMG_0449.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Library Thrift Store Whatever these cost, they’re not worth it. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/7/8/childbirth monthly 0.5 2019-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1562591738839-O23S2HAXWDY1GV7VPPGG/IMG_0445.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Childbirth Empathy Really, look at the size of that head! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/6/10/welcoming-julia monthly 0.5 2019-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1560112178950-ADJHMWK29ZI2LBM6O5V4/IMG-7549.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Welcoming Julia Julia before graduation. Congratulations, Julia! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1560113646781-RHH7L5JWVRH5E1B79T8Q/thumbnail.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Welcoming Julia Julia and her parents, Sam and his parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1560112242093-FPQKZBWVR76747ZST6O4/IMG-7637.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Welcoming Julia Julia, Sam, Khim, David, Julie, and Helen drove to Niagara Falls. Sam’s license wasn’t up to date so Julia and Helen, both used to right-side driving, took turns behind the wheel. I was beside myself with worry! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1560113693358-RM8L8NR3U6HPO4KWV2T7/thumbnail-1.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Welcoming Julia The ring. She was giddy, Sam was thrilled. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/6/4/summer-lunch-program monthly 0.5 2019-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1559681877123-Z4UWKVN2ZIT00YHT9VMV/IMG_0435.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Summer Lunch Program Here’s the other venue for lunches in Marble Falls. Apparently the Boys and Girls Club came close to going broke last year and all the businesses in town rallied around and donated food and funds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1559681746863-2KOAJPYV11KL19PGIJXX/IMG_0434.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Summer Lunch Program David, scheming to get me involved in good deed doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1559681782860-UBJROLFRYCLTSH2JU58I/IMG_0440.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Summer Lunch Program The apartment complex where I’ll be handing out lunches. Though people whisper about it as though it’s a shameful slum, it’s quite pleasant and well-maintained. I don’t get the attitude. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/5/30/cambridge-graduation monthly 0.5 2019-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1559165757267-6GB3D5SME6FSKFSH57TP/IMG_0402.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cambridge Graduation This was my meal after I was finished digging the three tiny chicken chunks out of way too much bread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1559165854922-3PTNUUZ8B5QMHFJ6N831/IMG_0406.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cambridge Graduation After lunch David hung out beneath the dome that amplifies your ordinary voice to a super loud one. He pretended to discuss weighty matters. He’s a good time when he’s been fed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1559165680804-52N4F885U5UMHLWLYOUD/IMG_0403.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cambridge Graduation Houston should be embarrassed by this place’s presence in their otherwise lovely airport! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/5/20/the-bad-option monthly 0.5 2019-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1558353144750-OX1X7WRSBLDIEM2I8A15/IMG_0397.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Sad Option Because I didn’t want to post a picture of an aborted fetus, I am posting a picture of the wild flowers across the street. There has been a lot of rain this year, which contributed to a long and prolific flower season. These are Indian blankets and they’re getting leggy, but they’re hanging in there. . http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/5/4/dilly-and-me monthly 0.5 2019-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1556966633362-I26TZYF72X324PH27JML/IMG_0391.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Dilly and Me Dilly’s a rescue dog, a total mutt. We got her in October and it’s estimated that she’s about four years old. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/4/21/my-way monthly 0.5 2019-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1555793714902-BP38MWK3SYNC0FFQ7JC3/IMG_0383.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - My Way It’s right if I say it is. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/4/5/las-vegas monthly 0.5 2019-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1554404480533-IN8LASOGI6N37UQQBVUY/DSCN1586.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Las Vegas And we had to get this shot. See the roller coaster in the background? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1554404308353-88U4FM0DYDCL8LWQH179/DSCN1588.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Las Vegas So desperate are Las Vegas entrepreneurs for novel concepts that sometimes they step across the line between good ideas and bad ones. A restaurant where haircuts are taking place? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1554404533526-23PT9B4O10RCS1FUKTFD/DSCN1605.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Las Vegas The Fashion Show Mall. One of my new favorite places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1554404235155-ZP12KDOIBDVYIFHUZT4Q/DSCN1595.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Las Vegas This is the central design in the ceiling of the lobby of The Bellagio. Gorgeous, right? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/3/29/the-willow-city-loop monthly 0.5 2019-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1553807533972-JW246X5WEN30DIBCJNE6/thumbnail-3.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Willow City Loop And bluebonnets aren’t the only wildflowers here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1553807405992-3VUZ0RITLQCUNWWF5A7H/thumbnail-5.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Willow City Loop Look beyond the near ones and you see that the whole field beyond is covered with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1553807487512-I89KFU315NFOOOCHQ5XZ/thumbnail.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Willow City Loop And more of them. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/3/9/new-habitat-house-in-marble-falls monthly 0.5 2019-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1552083120230-CO9A49FO0E7MCGTB8J94/IMG_0367.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Habitat House in Marble Falls Our friend, Tom Luckenbach, tall enough to paint a ceiling without a ladder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1552083283616-HXNY83STG6U5YMGE3JX5/IMG_0369.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Habitat House in Marble Falls This is Reverend Perry. He and his family are the recipients of the house. The foundation behind him is for the next house to be built in this row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1552083226212-ZEFZKG8I5F570AYWO7TK/IMG_0363.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Habitat House in Marble Falls Dan’s been working on Habitat houses since 2001 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1552083350398-0CUJLJE6TX8VG31VQRDD/IMG_0365.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Habitat House in Marble Falls They let me use a roller! The bright colors chosen by the owner of the house behind me caused quite a stir. But I imagine that nice woman is happy in her cheerful yellow house. I call it the Easter egg house. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/2/23/backyard-thug monthly 0.5 2019-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1550925688427-TMDWSV0J4LYPGDZ1SAQ1/IMG_0346.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Backyard Thug How do I make it go away? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/2/12/travertine-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549903224168-UPO89W48WLW5H22VYY9R/IMG_0340.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travertine 2019 The dining room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549903155388-OZNBI4NIFOKA6NBJ2QXH/IMG_0342.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travertine 2019 The bar draped in plastic. Can you tell how dusty it is? That much dust is everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549903081601-C7ZILW78BJ5906LL14W2/IMG_0335.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travertine 2019 MacDaddy’s, tasty food for lunch in Port Aransas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549903275715-2Y4FF6B56MSAB5RUSJX0/IMG_0337.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Travertine 2019 The front room. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2019/2/2/an-afternoon-in-coppell monthly 0.5 2019-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549052032280-9ZSDHGRVVEWM62RYD84X/IMG_0321.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - An Afternoon in Coppell Coppell was a lovely suburb north of Dallas. Their library is a lovely facility. It’s shameful that it’s been several years since I’ve been in a library. Usually I order and download from Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549051645575-72TITGNTDD7DYGZX1F6V/IMG_0325.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - An Afternoon in Coppell How professional I look! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1549051803581-KOJ2EUV92U6J7YLSDSFI/IMG_0324.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - An Afternoon in Coppell The Friends of the Library set up my books and sold quite a few. The woman standing up is Adrienne. I’m grateful that she organized this event to help publicize my novels. I was at a table over in the corner signing the purchased copies. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/12/31/paul-waldo-1958-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1546269238325-58ZAHEF4OQ3BJIR5VK20/DSCN2532-1.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Paul Waldo 1958-2018 Rest in Peace Brother Paul http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/12/19/waldos-christmas-letter-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1545155000112-2NR6BQG5SDXXRPIF165J/2018-12-19+01.32.20.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldo's Christmas Letter 2018 Doesn’t she have the sweetest face? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1545155079761-E2I15E953INP54EIIYP9/2018-12-19+01.32.34.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldo's Christmas Letter 2018 I trained her to yawn. See the poking-out lower teeth? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1545155189342-EYVS9A86GZF5RXE6KMIM/2018-12-19+01.35.17.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldo's Christmas Letter 2018 Travertine it is! I thought it was funny that everyone I’ve ever known weighed in on the tile issue, and nobody responded to my sentimental homage to my thesaurus. Practicality conquers whimsy. This picture doesn’t do the travertine justice. But believe me, it looks a lot better than our old kitchen tile, and it’ll look so much better than carpet in the other areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1545154942306-QXZJGKLXEAFQDQY8KYO2/2018-12-19+01.28.40.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldo's Christmas Letter 2018 Merry Christmas! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/11/30/tile monthly 0.5 2018-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1543520174364-01XL6VCAHV8IY9UZ776P/DSCN3265.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tile! One thing we’ve learned is that pictures never show the true color. Our floor is much darker than this and we concluded that the tile is too dark, but that’s not discernible at all in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1543520379893-EDFT9A4YJY5TPLG8ZOHC/DSCN3263.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tile! High variance, but too dark with way too much gray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1543520537437-B4SOLEB0TS64P3C95U65/DSCN3267.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tile! See, this is what i’m talking about. In this picture the paint has a gold tinge, when in reality, it’s a pale shade of taupe. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/11/17/the-death-of-roget monthly 0.5 2018-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1542456870056-C377PM6M7921XTR706JA/2018-11-17+01.09.22.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Roget Seen better days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1542456946393-BBT0V0AYAFGR5QUSCAPP/2018-11-17+01.09.55.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Roget Peter Mark Roget, 1779-1869 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1542457236883-QQ5HN306L1ZDKIK1JTDW/IMG_0298.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Death of Roget Dilly in the house! A bonus for those who stuck it out until the last picture. It’s been a while since Trip died and I was ready for a new dog. So look who I found at the local SPCA. She’s adorable, and even better, she adores me. It breaks my heart that when I reach out to pet her she cringes. She’s been hit in the face at some point. She’ll get over that. She’s a total mutt, I think mostly poodle but she’s got the protruding lower teeth of a shitzu. She’s tiny and frail, only six pounds. Dilly’s going to be very happy with us. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/10/29/texas-book-festival monthly 0.5 2018-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1540745259267-NAQ4VBWTNH4WIWMIU0LP/DSCN1509.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Book Festival Yep, I was there. Also these are the sunglasses Sam manufactures. Mantra Eyewear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1540745450468-LHQB7YUCQX7Q8K3SQIQY/DSCN1505.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Book Festival Rows and rows of tents on the Capital Grounds in Austin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1540745355530-5D19EJRYQGUL11EOXTGQ/DSCN1507.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Book Festival This is what a panel looks like. I so belong up there! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/10/1/new-haven-the-pit monthly 0.5 2018-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1538339073942-XDJSND9E64P2ECP5CHEW/DSCN1437.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Haven, the Pit The mansion. It looks better in this picture than it really is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1538338935141-ONZ86I77NR6GKNBDLBVE/DSCN1424.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Haven, the Pit See how many? Dolls are everywhere. She must be obsessed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1538339638740-N6KSR9ZJ7LH5BSOUITJM/DSCN1492.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Haven, the Pit On the last day of our trip we meet up with Sam in Boston. As it’s been two years since we’ve seen him, it’s good to have an opportunity to catch up. He’s in town to give a presentation at Forbes’s Thirty under Thirty conference. Proud of you Sam! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1538338827557-PKV9Y0W08F71Z5BR6O5Z/DSCN1426.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Haven, the Pit Historical dolls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1538339009853-C0OUH6TGPNS8RSPOEC9W/DSCN1425.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Haven, the Pit Ah. The boy doll is proposing to the girl doll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1538339158452-R7XNHVCQ8ET2CNULHZMG/DSCN1456.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - New Haven, the Pit In Newport, a wonderful place to visit. Brahmin. Their flagship is my mothership! