Shades of 'On Golden Pond!'

We woke up to a cloudy day this morning! No worries! We sat outside until it began to rain and then took our party inside!

Louis Dean loves that little sofa by the window.

From it he can see Dean's house and a good view of the ranch.

Dean has a good view of the camper from his place.

He called me the other morning and said, "I can see my dad walking aimlessly around the camper! Is he okay??" I assured him that his dad was on a mission to close up a hole I found. I do NOT like critters (like mice) INSIDE!! I don't even like mice outside but we ARE in the country!!

There's room for ALL critters down here!

Since it was raining outside we came INSIDE and what better way to entertain ourselves than by visiting with Amber and the quads???

I am LOVING Skype!!! I loved it when Amber was in Scotland and I am loving it now!

The only drawback was that Kailey could NOT understand why she could NOT reach in and get Granddad! That really squeezed his heart!

Logan was pretty content to just look at the screen and smile......

Amber was telling me about the shoes she had bought for them.

Logan was listening and went over to the basket and started putting her pair on!

We talked for a good while and I enjoyed every minute!!!

Lunch for us was a healthy salad.

Louis Dean loves using his 'camper' dishes!

Robert came up from his Uncle Dean's house just as it started to rain.

This is where it felt like a scene from On Golden Pond!!

We played several rounds of Tridominoes.

Louis Dean does NOT play many games.

This is one of a very few he enjoys!!

He studies every move.

I won the first game!!

He won the second!

Robert asked me (since I was the scorekeeper!) -

"What does that make me??"

Before I thought I blurted out, "The LOSER!!"

Thank goodness Robert has a great sense of humor!!!

He held no hard feelings because after the rain he and I went off exploring a little.

Louis Dean went in to consult with Dean about trimming out these windows.

Robert is so clever he caught a fish without a hook!

He scooped him up in a basket!

A small perch which he let go......we will catch him again another day.

I love all the different areas down here on the ranch!

The swallows have built a nest by the front door of Dean and Sherry's house.

When Robert and I went out the door - four baby swallows flew from the nest!

Always so many interesting things to see!

We headed back to the camper so I could start supper.

Robert had some friends drop by and try to nibble his hat!

Springtime in Texas mean storms and we had one of those this evening!

It looked pretty scary there for awhile.

We ARE in a flimsy trailer so we made plans to hustle into the truck if it turned really bad!

Through all this I remained at the kitchen stove stirring a pan of homemade refried beans!

My first time to make them and they turned out delicious!!!

We had glorified Nachos for dinner and they were GOOD!!

My Throw Back Thursday pics are not VERY 'thrown back!'

May 2011 Louis Dean gave me the laptop I am using now as I write!

It is my very first one.

The second is of my favorite twins!!

One has a beautiful young daughter and the other went on to have triplets the next year,

BOTH are class acts and have more talent than you can possibly imagine!!

I have known them since they were 18 months old!

I love how the wine glass reflects the pretty mom and daughter!

The rain has all but stopped and our only sounds are of the night around us.

We don't have the loons like they did on On Golden Pond but we do have frogs and roosters and various and other critter noises. All this will make a good 'sound machine' for sleep tonight!