500 classic cars

All kind of shiny chrome and flashy paint will be In Big Bear Lake this weekend for the BIG SHOW, and all I want is to build a sleek wooden kayak, with seven coats of varnish on it... I am sick. If I had to pick one of these... You can guess which one it would be.
SO vote, thumbs up or down on cars that go Rooooom and make your head turn?

a whole string of bad words

have you ever waited for something you did not want?
waited for it to happen
or for a letter to come that was NOT WELCOME.
ever had a black and white behind you and WAITED for the red lights to come on?
(I will bet Sage and Russ know all about that)

this is more personal, closer to home. I shall continue to allude.
What is this feeling, dreading, expecting, KNOWING
that around the corner is a scene I do not want to be in
a role I do not want to act out
Just over the next rise in the road is a tanker truck, barreling toward you in your lane
and the driver can not see you. The oaths your mouth would utter become a silent scream as they are obliterated by his massive air horn blasting.
The book you are reading is headed in a terrible direction and you can not put it down.
you have skied hard all day and are tired, but following a friend, you crest a cornice and the bottom falls out, leaving you airborne and out of control, a hard landing is the best youcan hope for , but a trip to the bone setter is more likely.
Thankfully none of that is going to happen, but damn, it feels like i am swimming hard left in a swirl going right. Right down the toilet bowl.

newer readers

persons ( and sock puppets) new to reading this blog
may wish to know some of the following:

the sunrise above was captured by me with a 2MP Fuji camera
in winter
in my underwear ( most likely)
because when I see something like that I don't go looking where I dropped my jeans last night.

that I do write poetry - and that its buried deep in the archives

that I have many loves, and one girlfriend.
I don't blog much about my personal relationships
but if I did, it would be good reading.

I prefer to talk about my children ( 3) and my hobbies (? any number)
and my immediate family, who are gems and a huge part of who I am and what I am becoming.

Yes, I am still changing into the full essence of David, having been through several life events that partially eclipsed who I was or who I could have been. Those events are part of me now, and I may choose to reflect on them here, once in a while. More likely I will pick a scene from daily life and tell you how it affects me, or what I see in the simple pleasures, the tastes of great food, the feel of massaging a sore muscle back to health, what it means to me to be the cheer leader for my aging mom.
I am becoming, and God already sees me as complete, beautiful.
Completely Beautiful in Christ.

you bet your bunny tail...

yes, we boiled and dyed eggs here tonight.
Miss Hannah and I - playing silly kids together.
remembering days long past when holidays were
filled with joyous together times. Too soon she will be grown and off to college, so I treasure this sort of Father-Daughter time. Precious.

Now to go put them on the front porch so that when the Rabbit gang comes they wont' kidnap anybunny.

Time away

hey friends, I am taking a long weekend.
Many thanks to the family and friends for watching over mom. ( Hannah and my mom in pic)
somewhat random pictures:
Roses in my front yard, Aspens quaking thru the color change; Bug killing machine; Me on the road; a house I built.
I just found the collage feature on picasa

Oren cracked up!

This glove is an orphan, no brother or sister. It has been laying around.
so yesterday I am wearing it and Oren says, "what's with the glove?" I said, "I wear it when I blog"
He thought that was the most hilarious thing.
it's good when I can make them laugh. Thanks, Dawn, for appreciating my Faux marble walls. still some veins to add and some kind of color wash over the whole thing. Black veins and a gold wash? white veins we shall see. stay tuned for "As the walls turn"