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/9/26/the-trip-thats-lasting-forever monthly 0.5 2018-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537994890480-R7PVWMLPJ038Q51MFVF0/DSCN1385.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Trip That's Lasting Forever On the wall of our hotel room. It confuses me to think about Marilyn these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537994965332-9BPN8TFJL44G4QC9Z939/DSCN1388.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Trip That's Lasting Forever This gives a pretty good idea of the place. The rooms are in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537995038746-8ZJAEXJ1JAC45H9NBPP2/DSCN1371.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Trip That's Lasting Forever David and his new Master Gardener friends from Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537994823958-PH7D88FFRCKFGVNOOGLC/DSCN1369.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Trip That's Lasting Forever Booth after booth of beautiful produce at the Burlington Farmers’ Market http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/9/21/heaven-to-hell-1 monthly 0.5 2018-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537611522707-RIOMXA4HDHNIS1Z1L33Y/DSCN1349.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Heaven to Hell From the top of Mount Washington. The mountain is in the clouds three hundred days a year. If you catch it on a clear day you can see a hundred miles in every direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537611327372-167HT0P7OPPCP4O9AEWO/DSCN1341.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Heaven to Hell The view from the top of the White Ledge Loop, a hellish climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537611658656-TLZ8RTTKXHYPBKHM2FSE/DSCN1363.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Heaven to Hell Our bathroom at Huttopia. I bumped my knees when I sat on the toilet. Also on this entire trip there have been no lids on toilets, which is disgusting, and only the cheapest toilet paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537611414516-32HPYED9LH3UKTIT94HJ/DSCN1343.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Heaven to Hell The two of us in front of the cog train at the bottom of Mount Washington. This was a fun and interesting excursion. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/9/18/the-northeast monthly 0.5 2018-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537208445978-8GIRM90MTPSGO97JXYF5/DSCN1325.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Northeast Acadia’s dramatic coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537208507938-HJ7EG2ZWWGNA4602P5D4/DSCN1332.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Northeast David at Otter’s Point. I can’t believe we made it all the way up there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537208571929-3789XXAPNS5KMARYUFS3/DSCN1257.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Northeast The beginning of the Freedom Trail. Follow the red bricks for miles and miles and . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537209212523-D4ZFF9KEMDJ3UGE7O6ZL/DSCN1320.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Northeast Taken on Cadillac Mountain. Acadia is majestic. See the fallen cloud in the background? I’m a little cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1537208644751-SSTOXDXMGSCDHGF8UYUD/DSCN1286.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Northeast The most photographed lighthouse on the east coast, just outside Portland, Maine. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/8/30/education-apologize-why monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1535630766227-N9AGDY5B18A2O6MC7SSO/DSCN0936.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Education: Apologize, Why? No illustrative picture, so just me this time. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/8/16/the-fall monthly 0.5 2018-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1534358701247-S3EWFQOYPM3GE4ZORV0L/IMG_0244.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Fall I've tripped over these dangerous toes several times, so it was inevitable that one day I wouldn't be quick enough to save myself. They're are now retired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1534358906667-II9IYRXW24II20KD30FB/IMG_0248.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Fall A new addition to my medicine cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1534358783962-N7AVH0AVQMMC7MCP24VK/IMG_0249.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Fall Warm socks are vital any time of year if you're me. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/7/28/languishing monthly 0.5 2018-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1532789670853-02NDO8IP0QBWLSP9E430/DSCN3257.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Languishing Because it's just above the light switch, this little "Mercado" picture often gets knocked askew. If it's not a right angle it's a wrong angle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1532789574886-111MELE4EBFW8ZISVAZP/DSCN3256.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Languishing The package by the front door. It turned out to be a bird feeder stand and it looks a lot better than the last one. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/7/16/woman-all-over-the-place monthly 0.5 2018-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1531685871401-PE7VOK7WGP1U5JX01A00/EPSON001.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Woman All Over the Place This isn't the best quality photo because it's taken by a modern Poloroid. This is me with Curtis, our oldest. He and his wife and her parents were up from Houston for the weekend. We boated and ate a great meal and laughed a lot. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/7/2/another-review monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1530529061483-CVARISJ6Y14LEHMBOXMD/2016-10-07+23.16.36.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - People Love This Book! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/6/24/sams-brand monthly 0.5 2018-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1529777724236-CGB9NUHTEFRO5EWVQF04/IMG_0233.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sam's Brand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1529777811934-9WUGJEEN5B0FFQV9GVZB/IMG_0230.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sam's Brand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1529778319203-EVHIBD3V5YRDKRERSCM8/IMG_0224.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sam's Brand I'm colorful today. Sam's been in China for eight years. Since we moved from Singapore we don't see him often. We miss him but are proud of the work he's doing. I thought nothing new could be done with glasses's styles, but Sam found a way. You can find your Mantra on the website, which is also topnotch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1529778119471-8NN2J8MI7QAYTX10ZXWP/IMG_0235.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sam's Brand The case is classy and plush, but the glasses also came with a flat soft case so, if you're like me and carry a small purse, they can easily fit into it. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/6/22/absurd-imposition monthly 0.5 2018-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1529612901783-C5IF5V4SHKANJRKMQUIL/IMG_0212.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Absurd Imposition It's a very trendy and clean facility with, as you can see, many services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1529612952026-NCWPOQISOVZH69TAL2BG/IMG_0217.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Absurd Imposition This is a not very good picture of my friend, Jane. I play Mahjong with her. I do yoga with her. And her husband works on the Habitat houses with David. We see each other all the time. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/6/8/amarillo-disparaged monthly 0.5 2018-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1528457947574-51WBEO013DYJV7X16SM7/DSCN1094.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Amarillo Disparaged Another good thing that can be said about Amarillo is that it has nice broad streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1528458281760-VO7AP15XGY019WSHSXVD/DSCN2557.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Amarillo Disparaged This is Amarillo High's mascot. I think it's supposed to be a dust devil, or maybe a tornado. To me it looks like the lovechild of Mr. Peanut and a bowl of butterscotch pudding. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/5/28/david-and-the-squirrel monthly 0.5 2018-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1527453593667-YCB39SR4B2LP01XZVQPX/DSCN3255.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - David and the Squirrel Not exactly gorgeous, is it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1527453724497-Q5N80P3GT18HI5RVKURM/DSCN3252.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - David and the Squirrel More difficult to knock over now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1527453841846-CUFY9BDUSJEOBGFXJVK1/DSCN3251.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - David and the Squirrel This collar seems to be working. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1527453789555-L0MP61AMEUZIE4PF8XA5/DSCN3250.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - David and the Squirrel This is what a slinky looks like when you hang it from a pole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1527453657496-9S111E8PMAF7DHFBY2D7/DSCN3253.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - David and the Squirrel Chinese elm or post oak? What do you think? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/5/12/on-the-water monthly 0.5 2018-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1526066690892-TZ97YON4LPYJHMO57LO8/IMG_0570.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - On the Water Signs of the LCRA are everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1526066747147-T2G5ZXW1GONCHZN1RU89/IMG_0560.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - On the Water Here we are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1526066625614-WUKF8V4RK2KPI6YFF76T/IMG_0571.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - On the Water The resort. Haunted? Abandoned? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/5/2/maudlin monthly 0.5 2018-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1525259414603-GMCGEMZ2WGNWUWC77G4O/DSCN0943.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Maudlin Because I needed a picture to put here. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/4/4/cabo monthly 0.5 2018-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1522850551175-3X5VFDR7MOVEADD82SOB/DSCN3248.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cabo! From the interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1522850460576-F3YE7WGZIVCUTT3QF4NM/DSCN3246.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cabo! The resort from the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1522850404003-Q9LZ96OSYBEQ1U3XMDIC/DSCN3234.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cabo! See? Quite dynamic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1522850653858-DVDVXTC8GA8U4LCIX023/DSCN3236.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Cabo! Another beach shot. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/3/11/agave-requiem monthly 0.5 2018-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1520715773414-E6BKFBDZZ3P2FPII6TAU/2018-03-10+04.33.19.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Agave Requiem This little lime sizzler will never live up to the agave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1520715668839-LBV6F3IS3HLAHXWKGEN1/2018-03-11+04.49.46.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Agave Requiem Day two. That's about a foot of growth in a single day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1520715571179-9YMJ6G79RSGD0ID0JHPO/2018-03-10+03.38.44.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Agave Requiem Another one bites the dust. Day one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1520715733057-CHLAFIXOFB6SSXPUXYSF/2018-03-11+04.47.59.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Agave Requiem Of course he kept it. It's part of him now. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/2/11/solitude monthly 0.5 2018-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1518294650389-28Q6IHNX0HQYM6NO3F77/2018-02-11+02.53.25.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Solitude You can't tell it from this picture, but this shopping cart is twenty feet tall. Things are CRAZY at the new HEB. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1518294738762-1OFBNU4UTY6WDUF9U2BF/IMG_0117.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Solitude I got a nice email from a reader in New Zealand today. She picked up Old Buildings at the library and loved it so much that she ordered Why Stuff Matters online. It feels weird that my work is in the library in Christchurch, but it's not available here; a situation which will be remedied in April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1518294569805-KU7WF115DALQPKV9PM8S/2018-02-10+05.10.37.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Solitude An excellent winter shirt to be worn under sweaters for soft warmth. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2018/1/17/the-cold monthly 0.5 2018-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1516135790506-KCG6QZF4PVDHQ7U2ZG4L/2018-01-17+04.32.00.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - The COLD The COLD backyard. This is as far as either of us went from our door today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1516135863480-5OOWIMSVSCHMA9IXJGAW/DSCN0947.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The COLD My teeth. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/12/17/2017-waldos-holiday-newsletter monthly 0.5 2017-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1513514126599-8A3MVIJR0D374QKSWGV6/2017-12-15+06.08.38.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - 2017 Waldo's Holiday Newsletter Every one of these gift bags holds a bottle of red wine, given to us by people who came to the open house. I guess I've made my preferences known. Thanks, friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1513514241530-XMZ84IHSKEUW05CON4G5/image1.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - 2017 Waldo's Holiday Newsletter Curtis and Anna at their wedding in Napa. They're fun to hang out with. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/12/8/the-slap monthly 0.5 2017-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1512823241628-8FF767SZUKWDL6EG11EP/DSCN0956.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Lost Slap I have no picture appropriate for this posting, so all you get is a picture of me peeking out from behind a big plant. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/11/13/stopping-by-amarillo monthly 0.5 2017-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1510522626172-JDMS0DKJQVLW3PS82HFX/DSCN1103.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Stopping by Amarillo My sister, Trina, was once friends with the girl who lived in this house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1510522770711-5MR2K78VJGLZR0QXCMN5/IMG_0117.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Stopping by Amarillo A plea. Please, if you've ordered and read Why Stuff Matters, would you post a review on amazon.co.uk? It'll only take a few minutes and it'll support my book. Thanks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1510522337773-QQMXBA98TRIJF308L2R6/DSCN1109.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Stopping by Amarillo My childhood home. Can you see the refrigerator on the left? The truck is nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1510522712977-MKF3KLR0KBHUVKJBL1FO/DSCN1093.