The quality of light

The temperature has been about 20 degrees below normal this week.  In Seattle, 50 degrees is a just another soft winter day, but here in the high desert, with a stiff breeze blowing and low humidity, everything stands out in sharp relief.

Unfortunately, it's been too cold to sit outside on the patio, but yesterday morning the wind died down and we took a long walk at Floyd Lamb Park.

We fed the ducks and then checked out the stable at the adjacent historic Tule Springs Ranch, where you can horseback ride on the weekends. I might do that sometime.  It was once a self-sufficient working ranch, but now an assortment of lucky animals are cared for by the Horses4Heroes organization.

I'm headed back to Seattle this afternoon. It was a wonderful visit. Today would have been Mom's 91st birthday.  She is forever in our thoughts.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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"To keep the heart unwrinkled, 

to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent- 

that is to triumph over old age."

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
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