Sunday letter to you

Breakfast at Squaretoes then later a twelve mile bike ride.
One older one other rode 12 miles.
Mostly a flat route.  Two were happy for that.

Dad (tree house hero) with one blonde

Visit to three blondes.

The blondes resemble a stairway; not tall, slightly shorter and short.
White haired grampa  and dark haired gram smile alot after a visit
to the three blondes.

Helped dad lift and secure a tree house frame.
Fed by blonde mom; delicious meals.

Did you know the dictionary allows two spellings?
Blond (for guys) and blonde for girls.

Heaven sent / Heavenly scent

Fourteen round trips on the driveway is two miles.
Twenty eight opportunities for the pleasant lilac
fragrance to take my nose into the six lilacs.
No bees, no bugs just this guy smiling and
enjoying the Heavenly Scent.

Mother's Day - 2010

Winter returned to Maine with snow flurries in
the western Maine mountains. The pretty clouds
were in the south and east  below the strong
winds above.  Specifically, lenticular clouds
created by strong winds set up by standing
waves. The waves  are visible as pretty
clouds (up high).

Also north of west after sunset is the third brightest
heavenly body we can see. Venus.
Venus orbits on an interior orbit (closer to the
sun than the earth) so Venus is always in
the direction of the rising or setting sun.

If we were in space we could see the earth
which is brighter than the moon.
First,  the Sun brightest (we all knew that).
Second brightest the moon reflects the light of the sun (big, bright).
Venus is seldom visible as a full disk
but because of the clouds around Venus
it returns much of the sun's light to us.

Stars other than the sun emit their own
light but are a minimum of four light years
away.  The sun is eight light minutes away.
If the sun went out we would not know it
for eight minutes.

Call with comments. Dale

Spring tour 2010 - MN, NE, TN, SC

Today is May 2, 2010.
We are home and unpacking. After the trip, tasks and overview
listed below.Write notes (Thank you) to 1/2/3/...12/13/14
and more. Thank you notes will arrive in the weeks ahead.
Reconnecting face to face (we try to do this).

Kathy and I had two days just for us.
Totally enjoyed the Tuesday evening show at the
Grand Ole Opry followed on Wednesday in Nashville, TN
by The Upper Room Chapel, Cheekwood gardens
and last Ruby Falls in Chattanooga, TN.

The garden visit brought to mind other recent
Botanical Garden visits
Sep 26, 2007 Madison, Wisconsin
Sep 25, 2008 Omaha, Nebraska
April 29, 2009 Near Hilo, Hawaii
April 28, 2010 Cheekwood Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee.

Who has a recommendation for a September 24, 2010 garden?
Your quiz Olbrich, Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden and
Lauritzen.  Where do they belong above?