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Stopping by Amarillo David was right. His childhood home looks a lot better now than it did thirty-five years ago. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/10/26/c1bk78p5wlivq19wmm2xydf8yibwzt monthly 0.5 2017-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1508961938813-TIJDA4JE9ZPH3FCBR9T1/DSCN1092.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Beginnings Taken in Vega, TX. This stuff is of no use whatsoever, but somebody loves it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1508962404522-0B7BEBDWNJ0G4QQ9C3RW/DSCN1087.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Beginnings I know this blog tour is supposed to be about WHY STUFF MATTERS, but this old house speaks to anyone who's read OLD BUILDINGS IN NORTH TEXAS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1508962071281-YS4J69YV5T7DGLS6KLXL/DSCN1100.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Beginnings This is where I went to elementary school. Look at the flags. The only reason for this picture is to show that the wind blows all the time in Amarillo, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1509187585643-VAMFE77LQAMWS9F5YF3A/IMG_0117.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Beginnings I've been looking at this book cover a lot this week. It's very attractive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1509187025865-8SX5HNLMH9XZIMXBT19W/DSCN0936.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Beginnings A sunny day in Albuquerque. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/10/8/wonderful-news monthly 0.5 2017-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1507471787091-DX18YKJDG6LCXQV1IPQ7/DSCN0948.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Wonderful News! I was happy on the day before the fiasco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1507471584541-NPIW7BMHQVV2D6FYFP4Q/IMG_0115.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Wonderful News! As you can see from the similar cover design, Why Stuff Matters is a partner book to Old Buildings in North Texas. They both take place in the same town--Caprock, which is the setting of many of my novels, and is based on my hometown, Amarillo, Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1507471381604-UJYLS67RO3GA6RDU7X3N/IMG_0117.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Wonderful News! Isn't it beautiful? I have a few advance copies and, as the supply lasts, I'll send a signed copy to any friend who promises to post a review on amazon.co.uk. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/9/9/the-glacier-experience monthly 0.5 2017-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1505069080268-3YDIZJH4P1HXWSPNLAXN/DSCN0882.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Glacier Experience In taking this picture, David slipped on the rocks and scraped his arm pretty badly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1505069304870-OL2RTV4SDTVHXAWFELMP/DSCN0818.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Glacier Experience Every once in a while the air would clear for a few minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1505068906790-89KE37BG1WGN2YMZ9OMB/DSCN0915.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Glacier Experience Smokey! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1505070576423-89I0SHIPJ80780G2O3E0/DSCN0855.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Glacier Experience Everybody on the hiking trail was offering to take pictures of everybody else on the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1505068970842-YOIDEG2A7JXBJMHRLEGW/DSCN0791.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Glacier Experience This cute little bar was forty miles from anything. We ate a really nice lunch here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1505068822144-A15EBECM9OGC8C4ENSAE/DSCN0859.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Glacier Experience http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/8/29/action-on-the-hogs monthly 0.5 2017-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1504030792898-KF4I75X11YJT44TBLNS8/DSCN0751.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Action on the Hogs Everything you're looking for in a real live hog trapper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1504031001925-6YQ72S0V96WS1S89C2YI/DSCN0752.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Action on the Hogs The cage. I'll post a picture on Facebook if they ever catch a hog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1504030924040-W0NSC3D4OAUCUFB6JOKW/DSCN0749.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Action on the Hogs Look at the damage! You can tell by the grass that hasn't been ruined that this was a really nice lawn. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/8/18/courageous-or-rude monthly 0.5 2017-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1503056518632-WX3BZH83SJ9OU6ID3S0O/IMG_0083.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Courageous or Rude? I have no pictures to represent the blog, so this is how I look these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1503056603834-XS34A84N27ZOLCD6I07F/IMG_0218.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Courageous or Rude? I found this guy on my floor when I got home from the grocery store. I feel the same sort of revulsion when I look at him as I did when Cavewoman picked her teeth. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/7/19/austin-tx monthly 0.5 2017-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1500466376078-2JOFHGZ9ZGL94NFKYH8X/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin, TX Geraldine's is so pretentious that they delivered our bill in an antique book. The food was excellent, as was the bloody mary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1500466089648-O4TGK8QPUNH7SYX3VSXJ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin, TX Longhorns on the capitol grounds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1500466019114-JCC9MU180HS1MFLV26EO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin, TX Our state capital is lovely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1500466250784-3KAS9PYTOO0H80P1Z31G/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin, TX Don't expect a bloody mary if there's no food on the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1500466194374-ULJMZ72RGAMN373NYPXW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin, TX Best Indian food in the world! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/7/5/now-available monthly 0.5 2017-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1499260323747-ITA749I5KE3VGVRUEQZP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Now Available Here they come again! It's a pretty book, isn't it? If you haven't read it yet, here's an opportunity to get it from Audible Books. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/6/23/coming-soon monthly 0.5 2017-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1498163135982-3AOD17JZLFQKYEXWCHBR/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Coming Soon David's been catching armadillos lately. This was a big one. He relocates them, which is good, but I'm concerned that now they're digging up someone else's garden. People around here have guns, so there's a fearful aspect to it in that a homeowner might shoot him when they see him dumping armadillos near their property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1498158194920-2CBS1XMTIE6DBY3HDGXI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Coming Soon A picture taken for the publicity photos. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/5/29/minor-mysteries monthly 0.5 2017-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1496061476847-X11X4U893WY6BIT05Z18/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Minor Mysteries It disappeared and reappeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1496061672007-5GYOJAVHUALUFCMKNIFQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Minor Mysteries The house looks pretty this time of year. David is a great gardener. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1496061588920-IEUURHCA4GBNUL3SEAVY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Minor Mysteries A sock for my right foot only. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/5/14/mothers-day monthly 0.5 2017-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791975504-C9D5T5T3BRZNH0FGTQPW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day On our way to church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791653353-DP07FVWCS8LL4D7GJ29Q/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day In their school uniforms in the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791312067-KPSZ48LR0ZP4IFJ5RLWT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day They were always happy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791484522-GYSJS5H0UA78KF8AHQ8L/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day At the Robin Hood Statue in Nottingham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791718747-8A0NK3DN6CI4P0Q08S7T/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day David worked hard at being a dad. He was a baseball coach, a basketball coach, a scout leader, and he led a youth Bible study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791584836-L3TJE4Y5GB8FJ2CK0Q51/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day They loved Thundercats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1494791863189-A9LXDSBDRH3565U0TIX3/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Mother's Day This was taken at a celebration at a castle in Holland. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/4/24/busy-saturday monthly 0.5 2017-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1492981487800-8SZ5O73ZRL96BTFA5MXW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Busy Saturday The neighbors have been going on about someone building an apartment complex on the other side of this little creek for years. Let's hope it doesn't happen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1492981682541-1ZFGIWAVPSE7X6BF305D/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Busy Saturday They look so happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1492981603408-5YNRAY2X9MD0WJ8L15YF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Busy Saturday The pavilion. Colder than it looks. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/4/12/happening-in-marble-falls monthly 0.5 2017-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1491939161893-5D6WYG8TJ2C6OTDFMX47/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Marble Falls The German butcher has been trying to sell his shop for years. Anybody interested? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1491937036335-2N3I43C3AZVFMFB11NAS/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Marble Falls The owner of this shop spent a massive fortune on renovations that took several months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1491936909612-JJIFEOAENUHIDCZ2H30E/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Marble Falls I bet not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1491938988069-27LJJI8K6ZAYS1ABSF6Z/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Happening in Marble Falls The new coffee place, not quite finished. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/3/14/boat-club monthly 0.5 2017-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1489512575603-TGSHRPFSI5D39HFC0FD5/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Boat Club Boats, boats, boats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1489512259985-NP7C4AIWON2S22M8OZQU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Boat Club A tiny car carries people down from the yacht club and up from the marina. The lower building houses a small and ridiculously expensive shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1489512149948-SBZHCR9LZGSK40ZMYFTI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Boat Club The marina from the yacht club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1489512442562-6PLNMHALW3R2U5GG5ZJO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Boat Club This is me, terrified with eyes closed as we descend. The sweater makes me look fatter than I am--won't be wearing that again! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/2/27/chili-cook-off monthly 0.5 2017-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1488204666969-O0LVZTDM52SL4E95QE6B/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chili Cook Off Carolyn and me. Diana, on my other side, has been talking for a long time to a woman she just met. She gets along well with everyone. My sunglasses were given to me by my son, Sam, whose company, Mantra, manufactures and sells them in Beijing. For each pair sold, a portion goes to help a poor rural Chinese child get eye exams and eye care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1488205019778-3FYO60GV5DUDXBO6ULR9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chili Cook Off Diana and me. We've been friends since high school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1488204798782-ESWUVVEFPBU77JG1QAJ2/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chili Cook Off Me, with two people who liked Old Buildings in North Texas. I have two fans! Yay! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/2/8/elusive-inspiration monthly 0.5 2017-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1486559043893-ZBPV5GE4HVY7NQ857FSI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Elusive Inspiration They went to a lot of trouble to make their back area attractive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1486559112111-QU46SKL653MORZHTLQJM/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Elusive Inspiration These people, on the other hand, need to get after it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1486559270256-1GCZA1ZP7YMV1V68SV46/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Elusive Inspiration This kind of trash is all over the place. Houston, where's your pride? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1486559180662-J7OSLRRPEG6909RRP3WY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Elusive Inspiration It's kind of dog owners to have these screens built into their fences. Dogs need to be entertained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1486558971314-Y2CUW850NXR17K1FABS2/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Elusive Inspiration What a lovely idea! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2017/1/16/blind-sided-in-the-cul-de-sac monthly 0.5 2017-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1484575791564-X8KHJBW5RRTXVFPM7JBX/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Blind-sided in the Cul-de-sac David's enjoying a Saturday afternoon at the winery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1484575865102-0YP3XEEMST4Q2XMESGWP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Blind-sided in the Cul-de-sac It's a nice place to hang out, but the wine that they're so proud of makes my mouth pucker. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/12/24/narrows monthly 0.5 2016-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1482582952664-GHH2ZPW8WNG2DP8ZQ7HX/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Narrows Maybe naming this broad portion of the Colorado "Narrows" is like calling a bald guy Curly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1482583063950-30OKDG6VD1USDBHJMQ5L/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Narrows Gray sky, gray water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1482582880583-4PYEZ1EA5MWDNLFX60B7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Narrows The sign made us curious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1482583208804-6ZSP287WA37BB3CQO7SQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Narrows This stretch of road is pleasant, no meth houses in sight. