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The Memorial Service

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The Memorial Service for Dad was very nice. Lots of people came, many memories were shared, and I think the slide show video we made was extra special. Here are a few images from the day. Thanks to everyone who came, or was there in spirit.


Father Brian from my mom’s church officiated. Also in picture are my brother, mom and Justin’s girlfriend


Quite a few people came out


Britton is my rock and did great on the technical aspects of the day


I thought this was such a great flower bouquet for Dad


We sang Amazing Grace and the Honor Guard presented Mom with a flag

Afterward we went out to dinner

It was a tough day, but we got through it. I think we did a great job of honoring Dad. Thanks again to everyone who has helped us through this.

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Daisies and More

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Today after work I was hanging out in the yard with the animals admiring all the plants in the yard, but especially the daisies. I would like the whole perimeter of our yard to be filled in with flowers and plants like this patch of daisies. Hardy ones to combat the chicken scratching and pecking.


Schnoodle and Omelette with Daisies

We also have a lot of food plants, like these peppers, but also tomatoes flowering all over!

The front yard is filling in really nicely with some perennial wild flowers we planted as seeds when we put new plants in there.


Zinnia and Baby’s Breath


Mmm I love basil with cheese and tomatoes! And this is purple -extra mmm.


Football and Henrietta up close and personal

And for fun, here is a song called Daisy by one of my favorite bilingual musicians, Kevin Johansen

 

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Greeley Summertime Sunsets

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We get the best sunsets without ever leaving our house in Greeley. Sitting on our back porch in the summertime, we love to watch the sun go down. It is so pretty. Here are a few pics I took tonight. It is like a painting that changes before our eyes. Click to enlarge to see it in more vivid detail.


Rose in the flower garden enjoying the display as well

And for you chicken fans….

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Back to Colorado from Puerto Rico

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We arrived back at DIA in Denver at about 8:00pm to cold weather. We were just starting to get used to the time difference, so it felt like it was 11pm to us (Puerto Rican time) -the weather difference was easy to get used to! 🙂 The flight was uneventful, but as we went from Puerto Rico to Miami and then Miami to Denver we saw a definite shift in people, and we knew we were back in plain, sterile, straight (roads) and fairly uneventful Colorado.

We were trying to describe the difference of Puerto Rico and Colorado to people. It’s kind of like being in a dream world and then waking up in boring reality (or Greality -Greeley- in our case). Another way to describe it is going to Toon Town (PR) in Roger Rabbit and back to the regular world, or going back to the black and white part in the Wizard of Oz  after seeing the Emerald City (Colorado is very drab right now with virtually no color and Puerto Rico is just covered in color and life). It is an awesome difference where there is something new and unknown around every corner, but I suppose it is also nice to have a boring routine to go back to as well- like warm water in the sinks and showers, and where time actually means something concrete and not vague.

Bird of Paradise and spider

Our last few days in Puerto Rico we met up with Nick and Miri again after trying to see another movie that the theatre accidentally forgot to start (again time is something very vague there). We also met with Dios Dado and he took us to Lago Dos Bocas near Utuado and we took the free boat ride across the lake.

orocovis Puerto Rico town plaza
Orocovis town center plaza

He then drove us to Orocovis where we had Longostino (sp?) for lunch. It was real criollo Puerto Rican food, and very good. Orocovis is the dead center of the island.

Now that we are back, it is bittersweet. We were just starting to get the swing of that lifestyle and now we have to readjust. We still have a lot of pictures and stories that we’ll post in the coming days though. We left on pretty good terms with Awilda, all things considered, and we still may buy it. In Puerto Rico, you never know anything for certain.

Cassie and Britton on the beach
At the beach in Puerto Rico

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