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/12/12/the-hostage-drawer monthly 0.5 2016-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1481552658328-T6YEWK6QX89076U1OW20/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Hostage Drawer A Mahjong set, a sweater, a nice baking pan. The hostage drawer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1481552740144-H9F4RRG2ZX5I675PHI2B/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Hostage Drawer Santa says "Merry Christmas!" http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/11/16/sometimes-you-wonder monthly 0.5 2016-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1479322384814-6668PY7NIMCZ3BL1KQPC/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sometimes You Wonder RIP, beloved Trip. I've lost a piece of my soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1479321032552-2VJ1M02O78S1F7WMID0G/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sometimes You Wonder Didn't take a camera with me on that Saturday, so this picture instead of no picture. Butterflies are all over this plant. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/10/27/hogs-and-internet monthly 0.5 2016-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1477569558252-6T0U7U1POQ5HX4VMI1HB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hogs and Internet Closer, it looks worse. The grass doesn't look great this time of year, but still. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1477569804071-Y4PTJEIYVKQQPXW1FMFF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hogs and Internet From the front. Huge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1477569466982-BDUC96M139NNO7X33SKS/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hogs and Internet There it is. It freaks me out to think of a big ole hog rooting around in our backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1477569663026-VX5LHERF137E8NB07JAO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hogs and Internet From the back of the house. At least now we have internet. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/10/9/waldos-triumphant monthly 0.5 2016-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1475957343695-GCR03U45EWMQ3P39EUCU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldos Triumphant Sam and Julia gave me flowers to celebrate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1475957856975-XQYTKW03F8FDFZWNE73M/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldos Triumphant Here we are at Saltair, in Houston. Though the red eyes make us look possessed, we're really quite normal. It was a great evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1475957471866-G702LCAT1GNDXCNDQRR1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldos Triumphant An army. I plan to save them to autograph at readings. I'll send an autographed copy at cost (don't want to go broke!) to anyone not named Waldo who promises to write a review on Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1475957667006-8C47S4MNW0XX0BQL7ZRC/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Waldos Triumphant I made an advertising tableau of the sunglasses Sam gave me. The lenses are polarized and mirrored. I like mirrored lenses because people can't tell that I'm asleep. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/9/24/time-and-effort monthly 0.5 2016-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1474726577996-HSS8J7OBCLNRBAJPJ412/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Time and Effort This is what the vest is supposed to look like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1474726450728-4HICXF426JKPC4Q9WMY7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Time and Effort View from the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1474726634351-RR08NBIP3LFU93E9WWR8/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Time and Effort What the what? This thing is never leaving the closet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1474726368389-SC1HP7VVFG9RBKDD7JRT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Time and Effort True Food, a trendy brunch spot. The Bloody Mary was good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1474726510347-STADX8G297755MXXGZ4R/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Time and Effort If there's a competition for the most beautiful garage floor, we'll win it for sure. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/9/7/the-last-lodge monthly 0.5 2016-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1473274143244-S6CRE4XKQA1COF1Y3BZM/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Last Lodge On our last night at the lodge, Elias, our guide, asked us to meet for a "ceremony." Knowing he was going to advise about tipping practices in Alaska, I teased by asking if it would be an awards ceremony. He made this especially for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1473272314121-XBNC804A4OKPJQVYZPTW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Last Lodge A view of the glacier from the kayak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1473272402338-Q6R5A2GQWWBPUR4XGZZB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Last Lodge Even the best hiking boots don't last forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1473272564430-7N7ZA9LI97RCIDH402UZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Last Lodge View of the lodge from the end of the dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1473272487602-PAWX9MPZTN8EZVONQ58A/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Last Lodge The view from the lodge. Because of the fog, the glacier is barely visible. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/8/27/rafting-the-kenai monthly 0.5 2016-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472296736525-EUYWLC3TX9I0NY4N1SX3/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai A rainy day picnic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472296503217-DLKB5J0FX82N10GRU8WN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai See what an outdoor woman I am? I don't mind wearing smelly clothes or having flat hair at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472296927021-H87W9OZCVS9T5BDXL5VK/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai This guy looks cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472296622084-MP0TOL3PBJHQSHKQOG3W/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai This is the guide. Her mouth's open because she's talking. Behind her is Dawn, who is ordinarily a pretty woman, but looks tense in this photo (sorry, Dawn). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472296990111-5ENM66XRT6T2AEQ40G7O/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai The lodge gathering place. Wine is inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472296813838-P3TH0T77BRR292AA6JRT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai Me, with Dennis and Cheri. Cheri actually took the time to read the literature, so she was better prepared than I in that she brought along a travel potty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1472297051961-7P0DCOOKSLROYX4BYD9A/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Rafting the Kenai The next day we went for a six-mile, rough terrain hike. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/8/20/tour-gang monthly 0.5 2016-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471631721491-96Z7FRGKTR9JM1YITO3J/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tour Gang The name of our touring company for those who'd like to see Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471631347701-7WYD5PLX46BQTGQTG6K9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tour Gang Isn't it a welcoming frontage? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471631420504-NPJ02HTBUJSJLJMDJR3A/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tour Gang The cabins. Ours is further back, near the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471631531850-FGMRHDNOR4MZPXM2IA2C/IMG_1343.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tour Gang The Kenai River from the viewing deck. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/8/13/dogs-on-a-glacier monthly 0.5 2016-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471089361259-JEUQRI978RDQYS02MLKA/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Dogs on a Glacier A handsome animal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471090196527-6CJLZEYKNN0Z0Y29JUDA/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Dogs on a Glacier Photo op. Yes, we were really on this glacier learning about dog sledding. I did not make this up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471089659418-GK4WHPO0PAWCE4JRUXR4/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Dogs on a Glacier Summer camp for dogs. Trip would not fit in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471094007389-SJ0M40XFADSGO2OZDT8X/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Dogs on a Glacier Taken by David from the helicopter. Beautiful, isn't it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1471093230875-G8YWWMXT52JNFWOH3XX8/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Dogs on a Glacier The two of us on the sled. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/7/28/beatrice-crawford-haenisch-peery monthly 0.5 2016-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1469651918436-O4STJ4MZDHYVUI7SAELZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beatrice Crawford Haenisch Peery She enjoyed the wax museum in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1469651822022-5KYGG9KKTALVN9CZYVXK/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beatrice Crawford Haenisch Peery In Holland Curtis was a week old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1469651703637-CTXYKXZF8HS1JFW79PVN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beatrice Crawford Haenisch Peery Momma, happy with Curtis and Sam. This was taken when she visited us in Beaconsfield, about an hour west of London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1469651985893-6ZQSHTIM114PMQ2Z9M4L/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beatrice Crawford Haenisch Peery Outside a garden in Edinburgh. I have no pictures of her during her younger years--those are in albums at Trina's. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/7/20/jury-joy monthly 0.5 2016-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1468959437324-QWJOZJZXBYT6FTR7Q6KB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Jury Joy This is the way I chose to dress for jury duty. With proper sandals, of course, not flip-flops. Appropriate? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1468959280561-EI9BXTUT677KD3NGKIK9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Jury Joy A lady passing by asked why I was taking a picture. I told her it was because I was thrilled to be here for jury duty. She laughed. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/7/15/tile-talk monthly 0.5 2016-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1468530695638-UOLIS2059R3DVCBNDZLO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tile Talk This pair of flower tiles is taunting me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1468530928449-1EIS2FWW8JOVTUNSZ2LP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tile Talk Ready to play? I played with a woman in Singapore who believed that the ends of the walls need touch so the evil spirits can't get in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1468530789533-5CFPWI221RNPACDY5RVU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tile Talk Isn't this a beautiful hand? No jokers, and I pulled it all myself. didn't take a single discard from the center. The white dragon and east wind don't belong, though. Oh, for a pair of flowers. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/6/18/politics-two-rank-odors monthly 0.5 2016-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1466254747471-EG08ZGE0EBG3RRZYCKIA/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Politics: Two Rank Odors Facing the opposite direction, toward the Wirtz Dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1466254667520-WOY12XR9T6AA19QU61Z7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Politics: Two Rank Odors A nice view of Lake LBJ.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1466254832636-SYJCYE281EJ6YZOFLQH2/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Politics: Two Rank Odors David, after an afternoon on the lake. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/5/28/reunion monthly 0.5 2016-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1464556798829-LEVXH929HS38ED5LBB7H/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Reunion http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/5/9/first-sentences monthly 0.5 2016-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1462793194229-5HHI2LAEOYUG5MPS2IYM/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - First Sentences Though it's mostly advertisements about MFA programs and writers' retreats, the articles are helpful and informative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1462793325812-AYEHBFN1NC8OG139OZIW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - First Sentences This is the article you have to thank for this rather dry and self-aborbed posting. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/4/19/texas-wine-adventure monthly 0.5 2016-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1461074336317-M6YUGYDEURRW9TAH1VGB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Wine Adventure Tom and Gitte. David and Tere in chairs. Our back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1461073942914-FNT2WN2Q1ITMF6QQGKAI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Wine Adventure David, me, Tere, Diana, and Charlie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1461074074066-VNNI5ZWF5THW06PJKFCW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Wine Adventure At the winery. Nonny and Mary Ann in front. Mary Ann helped pass out cake. Thanks, Mary Ann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1461074583973-TEP5FQEDUK4FFVJIH4DX/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Texas Wine Adventure On a different topic: The cleaning lady occasionally brings her nine-year-old daughter with her. The little girl scratched this into the leather of our new custom-ordered couch. We are heartsick. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/4/1/a-walk-is-good monthly 0.5 2016-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1459450370080-H0FGZR9ITNDGJIPII319/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Walk is Good Trina has a good job with a finance company. Is it a blessing or a curse that she's allowed to work from home? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1459450454291-C77YXJEOXLWJMJB780N0/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Walk is Good The sunglasses I'm wearing are inspired by the rural children of China. I bought them from Sam's company, Mantra, in Beijing. The theme of their next line will the hutongs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1459450262978-9KT8TE5LBMAAXWZN9ZCH/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Walk is Good Bea Haenisch Peery. It's sad that mothers eventually change and die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1459450131172-1SN3DLB62Y0WYN3G12RB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Walk is Good These shoes that I walk in are absurdly garish. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/3/6/households-at-war monthly 0.5 2016-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1457276316485-SX1YIF5C9T3W0XSX3DCE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Households at War Hillie and Edgar's house. The round garden in front looks messy but, in all fairness, nobody's area looks good this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1457276223086-TOYDOPMQ4ZZB4V8M3IQR/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Households at War The first bluebonnet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1457276396482-B30HXHVGUZOXFDS8RHKN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Households at War Monica and Barney's. The tree in front, beside the door, is bare right now, but in autumn it's a glorious gold. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/2/18/all-those-cars monthly 0.5 2016-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1455821558868-6WTP078YYAU7EOMKXYYM/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Haenisch Cars A great place to grab lunch next time you're in Kerrville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1455821427269-TIZ3FWT1UBXSY1ULILY6/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Haenisch Cars Everybody needs one of these, and it was only three dollars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1455821078602-CAR606DBCUKAEXU48D9H/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Haenisch Cars David's happy by the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1455821195893-3DKQ5XOSFZ55FF6Y6JPU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Haenisch Cars Seriously, the cleanest public toilet ever. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/2/2/teal monthly 0.5 2016-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1454364893682-3Q9UNN94WS29FSAR5YAD/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Teal Teal is to ovarian cancer what pink is to breast cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1454365140481-T4RBRD7ZZ1Z1RKUDPF3D/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Teal Keri, with her mother, Leanne. You can tell what a sweetheart Keri is. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/1/24/llano monthly 0.5 2016-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453586458377-Z80DMC0HAI5QEFX3B92H/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls This is in Marble Falls, where there are interesting statues on every corner of Main Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453585826014-0OQ8V1IVJ94X0O6XIBD1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls The courthouse is lovely, which should be conducive to successful enterprise in the surrounding square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453586335680-3PC6W0N3EOJCMZ9EJ76M/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls This is Llano's idea of art. Pathetic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453586106244-EYWLQ409SJKGEOR9FLVI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls The only reason to ever go to Llano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453586697242-Z522UTY6B4H4T3PXEGI2/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls This bronze, also in Marble Falls, is called Dragon Dreaming. I imagine it wasn't hard to capture because dragons sleep a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453586213341-PJT16E3APNV2FM9YKICY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls Me, wandering around in Fabric Heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1453585618253-68I9UFG5WJ8FQ7C18LLX/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Llano: Not as Cool as Marble Falls To prove we were really there. This is true, not made up. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2016/1/2/becky-and-bobs-visit-true-not-fiction monthly 0.5 2016-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1451744920840-1P9DAK3IH9LBEBIAUF46/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Becky and Bob: True, Not Fiction The four of us, plus Trip, on the couch. I'm not really choking my dog; I'm just trying to get his cute little face up for the camera. David's had this green sweatshirt since Scotland. Now that he's retired, he plans never to wear anything but soft clothes again. It's just a matter of time before he shows up at church in sweatpants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1451767021101-NJ2JYA3EQPPFP4ATIT02/DSCN2867.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Becky and Bob: True, Not Fiction See? Shameful. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/12/17/jwe5skf77iva9n4hzq35ed8jz412yw monthly 0.5 2015-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1450293781748-XZZIWPZAO8Q67P3Q2PCB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Waldo (nonfiction, absolutely true) Christmas Greeting Aren't these chorister angels cute? Merry Christmas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1450293663612-KY49UEMYSPR6GSRIQ9AR/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Waldo (nonfiction, absolutely true) Christmas Greeting I even have a Christmas soap dispenser, which Curtis gave me for my birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1450293439526-BUYF4VGKOOLUZ122AS63/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Waldo (nonfiction, absolutely true) Christmas Greeting I have a 1940's set of Santas from around the world. The Santa in the pocket watch is looking at his pocket watch. Clever, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1450293273888-9R28NQHKCF7BAU4NRPJ8/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Waldo (nonfiction, absolutely true) Christmas Greeting David enjoys the lack of daily grooming. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/11/30/a-writers-conundrum monthly 0.5 2015-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1448902501841-RW43WLUECLABY31K9RPJ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Writer's Conundrum The new RV Park. There are fourteen stations. Someone moved this fifth-wheel on to the property a couple of months ago. Doesn't this look like a front for some nefarious activity? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1448968602636-F8G3PY5FGZ6O6QNQRLNJ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Writer's Conundrum Happy Thanksgiving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1448902335702-18FAVV4PZEI6601QBY7D/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Writer's Conundrum Our niece, Keri, has been battling cancer for over two years. Curtis, David, and I visited her in the hospital on Friday morning. She talked about what would happen after she was gone, which was heartbreaking. We love you, Keri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1448901830718-76KL5OZOQ6MR5LHS3MG4/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Writer's Conundrum Anna and Curtis make each other happy. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/10/30/body-issues monthly 0.5 2015-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1446151135119-DBPDED1U9N4X328GIHWV/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Body Issues Me on a fallow day. No make-up or earrings, baggy jeans. See the boot--toe still broken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1446151413771-85EGUE2RZEYA7SR5ZNY5/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Body Issues I spend a lot of time here. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/10/23/boys-in-my-head monthly 0.5 2015-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1445535653971-W0J6IP101TD3OH353P4P/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Boys in my Head This posting didn't really call for a picture, so I put this one of me in. Do I look flummoxed? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/10/5/rv-park monthly 0.5 2015-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1443994317631-7X1MORAXAUQN0LK8UJ8B/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - RV Park The hook-ups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1443994207703-EJI5AYN06CMR7Q71DNGX/DSCN2396.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - RV Park The sign was there months before they got started on the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1443994424783-L27D87ZYWLTOPY2R1PM9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - RV Park Lanscaping http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/9/14/joe-of-arcadia monthly 0.5 2015-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1442238936677-KTDU6ADYUV5PE7QE0BTQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Joe of Arcadia Good picture, Joe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1442239191410-OYHGL2A9VJPH24Z3ZZJJ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Joe of Arcadia Back to Myrtle Beach. Tomorrow we will spend the day on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1442239050384-IXW3YQYKP019ZVIULLO4/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Joe of Arcadia The Big Apple. Several of these colorful apples in Terminal 8. Are they new? I like 'em. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/9/9/marble-falls-to-nashville monthly 0.5 2015-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1441744701128-JYIE7YKT9M9C8I67JIPB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Marble Falls to Nashville Graceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1441744559236-L2OGNK4GWFLS8RFNT0LM/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Marble Falls to Nashville Two tickets to Graceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1441744607959-JF9HPZSDXZR96YW9HAZU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Marble Falls to Nashville There they are, the peacocks. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/8/29/o64du7yik2jh0rd9txe7z2i13t5scg monthly 0.5 2015-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1440790669706-16YZS4BPIY523NM72R15/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Bug Guy Bugs Me Meet Mohammed. I've never seen a web like this, with a zigzag at its center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1440790930060-NKV00QACV3S01VG3ILV2/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Bug Guy Bugs Me At least three-quarters of an inch between the door and seal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1440791015615-IIAD9S0A7HCFOEI204JB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Bug Guy Bugs Me The very obvious gap at the center bottom between our two front doors. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/8/16/chinatown-fishermans-wharf monthly 0.5 2015-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1439720289960-DU4BTF2I4UTYOCBB1UO0/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf A colorful bright shop in Chinatown full of stuff nobody needs, which is what makes Chinatown fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1439666386588-B95MHPIJKKJ855ZUHMLZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf Building art in Chinatown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1439666703777-71PDSUTVG245YIX6LROZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf The parlor of Inn San Francisco http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/8/11/austin-to-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2015-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1439304448020-XBOKUOJY6561AHZNH32O/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin to San Francisco Dell is all over the place in Austin. I wonder why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1439304260550-FWEQTC0OK9IKN145PUTP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin to San Francisco Who is this Barbara Jordan? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1439304363257-GOTV04EJS06YAKI6GXLQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Austin to San Francisco This is where we got our airport chicken. He looks happy to have fed me. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/7/25/day-to-day monthly 0.5 2015-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1437771216460-BVCRJLSNPRXZGT650THS/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Day-to-Day Doesn't it look magical? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1437772035386-84ADEH2O973X0VY4WTYY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Day-to-Day This is the quilt I recently finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1437771495723-65ZYX6LLHVVH77Y9NQJR/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Day-to-Day This is what David does while I shop. The way his arms are resting on his belly makes him look fat, but he's actually lost fifteen pounds now that he's not sitting at a desk all day and he's so active outdoors. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/7/15/jen-waldo-signs-two-book-contract monthly 0.5 2015-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1436968624043-Q9CNLW52C34UFGYFSYDA/cropped+jenny.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Jen Waldo Sells Two Books Would you buy a book by this woman? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/6/15/local-sights monthly 0.5 2015-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1434399794533-VG4NAUNZ28Y5UNIZBFWX/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Local Sights David likes this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1434400522485-S7ROUN5P1VICSM37SM4N/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Local Sights And I like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1434399595961-6NY0UTGM2W760GGTA0FC/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Local Sights The display alcove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1434391288962-KHLH2XD9OWNRTV8SSVUK/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Local Sights Main Street, Fredericksburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1434390433365-TBZ025WOM3E06ITJM17L/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Local Sights The Colorado River http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/6/1/our-first-hoa-meeting monthly 0.5 2015-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1433164715558-BPG2MN2WZLML8LP84SQ7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Our First HOA Meeting Double Horn Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1433166680300-4GK7UODLC5JK3VJ4TNC9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Our First HOA Meeting The pavilion in our little park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1433166778485-6D85KBNXAB6JYMPOVZEU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Our First HOA Meeting The woman in orange with her back to me is the one who's mad at me. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/5/19/quilt-start monthly 0.5 2015-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1432034994959-5G4FL4OKYCOKTAGROL5D/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Quilt Start And just for fun, here's David on his new lawnmower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1432034768802-LNHJXR4C798JG2Q9Z48V/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Quilt Start Lovely, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1432034842482-QIY5P9YNUWA8QNH8BTQN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Quilt Start Here it is with the trims. The fourth from the left is the Walmart trim. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/5/6/armadillo-leprosy monthly 0.5 2015-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1430912059786-48OS1YBZ7LKALN15ND2O/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Armadillo Leprosy The reason why it's called Deadman's Hole is because it was an expedient place to get rid of bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1430911493046-BSAEA5K6WZWBR1J2IO8D/DSCN2268.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Armadillo Leprosy Another lovely scene right outside our gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1430911029197-VEMUDJB4IA9N34IMQRPW/DSCN2247.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Armadillo Leprosy This field of wildflowers is right across the street from our house. This part of Texas is beautiful this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1430911624272-VO8WWPEJ7GWT3CKOVTBA/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Armadillo Leprosy A local historic landmark, Deadman's Hole is about a quarter mile up County Road 401. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/4/20/curtiss-herb monthly 0.5 2015-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1429476936414-QKJKFKHMCORIIGI00TGL/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Curtis's Herb Curtis, who never tells stories, expect when he does. Sorry, no picture of the shed. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/4/12/the-podcast monthly 0.5 2015-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1428849235948-IBD1WRP3L6DED8HGJI68/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Podcast Here's my writing and recording area. You can see Trip's bed in the corner. He likes to doze at my feet as I work. The eyedrops on the table are because I'm on the computer so much that my eyes get dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1428849387921-LJUYUZ5WMBAZ4U6LH670/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Podcast A horrible picture, but you can tell that I'm maniacally happy to have something to fill the time between five and eight o'clock a.m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1428849048777-1LUTFWGVJU5I3XAPXNFS/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Podcast An impressive microphone, indeed. The screen is called a popper. It's to keep my P's from popping. Popping P's are the least of my worries. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/3/31/house-for-sale monthly 0.5 2015-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427803724402-7WPK6IDSH1BDEQMTJIMZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - House for Sale An open house is an ineffectual tool designed to make the realtor feel empowered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427803652201-QRDPUEN1VUO66JY2YZ2W/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - House for Sale Our neighbor's house looks like a slum and there's not a thing we can do about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427803577728-QLZ9DOFKSJ76FFGT57O7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - House for Sale Doesn't our living room look huge with the desk and chests gone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427803031551-BMO590GF7Z9KM2Y5S1LY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - House for Sale This is Thebe, our realtor and neighbor. The recently purchased mailbox is going to make people long to receive their mail at this house. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/3/23/the-land-of-pick-up-trucks monthly 0.5 2015-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427108298267-2R85P8GTSJ1OTG7QCVSF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Land of Pick-up Trucks They'll soon know David by name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427107861859-UQN4FFRD3FCPCFRUGNPJ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Land of Pick-up Trucks What's the point of this fixture? Do we set a candle or plant on it? It's set really high on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427108142672-8GZGPV8A2G2NHH39DLRZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Land of Pick-up Trucks Here's David underneath it to give it scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1427108433894-ODCUHVL2R0H8B4W9P4JO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Land of Pick-up Trucks Bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush blanket the land adjacent to the highway between Columbus and Lake LBJ. It's a colorful show. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/3/10/voss-and-westheimer monthly 0.5 2015-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1426016231555-6UW66Q4INNLLAEACTAQC/DSCN2202.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Voss and Westheimer Too many cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1426016132806-0GR8953KAK6FWDSHOI1W/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Voss and Westheimer Jamaican chicken--haven't tried it yet, but am mildly curious. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/3/3/adventures-with-sam monthly 0.5 2015-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1425408953742-IU2RZ1E8NT26AB8EVP17/DSCN2193.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures with Sam Sam at the new HEB. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1425409429229-QCSF85JQGZEIUT9DCBNO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures with Sam Sam and his friend, Jimmy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1425409528722-R97KBZXFO3PD4N8QTWEG/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures with Sam I felt bad that this is where Sam had to sleep for two weeks--but probably not as bad as Sam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1425409117172-TIHFNSW9EP2I4GIVH0HS/DSCN2194.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Adventures with Sam Sam's goopy breakfast. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/2/14/bonding-with-the-house monthly 0.5 2015-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1423845049517-LA6C3M2T143W5OIS35IY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bonding with the House View from our front porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1423844940953-G5M1O8WOHW9H6I78CS4A/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bonding with the House Our new house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1423845330859-XPRAR3YLZWO78F6CNWZ9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bonding with the House Trip wanted to have his picture taken on the front porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1423845198836-I6BOQ7GITSVZKLZOKZXW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Bonding with the House Shelf paper makes the shelves look clean and ready to receive stuff. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/2/7/the-houston-boat-show monthly 0.5 2015-02-07 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/1/22/finishers monthly 0.5 2015-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1421937055932-7DST7T2BSXEMCSK6WC0W/DSCN2157.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Finishers Curtis is in the while long-sleeves, dark shorts. Go Curtis! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1421935125929-HAPOUJPQAKEF5VJ5W34Y/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Finishers Birhanu Gidefa, winner of the Houston Marathon. Look at that stride. Go Ethiopia! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1421937364387-IX419ULV7HIQDNITCHF7/DSCN2167.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Finishers Curtis at brunch wearing his "Finisher" medal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1421937454708-ZAHG7MYRODN2FHS4CNXC/DSCN2164.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Finishers Brunch: salmon omelette, fruit, cheesy grits--and of course, what's left of the bloody Mary. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/1/16/problem-solved monthly 0.5 2015-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1421418006665-IH430SKB0YV2AR5WD99N/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Problem Solved Though the dog is gone, the taped-up plastic sheeting remains. Tacky, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1421418332948-V2OGHJHXIUTPXGG24EKT/DSCN2154.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Problem Solved For those who haven't seen it in person, this is my new purse, which David got me for Christmas. Isn't it beautiful? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/1/9/szqywqvfsgm74cnmogoeh2rz09ktri monthly 0.5 2015-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1420749928142-1A0EAUA431A0B1DRSIXA/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Do You Spa? Located at Voss and San Felipe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1420749340370-EIBGJ13N8R42WQUKAZ0K/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Do You Spa? This is what you're supposed to do at a spa, but somehow I never manage it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1420749989450-KCVQWDCY9VEDW8KJGZR9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Do You Spa? Maria's very nice. Her husband's an American citizen, as is her her daughter, who goes to college her in Houston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1420749789604-LI3VXJGXH413N8APJ3TP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Do You Spa? Briana is happy to have her picture taken. She was nice and helpful. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2015/1/1/fjbffc2xio1a9n8wus5aa2xqjy2xyk monthly 0.5 2014-12-31 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/12/22/my-history-with-candles monthly 0.5 2014-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1419282312956-HEP0OLC91WGZEB30BPV7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - My History With Candles A poster about David's lecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1419274890000-FZ8KOL717LFT1U5R1AX1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - My History With Candles Sam's Spanish Honor Society certificate. It really did happen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1419282384545-VGNBTY6QV70JW73J1JIV/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - My History With Candles This has nothing to do with candles. It's Trip in his Thundershirt, which is what he wears when it's storming outside. Be brave, little Trip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1419274990960-DKYI0F1FRGIPCU3HSLVK/DSC_6338.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - My History With Candles David lighting the Indian Mother Candle http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/12/16/before-the-option-period-ends monthly 0.5 2014-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418677074012-9XKLCU0HHLBGIYVOY6HQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends One side of our front porch. I assume they'll take the chairs. I'm thinking a porch swing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418677590113-UBXANSAZ5BTE05TVWXLN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends Diana and me. This was taken in June in Trina's back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418677443535-IWSP96ZYN6FPHKXEQXCO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends Nothing more needs to be said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418677209054-3O1G4RT79HNKOQBDTBW1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends The formal living area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418677377042-171FNX03OGV743RWVSDD/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends The back porch, lots of room for David to play with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418676964504-OM9W5G4FCFBKEW2UA1D3/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends Isn't this a beautiful front door? You can't tell by looking, but that's wrought iron, not wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418677270482-SMI0A6SQ9GA4MRPI3TLN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Before the Option Period Ends The informal living area. We'll mount our massive television above the mantel. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/12/8/the-every-third-year-christmas-letter monthly 0.5 2014-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418072364252-AQF0GJL4G1R5JOD52HDT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Every Third Year Christmas Letter I'm scowling at David, telling him to get a move on, quit taking my picture--we're running late. That purse is looking worn, but don't worry, I selected another for David to get me for Christmas, same brand, similar in style, only red. Brahmin. Beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418072113992-T8D969D7OWY33P8AKNME/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Every Third Year Christmas Letter This is Sam and Julia's Christmas photo. I can't tell if the deer are on Sam's shirt or if he's holding them in his hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418072254444-O2W7O8EWY28NF02B3XGA/DSCN1797.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Every Third Year Christmas Letter David says Merry Christmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1418072596917-GZ90AEG1PP2NQHTMHIPT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Every Third Year Christmas Letter I've posted this picture of Curtis and Anna before, but I don't have a more recent one. It's not like I run around taking pictures of them all the time. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/12/1/decorating-for-christmas monthly 0.5 2014-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1417384334302-6WM4YR5M8ODOV0G7C5JE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Decorating for Christmas This is one of my favorites--the Santa in the pocket watch is looking at his pocket watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1417384452548-1WSVM6DJUULWJV8IF56A/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Decorating for Christmas The carolers and kissing angels are very old. They belonged to my mother's second husband's first wife. . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1417384706620-7ONAITPWQ69XT8NOJS03/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Decorating for Christmas The buffet in the dining room. I'm not exaggerating--there's stuff on every surface except where we eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1417384187836-M2D0K5RXT9PWF5UHXKRO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Decorating for Christmas Look at the Santas--and this isn't even all of them. The smaller ones are from the 1940's and represent Santas from all over the world at that time. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/11/19/oh-boy-a-new-fuse-box monthly 0.5 2014-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1416345131891-K7LL82IR5W76Q0826QP1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Oh Boy, A New Fuse Box! The thread in the Y seam is made of ground razor blades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1416344627256-QDPTYFWI4M694FNBI9HE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Oh Boy, A New Fuse Box! The Old Fuse Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1416345079041-P8K6Y01ZW5X8LSHWRKV2/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Oh Boy, A New Fuse Box! I love this stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1416344694077-8CL519XA0N75YTF1SR4K/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Oh Boy, A New Fuse Box! The New Fuse Box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1416344785462-HAA95W5FQEYBBONNTC21/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Oh Boy, A New Fuse Box! Bill and his buddy. Bill's the one on the right. See his phone number? You can call him and he'll come change out your fuse box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1416344928185-FG8KF8VR4DR2GHQ2BOYL/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Oh Boy, A New Fuse Box! You've got to get yourself some of these. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/11/10/celebrate monthly 0.5 2014-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1415627957090-89L2UVOSDQ1J6USX80VH/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Celebrate! David, Anna, and Curtis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1415628206204-EVJ3GTQDZRIAARYT5199/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Celebrate! All things British. Look at that sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1415628069536-95YD1NDZG57JVEUTUCK1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Celebrate! Anna at Benjy's. Nice smile, pretty teeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1415628316555-V7VM1KP9XCWRCI9DY7QY/DSCN2066.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Celebrate! Cork Caddy, a happy chicken. So far, only one cork. Thanks, Curtis! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1415627770454-L41AW9SR8ABK4KHO2X5P/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Celebrate! In the parking lot after brunch. Aren't these great boots? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/10/25/what-makes-yoga-silly monthly 0.5 2014-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1414179251357-XZYOLJOOEWOGFLUVZNXQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - What Makes Yoga Silly My form's horrible, bur, like I said, I'm strong and flexible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1414179109759-TC4253Y1AAEGOREHG5T5/DSCN2051.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - What Makes Yoga Silly Here's the yoga studio, at Bering and Woodway. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/10/16/the-book-group-in-houston monthly 0.5 2014-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1413464940761-ISRJHSB46OTPC8Q0ZMPN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Book Group in Houston This is Dorothy. Though she's in pain with her back, she keeps smiling. Recognize my purse on the table? I've carried it everywhere for the last eight years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1413464659293-GNZR3ZNM96R9ORW2ES58/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Book Group in Houston Jane, Janet, Diane, and Karen. We came a little early so we could have a gab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1413465175067-ZN2UFPNOWNH0YE6ZKMW1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Book Group in Houston I was able to get almost the whole group. The table isn't always present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1413464755172-LFPF21QUMLY1YPZPC9B0/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Book Group in Houston Sorry, Janet. This is a lousy photo--I usually do better.. Though your eyes look closed, you're actually looking down at the book as you speak about it. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/10/8/210kadsik8c84eh11vsebsgyy0gj8k monthly 0.5 2014-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1412709531113-MF42SP9YFQR6LT7HJ8SQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Waldo Gathering David, Keri, and Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1412709921393-CTKXVS2XH5G92H4WWJBY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Waldo Gathering Betty, Keri, and Heidi. The shades of blue look good on them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1412709692239-R2106MMPEFYA657FI0KF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Waldo Gathering Curtis and Anna. That's Heidi's husband, Jim, in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1412709814633-B9K10I6JMFN2VVYTIUAV/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - A Waldo Gathering Curtis playing with Kedan. Anna's behind Curtis. That's Greg, Keri's husband, behind Kedan. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/9/29/dps-disappoints monthly 0.5 2014-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1411935459093-BZCPSZMJZU9W6N5E9GXB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - DPS Disappoints Unacceptable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1411935597314-3F1F81NJR5ENG0PLNIIZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - DPS Disappoints Do you like the new washer? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1411935312100-QZWIVD7SE3BCQ72D7PDP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - DPS Disappoints Ne explanation needed. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/9/23/houston-homeless monthly 0.5 2014-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1411498627990-Z10YEH7UW0322DSFWP5L/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - One Way to Get Money I've seen several of these white bicycles with flowers propped around town. Does anybody know why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1411498039665-N11ADMIQ8TX7MKC99MHY/DSCN1988.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - One Way to Get Money This guy hid his face because he's "done stuff" and is "hiding from people." If indeed he's "done stuff" I imagine people are hiding from him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1411498435075-RG1TVM0743S95KP3JDF7/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - One Way to Get Money There's a person asleep in there. This mound of possessions represents the belongings of all the people who are working the corner, not just the one who is sleeping. Whose shadow is that? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/9/16/stepford-texas monthly 0.5 2014-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1410891111499-OH7BMQSYGOQ465L62J8E/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Stepford, Texas You thought I made it up, but I didn't. We really visited this place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1410890725941-IND54W2DIX3J4SNJ0INO/DSCN1969.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Stepford, Texas If you're in Marble Falls you've got to eat at the Bluebonnet Cafe--delicious food and small town atmosphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1410890831862-EC8GB832EEZN8F3R3HTT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Stepford, Texas We looked at a home on this golf course in Horseshoe Bay, outside of Marble Falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1410890938792-YM9V31I1CGDP9G7A2IK9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Stepford, Texas There's a charming square around the courthouse in Georgetown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1410891018544-8APXFLG87DYICRTM7NSO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Stepford, Texas David waits for me at the Monument Cafe in Georgetown. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/9/5/houston-the-best-place-to-be monthly 0.5 2014-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409939331096-FXLP1QBWFJZTEQSHBL35/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Houston: The Best Place to Be Eduardo, our contractor. His company is called Fast Paint, but he does more than paint. Works hard and does a good job. Honest and polite crew. The wine on the counter is mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409939464115-X56DLA2YGITJW095VN43/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Houston: The Best Place to Be Sam, coming home from Beijing to fulfill your obligation? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409939943289-PAPYLBQQFGP9023RVWI1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Houston: The Best Place to Be My new car. Worrisome that my phone and my car talk to each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409939225955-ZV3WVK5Q8GZ7U9DEAR1S/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Houston: The Best Place to Be Painting and patching. It'll look better soon. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/8/25/hard-bodied-mother monthly 0.5 2014-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409018968588-X4LGOKGPYLL7NMT6J8EC/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hard-bodied The woman running in the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409019060657-7Y1GYB6CYN2YQMFTZVG9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hard-bodied This man exercises and prays by the lake most mornings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409019286321-UMW92D6FCVGW8DXJAQQQ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hard-bodied A view of the lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1409019138924-GQRE4M670SXYCUQZXN65/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hard-bodied I almost stepped on this big guy. Usually I only spot a monitor once a month or so, but on this walk I saw two. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/8/15/last-hurrah monthly 0.5 2014-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1408052025546-K8LLYTEAZM0UK2V92MOI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah The caddies, covered to protect themselves from the hot, hot sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1408052399653-M1I7DO1DC2GMHN7F9T3O/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah David, Derrick, and Mark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1408052216898-NRG1Q2R6YCL1U669CMV1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah I lost track of how many balls went into the water on this hole that circled around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1408051748374-UMBCHWUMRM408CCV5OGM/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Last Hurrah David and the Lady-boys http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/8/7/sap-means-delicious-in-thai monthly 0.5 2014-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407396191398-C6L4UIF4MMKRC9LRKUK0/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Thai Cooking School The whole class--our graduation picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407395506707-LXV4HOIB3H1Y1IOX6MRE/DSCN1911.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Thai Cooking School Georgia made friends with Martin and Fabio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407395658621-6J5E8WDZNFKPXKFZZRMK/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Thai Cooking School Tuk with the Israeli family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407395879770-Q2ZALZ7RHN8U9QSHRYQN/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Thai Cooking School Resi was good at stirring! http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/8/3/the-grand-palace-bangkok monthly 0.5 2014-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407015563613-35KP6N86JY41A1368011/DSCN1889.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Grand Palace, Bangkok There are several of these guys, keeping watch. Isn't he gorgeous? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407016132400-AIHOSV4MMN0GTDIPJCWF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Grand Palace, Bangkok Though there's been recent unrest in Thailand, this sign on Khaosan Road was the only evidence of discontent that we saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407015798265-V6CFQ8PLOOABNP3P4TUE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Grand Palace, Bangkok Georgia's happiest when she's making a new friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407015378308-30COGMVKM3HBL3FVCSAO/DSCN1891.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Grand Palace, Bangkok Grace and beauty everywhere you look in the Grand Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407015669104-WEQ5GBR64LZNCMLGYZ04/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Grand Palace, Bangkok Georgia and Resi. Can you tell how miserable they are? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1407016000882-P1AB1PH1AS2RE0MVYO61/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Grand Palace, Bangkok This doesn't do justice to the Reclining Buddha. He's magnificent. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/7/24/pulau-ubin-and-hair-color monthly 0.5 2014-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1406185023608-5LPKSCKUQY2GSCH22ZAX/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Ubin and Hair Color Mangrove Boardwalk with the mud lobster structures between the trunks and roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1406184930662-O5SNOSP4IVKA29LMEQTZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Ubin and Hair Color Resi's comfortable on her bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1406184492067-9J44FFW0KHIJLY0JJXE8/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Ubin and Hair Color Park the bikes here and walk into the nature reserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1406184358539-PPKVEY4EYTTSBG7BZ6FP/DSCN1857.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Ubin and Hair Color This boar nearly bit a guy's hand off. Don't feed the boar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1406184773400-9RLWM4TSAPYPXCYVXWM6/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Ubin and Hair Color Resi and Georgia relaxing after the ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1406185179903-ALN64YUQCIWOJVQO0QLF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Ubin and Hair Color Me, big smile when the cold beer arrives. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/7/16/out-of-here monthly 0.5 2014-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1405477666513-8EY5E9KJ6WZMJSEZKP1C/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Out of Here Here's a painting we bought in a shop on Tanglin Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1405477754202-ONJCZXTWSU235ZKR4TBO/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Out of Here The chest from Vietnam. Lovely, right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1405477940556-C56N64JMUE8K0QO62PII/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Out of Here For the inventory--would you describe this as a vase or a jar? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1405477433334-0FECFO78ZOWADLMHMKYU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Out of Here This is Jean. Can you tell how tiny she is? That chest comes to mid-thigh on me, and I'm not a tall person. See the Dutch oils and the green box? http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/7/8/houston-to-singapore-via-moscow monthly 0.5 2014-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1404776517602-42YN0CVC7WMK6GIZV5VE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Houston to Singapore via Moscow Me at my writing table, looking exaggeratedly apologetic because I forgot to take the camera in my carry-on, so no pictures http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/6/29/the-houston-brunch-experience monthly 0.5 2014-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1404041436995-4JKV55ZP7P46W2IACPN3/DSCN1840.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Houston Brunch Experience Here's Jimmy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1404041574696-GEFYED8NG3PIB32PJWCO/DSCN1841.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Houston Brunch Experience Jimmy and Curtis outside Canopy. See me taking the picture? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1404041320006-0AGNXRHEF0RP8K3EQZXM/DSCN1843.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Houston Brunch Experience The place to be http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/6/24/rock-literally monthly 0.5 2014-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1403547251228-BFH7V3GVVLOBC36H8QMT/DSCN1852.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Rock. Literally. The rock in the grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1403547405285-4412SSF1QZA8KAQQD2ZE/DSCN1854.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Rock. Literally. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/6/16/walking-and-writing-in-houston monthly 0.5 2014-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1402859593390-BCRSIX3FPA5V46YCN7FK/DSCN1824.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Walking and Writing in Houston People need to be told how to use the trail, or else they'll misbehave for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1402859791036-DH5HLGUOCRW0CP4APE8W/DSCN1827.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Walking and Writing in Houston Buffalo Bayou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1402859447426-SEPF8LPR48ZYSC3BEYTU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Walking and Writing in Houston Here's a nice walk, just a couple of blocks from Trina's house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1402859892021-JCITW9EYZNPLYTH7QPZ4/DSCN1833.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Walking and Writing in Houston Trina's house. The corolla in the driveway is my rental car. The curb doesn't look like it's at prohibitive, but it obviously is. I've clunked over it every time I've reversed out of there. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/6/2/god-between-life-and-death monthly 0.5 2014-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1401734213517-VCM9SQ41HDN1DFSYMV8P/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - God Between Life and Death Momma and her coffee. The corked wine in the background is mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1401734365768-YA4ZA6V1PRIYIRX9SFQP/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - God Between Life and Death Trina getting ready for work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1401734452027-XKIFBU0K6DP1EYU73ELE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - God Between Life and Death Diana, the three-times-a-week helper. She's very good with Momma. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/5/24/martini-bar monthly 0.5 2014-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400908875443-29R5TS3NG5F5JUH1MFJB/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hyatt Martini Bar The bar extends over the sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400908621785-CPL3DGT8HWIF09A7GKCI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hyatt Martini Bar A cozy setting for a martini, when seats are available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400909076101-R6MV2WSEDMMM4H461CZY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Hyatt Martini Bar There it is from the outside, the gray-brown glass protrusion. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/5/17/renovation monthly 0.5 2014-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400296068444-5D70FIG29VGDPYPQPY42/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Renovation This worker was happy to have his picture taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400295932629-33L0GFJM4GBSDQH63UK1/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Renovation Where the poles are poking up is where the hideous waterfall used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400373115118-68W9H44VITBBP75OURSH/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Renovation Naptime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1400295749689-5WW8U8RQ90NOGYY22BSI/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Renovation The elevator control fell into my hand when I pushed the button for my floor. I laughed while Oathman raced for the tape. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/5/12/tribe-camera monthly 0.5 2014-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1399852773372-NUV60MZSP4V1KPOSG4PU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tribe Camera Three people with cameras up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1399852889588-8N9DM6H1FWNYYSEXG7NU/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tribe Camera Tourists on Orchard--it's hot out there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1399852588196-UMLLWI3GCH0KK9QDYZZA/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tribe Camera On the steps of Ion Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1399853047817-VVVYHILMYCTWJLCA1F0Y/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Tribe Camera That's a big camera. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/5/1/beijing monthly 0.5 2014-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398904131545-RJRY3ILAI627L4DMBUVY/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week The Great Wall. For some reason Westeros was on my mind that whole day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398903633918-QX9MUAZJ0FFHGV8FRX3Q/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week The man on the left crawls along in Downward Dog while the man on the right performs the same twirl-and-point dance move over and over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398903821502-AWMB7ZAJT4O816DBWE5O/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week Sam and Julia. Do you see a helmet? I don't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398904245562-SWMCV8HBTIQ6O6W1EXZE/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week Me, on The Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398903938399-ZREKZN0XHC4OA46D0YRV/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week The hutongs are clean, but not spacious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398904049910-2WH2TE2Q9E52FU5PD2IR/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week A doorway in the hutong. See all the stuff stored at the side? This can be dangerous when someone's trying to navigate their way home at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398903470544-ONNVJYNJKU1QJ5YJ09NR/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Beijing For a Week Taken from Olympic Park. The pollution's so thick you can hardly see the IBM sign at the top of the building. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/4/26/the-cave-and-the-river monthly 0.5 2014-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398482025870-ECLPFUUSXYXTSLX5D23X/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River A swiftlet sitting on its nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398482156429-K4PDFS3S6VF6NO5UVZSK/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River Lots of fat cockroaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398482330674-81GSWGY16Q3UVWWREH70/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River A young pygmy elephant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398481742327-74M3JRUNL6T6X1CR961V/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River Michael and I approaching the cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398482535992-HITP3977FUH0G8CJTZZ4/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River Knowing we'd be leaving the area soon, the monitor was kind enough to strike a pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398481338863-KLDBGLVOBOYWBH09GIZZ/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River People who harvest the nests stay nearby to protect their property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398481888022-PMSZLJ9OUTWC1HIBPSLS/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River A lovely cave full of guano and cockroaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1398482436844-T3J6WASEFZORGU7HWM2I/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Cave and the River The macaque looks sad, but I honestly don't think there's a lot going on in his head. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/4/17/palau monthly 0.5 2014-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1397683394356-310AQM0QMRQWKVGBOSP9/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau Welcome to Pulau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1397683609215-EUQM0FB6DV9MKCODPHVF/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau The green net cylinders are the protected nests.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1397683813040-5RNCKAVB81LDYUCGGT1G/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Pulau This is a stilt village on the coast of Sabah that we passed on the way to Pulau. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/4/15/sepilok monthly 0.5 2014-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1397510685958-R7CN2E70WK2O49VLWL2U/DSCN1625.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Sepilok A view from an observation tower in the Sepilok Rain Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1397510865551-5J1496JPFOI4MPEI5GNW/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Sepilok Orangutans are cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1397511110115-BORDNCGU67HD9X9ZNGEM/DSCN1638.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Sepilok A night time creature, a caterpillar. Don't touch it! It'll give you a burning rash. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/3/25/woolfs-words monthly 0.5 2014-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1395723396403-5WIURIOPYGE6QBZEMO6C/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - Woolf's Words Judy, Beth, Sharmila, Kristen, and Donna--a good picture of you all! This is the meeting room in Donna's complex. At the back is a table full of goodies--thanks, Donna. The green bag on the floor next to Donna is mine. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/3/20/the-morning-building monthly 0.5 2014-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1395269655561-9QAI47PFGZ3L4AF12TGT/DSCN1581.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Morning Building Jamaliah and her smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1395269985776-UMECVOV685ZF9BIFGVRL/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Morning Building Stephen, after a night of watching over the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1395269804460-P12ZXFJTRWXDTA0HP6RT/image-asset.jpeg Too Wordy for Facebook - The Morning Building Razzah and his broom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1395270181378-F0RD7CEVA3BRIHZRDK9K/DSCN1577.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Morning Building Robert, usually a somber man, put on a big smile when I pulled out the camera. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/3/10/siem-reap-in-cambodia monthly 0.5 2014-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394401573597-N9VWLTDHVXWPIYPZ0I46/DSCN1518.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia David having a gin and tonic at the end of our day in the Cambodian countryside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394401354087-79XPOTLD29XYEHF0ZCOC/DSCN1363.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia Buddahs pop up everywhere in the Angkor Zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394400835701-GA04RABCUBJXI3SW9I4J/DSCN1452.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia Angkor Wat, the dawn that wasn't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394400954382-AIKZ9UCYBI6RWATF7P7G/DSCN1479.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia The crowd waiting for the sunrise that never happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394400660990-3FNOM6C1K8KXOF4XWW4K/DSCN1407.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia Angkor Bayon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394401066294-2XX5FIJMABXKC9VPRPND/DSCN1357.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia Kheleur explains while I gaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1394401458969-NRHCMCRP05ZUJ39SO7QN/DSCN1548.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Siem Reap in Cambodia The Old Market is a busy smelly place. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/3/1/the-official-language monthly 0.5 2014-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1393660870237-XWC866WSIHXZCBCU6NLC/DSCN1265.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Official Language The sign on the construction across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1393660982933-2MMFASKJHW7YM071MRTK/DSCN1268.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - The Official Language This is Oathman. He understands what I say, but I hardly ever understand what he says. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/2/22/chinatown monthly 0.5 2014-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1393043870108-152R2M2M3YHT69EG252D/DSCN1202-1.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Chinatown Doesn't this look like fun? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1393043731388-9E3J4PMBHRY108QV6EUW/DSCN1209-1.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Chinatown Welcome, Year of the Horse. And horses are everywhere in Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1393115968875-893NVHLDJJHECICTGPMY/DSCN1235.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Chinatown Here's a quilt I made from fabric I bought in Chinatown. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/2/17/live-ins monthly 0.5 2014-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1392612765659-1OKAZ3LWCMCA9IMNM1QI/IMG_0624_edited-1.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Live-ins On Sundays the domestic helpers meet their friends on Orchard Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1392612299659-XGN84B0ZD4RGU3V22XTD/DSCN1232-1.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Live-ins This is Mary, the live-in from the seventeenth floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1392612453929-IRDJ52AFGE5ANT8EL81Z/DSCN1227-1.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Live-ins This is the space that's intended for the live-in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1392613094949-FP7G4KTM93UIQ6Z5J2D3/DSCN1231-1.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Live-ins This picture of me playing with Trip has nothing to do with the posting--but I thought it was funny that I'm squatting like the wiry street workers do when they're on break. Can you squat like this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1392612671735-GYEIOHI5LTJVI7UP3O4N/DSCN1233-1_edited-1.jpg Too Wordy for Facebook - Live-ins Carrying the groceries up the hill from the grocery store. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/2/8/mahjong-in-the-afternoon monthly 0.5 2014-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1391838205669-FRADGEM1TIZESJYFK3MA/DSCN1187.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Mahjong in the Afternoon   This is our starting square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1391838495224-F24428471MOMJNGK5GQ2/DSCN1188.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Mahjong in the Afternoon Jane's winning hand, Triple Knitting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1391905289373-715IY17TBK13G6L3NI4X/DSCN1189.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Mahjong in the Afternoon Isa, Jane, Linda, and Helen--Thanks, Jane, for hosting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1391838640729-GGFW3DJHWZF0TUEL1085/DSCN1192.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Mahjong in the Afternoon Etta, Janine, and Judith, yesterday afternoon. The winning hand, displayed, is mine. http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/1/29/walking-in-singapore monthly 0.5 2014-02-22 http://www.jenwaldo.com/blog/2014/1/22/orchard-tower monthly 0.5 2014-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1391415080085-TD2T1SD1WZ448HTCULFF/DSCN1172.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Orchard Tower Posted at the back of Orchard Tower--not in front because then everyone on Orchard Road would see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1391415251834-H0C0KIWSZ5LBQ8NQLVXX/DSCN1175.JPG Too Wordy for Facebook - Orchard Tower This is the building from Orchard Road. http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock daily 0.75 2015-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1425322729761-PUBR53A6PTE1BJC2TUID/background.jpg Stories of Caprock http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/21/snooping-caprock-part-8 monthly 0.5 2015-04-21 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/18/snooping-caprock-part-7 monthly 0.5 2015-04-17 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/16/snooping-caprock-part-6 monthly 0.5 2015-04-15 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/14/snooping-caprock-part-5-1 monthly 0.5 2015-04-13 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/10/snooping-caprock-part-4 monthly 0.5 2015-04-09 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/8/snooping-caprock-part-3 monthly 0.5 2015-04-07 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/6/snooping-caprock-part-2 monthly 0.5 2015-04-05 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/2015/4/2/snooping-caprock-part-1 monthly 0.5 2015-04-11 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/tag/dramedy monthly 0.5 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/tag/dark+comedy monthly 0.5 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/tag/urbexing monthly 0.5 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/tag/Texas+fiction monthly 0.5 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/tag/Texas+writing monthly 0.5 http://www.jenwaldo.com/stories-of-caprock/tag/texas+fiction monthly 0.5 http://www.jenwaldo.com/https/us-mg5mailyahoocom/neo/launchranddhbfmlecbjnoh daily 0.75 2017-02-28 http://www.jenwaldo.com/contact-mehttps/us-mg5mailyahoocom/neo/launchranda1m8v1rjltjre daily 0.75 2014-01-24 http://www.jenwaldo.com/about-me daily 0.75 2020-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52ce5d6ae4b01d43ffc2ebf3/1390806856769-IAI45S6MQ5V8IZOUBV29/jenpic.jpg About Me http://www.jenwaldo.com/discussion daily 0.75 2019-11-12